"Xiaoye, please ask that guy...... Isn't this called trouble directed at us? Floating beside me, Hill roared as he scrambled to dodge the oncoming branches in mid-air. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Roar!" As if to verify this sentence, a beast roar suddenly came from behind him, startling the birds in the forest within a radius of several miles, and fluttering their wings.

"The trouble I mean by nine deaths and one life, not the joyful situation of finding a cave to rest and running into the moon bear's den." Swallow's response sounded listless and seemed a little sullen.

As we said, Hill and I were looking for a place to stay when we were unfortunate enough to encounter a moon bear who was disturbed and extremely angry, and we were hunted down by the moon bear due to the unique dignity of bears.

"It's not a way to escape like this, I'll count one, two, three, you rush back and cut it, and I'll support you with spells in the back!" Lowering the altitude of the levitation flight, Hill gave a new coping strategy, "One, two, three!" ”

"Click." I jumped to my feet, stepped on the trunk of the tree in front of me, kicked my feet hard, and recoiled at a high speed as the bark dented and cracked.

"Bang." Drawing my sword out of its sheath, in an instant, I was in front of the Moon Bear. Probably didn't expect the prey to dare to counterattack, and when the moon bear saw me, he was obviously stunned for a moment.

Of course, I won't let go of this flaw, the whole person rose into the air, and the big sword swung down from top to bottom, but it was stuck in the shoulder of the moon bear, and it couldn't go deeper for half a minute.

"Roar!" The moon bear roared angrily, raised his slap and slapped me. I was about to draw my sword, but the bear's counterattack came so quickly that I had to pounce to the side, and a tumbling dodge to the side.

Seeing that the blow failed, the moon bear roared again, first pulled out the arrow on his shoulder, threw it aside, then clenched his palm into a fist, turned around and swung it at me again.

I leaned around and dodged the punch, but the trunk behind me snapped and slowly fell in the direction of the smashed part.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, I drew the dagger from the back of my waist and struck it again, leaving only a shallow wound in its stomach - the bear's skin was too thick.

Just as the Moon Bear was about to make its third attack, a huge fireball whistled out of the trees and exploded in its face, and its huge body, more than two meters tall, was pushed back again and again by the impact until it hit a tree.

Immediately afterward, two bolts flew out of the forest in an arcing trajectory, corroding the trunk of the tree against which the Moon Bear was resting. Without support, the Moon Bear could only wave its arms in vain and fall on its back along with the tree trunk.

-- It's Hill. I reacted immediately, and quickly took this opportunity to pick up the big sword that had fallen to the ground, and jumped high to slash at the moon bear's head.

"Roar!" The moon bear had indeed come to his senses, and when he saw me lifting my sword from the sky, he didn't dodge or dodge, and slapped me and my sword to the side with a palm.

"Boom!" After breaking a number of branches, I finally slammed into a boulder, and my body felt like it was about to fall apart - even if a ghoul had an inhuman physique, it would be difficult for a moon bear to withstand the brute force.

What am I going to do? Trying to ignore the pain in my body, I thought in my head. I can't fight the power of the Moon Bear, and Ciel's magic isn't enough to deal substantial damage, so I'm going to have to escape?

"What a fool!" Swallow's voice suddenly sounded, "You have to use your brain to fight fakes!" Let me! ”

…… What do you mean?

…… Wait a minute...... This is......

――Just when I was still wondering about the phrase "let me come", my body suddenly moved on its own!

Squatting down and picking up the broadsword, I swapped the dagger to my left hand, and the greatsword mopped the floor and charged in the direction of the giant bear.

The Moon Bear raised its big palm at me for the fourth time, but I didn't react in the slightest, just ran forward. But when Moon Bear's slap fell, Hill's barrage of fireballs staggered again.

With a wrong step, I slipped a shovel under the moon bear's step, then stood up again behind it, my lips opened and closed, and two cold syllables spat out of my mouth: "Death (death)!" ”

Picking up my sword, I stabbed it hard at the moon bear's anus, and then grabbed the hilt of the sword and twisted it vigorously as it screamed in pain, stirring up a bloody blur there.

"Whew!" The Moon Bear's scream turned into a wail, but I didn't stop, grabbed the fur from its back and climbed up to the top of my head, then raised the dagger and thrust it into its wide open bloody mouth, and then clenched my fist and thrust the dagger into its head.

The battered Moon Bear whimpered, staggered and waved his feeble arms, and finally fell. The huge body shook the ground, and even caused a rain of dewdrops.

That's it...... Solved? An inexplicable feeling came over me, and control of my body returned to my own thoughts, and I took a few steps forward to make sure that the moon bear showed no signs of life, and then I drew my weapon and began to eat. There was a rustling sound behind me, and when I turned around, I saw Hill walking out from behind the bushes, his face not very good, "I didn't expect you to be the guy from that day...... So ...... Atrocious. ”…… Atrocious? That? I was puzzled by what Hill said, when a rhetorical question suddenly came out of my mouth: "Or else?" What do you think I'd be? ”

This is...... Gnaw? I reacted suddenly.

"Lao Tzu has recently been disturbed by the inexplicable ghost animal premonition and had a nervous breakdown, this damn stupid bear also gave this body a slap at this time, it really hurts so much that it makes people angry, who will die if it doesn't die?"

"But don't worry, I have no intention of killing this kid, after all, it is not easy to meet someone who believes in me unconditionally for so many years, and it is my life creed to repay virtue with virtue and repay grievances with grievances."

"Why should I trust you?" Ciel's left eye began to turn blood-red, and the arcane pattern was drawn again, "Although I don't know your true identity, how can you ......"

"You know!" Utterance interrupted Ciel.

Ignoring her stunned expression, Devour continued, "How can you teenage girl understand the strange relationship between the two of us! ”

"I can tell you unequivocally that without me, the soul of Xiaoye would have been devoured up long ago; And without him, I can't compete with the laws of the world, do you think I'd be stupid enough to kill him and wait for death? ”

“…… How do I know what people like you think. After a period of silence, Hill finally lifted the preparation for the "eclipse".

"I'm tired, I'm going to go sleep for a while, and I'm thinking about something." The voice of devouring came to mind in my mind, sounding a little tired, "One last question, do you believe me?" ”

"Hmm." Without hesitation, I nodded.

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"Xiaoye, do you know what kind of existence that 'devouring' is?" Leaning back against the tree, Hill turned to look at me.

"I don't know." I shook my head. Although Devouring has been present since the first day he became a ghoul, I haven't asked about his identity.

“…… That's something like a fool like you would do. Hill seemed to have anticipated this situation and sighed helplessly.

"By the way, you're ...... now Pain? Hill suddenly changed the subject. Yes," I'll tell you the truth, "but it's a lot weaker than humans." ”

"That's weird...... Hill frowned and pondered, "even the life force transmitted through the contract should be completely devoured......

"Forget it, I don't want to." Ciel exhaled, leaned back against the tree and closed his eyes, "That gray guy doesn't know where to run, Xiaoye, I can only ask you to keep vigil." ”

"Okay." I nodded in agreement.

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