Chapter 74: Kurome’s Embrace

None of them, including the burly man, had any idea that Blayn possessed teleportation abilities.

Still injured, he had no time to react—only despair and terror filled his eyes as the massive fan swung toward him.

In the next moment, his vision spun rapidly.

His head twisted through the air, rotating countless times before finally crashing to the ground.

Even then, he wasn't completely dead. As he saw his own headless corpse beside him, realization struck, and an overwhelming sense of hopelessness consumed him.

A few moments later, his consciousness faded entirely, his face frozen in an expression of unwilling defeat.

[Ding! The Host has slain a "Teigu User" and earned 40 System Points!]

Blayn instantly received the corresponding reward.

A thought crossed his mind—killing Teigu Users granted quite a lot of System Points. Weren't these people just here to deliver him free points?

Three Teigu Users and three Shingu Users… that was at least a hundred points waiting to be collected.

"Damn it!"

Watching his comrade get killed, the masked man felt a deep sense of dread.

They had severely underestimated Blayn's strength, especially his ability to appear and disappear unpredictably—it was completely abnormal.

And worst of all, no matter what they tried, they couldn't land a single hit on him.

How were they supposed to fight someone like this?

They had never seen or even heard of a Teigu with such ridiculous capabilities. Wasn't this essentially invincibility?!

As shock overwhelmed the masked man, Kurome had already drawn her blade and slashed at him without warning.

Fortunately, his close-combat skills weren't lacking. He quickly dodged and countered with the short blade equipped on his other arm.

"Little girl, I'll give you one last chance. The punishment you deserve can still be erased..."

Sensing how dire the situation had become, the masked man tried to sway the Assassination Unit to his side.

But before he could finish, Kurome's sword was already swinging at him again.

She clearly had no interest in his words—her resolve to follow Commander Blayn was unwavering.

"Yatsufusa!"

When two strikes weren't enough to finish the job, Kurome decisively summoned the Yatsufusa dolls.

She deliberately avoided summoning the Super-Class Danger Beast, Death Tagool. With so many allies nearby and their base situated within the Imperial Capital, its sheer destructive power could easily result in collateral damage to civilians.

However, the five humanoid dolls alone were more than enough to give the masked man a serious problem.

"Koro, Berserker!"

At that moment, Seryu shouted and activated Hekatonkheires' secret technique without hesitation.

She knew that using this ability would leave Koro bedridden for months, but to relieve her master's burden, it was a price she was more than willing to pay.

Koro's already massive form expanded even further, his muscles swelling to monstrous proportions. His face twisted into a fearsome, beastly expression.

In this berserk state, all of Koro's abilities doubled in power.

The attacks from the flying Danger Beasts barely fazed him. Even as wounds covered his body, they healed almost instantly.

With a single effortless leap, Koro soared dozens of meters into the air, grabbing two of the flying creatures in his massive hands before slamming them straight into the ground.

He followed up with several devastating punches, reducing them to nothing but pulverized remains.

"Ahhhhh! My sweet babies!"

The plump woman shrieked in anguish, her face contorted with grief.

But she didn't dare to rush forward—otherwise, she'd be the next one smashed into pulp by Koro.

At that moment, however, a chill ran down her spine.

"A real assassin never ignores their blind spot."

A cold voice rang out behind her.

Before she could even turn around, a powerful gust swept past her—generated by the swing of Blayn's Gunbai Uchiwa.

In the next instant, her body was split in two. Her head flew through the air, embedding itself into a wall ten meters away, while her body collapsed, rolling over twice before going still.

[Ding! The Host has slain a "Teigu User" and earned 40 System Points!]

Blayn couldn't help but feel that the system reward was a bit underwhelming—this woman had been far too weak.

A Teigu's power was formidable, but its true potential depended on the strength of its wielder.

Take Esdeath, for example—she continuously developed new abilities with Demon's Extract while also mastering top-tier combat techniques.

In contrast, this woman had no real combat skills, relying entirely on a Teigu that simply tamed flying Danger Beasts.

With two of the three Teigu Users already dead, the last one was barely holding on.

Seeing the tide of battle turn against them, the three remaining Shingu Users panicked.

Outnumbered and stripped of their fighting spirit, they stood no chance against the elite warriors of the Imperial Assassination Unit.

Within moments, all three were eliminated.

...

Blayn, eager to "claim the kill," focused Kamui's spatial distortion ability from his left eye directly onto the masked man's neck.

Under relentless attacks from the Yatsufusa dolls, the masked man was rapidly losing ground. It was only a matter of time before Kurome finished him off.

His trap-based abilities were also useless against her, thanks to the corpse doll Natala, which was specifically tasked with protecting her.

Already overwhelmed, the masked man failed to notice the space around his neck warping at an alarming rate.

In an instant, his neck twisted unnaturally, snapping cleanly. His head hit the ground with a dull thud.

W-What… happened…?

His final thought was one of utter confusion—he hadn't even realized how he died.

[Ding! The Host has slain a "Teigu User" and earned 45 System Points!]

With the system notification confirming his kill, Blayn smirked.

Kurome, on the other hand, was momentarily stunned—her opponent had just dropped dead out of nowhere.

Turning to scan the battlefield, she realized that every enemy had already been wiped out.

The scene near Koro was especially "spectacular"—the ground littered with the mangled corpses of flying Danger Beasts, all slaughtered mercilessly in his berserk rampage.

And miraculously, none of their own seemed to be injured.

But what Kurome cared about the most was Commander Blayn.

When she looked over, she saw him walking toward her.

"It's over," Blayn said, reaching out to gently brush some dust off her clothes.

As for his little stunt of stealing the last kill, he didn't say a word about it.

Of course, even if he had, Kurome likely wouldn't have cared—after all, it wasn't as if there was actual "experience" to be gained from it.

"Hmm..."

She gave a small smile.

But her expression quickly turned serious—serious in a way that made her look a bit adorably clueless.

Then, without warning, she reached out and tried to pull down Blayn's pants.

Her movements were so fast that he barely had time to react.

But in the end, his reflexes were still sharper. He immediately grabbed her wrists.

"What are you doing?"

"I need to check if you're injured," Kurome replied, completely serious.

"I'm not hurt. Isn't that obvious?" Blayn said flatly.

Even his clothes were still perfectly intact.

"A comrade of mine once seemed fine after a battle but later collapsed from an unseen injury. I don't want the same thing happening to you."

Kurome's tone was earnest as she explained.

Seeing her concern, Blayn's expression softened into a smile.

"Don't worry. I'm perfectly fine."

"That's a relief."

Kurome's face lit up with joy, and before she could stop herself, she threw her arms around him.

This time, Blayn didn't dodge or resist...

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