Free Web NovelIn the early hours of the morning, the night was about to end.
In a secluded alley in Hua City West District.
A beautiful woman with a hot figure walked alone. Under the dim light, her red lips were exceptionally bright, as if smeared with blood.
Beneath her tight pink hip-hugging dress, her long legs, wrapped in black stockings, were revealed. Her steps were stumbling, like someone who was drunk.
"Damn it, why are the side effects so strong this time? It was clearly just a D-level Strange Tale. Is it because its will was too strong when it was alive?"
She shook her head and muttered to herself in a low voice.
The side effects of devouring the core of a Strange Tale's body are not that easy to digest, or rather, without external assistance, it's impossible to digest them on one's own.
Each time a Strange Tale is devoured, its existence completely integrates into the body, continuously affecting the Strange Tale that devoured it, until that Strange Tale completely loses control.
While thinking, she suddenly looked up and saw a tall man in black standing at the end of the alley.
Seeing this, she steadied herself, lightly swung her arm, and a rusty, blood-stained crowbar slid from the sleeve of her Coat into her palm.
Immediately after, a rustling sound came from within her thick long hair, and a pair of fluffy rabbit ears slowly emerged. A bloody and violent Spiritual Energy fluctuation spread around her body.
The newcomer saw her reaction and said somewhat flustered, "Ha! Mr. Rabbit, oh no, Miss Rabbit, right? I, I've finally found you."
What's with him feeling a bit shy? Is it because this body of mine is too alluring? Miss Rabbit narrowed her eyes, tightened her grip on the crowbar, and vigilantly sized up the figure in front of her.
"Looking for me? What for?" Miss Rabbit said, while sensing the other party's Spiritual Energy fluctuations, feeling a secret shock afterward.
Such chaotic Spiritual Energy fluctuations! How is he not mad yet, being this chaotic? Miss Rabbit thought.
"Don't misunderstand, don't misunderstand!" Seeing that Miss Rabbit seemed to have misunderstood his intention, the man quickly waved his hands and said, "I didn't come to hunt, I'm..."
As he spoke, he hastily took off his upper garment, turned around, and revealed the dark sun totem on his back.
"Now you should know why I'm here, right?"
He's from the Eclipse Society? Miss Rabbit felt a surge of panic.
Last time, she caused Cicada to be pursued by the Night Watch and attacked by a newly born Demoness Strange Tale, leaving her fate uncertain. Not long after that, the people from the Eclipse Society came looking for her again.
Could it be...
...they've come for revenge?
As Miss Rabbit thought, her vision began to blur in waves, and a string of fine sweat beads appeared on her forehead. The side effects of devouring the core of the Strange Tale's body were getting stronger and stronger.
It was as if a group of vengeful spirits were roaring and tearing in her mind, trying to completely shatter her consciousness.
Damn it, now is not the time to fight, I have to find a way to escape!
With this thought, she quietly distanced herself from the man in front, while also bracing herself, secretly brewing Spiritual Energy, preparing for a sudden burst and rapid escape.
Noticing Miss Rabbit's intention to escape, the man said somewhat annoyed, "Damn it, when will Cicada recover? I really am not good at negotiating this kind of thing."
"Negotiating?" Miss Rabbit was slightly taken aback by his words.
"Ah? Is that wrong? Is it... mating? Uh, exercise, uh, pairing..."
Miss Rabbit, "???"
Although many urban legend can become mentally deranged and incoherent after excessively devouring the core of a Strange Tale's body, I suspect you are deliberately saying inappropriate things!
"Wait a moment, let me sort this out."
As he spoke, the man held up a palm towards Miss Rabbit, while his other hand reached into his pocket, fumbled for a bit, and pulled out a crumpled stack of sticky notes, which he began to read carefully.
"Right, it should be conducting transactions, coordinating actions, and completing cooperation! Hmm, the Elders of the Mystic Cult should have said this."
"From your current state, you're almost at your limit, right? If you keep devouring like this, it won't be long before your mind collapses."
"What's more, the Twilight Woman is about to wake up, isn't she?"
The man read out the content on the sticky notes in a monotone, completely devoid of the implied ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) threat in the words.
However, despite this, his words still touched upon the worries in Miss Rabbit's heart.
She furrowed her brow almost imperceptibly, and one hand instinctively rested on her chest.
In the inner pocket of her Coat, she had hidden the core of the Strange Tale's body she had hunted tonight. The man was right, continuous devouring had already affected her sanity, and she was almost at her limit.
In fact, Miss Rabbit had hunted a total of two Strange Tale body cores tonight, but she only devoured one before stopping, precisely because she was worried about losing control.
This negative effect is not just limited to low-level urban legend; even high-level urban legend can suffer from excessive devouring without taking time to digest.
There are even many beings called "gods" who, despite possessing immeasurable knowledge and terrifying power, have chaotic and distorted minds without a clear will.
She had seen and heard of too many newly born powerful urban legend who, relying on their immense power, hunted excessively, were greedy and gluttonous, fell into madness, and ultimately ended up being devoured themselves. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
When faced with devouring the core of a Strange Tale's body, with the readily available knowledge and abilities, and the surging energy, how many urban legend could resist the temptation?
What's more, the relationship between urban legend has always been murky water. They all wish each other would die sooner and wouldn't easily tell each other even if they knew some taboos.
This is why she was confident she could snatch back the witchs egg from that damn thief.
An enemy who has lost their mind, no matter how powerful, can still be defeated.
After a long silence, Miss Rabbit said seriously, "I've never quite understood the purpose of your help. Is it just a transaction? I don't think that's the case, is it?" ƒгeewebnovёl.com
Where in the world would a merchant partner with someone, lose money, not think about cutting losses in time, and even eagerly rush to continue cooperating? Miss Rabbit thought.
"Uh... wait a moment." The man was momentarily speechless, lowered his head to flip through the sticky notes in his hand, and then read in a monotone.
"Got it, it's here! People from the Hua City Si Ye Hui might already be watching us. There are some actions that are inconvenient for us to directly participate in. Also, everything we do is to seize a slight advantage when the long night descends."
"Hmm, these are the Elders' original words."
"..." Miss Rabbit rolled her eyes and scoffed, "Tch! How boring!"
After speaking, she turned around and continued walking forward. She had to leave.
She had a faint feeling that she was about to lose control. The man was still amicably discussing cooperation with her now, but she was sure that if she lost control, the man would hunt her without hesitation.
What's more, her previous cooperation partner had also said similar things to her, but at that time, their relationship was limited to equal transactions, and she didn't pay too much attention to other matters.
Now, hearing this sentence again, she still felt that the people from the Eclipse Society were a bunch of lunatics.
Even as a Strange Tale, she didn't quite believe that the day the sun goes out would arrive in her lifetime.
"Wait a moment!" Seeing Miss Rabbit about to leave, the man chased a few steps forward, looking down at the sticky notes and saying urgently, "Uh, uh, the Elder Council said that if you're willing to cooperate with us, they will find a way to get you the Alchemy formula to eliminate the side effects!"
Hearing this, Miss Rabbit's steps paused. She glanced back at the man behind her and asked suspiciously, "Isn't that formula one of your Eclipse Society's biggest secrets? You're actually willing to tell me?"
"It's not an Eclipse Society formula, it's..." The man looked down at the sticky note in his hand, and a strange smile appeared on his face, "It's a Night Watch formula!"
