Clean Up

"Behind us!"

Joe's hoarse voice echoed in the hallway as he activated a spell with a wave of his staff, "Physical Barrier!"

Meanwhile, Kane turned around just in time to see the trigger of the assault rifle being pulled. He activated 'bullet time' immediately as he raised his duo pistols to counter.

TaTaTaTaTa!

However, nothing could delay the inevitable. The bullets of the assault rifle sprayed out with no scruples and rained down upon the trio. However, most of the bullets were focused on the old man.

A flimsy, transparent shield appeared in front of the old man who had a grim face filled with worries. He could only helplessly watch as some incoming bullets' trajectory were intercepted by Kane, but the other bullets still rained down on his flimsy, transparent shield that he summoned.

Although an Acolyte has access to many spells, the level one spells still aren't powerful enough to counter some modern firearms. The physical barrier is normally used to defend against the physical attacks of other humans that use melee weapons or projectile like arrows. It can even block one bullet or two at most, but against the barrage of bullets from an assault rifle, Joe could only helplessly watch his barrier shatter into pieces.

The bullets greeted Joe's body and face, ending the poor Acolyte's chance of showing off most of his magical spells. Spurts of blood danced in the air as the old man lifelessly toppled to the ground with a couple bullets in his head.

With the meat shield gone, Kane had to face the continuous barrage of bullets. His body and mind was stressed to the extreme as he used his gun to change the trajectories of bullets heading towards him while firing a couple of curved bullets as counterattack.

The curved holy bullets easily struck the man embraced by black mist, but it didn't seem to have much effect besides blowing a hole in its body! Kane watched in despair as the scorched bullet holes gradually recovered itself instead of burning the evil spirit to ashes. It didn't take long before Kane was exhausted and 'bullet time' was deactivated because his physical strength couldn't keep up.

Weakly collapsing to his knees and losing sight of the incoming bullets, Kane knew he was doomed. Fortunately, Hulk, who was near the end of the hallway due to charging towards apartment 448 earlier, has finally charged over. Although he couldn't see the bullets, Hulk waved his hammer at the incoming bullets using his instinct.

"Hulk smash!"

Dang! Dang! Dang!

Multiple bullets were embedded into the metal hammer, forming small dents on it. This managed to stop some of the bullets, but the remaining bullets that the hammer missed continued its trajectory towards Hulk's body.

Surprisingly, the bullets actually failed to penetrate the Hulk's body! The bullets only left purple bruises at the location that it struck before the bullets flattened and fell to the ground!

Hulk's grim face didn't even change due to the pain. He raised one of his palm as he activated, "Holy Light!"

Sensing the light spilling from the hand, the man embraced by black mist who is obviously Pro, didn't want to test out his holy light resistance at all. While firing the remaining shots in the assault rifle, he sided stepped back into apartment 441 and had the door automatically shut behind him.

Sparse holy light spilled through the bottom gap of the door, causing a light scorching sensation to come from Pro's foot that came into contact with it. Pro didn't mind as the assimilated toilet helped him recover from this blow, but he still swiftly dashed into the bathroom to avoid prolonged contact.

BOOM! As Pro stepped into the bathroom, the dented door of apartment 444 came flying through the air and smashed into the living room wall. Holy light spilled in, and Pro quickly shut the door to the bathroom. He tossed his assault rifle into the bathtub to hide it in plain sight before switching to ghost form and escaping into the bedroom.

"Hulk Smash!"

Boom! Pro could hear the bathroom door getting smashed behind him, but he was now safe. Pro then sneaked back into the hallway to continue his plan.

Meanwhile, the Hulk, covered with glowing yellow light instead of having green skin, blankly stared at the empty bathroom. Although a Holy Knight had all the necessary power to eliminate evil spirits, the one thing they lack is a way to track them. Of course, even if a level two mystic had a way to track evil spirit, they may still not be able to detect Pro due to his skill.

The holy light gradually faded away as Hulk frowned in confusion. However, before his mind could ponder further, he heard gunshots from outside!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

At this moment, Kane who had barely recovered a little was now facing the gunfire from two evil spirits! Alice and Toi Toi both had guns and were firing it at him from the end of the hallway. With his weakened self, Kane didn't even have the chance to fight back even with 'bullet time' on. He could only barely defend against the barrage of bullets.

Hulk wanted to dash to the rescue, but he was stopped when he saw the door to the apartment actually recovered on its own! He tried to smash through it like before, but it kept recovering! Although the recovery speed was not as fast as his destruction, it still delayed him for a while.

Then, the last straw broke the camel's back. Pro stepped out of apartment 442 with another handgun and aimed it at Kane from behind.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Kane truly felt the pain this time. A couple of bullets pierced Kane's body as he side-stepped and dodged the couple of bullets aimed at his head. It's actually surprising that Kane still could dodge in this situation, but Pro could only attribute it to the power of a level two mystic.

Boom! The door was finally smashed through as the bulky Hulk slammed into the hallway wall, leaving cracks on it. Pro then hollered towards Alice, "Retreat!"

Without hesitation, Alice giggled as she dashed back into apartment 448. Toi Toi could only cry as the plan for him, like always, was to stay behind as bait. He could only silently continue to fire his gun with the thought that his master will bring him back anyways.

Losing one source of bullet attacks, Kane could finally counterattack, but it seemed to be redundant as Hulk already activated Holy Light!

Kane snapped his eyes shut in the face of the blinding light as he weakly collapsed to the ground while panting in exhaustion. Although he may still be able to see through the light with his eyes, it will require him to consume even more stamina, which he is clearly lacking. So, he chose to just shut his eyes to rest as he knew that the lingering spirit will perish under the light.

As expected, Toi Toi could only watch the toilet paper catch on fire before disappearing. If Toi Toi could curse, he would curse the Holy Knights. Let the people burn you for burning the toilet paper they lack.

On the other hand, Pro and Alice safely escaped. Heeding Pro's command, Alice took Ali and returned to apartment 441 whose door had already recovered. Alice cheerfully greeted her master as she watched him calmly reload the assault rifle with an evil grin.

Outside, Hulk has already smashed the door to apartment 448. Stepping into the empty living room, Hulk angrily smashed the ground a couple of times before he charged towards the bedroom. Smashing open the bedroom door, Hulk watched his holy light incinerate a floating security uniform spirit. However, that was it.

Turning around and seeing the apartment door recovering itself, Hulk angrily growled as he brainlessly charged forward to smash through it. As he smashed away at the door, the holy light gradually faded away. The bathroom door creaked open as two dolls strenuously lugged a handgun out from the bathroom door.

"Newbie! You better hold on tight! We got to do this right! For the kingdom! For Princess Ali!" the Lisa, girl doll, cheered as she placed her plushy hands on the trigger.

Aiming it at Hulk, Boss doll held onto the gun as Lisa pressed the trigger.

Bang!

The recoil from the gun shot sent the dolls flying as the hand gun also launched backwards back into the bathroom. The bullet smashed into the back of Hulk, distracting him and causing him to glare back.

Sensing his gaze, the two dolls panicked and swiftly bumbled back into the bathroom, shutting the door behind them. Hulk stared back and forth between the apartment door and the bathroom door before he ran towards the bathroom while howling, "Hulk Smash!"

Boom! The splinters of the bathroom door scattered in the bathroom. Seeing the two dolls that were helping each other into the bathtub, Hulk intended to eliminate them, "Holy Smite!"

As holy light requires a lot of consumption of energy, Hulk used holy smite. Even though Hulk may seem silly, but he was trained to be a loyal combat machine by his church. He still knows to conserve energy. The only reason he used holy light before is because his instincts told him that holy smite will not do much damage against the evil spirit from earlier!

Just when the light left Hulk's hand, a man embraced by black mist suddenly materialized in between Hulk and the dolls! This man was obviously Pro!

The holy smite struck Pro, causing a scorch mark to appear on his body, but that was it. With an evil grin, Pro smashed his claws at Hulk.

Hulk's reaction wasn't slow as he had already lifted his hammer and smashed it towards Pro once his instincts screamed danger!

Clang!

The loud sound of metal clashing echoed in the bathroom as Pro actually had to take half a step back! A Holy Knight blessed with the strength buff may not be much stronger than Pro, but Hulk's natural physique made this buff much more effective. This caused Hulk's strength to exceed Pro's strength! Fortunately, Pro's claws were strong enough that they didn't break.

"Can't underestimate any mystics after all," Pro muttered as he used the force from the attack to step back towards the doll. He swiftly grabbed them and tossed them out through the doorway.

At this point, Hulk's squeaky giggle creepily sounded in the bathroom as he activated his strongest attack, "Holy Light!"

Pro felt a strong light wash over him as he felt his body being scorched all over! Fortunately, he had holy light resistance and the toilet assimilated inside him helped him resist by recovering his body's injury. With a grin, Pro easily phased through the wall and left the bathroom.

Maybe other blood spirits can't fight in the holy light, but Pro can still do so as long as he made it quick! Appearing behind Hulk, Pro lifted his leg and gave Hulk's booty a strong kick, "Get your booty inside!"

The force from the kick caused Hulk to lose his balance a bit, so Hulk had to take a couple of steps into the bathroom to stabilize himself. Turning around, Hulk then noticed that the bathroom door was actually recovering itself.

Completing his task, Pro of course didn't stay any longer. Glancing at the two pitiful dolls who were hiding in the bedroom, Pro could only lament when he saw a couple of scorch marks on their plushy body, but fortunately, they were still usable. Without dawdling further, Pro returned to apartment 444.

Hearing the Hulk smashing the recovering bathroom door repeatedly, Pro felt a bit of pain point-wise, but an evil sneer still arose on his face. One might think that Pro intended to save the two dolls, but that was just an extra bonus. If Pro couldn't save them, he can just make more dolls in the future albeit at the loss of points.

Pro's true goal was to get Hulk into the bathroom and giving him his toilet blessings.

"Even if you can cast mental resistance, can you resist if the toilet is right in front of you? Even if you can do so, I can still deal with you eventually when all distractions are gone," Pro grinned evilly as he walked into the hallway.

Alice, with an assault rifle, was now guarding the two dead bodies in the hallway. Toi Toi was floating happily around Alice who was happily playing with Ali on her shoulder.

When Pro went to deal with Hulk, Alice was sent out with the assault rifle to finish off the gunner. Of course, Toi Toi, with a handgun, was sent out first as distraction from apartment 446.

Honestly, it was a bit of overkill, but Pro didn't want to risk anything. If Alice used a pistol, what happens if the guy popped out a holy light talisman or something. Pro didn't want Alice to suffer even if he could bring her back.

As for Toi Toi, Pro believes that it would get used to rough treatment. After all, if you wipe enough with a rough toilet paper, you will get used to it eventually.

Glancing at the corpse of the old man, Pro had no remorse.

"After all, you will soon go on the journey anyways, I just sent you off a bit earlier," Pro muttered as he recalled the real reason he chose to eliminate the old man first.

As the saying goes, the older the wiser. Pro also believes that the wiser, the more dangerous someone is. That is already enough reason to get rid of the suspected Acolyte first. Another reason is that Pro worried that the Acolyte had an exorcise talisman. Hell no does Pro want to be on the receiving end of that banishment spell.

"Here you go master, go pew pew the bad guy to death," Alice's charming voice came from besides Pro as she handed the assault rifle to Pro.

After checking that the assault rifle still has enough bullets, Pro took the assault rifle and marched off towards apartment 448. Although his energy was still constantly being consumed, the loud smashing from within still alerted him that the buff guy was still alive.

"Can't have this big guy keep smashing my domain. Unlike the other knight, he could really cause some heavy damage with that hammer. Perhaps I would have no confidence to solve him if I only had my trashy aim with pistols, but with an automatic assault rifle, I can still hit him if I'm lucky," Pro concluded as he paused in front of apartment 448 with thoughts running through his mind.

"I can't shoot through your skin, but I don't believe your eyes or your crotch can be as invincible! Even if it is the legendary invincible golden rod, I can still play you to death just like I did to the other knight. After all, you are alone now."

Pro's evil chuckle echoed in the hallway as he stepped into apartment 448 to end the battle. His prey is waiting and so is his spoils of war.