Feeling Du Mu's undisguised look of disdain, even Blade, who always presented a cool image, couldn't help but show a hint of embarrassment on his face.
To effectively deal with these dark creatures, every bullet in his shotgun was mixed with expensive pure silver.
One clip of bullets would cost at least several hundred U.S. dollars.
As an unemployed wanderer who hunted Vampires year-round, Blade's financial situation simply couldn't support such a luxurious way of 'splashing Water' with bullets.
Otherwise, why do you think he carried that silver longsword to hack Vampires all day long?
Did you really think he was purely trying to show off and act cool?
Well... okay, there was a little bit of that reason.
"Give me the gun." Du Mu extended his hand.
Blade hesitated, "My gun is out of..."
"5000 U.S. dollars, consider it bought."
"Catch! The gun and the remaining twenty bullets are all yours!"
Blade instantly became decisive, unhesitatingly throwing the shotgun in his hand, along with all the silver shotgun shells he carried, to Du Mu.
Du Mu: (≖_≖)
Bro, your cool persona is really breaking down a bit too quickly.
Du Mu steadily caught the shotgun, quickly loaded the bullets, and raised the gun to shoot at the Vampires.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Gunshots rang out one after another, and the heads of several Vampire gunmen instantly exploded!
The headless bodies swayed, then fell to the ground, quickly turning into puddles of ashes.
Seeing Du Mu's incredibly accurate marksmanship, the remaining Vampires were terrified and immediately shrank behind cover, not daring to show their heads.
Du Mu, seeing this, unhurriedly pulled out a few grenades, pulled the pins, and without even looking, forcefully threw them towards the cluster of covers where the Vampires were hiding.
Boom!!
A huge explosion sounded!
Several unlucky Vampires were directly blown away by the grenades, their skin torn and flesh ripped, falling to the ground and howling in pain.
It must be said that Vampires' vitality is indeed tenacious; even with such severe injuries, their wails were still full of vigor.
Du Mu raised his muzzle, finishing off the Vampires on the ground one by one, and his mission progress rapidly increased by several points.
Seeing Du Mu's ferocity, Kun En swallowed hard, forcing himself to remain calm and shouted, "Don't be afraid! Let's go together! He can't kill all of us at once!"
The Vampires looked at each other, seemingly persuaded, and simultaneously raised their guns at Du Mu.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
As the gunshots rang out, another layer of ashes appeared on the ground.
Facts proved that Du Mu indeed could.
Bang!
Du Mu slightly raised his muzzle, accurately hitting Kun En's legs with one shot as he tried to escape in the chaos.
"He's yours."
Du Mu ignored Kun En, who was howling on the ground, and walked towards the Vampire who had just knocked Blade down, carrying his Machete, to finish him off.
[Current Vampires killed: 665]
Looking at this number, Du Mu frowned, feeling uncomfortable all over.
He turned his head and looked at Blade, who had just finished a brief interrogation of Kun En: "Do you want this kill?"
Blade shook his head: "No."
Swish!
A flash of blade, and Kun En's head instantly moved.
[Current Vampires killed: 666]
"Ah, that's better!"
Du Mu let out a long sigh, as if a heavy burden had been lifted.
...
Blade looked at Du Mu's relieved expression, always feeling that this guy seemed to have some special Hobbies.
Du Mu put away his Machete and asked, "What are you planning to do next?"
Blade said in a deep voice, "Kun En said Fees is planning a big move recently, but what it is, is unclear. I'm going to search Fees's territories one by one and drag him out."
Mentioning Fees's name, Blade's voice was filled with bone-chilling coldness.
Fees killed his biological mother; he and Fees had an irreconcilable grudge, and this revenge must be taken!
Du Mu grinned: "I also need to hunt Vampires, so how about we form a temporary team? You look for your Fees, and just leave the kills to me."
"Okay."
Blade thought about it and agreed to Du Mu's suggestion.
He wasn't a stubborn person; with an extra powerful helper, the search for Fees would only go more smoothly.
The moment Blade agreed, the system's prompt sounded in Du Mu's mind:
[NPC Eric Brooks has joined your team]
[You can view your teammate's personal panel]
Seeing the prompt, Du Mu exclaimed, "This game actually has a team-up function? Why didn't it appear before?"
He remembered fighting a BOSS with Tony not long ago, and there was no such prompt then.
[Teaming up with an NPC requires the player to personally send an invitation, and only after the NPC agrees can the team be successfully formed. NPCs do not have the authority to initiate team-ups proactively]
"Then why didn't you say so earlier!" Du Mu was speechless.
[This game has extremely high freedom, aiming to provide the most realistic immersive experience, with all gameplay and plot development to be explored and discovered by players themselves]
"Alright then."
Du Mu pouted and curiously clicked on Blade's personal panel.
[NPC: Eric Brooks (Blade)]
[Race: Half-human, half-Vampire]
[Attributes: Strength ?, Agility ?, Constitution ?, Spirit ? (Insufficient favorability to view)]
[Equipment: Cool Sunglasses, Bulletproof Armor, Silver Longsword, Silver Dagger...]
[Favorability: 0]
"This guy is actually a half-human, half-Vampire."
Du Mu was a little surprised, but then he thought, does that mean he's half a Vampire?
If he killed him, would the mission progress increase by 0.5?
At this moment, Du Mu suddenly noticed that Blade's equipment slot seemed touchable, and curiously clicked on the silver longsword.
[This NPC's favorability towards the player is insufficient; this equipment cannot be removed]
!!!
Du Mu's eyes widened instantly.
He immediately asked the system, "According to this, as long as an NPC's favorability is high enough, I can freely remove their equipment!?"
[Yes]
Hiss~
Du Mu gasped, making a small contribution to global warming.
He seemed to have inadvertently discovered the game's heaven-defying mechanism!
He looked at Blade, his gaze suddenly becoming incredibly enthusiastic: "Bro, do you have any missions? Or anywhere you need help? I'm free anytime!"
"No."
Blade looked at the suddenly enthusiastic Du Mu, only feeling an inexplicable chill rise from his spine, as if some conspiracy awaited him.
The two did not stay long in the nightclub.
After agreeing on the location and time for their next action, they left one after another.
Before leaving, Blade did not forget to carefully search for the silver shotgun shells scattered on the ground, even using a dagger to pry out those embedded in the wall.
These pure silver bullets were extremely precious to him; after being taken back, melted down, and recast, they could be used again.
This is the reality behind superheroes, a bit heartbreaking and very real.
And Du Mu also asked Blade for some special equipment to deal with Vampires.
Blade was hesitant at first, as his equipment was all quite expensive.
But Du Mu, without a word, directly pulled out a large stack of banknotes with Franklin's portrait.
Seeing Du Mu trying to insult him with money, Blade immediately turned hostile, snatched the Franklins in front of him, and slammed them hard into... his own pocket, then unhesitatingly took off his equipment and weapons, throwing them all to Du Mu.
If Du Mu hadn't explicitly stated that he wasn't interested in his iconic sunglasses, Blade would have even taken them off and given them to him.
It's no wonder Blade reacted so strongly.
After all, the price of pure silver had been soaring recently, and he was almost out of money to eliminate Vampires and protect New York.
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