17. Run wild
Under the clear blue sky, in the endless field, a group of strange-looking creatures are running towards the rising sun. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The leader is a half-human, half-cat monster with a human-female body, but with a head that is indistinguishable from that of a cat, and two large tails covered with patterns on its back. Catwoman, who is even bigger than a normal house, is running with a flying momentum, tearing everything in her way to shreds effortlessly, and is perfectly performing the work of a pioneer.
Catwoman was followed by a number of grotesque-looking creatures, much smaller than Catwoman, but tall and terrifying as if they had come out of a myth. The most conspicuous of them were four lions of different colors, and these lions were still chatting while running.
"I'm dying of exhaustion!" "We've been on the run for three days, how much longer?" ”
"It's not terrible to be tired, it's terrible to be hungry! I haven't eaten anything in the past few days except for the wild dog last night! It was a yellow lion who said this, and he looked so depressed that even his majestic mane had become tangled into strands.
"I passed by a village, but ......I didn't even have time to hunt for food," a blue lion also complained about his misfortune, "I knew I would be full before I came to the war......"
The last one to speak was a green-haired lion, he stared at the two eyes that looked a little like pandas, and looked left and right in a daze: "Pity me for two days, just to get a suitable junior to Pietta, and then get her to wake up, and then mate ......"
"Don't really think of yourself as a lion!" The three lions roared at him in unison.
The huge catwoman who was running at the front flicked one of her tails violently, and at once she pulled a bloody wound on the green lion's body, and her rather angry voice followed.
"Pervert! A few of you too, don't be verbose, run! Whoever falls behind, I'll eat him! ”
The four lions all wilted and quickened their pace in frustration.
And behind this group of monsters, there are many blondes in tights and light armor, who look dusty, apparently after a long journey. But compared to the monsters, their spirits are much better, and they don't seem to be so tired.
"Miria, how long are we going to escape?" A beautiful girl with long wavy hair who looked a little haggard wiped her face, as if she had lifted herself up a little bit through this action, but her tone still revealed a thick exhaustion, "If we continue to run like this, we will be exhausted sooner or later......"
Miria, with her long broken hair, was the leader of the group, and her face looked much calmer: "Tiredness has interfered with your thinking, Flora, you need to rest. ”
"Sleep on the back of the Abyssal One...... This kind of thing is still too reluctant for me......" Flora said with a wry smile, "I really admire you, there is the King of the North under you, and the One-Horned Killer is beside you, aren't you afraid that they will get hungry and eat you in one bite?" ”
"How can you not be afraid! But I am the leader of this group of warriors, and if I had not led by example, they would have been exhausted by the endless flights. ”
"Speaking of which, is that man named 'Kazuya' really just human? He hadn't slept for three days, but he seemed to be in good spirits......"
"It is not surprising that the strong man who can kill the 'Silver Eyed Lion King' Richdo has such stamina."
"I think he's definitely the first warrior!" A girl with short hair ran over and interjected, "There must be those unknown masters among the first generation of warriors, just like the werewolf Kerubi who rescued Lena that day, that guy was only called 'Alatan's drunkard' before, and it is said that before he woke up, he was ranked first from the bottom among the first generation of warriors......"
"So, the one called 'Kazuya' must be something like this, a master who has always hidden his strength for one hundred and fifty years!"
What the hell is this imagination! Do I look as old as one hundred and fifty years old?
[Perhaps, because the Awakened don't grow old.] 】
"Galadia, if you have something to say, just say it directly, don't intrude into my heart casually!"
Unfortunately, my angry gaze had no effect on the cold-faced black-bellied woman.
Former NO.3 fighter Galadia looks like a calm beauty, but in fact, she's a guy who likes to whisper in other people's hearts!
Why do I have a heart-to-heart relationship with this guy who doesn't know anything about "respecting other people's privacy"!
[That's because there is no one else to choose, in fact, I also want to have a spiritual harmony with my cute fellow warriors.] 】
They were all the same, but she was never polite to me.
[Familiar is not formal, haha......]
Forget it, I'm too lazy to bother with this girl who rubs her nose and face - in fact, I can't talk about her at all......
So, I decided to switch to someone to talk to, and now the best person I can talk to is someone who is very big, but actually quite kind.
"I said, Brother Beima, aren't you tired?"
The huge Rémy Martin looked at me a little puzzled, and replied, "I'm not tired, I can run and sleep at the same time." ”
"I'm weird, you're just human, right? Is it really okay to stay awake for three days without sleep? ”
As it stands, it should be fine, and I'm just a little tired compared to the swords that don't sleep and even walk a little crookedly—mostly because of hunger.
"I don't care, the potential of humanity is huge." Even though I knew it was nonsense, I still pretended to pat my chest lightly to show that I was okay.
Although Isli's huge face was clearly full of "I don't believe it", he was a senior with a lot of status after all, and he couldn't do chattering behavior, so he had to chat with the young man sitting on his back in wonder.
The young man's name was Rakhi, and he was originally a child that Gunia saved on the way to kill the demons, but it turned out that it was probably because of fate that Guniya actually met him again who was expelled from the village, and traveled with him. Later, the half-awakened Gunia met No.4 Olivia, who had a brain problem, and was almost killed by her, although she happened to meet the former No.3 Inili and picked up a life, but she was separated from Rakki because of this. Although she soon learned the high-speed sword from Inelli and slew the awakened Olivia, the hapless Rakki has been captured by slave traders and sold to the north.
If this is a general tragic story, the following should probably be the tragic death of Rakhi, and the despair of humanity Guniaya becomes an awakened person. Unfortunately, instead of going in such a bloody direction, things took a 180-degree turn - Rakhi, who escaped from the slave trader's dungeon, met Isli and Priscilla, and most incredibly, they fell in love.
As the top abyssal of the trolls, he and the human being who are "food" walk together.
"Great!" The thin, ordinary-looking young man looked happily at the two sleeping girls beside him, "Dinisha is not dead, and Gunia doesn't have to seek revenge on Priscilla...... Ever since I learned that Priscilla was the 'One-Horned Slayer' who 'killed' Denisha in the first place, I often had nightmares about them fighting on the top of a burning mountain, without the slightest flinch or hesitation, and both sides showed the determination to kill each other rather than die......"
Uh, stepping on two boats, and stepping on it so openly...... This kid is not an ordinary person!
[He can be called a prophecy, I remember that at the end of the anime version, Rabbit and Erdi duel in the crater.] 】
Yes? Mo Filaki is also a traverser?
[I guess not, he can dream of the animated version of the plot, just because he is the male protagonist.] 】
Pour! This actor is too weak!
[It seems that he will slowly become stronger in the future, but now it seems that there is little hope - but it's nothing, he can hug left and right, even if he doesn't practice kung fu, he is a winner in life! ] 】
Left and right? Gunia and Priscilla?
[Yes, you don't see that? 】
"Hey, I said little brother Rakhi, Gunia or Priscilla, which one do you like?"
[Damn!] How did you say it! 】
This kid looks like he's only fifteen or sixteen years old, and he actually has two girlfriends, and they're all first-class beauties! Guniya is heroic and sassy, and can be called a heroine among women, and this beautiful girl with a heroic temperament is especially desirable; Priscilla is petite and cute, and she is usually confused and pitiful, which can especially arouse men's desire to protect...... Any of these two is enough to make people greedy, and Rakki actually stepped on two boats!
In the name of going to the dead and the dead group, I have to toss him personally and capsize!
Sure enough, Rakki had a distressed expression.
Learn to play dude at a young age, and this time you're finished!
[I must tell you one thing, on this continent-]
"I like both."
[——It is polygamous. 】
Garadya, why is this important information only being told to me now!
Are you going to apply for naturalization? 】
I haven't even found a woman to marry......
"Whew......" Just as I was about to run around the corner of the wall to draw circles, a crunchy and soft voice sounded, "I finally recovered, and I slept so comfortably." ”
Liv Road, who had been asleep since the day she fled, finally woke up.
That's great! We have a lot of questions to ask!
"I've been so happy since you gave me Merry, and I've had a lot of fun with her every day." Rejuvenated, Liv Lu cleared her throat and began to explain the ins and outs of the matter, "Merry is really cute, especially when she is sad and angry! ”
Yes? That cold-faced Lori is actually sad and angry? How the hell did you do that?
"I can understand being angry, but that girl doesn't seem to be someone who can easily get sad and upset." Isli had the same questions as me.
Listening to Liv Lugh happily introduce her various methods of torturing and playing with Merry, I couldn't help but admire Merry's endurance in a cold sweat - I can endure it this way, and I really deserve to be a strong man who can hunt down all of us alone!
"Since she has endured such torture by you, why would she chase and kill you?" Isli was indeed a good listener full of curiosity, and asked our question at the right time, "Moreover, with her strength, it was only a matter of a few minutes to hack you to death, how could she be bullied by you to this extent?" ”
"You have too many questions! Listen to me honestly! Livrew glared at Isli unhappily, and one arm immediately spread out, turning into many black ribbons that were sharper than swords, and put on a stance that she was about to start fighting if she didn't say a word. It's a pity that the seemingly gentle Rémy Martin is definitely not a Duff who can be bullied by her, even if she is in good condition, Livlu may not be his opponent, not to mention that now she has just healed her injury, and the strength of her demonic energy is less than seventy percent of that of Isley, and she has no chance of winning the fight, so after estimating each other's strength, she still turned back into a human form and continued to tell her memoirs.
Originally, she seems to have gradually resigned herself to her fate, as long as she continues like this, sooner or later she will become a very obedient pet. It's a pity that I was too impatient and made a mistake......"
"What's wrong?" It was still Isli who was in charge of complimenting, and he seemed to be familiar with Livroux's habit of speaking, and he always picked up the conversation in time.
After becoming the Abyssal One, Isli and Livlu had little contact with them - the Order had been carefully watching them for more than a hundred years, so could it be that they were actually good friends before they awakened?
Thinking about it carefully, it seems that it is not impossible, although the organization lists Isli as the "early warriors", and Livlu is the leader of the "second phase of the warriors", but according to the information collected by Galadia, at least when Isli awakened and attacked the organization, Livlu had grown into a powerful warrior who could resist the abyss, and such a strong person would certainly not fall from the sky, so she must have been training for a long time. So Galadia made a guess: the first generation of warriors was actually half male and half female, because men had faster physical development, so they completed their training relatively early and went to their posts; And it wasn't until they gradually woke up that the female warriors finished their training, so there was a gap in time. If her guess is correct, then the strongest male warrior Isli and the strongest female warrior Liv Lu, of course, can't be unknown to their lives, and they are likely to be familiar with them for a long time.
In that case, why didn't Livlu go to Isli after she woke up, but instead lived in seclusion in the West?
[I guess it might be a matter of face, at first she was just embarrassed, after all, not long ago they were enemies of life and death; After waiting for a long time, both No.1's sense of honor and the pride of the Abyss prevented her from acting weakly......]
To put it bluntly, isn't it tsundere!
I couldn't help but look back at the cold-faced girl who was still carrying a big sword and was fighting Denisha while following us unhurriedly.
The Lori of this continent is really individual!
Because of my crankiness, I missed Liv's explanation, but luckily Isley's exclamation woke me up from my distraction in time to keep the most important thing missing.
"What? You want Duff to 'play' with you? What are you playing? ”
Liv Lu looked at us with some puzzlement, pouted, and said lightly, "Men and women, what do you say you can play?" ”
That's a lot of fun!
"I really don't understand why she resisted so fiercely, and finally even tried to run away with serious injuries." It seems that Liv Road still can't understand Merry's excitement at that time, "Merry's body is about the same as mine, since I can eat Duff, there's no reason why she can't!" ”
The question is not whether you can afford it or not!
Wait a minute! I remember that Denisha didn't take this kind of thing to heart at all, and actually asked me to play "together" with Galadia......
Could it be that these NO.1s have a bit of a problem with their heads?
But at least Isli looks normal!
Wrong! Priscilla is his woman, and Priscilla is in love with Priscilla, who also likes Priscilla, and even plans to marry her and Gunia. In the face of this kind of lascivious boy who wants to cuckold himself, Isli is not only not angry, but has a good relationship with him......
Sure enough, NO.1 is all abnormal guys!
"You've been lonely for hundreds of years, of course you won't let such a cute toy get lost, so you've been chasing after ......" I don't know when, Dinisha has finished the work at hand and joined the audience, "The Merry I know will definitely not be able to beat you, and the reason why she can suddenly become so strong to this point should be the problem in the way of escape, right?" ”
As long as we always keep within her field of vision, do not accelerate or disperse, she will not release a sword energy shock wave that is comparable to a super electromagnetic cannon, and as long as someone is sent to fight with her for a while every once in a while, her emotions will settle down, and she will just chase after her slowly with a big sword, so as not to rush up and kill.
It is precisely because of this that these of us, who can still fight her a little, have to stay at the back of the team.
It's been three days, and she's been driving us away stupidly for the past three days, not knowing what's going on in her head......
Liv Lu is still recounting the things about Merry: of course she won't let Merry run away like this, so she took Duff to chase after her all the way, but although Merry is not very old, she is a specially trained talent specially trained by the organization to deal with Galadia, and she has a very high level of search and concealment, so the two sides chased and fled, and soon ran from the west of the continent to the north.
The night before she met us, after Liv Road lost Merry's trace again, she was furious and scolded Duff for running too slowly and dragging her feet, when she suddenly felt Merry's demonic energy. Following the demonic spirit, he found her kneeling in front of two tombs with swords as monuments, wailing and crying. After crying for a while, she went crazy and dug up the grave and dug out two corpses.
I have seen Merry crying blood and grief, and I can naturally imagine the scene at that time, and when I heard this, I suddenly felt very uncomfortable for some reason—the person who killed her companion, the person who forced her to awaken, the person who gave her as an object to Livle Road to play with, it was none other than me!
I've always felt like I'm not a villain at least, but from Merry's point of view, what exactly did I do?
Why would I do such a thing?
Is it because of fear? Or is it because I'm just a scumbag?
If I see someone doing such a thing, I must kill him with a fist without saying a word, then what about myself?
If the master knows, he will definitely clean up the portal!
Sin deserves, sin deserves!
[Hey! Don't be cranky! She was the one who wanted to kill us first! Galadya woke me up just in time, but her reasons didn't make me feel easy.
Killing people is not too much, things have developed to this point, the big mistake has been made, and in front of Mei Li, any explanation is pale and powerless!
There was a chill behind me, and I didn't know when I was already drenched in cold sweat, and even my clothes were soaked.
In a trance, I heard the voice of Liv Road.
"And then, she actually ate those two corpses!"
Everyone exclaimed in unison, and even Denissa, who had always smiled, changed her face.
The soldiers who came out of the organization's brutal training were extremely bonded to each other, so they could not hesitate to sacrifice for each other on the battlefield. What kind of resentment does it take to make Merry, who has not lost her humanity due to awakening, not hesitate to eat the remains of her comrades?
Hatred is higher than the sky, hatred is as deep as the sea!
I now understand why Merry is not in a hurry to rush up and kill people, she obviously has to slowly boil us enemies to death in order to relieve the hatred in her heart - this is a matter of course, in my case, I am afraid that the means are more ruthless than hers, after all, she is essentially just an innocent girl with little experience......
"And then, she's what she is." Liv Lu spread her hands helplessly, "So we ran away, but fortunately I met you." ”
In silence, Denisha spoke: "I have a question - will the Awakened eat other warriors greatly increase their demonic power?" ”
"There's no such thing." Isli pondered for a moment and replied, "After eating the warrior, the demonic power can indeed rise a little temporarily, but it will soon return to its original state, and there will be no growth. ”
But Merry's growth is obvious, from being bullied by Liv Road to dying to death, to turning into a chase and killing several abysses and super abysses, this gap is too big! Moreover, it has been almost four days since she defeated Liv Road, and her demonic energy has not only not "returned to its original state" these days, but has become more and more stable, which shows that this improvement is neither "a little" nor "temporary".
Looking at each other for a while, Galadia guessed in an uncertain tone: "Perhaps, the three of them have a problem......
She had obviously been speculating about these questions for a long time, and she was still talking and thinking about it at first, but she quickly became fluent: "The organization has conducted a black twin experiment before, so it is not surprising to conduct another iron triangle experiment." And Merry and the three of them are likely to be specially cultivated experimental subjects, so Merry can completely absorb their demonic power by eating the other two, so that he can get a reborn ascension. ”
"Actually, maybe she is the perfect body that the organization originally wanted to pursue: great strength, amazing will, and even basically retains the human mind."
"It's possible for the Order to do this......" The group nodded in agreement with Galadia's guess, and Isley speculated further, "So, maybe Luciella and Lajuana—if she eats Lajuana, maybe become Merry-like beings?" ”
[Actually, there is also the secret weapon of the organization, the "Black Twins", it is said that they should be the contemporary NO·1 and NO·2, but this part of the plot has completely changed......]
"By the way, where are we running here?" Rakhi, who had been unable to interject, suddenly thought of a very serious question, "It doesn't seem like a way to run away aimlessly like this!" ”
Isli and Livlu glanced at each other, and the two hundred-year-old bosses showed a sly smile at the same time.
"We are now heading towards the organization's headquarters!"
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