Almost at the same time, a system notification sounded in Lynn’s ear.

[Ding! You have killed Flesh Fraudster x1. You gained 100 experience points.]

Hearing the system prompt, Lynn finally relaxed.

In other words,

The monster just now wasn’t truly dead; it only finally kicked the bucket after he stabbed it more than a hundred times.

Lynn wiped the blood off his knife, feeling conflicted.

Because he knew,

His teacher definitely wouldn’t come back at this time, and even if it was really his teacher, the stabbing had to happen, because if it were himself outside, his teacher would stab him too.

But it seemed tonight was truly going to be a sleepless one.

It was just past midnight, and a monster had already come knocking on his door. Who knew what might happen in the later hours?

Lynn spoke aloud,

Just about to clean the bloodstains on the ground,

But at that moment,

[Warning! Warning! A source-level monster is approaching! Crisis level 100%!]

Lynn froze instantly, but reacted quickly, pressing himself against the outer wall, staring intently at the door from the side, holding his breath.

Source-level?!

What the hell was going on?!

Could it be the big guy the demon hunter mentioned would appear tonight?!

And just at the next moment,

He suddenly felt a huge chill spreading across his skin.

Lynn’s eyes immediately widened.

The hand of the flesh monster that had reached into the doorframe twitched.

Then, as if something had violently yanked it outward, that rotting hand was instantly pulled back.

Without hesitation,

Lynn slashed through the Wraith Strands hanging from the beam.

Hoo—

A wave of chilling mist spread in through the hole in the door panel.

Lynn held his breath.

Faintly,

He could hear a series of chewing sounds from outside.

Like chewing on ribs.

Crunch, crunch.

In other words, that source-level monster was out on the street, and this kind of chilling aura was the first time Lynn had encountered it. The demon hunter hadn’t lied—tonight was definitely not peaceful outside.

Damn it!

He couldn’t be this lucky, right?

He actually ran into it?!

At that moment,

A series of heavy tremors came from outside the door.

Boom—

Boom—

It sounded like some huge creature was slowly moving along the street.

Getting closer.

Closer!

Then, at the next moment, when that sound was just a few meters from the shop’s door, it abruptly stopped.

Lynn immediately held his breath.

Dimly,

He saw a beam of light shining through the hole made by the flesh monster.

Lynn was certain that light was the gaze of that unknown monster.

He stood still like a statue, pressed against the wall. At that moment, through the hole in the doorframe less than a meter from him,

A huge eye was peering inside.

Lynn could even hear his own heartbeat.

Slick—

Slick—

Outside came the sound of licking on the door panel.

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[SAN -1]

Lynn’s eyes widened; he didn’t dare move.

But for some reason, the slick licking sound seemed oddly cute.

Like a little girl squatting right in front of you, licking…licking… Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on novel·fire·net

But at that moment, Lynn suddenly saw a blood-red tentacle, resembling a tongue in texture, slowly probing through the hole.

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No! Retract what I just said!

This had absolutely nothing to do with cute!

Lynn froze like a statue, terrified.

Then, under his gaze, that blood-red tentacle began licking the fresh blood on the inside of the door panel bit by bit with gusto.

And like it wasn’t satisfied, the tentacle slowly crawled toward Lynn.

Slick—

Slick—

Like a tongue, the tentacle left one licking trace after another on Lynn’s face.

Lynn was dumbfounded, his whole body stiff.

His sanity plummeted.

If it had been him two years ago, or any other human, he would have screamed and run away like mad by now.

But Lynn wasn’t an ordinary person.

He knew very well that if he dared to run now, or showed any sign of panic or fear, he would be eaten immediately by the monster outside.

Just then, outside the door, a voice sounded like a baby’s.

“Doctor—found you—”

Lynn’s heart skipped a beat.

Then the voice came again.

“Open the door—toothache—”

Lynn (꒪Д꒪)??

Hey…

Something was wrong!

Wrong!

Could it be that this monster outside wasn’t here to eat him, but to seek medical treatment?!

Lynn forced himself to stay calm and glared:

“But our little shop… doesn’t accept customers at night…”

That was the shop rule.

As the sole apprentice of his teacher, following the rules was his biggest virtue!

If the rule said no customers at night, then no customers at night it was!

“No customers—then I’ll eat you—”

“Here it comes.”

Lynn quickly pulled out the key, unlocked, and opened the door in one fluid motion.

“Bloodsaw Potion Shop sincerely at your service.”

Lynn bowed deeply at a perfect ninety degrees.

“Our shop adheres to the fine tradition of curing diseases with medicine and curing diseases with the blade. How may I assist you?”

Hoo—

A chilling aura instantly rushed in from outside.

After seeing the full appearance of the monster outside, Lynn’s heart pounded wildly and his sanity dropped even faster! Because what the hell kind of monster was this?!

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More precisely,

It was a human head.

A baby’s head as tall as two floors.

No torso.

From the neck sprouted countless dense red tentacles resembling snakes.

Its huge eyes shone like spotlights, emitting two dim white beams.

Lynn’s vision immediately displayed its info panel.

[???]

[Level]: ???

[Species]: ???

[Combat Power]: Run!

[Description]: If you hear a baby’s laughter in the dark, if you see pure gaze in despair, please do not respond, for that is not hope, but the abyss...

Lynn (꒪Д꒪).

But he still forced himself to stay calm.

Because he knew if he ran now, he would undoubtedly be devoured instantly!

Calm! Must stay calm!

Just treat it like a normal customer! Lynn, you can do this!

Creak—

The giant baby head slowly opened its mouth. Instantly, a stench so foul hit Lynn’s face he nearly fainted.

“Toothache—doctor—”

A huge, grotesque baby head, yet its mouth emitted a delicate childlike voice.

And those blood-dripping sharp teeth were eerily capable of wiping out sanity on the spot.

“Can’t cure it—eat it—”

[Lynn SAN -10]

Eh?

Why was this voice unexpectedly kind of cute?