Dana, Holden, and a few others gathered around the hole, looking at the motionless corpse below, then turned back to look at the ghosts that kept phasing through the walls. After entering the living room, they were purified by the lingering Holy Light, screaming as they vanished.
With this reality laid bare before them, they felt that quietly following instructions was a good choice.
"Just stick with you guys and do not cause trouble... and we will survive, right?"
Marty swallowed, looking at Ethan standing in the living room.
"As long as you do not do anything stupid, the chances of survival are still quite high."
Ethan did not make any absolute promises. Who knew if these young people would suddenly lose their minds, and when they finally faced that ancient evil god, he was not sure if he would have the spare capacity to protect these young people.
Rather than making a firm promise he might not be able to keep, it was better to give these young people a heads-up in advance.
"We definitely will not do anything stupid."
Marty, who seemed the most muddled, was the clearest-headed at the critical moment. Curt also repeatedly stated that he would absolutely not do anything stupid or be a burden.
"What do we do next?"
As another undead creature vanished with a scream, the light in the living room began to fade, a change that made everyone slightly uncomfortable.
Suddenly going from an environment as bright as day to nighttime, even with the lights on, their eyes needed some time to adjust.
Ethan, however, was unaffected by this, so he smoothly opened the door and then, with a raised hand, launched a fireball that sent the Buckner family zombie, who was holding a metal hook with a chain, flying backward.
The powerful impact was enough to kill an ordinary person, but for the undead Buckner family monster, it caused no substantial damage. It climbed back up and stubbornly and determinedly walked toward the wooden house again.
"I have cleared out the ghosts in the wooden house. Next, we need to clear out the monsters around."
Just as he finished speaking, a loud bang echoed from the distance.
"An explosion?"
The experienced Logan and Ada were certain it was an explosion, and then they remembered Ethan saying that the only exit from this place was that cave tunnel. It seemed the other party had just blown up the tunnel.
Curt and the others were also smart and immediately realized this. Although they were temporarily safe under the protection of powerful figures like Ethan, they preferred to leave this place sooner under Ethan's protection rather than wander around in the monster-infested deep mountains.
"What do we do now?"
"Simple, follow me."
Ethan was the first to walk out of the wooden house, followed by Ada.
The young people exchanged glances for a while, finally deciding to follow Ethan faithfully as they had promised. Even Dana and Jules, who seemed terrified, did not do anything to hold them back at the crucial moment, after all, these were smart people.
Logan waited until everyone else had gone out before being the last to leave the wooden house.
As soon as he stepped out, he was ambushed. A huge bat had been hiding on the roof and suddenly attacked from behind as Logan walked out.
This large bat was quite intelligent and chose the timing perfectly. Unfortunately for it, its movements had already been detected by the other party. Logan had deliberately followed closely behind the young people precisely to prevent this bat from suddenly ambushing these ordinary people, who had no means of resistance.
As for Logan, he did not dodge or evade, just punched the bat squarely in the face, sending the diving bat flying backward to crash heavily into the wooden house, making a large hole.
Gulp.
Marty happened to see the entire process. Seeing such a large monster being sent flying so far by a single punch from Logan, while Logan calmly lit a cigar as if nothing had happened, made him feel that they had been incredibly wise. These so-called exorcists were the real monsters, were they not? If they offended these people, it might be even more terrifying than being chased by that group of monsters.
Curt looked at Logan's physique, then looked at himself. At first, he thought his physique was not inferior to the other party's, and with the advantage of youth, he should be stronger.
Reality, however, was telling him: kid, you are overthinking it.
"No need to look, that bat is dead."
Logan's punch was not just a simple punch. The moment he threw the punch, he also extended his metal wolf claws, which were emitting astonishing heat.
In that instant, it looked like it was just hit in the face by a heavy punch, but in reality, it was pierced through the head by the hot claws. The bat was already thoroughly dead the moment it was hit. What was sent flying backward was just the bat's corpse.
Meanwhile, Ethan had also dealt with the Buckner family member playing with chains. As this guy walked up again, Ethan flicked his hand lightly, and the magic power erupting from his palm turned into powerful flames, swirling and condensing into a long blade, which Ethan swung to cut the monster in front of him into two sections.
And that was not all. The parts of this undead zombie that were struck by the flame blade suddenly erupted with even hotter and fiercer flames. The flames quickly engulfed its entire body in a very short time, turning it into two raging balls of fire.
The intense heat made everyone constantly retreat. Even at a distance, Curt and Holden could feel how astonishing the temperature of these flames was.
"How hot do flames have to be to burn a human body to ash?"
The few smart ones instantly came up with the answer, and then no one was foolish enough to try and get closer to check the situation.
Ethan did not look at the effect of his strike anymore. After killing the guy, the flames on his hand had already dissipated, and he continued to circle around the wooden house with the others.
During this time, in addition to the Buckner family undead, they also encountered a large number of ordinary zombies.
Even the undead creatures of the Buckner family could not threaten Ethan and the others. This group of ordinary zombies was even less capable. Even if their numbers were astonishing, in front of Ada, who had the Zombie Slayer talent, they were not much better than targets.
Ada's weapons constantly changed, from handguns and shotguns to automatic rifles. She would occasionally throw a Molotov cocktail or something. Any zombie that appeared in front of them had no other outcome but death.
Strangely, Curt and the others suddenly felt sorry for these zombies. They were clearly terrifying monsters, so why were they being slaughtered so one-sidedly?
A slight surprise was a werewolf that suddenly lunged out of the darkness. This guy took advantage of Ada clearing out the zombies, used the cover of the woods and the night, and suddenly attacked from the side and rear, trying to ambush Ada.
As a result, amidst the exclamations of Jules and Dana, the werewolf, which seemed about to succeed, was sent back to its original spot by Ada with a spinning back kick, rolling back to where it came from.
Ada's strength now was not at the level of an ordinary person. Even the werewolf, whose physical fitness far surpassed that of humans, was kicked flying a considerable distance by Ada and rolled several meters after landing before stopping.
When the werewolf shakily got back on its feet, it was a bit wobbly and looked a little goofy.
"Maybe it is a husky-man..."
Ethan's remark seemed to enrage the husky. This guy turned its head and was about to charge at Ethan, but before it could make a move, it found itself wrapped in a chain without knowing when.
"That is a very apt description."
Logan looked at the iron chain wrapped around the werewolf's neck. Combined with the werewolf's appearance, it was simply a high-quality dog leash.
Although Dana and the others did not understand where this chain came from, they were no longer surprised by the various strange and wonderful methods of Ethan and the others.
Perhaps it was precisely because they possessed these magical abilities that they could become exorcists capable of fighting these monsters. Thinking about it this way, the logic was quite sound.
Ada did not respond to their remarks. This time out, she finally had the opportunity to test the results of her training, and she did not want to waste such an opportunity casually.
Turning her head to look at the zombie horde preparing to approach her not far away, Ada lightly twisted her waist, then pushed off the ground with her left leg, and powerfully swung her right hand, which was holding the other end of the chain.
"Good doggy, there are bones to eat!"
With her movement, the huge werewolf was easily swung into the air by Ada, like a doll with the size but filled with cotton inside. Then, as Ada raised her hand, it drew a beautiful arc in the air and was thrown heavily toward the slow-moving group of zombies.
If the previous spinning back kick had not made Curt and the others realize, this time truly demonstrated Ada's strength far exceeding that of ordinary people.
A werewolf taller and stronger than an adult male was casually swung into the air like a toy by a woman. The visual impact of this scene was too strong.
Curt and the others were once again certain that even the seemingly delicate Ada was also a monster.
Bang.
The werewolf was used as a weapon and smashed into the zombie horde, turning the group of zombies into a pile of bloody mess on the ground. Even if a few were not completely dead, they were now no longer a threat.
As for the werewolf, this guy had suffered continuous heavy blows and was now dazed from the fall.
Its strong body prevented it from suffering serious injuries until pink electric light erupted from the iron chain wrapped around it, and the powerful current turned the werewolf into a lump of charcoal.
Ada retracted the chain, then elegantly tidied her clothes and hair, which had not been messed up at all.
"Tsk, none of them can put up a fight."
Not only did Ada feel this way, but even Curt and the others had the same thought. They no longer felt that traveling through this mountainous area was dangerous. They were just unclear why Ethan kept circling around here.
Ethan quickly provided the answer. He had been circling around the wooden house, searching for the elevator that brought these monsters up.
These elevators were well hidden and perfectly integrated with the surrounding environment. Even with his magical abilities and various items, it still took Ethan a considerable amount of time to find them.
(To be continued.)