(5) Shadows

After clearing the outer streets of a small number of xenomorphs, the group entered a relatively intact room and prepared to rest.

"Hey!!Asuna-chan!!Look at that table!! it's shaking!!There can't be any ghosts!" Hiding behind Asuna's back, Lu Jiu bared half her head and pointed to a square table with a long tablecloth in the corner.

&It turns out that there are really monsters in the world who are afraid of ghosts~" The corners of her mouth twitched unconsciously a few times, ignoring the expression on Lu Jiu's face, Asuna walked to the table and lifted the tablecloth.

Surprisingly, under the table were three shivering female xìng paladins in scout uniforms.

"Red, Green, White!!!, why are you here, and the others?" Squatting down and pulling the three of them into her arms, Asuna, who had already thought that the scout team had been wiped out, rekindled a fire of hope in her heart.

&>> Captain Asuna?" opened her eyes in disbelief, and the three face-sè sisters finally saw the familiar person, and couldn't help but cry out loud

Captain Moros said he was going out to find reinforcements, but he didn't come back until now~Woo~"

&It's all right. Tell me what happened to all of you. Asuna patted the frightened girls on the back like a big sister, comforting her and asking for details about the situation.

& After receiving the order to investigate, we headed for this village, and on the way, we lost a member of the team for no reason... When we arrived at the village, what was waiting for us was... Hell overrun by endless monsters! There are seven particularly tall monsters, just casually... I killed the rest of the team, and our team members were as weak as defenseless old and young in front of them... I finally found a place with Captain Moros where I could avoid those monsters for a while... I'm looking for an escape opportunity, but I find outside... It's already surrounded by monsters, and the captain he... Captain, in order to go out to find support, he rushed out alone... Outcome... Outcome... Wow~"

>> it's okay, we've come to your rescue...", soothing the three-sè girl who had a purgatory-like experience, Asuna took some food from her luggage and handed it to them, and > at Elusa

Follow Asuna to the second floor and close the door to her room.

>> You heard that, too... Particularly tall monster with seven heads... Take away the three heads that we annihilated on the way here, and the number of four..."

&&And I don't know if there's a special ability like that diamond xenomorph," nodded, and glanced at Lu Jiu's abdomen with a complicated look.

>> Your men go back first, and the rest of the battle will be left to us, and if you let them go up, it will only be death" Elusa patted the worried Asuna on the shoulder.

& Indeed ... But is it really enough to rely on the strength of the four of us? And Lu Jiu-chan's body is still..."

"I can still fight ten!!" bent his arm, flexing his muscles that weren't there, and motioned for Asuna to relax.

>> Take a three-hour break... After that, it's time to test us."

———— Paladins are retreating————

> Then it's better to take a one-by-one kill tactic, and it's best to eliminate the target in one hit without alerting the other xenobosses. Elusa, who has a lot of combat experience, took on the temporary command, and looked from the window on the second floor at a xenomorph with pale blue skin not far away, "The first target is it, wait a minute, keep up with my rhythm!"

As soon as the white light flashed, Elusa, who was wrapped in the [Black Feather Armor] on her body, jumped out of the window directly, targeting the head of the light blue sè xenomorph leader!

Black Sè's sword easily sliced through the Xeno's neck, but an ominous premonition came over him.

>> Octavia's sense of battle allowed Elusa to block the Noble Phantasm in front of her in time, blocking Azure Sè's fist.

The cut on the xenomorph's neck left no wounds, instead turning into droplets. At a speed visible to the naked eye, these droplets are connected to each other to form a complete neck.

This scene happened to fall in the eyes of Lu Jiu and the others who arrived.

& Hey, hey... First the diamonds that couldn't be cut into, and now the endless flowing water is coming at all..."Asuna, who was holding the Rapier Treasure [Flashing Light], couldn't help but have her right eye jumping wildly.

& words... There's a way!!" Lu Jiu, who had had an experience, immediately summoned [Frost Sorrow] and ran towards the xenomorph

&&Will be imprisoned in the cage of frost, the sorrow of frost ~ maximum power!!" The hands holding the treasure emitted a white chill, and the running Lu Jiu was like a flying ice pick.

The moment the Noble Phantasm came into contact with the xenomorph, it was frozen into an ice sculpture. Unceremoniously kicked it to pieces, and Lu Jiu gasped for breath, after all, it takes a lot of magic to maximize the power of the treasure.

>> The movement just now has attracted all the xenos from other areas!" Shen Crack looked at the xenos that became more and more numerous, and let out a jǐn >

&Evil... This number..."The four of them were back to back, and on the periphery were more than two hundred xenomorph minions, and three xenomorph leaders who were attracted.

& Look, only the west side is only red skin, and the other two seem to belong to ordinary xenomorph leaders with no special abilities. Asuna was keenly aware of the difference between the xenomorph leader in the west and the other two.

> Deal with that guy in the west... I have a lot of treasures, I can adapt to the situation, Asuna, God Split, Elusa, you can kill the other two!" A small jump stepped on the head of a xenomorph minion, using it as a pedal, and then jumped onto the head of another xenomorph, and continued to jump six times, Lujiu came to the back of the red-skinned xenomorph leader, and summoned [Brionark] to stab it in the throat.

On the other side, Elusa summoned the [Armor of Heaven] with AOE damage and attacked one of the remaining two xenomorph bosses.

&Flash!"

The other two, who boasted of their high-speed swordsmanship, attacked the xenomorph boss in the other direction.

In addition to having a sixth-level physical strength, xenomorph leaders without special abilities can't even think at the most basic level, and will only follow instinct to carry out activities, and there is no doubt that when facing a real sixth-level powerhouse, they will naturally become the meat of the chopping board.

& In the face of Asuna and others, who are agile and changeable, and can also use tactics and small means, the two xenomorphs end up with hatred.

Both sides eliminated their opponents almost at the same time, and were about to go to Lu Jiu's aid, when a golden figure was slapped into the old buildings of the village in embarrassment.

&Jiu (Regiment Leader)!" I was about to go up to check on Lu Jiu's situation, but a figure in the ruins rushed towards the xenomorph leader of Red Sè with a huge tail.

& Again slapped at the ruins, the sand and stone fragments of the ruins filling the air.

>> "The usually calm God Crack was also enraged by the sight in front of him, and quickly drew his sword and slashed at the xenomorph leader.

An unbelievable scene was discovered, and the xenomorph leader grabbed the knife of the Divine Crack with only one hand, and slapped the Divine Crack fiercely with his free hand.

& The figure of the black purple sè slammed into the ruins fiercely, and before Lu Jiu, who had just gotten up and was about to fight again, could figure out what was going on, the divine crack crashed into her, and the two entangled bodies were like a leather ball, rolling backwards for a distance of about five meters before stopping.

Asuna turned away worriedly, but felt a gust of wind blow over her, and turned around and pulled out her treasure to try to fight it, but the force from her sword easily knocked it away.

& Ruin King lies down again.

"Lusa, don't fight hard, this guy's strength is already comparable to that of a dragon!" Helping the tattered Rujiu to crawl out of the rubble, the Divine Crack gave advice to Elusa.

He can only dodge the attacks of the xenomorphs with an agile pace, and he can't find a chance to fight in close quarters at all.

"Okay!!" finally found a flaw and stabbed the sword into the elbow joint of Xeno's right hand, but found that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't pull the sword out.

Seeing that Elusa was about to be hit by a fist in her left hand, Rujiu unequivocally summoned the shield [Eiqueth] to help her resist the attack.

&Guys... Do you mess around with your muscles and strength!!" Looking at the red sè xenos rushing over, the four of them dodged in different directions.

He can only temporarily use Aqueous to temporarily block damage for those who are attacked by xenomorphs, but Lujiu's magic power is also limited, and it is impossible to maintain Aqueis's current state all the time.

&Sna, Elusa, God Split, find a way to help me get its attention!!"

Although they didn't know what Lu Jiu was going to do, the three of them still tacitly attacked the xenomorph in three different directions at the same time, and the elbow joint of his right hand that was injured by Elusa just now really caused a lot of trouble for it, and the two sides fell into an extremely stalemate for a while.

&&It's up to you to lose!!Sword in the Stone!!" Summoning the ornately decorated Sword of Kings, Lu Jiu leaped behind the xenomorph leader with a big jump, stabbed the treasure into the back of its neck, and then rolled out of the xeno's attack range.

&Roar!!" let out a cry of pain, his hands flapped around indiscriminately, and after feeling the dispersal of the three annoying little flies, the red sè xenomorph subconsciously wanted to pull out the thing that was stuck in the back.

But how could the sword in the stone be touched by such a filthy thing? except for the chosen one who possessed the king's ordination to wield him, the others were not even qualified to pull him out.

The power that the xenomorphs are proud of is not working even in the slightest at this time.

"It's now!" God Split, Elusa, Asuna!"

Seizing the opportunity of the xenodised distraction to pull out the sword in the back of his neck, the three sword rays stabbed into his heart, throat, and ...... Well, the place to shh (cover your face)

As the huge body fell, the sword in the stone also fell to the ground.

& With the sword in the stone, only Wang can pull out the special xìng, and this single-celled creature in the subconscious of Xi xìng... It's an astonishing growth rate. Elusa looked at Lu Jiu with relief, who was hunched over and panting with her hands on her knees, her magic power had exceeded her limit today, and there were corpse worms in her abdomen that had not been eliminated.

& Cleared out all the xenos that are still roaming the streets, and we're done!"

"[Armor of Family]"

"[Seven Flashes]"

"[Lightspeed Sword]"

"[Cala de Boga]"

Under the baptism of powerful AOE one after another, the xenomorph minions were soon wiped out.

After cleaning up all the xenomorph minions, the four of them were sitting on the ground, back to back, gulping in the air.

& I can finally breathe a sigh of relief" Lu Jiu, who was too consumed, took a nap after rolling on the lawn a few times with her tail in her arms

"Egg, what are you thinking! The wound on your stomach still needs the Holy Water of the Church to heal it, what if the corpse worm hurts her internal organs!" Elusa grabbed Rujiu Gold's plush ears mercilessly and pulled her up.

&But people are really tired!!" Lu Jiu, who held her head and gently stroked her scratched ear, completely lost the momentum she had just had when dealing with xenos.

& Lusha is right, if you don't treat it in time, the consequences will be terrible," and the crack that Lu Jiu had become accustomed to selling cuteness mercilessly made up for it.

>> Even the god crack sauce is like this!!People don't follow!I want to sleep!!" Lu Jiu, who felt that his identity as the head of the regiment could not play any authoritative role, simply rolled on the ground.

Is it true that sleeping in the mind of a natural fool is more important than life?

&Haha..."Looking helplessly at Lu Jiu who was playing with the treasure, Asuna chose self-hypnosis "I can't see, I can't see, I can't see..."

Resisting the urge to erupt, Elusa said in a sweet voice in Lu Jiu's ear, "Eh~ Ayn Grant, there are a lot of paladins coming there, maybe someone will know about the sacrifice with a knife, Lu Jiu, are you really not going?"

& stopped rolling, and Kim Sè's ears kept shaking as if they had heard something interesting.

As if nothing had happened, he stood up and patted the stains on his clothes, "Asuna-chan, Asuna-chan, Shenji-chan~ I'm ready to go back!!"

Airboat [pickup>

&A feeling of palpitations... What's going on?" Toria on the airboat accidentally dropped the treasure in her hand to the ground, something that would never happen in normal times. Looking worriedly in the direction where Lu Jiu was, he clenched his fist, "Wang... Please be safe!"

At the same time, a violent earthquake occurred in the village where Lu Jiu and the others lived, and a surging resentment came from a small wooden house in the center of the village

&...... Ragon!!" hovers in the air like the howl of the demons of the land.

&&I was going to send it at seven o'clock~ As a result, someone came to the house as a guest, and the computer was let out~ Hehehe