"If it's a xenomorph monster, then whether you can find Dolinda or not, this trip today may be quite rewarding."

Xia thought of his goal of coming to the New World, in order to achieve this goal, he needed to prepare in many ways, if he could have an extra servant with petrification talent, it would be no less meaningful than subduing the Flame Demon Beast Bude.

You know, Bud is an existence whose strength is comparable to that of a god!

She tried the state of her mental power, and felt that she still had some strength left, so she turned her body into a phantom state, and directly penetrated the belly of the mountain to chase after the light cluster.

"It can even penetrate obstacles regardless of terrain."

Xia was surprised to find that the light cluster had sunk into a boulder, and then pierced out from the other side, seemingly undamaged.

"No, it should have something to do with its petrified energy."

She took a deep breath and followed closely behind the light, which didn't seem to notice that someone was following, and flew all the way up.

"Huh? Who's that. ”

Natsu used the god's unique skill, Perspective, to scan his surroundings while stalking, and suddenly spotted two small figures in a passage.

Since the clairing skill can only see heat and energy, it can be seen that these two figures are human outlines.

However, the chests of the two seem to be quite flat, and I don't know if it's a woman or a man.

"It would be nice if you could see the image clearly, and this perspective is a bit like the ancient thermal imaging technology, which can only scan the parts that contain strong energy fluctuations."

She frowned and sped up.

Because judging from the trajectory of the light cluster, those two humans are likely to be hit by it!

Once ordinary people are targeted by petrified monsters, the end is obviously only a dead end; This isn't the story of myths and legends - can it be restored after being petrified? That's just a good hope.

The so-called petrification is actually a fairly complete destruction process, which will completely destroy the functions of living organisms and convert tissues and blood into other substances; Not even his own blood and the leaves of the World Tree could save such an object.

At this point, it's not far from above. Evelyn and Zero are crawling hard.

"According to my estimates, it's almost to the top of the mountain, zero...... Hold on! ”

Evelyn's little hands were covered in blood, but she gritted her teeth to grasp the hard rocks and climbed desperately upward.

"Zero...... Solid...... Hold! ”

Zero panted and followed her, trying to keep his body against the rock wall.

She has been beaten and abused since she was a child. The body is not as delicate as Evelyn, and the survival in the wild during this period of time has restored some physical strength, so the state looks better than Evelyn, and there is no obvious blood on her hands.

"Master, I seem to have made a mistake......

Erin's voice suddenly sounded in Natsu's head: "You come to the right quickly." ”

"Oh?"

Xia's detection range is still a little weaker than that of the artifact Lori, and after flying to the right for a distance, he found that there was still a cloud of energy fluctuations hidden there.

"Looks like something has been following those two humans...... Hey? This thing seems to be a person too. ”

The object that emitted dark fluctuations was in human form, but it was actually dark blue in her field of vision, which indicated that the other party contained some kind of mysterious energy.

Little Lori's voice sounded very low:

"I had detected something strange in this mountain. I thought it was some kind of treasure...... It turned out to be an old fellow, I'm sorry, master. ”

"That's what you're talking about."

Xia didn't get too close to the other party, moved forward a little, and saw the other party's appearance in the dark.

It's better to say that it's an old guy than to say that it's a wild man.

His gray hair covered almost the entire length of his face, and his beard was even longer than that of the dwarves, and thick enough that it had to be inflated to be tied together. The lowest end of the beard hangs down almost to the lower abdomen.

One of the man's eyes was completely obscured by white hair, and the other was glowing with blue light. It's a bit like a superpower, but Xia knows that the other party is not a superpower.

Because this blue light was so amazing, that his vision seemed to be substance, and it was like a light shining in the darkness.

"There are still such people in the New World?"

Natsu held her breath and tried to get Erin to investigate the other party's strength.

"Since you are now in a pseudo-god state, you can detect the intelligence of objects within 30% of the strength of the possessed character."

A prompt appears.

"Detection failed! The opponent's strength is beyond detection. ”

Saw this message. Xia decisively woke up the sleeping Xue Qian.

"Xueqian? Wake up! Let's see how strong that person really is. ”

As she asked anxiously, the Flame Goddess soon heard in a confused voice:

“…… Wait, let me see. ”

Xue Qian regained control of her body and glanced at the savage old man:

"The strength is not strong...... But it's not too weak; If I were to use the human combat form, it would take more than 3 of them to pose a threat to me. ”

She said the human fighting form. It's the form that Xia and Camille used in the battle just now.

"I'm sorry to bother you, let's continue to rest."

Hearing her say this, Xia suddenly had a bottom in his heart.

"Don't worry about this level of ......"

Xue Qian said in a sleepy tone:

"If he wants to trouble you, just burn him with fire, he can't resist my flame burning."

The strength of the gods is not only in their strength, but also in their terrifying special attacks and divine skills.

"Erin, you follow this guy, I'll go up there and see those two guys."

Natsu left the artifact Lori behind and flew upwards by herself.

It didn't take long for the strange light to pop up again.

"More than one of these things?"

She thought in surprise, and then watched as the ball of light flew upwards, and it looked like it was about to collide with the two of them.

"Bang!"

Just as he was about to rescue the two, the old savage man who had been following the two below suddenly raised a hand, and a puff of electric light erupted in his palm, shooting through the rock and hitting the ball of light. Beat it up.

“？”

“？？”

The light group didn't know who was attacking him, so he immediately stopped, his body swelled and contracted, and the color of his surface kept changing, as if he had fallen into extreme anger.

But after wandering there for a while, no enemy was found. It slowly returned to its normal state, changed its original flight direction, and came to the other side.

This time, its trajectory staggered from the two above, and it ran into other passages, just in time to collide with the original ball of light.

The two rays of light did not seem to be hostile to each other, and they touched each other's bodies, and neither affected anyone, and floated up together like companions.

"Did this man use thunder and lightning? No wonder the energy in the body is blue, which is the color of the pure thunder element. ”

After realizing that this wild man was protecting the two above. Xia decided to continue to hide and see what the other party wanted to do.

"It hurts!"

Evelyn accidentally touched a sharp rock, and blood immediately ran down her bloodied palm, soaking her sleeve.

"Woo......" Her eyes were full of tears, and a wave of grievance and fear welled up, and she cried out quietly.

"Evelyn, what's ...... Finish? ”

Zero asked worriedly as he heard her cry below.

"Nope. It's nothing. ”

Evelyn bit her lip hard and held back her tears; Raise the bleeding hand again. Start and keep climbing.

Seeing this scene, the old man nodded slightly, as if he was very pleased.

"It's weird."

Due to the distance from the mountain, Xia couldn't see the specific appearance of the two people, but the voice just now came a little bit, and it sounded a little familiar.

She tried to get closer. The phantom state of Xue Qian is not at all perceptible to ordinary people, and Evelyn and Zero are still trying to crawl through the winding passage, not realizing that someone is right next to them.

"Evelyn? Zero!? ”

Xia finally saw the appearance of the two, and was extremely surprised in his heart:

"Why are they here?"

"Boom ......"

After seeing them, there was no need to continue hiding. Natsu immediately exploded his energy, burning a large hole in the mountain, then extinguishing the flames, reaching out and hugging the scarred bodies of the two girls.

"Wow! - I'm going to be eaten! ”

"No...... Want! ”

Evelyn and Zero screamed in fright, smashing their hands and feet in the air, trying to break free of the warm embrace behind them.

"Evelyn, Zero."

Then a gentle voice sounded in their ears:

"Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you."

Probably because Xue Qian's voice was very good, the two little girls slowly stopped struggling.

"Are you...... Who? ”

Evelyn asked with a trembling voice:

"Catch us for what, we don't taste good at all."

"-It's not delicious!"

Zero also hurriedly shouted, but he didn't stutter.

"I am the god of this land, and I have come specifically to save you."

Xia noticed that the old man below had increased his speed, and as if he wanted to rush up, he slammed the momentum on his body, exuding a terrifying coercion.

Sure enough, the old man immediately lay dormant in place like a sculpture, and his breath was restrained motionlessly.

"I don't know who this guy is, though...... But it's better not to reveal your identity for the time being. ”

She was now acting very cautiously, and after shocking the other party, she did not say her name to the two wary people, but flew down with them in her arms, ready to take Evelyn and Zero away from this mysterious place first.

But as soon as she flew for a moment, Evelyn violently resisted:

"Don't take us away! We're going to stay and find our missing friend, who was captured by a monster! ”

"Anyone else here?"

Hearing this, Xia's heart also hung high:

There are not many people who know Evelyn, and there are only a handful of them who can be called friends, and a considerable number of them are people they have met, are there any acquaintances trapped in this unknown area?

"Dolinda, we ...... Save Dolinda! ”

Zero also thumped Natsu's arm with his little hand, trying to get out of her embrace.

How could Xia be broken away by these two little guys, and he couldn't help but rush towards the exit with them, and it only took 1 minute to take them outside.

"Wow-" Evelyn burst into tears.

"Bad woman! Why are you taking us away? We're going inside to save Dolinda! ”

"Don't make a fuss!"

Xia said sternly:

"What can you do with your strength? It's up to me to save people. You're only getting in the way by following me. ”

"We ...... Don't believe you. ”

Zero grabbed Evelyn's hand and watched her warily.

It was still in the belly of the mountain, and it was impossible to see the other person's face, but it was certain that this woman was definitely not someone they knew.

"I'm your sister Xia's friend."

It would take quite a bit of effort for Natsu's body to rush over from the group of undead monsters, if he identified himself now. If you can't prove it right away, you may be met with more fierce resistance, so you have to use the old method:

"Zero, Sister Xia rescued you from Jersey...... she picked out some of her bonds with Zero in the shortest words, and then said to Evelyn:

"Evelyn, don't say I'm sorry, your life is your own. If you keep counting on others to protect you, then one day you will pay for it...... Remember that? ”

These were the words she had spoken to Evelyn after dealing with the forces of the Ponzan Kingdom, and there were only a few people present, including Zero. It's quite secretive.

"You...... How...... Will know ......"

Evelyn's momentum immediately weakened.

"You've done a great job."

Natsu gently stroked her hair:

"Strength can't be improved in a day or two, so I'll leave it to me to save that companion......

-- Wait.

Dolinda?

She suddenly thought of the name that the two of them shouted just now, wasn't it the little princess of the empire?

"Camille, protect them both."

She propped up the flame shield and flew to the top of the hill as fast as she could, handing the two girls to Camille.

"Xueqian, please wake up."

Then she asked Erin to take out the blood vial and fill two vials in one go. Woke up Xue Qian again.

"Wait for me here."

She described the current situation to Xue Qian, and released her mind from her state of possession. The spirit quickly returned to his body.

"Bud, bring her here, quickly."

Xue Qian's voice rang out in the flame cave.

Bud is now in human form, and has been admiring the appearance of the silver-haired girl from a distance, and immediately restored the body that is five or six people tall after receiving the order, so that the awakened Xia stepped on his back.

"Roaring ――――――――"

Then there was a loud howl. The monsters on the rotten earth outside the cave shook and rushed out of the cave.

"Gaba!" "Bang!"

The skeletons of bones and carrion were scattered by it, and they either flew into the sky or crushed at its feet; The rest of the undead were also helpless against this powerful beast, and watched as it rushed towards the mountains in the distance. He was left with bones and rotten flesh.

Shortly after Bud left, an angry spiritual wave came from the depths of the earth.

A sharp gaze swept from afar, staring at Bud's dwelling.

It was as if the undead had seen the leader, all facing north, still in place, and none of them dared to move.

"Bud ......"

A deep voice rang out in the air, containing anger and murderous intent, and several skeleton monsters closest to the north were scattered by the sound wave, and the huge impact swept across the surface, scraping the undead to the ground before gradually dissipating after a long time.

"Master, there seems to be a very powerful enemy in the north here."

Terrified, Erin reported to her master:

"But it's far away, and just now there was only a breath of air, and it disappeared immediately."

"Don't worry about it, it should be the boss around here."

Xia didn't pay too much attention to it: "Stephanie said, this boss won't come out of the lair on its own initiative, let's just don't mess with it." ”

"Speaking of which, I've killed a lot of monsters here lately."

said this, but she was still alert in her heart:

"As the saying goes, if you hit the little old one, it will come out...... When this side is over, let's level up in another place. ”

She stepped majestically on the back of the Flame Beast, jumped down to the gaze of Evelyn and Zero Adoration, and walked in front of the two.

"This is Xue Qian, a good friend of mine."

She pointed to the goddess of flames, who was sitting bored on the rocks and playing with her hair, and said:

"She's a god of the New World, and she's very powerful. I've heard about Dolinda, and we'll rescue you two this time, so you two might as well recuperate here with Camille. ”

"--Sister!"

"Summer ...... Sister! ”

Evelyn and Zero threw themselves into her arms at the same time, tears streaming down their eyes, and a familiar aroma came that made them feel a great sense of peace of mind and happiness.

All kinds of dangers and difficulties encountered in the wild during this time. The sadness of being hungry, the grievances and depression after being caught by the old guy; At this moment, they all broke out, and the two of them cried for a long time without stopping.

"I'll go down and take a look first, this place doesn't feel good to me, I just asked Bud, he can't remember what is here, we don't seem to have any impression of this mountain."

Xue Qian was not interested in these two ordinary humans, so she had no intention of participating in their reunion, and yawned before disappearing to the ground.

"Huh. Human women, just a little smaller. ”

Bude's voice thundered:

"I don't really like this one, I like ******** ...... Oh! This is good. "It noted the female sword saint Camille:

"How about it, human, do you want to be my woman?"

Camille was wary of the massive monster at first, but later realized that it was just an errand runner and ignored the frivolous creature.

Her attention was now completely on the silver-haired girl in front of her.

"You're Princess Ashley?"

Not sure why. There was a sense of challenge in her eyes:

"I heard that you are the first female Juggernaut in the continent of Faennes, and I have always wanted to go to Westminster to challenge you...... I didn't expect to encounter this situation today. What a coincidence. ”

"I don't like that name."

Xia didn't expect this newly recruited maid to have such a strong fighting spirit towards herself, but now how can she manage this:

"Just call me Natsu...... You and Bud protect the two of them at the top of the mountain, and I'll go to the mountainside with Xueqian and that friend to save people. ”

She gestured to a nearby tree.

“……”

The silent old man emerged from behind the tree, his savage outfit startling Camille.

"Old fellow!"

"Old ...... Immortal! ”

Evelyn and Zero shouted angrily.

"Sister Xia, help us subdue him!"

Evelyn grabbed Natsu's clothes and shouted:

"He is the one who imprisoned us at the top of the mountain and sealed our power! Otherwise, Dolinda would not have disappeared at all...... Woooooo ”

"Oh?"

Xia's eyebrows gradually rose:

"Can you explain. What's going on? ”

She confronted the old man:

"Why did you imprison three girls here and seal their abilities?"

She pulled out the long sword behind her back and walked towards the other party:

"Although you just rescued them in the belly of the mountain...... But I don't think you have the right to imprison someone else, and I'd like to hear a reasonable explanation. ”

"-Whoa!!"

As if to match her words and actions, the flame beast behind her let out a threatening roar. Shook the trees on the top of the hill with a loud bang.

The old man stood silently, neither showing his weapon nor fleeing.

"Is there anything you'd like to say?"

Xia walked to a place five meters away from him and stopped, and the long sword gradually raised, ready to deliver a fatal blow at any time.

Although her current strength is not as good as the other party, she still has Bud behind her, so she doesn't have to worry about losing the fight at all.

The old man looked at her in silence, and after a while, he finally spoke.

However, probably because he hasn't communicated with people for a long time, his language is a bit stiff:

"I need them, inherit the power I have gotten."

As he spoke, he took out a strange spar from his pocket, and the light immediately obscured the afterglow of the setting sun:

"Maid Totem...... This is a inheritance that only women can accept. ”

"The only person who can get this kind of power is a woman with a strong heart, pure and brave."

"And all three of them have such potential."

Ha?

Xia was shocked by this statement with a strong sense of immediacy.

"Speaking of a maiden...... It seems that there is a meaning of NV, and there is an NV totem...... What the hell is this? ”

Then a flash of inspiration flashed, and she suddenly thought of a possibility:

"In the Twelve Star Totems of the Firmament, there seems to be a maid, right? Could it be that he is holding the power of totem in his hand? ”

She rummaged through her waist bag, found the diamond-shaped crystal condensed by the essence of the stars, and lit it up to the old man:

"If that's what you're talking about, I'm afraid I'm going to have to stop you."

She snorted slightly:

"Because by my side, they will have better choices, and they don't need this kind of power to forcibly stimulate human potential by external forces." (To be continued.) )