In this quiet town in the north, where the cold wind howls and snowflakes fall, there is a large group of female warriors with blond hair, silver eyes, wearing silver armor and battle skirts, and carrying big swords behind them. Silver-eyed slayers, 'witchers', 'silver-eyed witches', or 'big swords' as they are most commonly called, appeared here, attracting those in the town who were bloated and eager to kill them. The townspeople, whose bodies were tightly wrapped in fur clothing, were panicked and frightened.
Because, on this continent, any normal adult will know that wherever those scary women and those 'big swords' appear, there will be one or more demons. Doubtful and accepted fact!
But now, in this small town, there is a large group of "big swords". At a glance, there are at least twenty or thirty "big swords" gathered in the square. How can such a terrifying scene not let this little one The residents of the town were frightened, frightened, frightened, frightened?
Think about it carefully, how many demons or how terrifying monsters must there be for twenty or thirty swordsmen to appear and gather?
Therefore, even though those swordsmen who gathered in the town square and stood motionless in the biting wind and snow did not say anything, the reason for their appearance was self-evident. The problems were all visible to the residents of the town, so that gradually, an ominous atmosphere and endless fear began to permeate the hearts of the townspeople.
This is the northernmost frontline, the initial town of Pieta, and it is also the destination of Claire's mission.
If you look carefully, it is not difficult to find that Claire is among the people with big swords, and besides the little follower Jane who is ranked No. 9, there are also people she used to talk to. The partners she met when they were on a mission to defeat the Awakened were Tineb and Huilian, the two swordsmen who worked with her to investigate and overthrow the organization.
However, they are not talking at the moment.
Except that like the other great swordsmen, they looked around from time to time and looked at the team of more than 20 great swordsmen here with suspicion and secret fear. They were just like the other great swordsmen. They all just stood motionless in the wind and snow, waiting silently.
"..."
finally!
I don’t know how long it took, but a long-haired sword with blond hair and silver eyes, like the other swords, came out.
"Please gather here, everyone."
"Next, I will start to explain the summary of this operation..."
"My name is Flora!"
“Eighth in the organization, it’s a pleasure to work with you all.”
As the other party's soft and pleasant voice sounded, the other twenty or so swordsmen were startled for a moment, and then spontaneously moved towards the thick snow-covered square in the middle of the square where the other party was. Yes, I don’t know if it’s a sculpture or a fountain that gathers at the steps.
Although, the other party does not look majestic, and his tone is a bit too gentle, but just the ranking of NO.8 and the famous name of 'Flora the Wind Slayer' still make people who know and don't know each other. The swordsmen all subconsciously followed what the other said and gathered together.
"..."
Immediately afterwards, Flora the Wind Slayer continued to introduce, Miria the Phantom, the most outstanding commanding sword among warriors, the one known as the leader in team battles because of his excellent leadership. Miliya, whose role exceeded No. 1, slowly appeared and walked out of the building behind the steps.
At this time, she, like Claire, Jane and the other twenty or so swordsmen, all had blond hair, silver eyes, wearing silver armor, a battle skirt, and a standard dress with a sword on their back.
However, unlike Flora who spoke softly and weakly just now, Miria's figure is relatively tall and upright, and the manly figure stepped out of the cold wind step by step, exuding an inexplicable aura. This indescribable majesty made the swordsmen subconsciously hold their breath and watch her step forward.
"Everyone!"
"Sisters who have come all the way from their respective regions, thank you for your hard work!"
"I am Miria, the sixth-ranked Miria in the organization!"
"From now on!"
"I will be the commander of this large-scale battle against the Awakened!"
First, he introduced himself again, and then Miriya, the great sword with high prestige and sternness in the hearts of all the great swords, stood at the front of the team, with firm and deep eyes, and began to give those who gathered. In the small town of Pieta, the swordsmen who were aware of the mission or were still unaware of the mission were slowly explained:
"I believe some people have already known or guessed it in advance..."
"That's right!"
"It's the Awakened One!"
"You heard it right, and you thought it right!"
"This time!"
"Our mission is to annihilate the cannibal awakened ones who have gathered in this northern land and have been wreaking havoc on the people!"
"But due to the large number of enemies..."
"That's why I summoned such a large group of warriors and gathered you here!"
In this way, although some unsuspecting swordsmen quickly caused some commotion because of Miria's words, Miria just stretched out her hand and relied on her prestige to suppress the commotion.
"Everyone!"
"Our world is being threatened by demons. Those awakened ones, those monsters are threatening the southern continent and are preparing to go south, wanting to completely destroy this homeland that we depend on for our livelihood."
"therefore……"
"No matter how it ends, there are some things we must do!"
Then, in the wind and snow, her voice was still sonorous and powerful, and she continued her speech while staring into the eyes of every soldier:
"As a warrior!"
"Of course we can't just sit back and watch the monsters!"
"Sisters!"
"Please believe me, whether you are willing or not, the battle is expected to start soon within a day or two. We don't have much time..."
"So, before then, we must be prepared!"
"Now!"
"Follow my instructions and start assigning teams!"
"..."
Then, as Miriam's short and inspiring speech ended, she quickly selected five of the twenty-four great swords gathered here in Pietta, including her, based on their respective rankings and strengths. The captain within the team was then led by the five captains, and the remaining team members were distributed and directly formed five teams.
"Let's start making combat arrangements!"
"The principle is the same as before!"
"One team is responsible for one awakener!"
"If there are more than two Awakened Ones, two or more teams will go to fight, and the rest will be in the center to provide support..."
In the northern town where the cold wind was howling, Miria the Great Sword continued to use her sharp, clear and powerful voice to carry out her combat arrangements in the wind and snow, and she did not mind being frightened by those around her. The trembling townspeople listened, but she just arranged it loudly and as perfectly as possible.
And just then!
Uh-huh!
In an alley filled with snow and cold wind in the small town of Pieta, as a dazzling arcane light flashed away, someone was wearing a blue and white snow skirt and a white fur hat of the same style. The little girl wearing gloves was instantly teleported across thousands of miles to this small town where the cold wind was howling and snowflakes were flying.
And if she wasn't Anne, who had just separated from Elena and Ophelia, and teleported here alone, who was she?
Then, having just arrived, she wandered around a street corner and saw a large group of swordsmen gathered in the square in the distance.
"Wow!"
(⊙o⊙*)
"There are so many people!"
|ω`)
Seeing this, Anne didn't say anything, she just lay on the street corner and frowned slightly, using her beautiful big green eyes to observe the big swords in the howling wind and snow, and soon, she saw what she recognized. The two big swords of Claire and Jane.
"It seems like I can't fight for a while..."
(ー`ー)
"never mind!"
(ˉ▽￣~)Cut~~
"You'd better go and play by yourself first!"
()
After watching for a while, I saw those people shouting and even drawing out their swords and raising them high in cheers. I knew that they were probably making preparations before the war, preparing to deal with the so-called awakened monster and make some arrangements. Anne curled her lips with disdain at first, and then turned around and left without intending to say hello to Claire and the others.
"This side..."
ヾ(⌒⌒*)~
Although, those guys were doing serious things, and they seemed to be working hard to protect the town and fight against the monsters, but the serious and chirping look was a little too boring, so she decided to start with Don't disturb them and let them continue their efforts, while she goes to wander around and stroll around to see if she can have some fun or something.
And fun, for Annie, is like candy. It is an essential part of life and cannot be given up easily.
Furthermore, wanting to come here to help and waiting for opportunities to stir up trouble and make plans seems to be what Elena and Ophelia want to do. She, Queen Anne, is really just doing it in advance. She was just here to join in the fun, and she didn't intend to interfere more, nor did she intend to rush over and say hello to some guys she didn't know too well.
then!
When she saw the square in front of her, and saw the group of big sword girls still there swearing and cheering, and they didn't know what to say, and seemed like they wouldn't stop for a while, Anne thought about it. Thinking about it, they resolutely turned around and walked quietly through a street behind the square where they were, and then quickly disappeared into the snow on the corner of the street, ready to find some delicious food.
However……
"Hate!"
ε=(ˇεˇ))) Bah! !
Not long after, she walked out of a restaurant in a familiar manner, holding a piece of thigh meat from an unknown animal that was gradually being frozen by the cold wind.
Then, without thinking, she threw it directly in front of a trembling wild dog huddled on the street corner and walked away.
Next!
This small town in the north, this not-so-big Pieta, was of course quickly visited by Annie who wandered around like a curious kitten.
"The food in this shabby place doesn't seem to taste good at all!"
(●′～`)
"Let's go over there and take a look!"
()
then!
Naturally, she subconsciously walked towards the seemingly desolate ruins outside the city.
But who would have thought that I would soon encounter three wretched-looking monsters hiding there, and it was obvious at a glance that they were not good people?
At first, Anne was not going to care about them.
She just wanted to move forward and see if there were any delicious things or animals in the snow-covered coniferous forest, such as small animals such as deer, rabbits, and foxes, or Isn't it okay to just go and dig out the den of Big Bear's family, a little bear that likes to hibernate?
(…)
(●￣￣●)
pity!
However, those three monsters directly blocked her way without giving any face.
Then, two of the three people smiled sinisterly and kept saying that they wanted to eat her brain and intestines as a little girl before going to cause trouble with the big sword sisters?
And for that kind of excessive thing, Anne is of course decisive and intolerable!
Ever since!
Almost instantly, a close-range 'Ring of Frost', a ring made of sharp and tough ice flakes that rotated like a sword at high speed, instantly captured the two who were vying to eat her. The monster's brain and intestines were easily cut into a splattering mass of flesh and blood.
"ah!"
!(;o)o
"I was accidentally beaten to death..."
(lll￢▽￢)
Looking at the piece of meat that was shattered on the ground and quickly frozen by the ice, snow and cold, so that not much blood flowed out, Annie first pursed her lips in disdain, and then turned towards the remaining monster. Shu Shu looked over and asked with a cute face:
"So, squid, do you want to eat other people's brains?"
(-)
Although she would definitely not let the other party eat it, Anne felt that before eliminating the other party, it was best to ask clearly, so that the other party could die in peace, right?
(…)
(●￣￣●)
"you!"
Upon seeing this, he saw two companions being attacked and killed in an instant. Although he didn't know what kind of methods Anne, a seemingly harmless little girl, used, the weirdo simply gritted his teeth and cursed. He released his demonic power and turned into a multi-armed monster covered in armor.
"You bastard!"
"I will never forgive you!!"
Although he said that, after fully releasing his demonic power, he did not rush to attack immediately. Instead, he silently observed while shouting, as if he was a little afraid of the weird trick that Anne just used?
"Transformed?"
(°ー°〃),
"But what's the use?"
(.)
However, even when she saw the other party transform from a wretched uncle into a ferocious and huge monster, there was no sign of fear on Anne's face.
Come to think of it!
Although, after the opponent's transformation, both speed, strength and defense have been qualitatively improved. For ordinary people in this world, the advantage is even more crushing, and it is easy to defeat an army by one person. However, as long as With that kind of boring physical strength, it was really not enough in front of Queen Anne, and it was not even enough to make her interested in playing.
In Annie's opinion, the right thing for the other party to do is to turn around and run away immediately?
After all, she just wants to go shopping and see if there are any edible or delicious local products in the forest. She doesn't care too much about boring things like killing the third monster.
"Moo!!"
Unfortunately, the awakened one who completed the transformation didn't think so.
After observing it for a while, I felt that it should be able to defend against the method Anne used just now. First, it roared sternly at Anne, and roared like a demon from the abyss. After that breath full of madness and chaos, mixed with stench, was sprayed towards Annie, its courage finally grew a little bit.
"..."
()
At that moment, Anne naturally frowned in displeasure and subconsciously stretched out her little hand to cover her nose.
Apparently!
In Annie's opinion, compared to the opponent's terrifying huge body and strength, maybe the opponent's attack power full of foul breath is many times stronger?
And if the smell was worse, maybe Anne would be so smoked that she would run away without even having time to burn the other party?
"!!"
"go to hell!!"
Seeing the change in Annie's expression and her completely defenseless look, the awakened monster thought that Annie was frightened by his performance, so it roared again and then rushed towards Annie.
The speed was as fast as a dark vortex. It first cut a gully with splashing snow on the white snow, and then came in an instant. It arrived behind Annie in an instant and even raised it. The weird limb that was like a huge battle ax flashed away in a flash of cold light at the end of the roar, and slashed straight towards Anne's neck.
"..."
()
It's a pity that Anne was not intimidated by its fairly fast speed.
She was still standing there, closing her eyes slightly, with a sneer appearing on the corner of her mouth, while her fingers drew a trajectory in the air.
Then……
boom! !
A powerful stream of air spewed out in all directions with her as the center. In an instant, the stench that had just lingered around her and the opponent who wanted to stab her in the back were directly blown away, and they were also thrown heavily across the side. Pushing over, he hit the broken eaves and broken walls.
"Moo!!"
However, the awakened monster was not defeated, nor did it retreat despite the difficulties.
on the contrary!
It slid down the wall quickly, and its roar became even more violent, as if announcing its existence to the world. It roared upwards to the sky, letting the sound spread throughout the town of Pieta, and then fiercely attacked Annie again. The ground rushed over.
But this time, its speed is faster, and the upcoming attack is more violent!
"..."
(￢д￢.)
"I haven't eaten enough, so I don't want to play with you anymore!"
()°
With that said, before the other party could hit her, Anne casually threw an arcane missile, causing the energy to be like a beam of light and instantly hit the huge body of the stubborn Awakener monster.
"..."
Next!
boom! ! !
The moment the awakened monster sluggished, with an explosion and blue arcane energy, most of its body was evaporated and annihilated in an instant, leaving only a fracture that was burnt black. After spinning his head countless times in the air, he quietly landed on the thick white snow not far away.
"Really boring!"
(ˉ▽￣~)Cut~~
"Come on, Tibbers, let's dig out the bear's den!"
()
Although the three awakened ones were all taken care of effortlessly by herself, Annie had no intention of taking that kind of thing to heart at all. She just carried her little bear and turned around to walk deeper into the forest. I went in and planned to find a bear den to bully those hibernating animals.
After all, she suddenly wanted to eat bear's paws.
Although, she can't do it herself, but she can catch it and send it to Uncle Xiaosong and Uncle Alu, or she can ask Miss Xiangling to do it for them. At most, it only costs one or two palms, which is nothing at all. Big problem.
(…)
(￢￢.)
A few minutes after Annie skipped away cheering.
Huwu...
The cold wind continued to howl along with the snowflakes all over the sky, and the footprints Annie had just left on the ground were now completely covered again by the wind and snow.
"quick!"
"The evil spirit is over there!"
"Hurry up!"
"careful!"
"Pay attention to your formation and beware of sneak attacks!"
Then, it was not until this moment that a large group of blond and silver-eyed young ladies who had just assembled and arranged battle tactics in the small town of Pieta finally rushed over.
"?!"
"This is……"
"..."
"Oh My God!"
"What's going on here?"
"..."
However, when the swordsmen followed the direction of the awakened person's remaining demonic energy and finally arrived at the scene, in the ruins filled with flying snow, where were the living demons anywhere?
And similarly, Anne is no longer here.
At the moment, they saw nothing here except for an even more dilapidated ruins and some fragments of demon corpses belonging to the awakened ones, as well as the huge head of the awakened ones that was half buried in the snow and still clenched to death.
"..."
"Look!"
"There should be at least three awakened ones here!"
"These fragments, the head, and the demonic energy I just sensed are definitely correct! But, how come they all died in such a short period of time?"
"It's only been a few minutes. This is impossible, right?"
Upon seeing this, the gentle-spoken Great Sword Flora exclaimed and asked in disbelief.
After all, they felt the demonic energy erupting and rushed there as soon as possible. It only took three to five minutes. But who would have thought that by the time they got here, everything would be over?
"have no idea!"
"Someone should have helped us, and he's very strong!"
The other sword added in disbelief after inspecting the scene for a while.
"..."
As the commander, Miriya stood not far away without speaking. She just watched everything happening in front of her silently, and looked back and around. She had to give up after finding nothing.
"..."
"..."
same!
Claire and Jane, who came here with the swordsmen, looked at each other thoughtfully, and they seemed to have some vague guesses about who did it.
However, since this was not the place to talk, and since they were not sure whether it was what they thought, they did not express any opinions in the end.
"withdraw!"
"Let's go back to the town!"
"remember!"
"Don't sleep too much tonight. Something is not right. Everyone must be vigilant!"
In the end, it was discovered that there were no more clues at the scene. As the commander of this mission, Miliya had no choice but to wave his hand and give the order to retreat and at the same time carefully warned everyone.
"!!"
"yes!"
"clear!"
"As you command!"
Hearing this, seeing that there were indeed no living demons at the scene, the swordsmen felt that it was useless to stay here, and they immediately agreed, and then quickly followed the two commanders in charge, Miria and Flora. Together, they filed away in sparse silence, preparing to return to the nearby town of Pieta and have a good night's rest.
"..."
"..."
Claire and Jane scanned the surroundings several times again, but still found nothing. After hesitating for a while, they found nothing. They were still puzzled by Tineb and Huilian. Under the urging of his eyes, he had to leave with everyone first.
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(ω)Monthly ticket~
(End of chapter)
