The "Flesh Cutter" Title Skill has a special effect: "When hitting an enemy unit with a physical attack, it additionally gouges a portion of flesh from the enemy's wound."
The scattering pellets from the Remington M870 wreaked havoc on the bat swarm. A mere graze could tear half the body off a bat.
After one shot, the bat swarm was reduced by 40%. Felix could no longer maintain his swarm form. He reformed into his human shape, stumbled, and fell, rolling seven or eight meters in the stinking ditch.
He struggled to stand up, but Li Ang vaulted over him with his spear, then thrust it straight down from above, impaling his chest.
The Ripple Energy coating the spear blade was like deadly poison to the Blood Clan, rendering their Self-healing Ability entirely ineffective. Felix could only watch in horror as his chest was melted into a terrifying cavity; he could even see his own pulsating organs beneath his skin.
"AHHH!"
He screamed in terror, reaching to grasp the Triangular Bone Tipped Spear and pull it out. But Li Ang had already slid down the spear shaft. Pressing the Remington M870 against Felix's shoulder, he pulled the trigger.
BANG. BANG.
After two gunshots, Felix's arm flew off. It rolled a few times in the sewer pipe before being completely submerged in the filthy water.
"Hello there."
Li Ang, leaning on his spear, said calmly to Felix, who lay in the stinking ditch, "We finally meet."
"You—*cough, cough*—who exactly are you?"
Felix struggled to lift his head, his face filled with grief and indignation. He coughed out the greenish sewage from his mouth, tears streaming down his cheeks.
"Don't you remember me?"
Li Ang tilted his head, pulled a photo of Eileen Raphael from his coat, and dangled it before Felix.
Upon seeing the photo, the Blood Clan noble first looked baffled. Then, as if struck by a realization, his delicate, handsome face turned ashen and desolate, as though stripped of all hope.
"Good, it seems you do remember."
Li Ang smiled and put the photo away. "Now, you're going to tell me everything you know about this girl.
Of course, you can choose to remain silent. Either way, I'll be taking your life in the end.
But believe me, faced with the tortures I can imagine, it's only a matter of time before you talk."
Li Ang, well-read in the interrogation manuals of various intelligence agencies, had mastered all sorts of unheard-of interrogation techniques. He could make even the most resilient prisoners in Guantanamo talk.
This was even more true now that he possessed the Origin of Life, and his subject was a Blood Clan member with innate, superhuman Self-healing Ability...
The possibilities were endless.
Faced with Li Ang's threat, Felix's face turned deathly pale, then flushed, then pale again. After a moment's hesitation, he finally chose to speak. After all, staying alive was most important. The Miller Family was undoubtedly searching for him everywhere; every second he delayed increased his hope of survival.
"On the afternoon of the seventh, I was with Caesar, Eric, Frank, Daniel, and Josephine, hosting a Rex Party mobile nightclub on the outskirts of the city. We had our men clear the site, set up a stage, and convert an abandoned factory into a temporary nightclub."
Felix said, "All of us are Blood Clan, but Caesar's status is the noblest. He comes from the Zimmich Family, one of the thirteen lineages.
The rest of us, though also Blood Clan, are descended from losers in the internal power struggles. Our ancestors were exiled from Europe to the United States, so our status is far beneath the Zimmich Family's.
So, Caesar is our leader."
He licked his dry lips and continued, "Caesar is a very charismatic leader. He became a Viscount before he was twenty-five, and the Zimmich Family has high hopes for him.
His only flaw... is that he's somewhat cruel and enjoys tormenting the weak. This might be because his mother's side has Gunglow Family blood.
Anyway, Caesar likes to play a 'hunting game' at parties. He'll pick some young, beautiful girls who catch his eye, conquer them with his charisma, and take them to a private room.
Of course, he doesn't murder these girls. He's just... somewhat rough and barbaric with them, and he compensates them with money afterward."
Felix glanced at Li Ang's expressionless face, swallowed hard, and said with difficulty, "Actually, none of us like this game. We only do it to cater to Caesar.
That day, at the nightclub party, he took an interest in the girl in this photo. He tried to seduce her but failed.
Normally, he would have stopped. But that day, for some reason, he lost it. He used the Blood Clan's enthrallment ability to control her directly and took her to the private room.
After that... he was more violent and brutal than ever. Breaking ribs, scalding skin, beating her head, hanging her upside down, and assaulting her until her internal organs ruptured...
We couldn't dissuade him. Under his coercion, we could only participate in the abuse."
Li Ang said coldly, "So Eileen Raphael died just like that?"
Felix pursed his lips. "...Yes. But after she stopped breathing, Caesar regretted it. He always cultivated an image of someone who cherishes women, and it seemed he genuinely liked that girl.
After it happened, Caesar stared at her blankly all night. It wasn't until the next morning that he ordered his men to dismantle the temporary nightclub and dump her body outside the abandoned factory.
Those syringes were just a crude, tacked-on disguise. In any case, no one would dare investigate us."
Li Ang gave a cold laugh. "So, where are this Caesar and Eileen Raphael's body now?"
"The Zimmich Family purchased the Luxler Building in Frankfurt City. Caesar and his family live on the highest twenty floors."
Felix said, "That body... it seems Caesar had someone steal it."
Li Ang nodded calmly. "I see." He then broke both of Felix's legs
and pulled the [Fully Automatic Pet Breeding Box] from his inventory. Ignoring Felix's terrified pleas for mercy, Li Ang dragged him towards the box.
"I don't want to die! I don't want to die!!"
Felix begged, tears and snot streaming down his face, "Let me go! The Luxler Building is heavily guarded! There are countless Blood Clan members and mortal guards! Let me go, I can be your informant..."
"Thanks, but no need. You can keep the earthworms company. The fields need fertilizing anyway."
Li Ang tucked the Triangular Bone Tipped Spear under his arm. With one hand pressed on the surface of the Breeding Box and the other gripping Felix, whose four limbs were now broken, he teleported him inside.
[Second Phase Task "Find Felix Miller" completed]
[Third Phase Task: Eliminate Caesar Zimmich]
[Task Reward 1: Miniature Life Potion *1]
[Task Reward 2: 300 Experience Points]
[Task Reward 3: 400 Game Coins]
[Task Time Limit: 3 hours]
[Failure Penalty: Erasure]