New Century Warriors

Chapter 28. Ending this repulsive filth!

"...Your attack was not bad. I think you're the strongest among these people, but unfortunately, humanity in this world has its limits. That's all there is to it. You're facing an absolute disparity. Kindness!"

The battle against the evil entity was nothing more than a one-sided defeat.

Antorola, the only one who could barely hold her own against her, was easily defeated after Cepolis arrogantly uttered those words. She knelt down on one knee, gripping the sword hilt with her hand behind her back, unable to rise again.

The entire battle lasted no more than five minutes.

These elite soldiers of Hillius, who were just moments ago full of excitement, are now lying scattered and broken. If it weren't for the healer over there, who was trembling and drinking magic potions while casting healing spells to keep them alive, they would probably all be dead by now.

How come these guys are so bad?

Kepolis raised the scimitar in her right hand and pointed it at Raino.

"You're next, Raino!"

She strode towards Lei Ye.

Raino was still studying the magical artifacts hidden deep within his nested storage bags by Line 2 Raino. He hadn't expected that so many people couldn't even last a few minutes against Keboros. Left with no other choice, Raino had to grab his weapons and prepare for battle.

But when Cepolis got closer, she stopped and frowned, covering her nose.

"I've been bothered by this since just now. There's an even stronger, more foul, bloody stench emanating from you. Did you kill the person in charge of this project before?"

Not only did she care, but Lei Ye also cared a lot about what she said.

The stronger, more foul, bloody smell probably refers to Ye Lei. But, bloody smell?

Lei Ye could smell a faint medicinal scent on the coat; it wasn't unpleasant.

So, for Ceporous, it smelled like blood? So, the reaction of the vile servants just now wasn't poisoning, but rather the kind of stress response that comes from being frightened by the scent of some higher predator, like a wild dog suddenly smelling the urine that marks a lion's territory, and getting so scared that its body stiffens and it can't move.

Although Keboros still seemed to find the smell of the dress unbearable, she was no longer intimidated. It was as if the wild dog had suddenly realized that it was not smelling lion's urine, but Lu Mingfei's tears.

"...It seems that was just a piece of clothing; as for you yourself..."

She stood there, a thoughtful expression on her face.

She slowly lowered the curved sword she had been aiming at Lei Ye, and finally sheathed it.

Then they bypassed Raino and left.

"What do you mean by the project you're talking about? Did you also graduate with a civil engineering degree? I interned at a construction site for a year and then switched to writing novels. Did you internate for a year and then switch to being a dog?" Lei Ye put down his weapon when he saw that she wasn't going to fight, and followed behind her, asking questions.

Kepolis glanced back at him.

"My job is to kill all the humans in this city, but you're the only exception. I've always been curious about why you're special, so I've always wanted to observe you up close. Unfortunately, you never leave the city, so I never had the chance. Now I have no interest in you at all. You disgusting thing, go away. I'm telling you this in the hope that you'll obediently go somewhere else and stop getting in my way."

It was indeed suspicious that the wicked members of the family were captured so easily back then, but Raino couldn't understand the reason.

What does it mean to kill everyone in the city except him?

wrong...

There are traces to follow.

On Line 1, Ye Lei's final act of violence was simply a massacre.

She also said that she had been observing Raino.

"What do you mean by 'previous employees'? Who are they? They can't be some super beautiful girl with a slim waist, long legs, fair skin, and a love for reading novels, right? And why did you come here to kill people? You don't eat them or catch them to sell for money, you just kill them for fun? I'm so wicked, how could your boss be so evil? Your boss must be a Paradox Interactive fan."

Lei Ye was still chasing after her, shouting, but Keboros didn't turn her head and strode towards the city gate of Xillius.

It was as if they had completely lost interest in him.

As Keboros walked further and further away, refusing to negotiate, Raino gritted his teeth, squatted down on the spot, and took out one by one the magical items he had just discovered and was testing.

First was a fluorescent blue longsword.

Because this longsword was kept in the same storage bag as the junk from his hometown, and because something similar to a magic circle flowing on the blade resembled the one in Lei Ye's crotch, Lei Ye guessed that it was a key item for making flying swords.

Sure enough, when I cut my finger with this knife, there was no bleeding or pain, and my finger fell off but I could still move it freely.

As long as the cut ends of the two parts touch each other, the cut parts will automatically adhere to each other and then be restored, which looks quite magical.

Several Belissa furnaces.

Lei Ye never expected that the Belisarius Furnace that Ye Lei used to deceive him would actually be created, but the actual effect of this thing was different from what he had imagined.

According to its original design, Belisarius's Forge was an emergency repair system that released hormones and stem cells when the victim was seriously injured, temporarily enhancing their combat abilities.

But what Lei Ye saw were several small spheres that could fly, like small spherical drones. It had all the functions that the Belisarius Furnace should have, but Lei Ye couldn't understand why it needed to fly.

Take flight...

Calm down... Lei Ye, think about it again. If it were you, where would you install this emergency repair system on your body?

Lei Ye pondered, pondered, and subconsciously lowered his head.

"Buhou, my Demon Orb!"

No wonder... no wonder it's spherical, no wonder his longsword flies through the air!

Finally, and most importantly, there's the old controller.

Its most unique feature is that it has a projection crystal that can project images, and it is connected to a 'wire'.

Connect the thread to the cut end of the newly severed finger, and the illusion crystal will project the view of the severed finger.

Lei Ye took a deep breath, grabbed the wire, and inserted it into another connector on his device...

The images in the Mirage Crystal update rapidly...

As expected! This is definitely the longsword's perspective!

Although the perspective was a bit strange, Raiye immediately noticed that the longsword was protected by a wall of steel, like the shield of floating cannons. If he wasn't mistaken, the material of these shields was genuine Orichalcum, the most expensive and hardest special metal in Raiye's memory.

Although this is even more extravagant than that of nobles, Raiye fully supports Raiye of Line 2 doing this. If it were him, he would not hesitate to spend a lot of money to protect the longsword.

Where am I?

...a forest?

There were no buildings around, and no particular landmarks to be seen, making it difficult to determine the location. Moreover, judging from the lushness and density of the forest, it seemed to be a remote and uninhabited place.

Looking down, wow, there's a stream too.

wait?

Lei Ye suddenly stood up, his eyes filled with surprise. He never expected that he would see a special old friend at this time.

"Mother?!"

She was a blue-haired girl with horns on her head and a tail behind her. Her clothes were simple, but they could not hide her exquisite and graceful figure. Her golden eyes reflected the sky. She was the child of the sky and ice... and Hillius, a half-dragon girl with half ice dragon blood and Hillius blood—Ais Skashia.

Why emphasize that he is a Hillius? It's because when Raino was on Line 1, he chatted with Ais, with whom he had become very close. Ais said that her father died before she was born, killed by her mother's breath. At first, Raino thought that Ais's father had argued with her mother and died from the breath of an ice dragon, but the more he thought about it, the more suspicious it seemed.

Only the people of Hierius could do something like that, really.

Wait... Ais isn't dead either? Raino remembers that if it weren't for Mori no Kawa's help, she would have been kidnapped by the slave trader gang. But even though Raino from Line 2 would never have another chance to cross paths with her, she is still living well in her little secluded place.

Anyway, that's great.

In Lei Ye's memory, Miss Ais was like a well-behaved and cute child. Why was she showing such an angry expression now? She was holding an extremely long stick tied together in her hand and was swinging it forcefully in front of his line of sight, as if she wanted to knock his longsword down.

This won't do...

In addition to confirming Ais's survival, there was another piece of good news: Raino could now determine the location. Raino knew which direction to fly so that it could fly back from Ais's secluded place to this place.

However, this distance is too far, and he needs some time.

He used whatever he could to hold down the joystick on the handle, keeping the longsword in flight. Then, Raino grabbed the fluorescent blue longsword and sprinted toward Cepolis, who was about to reach the city gate.

Leap up, spin, go all out!

Aim at the exposed neck of Kepolis!

If it's this spatial cutting blade, if it can separate her head from her body!

Keboros didn't dodge, and the longsword hit her squarely. However, it didn't have the smooth feedback of cutting her finger earlier. It felt like a blunt knife cutting into a hard stone, and Raino was sent flying through the air.

...Is it only usable on myself?

Immediately afterwards, Cepolis turned around and sliced ​​Raino's right foot in mid-air with a curved blade.

"Ah!" Raino screamed in agony.

Cepolis only swung her sword once before heading towards the city gate.

"Let me make this clear first. Although my orders are that you are the only one I cannot kill, it doesn't mean I will necessarily follow those orders. If you keep bothering me and making me very irritated, I might actually kill you."

She said this without turning her head.

Lei Ye grimaced in pain, the agony of his broken leg making him unable to control his expression, however...

He witnessed a horrifying, or rather disgusting, scene unfolding on himself: several small, dark purple tentacles emerged from the smooth cut on his severed foot. The tentacles at both ends extended rapidly, grasping each other like good friends holding hands, and then pulled each other, dragging the severed foot that had fallen to the ground back into place.

In less than five seconds, his severed right foot was completely healed. Lei Ye wiped away the blood from the cut, and there was no trace of injury.

"What the hell is this..." Raino was startled.

Seeing tentacles crawling out of his own body, Raino's sanity plummeted.

But when he stood up and jumped around, he did feel the solidity of flesh and blood.

[The Undying, Evil Kin]

You have had some of your attributes and abilities shared.

Lei Ye suddenly remembered what he had seen when he first arrived at Line 2 and his scalp tingled.

"Ye Lei... what did you do to me...?"

"Sector One, enemy attack! Cepolis is getting closer and closer, Loya, quickly use your invincible high-level magic to stop her!"

The observer on the tower shouted loudly, pulling Raino out of his daze. He turned to look at where Loya was.

Just then, a dazzling burst of light appeared. It was the magic that Loya from Line 1 had shown to Raino when she announced her departure from the team, and now it exploded on Ceporous.

invalid!

"No, stop using that Light Burst spell all the time. It's okay for dealing with ordinary evil minions, but this is the evil entity itself! Aren't you a highly experienced high-level mage? Quickly use a more powerful single-target spell!" the observer shouted again.

"I...I don't know how!" Loya replied in a panicked tone.

byd Loya!

Just as Raiye was about to complain about his old teammate who always messed things up, to Raiye's surprise, Loya grabbed the zipline and jumped off the city wall.

She discarded her staff, brandished her dagger, and charged at Cepolis while shouting and yelling.

Loya...

As expected, when the city faces life and death, you still demonstrate the will of a member of the Forest River.

Sprint! Loya, sprint!

I'm starving!!!

...It seemed like Cepolis didn't even look at her properly, and kicked Loya away with one kick.

"Don't you dare hurt my comrades!"

Raino charged again, abandoning his glowing blue longsword and drawing his Giga Battle Device, aiming at Ceporous's buttocks...

Damn it, why are humans covering themselves up so tightly?

He struck Cerberus on the shin with the stick, causing her to stumble.

But it was only a slight stumble.

"...yeah?"

Raino looked up and saw that Keboros had a surprised expression on her face, as if she was amazed by the power that Raino had displayed.

"Not bad strength. So you're the strongest among them? Then why did you just stand by and watch? Coward... I despise you even more now. Die!"

With a swift and sharp slash, Lei Ye's head was severed.

The speed was too fast, happening in the blink of an eye, with no way to avoid it.

So it seems that she didn't use her full strength in her fight with Antorola just now.

What a complete monster, Raino thought as his head floated in the air.

Then he caught his head with both hands.

"Huh...? You can still survive like that?"

Lei Ye was stunned for a few seconds.

Then I couldn't help but burst out laughing.

He has now become the man Louis XVI envies the most.

This perspective also reminded Lei Ye of some nostalgic things. During his most depressed years, he had studied yoga on his own for a while, but unfortunately, stretching his ligaments was too painful, so he couldn't continue. Now, he... can easily realize his original ideas.

However, time seemed insufficient. In just a few seconds, small tentacles grew from both ends of his severed neck, reaching out to connect with each other and pulling his head back into place.

"Ha...haha! What?! This is disgusting! If this is the case, I won't even need Mom's Money anymore!"

Raino's sanity actually recovered a little. Raino's body on Line 2 was so incredible that it was almost laughable. A lot of blood had just spurted from his neck, making a mess everywhere, but he didn't even feel the weakness from blood loss. He was full of energy and still in top condition.

Finally, this scene made Keboros stop in her tracks. She turned around and looked at Raino seriously for the first time.

No words were spoken.

No questions were asked.

There was no trash talk either.

She suddenly erupted! Like a cannonball, she flew behind Lei Ye, and with several domineering and swift strikes, she dismembered Lei Ye into eight pieces.

Arms and legs were torn off and scattered on the ground, followed by Lei Ye's body. Although he couldn't see his own miserable state, Lei Ye felt that he must look like a river crab with its legs plucked off on the dinner table.

"It hurts...it hurts...it hurts so much..."

Raino screamed in agony.

"Okay, all done."

Then stand up.

While Ceporis was standing there dumbfounded, Raino gripped the Giga Combat Device with both hands and slammed it down with all his might, hitting Ceporis's bare little toe.

This really hurt Cepolis, and she screamed as she clutched the huge foot.

Without hesitation, Lei Ye smashed her other little toe, and the effect was outstanding. Lei Ye couldn't stop laughing. He knew that hitting feet was his specialty, bar none.

He continued smashing, but this time it made a metallic clanging sound, as if he had hit a piece of steel.

Then, filled with rage, Cepolis's large foot stomped heavily, flattening one of his feet.

This brought his movements under control. Then, Raino saw Kepolis drop her twin swords and strike his head with both palms, her hands piercing his ears.

I'm sure that will hurt a lot.

We can't just take it head-on.

Lei Ye hurriedly took out a fluorescent blue longsword from his storage bag and decisively cut open his waist, his upper body falling to the ground.

Then Lei Ye used his hands to crawl on the ground at high speed in a twisting trajectory, quickly escaping the battlefield.

"Oh ho ho ho ho ho, oh ho ho ho!!!" He screamed as he crawled.

Because the lower half of his body, which was being stepped on, couldn't escape, he was being furiously modified by Carboros with his carving knife.

However, the severed parts would immediately be reconnected by the tentacles, so it was useless! After modifying it for a while, Keboros probably found it disgusting and kicked Raino's lower body away. Raino's legs immediately scurried away, running in a big circle towards his upper body.

Keboros's gaze followed Lei Ye's upper body. At this moment, he was struggling to drag himself with one hand, crawling towards a strange little gadget. Keboros couldn't recognize it as a controller, but it looked somewhat familiar.

At the same time, she keenly sensed something dangerous approaching at high speed. She looked up sharply at the distant horizon and saw a flash of cold light, like a sword coming.