Chapter 14: Failure and Reluctance
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ββ¦β¦ I'm so naΓ―ve. "There is a faint wave of magic from the dinner in front of him, one of the Nymphs has a strong killing intent, and the other Nymphs are also quite malicious, and Lyle, who will leave for the Corruption tomorrow to witness the battle of the Pioneers, already knows what is happening.
This is fishing law enforcement.
At the suggestion of Ami, who has an experienced life experience, Lyle, who has been with the Nymphs for a while, deliberately sells a few flaws to see how the Nymphs will act.
Yesterday he was glad that the Nymphs had not attempted to stab him while he was 'asleep from the exhaustion of a long day', and that he had thought that a peaceful life had touched the beautiful monsters. Today, the Nymphs immediately brought him a final supper, and in order to cover up the smell of 'the poison that was accidentally missed in the workshop', they cooked the best dish to date, like a bucket of ice water poured on his head.
"I know that you have lost your freedom and power, and your heart must not be happy." Lyle closes his eyes and casts his magic.
The temperature in the room plummeted, and the Nymphs, who instinctively turned and fled after learning of the defeat, had not yet run a few steps, their feet were covered in frost, and they could no longer leave the ground, only watching the frost spread upwards, begging for mercy and wailing from their mouths.
"But considering the positions of both sides, I have done my best to show goodwill, and no matter how I speak, I will not be able to offer the murderous monster as a queen without restraint." Nothing like the kind and friendly 'hosts' of the past, Lyle relentlessly continued this deadly magic.
The frost completely covered the Nymphs' bodies, and the pleas for mercy and wails came to an abrupt end.
"You've been fired, whether it's a maid's job or a failed life." Lyle opened his eyes again, a flash of murderous intent.
(Bang!) The ice crystals shattered, and the monster girls who booby-trapped their prey with their beautiful bodies left this world in a beautiful way.
Perhaps, this is also a painless way to die.
When everything was over, Ami walked out of her room, looked at the ice crystals all over the ground and said unexpectedly, "...... I thought you'd be unbearable. β
The Nymphs were anything, she had never thought of those bloodthirsty monsters for real human maidens.
Of course, since there is a goblin engineer in the brutal Goblin Legion who can communicate normally, there is also a possibility that there will be a peace-loving outlier among the Nymphs, but until that outlier shows his kindness, I'm sorry, Ami will just apply the existing racial impression.
"I just like maids, not the Virgin, if any stupid new villager is killed after releasing them, who will be responsible?" Lyle shook his fingers, and the ice crystals left the ground with the support of the magic, merging into a path that flowed down the stairs to the second floor, into the magic backpack in his bedroom.
The way of dying is very beautiful, but what Lyle spawns with magic is just ordinary ice, and after the frost melts, the corpses still have to be disposed of, and it will be easier to deal with them in a magic backpack that can preserve the original appearance of the item.
"............" Ami was silent as she watched the disappearing ice crystals, this level of magical control was unheard of, and she cared more about it than the killing that was close at hand.
"However, it's really a failed maid training......" Lyle looked down at the dinner on the dinner table and said discouragedly, "I thought that after getting along for so many days day and night, beasts would have some feelings, who knew that there would be no affection at all." β
It is difficult to describe the specific operation of Lyle when he tried to play the 'master', but it can only be said that in order to release his kindness and avoid hurting the Nymph, he tried to suppress his desires, and did not push the Nymphs, who behaved very violently and were powerless to resist, down on the bed.
It's hard to describe the life patterns of the Nymphs as 'maids', but it can only be said that if a human girl who immigrated from other places was hired as Lyle's maid, she would live almost the same life as them, and the benefits would be rich and comprehensive enough.
Ami struggled to divert her attention from Lyle's magical abilities and comforted, "After all, this is the Nymph. β
"Ahh~ It's harder to get a batch of qualified maids than to study new magic~" This was Lyle's first big defeat after entering the world of abilities.
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The Trail Five's preparations for the war and their departure to the Corruption, Lyle can only pick up the bad mood of losing the maids and ride his unicorn to watch.
The Corruption has been corrupted by the forces of darkness, the earth has a dull purple tinge, and the stone has turned into hard ebonstone; The vegetation is mostly thorny plants, and the skin will be scratched if you are not careful; Dominated by Devourers of Worlds at different stages of growth, there are also monsters that have changed their form due to the erosion of dark forces, such as Corrupted Slimes.
ββ¦β¦ Looking at this strange terrain, you can see why you want to exterminate the Devourer of Worlds. "Not survivable enough, and not wanting to go through the hard work of running over a bottle of concentrated memory potion back to the village, Lyle can only stand on the surface of the Corruption and wait.
In front of him was an abyss tens of meters wide, and perhaps if you climbed a little higher, you would find more similar abysses in the distance, and these abysses were the result of the eating of the Devourer of Worlds.
Don't insist on the 'Law of Conservation of Mass' and the 'Law of Conservation of Energy' in the world of supernatural abilities, the Devourer of Worlds is a creature that eats more and pulls less, and if they are allowed to reproduce freely, the entire planet will soon be eaten up. Whether they will be able to survive in the universe and travel to other planets is unknown, but the Terrans will definitely die.
The earth trembled, the vibrations of the Eater of Worlds' huge, sturdy body swimming in the ebonstone.
"It's coming!" Lyle rode his unicorn, Ah Kuai, and held two bottles of concentrated memory potions in his hands, one for himself and one for Ah Kuai.
It didn't take long for Ah Jin, Ah Yuan, Ah Mo, Ah Tou, and Ah Zhao to fly out of the abyss one after another, all using hook claws to position buffers, cloud balloons and ghost boots to provide longitudinal movement force, and quickly came out of the bottom of the abyss.
(Bang!) The Eater of Worlds crashes through the earth and burrows out of the ground in pursuit of the five men who destroyed their eggs.
It was a slender gray insect over 500 meters long, with a combined arthropod structure and a pair of eyes in each part. Regardless of whether the head is knocked off or interrupted in the middle, the head structure will regrow from the broken part and form a new individual.
That's right, if you want to destroy the Devourer of Worlds, you have to completely defeat every part from the head to the tail, and there is no such thing as a vital part.
Of course, just like against the Eye of Cthulhu, the key to combat isn't how strong your attacks are, but whether you can dodge enough attacks.
"This is the Devourer of Worlds......!" Watching the pioneers find a safe foothold among the worms, Lyle, who could only be a spectator, clenched his fists unwillingly. (Recommended reading: Reading Files 2013)