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Shattered Bones spoke, his voice coming through the whaling mask, sounding quite hoarse and low.

"I came here for Misha."

"We are fighting for Misha too." Amiya's tone was unusually cold, and the dark side of her Special Class emerged. She said coldly, "We will not hand Misha over to Reunion, and we don't care what she has. All we want to protect is her."

"Is that so?" Shattered Bones gazed into Amiya's deep blue eyes and said with emotion, "It's so good that Misha has you all by her side."

Amiya asked in confusion, "What did you say?"

Shattered Bones shook his head and slowly placed his hand on the whaling mask.

Amiya instantly moved the black blade forward two centimeters, its sharp edge just three centimeters away from slicing through the clothes that had shattered her bones.

The bone-crushing motion was quite slow, and he even deliberately controlled his breathing to avoid Amiya misunderstanding his actions. When the mask was removed, a handsome face was revealed before Amiya, a face almost identical to Misha's.

"I just want to take my sister away, that's all."

Alex said slowly.

When Chaoshan told Alex everything, the young boy felt utterly devastated, as if the sky had fallen.

His father, Sergei, was not the kind of villain who would betray his colleagues, wife, and children for wealth and glory.

The reason why the Ursus Research Institute was massacred was not because Sergei deliberately betrayed his colleagues, but because the Ursus authorities used Alex's life as a threat to force Sergei to bow down to them.

Sergei has lived in constant agony for years, bearing thirty-three cuts on his wrists. Whenever he attempts suicide, the Ursus authorities always find a way to revive him, forcing him to continue his forbidden experiments. Alex's mother was beaten to death by the Ursus authorities, and young Alex was sent to a mine—all acts of coercion against Sergei.

Alex had escaped from the mines by sheer luck and happened to end up in a village in northern Ursus, where a kind old woman carried him home. Had she not saved him, Alex would likely have become food for wild beasts or nourishment for the fertile snowfields.

The old lady had no children of her own, so she treated Alex as her own grandson.

She has an elderly husband, but he always ignores Alex and scolds him.

Even so, Alex felt the warmth of family from the elderly couple. Recalling his past belief that his father had sold him and his mother, he longed for kinship even more and regarded the couple as his own grandparents.

Unfortunately, his good fortune didn't last long. Alex contracted Oripathy in the mines. In Ursus, those with Oripathy were treated like pariahs, hated by everyone. It seemed that a good life was destined not to be for Alex. He later learned that the old woman also had Oripathy. The reason the old man disliked Alex was because the old woman had boiled all her expensive herbs used to treat Oripathy into a soup and fed it to Alex.

This made Alex feel like he had personally pushed his loved one to her death. Living with guilt, the young boy refused to take his medicine no matter what he was told. He wanted to leave the medicine for the old woman, but she told him that she had lived long enough and wanted to give the hope of life to the younger generation.

The old lady's carbide disease didn't develop overnight.

She had no children because she was very weak when she was young and couldn't withstand the process of passing on life. The old man loved her very much and didn't care that there was no heir. He spent the rest of his life watching over his wife.

The old woman was acutely aware that her time was slipping away, and she had very little left. Her kindness towards Alex was tinged with a touch of selfishness; she hoped that after she passed away, Alex would take good care of this old man. If no one cared for him, this old smoker with his lungs already rotten would surely die surrounded by smoke.

Alex agreed to her request, but he didn't expect that the old lady's time would come to an end prematurely.

Five years ago, the Ursus picket team arrived at this border village, North.

The Ursus Scouts' first task was to clear the village of Oripathy infected people. To protect Alex, the old woman stepped forward and admitted to being infected. Despite her advanced age and impending death, she did not receive the Ursus Scouts' forgiveness. That night, she was hung on a wooden frame, and flames burned throughout the night.

Alex hid in the closet, weeping but afraid to make a sound. In the cold night, he felt the Oripathy coursing through his body, felt the pain of losing another loved one, and the feeling of helplessness was driving him almost insane. But he was just a child then, and he had no choice.

The old man smoked a cigarette. That night, he used everything he had in the house to make a coffin.

He wanted to avenge his wife, but before she passed away, she told him to take good care of Alex.

For the old man, this was the most painful curse in the world.

The next day, the person who would change Alex's life arrived.

Lin Lu appeared in this village.

He also influenced the future of the village.

To evade capture by the Ursus Police, Lin Lu hid in a coffin made by the old man, making him seem more like the old man's grandson than Alex. The two chatted happily; Alex had never seen the old man smile before, but the appearance of this man made the old man extremely happy.

The old man was naturally delighted.

He made an agreement with Lawyer Lin.

He told Lin Lu to take Alex away, the farther the better, while the old man himself would stay behind to deal with the Ursus picket team.

The old man was once a seasoned hunter, but years of fighting left him with countless hidden wounds, forcing him to retire. He and his beloved wife came to this remote village hoping to live a peaceful life and wash away the blood debts of the past. Unfortunately, he could escape for a time, but not forever. In the end, he was caught and his happiness was taken away.

Gehman Donpson was once considered on par with Patriot Bojocasti.

The old man left the weapon that had accompanied him in battle for many years, the Bone-Crushing Gunblade, to Alex, while he himself picked up a black crossbow to cover their retreat.

The battle was extremely fierce; even Lin Lu was injured while protecting Alex. Ultimately, the Ursus Police were completely wiped out, and the old man died from exhaustion. Before his death, his former comrade-in-arms, Bozokasti, lit him a cigarette, granting him his wish. A great fire engulfed the entire village, and anyone seeking revenge against Donpson met with Bozokasti's wrath.

Clutching the Bone-Crushing Blade, Alex followed Lin Lu's footsteps to the Reunion Movement.

What happened next was not a good thing either.

Lin Lu left the Reunion Movement as its new leader, and Talulah succeeded him.

Under Talulah's leadership, the Reunion Movement continues to expand, saving more and more infected people.

Alex believed Talulah's words and the successor Lin Lu had chosen, so he followed Talulah and obeyed her commands. From an unknown nobody, he rose step by step to become a cadre of the Reunion Movement—Bonebreaker.

Talulah tells Bonebreaker what his father, Sergei, did to deserve such unfair treatment of him and his mother! Talulah's lie successfully deceives Bonebreaker. During the siege of Chernobog, Bonebreaker's assault team is unstoppable, and his rage becomes an invincible weapon for the Reunion Movement. Later, Talulah even arranges for him to infiltrate Lungmen to hunt down his biological father, Sergei, and his older sister, Misha.

Only now, until today, does Broken Bones understand the truth of the matter.

Talulah's lies, the Reunion Movement's hollowed-out beliefs, and Misha's years of suffering.

This made Shattered Bones take off his mask; he was Alex, no longer Shattered Bones.

The Bonebreaker is just a pair of gunblades, just a weapon.

This time, he wants to fight for himself.

"I will not allow anyone to take advantage of my father anymore."

Alex gazed at Amiya, a detached smile playing on his lips. "My only family member. I want to see her one more time."

"..."

Amiya burst into tears.

Alex was completely unguarded; he laid his heart bare to Amiya, and these were the evidence, the facts. He hadn't lied, nor could he fake anything on a spiritual level.

"If you still don't believe me..."

Alex suddenly stepped forward, actually using his chest to meet the deadly black blade in Amiya's hand! Just as he was about to collide with the blade, Amiya panicked and fell backward. With Alex's reckless momentum, she could only avoid it with this dangerous move in her haste.

Amiya, as light as a moonlight sprite, glared at Alex and snapped, "Are you out of your mind?!"

Alex looked at the crack that had appeared in his light armor and the fine beads of blood flowing out. The wound was minor, not penetrating deep into the flesh. Merely glancing at the edge of a blade had shattered his armor; what kind of sharp weapon was this?

"Now, are you willing to believe me?"

Chapter 341 The Old Hunter (4K)

Gavial watched the skeleton kidnapper's every move intently. The kidnapper's movements seemed to move in slow motion to her, completely unaware of her presence.

The wind whipped her long hair, lifting her bangs to reveal a firm and composed gaze.

She was no longer as reckless as before; having made the same mistake once, she had already given Amiya enough to worry about.

Amiya's current task for her is to confront the Bone Holders alone, giving her five minutes to deal with the Reunion Movement's leaders.

To be honest, Gavial had a strong urge right now. She wanted to tear this monster apart in five minutes, then help Amiya deal with the enemy, and finally take Misha back to Rhodes Island.

Unfortunately, since contracting Oripathy, her physical abilities have declined considerably from their peak, and she is constantly plagued by a sense of weakness. She can no longer tear through steel with a flick of her wrist or carve through mountains with a single, serious punch, as she once did.

Otherwise, a monster of the level of the Bone Heist would be nothing more than a beginner's gift compared to the monsters near the coast of her hometown.

"Phew...that's enough!!"

A surge of anger welled up within Gavial, and she once again dodged the seemingly straightforward iron fist. In reality, the skeletal hostage-taker raised a cloud of dust as he swung his arm, bone spikes hidden in the thick layer of ash and sand rushing towards her.

Each of these bone spurs appeared to be ten centimeters long, with extremely sharp ends and hollowed-out blood grooves in the middle, like thorns wrapped around a tree branch. Under the skeletal hijacker's momentum, like a train traveling at full speed, each bone spur carried the speed of a cannonball leaving the barrel. If Gavial hadn't dodged in time, he would probably have had all his blood pierced and carried away by the bone spurs.

Gavial's impatience stemmed not from how difficult the opponent was, but from the fact that this monster, despite its strength, always resorted to these underhanded tactics. Couldn't it have a fair and square duel?

Skeleton kidnapper, you are truly despicable now!

How many monsters has Gavial defeated in the past? What kind of enemy hasn't she seen?

Some monsters will even self-destruct when they are on the verge of death. Once someone gets their hands on this flesh and blood, which is full of special pheromones, they will be hunted down by all the monsters within a ten-mile radius who can smell this pungent odor.

The Adaklis people strictly forbid hunting this monster alone; one must be fully prepared before engaging it, and no one knows what kind of monster it will attract.

However, when Gavial was fourteen, she would often go to the beach to catch these monsters when she had nothing better to do. Because their population was small, she maintained a cyclical and sustainable approach, not going all out to kill them. Each time, she would cripple the monsters and collect some of their flesh and blood to smear on her flagpole. She would then plant the flag in the ground and sit there waiting for wave after wave of monsters to attack, turning into a merciless grass-cutting machine.

It wasn't that monsters surrounded her, but that she surrounded the monsters all by herself.

Back then, Gavial treated this nightmare, which terrified his people, as a daily form of entertainment.

Gavial's combat prowess, comparable to that of a six-star operator, is the result of constant refinement and transformation through countless battles. She grows stronger in the harshest environments, learning from each fight and becoming more resilient with every injury.

She's been through countless battles and seen it all!

"Stop playing tricks, it should have been done a long time ago!"

Gavial's fist slammed into the skeleton hostage's fist, which was almost half her size!

"--Bang!!"

It looks like a small knife sawing a big tree, but upon impact, it's not the knife that breaks, but the big tree.

The skeleton hostage's wrists cracked with a sickening sound, and even the blood vessels surrounding his arms were ruptured, spilling out a trickle of amber liquid.

"Gahhhhhh!!!"

The skeletal hijacker unleashed a deafening roar that shook the air, transforming its fist into a palm and unleashing explosive power! It attempted to crush Gavial's arm with its sharp, cone-like fingers, a move no less powerful than five spears striking simultaneously.

Gavial was not afraid at all. Compared to the monster's annoying tricks, she preferred this pure clash of strength. She didn't think she would lose to anyone else in this regard; given a lever, she could move the entire Terra.

"Drink!!"

Gavial let out a battle cry, the loudness of which determined her offensive power. She charged forward, her arm pushing against the skeletal hijacker's palm!

Anyone watching at this moment would be utterly dumbfounded.

Like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, the chariot was overturned by the mantis.

With extreme force, Gavial pushed the skeletal kidnapper's hand inward. After a few seconds of stalemate, cracks appeared on the monster's wrist. At that very moment, the skeletal kidnapper's fingers successfully pressed down on Gavial's arm! The sharp tips pierced the white robe, but it no longer had enough nerves to control subtle movements; it could only swing its arm and fling her away.

Even if Gavial's strength is great, her weight is still at the level of an ordinary beautiful girl—cough cough, she has never falsified her physical examination results—well, she just changed it a tiny bit, a tiny bit.

"call……"

Gavial, flung into the inferno by the Bone Henchman, managed to land on a shield at the last possible distance, bending over to reduce the impact. This shield, which she had ripped from the Bone Henchman's right arm, could absorb magical substances generated from Originium elements, including the towering flames ignited by the amber solution.

A path was parted in the fire curtain, and Gavial, making full use of every advantage on the battlefield, rode the waves, growing stronger with each battle. She said she was fighting randomly, but she wasn't. She came out with a combo of armor-piercing, crowd control, and body-damaging attacks—clearly well-trained. Her offense was her defense, making her unstoppable. Later, she mentioned that she had trained for two or three years by the sea in her hometown. Ah, it seems she came prepared.

Just as Gavial swung his Origin Stone Staff to brake abruptly, stretched his neck, and strode forward, preparing to unleash another combo on the Bone Henchman, a familiar voice came from the side.

"Miss Gavial, we've arrived."

"us?"

Gavial instinctively turned her head and saw Amiya running towards them with Reunion cadres. She paused, calculating the time carefully; it seemed like less than five minutes had passed. What trick had Amiya used to lure them here? Was this a male or female ball? No, was it a boy or a girl?

"you……"

Gavial's gaze couldn't leave Alex's black stockings; those slender legs looked even more shapely than hers.

“Let’s talk about that later. Right now, Alex and we share the same goal,” Amiya said, her gaze resolute. “Let’s bring Misha home!”

Gavial nodded thoughtfully. She didn't treat Alex coldly just because he was a Reunion cadre. Since he was someone Amiya approved of, she would trust Amiya.

If the other party is planning to play tricks, that's fine too. She doesn't mind making intimate contact with the other party's nose with her fist. If one punch can't solve the problem, then she'll take a serious punch.

"we have a deal."

Alex drew his gunblade, grabbed the harpoon mask, hesitated for a moment, and then hung it on his belt.

"After rescuing Misha, we must respect her wishes and let her decide where she wants to go. If she chooses me, then Rhodes Island should not stop us. If she chooses you... I hope you will take good care of her."

"Opening champagne at halftime is a big no-no. Let's talk about everything after we've rescued the people!"

Gavial immediately interrupted Alex's reckless act of raising the flag. She and Amiya exchanged a glance, and Amiya pointed to the Bone Lurker's shield. Gavial nodded knowingly, gave a thumbs-up, and exuded an air of "Leave it to me."

Gavial charged forward against the surging, intense air currents, her movements swift and powerful, churning the flames around her, and in an instant, she was before the monster. Her Originium Staff flashed at breakneck speed, leaving afterimages, and the scattering air seemed to groan. No one could discern the speed of Gavial's serious attack; in the blink of an eye, it seemed as if she had unleashed countless hammer blows.

“Ding ding ding ding ding!!”

The clanging of metal followed in quick succession, and bone fragments flew from the skeletal hostage's hands as she held them in front of her, looking extremely disheveled. Facing a monster several times her size, Gavial had never shown fear; she had always remained on the offensive.

"Hiss...hoo."

Amiya took a deep breath, seizing the opportunity Gavial had created for her. The power of her Special Class class surged through the Ark Driver, and she once again moved as if into shadow. Her exceptional battlefield mobility allowed Amiya to unleash near-instantaneous teleportation skills; while not as effortless as the Kingslayer's, her current speed was still terrifying.