*****Near the Royal Castle in the Royal Capital of Rosemona****
Time goes back slightly, and the perspective shifts to Caiyu who just found Zhang Yuji.
After discovering Zhang Youji who was walking aimlessly in a trance and being followed by a group of enemies, Caiyu, who was flying in the sky, immediately landed in front of the enemies who were following Zhang Youji, leading his 106 dependents. , and began to confront those enemies.
He took the opportunity to use phantom magic to make a very conspicuous ball of light, and threw it into the sky. He hoped that Ling, Berleka, and Qing, who were leading their compatriots, could rush over as quickly as possible to protect the people who were still there. Zhang Youji was walking around in a trance, because Caiyu herself was in a situation from which she could not escape. The enemies, numbering around 150 in total, were now completely focused on them.
[There are also colorful winged magic butterflies, as well as mutant flame wings and ice wings, and the leader is the colorful winged magic butterfly. Haha, it seems that I will add some more puppet materials now. The latest puppet materials They're all human, and I'm almost tired of them. 】
【Puppet Maker! Stop inking! Why don't you catch those women quickly? Women, feel honored to be able to serve me! You guys are attracted by this little guy like me! 】
[Mr. Little, how many of us can also get a share? 】
【yes! After all, there are quite a few of them! 】
[...Everyone, there is no need to show mercy to these despicable enemies. Leave the three humans who have hurt the Contractor, capture them alive, let the Contractor decide what to do, and destroy the rest. This kind of There is no need to keep people alive like those despicable people who hunted us down! As for those who have been made into puppets, let us give those miserable people some relief... They are really completely different from the Contractor and the Summoners who once saved us. They are so obscene. The sight cannot be expressed in other words except disgust. 】
After Iroha saw the performance of the humans in front of her and the [Puppet User] wearing the [Mask], she immediately put on a face that looked at filth, and showed the same expression to them. After giving the order to prepare for battle to the dependents who looked at their dirty expressions, Iroha looked at the despicable faces of the enemies and unconsciously recalled the past before the battle began.
In the past, Iroha and her family lived a carefree and happy life in a forest and flower field far away from human towns. They usually took care of flowers and basked in the sun when they had nothing to do. They were very leisurely. , happy and unrestrained.
And occasionally, lost humans will visit and tell them some novel things. Some curious colorful butterflies will also sign a contract with the summoner among the lost people and travel with that summoner. And when those colorful winged butterflies who signed a contract with the summoner come back, they will also bring some novel flowers and some useful props, and give them to the compatriots in the flower fields of [hometown], hoping to make [hometown] better. .
However, this beautiful and happy life suddenly ended because of the relationship with those people who were different from the kind-hearted summoners who signed a contract with them and had malicious intentions. [Nightmare] came, because the distance between Iroha and the others' lives The human king of a certain country who was closest to the forest and flower field had his eyes on Caiyu and the others. Their appearance could be said to be that of the colorful winged butterflies that would captivate a nation.
After that, they were attacked by the human army. Their companions were brutally captured, killed, and even insulted by the attacking humans. When they realized that, they had been surrounded by the human army, although they also launched a counterattack, But it had no effect at all. Just when they didn't know what to do, the summoners who had contracted with her companions united together and suddenly came to save them.
At that time, the highest level of Iroha and the others was only level 57, and the average level was only around level 45. Although with the help of the summoners who sacrificed their lives, Iroha and the others finally escaped from the surrounded [hometown] and originally planned to go there. Those secret places mentioned by the summoner, but the people in the army did not let them go. Whether from the air or on the ground, they were chasing them until they escaped into a certain [Lost Forest] by mistake. Stop the pursuit.
None of the summoners who helped Caiyu and the others survived, and the number of compatriots in Caiyu Meidie had also been greatly reduced. Caiyu and the others thought that the [nightmare] was finally over, but they began to fight for the summoners who helped them, and were captured. When the compatriots who lived and were killed were crying, they never imagined that after just getting rid of a [nightmare], a bigger [nightmare] would slowly attack them.
After that, they understood the reason why the people's army stopped chasing, and the danger of the lost forest they fled into. When they could no longer escape even if they wanted to leave, in order not to let down the sacrifices of those summoners, and The wishes entrusted to the slain and captured compatriots.
Iroha and the others tried their best to survive in the lost forest, but even so, as the number of compatriots decreased day by day, they who used their wisdom, tried their best, and united to survive, gradually began to Desperate.
Although Alf, the alchemist elf who also strayed into the Lost Forest on the way, her joining made Iroha and the others' situation slightly better, but it was only a little bit better than nothing. Despair The situation does not change every day, but even so, Iroha and the others have to try their best to survive.
This is the story between Iroha and the others and a certain summoner who, along with a giant spider, a god general and a demon, strayed into the lost forest where they were, rescued them all, and let them live in the maze they owned. What happened before Zhang Youji met.
【Iroha! Where is the Creator? ! Was that the flare you used just now? ! 】
【clear! The Contractor is moving towards the royal city along the road behind me. Let us resist the enemies here! Qing, please hurry up and catch up with the lonely contractor! 】
【Um! I'm leaving first, I'll leave this place to you! 】
While Caiyu was recalling certain things, Qing, who was only about 20 centimeters tall, suddenly appeared in front of Caiyu with 199 of her compatriots. After asking Caiyu some things, Qing immediately Following what Caiyu told her, she ignored the enemies who were looking at her and her compatriots, raised the altitude of her flight, and while looking for Zhang Yuji's figure, she began to fly towards Caiyu in a cautious and fast manner. Tell someone in her direction.
[Come on, hurry up! Don't let those beautiful fairies escape! That’s what little guy like me likes! 】
【Understood! Hey, let's go! 】
[Hey, after catching those goblins and putting them in a cage and pulling out those little wings, I really look forward to what kind of cries they will make. 】
[I am really lucky today. Whether it is butterfly materials or fairy materials, it seems that both beautiful and practical dolls can be made. After dealing with these butterflies and negotiating with the three-headed dragon, I will ask the Demon King for some. Let's use the materials of butterflies and fairies to make beautiful dolls, assuming that the Demon King is still alive afterward. 】
【? ... Everyone, you don’t need to show mercy to these disgusting and despicable enemies who have hunted us down before. In order to repay the contract owner for your life-saving grace and for taking us in without asking for anything in return, we even gave him some money. We have gained many new friendly family members. You must never let go of an enemy and fight with all your strength even if you risk your life! This is the only way we can repay our kindness to the Contractor! 】
[[[In order to repay my kindness, I will fight to the death! 】】】X106
After Qingfei went to look for someone, Caiyu kept using obscene words not only to her, but also to her family members, and even to Qingfei and the others who were just born and only about 20 centimeters tall. With a despicable expression in his eyes, Iroha stared at the enemies that were attacking and had some doubts about the performance of the puppet user, but Iroha knew that she was not thinking about those things now, She immediately gave the order to attack, and together with her 106 family members, they began to fight with all their strength for Zhang Youji, who had rescued them and given them a safe and comfortable place to live without even thinking of repaying them. .
*****In a hidden alley on a certain street in the royal capital of Rosemona*****
The perspective shifts to a puppet user who is controlling a puppet.
Decades ago, a human being searched for a way to live forever in order to live forever like a doll he made. However, he turned from a young man into a frail old man and spent almost all his life. That doll They even violated taboos and failed to find a way to live forever.
At this moment, when the puppet master was about to use a method with a very low success rate to make himself a puppet in order to live forever, a man held the [Goblin King Sword] in his hand and claimed that it was from this different world. , [Paradise], one of the three recognized [heresies], has a sudden visit from its original guardian [Goblin Emperor].
The reason why the [Goblin Emperor] came to visit was because he happened to hear the rumors about this puppet user and hoped to hire him to infiltrate a certain [Demon King] who was moving erratically to detect the movements of that [Demon King] , will it affect the large-scale operation that [Paradise] is preparing for in the near future? The reward paid in advance is a magic tool that can [extend life]. The reward after the incident is the eternal life that the puppet master desires most.
As for the outcome of this matter, it can be known without further explanation. I agreed to the employment of the [Goblin Emperor] and immediately set off without hesitation, went to the location of a certain [Demon King], and infiltrated into By the side of the [Demon King], and from this moment on, the puppeteer has been secretly reporting the movements of the [Demon King] to the [Paradise Forces] in some way, and has not stopped until now.
[Blue Summoner of the Labyrinth, it seems that he took some risks and secretly arranged the dolls into the Demon King's army. The risks in various places were not in vain. Unexpectedly, while monitoring the tragedy of the Demon King, one actually appeared. For such an unusual and unexpected person, it is better to hunt down a few high-quality materials within the scope of ability as soon as possible, and get away from the Demon King as soon as possible. 】
A very old man wearing a gray robe, with a head full of white hair, was watching what he was doing in a hidden alley on the frozen streets of the royal capital. The figure is connected to the doll's vision and hearing, and can even speak through it. The scene reflected in the crystal is prepared to be remotely controlled, and is facing off against some colorful winged butterflies whose looks can be said to be stunning. , the doll with a seamless [Mask].
On the way to escape, I plan to try to hunt a few colorful winged butterflies and take them away as the ultimate puppet [materials]. Although the puppet maker also wants to hunt some other [materials], but that is completely beyond the limit. The extent of his ability was reached. The puppet master looked at the scene previously reflected in the dimmed crystals not far from his feet, and couldn't help but start to sweat all over his body.
Because in those dimmed crystals, the scene previously reflected was that of the Scourge and the Spider Queen, leading a large group of SSS-level spider-shaped monsters, as well as the Phoenix, known as the holy beast, and the True Ancestor of the Vampire, leading their respective The scene when the dependents ravaged human beings.
And the scene when the Demon King, the Valkyrie, the Queen of the Absolute Flowers, and the Evil-eating Slime each led their followers and ravaged the Demon King's army. Among them, the three-headed dragon that even gods and demons would be afraid of appeared.
Recalling the shuddering scene previously reflected in the crystal, the puppeteer began to remotely control the [Mask] puppet through the crystal, and began to escape from the frozen capital. The moment Ouji escaped from the royal capital, the transparent crystal reflecting the scene in his hand suddenly became very dim.
*****Near the Royal Castle in the Royal Capital of Rosemona****
The perspective shifted to Little, a great nobleman in the royal capital who once had Zhang Youji hunted down.
Juster Little has lived a domineering life since he was born. Because he is a nobleman and the son of a nobleman that even the king cannot easily sanction, he is used to doing all kinds of violent things unscrupulously. Robbery, deprivation, and indiscriminate killing of innocent people.
Although the appearance of the brave men initially made Little restrain his behavior, however, now that he has taken refuge in the Demon King and received help from the Demon King, he is no longer afraid of even the brave men, and has become even more aggressive.
If you look at someone you don't like, you will kill them directly. If you want something, you will get it directly. It has nothing to do with the other person's will. As long as you want to do something, the other person must obey.
Now Little ordered his subordinates to attack in order to get what he wanted, the colorful winged butterflies in front of him, all of which were as beautiful as a country. He didn't even notice that those butterflies were The abnormality of the colorful winged butterflies, they are not aware of the disaster, showing a despicable face, and began to think about how to train these beautiful and heavenly colorful winged butterflies tonight.
【What are you playing? ! Why don't you hurry up and catch those women together with the puppet master's puppets! Wasn't your level raised to level 100 by the Demon King? ! Are those women called Caiyi Meidie? They are only around level 50 or 60 at most. How can you not even catch women who are dozens of levels lower? ! These losers! 】
[But, but, Mr. Little, we have tried our best, ugh? ! so close? ! 】
[Lord Little, are they really only level 50 or 60? ! The puppet that the puppet master used just now seems to be level 200? ! A few of those who rushed up fell instantly after just one hit! 】
Little's 50 private soldiers, under a puppet user wearing a [Mask], or to be precise, the puppet user, a remotely controlled [Mask] puppet, 100 self-disciplined people We are acting as shields, and we are engaging in a fierce small-scale battle with the group of 107 colored-winged monster butterflies, including the leader, using the nearby frozen houses.
There are 107 butterflies in total, the leader's level is 262, and the average level is about 220. Because they want to prevent the enemy from chasing their master, they gave up the method of using the frozen house as a barrier. They formed a phalanx that could respond to various emergencies, and launched long-range magic attacks at their enemies in order to attract targets.
However, their magic attacks all hit the frozen houses, causing almost no damage to the enemies. Even the ice on the frozen houses did not show a single scratch, because the ice covering those houses , is the [Absolute Ice] used by the three-headed dragon that will never melt easily.
The 70 dolls used the nearby frozen houses as a barrier to attack the colorful winged butterflies in a square formation.
Although the puppets forcibly rushed into their formation and caused damage to some colorful winged butterflies, those who were not injured and were injured immediately used recovery magic to instantly make those colorful winged butterflies The injured colorful winged butterflies recovered and started to fight back. However, the 70 dolls that rushed towards them could only barely resist the attack of the colorful winged butterflies, which would recover instantly after being injured. .
Using 30 dolls and the frozen house as shields, 50 private soldiers took the opportunity to attack the colorful butterflies in the chaos, using bows, arrows, and magic to attack from a distance.
Although it also successfully caused some considerable damage to the colorful winged butterflies standing in the front row, the colorful winged butterflies standing in the back row were not targeted by the dolls that rushed over. , still immediately used the recovery magic to restore the injuries of the injured colorful winged butterflies, allowing them to immediately return to the battle line and continue to fight, waiting for their leader to issue an order for a full counterattack.
Little himself is now hiding in front of a frozen shop, complaining to his subordinates, urging them to quickly catch those colorful-winged butterflies and start a quarrel.
【I do not care! Anyway, hurry up and get those,? ! ,,,Why? Blood? W-why? So, what is that? 】
However, while Little was arguing with his private soldiers, Little's face was suddenly scratched by a flying wind blade. When he subconsciously raised his head, he headed in the direction of the wind blade. When I looked up, I suddenly found a butterfly in the distance, not high up in the sky, flapping its colorful radiant butterfly wings, flying in the sky using wind magic, and was ravaging the people hiding under the quilt. Dolls and private soldiers near the frozen house.
【·········,Hello! What are you doing? ! Hurry up, hurry up and catch me that colorful winged butterfly flying in the sky! That's my thing! Catch her quickly! 】
【Do not make jokes! How can we catch that kind of monster? ! 】
【I quit! That one is definitely not an ordinary colorful winged butterfly! 】
However, the absurd thing is that Little didn't even feel the slightest sense of crisis. He just watched the flying colorful butterfly with fascination, and became even more determined to catch her and train her to be his. The pet's determination gave compulsory orders to the private soldiers who had lost their will to fight and the puppets who were unable to fight back, causing the battle line that was almost unsustainable to completely collapse.
The loyal privates fled.
The puppets who lost their command stopped.
Seizing the opportunity, the colorful winged butterflies immediately attacked and surrounded their enemies.
At this moment, mournful cries rang out from all directions, centered on Little's location.
[Don’t pass, Guha? ! ? ! ? ! 】
【Not this human being. 】
Some people were knocked away by the magic of the colorful-winged butterfly looking for something, hit the wall and became motionless.
[Failed, it’s not this person, let’s go and see if it’s the next one. 】
【哇啊啊啊、啊啊啊啊啊啊、啊啊啊啊啊啊啊——！ ! ! 】
Some people were burned by the flames used by the flame-winged butterfly looking for something, and they screamed a few times and were charred.
【It's so cold, so good, so cold, I really want to go home... 】
[I'm sorry, although I call myself an enemy, at least I wish you a good dream. 】
Some people were blown away by the ice winged butterfly that was looking for something, and their memories were frozen.
[Hurry up and catch those colorful winged butterflies! I'm Just Little! Follow my orders! The guy who ran away will definitely be severely punished later! 】
However, even so, Little did not come back from his daydreams. He was still daydreaming about catching these colorful winged queens and how to train them. He shouted in vain and sadly on the spot. Now, no one will obey the order.
However, this also saves the Color Winged Charming Butterflies who want to capture him alive, as well as the two private soldiers under him who hurt Zhang Youji, from having to take the trouble of capturing one person alive. Although the Colored Winged Charming Butterflies have now The encirclement network was deployed by flying at low altitude, but after all, it was a temporary deployment, and it was not impossible to break through it, so they were divided into two groups: the encirclement group and the search group, and among the 50 private soldiers who began to escape, , looking for their targets and preparing to capture them alive.
And just like this, not long after, the people they wanted to catch were caught, and the few private soldiers who were lucky enough to escape the encirclement and completely lost their fighting spirit were ignored. Dolls of colorful winged butterflies.
They slowly surrounded Little, who was still shouting something, and surrounded him with a momentum that would never let him escape. The leader of the Colorful Winged Demonic Butterflies, Caiyu of the Colorful Winged Demonic Butterflies, Then she stepped out from the group of her compatriots, preparing to ask Little for his surrender.
But unfortunately, before Iroha could speak, Little shouted something, pulled out the magic sword given to him by the Demon King, and slashed at Iroha. As for Iroha's response, she immediately used Using wind magic, he created a wind blade and cut off Little's hand holding the magic sword. While he was screaming miserably, Iroha, who was usually very gentle, also rarely became angry. .
[Do you understand what kind of situation you are in now? 】
【Hands ah ah ah? ! ? ! ? ! My hand ahhhhhhhhhhh-! ! ! ! ! ! magic! Use your recovery magic! Just a mere pet who loves to play with, how dare he, eh? ! 】
【Please shut up! It seems that I am too naive to want to negotiate with someone like you. Before handing you over to the contractor, you'd better not speak again? ! 】
[Lord Iroha, danger! Spiral arrow! 】
【Barrier of Wind! 】
When Iroha released her pressure angrily, shocking Little and talking to him, the dolls that had stopped moving before, and the [Masked] dolls that had been hidden for some time, suddenly moved toward her. , and her family members launched an attack from behind, catching Iroha and the others off guard. However, at this moment, the [Masked] doll, which was about to deliver a fatal blow to Iroha, was suddenly struck by a weapon from behind. The ice arrows flying from a distance pierced through the ice and shattered, while the puppets who attacked from behind were stopped by the sudden appearance of the wind barrier.
[Iroha-sama, are you okay? 】
[Iroha, it was really dangerous just now. 】
[Belika, Ling, I'm sorry, thank you very much for making you two worry. I was a little too careless. I didn't even notice that this puppet user was so close. I really don't deserve the contract. Lord, give me the role of guardian. 】
After confirming that the remaining dolls were indeed unable to break through the wind barrier created by Suzu's magic, Iroha looked at Berleka and Suzu who were walking towards her worriedly, saying hello, apologizing for what had just happened, and thanking Suzu. , and Boreka and Suzu, who looked at Caiyu who was a little disappointed, showed expressions that they hoped Caiyu could cheer up, and began to comfort her.
[You don’t have to worry about it, Iroha. After all, you are the type who are better at healing the wounds of your companions than fighting, so the summoner must also be...? ! Ah, where is the Summoning Lord? ! 】
【correct? ! Iroha-sama, may I ask where your master is now? ! 】
[Indeed, this is not the time for small talk, the contractor has gone over there! The direction of the royal city! Please leave the remaining dolls to us. Ling, Berleka, please go to the place where the contract owner is as soon as possible. Qing, she has already led her compatriots to catch up. 】
[I understand, Iroha, let’s catch up first. 】
【I leave this to you, Iroha-sama. 】
[Please leave it to us,... everyone, we must not make the same mistake again. In order to help the Contractor, we must do our best to end the battle here as quickly as possible! 】
After suddenly remembering Zhang Yuji's disappearance, after asking Caiyu about Zhang Yuji, and saying a few words to Caiyu briefly, Caiyu watched Suzu and Berleka leave immediately. The gradually disappearing Wind Barrier, self-reflection, and her compatriots issued orders to prepare to fight again. With the desire to repay Zhang Youji for saving her life, she and her compatriots continued to dye without hesitation. With their hands red, they began to kill the enemies mercilessly.
