& A piercing scream broke the calm of the morning.

&What's going on?" Asuna, Lujiu and the others ran out before they could even change their pajamas when they heard the screams...

&Apologies... I was startled by a corpse floating down from the upper reaches while washing just now" The female xìng paladin who screamed just now calmed down immediately after the initial fright and pointed in the direction of the river.

>> Wait a minute, could you please take us to see it..."

After changing their clothes, the group followed the female xìng paladin to the river, where a corpse was floating.

& People salvage the corpses"

&

After a while, the body was recovered. A standard male corpse, the clothes on the whole body looked tattered, and the face became bloody and blurry, making it impossible to distinguish.

&Yes... The cross of the church?" Asuna, who carefully examined the corpse, found the ornament around the corpse's neck and carefully removed it, with a name engraved on the back of the cross.

The cross that was angrily gathered into the palm of his hand

& is the cross of the captain of the scouting team, the valiant knight of Moros. ”

"Yes!"

>>

Asuna's statement caused an uproar in this team of less than twenty people, and Moros's strength can be said to be the strongest in the team except for Asuna, but now he has fallen into such an end.

Asuna looked upstream of the river, which was the direction of the village that needed to be investigated.

> Equipment, let's go upstream and have a look. Disposing of Moros's body, Asuna gave the order for the entire army to advance.

&&Asuna!!" Kannt grabbed Asuna's shoulders and looked at a few paladins who were still apprehensive, "Even a strong man like Captain Morros, who is only one foot away from stepping into the sixth level, has died, let's go back to Aingrant City first and wait for the support from the headquarters, right?"

&&That makes sense..."Asuna still thought very seriously about Kant's proposal.

Just when Kanant secretly rejoiced that he could return to the city with Asuna to live a carefree life for a few days, Asuna gave such an order

"Ente, you take all seven female xìng paladins back to Ayn Grant and wait for the support of the church, and I and the rest of the team and the [Fireflies] continue to go upstream to find the survivors of the reconnaissance team."

&&Stupid woman in a hurry to find death!!" Kanant, who was secretly scolding in his mind, pretended to have a solemn face and made a knightly salute to Asuna, "Yes, may the Holy Light protect you"

Watching the departure of Kannt and the seven female paladins, Asuna walked upstream with the remaining eleven paladins and [Fireflies].

After eliminating several waves of leaderless wandering xenos along the way, the group finally came to a small dirt slope where they could see the outskirts of the village.

Asuna pulled out the shrinking telescope in her pocket and surveyed the village.

>> The situation is not optimistic, there are nearly hundreds of xenos on the outskirts of the village alone, and there are two leaders with sixth-level strength. Putting away the binoculars, Asuna frowned and told the others what she had seen.

& It's really tricky, and if you don't rush in strategically, I'm afraid most people will have no return. Elusa looked at the paladins behind her, not to condemn them for their incompetence or anything, but that there were too many of them, and I was afraid that the eleven paladins in this area would not be able to parry, and this was without considering the existence of xenomorphs in the village.

"I'm going to lure them all out of the village, and then the four of us will gather fire to kill those two bosses, and in the meantime let the remaining paladins hold off the xenomorph minions, and when the bosses are defeated, they'll be in a mess..."God Crack prostrated himself and suggested to Asuna

& It's a good idea... But as bait or let me..."

& Must, among so many people, only I am the most flexible" shook off the black sè's cat tail behind him, signaling everyone to rest assured, after all, the flexibility of cats is something everyone has seen.

"Be careful, and may the Light bless you"

&Crack, come on!!" Turning to look at Lu Jiu, who was pulling at his trouser legs, he gave a thumbs up.

>Flash!" Swiftly came to the xenomorph swarm, taking the lives of seven xenos with a single draw.

Seeing the younger brother being killed, the two leaders roared angrily and rushed towards the Divine Rift.

& Flash!" After drawing his sword again, after destroying the seven xenomorphs, with his right foot as the axis, the god crack that turned one hundred and eighty degrees flexibly turned in the direction outside the village, and jumped up and avoided the pounced xenomorph leader.

& Get ready, and when the god crack reaches the open space in front of him, he rushes up in one go. Asuna drew her weapon and gave instructions to the crowd hiding behind the small dirt slope.

>> Charge!!" As the Divine Crack drew the xenos into a clearing, Asuna rushed out with Lujiu and Elusa leading the way.

"[Black Feather Armor]!" Unlike the white of the Celestial Armor, Elusa's Black Feather Armor at this time is pitch black, with a pair of pitch-black wings growing on her back.

Kuro's sword strike mercilessly slashed open the xeno's head.

"A chestnut figure flashed, and the hands of the headless xenomorph were cut off.

& Radeboga!" With Huang Sè's arc, he severed the legs of the xenomorph leader.

&Jiu and Asuna are going to support the Divine Rift, and I'll contain these minions!" A flash of white light flashed, and the armor on Elusa's body changed drastically.

"Countless silver swords fell like lawnmowers, and patches of xenos fell.

Frost Nova!" summoned another Phantasm, and Lu Jiu, holding two Phantasms, would stab the head of the other xenomorph, but the expected sound of the Phantasm piercing into the flesh was not heard.

This xenomorph's head is as hard as a diamond, no, not only the head, but it should be said that the whole body is all over the body, and Lu Jiu, who thought it was going to hit the blow without making any defensive gesture, was hit in the abdomen by the xenomorph's fist, and the whole person flew upside down, even if there was a cushion with a tail as a cushion, it rolled on the ground several times before stopping

&Ahem... Damn..."As Lu Jiu was knocked away, the two treasures returned to her body.

>> "Godcrack immediately pestered the xenomorph leader who wanted to continue the attack, while Asuna cleared out the minions who tried to attack Lujiu

"Jiu-chan, are you okay?"

&Belly... My stomach hurts..."Lu Jiu, who just wanted to stand up, had a piercing pain in her stomach and fell to the ground again.

"!!!" glanced at the arm of the diamond xenomorph, and there were small bugs wriggling on it that were difficult to see with the naked eye. "Asuna, take Lu Jiu to retreat temporarily!!This guy has corpse worms in his fist, and it will be dangerous if you don't destroy them in time!"

&>What are you going to do with the Divine Split...!"

>> Take care of me, take the head of the regiment away first..."

"Rujiu-chan, hold on a little longer!!" Putting Rujiu's hand on her shoulder, Asuna tried to take Rujiu to the back of the small dirt slope first and hide.

&'s joking!!" pulled his hand back from Asuna's shoulder, clutching her stomach and standing up little by little, "How is it possible... Leave God Crack and run away alone!!"

& Long..."

"Frost Sorrow froze the muscles in the abdomen" with Frost Sorrow, "so it's okay for the time being!!!"

"Jiu-chan!!" looked at Lu Jiu, who rushed forward again, and Asuna also pulled out her treasure and followed

&The Noble Phantasm can only spark a few sparks on the skin of the diamond xenomorph, and nothing else.

"Wicked!!!!

&It's nice to be able to hit it directly... Wait a minute... Hit inside?" Lu Jiu, who seemed to think of something, showed a [it could have been like this] expression, and withdrew the frost grief.

"[Vlagrad]!" summoned a pitch-black magic sword, and a large leap to the back of the xeno's head, slashing down with a single sword.

The xenomorph's hard body still didn't slip open.

Asuna, who was worried that Lu Jiu would repeat her mistakes, was afraid that Lu Jiu would be knocked away again, so she ran to the back to catch her beforehand.

However, the xenomorph attack did not come, and instead held his head in pain.

&&But it worked!" Before the xenomorph could recover, Lu Jiu slashed at the xenomorph with her sword again. It still didn't break through its diamond-hard skin, but it did unexpectedly get good results.

After a few minutes, the xenomorph's painfully spasmed body finally lost signs of life.

&Yu hit it~" After confirming that the xenomorph would not get up again, Lu Jiu let out a long sigh of relief.

>> What's going on?" Curiously poking at the xeno's corpse with her rapier, Asuna asked a curious baby's question.

&&Thanks to this guy~" Shaking the pitch-black magic sword in his hand, Lu Jiu revealed a cute tiger tooth.

>>

>> This guy can directly attack the enemy's soul!" proudly plunged the treasure into the dirt, and Lu Jiu crossed his hands on his hips, and the background of the swept raging waves appeared behind him.

&Hah... Ha" Watching a person walk into another dimension of Lujiu, the corners of Asuna's mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly.

& Home, the boss has been successfully eliminated, crush the enemy with me!" Raising her rapier sword, Asuna rushed into a group of xenomorph minions

& The initial sluggish momentum also dissipated, and the paladins erupted into a round of cries of victory

In an instant, the plain was filled with xenomorph corpses.

& Light bless your souls, Feathering" Against the corpses strewn across the ground, the paladins chanted the magic that the Church used to dispose of corpses.

>> "Beautiful!" came out of the corpse with white light one after another, and as the white light rose, the corpse completely turned into countless white feathers and floated in the sky.

As the nerves relaxed, the frost in the abdomen gradually subsided, "Woo~ It hurts!"

"Godcrack leaned Rujiu's head against his chest and asked Asuna, "Asuna, does the church have any magic that can drive away the corpse worms in the captain's body?"

&Sorry, this kind of magic doesn't exist in the Church, unless it's using the Church's holy water, and I still have some stock in the inn of Ayngrunte. ”

"Evil, do you want to retreat here!" straightened Lu Jiu's sweat-stained hair from pain, and his cracked hands clenched.

"No!" A weak voice came from Shen Crack's arms, "Everyone in the reconnaissance team is still waiting for us to help!!How can you go back..."

>> It's you, Captain..."

&I can fight ten more!!" With her right hand on her abdomen, Lu Jiu staggered to her feet, "Asuna-chan, please release the analgesia on me until you find the missing scout"

& It's a mess, although analgesia can temporarily relieve the pain, but the physical damage to the body will not be alleviated!" Rejected Lu Jiu's unreasonable request, rather than looking for and saving the reconnaissance team who had no news, it was better to treat the person who could be treated first.

>>

Looking at Rujiu, who suddenly knelt in front of her and grabbed her trouser legs, Asuna's brain was temporarily short-circuited

&Thanks, there's still someone... Waiting for us to help, if it's a little later..."

& Ming is an insignificant person to her, why is she willing to help them like this. Even if you know that the chances of survival are negligible, why are you still reluctant to give up hope? Asuna, who was thinking like this, suddenly burst into a smile: "Yes, because we are human beings, living flesh and blood, people with hope and faith." Isn't it the original will of the church to help anyone in need at any time and at any time~"

&Understood, if you don't feel well, please tell me" After helping Rujiu up, Asuna performed an analgesic operation on her.

After the pain in her abdomen was not so strong, Lu Jiu looked into the interior of the village, "Guys from the scout team, you must hold on until we arrive!"

&&I always feel that the style of writing has been a bit heavy lately.,Is it because I watched Attack on Titan episode 5 six times!?

> The last watch will be held in the evening!

& Forget that today is Children's Day, I stroked two handfuls, hehe, you know, take it as a warning!