More and more shadows gathered outside the village, and it was at this time that the villagers discovered the anomaly.

Fearful of the unknown, the villagers from outside the village rushed back to the village in a panic to deliver the news.

The sound of the alarm bell ringing reached the ears of every resident, women and children hurried to their homes with their children, and young and strong men took up arms and approached the entrance of the village.

However, when they saw the dark shadows gathered at the entrance of the village, the fear of the unknown eroded every corner of their hearts, and they involuntarily stopped, and even the more timid people dropped their weapons and turned to flee from these terrible monsters.

"It's scary, it's scary, it's weird..."

"Proliferate, expand, assimilate..."

Dozens of shadows slowly entered the entrance of the village, and the low, hoarse voice echoed in the ears of the village name like a magic spell.

"Monsters, there's a monster in!"

He took a step back without hesitation, and someone crashed into the villager behind him, and after only a short while, he crawled and ran away.

"Don't be afraid, we still have wives and children behind us, let's kill all these monsters together."

"Die, ugly monster!"

The bloody young man in his twenties picked up the clothes stick in his hand and smashed it at one of the shadows.

The sluggish shadow happened to be knocked to the ground by the young man with a blow to the head, but at this moment, the surrounding shadows gradually surrounded the young man.

"What are you doing? Come back! ”

"Proliferate, expand, assimilate..."

The young man was basking in the joy of defeating the Shadow, not paying any attention to his surroundings, and by the time he did, it was too late.

The shadow that had been knocked to the ground stood up again and joined the group of young men rounding up, its twisted face gradually approaching him.

Unfortunately, no one came to save him, and the villagers became witnesses, only to watch helplessly as their companions fell into the abyss.

Shadows poured into the young man's body, and painful voices came from the young man's mouth, like a heavy hammer striking into the hearts of everyone.

Little by little, they burrowed into the body of the young man, and the young man who was surrounded by many shadows gradually revealed gray-black stripes on his skin, and his pupils also lost their vitality at this moment, and the gray darkness filled the whites of his eyes, leaving only the gray and black intertwined between the pupils.

"Proliferate, expand, assimilate..."

The assimilation ritual is over, and the youth become members of the Shadows, and their groups grow again.

"Are you alright?"

As the youth approached, some villagers even went up to check if they were injured.

"Put us... multiply..."

The hoarse voice shattered the villagers' illusions, and in just a few seconds, the former neighbor turned into a monster.

When they were about to come into contact with it, the villagers' footsteps stopped, and the fear from the depths of their hearts betrayed their bodies, and they took a step back uncontrollably, and the care that was about to reach out disappeared without a trace at this moment due to hesitation.

Because of the hoodoo in front of him, uneasy emotions gradually came to his heart.

"I'm sorry... I still have a wife and children, and they can't afford to lose me. ”

He fled, and at the moment when fear took over his body, he chose to abandon his former weak relationship as a neighbor and chose to prioritize the protection of his life.

At this time, Takichen and his party came to the hill outside the village.

The village on the other side of the woods appeared in the eyes of the two of them, and the thick smoke slowly drifted into the sky, twisting their fat bodies awkwardly.

This thick black smoke was not a faint green smoke like a cooking fire, so it quickly caught Takita's attention.

"Looks like there's going on, let's go see what happened there."

Takichen said to Devile Wood beside him, but saw a stranger approaching.

Only some of the joints of the body are wearing protective armor, one end of the heavy sword is fixed at the big root, and the right hand is casually placed on the top of the hilt.

Similar to the "Heart Net", the domineering power is not used all the time, although the current Takichen can control any wind and grass within a range of thousands of meters at any time, but it does not have enough ability to maintain it for a long time.

"Wait, it's going to be a nice opening now, don't do such boring things."

Kalistina slowly drew the heavy sword at her waist, the blade was as thick as the palm of an adult's hand, and it was hard to imagine a woman walking casually with a heavy sword in one hand.

"You are?"

"First meeting, lovely elf lady, and a boring man. My name is Kalistina. ”

The woman with the heavy sword on her shoulder stopped about thirty paces from Devile Wood, the half-length iron heavy sword that was seriously out of step with her bumpy figure. As for Takijin on the side, she was basically ignored, and it was obvious that she didn't have much interest in men.

"Do you know the inside story of this?"

Stopping Devile Wood, and suddenly saying something suspicious, coupled with the shadow that Takitaki and the two met in the forest before, it is difficult not to think about the person behind the scenes.

"You can fight again, if you want to know, ask my sword first, don't let me down."

Kalistina saw the two of them fighting the Shadow in the woods, and became a little intrigued by them.

Then, Callistina narrowed her eyes slightly, an expression similar to that of joy, but only a little expectation.

The first time they met, he let strangers fight with him, and he was talking to himself, and Takichen suddenly felt that it was a little redundant to talk to her.

"It seems that I met a strange person, let's take a look at the situation first, what should she know."

Although she didn't look at Devile Wood beside her, she was obviously speaking to her.

"I have one condition..."

Then, Takitsu walked forward alone, but before she could finish speaking, Kalistina rushed forward with a heavy sword in her hand, and she didn't care about what Takitaki said.

The vigorous posture does not have the slightest sense of sluggishness, and the image that does not conform to the lady at all breaks the traditional perception of Takichen, even if it is a woman, it can be very wild when fighting.

However, it's none of her business what Takichen is thinking. Karlistina's heavy sword left a deep furrow in the ground, and it could be said that it did not spare the slightest hand.

The distance of more than ten meters has only passed for a short time, and it seems that there is only one breath between breaths.

Just using her sword to split through the dry soil, even if the weapon was heavy enough, it was enough to show that Calistina was not an idle person.

Foresight, the ability to predict the opponent's trajectory when the enemy moves, so as to avoid danger, is the most outstanding point of seeing and hearing domineering.

"It's really bold."

Takichen also dodged when the heavy sword was about to fall, and then he didn't forget to complain about the opponent's bold attack.

"What a pleasure! What kind of melody will be played next? Hah~"

With a shout similar to her own momentum, Callistina once again swung her heavy sword and charged towards Takitsu.

However, this time, there seemed to be some kind of special power attached to Calistina's body, and the sound of the heavy sword swinging out could be faintly heard in the air.

For the purpose of wanting to confirm how much difference his strength is from the people of this world, and wanting to feel the pleasure of the battle, Takichen finally chose to resist with his body, and only under the opponent's full attack can he feel more intuitively.

The armed color quickly covered his arms, and Takichen used the most suitable defensive move at present, combining the iron block in the six styles with the domineering power of the armed color.

For so many years, Takichen is not just stupidly playing against those powerful beasts, but the gradual improvement of his ability to resist blows also means that he is more familiar with his body, and simple and crude moves such as iron blocks and finger guns, as long as he has sufficient physical conditions and proficiency, he can also comprehend them alone.

Like the sound of metal clashing in his ears, Takichen's body was knocked away by the huge force, and then slammed into the ground, and then the dust that splashed obscured his figure.

The moment Takitsu flew out, the magic arrow that flew from it hit Kalistina, but it didn't do any damage, the magic arrow was directly split by the heavy sword in her hand, and then Callistina rushed towards Devilwood.

At the moment when the second arrow was about to hit, Callistina's body suddenly allowed the arrow to pierce through as if it were digitized. Subsequently, Devil Wood, who lacked combat experience, was easily put down due to the disparity in strength the moment he made contact with Calistina.

The only reason for this phenomenon may be that Callistina used some kind of magic at that time.

"What's the matter, is this the end? So that's it. ”

Callistina stood in front of Devile Wood with a sword in one hand.

"I'm sorry, I might be disappointing you."

After the dust cleared, Takichen reappeared in her field of vision. Her strength has increased like never before, and I don't know if she used some kind of martial arts or magic to increase her strength.

With a keen instinct for danger, Callistina quickly held her epee in front of her. However, the sheer force still made Callistina take a few steps back, and the heavy sword held in both hands also shook slightly after the footsteps stopped, as if the hands holding the heavy sword were a little numb from the shock.

"Today's harvest was unexpected, I haven't had this pleasure in a long time."

Callistina's purpose has been accomplished, stopping the two of them is just like trying their skills, if they died in the woods before, she will not care.

Apparently, Callistina treats the two of them as nosy, and she's seen too many people die because they're not strong enough to meddle in their affairs. Now, Callistina had approved of them, but she was only interested in Devile Wood.

By chance, she heard about the shadows that appeared in the forest, and Karlistina, who was passing by, had to take over the investigation of the matter because of the disappearance of the local investigators one after another, coupled with the lack of manpower in the guild, and re-evaluate the danger level, and then hand it over to the adventurer's guild to deal with.

"What's your name?"

Kalistina withdrew her heavy sword before transferring the realization to Takita.

"Takita."

Although it was a little unhappy, Takichen still replied to Callistina, others had no intention of continuing to fight, and it was naturally the best for Takichen, who didn't want to make a fuss at the moment.

Callistina departed, her steps bumpy and unguarded. It seems that the previous encounter was not a fight, but an episode of strangers from acquaintance to parting.

Because Tifa Devierwood was not injured, and Takijin did not continue to pursue it, the battle between the two ended as if they had a tacit understanding.

"By the way, about those shadows, the souls of those who are devoured will disappear... Maybe it will be saved sooner. ”

Callistina's figure vanished into the forest.

Her words were incomplete, but Takitaki could also guess what was going on, which was to remind herself not to be haunted by those shadows.

Such unfinished words are just a little hope for those who need them.