The morning of the next day.
In this vast and desolate desert, Annie, who was wandering leisurely, was talking to La La, who was sweating profusely and looked even more sloppy and messy than when they met yesterday. Ji was looking around for something.
The goal of the two of them was, of course, to find a delicious animal that looked like a lizard, crocodile or reptile that was eaten by Lackey and was said to be extremely delicious.
The animal whose flesh is so delicious that even the simplest cooking is mouth-watering, according to Lackey?
He had eaten it once before, and it was still fresh in his memory. If he hadn't been in such a hurry when he went out to look for Annie, and if those dried meats had been left in the hotel instead of remembering to take them away, he would probably have taken them out to Annie now. Go and taste it, and let Anne know that he is right.
However, it is a pity that although they have been searching for a long time, they still have not found any clues until now.
Although Lackey doesn't mind continuing to search, it doesn't matter if it takes ten days, eight days or even half a month. Anyway, he will find it sooner or later. There is no doubt about that ship!
After all, it's not a rare or endangered animal.
But the key is: today is already the morning of the second day, and there are only the last two days and one night left before the three-day period Claire mentioned, or maybe even shorter? If he didn't leave quickly, he couldn't guarantee that he would reach the peak of Xi Lei Mountain before a certain time tomorrow!
Therefore, as he searched, Lackey became more and more anxious and impatient.
"..."
Wiping a handful of sweat, completely ignoring the sticky hair and burning skin, Lackey began to look around, and then found that there was nothing but desert here. That day, Claire nailed it with a sword. He didn't even see a shadow of the reptile on the ground!
"Annie?"
"How about we go help Claire and the others first, and then..."
"Will we come back and help you find it together then?"
So, he thought about it with anxiety in his heart, and then loudly suggested to Anne on the other side.
He planned to ask Anne to help Claire deal with another more urgent matter as promised before, and then go back and continue looking for that animal after the matter was dealt with.
"Claire and Elena can also help then."
"If there are more people, maybe we can find him faster, what do you think?"
After all, rescuing people is more important and has a time limit, but looking for that delicious animal can be left alone for now. Anyway, you can always find and eat it if you look for it slowly. , there is no point in wasting time here at this time.
"don't want!"
()
However, Anne firmly rejected Lackey's seemingly reasonable and reasonable proposal.
"We have agreed before that we will pay cash on delivery, no matter how easy it is!"
()
Then, regardless of whether the other party understood her words, Annie just continued to wander around and search aimlessly while talking.
"If you can't find that kind of animal, or if it's not as delicious as you say, then people still won't help you."
o(^｀)o
"There's no point complaining, you'd better find it quickly!"
(ψ｀▽′)o
You know, although it is just a verbal agreement, in Anne's view, it is also bound by the power of a contract. If she says to help, she will definitely help, and if she says the preconditions, she must complete them first. Only then, otherwise the contract cannot continue. That is a matter of principle.
Furthermore, if she cannot eat that delicious animal, or the animal is not as delicious as the other person said, then isn't she just being taken advantage of?
Besides, as long as the rare animals the other party mentioned are really delicious, it doesn't matter even if you are late. Anyway, Queen Anne has many ways. She will definitely save people if she says she wants to, even if she dies. After being rescued, we won't be like some bad guys who are capricious, get fat on broken promises, and never take contracts and promises seriously. They do a lot of things that destroy their credibility and go back on their promises and still feel complacent?
(…)
(●￣￣●)
"..."
Lackey opened his mouth. Although he was very helpless and anxious, he couldn't say anything against it.
After all, he also knew that Annie was right, first find that delicious lizard-like animal, and then he, a self-proclaimed chef with good cooking skills, would cook it for the other party. If it was really delicious, then the other party would have to help Ke It was Leya's job to help the other sword suppress the demonic power. That was what they had agreed on a long time ago.
"Annie, I know that's the case, but..."
"Time is running out now. Half of the three days have passed. Can't we help Claire first?"
"When you get back, we can help you catch one, or even two or three of those very delicious animals. Isn't that okay?"
But after all was said and done, Lackey, who didn't know Anne's ability and confidence, still wanted to try to persuade Anne to make an exception and solve the urgent ones first, and then solve the less urgent ones?
"no!"
()
Still, Anne shook her head stubbornly and resolutely.
"If you don't eat the meat of such delicious animals, you won't go anywhere!"
()
"If you want to go, you better go alone first!"
(ω)
"If someone catches it later, if it is really delicious, then they will help you!"
()hey-hey!
Seeing that the other party looked restless and not in the mood to search at all, Anne didn't feel too embarrassed and just suggested this carelessly.
"..."
Although he said that, Lackey obviously would not do that.
After all, he had made an agreement with Claire, saying that he would definitely help her find Anne, a powerful and mysterious little girl, and now that she has found her, if he cannot bring her to Xilei Mountain, he alone What’s the point of people going?
"But……"
"There's only one day left, if it's too late..."
Sighing, Lackey's face was still full of anxiety.
If you have plenty of time, just search here slowly. If you can't find it in one day, you can search for two days. If you can't find it in two days, you can search for three days. As long as there are still people in this area, they will be found sooner or later. Then He never doubted anything.
But now, when he thought about the three-day deadline, he was worried, and he wished he could drag some bad and stubborn little girl with him and head to Xilei Mountain non-stop!
"Then stop talking nonsense!"
(*｀ー)
"Go find it quickly!"
(`^)
Anne clearly found it unreasonable to find him in a daze and complain even though he knew the time was tight, so she once again angrily scolded and urged him.
(…)
(**)
"..."
Lackey was speechless, so he could only pick up the sheepskin water bag, take a sip of water, wipe the sweat beads, and then continue to search aimlessly in this hot and desolate desert.
finally……
At this moment, Anne's attention was suddenly attracted by the rustling sounds in the distance.
"Eh?"
Σ(°△°|||)︴
Then, when she followed the sound and looked around, she saw at a glance a lizard or a terrain dragon as big as an alligator, crawling quickly in a certain direction on the sand dunes.
Moreover, its crawling speed on the sand dunes is extremely exaggerated. It seems to be two or three times faster than fish in the water, horses on land, and even some birds in the sky?
"look!"
ヾ(^▽^*)))
"Isn't that just the delicious animal you mentioned?"
(Д≡д)!?
Seeing this, Annie of course pointed at the little thing running so fast, and turned to ask urgently towards Lackey not far away.
"!!"
"That's right!"
"that's it!!"
Although the one in the distance was a little bigger than the one he and Claire caught back then, since it was the same species, Lackey recognized it immediately and exclaimed.
"Aha!"
(｀)
"Where to run?!"
(へ╬)
And now that it was confirmed, Annie would certainly not let the other party escape from under her nose. Therefore, before the slow and unresponsive Lackey like a turtle came over to help, she casually A flick.
Whoosh~!
Soon, a large fist stone cut through the air and made bursts of whistling sounds.
Snapped!
Immediately afterwards, dozens of meters away, the stone smashed into pieces on the head of the small animal that looked like an alligator but crawled very fast on the sand, causing the splashing stones and Stone powder instantly rose into the sky.
At the same time, the animal staggered, rolled twice on the sand dune, turned over on its belly, and trembled twitchingly with its limbs in the air. It gradually became motionless and seemed to be dead.
"Ha ha!"
Delicious(`)
"caught you!"
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==()
Seeing the hit, Annie, who was thinking about meat, didn't care about anything else. She just cheered and ran over quickly.
"..."
"Okay, so awesome!"
And similarly, Lucky, who discovered that the animal had been successfully captured by Annie before he could react, was of course so shocked that he couldn't say a word for a long time.
At first, when Claire swung out her big sword and nailed the same animal to the ground, he thought it was very powerful. But now, that little girl, she actually used a stone to hit the target accurately from dozens or hundreds of meters away. He didn't know what to say when a creature's head was moving at high speed and it was instantly killed.
With that kind of ability, he didn't know which one was better or worse, but he only knew that Claire's friend, the other big sword, might be saved!
"Hello!"
(.)
"What are you doing standing there stupidly? Why don't you come over and clean it up quickly?"
(ˇˇ)
"Do you still want to ask someone to help you?"
(ˇεˇ)
Seeing that the spirited young man named Lucky was still in a daze, Anne kicked the already dead flesh angrily, then glared at him angrily and warned him.
"ah!"
"I'm coming!"
Hearing Annie's scolding, Lackey was shocked at first, and then he didn't dare to neglect and ran over quickly.
…
At this time, when Annie and Lackey caught delicious meat and were preparing to find a place with mountains, water and trees to cook it, somewhere, on a road about a day's journey from Xilei Mountain. On the mountain path, Claire the Great Sword walked forward step by step with no expression on her face.
"..."
Claire, who was walking on the road, didn't look into the distance at all. She just lowered her head slightly and looked at the road under her feet and walked step by step in a muffled voice.
She is what the world calls a 'big sword', and is also known as 'Silver-Eyed Witch' or 'Silver-Eyed Slayer'.
To be honest, after so many years, she has long been accustomed to people's complex eyes that fear, hate, and dislike them but have to rely on them. She is also used to people treating them as the same category as 'monsters' She has long been accustomed to the unfair treatment and has become numb.
but……
Thinking of what she was going to do this time, thinking of her friend, her originally frozen state of mind, her originally unshakable heart to any external object, some traces of something she shouldn't have inevitably appeared. Cracks and ripples.
"..."
In fact, they are not what people call 'big swords', they are just warriors of the organization. The organization has no name, and neither do they.
They are just warriors who use human will to control the power of demons in their bodies to maintain themselves, nothing more.
To be precise, they cannot be considered complete human beings, let alone monsters...
They are half human and half demon, with human heads and demon bodies. Perhaps, that is the most accurate definition?
but……
Whether it is her, her friend Elena, or other great swords, they all still think that they are on the side of humans and rely on the power of monsters to kill monsters.
At least, that's what they always thought and did.
For humans, they are an excellent tool for eliminating demons, a weight that can change the balance of power between humans and demons, and an excellent weapon that allows humans to control more power than demons without being helpless!
pity……
After all, half-human and half-demon are not human beings, and powerful power does not come without any price. The balance between humans and demons will one day be broken. By then, these warriors, these big swords in the world's mouth, these The 'Silver-Eyed Witch' or 'Silver-Eyed Slayer' will eventually fall completely to the side of the demon and become an existence that is disgusted by the world and themselves.
Perhaps, that is the main reason why the world fears, loathes, and dislikes them but has to rely on them. At the same time, it is also accustomed to treating them as the same kind of existence as 'demon', right?
"..."
Thinking of this, Claire couldn't help but sigh softly, stopped and looked up at the distant mountains in front of her.
After all, human will is no match for the power of demons. As time goes by, no matter how strong the warrior is, he will be defeated by the power of demons. When the human mind cannot defeat the body of demons, the will will be completely defeated. It is natural to fall and become a monster.
Even, the consequences are more serious than that!
Awakener!
That's right, it's the Awakened One.
Because the power in the Great Sword is far stronger than that of ordinary demons, when the human will fails, the Great Sword will become demonized. This process is called "awakening" by the organization, and the demonized Great Sword is called "Awakening". Called 'The Awakened'.
As we all know, when a great sword encounters a strong enemy that is difficult to contend with, it will release its demonic power to greatly increase its strength. However, often the greatswords will only release their demonic power very carefully so that it does not exceed a certain critical point, that is, About eighty percent.
After all, when the demon power released exceeds that critical point, the sword will also become a demon in an instant because it cannot control its overly powerful power.
It can be seen from this that whether the Great Sword is a monster due to over-enhancement of power or a weakened will, it is no longer an ordinary monster, but a special monster that is far stronger than ordinary monsters and Great Swords, that is, the 'awakened one' '.
In view of the fact that the 'Awakened One' is the result of a certain great sword releasing all the demonic power, its strength far exceeds the power of the great sword itself, and is definitely not comparable to ordinary demons. Even the weakest awakened one is generally It requires several great swords to work together to defeat it, which is very difficult.
Therefore, the existence of black letters has become inevitable!
A black post with each sword's unique logo printed in the middle.
When Da Jian realizes that her will has reached its limit, they usually wish to die as a human. At this time, they would usually take out the black letter contained in the hilt of their weapon in advance, and pass it through an agent to the swordsman whose hand they most wanted to die.
The day the black letter reappears, the day the great sword falls!
Therefore, the black letter can be said to be the last thing that every great sword wants to see, because it represents the departure of a companion who trusts and relies on him the most, and that is irreversible.
And now, she, Claire, has come with a black letter...
It wasn't anyone who gave her the black letter. It was her only friend, only partner and only bond within the organization...
Tomorrow, it will be on a certain peak in the Xilei Mountains in the distance.
She, Claire, will use the big sword she carries behind her back to chop off the opponent's head without any hesitation!
"..."
Thinking of this, Claire stopped and looked back deeply at the way she came.
She didn’t see Rakhi….
Presumably, he is still searching everywhere like a headless fly, right?
Although Claire believed in the other party's determination, time was already too late.
How easy is it to find someone in a hurry?
And since the other party failed to find and catch up now, it meant that the last glimmer of hope she held in her heart had been shattered.
"Ah!"
"That's all."
After letting out a self-deprecating and bitter sigh, Claire took one last look in the direction she came from. When she saw that nothing was happening, she turned around resolutely, then strode forward and continued walking forward.
Time is urgent, and she bears not only responsibility, but also the trust of another swordsman in her!
So, she decided...
Ready to accept and complete her mission, Claire, to personally bury another great sword, to bury her only true friend, and she will never show mercy!
no way!
because……
That is the meaning of their existence...
...(End of chapter)
