"You're moving back?"

On the first floor of the inn in Plainsville, Calvin, who was standing behind the counter, stared at his wife Claire in amazement, glanced at the stairs, and lowered his voice very low, "Are you crazy?" ”

"I'm married to you, and I'm still living in my parents' house all day."

"It's not like you don't know that guy......" Calvin raised an eyebrow and squinted at the dreaded long-term "resident" on the second floor.

"So you say we'll always be like this?"

Claire sighed and leaned on the counter, her cheeks propped up with her hands, and she glanced at it, "If it wants to... It's been done a long time ago, so why wait until now. Even if it's going to... Do you think I'll be spared if I hide from my parents? Besides, didn't everyone decide to let it stay? Since they've all been chosen, it's not ...... to be so guarded."

"Isn't that impossible? Alas, when I think about it, I think everyone was crazy at that time to make this kind of decision...... "Calvin held his head in both hands, and now it's too late to regret it, how can the demon come if you want to, and you can get rid of it if you want to?" It's really hard to ride a tiger. Although Calvin didn't dare to close his eyes all night as before, he didn't dare to go back to the second floor to sleep at night anyway, preferring to lay on the floor near the door on the first floor.

"But no matter what, since we are husband and wife, we should face everything together." Claire leaned in and took Calvin's hand behind the counter, "Unless you feel like we shouldn't be so close." ”

This kind of argument made Calvin smile bitterly and couldn't refute it. Claire also has some truth in what she said, this "demon" is really ferocious, and the whole town is finished, and it is useless to hide anywhere. Further down, is there an absolutely safe place in this world?

……

Woken up by the small arguments of the couple downstairs, Gray was lying on the bed in a daze. I woke up from an uneasy dream again, and it's still not my dream, now it's not only the NO.3, but even the bits and pieces of the NO.11 and NO.20 have appeared in the dream, are they all entangled with themselves......

Forget the troubles in the dream for the time being, and the troubles in reality come again. After the novelty, only boredom and emptiness remain. When he first came to this town, he was only curious about the unfamiliar environment, but as the days passed and the curiosity of exploring the new world faded, he deeply realized the tedium of this town and even the world.

There are no mobile phones or computers, no novels or comics, and apart from mythology-related themes, there is not even a book or a painting here. There is no one who dares to talk to him, and the food and wine are tasteless to the taste of the awakened. Coupled with the physique of not having to rest these days, the excess energy leads to the feeling of idleness being infinitely amplified. And when I think of the seemingly short lifespan of the awakened, I feel even more difficult.

When he thought about it carefully, there seemed to be nothing in the world that made him feel excited and excited, only after the last encounter with the bandits...... Could it be that for the awakened, there is only the disgusting "eating" and the "torture and killing" with absolute superiority in the world to feel that they are still alive...... Wrong! There must be something more meaningful and beautiful that makes you feel alive.

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"Idiots out there."

In the far east, in the Gobi Desert, Stave. The wind and sand raging outside were not felt at all in the council hall inside the grotto. Lemoto, who was sitting in the chief, gave the same assessment after listening to the report of the man in black who was in the grassroots field.

On this experimental island, the Awakened who are not the target of the commission usually bother to bother with the organization, no matter how much trouble they make, as long as they don't touch one thing: something that hinders the organization!

"So, do you want to find out the identity of the Awakened?"

Sitting side by side in the seats around Lemoto, one of the officials of the organizing council asked.

"Yes, according to its awakened body and human appearance, it is preliminarily judged to be the No.18 of the male warrior period - Gray."

"Have you fallen under the abyss of the north or the abyss of the west?"

"No, it's the "free" awakened. ”

"How dare you ...... that?"

The cadres of the council also think it is incredible, the male awakened people who can live until now, no matter what their strength, are at least "sane" and know what they can and can't do. If the abyss, or the abyss's subordinates do it (generally dare to do this, it is basically instructed by the abyss), because the organization has no problem with the abyss, maybe it will temporarily endure it and find a way to find a way to get back from other places. But just a "non-partisan" awakened person whose strength is not the top dares to provoke the organization?

"Is there any information about its strength?"

Lemoto asked, with his fingers crossed over his chest. Since the question of strength is asked, the general direction of disposal has basically been decided: crusade!

"Because it has been hiding somewhere before, and it has never been defeated, so its specific strength cannot be judged." The black-clothed man at the grassroots level first told what he knew, and then talked about his own speculation, "However, considering the location of the previous "accident" of the NO.3 raiding team, which is only a few days away from this, it is very likely that it is the existence of the NO.3 team that cooperated with the Awakened to destroy everything. ”

"Joined forces with the awakened former NO.4 Lacrena, and annihilated the team led by NO.3 and brought three former warriors of twenty-five ......"

One of the officials of the council, after assessing the combat strength based on this information, turned his head to the leader Lemoto, "If you want to solve it with nine out of ten, it is best to send two front-level single-digit warriors as the main force, plus three twenty-five former warriors to assist." ”

Lemoto nodded silently, and asked the black-clothed people stationed in the headquarters who were standing below to observe, "So there are single-digit soldiers who are closer to the south-central region and have no important tasks at the moment?" ”

"NO.5 Broken Rock Sword - Acia, and NO.6 Harleen." Among them, the resident black, who was responsible for intelligence analysis and aggregation, immediately reported two soldiers with names.

"Well, let's just the two of them. Pick three more twenty-five former warriors who are closer to this place, form a five-person crusade team, and kill this idiot. ”

…………

From the map, the town of Hamel is located to the north of the town of Plainsville, and the distance between the two towns is probably more than three or four days to walk on the feet of ordinary people.

On the afternoon of the fourth day after the organization made the decision to fight, a long-haired "silver-eyed witch" walked into the town of Hammel, and although the villagers dodged along the way, they seemed to have a strange attitude towards the greatsword.

The warrior, with long straight blond hair covering one eye, walked around the first street corner and encountered a man in black wearing a black scarf and a black sleeveless shirt.

"This way."

The man in black didn't have anything to say, so he turned around and led the warrior to the "warrior service station" set up by the organization in the town.

As we all know, the commission of the big sword is very expensive, but if you really can't afford it or don't want to pay it, there is still another way besides waiting for the "bad luck" to come. After all, the organization is sometimes very "considerate", just like Hammeltown, which is in a transportation hub, as long as you prepare a house for the organization to use as a "service station", and you are usually responsible for maintaining its normal operation free of charge.

"This is it."

The man in black pushed open the wooden door of the "service station", and the long-haired warrior saw that in the gloomy room, a pair of silver eyes opened and looked at him, apparently there was already a warrior inside. The man in black who gave way sideways said in a deep voice, "You're the second." There are three more that will arrive in the next two to three days due to distance. I'll leave it to you after that, Artia. ”

"Understood." Axiaa replied coldly, as the NO.5, she is the highest-ranked existence in this team, so there is no doubt that the captain is her.

As the wooden door closed, Asia surveyed the layout of the room, and there was nothing but a few wooden chairs and a wooden table in the middle, and the warrior who arrived first also lowered his feet from the table at this time, and almost kicked over the clay pot on the table because he was in too much hurry.

"Axia~~ You are the captain this time."

The warrior with a double ponytail running up to the left and right came running like a gust of wind, I don't know if it was loud or loud in action, so that the roof began to fall dust, she opened her arms to hug Axia, but after Alcia raised her hand to stop her, she grabbed Asia's arm again.

"Well, hello, Harleen."

Asia greeted her with a stiff expression, and tried to pull her arm out of her hand, but she tried several times without success, and sighed in her heart: How can you team up with this kind of guy again. This warrior, who seems to be his best friend, is actually not familiar with him, that is, the kind of friendship that has formed a team twice.

"Wow~ Your hands are still so good-looking." Harleen fiddled with Adya's slender hands, then let go of Adya's hand before she could barely stand it and break free. But instead of letting her go easily, he put his hand in front of Alcia again, showing off her colorful nails, "How good is it?" This is what I found when I passed through the last town: paint that is not afraid of water, and the women there use it to dye their nails, and I have what is left, come, let me apply it for you, ...... promise."

"No need. Thank you. ”

Alcia replied in embarrassment, only to notice that the ends of Harleen's ponytails were one red and one blue.

"Isn't it pretty?"

After Harleen noticed Althea's gaze, she curled the end of her curly blonde hair with one hand, and a bright smile appeared on her face, "I dyed it myself, I wanted to dye it all, but my agent was too lenient, saying that "it doesn't conform to the rules of the organization" and "it will be used by ordinary people as a demon who pretends to be a big sword", so it only dyed so little......"

"That's it." Adia smiled reluctantly, "That...... I've been on the road for days and want to take a break. ”

"Oops~ I was so happy to see Axia, I actually forgot about this." Harleen covered her mouth with one hand, acting like she was sorry, then turned around and arranged several wooden chairs in a row, took out a fur blanket from her "backpack" and folded it on it, looked at Alcia who was already stunned, patted the blanket, and said with a smile, "Come on." You're welcome. ”

"Uh, thank you. Don't have to go through the hassle......"

Axiaa didn't know what expression to use, so she looked for a corner by herself and pulled out the big sword behind her back, "Qiang!" He thrust on the ground, sat down with his back against the sword, and closed his eyes in order to avoid continuing to deal with it, "I'm still used to this." ”

"Eh~~ Is it really good? I think it's very uncomfortable. ”

Harleen still wanted to speak, but it could be seen that Alcia had closed her eyes and was silent as if she had fallen asleep, and she didn't want to disturb her anymore.

……

About two hours later, during the nap, Asia seemed to feel something, and when she opened one eye, Harleen was sitting on the back of her chair, her chin resting on her folded arms, staring at herself.

"What's the matter? Harleen. Alcia, who was looking a little uncomfortable, asked.

"You're finally awake!"

Harleen happily picked up a stack of cardboard pieces the size of a "black letter", and regardless of the chair that was brought to the ground by her, she stepped on the ground and squatted down in front of Axia, and displayed the pieces of paper in front of her fan, "Let's play with this." When I first went out, I noticed that there were people here playing this, saying that it was a new game from a nearby town, and I bought it from the villagers for a ......."

Adia looked at the pieces of paper printed on them in numbers from one to thirteen, two of which were painted with one large and one small green fangs......

"This is a big demon and a small demon! It's the biggest card in it. ”

Seeing that Alcia seemed to be interested, Harleen immediately explained endlessly, "I specially consulted the people here, and the most fun way to play is the "Demon Fight" that requires three people to play, but unfortunately we are ...... now Eh, by the way, I'm going to see if the man in black is still there, so I'll find him to make up the numbers......"