Chapter 335: Chapter 335 Origin Granny
“With Abe leading, and in conjunction with Winry and Mia, they should be able to buy enough time.”

The wings of bone fluttered.

In the form of a Crowman.

Han Dong was almost one with the dark side, and by using a crowman’s unique method of shrunken body, he minimized his silhouette.

Having deduced that the searchlight’s life had its senses completely focused on the light, Han Dong simply needed to avoid the beam.

Besides, because Mia and her group had been discovered and triggered an alarm.

Apart from the stationary “Searchlight Arms” in the corridor, the rest of the long-legged creatures had all rushed over to help…

With the way clear, Han Dong successfully reached the location marked on the map.

A special edition clown breath mint was jammed into the lock.

He entered the ward just before the searchlight beam could shine on him.

Hum!!

A surge of coldness made Han Dong shudder in his crowman form, his wings shaking involuntarily.

Chen Li inside him also felt the danger and immediately appeared, standing back-to-back with Han Dong, observing the situation in the ward.

Han Dong did not immediately reveal Mr. Aha’s name.

After all, from Mr. Aha’s tone, it seemed that the couple was not on good terms… Recklessly blurting out the name might even invite certain death.

“Contact with [Strange Tales-Origin Granny] established, grade [S+], ranked 4th in ‘Paradise S-Level Strange Tales Rankings’, please handle with care.

Killing origin type strange tales will not yield any rewards and will also cause the main plot to change.”

“Origin-class strange tale? Could it be…”

Han Dong’s thought process was crystal clear.

In an instant, he remembered when he first arrived in Paradise… accidentally encountered [Strange Tales-Red Umbrella] due to a heavy rain.

What echoed in his mind was not the rigid voice of the System, but the story of the red umbrella narrated by an old woman, introducing the side mission of Strange Tales through a story.

Sizzle Sizzle!

Inside the faintly flickering ward.

A elderly woman in a hospital gown stood by the iron-framed bed, her right hand donned with a Japanese doll.

As the doll’s mouth opened and closed.

The familiar voice of the elderly woman came through, albeit a bit eerie but with no hostility at all, “Young man, you’re finally here!”

“Hello!”

Han Dong quickly patted Chen Li on the shoulder, signaling her to put down the machete and to not show any hostility towards the elderly woman.

“Hmm…”

The old woman slowly turned her head.

Empty.

Her eyes were empty.

Her mouth was also empty.

She had neither eyeballs, nor teeth, nor a tongue which was usually used for speaking.

The old woman completely relied on the doll on her right hand to observe and tell stories… In such an environment, staring at the hollow-eyed old woman by the bed was truly terrifying.

“You’re a fine young man. I could tell from the way you dealt with little Red that you’re a very kind-hearted person.”

Little Red was, of course, the Red Umbrella woman Han Dong originally encountered.

“Granny, you can just call me Aron! I came here to help you escape… My friends have already helped us hold off the searchlights in the Regulatory Office, let’s go.”

“Could you carry me? My legs aren’t what they used to be.”

“No problem.”

First, Han Dong separated from Duo Zeya.

He quickly stepped to the bedside.

The old woman’s feet had been cut off, her severed legs hanging in mid-air.

Despite it all, Han Dong didn’t show any hesitation or discomfort in his eyes…he immediately kneeled on one knee with his back to the old woman, letting her cold arm drape over his shoulder.

The cold leather Japanese doll was also leaning against Han Dong’s face.

“Let’s go.”

Han Dong indicated with his eyes for Chen Li to open the door.

Carrying the old woman, they left the ward.

Considering that there were several “Searchlight Arms” overseeing the corridor outside the door… Leaving with the old woman on his back like this was bound to be noticed.

However.

The moment Han Dong stepped out the door.

Click clack click clack~~ All the searchlights crammed into the corridor malfunctioned, and the arms drooped down.

“What’s going on?”

Han Dong recorded all the information he saw and felt. It might be useful in the future.

Carrying this old woman, no matter where he went, the “Searchlights” would malfunction immediately… The two high-heel shoe long legs used to carry the searchlights also lacked strength and collapsed to the ground.

“This… The Strange Tale failed?”

About the essence of this old woman, Han Dong speculated an extremely terrifying conclusion.

While Han Dong was thinking, numerous sounds of metal cutting and impact came from the front of the corridor… He could faintly see dozens of long legs piled up in the corridor, and numerous searchlights were cut open and broken into pieces.

…

Clang! Bang! Jingling!

Facing the endless influx of “Searchlights”, Mia and Winry were firing at full force.

The Demon Sword and the Blacksmith Hammer, each blow could basically destroy a searchlight…

And when dealing with such a large number of enemies, Winry’s attack methods seemed to be more effective… Each time she swung the hammer, it carried a great shockwave, damaging the searchlights behind.

“Hmm!?”

Just as Winry smashed a searchlight with a swing of her hammer ready to continue her attack, several piled-up searchlights in front of her lost all their energy and collapsed on the spot.

“Deputy leader! This is…”

When Winry first saw Han Dong, she was very happy… But the next second when she saw the hollow old woman on Han Dong’s back, she retreated in fright.

“Mission accomplished, we need to retreat!”

“Okay… But the captain is not here.”

Han Dong had a bad feeling and immediately asked, “What? Where did Abe go? Weren’t you together?”

“After you left, a large number of searchlights showed up! Their senses are shared, once any light illuminates us, the ‘Lamp Man’ will attack us.

The captain lured them away alone.”

“Abe… That guy can’t have an accident!”

Leaving aside their relationship, from a general perspective, Abe is an important pillar of the Holy City… The successor to the leader of the Behemoth Knight Group.

At this moment.

The old woman pointed in a direction, the doll in her hand spoke, “Over there…”

“Thank you!”

Han Dong quickly led Mia and Winry towards the direction the old woman pointed to.

Inside the hole-filled corridor.

Abe, who had completely undergone Beast Transformation, had completely suppressed the “Lamp Man” who was larger than him… The ground was scattered with various shredded flesh pieces.

It was not purely flesh, intertwined within the torn flesh were all sorts of wires.

Feeling the presence of a living person.

As Abe turned his head, his crimson eyes full of murderous intent and beastliness stared back.

However, upon confirming it was Han Dong, the hairs on Abe’s body slowly retracted, and his beastly nature gradually faded.

“Hurry up and go… You can’t kill him inside the Regulatory Office.”

After the old woman reminded him.

The Lamp Man had turned into a puddle of Black Water.

Ssss!

A burst of electromagnetic interference echoed in everyone’s mind.

Thanks to the shielding effect of their iron helmets, everyone quickly came to their senses.

At the other end of the corridor, due to electromagnetic interference, a normal searchlight was mutating, transforming quickly into a Lamp Man dragging a thick giant axe…