The Gentleman at the End

Chapter 457: Chapter 455 Pursuit and Kill

This was William’s plan.

After the first exchange, when the Hand Axe chopped into Gatekeeper Pim’s shoulder, William drew two conclusions.

1. Even “Deathlike’s Dark Hand,” which met the Knight Order standard, when deeply buried in Pim’s body, only reduced his epidemic value by 1/10.

Such a perfect opportunity to attack happened just once; getting another chance to strike in this manner during the follow-up fight was almost impossible.

It was concluded that it was not possible to defeat such a Skin Messenger across tiers.

Even if he were to win by an extremely small chance, William would pay a grievous price, and then he would be taken like fish meat into the wholly unknown depths of the Skin Factory without a sliver of chance to resist.

2. The effective hack from the Hand Axe altered Pim’s thought process, causing him to mistake William for a Death Plague Knight. Based on this, William inferred that if he could strike further into the brain, perhaps he could bring the crazily paranoid Pim back to his senses.

Once lucid, they might be able to communicate as Skin Slaves, perhaps even figure out the current state of the Skin Factory, allowing them to avoid battle and decide on whether to proceed into the Skin Factory.

Now,

With the plan successfully executed, William, having learned specific details from Pim, no longer insisted on delving deeper into the Skin Factory. Pim even kindly gave him a ride and a gift.

“Ah!”

As William was thrown out,

a piercing shriek from the Blood Citizens came from the sky. Under the leadership of the female noble, all Blood Citizens emitted high-frequency shrieks from their ‘Y-shaped’ mouths,