Enforcer Manual
Chapter 435: Promotion Matters, Please Take Care of It_1

Chapter 435: Chapter 435: Promotion Matters, Please Take Care of It_1

Amidst the confusing situation in the house, the employees of Starfish Technology also received an emergency notice from the Abnormal Investigation Bureau—just minutes ago, they had detected some kind of unknown energy rapidly approaching them.

Their reinforcements were already on their way, and they urged them over the phone to hold on by all means until the Bureau’s help arrived.

Before the call could be disconnected, the lights in the observation room began to flicker, and some computers that had been turned off eerily powered up by themselves, displaying scenes from inside the house as if someone invisible was watching them.

Had this happened a day earlier, they might have been scared into running away by the ghostly phenomena; but now, they merely glanced at the noisy computers and refocused their attention on the electronic screen used for observing Emily.

Through notes left by Adventurer No. 7, they had come to understand the principle behind the ghostly shadows.

As long as they could kill the Absurd Demon, these tricks it had manufactured would disappear, unable to cause them any real harm ever again.

The sound of gunfire distracted them from assessing the room’s anomalies, and they saw the Absurd Demon’s body pierced by bullets, black ink-like blood streaming from the bullet holes—a fatal wound to ordinary people, but causing it little damage.

These few bullets seemed to ignite the Absurd Demon’s fury, making it momentarily abandon the nearby Emily and chase after Lu Xiang.

When it started running, they were amazed to find its speed was inconceivably fast; it caught up with Lu Xiang within a few steps, its mace-like arm swinging high, ready to smash down in front of her.

"Be careful!"

Overcoming the fear in his heart, Spicy Chicken, who had been lying in wait, pulled the bowstring fiercely, and although the "arrow"—powerful enough to penetrate walls—hit the Absurd Demon’s arm, it only caused it to deviate from its original path.

What was meant to be a punch towards Lu Xiang coincidentally crashed in front of the door to the basement, creating a huge hole in the floor.

Seeing this, Fengling immediately kicked up his leg and kicked at the Absurd Demon’s back; caught off guard, it stumbled and fell into the hole.

As if sensing danger, the faces on its body called out in panic, and suddenly, countless tentacles burst from its body, desperately clinging to the edge of the hole.

"Get out of the way!"

A furious shout entered the fray, followed by the sound of an engine revving. Big Radish Head, having found a motorcycle from nowhere, charged straight in from the doorway, and the intense inertia flung both man and vehicle out, crashing hard into the Absurd Demon’s massive body.

His charge ignited everyone’s fighting spirit, and without exception, the rest threw themselves with all their might at the unsteady Absurd Demon, whose body could no longer stay balanced amid the continuous barrage and fell into the pit.

As the sound of the heavy object hitting the ground echoed, two tentacles writhed back up, only to be met with sharp cleaves—Emily, having picked up a firefighter’s axe that had belonged to Adventurer No. 13, swung it with all her might at the tentacles on the edge of the hole.

"Light it up!"

After the lit match was thrown into the basement, a pillar of fire burst skyward instantly, accompanied by the booming sounds of exploding oil barrels.

The explosion and blazing fire momentarily cleared the fog around the civilian house. When Emily was pulled by Fengling from the room about to be engulfed by flames, she felt as if she had been transported to another world; the scene was just like those grand moments in movies.

She thought she could hear the Absurd Demon’s roar of fury, but ultimately everything was consumed by the flames.

Moments later, only the sound of the fire burning remained over the town.

At the same time, in the observation room of Starfish Technology, the eerie phenomenon so intense it seemed almost to tear the building apart finally ceased; the flickering lights could no longer bear the burden and went out, all the abnormal computer screens plunged into darkness at the same time.

But darkness did not envelop the room; it was lit by the brightness of the fire.

The light came not just from the computer screen monitoring Emily, but also from the windows and mirrors; they clearly saw the location of the white-dressed ghost—she was in the mirror, and the roaring flames soon devoured her.

"We did it."

"We did it!"

Some hugged each other in excitement, a joy born of surviving a catastrophe.

No longer glancing at the screens, their taut nerves finally relaxed; all they wanted now was to drop everything and return home to a peaceful sleep.

When the Absurd Demon was incinerated by flames, the same thought surfaced in everyone’s mind—leave this damn job to whoever wants it; tomorrow, we’ll collectively submit our resignation to the company.

Who knew whether the Void still concealed even more terrifying monsters?

In the heart of the raging fire, the Absurd Demon had been reduced to ashes.

But no one noticed a tadpole-like bug struggling to crawl up to Song Lan’s side, tightly coiling around his wrist, refusing to come off no matter what.

It had admirably completed the task the Bug Swarm had entrusted to it, defeated by warriors working together like a Boss.

The "tadpole" humanely lifted its head, and a strange voice emerged in Song Lan’s mind.

"The promotion, I’ll leave it in your hands!"

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The members of the Void Expeditionary Army stood quietly outside a residential building, their hearts devoid of joy from defeating the Absurd Demon, engulfed in deep sorrow.

Adventurer 13 did not make it out of the firestorm at the last moment.

At the time of igniting the basement trap, he was still lying in the ruins, his fate unknown, and by now, the flames had devoured everything in the house.

All that he left behind was this firefighter’s axe.

They all still remembered that Adventurer 13 had once said, death was as common to them as a meal, the adventurers who had gone before him had lost their lives investigating unknown areas, and he too would someday die in some corner of the Void.

They looked at the firefighter’s axe in Emily’s hands, and the mayor of Sheep Village at the front patted her shoulder, knowing that Adventurer 13 had saved Emily twice, understanding her feelings at the moment.

Emily gripped the firefighter’s axe tightly.

Someone had to save those stranded in the Void for various reasons.

Her eyes were filled with determination, "Don’t worry, I’ll carry on your legacy."

And at that very moment, she actually heard the voice of the deceased Adventurer 13, as if he was very close, like a conversation from the soul, "I’ve felt your courage."

This could be what legacy is all about.

In the movies she had seen, the protagonist often heard encouragement from the departed.

But immediately after, the words of Adventurer 13 sounded somewhat peculiar.

"But this is my firefighter’s axe, you can find one that’s pretty much the same for yourself."

Emily felt some kind of tangible force, a force that confiscated her firefighter’s axe, and when she turned around, she really saw Adventurer 13.

The atmosphere of sadness suddenly turned a bit awkward.

Thinking about how she had probably been discussing inheriting his legacy right in front of Adventurer 13, Emily wanted to crawl into a hole and hide.

"You, you didn’t die, that’s really, really great!"

She managed to squeeze out a faint smile.

The good news was that Adventurer 13 wasn’t dead.

The bad news was that she might have just socially died.

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