Seeing Shirley walking towards him with murderous intent, Duncan couldn't help but sigh, thinking that this trouble would fall on him in the end.
He was not very nervous. To be fair, he knew that he had almost no combat experience, and the girl in front of him looked like a female warrior who could go in and out of Changban Slope seven times, but he was not panicked at all.
First of all, he has a pigeon that is good at delayed killing. Ai's ability takes effect immediately within the affected range, and it can be activated faster than a robbery. If Shirley really swings her dog over, she will probably be defeated by the pigeon's high ping in mid-air, and then die.
Secondly, he controls the spiritual flame that has a miraculous effect on all extraordinary things. This fire can even control the Lost Homeland. The Deep Hound in front of him should not be more difficult to deal with than the monsters on the Lost Homeland, right? At most, a flame will be attached to the whole body, and then it will be his area of expertise: Girl, I think you and I are destined to be together...
The last and most important point is that this body is not his real body anyway.
What he is using at the moment is nothing more than an incarnation. Although from a physiological point of view, this incarnation seems to be alive, in essence "it" is still just a corpse driven by ghost power. Duncan does not need this body to remain physiologically intact to drive its activities, just like the "incarnation" in the sewer that lost its heart but was still able to move. He only needs this body to "exist" so that he can continue to use it.
He even suspected that even if his current incarnation was torn into pieces, he would be able to control it to return home in batches...
The only thing he was worried about was that if he was hit by Shirley's meteor hound and his whole body was broken, how would he explain to Nina about her uncle's strange bones when he returned...
He just stood there calmly, watching the girl in the black dress come to him leisurely, watching the black chain in her hand swinging in the air, and the strange and terrifying Deep Hound taking unpredictable steps, slowly following its master.
Because of the fierce battle before, the girl's arms and cheeks were stained with a lot of blood, which completely destroyed the quiet and well-behaved impression she gave at the beginning, and instead made her look weird and dangerous.
"You're not afraid, there's something strange going on." Shirley stopped two or three meters in front of Duncan, frowning at the "Sun Cultist" in front of her, while slowly raising her right hand without making a sound, "Are you giving up resistance?"
Duncan thought for a moment and said, "If I say I'm not in the same group as them, do you believe me?"
As he spoke, he calmly rubbed his fingers in his pockets, letting the illusory spirit flame slowly move between his clothes and skin to prevent the girl from hitting him with the dog if she disagreed with him.
Shirley was stunned for a moment, and a look of "are you kidding me" slowly appeared on her bloodstained face: "You think I..."
Before she finished her words, the Deep Hound following her suddenly spoke in human language, and a hoarse and low voice came out from its throat of bones: "I believe it."
"Ah...ah?" Shirley looked at her summoned creature in astonishment, "Agou, did you hit your brain just now? This..."
"Wait a moment," the Deep Hound shook its head, then walked to the side under Duncan's blank gaze, stretched its neck, and said, "Ugh—"
An extremely loud vomiting sound echoed in the bloodstained basement. This horrible demon from the deep sea turned upside down on the spot, vomiting countless pungent black flames, ashes, and black filth like acid. The reinforced concrete ground was corroded by the pollutants with a hissing sound, and it sank in the blink of an eye.
Duncan watched the scene expressionlessly, wondering if he had grasped the weakness of this "Shirley" in combat effectiveness - although this girl was strong, ruthless, and had a strange and difficult-to-defend combat style, she was obviously not good at sustained combat.
The key lies in her fighting style, which humans can tolerate but dogs can’t.
The atmosphere was so awkward for two or three minutes. When the Deep Hound's vomiting finally subsided, Duncan couldn't help but look at it: "... Are you okay?"
The dog immediately lowered its head, with its tail made of twisted bones tucked tightly under its crotch: "Thank you for your concern. I hope my impoliteness did not offend you. Do you have any other instructions? If not, we will leave first..."
Before Duncan could react to what happened to the dog, Shirley exclaimed: "Ah dog, are you really okay? I really hit your head just now! You are not so polite when talking to humans. The person standing opposite you can't save his mother after ten seconds..."
Duncan had already reacted vaguely at this moment. He suddenly looked at the ferocious and terrifying Deep Hound, and his eyes became deep.
According to the few words I just heard from the Sun Priest, the "giant dog" in front of me is actually some kind of demon summoned from the deep sea. Regardless of what the so-called Annihilation Sect is, and what kind of strange things there are in the deep sea, why can a dog be summoned? At least one thing is very obvious:
This "dog" is afraid of itself, this demon from the deep sea, it... may have a different "vision" from ordinary humans.
"Do you know who I am?" Duncan asked calmly, "Do you know me?"
"I don't know you, I don't know you," the Deep Hound didn't even raise his head, "I really don't know you... But you must be an important person, there is no doubt about that..."
Duncan frowned and asked again: "In your eyes, I don't look like a human being, right?"
The Deep Hound hesitated for a moment. It raised its head and looked at Duncan cautiously before saying, "Are you... like... or not..."
Duncan withdrew his gaze and looked at Shirley beside him.
The girl in the black dress was looking at this side in doubt and surprise—she finally put away her initial hostility, and replaced it with a strong sense of surprise and vigilance.
This girl's personality seems a bit reckless, but she is obviously not stupid. After her "pet dog" has shown such abnormal reactions in succession, even the most reckless person will calm down and begin to realize that something is wrong.
She quietly tightened the chain between her and the Deep Hound, and quietly took a half step back, carefully sizing up Duncan: "You just said you weren't in the same group as them..."
"Yes," Duncan spread his hands, "You may not believe it, but I also sneaked in to gather intelligence..."
"I believe it." Shirley said simply.
This time it was Duncan's turn to be a little surprised. He suddenly found that the impression this girl gave him was constantly changing. At first, he thought she was a quiet and well-behaved child, but she turned out to be violent and bloody. Just now he thought she was a reckless and stubborn person, but now she was taking advantage of the situation and giving in faster than he thought...
What kind of family can raise a child like this
Duncan had strange thoughts in his mind, and was also a little confused by the other party's overly straightforward attitude. He calmed down and organized the question: "Why did you look at me twice in a row during the meeting just now?"
"It was Agou who was watching you," Shirley answered reluctantly, but still cooperated honestly, "I just took a few glances out of curiosity..."
"Agou? Is that it?" Duncan frowned and glanced at the dark skeleton hound. "I just heard the priest mention the Oblivion Sect - a church that worships the deep sea? What is your relationship with the Oblivion Sect?"
"I have nothing to do with them!" Shirley said immediately, with a particularly emphasized tone, "It's their business for them to worship the Deep Sea. Agou and I met for other reasons!"
Duncan's eyes fell on the chain between the girl and the Deephound.
According to the intelligence just obtained, worshiping the Abyss, being able to summon demons from the Abyss, and using "magic spells" to fight with the power of demons under normal circumstances, this seems to be the characteristic of the "Cult of Annihilation". The Sun Priest made this judgment because of the Abyss Hound summoned by Shirley - although he suffered a heavy blow from the Flying Dog Meteor Hammer due to his misjudgment, Duncan believed that, at least under "normal circumstances", this information should be correct.
The only problem was this weird girl in front of him.
She seems to be very resistant to being associated with the cult - even though she owns a hound from the deep sea.
"It doesn't matter, then it doesn't matter," Duncan shook his head and asked, "Then why are you here? What are you investigating?"
Shirley pursed her lips, as if she didn't want to answer the question. However, the nervous signals constantly emitted by the hound next to her made her understand that the middle-aged man in front of her who looked ordinary might be extremely dangerous, and she'd better cooperate with him.
"I… "
Shirley opened her mouth, but the moment she opened her mouth, a loud bang suddenly exploded in the basement, and a ball of blazing fire suddenly flew over from the side!