The sound of steel boots stomping on the ground in different rhythms echoed in the forest path. As far as the eye can see, a total of five warriors are walking here.

At this time, ten days had passed since the organization issued the crusade mission, and when the last soldier arrived in the town of Hamel the evening before yesterday, the five-man crusade team took a short rest and advanced towards the town of Plainsville, during which they walked for two consecutive days, and if there was no accident, they could reach their destination this afternoon.

As the captain's NO.5 Axia, she walked at the forefront, frowning slightly and thinking about this mission. From the very beginning, she could sense the unusualness of this crusade. First of all, this mission is unprecedentedly efficient, and many of the crusade missions experienced in the past are calculated on a monthly basis, and those that can be completed in two weeks are considered fast. (Time spent rushing to the meeting place, waiting for the party members, and then continuing on the road when they arrived.) The time that is really used for battle, not even half an hour)

Secondly, the target intelligence is also unprecedentedly detailed. Not only is it confirmed that it is an "awakened person", but it is also known to be a "male awakened person", and even a description of its awakened form is available. You must know that the information that the organization usually gives them is such as: a demon haunt in a certain place, or a suspected awakened person in a certain place. Often, only when they arrive in the local area, the warrior knows how many demons there are, and the crusade mission is more surprising, until they meet face-to-face, they don't know whether the awakened are male or female, how many there are, or it is simply the abyss (for example: Zhen Squad who rushed into the nest of the West Abyss), and it has also happened that after finally getting together a whole crusade team, only to find that it is just an oolong of ordinary demons (for example: when Miria first appeared) at the destination.

What's more, the lineup of the team this time is unprecedentedly strong, and the "standard" of the crusade team is basically a single digit, with a ten-digit number and two thirty-five digits, but this time the squad composition brings together its own NO.5 and NO.6 two top single digits, and three twenty-five previous fighters.

"Hammeltown is famous for its wine, which of you would like to have one?"

Needless to say, to be able to say this kind of thing, naturally only NO.6 Haring, who was named "free and easy", is taking off the waist travel belt with a small wine bottle hanging everywhere and asking, this belt is not only around the waist but also from the right shoulder to the left waist of the diagonal part, the sheath on it is full of flying knives, the things she bought out of her own pocket, and the strap tied to the two thighs, hanging to accommodate the hidden weapon.

Alcia closed her eyes and took a deep breath, forcing her mind back to thinking about the mission. When I think back to the events of the past few days, I feel so annoyed and angry. The "card" that Harleen got was indeed interesting, and the boring waiting time that often closed her eyes and rested her mind passed inadvertently, until when the last warrior arrived, she felt in her heart that she had come too early...... It's so unbelievable!

"What's the matter, Cherry, are you embarrassed to drink?"

"Don't, Harleen-senpai!" Cherry, who is the lowest NO.18 in the team, looked at Harleen more when she was urging her to drink, and now she is being hugged by Harleen's shoulders and stuffed the spout of the wine jug into her mouth.

"Enough!"

Athea suddenly turned around and knocked the flask in Harleen's hand, her towering chest rising and falling, "Why are you doing this? Can't you just be serious! Like a normal warrior!? We're on a crusade! The way you look is a single-digit smear for us! ”

She can say that she has wanted to say these words since she saw Harleen, and she has been holding it in her heart these days, and now she finally can't bear it anymore. After saying it in one breath regardless of the emotion, Axiaa didn't look at Harleen's expression, and continued to move forward on her own, and the other three warriors didn't dare to intervene in the bickering between single-digit warriors, and looked at each other and hurriedly followed Axia's pace.

I don't know if it's because the emotions are vented all at once. After walking a few steps, Alcia regretted that she had gone too far, and after a few moments, she felt more and more guilty when she heard Harleen's footsteps finally follow.

The group marched in such a dull atmosphere, and it was ironic to say, originally I only thought that Harleen had been "buzzing" like a fly, but now that she was quiet, she suddenly felt that something was missing. Alcia deliberately slowed down her pace, and when the other three warriors noticed it, they all tacitly quickened their pace and walked in front of Axia. And when Alcia waited for Harleen to be with her, she was thinking about how to apologize, but Harleen spoke first.

"The life of a warrior...... It's really boring. ”

Harleen didn't look at her, her head drooped, her silver eyes seemed to have dimmed a lot, she had always seemed energetic before, but now she looked exhausted. It's not so much talking to Asia as it is a neurotic self-talk, "The thought that this life will end in death makes me feel like I'm going to go crazy if I don't talk and laugh with my companions." ”

Harleen's ......

"Our job is to kill demons and save humanity, but we are also seen as monsters...... Do you want to think that this is your own miserable fate? Or is it a little positive to find some fun out of it? Having fun in the midst of suffering? ”

"I'm sorry, Harleen."

"It's okay."

Harleen raised her foot and kicked the pebbles under her feet, returned to her usual smiling appearance, put her arms around Alcia's shoulders, and raised a hand to the three soldiers in front of her who had been pricking up their ears and shouted, "The barbecue in Hamel Town is also good, and I will invite everyone to eat it when this mission is over." ”

……

"Big" demons. ”

In the empty dining room on the first floor of the Plainsville Town Inn. Gray played his cards.

The so-called meaningful life is not so easy to find, so he had to "invent" this kind of time-killing thing first, and now he is planning to invent "demon killing".

To be honest, the people in the town have their own things to do, and they are not as idle as themselves. But who would dare to disagree with them if they spoke to them to "play", not to mention that in this world of lack of entertainment, cards are indeed a rare means of entertainment. He didn't go too far, he only found his leisure time to "invite".

"I don't have anything to come up with."

Mayor Mander glanced at the cards in his hand, and at the same time secretly looked at Gray who was sitting opposite, and felt strange in his heart, a "demon" invented a game to play "demon", is it really good? Isn't it an ordinary demon? Rather, it is the "abnormal appetite" (the organization's external name for the awakened) who live longer and have a higher IQ? So from the bottom of your heart, you look down on low-level demons?

"Then I'll take out the "big sword". ”

Claire unceremoniously threw out four of the same cards, cut off the "demon" to continue to play cards, and then there was no chance to play the cards to Gray at all, all in one breath, and the mayor of the town on the side secretly smoked cold air, although the "demon" played really badly, basically after knowing the rules, most people can play it only by luck, but the people who play with him, will deliberately "show mercy" to let it win or lose. But Claire played for the first time today, not to mention that she got started so quickly, and she was so polite, and she was not afraid that the "demon" couldn't afford to lose?

"Again, this time I'm not going to be a demon for anything. ”

"Don't play, it's time for me to deliver food to Calvin in the field." Claire stood up and refused with a slick of the word, causing the mayor next to her to stare at him with another blow of beard.

"Do you want me to tidy up your land?"

Now Gray is in a state of being in a hurry to find something to do, and he wants to find something to do for himself through this moment. In other words, with the physical strength of the awakened, if they are invested in agricultural production, will they be able to make this town run into the legendary society of extreme material abundance?

"It's not like you have the strength to do it well. Besides, don't you still have to look at the store? ”

Because the wayward "demon" said that he wanted to work, but Calvin dared to use it as a small job, so he simply let him see this inn, anyway, the business was very cold, and he went to concentrate on managing the land and engaging in some agricultural and sideline business.

After watching Claire get on the basket and go out. Gray shifted his gaze to the somewhat restrained mayor, "Mayor Mayor, do you know that there is a bandit infestation there?" ”

Through this time, he also discovered that "eating" is not a fixed time limit, and it seems that it can still be "stored". I had a lot of "food intake" last time, so there is nothing abnormal about it until now, and it is estimated that it is almost the limit, so the preparation work should be done in advance.

"I don't know."

The mayor shook his head, he didn't have the patience to know the things of the whole world, and all he could get into was this town, plus the scope of two or three nearby towns. But when Gray heard about the bandits, he immediately realized what he wanted to do. I thought it would attack a nearby town, but now that it is targeting the "bandits" group, the guilt in my heart immediately disappears. Bandits, who would like it, but there are still some happy people after "fighting poison with poison".

Looks like you'll have to go out and find it yourself? When Gray was thinking about looking in that direction, he suddenly sensed the presence of a demonic aura nearby, more than one, and it was probably not a demon......

"A couple of great swords are coming." Gray said as he stared at the mayor.

"Nope! It's not us ......" The mayor was immediately panicked when he was looked at by Gray's questioning eyes, and if he hadn't been able to stand up with his legs, he would have knelt down directly. The conscience of heaven and earth, the old accounts of the organization have not been cleared, so dare to take the initiative to provoke them again. Besides, it's still "several" big swords. Oh my God, the price of one is so expensive, and he can't imagine the price of several.

"Yes."

Gray thought about it and thought it was unlikely that this town would be commissioned, so what was going on? Is it here to seek revenge for the last warrior? Impossible, it's a squad? It looks like a raiding party...... Are you here to deal with yourself? But except for the bandits...... And the thieves have all been purged by themselves, and among the scumbags, there are the kind of people who value love and righteousness and spend a lot of money to avenge the leader? Or is it the bandits......

"I'll talk to them."

What can "demons" talk about with big swords? The mayor didn't dare to answer, the towns on both sides couldn't afford to provoke, so he just asked the gods to fight, so as not to harm his own town. Mayor Mare's face turned pale as he watched Gray go out. From the bottom of his heart, he was more inclined to this "demon", because if the big sword won, it would not be good for the town......

……

As the Raiders were about to enter the town of Plansville, they discovered that their target had come out on their own initiative.

"There's a clearing in the southwest, let's go over there."

The Awoken pointed in a direction and ran towards it. The warriors, on the other hand, looked at the captain, Axia, and waited for her to come up with an idea.

"I don't feel that there are other demons there, there should be no other awakened people or demons." Axia's eyes closed for a moment, then looked at Harleen, who was also sensing with her eyes closed, and got the same news.

"In that case, it's up to me to come first, you ......" The Awakened who used the terrain to set up an ambush have not encountered it, but it does not mean that there are none. Athia was about to move forward, but Harleen held her shoulder.

"I'm still in front, you're the leader."

When they arrived at the place where the Awakened were waiting, the warriors realized that they were really worried, this place was an open field in the forest, and there were no mechanisms around it.

"It may sound strange to you, but I don't want to fight you."

Gray raised his hands, different from the "surrender" posture, but placed a more downward "stop" action, "We have no reason to fight, you can inquire about that town just now, I didn't ......"

Without waiting for him to continue, he noticed that the double ponytail warrior standing at the front seemed to raise his hand very casually, but it was obviously not simple, because he saw two points of metal reflection, and the arm that he subconsciously raised immediately felt a pinprick and numbness, and saw that the tips of the two flying knives had pierced the arm and exposed, and almost so, the two flying knives had been inserted into his eyes.

"Monsters are what monsters should be! Don't pretend to be a human to talk here! ”

Harleen stared at him with a blank look in his eyes, no longer with his usual smile on his face, and said angrily, "We have come all the way to chat with you, but to get your head." ”

Sure enough, is it the worst outcome...... Gray sighed, thinking about the three warriors he had met earlier. The big sword will not listen to the "crazy words" of the awakened at all, and it is also said that if you go to hunt a fierce beast in a team, do you have to have a long talk with it when you see the prey? It was useless to say the flowers themselves, and it might make them think that this was a precursor to their own tricks, preparing for a sneak attack or other means.

"The crusade begins!"

With Adia's order, she and Harleen headed in two single digits, and the remaining three warriors followed in a faint formation and rushed towards Gray.