Chapter 17: The Fish That Slipped Through the Net

Eve swallowed, took a deep breath, and filled her chest with cold air, trying to sort through her disorganized thoughts

"You're going to great lengths to use your forces just to find me, an ignorant schoolgirl?"

"Hehehehe...... At a young age, he knew the art of speaking. ”

“…… What do you mean? ”

"You say we went to great lengths just to catch you? I'm afraid you already know that your companions have been captured by us. But you're not sure if we know about the existence of those two, so you're deliberately using taunts to fish for clues. ”

"Really...... Sure enough, you took him. ”

"But it's really powerful, it can silently avoid the eyes of all the soldiers and destroy all the chaos meters, and in order to break into the warehouse and deliberately make a mess of the scene, and successfully lure out the soldiers in the warehouse to go out to search, it is really not easy for a student."

The battalion commander approvingly praised Eve's plan and pushed his musket to the back of Eve's head even harder.

The amiable smiling face instantly flashed a trace of terrifying insidiousness.

"It's just that being smart is mistaken by being smart, and when you let down your guard, I already guessed your intentions."

"That's a nice thing to say...... Actually, you already found out about us, didn't you? ”

"Oh? How so? ”

"You may be able to fool my companions, but you can't fool my instincts—when you summoned the soldiers earlier, your eyes stayed on us for a moment when you looked at the soldiers running in the distance."

"Hehehahahaha——! Is this the girl's instinct? However, there is also a keen sense from the elite, worthy of being a cronie of the head of the 'Frol' Academy, and it is indeed terrifying. ”

"You...... Do you know who I am? ”

"Don't underestimate the government's investigative capabilities, I know all of your identities - except for the man."

"The man?"

"Children don't have to worry about so much - anyway, you are now under the control of the military, and there is no resistance to it."

"What if I say 'no'?"

"Then I will have to put you to death for 'treason.'"

The conversation between the two ignited a new fuse, and the air between the two sides instantly condensed-

Eve left the musket in an instant with lightning speed.

The battalion commander was a little shocked, and before his eyes could catch Eve's figure, one attack after another came from behind.

"Splash barrage!"

The clammy air burst into countless splashes of water, shooting like pins and needles at the battalion commander's back.

In the face of the fierce offensive, the battalion commander silently shot at the water.

The bursts of bullets were too fast to be caught with the naked eye, and the musket in the battalion commander's hand was no ordinary musket.

The first wave of the offensive was easily wiped out, and the second wave of the attack from the left hand of the battalion commander followed.

"Splash barrage!"

There was not even room to refill the battalion commander with gunpowder, and Eve's offensive was rather unceremonious.

However, the battalion commander is by no means an ordinary person.

In order to stop the first wave of the offensive, the battalion commander spent an estimated three-quarters of the amount of gunpowder.

However, the battalion commander did not even replenish the gunpowder, and calmly responded to the second wave of the offensive.

Eve, who quietly hid in the shadows to observe, was shocked by the battalion commander's easy response.

Is the musket bullet in the old guy's hand so sufficient? Or is my offensive too shallow?

In that case, then I'll step up the offensive!

Before the second wave of the offensive was over, the new magic continued to attack—

"Dancing in the water!"

Waves of waves instantly filled the floor of the entire warehouse, and the battalion commander was affected by the sudden torrent and almost lost his footing - this was Eve's good chance.

"Don't blame me for being unkind, stinky old man!" Embrace of the Roses'! ”

I saw that the waves that submerged half of my feet rushed out of the vines condensed by the water element, and quickly bound the body of the battalion commander.

The limbs and joints of his body were tied by water vines, and the battalion commander was suddenly unable to even raise his gun.

Eve had only just come out of the darkness at this time, her slender body lightly stepping on the water.

"That musket in your hand looks tricky, but there shouldn't be any other killer tricks."

The battalion commander looked at the scale of magic on such a large scale with a little incredulity, and had to exclaim in amazement:

"He is worthy of being the president of the student union of the St. Goethe's Magic Academy, and he has such terrifying strength at such a young age."

"That's it! Without further ado, I hope you can get all the soldiers present to be tied up and wait for the Dean to come and capture them! ”

"Hehehehe...... is really worthy of being the president, and his tone is so arrogant. ”

"If you don't obey, I can kill you at any time! Take your pick. ”

"Cutting my life? Then you have to have the ability to do it. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden restless restlessness on the calm water.

This is......?

Evedon felt bad and immediately jumped away from the battalion commander's side.

Before he was completely away from the battalion commander's side, a violent explosion suddenly erupted around the battalion commander, spraying the entire warehouse in all directions, and the air was full of hazy mist.

Eve propped up her right hand to protect her face while observing the position of the tying camp commander.

A sturdy figure slowly emerged from the hazy water vapor.

The musket in the battalion commander's hand was flashing with colorful light, as if the explosion just now was a masterpiece of the musket.

"Little ghost, you seem to be too arrogant, old man, I have to treat your young and frivolous personality."

"If you have the ability, come!"

The battalion commander slowly raised the musket, and the muzzle of the musket that evaporated the hot smoke was ruthlessly aimed at Eve.

"Are you coming?"

Eve immediately pulled her legs and ran, but the gunshots rang out as well—

It was an attack filled with fierce fire elemental, with a range of nearly 100 meters, but it was more powerful than a shotgun.

Everywhere the bullets went, there was a raging fire, and the ground was shaken by the shockwave for nearly a meter.

Although Eve quickly dodged the shot, the right half of her face was still slightly burned by the heat caused by the shot, and even the cuff of her right hand and the trouser tube of her right leg were partially burned.

It was indeed very violent, and the battalion commander did not put on too complicated preparation ceremonies, just simply pulled the plate machine.

It's definitely not good news for Eve.

"Your musket seems to be able to cast multiples of the elements in the user's body in the form of bullets, right?"

Eve calmly analyzed, which really made the battalion commander show a shocked expression.

"Such an incisive analysis! It's a shame that talent like you is wasted in the hands of Flore. ”

"You are not allowed to insult our dean!" Laser water guns'! ”

The attack, which seemed to be painted in the same way, was almost like a shot from the muzzle of a gun, and the four powerful and sharp water bullets burst through the air, and the relentless fire on the limbs of the battalion commander was fierce.

In the eyes of the battalion commander, it was such a boring move.

"Ghost Bullet - 'Close the door and let the dog'."

The sound of an explosion sounded, and the smoke dispersed, engulfing the figure of the battalion commander in an instant.

"Is it over?"

"Of course not!"

"What!?"

Five unidentified figures suddenly rushed out of the smoke, entangled Eve's slender body like ghosts.

The wolf dogs formed by the convergence of shadows showed their fierce teeth and clenched Eve's limbs with hideous faces, causing tears in the corners of Eve's eyes, and their actions were also forcibly controlled by the wolf dogs.

The battalion commander walked out of the smoke in a sassy manner, his wrinkled right hand skillfully turning the musket, and looking at Eve with an amiable smile.

"It's a pity that the attacks and flaws are too obvious, and you obviously can't capture me alive."

"Yes...... Damn it! What kind of magic weapon is the musket in your hand? ”

"This is the old man's treasure, I can't tell you anything. But I'm really underestimated, since I don't choose to attack my fatal point, just attack some parts that can only restrict the movement of others, there is no courage and no strategy! ”

"Even if you are the enemy of our dean, I still have to abide by the laws of the country, and I must not kill you as a battalion commander at will, even if you are a battalion commander who betrays the country."

"Kill at will? As a student who spends all day in the stacks of books, can you understand the thrill of 'killing'? ”

"I haven't experienced it myself...... But the brutal images I witnessed were definitely beyond your imagination. ”

"Really...... That's a big congratulations. So it's time to get down to business - how did you destroy the Chaos Sphere? ”

"Don't you believe I did it?"

"Of course I did! But after a superficial encounter, I found out that you are a magus who can only use the water elemental, and you can't even use some rare supermaterial magic, how did you do it? ”

"Since you want to know, then I can't help it, if I don't tell you, I think I should be dead."

Eve bowed her head in a little despair. The limbs that were still struggling stopped moving, and they completely gave up on survival.

The battalion commander couldn't help but smile, satisfied with Eve's obedience.

This is the desire to survive that a normal child should have.

"It seems that your wisdom is limitless, good boy."

"Actually...... I did it with some kind of magic prop. ”

"What magic props? Hand it over and take a look. ”

With a wave of his hand, the phantom wolf that bit Eve's right hand slowly loosened.

The white right arm was covered with bleeding tooth marks, and Eve carefully pulled it out of her pocket with pain.

"This is the ......"

A small crystal ball like a jewel slowly appeared from his pocket, and the battalion commander who was a little presbyopia looked at it carefully-

That's when I realized that something was wrong.

The battalion commander's expression instantly turned green, and Eve's expression instantly became a little more cunning.

It is a transparent bomb filled with explosives, which is large enough to blow up half of a warehouse, depending on the size of the bomb.

"Since it's all a dead end, let's just end up together!"

"Stinky little imp!"

The battalion commander was about to raise the musket to fend off the explosion of the bomb, but unfortunately Eve activated the detonation of the bomb long before he could pull it out.

"Die! Stinky old man! ”

Leaving aside the last cruel words, Eve clutched the bomb that exploded immediately and threw it at the battalion commander-

In the next second, a violent explosion instantly shook the surrounding container mountain, and a large number of wooden containers were blown into sawdust, and the powerful impact broke the iron sheet of the warehouse, and the ground also caused a lot of vibration.

The soldiers outside finally heard the noise in the warehouse and ran to the warehouse.

Even the walls were slightly shaken open, and the deformed walls told the soldiers how powerful the explosion was.

"What's going on inside?"

"I don't know! Anyway, hurry up and report to the battalion commander! ”

"Report to the captain, the battalion commander is not outside the warehouse!"

"What do you say? Could it be that the battalion commander is in the warehouse? ”

"Fear ...... I'm afraid so. ”

"What the hell! Hurry up and search! ”

"Compliance...... Yes, sir! ”

The soldiers hurriedly put down their search work and plunged into the smoke one by one.

Until a voice came from afar.

"Stop searching!"

The voice...... Is it the battalion commander!? ”

That's right, this old and tough voice is indeed the battalion commander.

The soldiers looked in the direction of the port, and saw the battalion walking towards the soldiers unharmed, carrying an unconscious girl in his hand, just carrying the cuffs at the back of his neck.

That girl was Eve.

Beside the battalion commander were three men in black who had previously traded with the battalion commander - two of them were holding the unconscious Mitt and Tral, who had already subdued them.

The four of them approached the army with a relaxed pace.

"Camp Commander! Are you alright? ”

"Luckily, there were a few adults who teleported my location by 'transfer magic', otherwise I would have died in the explosion."

"So...... ...... is the child in the hands of the battalion commander and the two adults? ”

"It's just a mischievous intruder, and the chaos meter outside is all caused by them."

That is to say...... Have you found the culprit? ”

"That's right—but that doesn't mean we're all caught."

"What do you mean by that......?"

The battalion commander shifted his gaze to the empty harbor with a solemn face, and his expression full of fine lines was full of doubts-

- "There are still fish that have slipped through the net and have not been caught." ”

It was like the scoop in the back of the head was hit by an unknown metal, and after the crisp and loud sound of metal colliding, the consciousness also fell into a deep sleep with severe pain and a sense of dizziness.

I don't know how long I was in a coma.

Until the confused eyelids slowly opened, the consciousness gradually became clear, and the five senses of the body were recovering.

There was a feeling of constriction all over his body—tightly tied hemp rope bound his limbs.

Outside the line of sight was uncomfortably dim, with only a few vague figures walking by, and a mountain of wooden boxes.

The eyelids could not be fully opened, the pupils seemed to have lost their effect, and even more nausea kept pouring from the stomach.

As the last student to be caught by the military, Eve has yet to figure out her danger.

Eve, who was still unconscious, subconsciously muttered, "...... here?" ”

"Are you awake?"

The old voice responded kindly to Eve's soliloquy.

It's the battalion commander.

"I thought it was because the soldiers were too heavy and accidentally broke your skull, it seems that your life is quite big."

The voice...... Stinky old man? ”

Eve finally began to be alert, but she had no strength to concentrate at all, and her tone was still weak.

"It's rude to talk......"

"How could you...... Wrong...... Why am I still safe? ”

According to the battalion commander, he should have been knocked unconscious...... But he didn't detonate a lethal "elemental bomb" against the battalion commander at close range, why were he and the battalion commander safe and sound?

Where the hell are you now?

Confusion and confusion made Eve suddenly have a splitting headache, and her eyes were closed with a hideous face.

It seems that the damage from being knocked out is fainting.

I don't know if the battalion commander saw Eve's pained and confused expression, and he began to explain to himself.

"Your head hurts, doesn't it? You don't understand why you didn't kill me, do you? To be honest, I almost died at the hands of you little ghost, and if it weren't for the help of the Black Snake Leader, I would never have thought that I would have died at the hands of a mere student. ”

"I ...... I advise you not to underestimate me! ”

"Yes, indeed! I shouldn't underestimate you, but I underestimate the level that I should have as a student of the Star Academy, but your combat skills and spell-casting proficiency are beyond my expectations, and they are comparable to the combat power of the US Military Academy. ”

"I'm not going to hear you talk this! Where the hell am I now? And what about my friends? ”

"Worthy of being a gifted student in a star school, the tone of his voice is so disrespectful - for the sake of your heroic fighting performance, I will tell you the truth, your other two companions are imprisoned in different warehouses in the harbor, and after we have checked the number of goods traded, I will take you to the barracks for torture."

"It's okay...... Don't think about what you torture, don't you want to get the slightest message from us! ”

"This kind of thing can't help you, no matter how firm you are, human nature still can't stand the test."

"That's not up to you!"

Eve glared fiercely at the vague battalion commander.

"Hehehehe...... There is indeed a lot of potential to become a soldier. Are you interested in doing something on my hands? ”

"There are no doors!"

"I think so......"

The battalion commander feigned disappointment. At the same time, the conversation changed, and the kind face stared at Eve again.

The space was so dim that Eve could only vaguely see a face eaten away by a black shadow.

"Since I've answered your question, I'm going to answer my question instead, right?"

"Why ......?"

"In my hands, I hold the lives of those two friends of yours."

The neat and neat words really shocked Eve.

He bowed his head in silence, not daring to say another half a word.

This reaction was not at all expected by the battalion commander.

"With this determination, is there still a delusion in the triumph of human nature? Sure enough, it's a young man. ”

"I'm different from the human nature you say, and it's not something like you who careless about human life can point out."

I took it as if you were complimenting me, and humbly accepted it. Since there are no objections, let me ask you - I don't think you are the only three of you who have come this time, right? ”

Eve gasped in shock, but held back the unsteadiness of her tone and shook her head flatly.

"It's just the three of us."

"Do you really think of me, an old man, as an ordinary person? Can your trivial hidden magic fool my sophisticated eyes? I sensed your presence long before you stepped into the port, let alone when you thought you were completely gone. ”

And so it was...... You can see us, but since you've exposed us as an intruder, why don't you choose to arrest us? ”

"Hehehehe...... Because it would be wiser to ignore you than to arrest you red-handedly. ”

"Why ......?"

"I know very well - you came here on the orders of 'the man.'"

Suddenly, a cold wind suddenly burst out of the closed air, shuttling between Eve and the battalion commander.