Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 859 - 498: It turns out they were hitting their own people...!

Chapter 859: Chapter 498: It turns out they were hitting their own people...!

Sean Knight silently circumnavigated to the other side and found himself behind the wall.

This time, he put his all into it, each step was taken with utmost care, ensuring not to make the slightest sound or disturb a single blade of grass.

The old monk was unlike anyone he had encountered before, not only was he quick to react and naturally suspicious, but he also had impressive skills, and his senses were extremely sharp.

If it weren’t for the lack of energy fluctuations surrounding the monk, Sean might have thought they were of the same kind.

However, no matter what, this guy couldn’t be left alive!

Standing behind the wall, he noticed it was made of soil and had eroded to less than twenty centimeters thick.

Sean thought for a moment, then pulled out a high-powered sniper rifle from the spatial realm, aiming through a gap at the old monk’s head from behind the wall.

If this bullet went through, it was likely to turn the old monk’s head into tofu—

The old monk held a knife and was facing Cheryl Suweton. Sean knew that in such situations, he couldn’t hesitate. When necessary, he had to take a risk!

While Elijah Hastings and Douglas Cooper were in a standoff negotiation with the old monk, Sean had already cocked the gun and loaded a Bullet. Taking a deep breath, he steadied his breathing and then prepped the trigger!

"Boom!"

The large-caliber sniper rifle bullet left the chamber at high velocity, burrowing into the mud wall shortly after the muzzle, and its incredible kinetic energy allowed it to pierce through almost instantly, smacking into the back of the old monk’s head!

The old monk was alert, but he still thought the wall behind him would protect him, at most someone would jump off the wall. So, when he sensed the killing intent, he looked up instinctively and raised his bayonet!

However, the bullet, carrying immense force, directly shattered his head!

The old monk was dead on the spot, and the bayonet slipped from his grasp.

The tremendous noise of the gunshot woke up those who had been hypnotized, especially Cheryl, who felt like a bomb had gone off next to her ear. Then she felt her head smeared with a filthy, blood-soaked substance.

Cheryl had seen blood before, so she wiped it instinctively, then pushed the old monk’s body away and dashed towards Elijah.

HarudaTomoko was less lucky. The falling old monk gripped the bayonet, which, by a stroke of misfortune, stabbed right into her abdomen!

HarudaTomoko, barely awake, hadn’t even realized what happened before being stabbed. With a scream, she cried out in agony!

Sean, after firing the shot, quickly stored the sniper rifle, switched back to his rifle, climbed up the mud wall, and then jumped down.

He heard the scream, but knowing it was Chika, he didn’t pay much attention.

She probably wouldn’t die; at worst, she’d need to sew up the wound, or maybe get tetanus or something.

Lincoln Harrington and Gru Devon also came to their senses, seeing the now headless old monk and the injured Chika and Cheryl, who had already run to Elijah’s side, they were dumbfounded for a moment.

Lincoln reacted quickly, hastening to treat Chika’s wound.

Under normal circumstances, the knife embedded in the abdomen shouldn’t be removed immediately, especially without knowing if it had struck any organs or intestines.

Luckily, this was just the old monk’s subconscious grip falling down, the stab wasn’t deep. Lincoln examined the wound and found it only reached the abdominal cavity, not the intestines—

After all, the intestines are quite slippery and are likely to dodge on their own.

He looked at Sean, who had just landed.

Sean glanced over and said,

"Pull it out, she hasn’t injured any organs, but there’s rust on the knife, so watch out for tetanus."

Upon hearing of tetanus, HarudaTomoko almost burst into tears— it was already hot weather, and wounds were prone to infection, not to mention the risk of tetanus. How could a person live like that?

Lincoln, who trusted Sean’s judgment, motioned to Gru to assist. They quickly pulled out gauze and tourniquets from the backpack and began tending to Chika’s wound.

Chika didn’t dare to resist at this point— after all, they were treating her injury. She couldn’t be ungrateful!

Elijah and Douglas walked towards them, and Cheryl, who had just dashed about ten meters, turned to see Sean and quickly ran back, flinging herself into his arms like a bird seeking its nest.

She had been terrified just now!

She had been hypnotized without realizing, which was unbearable.

Luckily, the old monk had now been killed, or else they didn’t know what torment they might have suffered!

"How did you guys get here?" Sean, comforting Cheryl, tried to change the subject.

On the side, Elijah and Douglas discreetly disposed of the old monk’s corpse.

"We heard the gunshot from inside the campground." Cheryl, still unsettled, said, "We knew you probably had encountered the enemy.

We planned to stay there, but HarudaTomoko insisted on coming over, saying she wanted to help you... In the end, we packed our items and came together.

Just as we arrived, we met the old monk and then smelled a faint fragrance. After that, we didn’t remember anything..."

"This monk’s very strange," Sean said. "Elijah almost fell for his trick earlier. If we hadn’t arrived in time, who knows what might have happened to him..."

"We felt the same," Cheryl clung to Sean, not letting go, "Had you not come, who knows what that old monk would have done to us..."

"Looks like the temple is probably the place HarudaTomoko was looking for," Sean pointed towards the dilapidated Temple, "Just now we killed about a dozen monks who wanted to harm us, and we are still not sure if there’s anyone else left inside."