After escaping from Valding, Adolf and Kino had been careful to camp in the wild, avoiding contact with strangers, because their whereabouts could easily be revealed.
Does anyone know if there is a police station near here?
The group of people in front of him made Adolf feel deeply uneasy. Although Mr. Gaunt did not show strong hostility, Adolf still felt that the other party must know his identity.
Adolf was used to having the tip of a knife licking blood, and Adolf didn't care if he killed a few more people for his own safety.
So about ten minutes later, as the sun set, Minx's prospecting team set up camp behind the hill, briefly marked out the excavation site, and laid out all the tools to start work early the next morning.
The bonfire was flickering in the tent, and the men of the Herbert family were sitting around, drinking and changing glasses, and it was very lively.
Not long ago, the Police Bureau and the state's public security office jointly launched a crackdown on bandits, resulting in the near-annihilation of horse bandits in Missouri. People can now camp at night with peace of mind. They only need to beware of those wild beasts. After all, weird evil things are there.
It is still rare in this land.
However, the threat from humans is not just horse bandits, but also desperadoes like Adolf.
This time, the influence of his invisible technique quickly took effect.
After people relaxed their vigilance against him, the inner conflicts with his companions gradually arose.
Those people started to quarrel first, and then started to beat others. Another group of people watched and cheered, until finally someone took out a knife and stabbed the other person in the belly.
The entire excavation site was in chaos, and some sensible people were trying to break up the fight. In the process of breaking up the fight, new conflicts broke out, and they continued to fight together.
Adolf stood under the woods before, staring in that direction and rubbing his temples.
The core of the invisible art is the word "invisible". In many cases, the victims are not aware that they are affected by strange forces.
At this time, several hungry wolves wandering in the wilderness were also provoked by Adolf. They rushed directly into the camp and started to bite the people who were struggling with each other.
Provoking animals is much easier than provoking humans. Unless you have the Gestalt ability like Queen Saluba, once you are affected, it will take effect almost instantly.
Under the firelight, Adolf saw that several hired gunmen had their necks bitten off, and the bald man with glasses crawled out of the tent, fled into the distance quickly, and finally disappeared into the darkness, letting out a miserable scream, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.
The horses were all tied up on the other side, screaming in fear as they faced the battle between humans and wolves.
Kino stood next to Adolf, his nose filled with the strong smell of blood. He couldn't stand the temptation of human flesh and blood, but he was resisting this instinctive desire.
Kino has always been unwilling to kill for food. He always eats ready-made corpses. Anyway, there are a lot of gun battles in the east, and from time to time he will find guys exposing corpses in the wilderness on the road.
But now, he has been traveling with Adolf for a long time, and he feels more and more that this man is ruthless and cruel, and he is almost affected by him.
From the sound of gunfire to the end of the gunshots in the camp, it only took a few minutes at most, and then it suddenly turned into dead silence.
Adolf walked to the messy tent, checked the luggage inside one by one, and took away the necessary supplies.
Then he went to the place where the horses were, and let all the horses run away, letting them escape in all directions, leaving many messy footprints to confuse the investigators who came later.
Just when he had finished everything, Kino suddenly let out an exclamation.
"Eh!? Where is the gentleman from the Herbert family?"
Adolf was stunned for a moment, then walked over to check all the corpses lying on the ground, and indeed he did not see Gunter Herbert. His expensive suit was so recognizable.
Adolf walked towards the last tent that he had not checked. As soon as he reached the opening, he heard slight snoring coming from inside.
Adolf's expression changed slightly. After gently opening the curtain, he found that there was actually a person sleeping peacefully on the soft cushion inside.
It's that man from the Herbert family!
Adolf frowned. There was so much commotion outside just now, and everyone was dead, but this man could still sleep so soundly... It was simply outrageous.
He thought for a moment, took out a sharp knife from his waist, walked in and prepared to slit Gaunt's throat.
Kino stood nervously at the opening. He originally wanted to persuade Adolf to let it go, but the latter had no intention of stopping.
Adolf grabbed Gaunt's hair and put the dagger against his throat.
Sudden!
Gaunt's eyes opened instantly, and his cold gaze pierced Adolf's eyes like an ice pick.
Adolf was shocked and heard Gaunt say leisurely: "You still took action...", and then he immediately cut the opponent's throat without giving Gaunt a chance to draw his weapon.
but!
Gaunt, whose throat was cut, did not bleed to death as Adolf wished, but what he did next left Adolf speechless.
Gaunt turned into a black mass and slipped away from Adolf's hand. He could not feel any touch or weight at all, and merged directly into the shadow under the oil lamp!
"Oh, shine above! Where are the others?"
Kino was shocked, and then Adolf bumped into him, pushed him out of the tent and shouted: "Run, that guy is a seer!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the shadows illuminated by the bonfire and several oil lamps began to twist strangely. They seemed to be alive, rising from the ground, forming some kind of indescribable dark thing.
The thing stood in front of Adolf and Kino, and then a black shadow hand stretched out and grabbed Adolf and Kino.
The two of them hurriedly dodged away. After the hand missed the target, countless tiny black needles popped out from the arm and shot at the two of them.
Adolf, with his quick eyes and quick hands, grabbed a corpse and blocked it in front of him. Then he shot the black needle into the flesh and blood of the corpse, splashing blood like a bullet.
The black needles that hit the ground turned into small black dots one after another, moving back into the shadows.
Kino was not so lucky. His body was hit and several bloody holes appeared instantly.
This guy kept screaming, his body began to deform, his face was elongated, and his claws and hair grew out, resembling a hyena.
In the injured state, Kino had no choice but to turn into a ghoul form, which made the characters lurking in the shadows couldn't help but let out a sound of surprise.
"It turns out... there is another ghoul."
Adolf put down the corpse and used his provocateur ability to lure the wild wolves that were still chewing the dead people around, causing them to attack the arching black shadow.
The wolves rushed forward and bit at the invisible shadow, but they didn't bite anything.
The black shadow merged with the shadows of the wolves the moment they pounced on him.
Immediately afterwards, Adolf saw that the shadows of wild wolves suddenly began to attack his master, biting the wolves' throats and biting through their bellies.
Soon, all three wolves seduced by Adolf died miserably.
Adolf understood that this guy's invisible technique is to become a shadow and control the shadow!
"I met a guy who is not easy to mess with..." He half-knelt on the ground and murmured, but the person in the shadow heard him.
Then Gaunt came out again, still holding a lit cigar in his hand.
"Yes, Mr. Adolf, standing in front of you is——Senior Agent of the Ministry of Defense and Suppression, No. 9, Gunter Herbert."