[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-dawn-walker":3,"chapter-dawn-walker-dawn-walker-chapter-113":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Dawn Walker",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1836770,2443,"Chapter 113: The Hungry Street VII","dawn-walker-chapter-113",113,"\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bat Bat watched with wide eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she licked her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bat Bat hungry,\" she whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet glanced at her. \"Feed,\" he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bat Bat squealed in joy. \"Yes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hopped down and bit a thug’s wrist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chomp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thug screamed, then tried to push her away, but Bat Bat flared her wings and slapped his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stay!\" Bat Bat ordered like she was a queen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thug froze, confused by the tiny authority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bat Bat drank, cheeks puffing slightly, then stopped and backed away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good,\" she said, proud of her self-control. \"Bat Bat not kill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet’s eyes narrowed slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She learned that from me,\" he thought. \"Or maybe from Elena.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The six rare bats descended too, each taking a victim, feeding briefly, then moving to another. They were disciplined. They did not frenzy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were minions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They obeyed the master’s command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet opened the void land gate again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwoom...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auri stepped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She moved like a knife being drawn from a sheath — smooth, calm, deadly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her wings remained concealed under her cloak, but her posture still carried that quiet pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked at the broken room. She looked at the beaten men. She looked at Sekhmet’s blood-streaked mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then her eyes sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master,\" she said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet nodded. \"Feed on them,\" he ordered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you master.\" Auri did not hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stepped to a man whose battle power still flickered strong despite injury, grabbed him by the hair, tilted his head, and bit his neck cleanly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chomp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man gasped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auri’s eyes closed briefly as she drank. She stopped before he died. She pulled away, wiped her mouth with her sleeve, and exhaled slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her expression remained calm, but something inside her energy settled, as if she had finally satisfied a need she had been holding back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bat Bat stared at her with suspicion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Auri bite,\" Bat Bat muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auri glanced at Bat Bat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes,\" she replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bat Bat nodded seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good,\" she said. \"Bat people drink blood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet rubbed his temples. His little team was growing stranger by the hour. He fed again. He worked through the room carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time he finished, the men were alive, pale, shaking, groaning, but breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet stood still for a moment, letting his body absorb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ba - dum... Ba - dum...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His heartbeat slowed. His throat cooled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hunger eased. Not gone. Never gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But quiet enough that he could think properly. He turned slightly, ready to decide what to do with the survivors—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the air shifted. Then footsteps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not many.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap... tap... tap...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room’s survivors tensed in fear, their eyes widening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because they recognized that rhythm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raka is back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet’s posture stiffened slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bat Bat’s wings twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auri’s eyes sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rare bats lifted higher, circling like silent knives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then Raka entered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped into the ruined torture chamber, eyes sweeping over the bodies, the blood, the broken rack, the scattered knives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression changed. Not panicking. Not into fear. Into disbelief that quickly hardened into rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the fuck,\" Raka said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The word was quiet. But it made the room feel colder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His two strongest men stepped in behind him — both chaos rank one, both carrying battle power that pressed heavy on the air. They were almost chaos rank two. Only a step away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raka’s gaze locked onto Sekhmet. His smile was gone. His cup was gone. His boredom was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You,\" Raka said, voice flat as stone, \"did this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet did not speak. He only stood there, calm, blood on his mouth, bats above, Auri at his side, Bat Bat staring like a tiny queen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raka’s eyes flicked to the bats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Auri.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the void ripple still faintly lingering in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then his gaze returned to Sekhmet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You let yourself be dragged,\" Raka said slowly. \"Just to find my nest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet’s lips curved faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes,\" he replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raka’s jaw tightened. He moved without warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His foot slammed forward, launching his body like a cannonball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet raised his arm to block, but the impact was monstrous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet flew backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His spine slammed into the wall. The stone cracked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crk — Crk!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pain flashed through his ribs like lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bat Bat shrieked. \"Aaah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auri moved instantly. The six rare bats dove. The blood minion bats swarmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwoosh —Fwoosh— Fwoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raka’s two strongest men stepped forward, meeting them. Chaos energy flared in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom — Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hideout became chaotic again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auri drew her claws out, cloak slipping back enough to reveal a hint of wing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She struck the first strong thug with speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He blocked with his forearm reinforced by chaos energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auri twisted, kicked low into the balls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thug stumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bat Bat dove at his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chomp!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thug roared, trying to grab her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little piece of shit!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bat Bat attacked again. Right into his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thug screamed, blinded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aaagh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auri did not waste it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She slammed her knee into his stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then elbowed his jaw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He fell on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second strong thug fought the rare bats like he had experience, swatting them away with a short blade that hummed with chaos energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shing — Shing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A rare bat’s claw scraped his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He roared and spun, cutting the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One minion bat got clipped and burst into mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pfft!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But more swarmed. The hideout echoed with wings and curses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strong thug two: \"Get off!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strong thug two: \"Kill them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strong thug one: \"My eyes hurt! I can’t see properly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Sekhmet pushed himself off the wall. His ribs hurt. His back burned. His hunger rose again from the pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his mind stayed cold. He faced Raka.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raka stood relaxed, not even breathing hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His battle power was pressure. His energy pressure felt like weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet activated Blood Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood gathered from the floor, from the men he had fed on, from the spilled mess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It rose and formed a blade in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shing...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A red sword. Beautiful and Deadly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet stepped forward and swung.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slash!\u003C\u002Fp>",1017,"2026-06-09T06:31:32.937Z",1,"novelbin.me","6352076a60ce4920cdc7c0feded52ac0ac9b00b9041730e8f8d7bab682876da3","dawn-walker-chapter-114","dawn-walker-chapter-112",359,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdawn-walker-cover.jpg"]