The Three-Star Hunter

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Feliciana heard hurried footsteps coming toward her, her heart pounded firmly, she prepared a spell on her staff, she opened her inventory and drew two options, one that restored her HP and another that restored her MP.

The handsome knight stood protectively in front of her, she occasionally cast glances at him and looked away as soon as the knight noticed her, she didn't know whether the knight could speak or not.

Feliciana was too shy to ask anything, she walked silently beside the knight.

A fireball formed at the tip of Feliciana's staff, ready to fire at any moment, the knight remained impassive, holding his spear.

When the figures crossed the corridor, Feliciana fired the fireball.

"What are you doing? Why did you attack me?" Feliciana heard John's voice as he easily dispelled her fireball.

"Sorry, I thought you were the enemy." Feliciana straightened her broken glasses and apologized, embarrassed.

Then her eyes turned and met the girls beside John, she shivered, horrified by their lifeless gazes, they had countless visible bruises on their bodies.

Parts of the girls' clothes were completely torn, revealing intimate areas stained red and purple, with some parts inflamed, Feliciana took a deep breath as she tried to imagine what the girls had gone through.

John took a step back when he saw the knight beside Feliciana.

"What is that?" John held a pair of daggers in both hands, he felt the danger radiating from the knight.

Feliciana looked at the knight and wondered how she would explain that.

"Well, it seems to be Leader Alex's summon," Feliciana answered uncertainly.

"Alex's summon? And where is he?" John asked, skepticism on his face.

"He appeared when I tried to use the spear the leader gave me," Feliciana said what she knew. "I have no idea where the leader might be now," Feliciana concluded.

John's concern deepened as he spoke urgently, pulling along the girls he was leading.

"We need to get out of here as fast as possible, he's after us and it won't take long for him to get here." John prepared to run.

"He who?" Feliciana asked, looking into the dark corridor, seeing nothing coming from where John had pointed.

"The three-star hunter is after us," John said, making the girls follow him.

Hearing what John said, Feliciana suddenly turned pale, she was only a one-star hunter, and if a high-level hunter attacked her, she would be killed before she could even notice.

"Why aren't we running yet?" Feliciana left those words behind as she ran in the opposite direction of where John had pointed.

John rolled his eyes and followed Feliciana along with the girls, the knight followed Feliciana like a shadow.

After running for quite some time, they had covered half of the residence, and if it weren't for the hostages with them, by now they would have already reached the exit.

Everyone's steps froze at the doorway, unable to move forward in front of them, a figure blocked the exit.

"So, you're finally here. What took you so long?" The man spoke lazily, casting an uninterested glance at Feliciana and the others.

Feliciana took a step back, she had seen that pair of eyes that frightened her once again it was when she had used the detection spell; back then, the man had broken her spell.

The criminal exhaled smoke as he spoke, his eyes were deep, as if one were staring into a dark, damp well.

He was bare-chested, wearing only a pair of pants that seemed too large for his height and build, his feet were bare, and his posture was hunched, with both hands in his pockets.

His body and face were pale like a corpse's, his skin had a grayish tone, and his face showed that he was well past his thirties.

He leaned against a wall, implying that he had been there for quite some time.

"Ho! You're the mage who spied on me, aren't you? How curious you're only a one-star mage." The criminal aimed his dark eyes at Feliciana.

"Who are you?" Feliciana asked, trembling, her perception attribute screaming for her to run as fast as she could

"Who am I?" The criminal took one of his hands out of his pocket and pointed to himself.

"I forgot." The criminal looked up, thinking deeply; after a while, he showed a tired expression and gave up on what he was doing.

"You can call me Smoke that's what I'm called." Smoke spoke while yawning, his face showing drowsiness and exhaustion.

"You, the murderer." Smoke pointed at John.

"You killed fifteen of my men. Among them, four were two-star hunters. How do you plan to compensate for that?"

Smoke looked even more tired; he decided to sit on the floor, raised his knees, and rested his chin on his fist.

"Compensate you? What the hell are you talking about? After everything you've done to innocent lives, you still think you have any right?" John revealed an expression of disgust as he looked at Smoke.

"You invaded private property, you know? Besides that, you caused damages worth thousands of dollars. Not to mention, you killed my staff." Smoke adjusted his posture to make himself more comfortable.

"And even so, you don't plan to compensate me for the damages you caused? Your hunter association is worthless." Smoke shook his head, lamenting deeply.

John and Feliciana exchanged glances and reached the same conclusion the man before them was missing a screw in his head.

"I'll create a distraction, and you take the chance to escape with the hostages," John whispered these words to Feliciana, who discreetly nodded in response.

John decided to launch a surprise attack since the criminal's condition didn't seem good; he threw his daggers along with a flash explosion that would reach the enemy.

A loud sound echoed, and Feliciana took the chance to flee with the girls while John bought them some time.

However, Feliciana saw Smoke appear right in front of them, throwing a punch in her direction. The knight hurriedly used the shaft of his spear to block Smoke's attack.

Feliciana watched as the knight, who had ninety-one points in his strength attribute, was pushed several steps back.

Smoke stretched and looked at them, speaking calmly.

"S a few more of you are coming this way. Initially, I planned to wait and deal with all of you at once, but it seems you're in a hurry to meet the Creator."

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