Chapter 450

Chapter 457: Ais: My hero seems a bit of a flirt… (Please subscribe!)

After the battle at the port dock ended, the girls from Loki Familia who had just escaped the tough fight quickly gathered together.

There were still quite a few people injured in the previous battle. They should handle it as an emergency now since they would need to act soon.

Meanwhile, Ais approached Izay.

“Izay, how did you get here? Did Anqi’s distress letter arrive?”

Before everyone’s actions, Loki had already sent Anqi back to Twilight Manor for reinforcements, and Ais knew about this matter.

However, Izay’s arrival was indeed quite swift and timely.

Without that thunderous strike from Izay earlier, Ais would have surely been injured.

This touched the young girl.

Wasn’t she just saved by her hero?

Just like in those adventure tales?

If there were system prompts hanging above Ais’s head, then right now one could probably see something like [Mood Value +1+1+1…] appearing.

Even Ais, who is known as the “Sword Maiden,” secretly yearns for her own hero to appear in her heart.

But that was in the past.

After all, Ais has already found hers now~

Her own hero.

Though he seems a bit of a flirt…

While lost in thought for a moment, Ais realized that the person who was just in front of her had already moved to the side of the fox-girl.

Using “moved” might not be appropriate, after all, the two weren’t originally that far apart, it was more like a shift in focus?

“Did you get hurt? Haruhi, there seemed to be quite a few people chasing you earlier.”

“Um… I, I’m fine, Master Izay… I’m sorry… I was so useless and couldn’t help at all QAQ.”

“It’s already impressive that you weren’t caught, considering so many people were after you.”

Izay patted the ears of the somewhat dejected Haruhi.

The little one felt guilty because she didn’t cast any magic and was completely useless in the previous battle.

In reality, she wasn’t caught by Ishtar Familia’s people, which was already progress.

After all, Haruhi is only Level 2; it’s unreasonable to expect too much from her in a Level 3 and Level 4 melee.

Not being a burden is already a good performance.

You know, some teammates with little combat ability don’t even know how to run away when fighting; that’s really useless!

“Sorry… Although I hate to interrupt your deep reunion, can we pause for a moment? Refia and Tiona are still waiting for us to rescue them…”

At this point, Alisia approached after tying up the two Level 5 female warriors from the Fighting Nation, with a slightly embarrassed expression on her delicate face, as if hesitating to speak.

Upon hearing her words, Haruhi’s cheeks immediately turned red. The fox-girl was always weak against such teasing remarks, and her fluffy thick tail swayed behind her.

Izay also withdrew his hand from patting her ears, fake-coughed, and pointed towards the direction of the woods near the port.

“Hmm, Refia… I know where she is, beyond that small forest and inside a sea-erosion cave, Tiona is over there.”

Following his words, Ais pointed out Tione’s location.

“Tione is over there… they’ve already set sail, we probably need a boat to catch up…”

Looking at the sea surface under the moonlight, one could faintly see the outline of a large ship. The big ship carrying Tione and Level 6 Alghana from the Fighting Nation had already sailed into the open sea.

“Tione’s situation will be handled by Finn, Finn is almost here, leave a few people to inform him. We’ll go find Tiona and save Refia.”

As the only male present, Izay took on the role of command tower and issued instructions.

Ais and Alisia had no objections. Everyone trusted Izay’s leadership abilities.

After all, someone who always has a map cheat on can’t possibly give wrong commands, right?

“Oh, there are quite a few man-eating flowers in the woods, be careful.”

When they set off, Izay gave a slight reminder.

“Don’t worry about us, Izay. We’re already very familiar with dealing with man-eating flowers! And Alisia is with us~ You and Ais can just focus on the rescue mission, leave the man-eating flowers to us.”

One of the human girls in the team, Navi, responded.

She is also Level 4, a senior member of the second echelon of Loki Familia, having fought new species more than once, and is well-versed in their attack methods.

“Alright, I’ll leave it to you.”

Izay had great confidence in these companions. The girls in front of him aren’t as frail as they look.

People often say that Loki Familia has more women than men, which isn’t baseless gossip~

And Finn’s support will arrive soon, so there’s absolutely no need to worry about the situation here.

……

On the other side, at a sea-erosion cave on the edge of the coastline.

This place is a rock wall carved by waves, forming a cave large enough for several people to pass through easily. Its natural structure makes it hard to discover, resembling a deep ravine.

Upon entering the entrance, what meets the eye is black, damp rocky ground, and a complex maze-like environment like ant nests.

Hanging on the walls of the dark sea-erosion cave are magic stone lamps, showing signs of artificial excavation. It seems to have been artificially processed recently to fit certain intentions, smoothing out the roughness.

Deep within the cave, in an open cavern, a natural arena holds the Fighting Nation’s “ritual.”

Essentially, it’s a process of selecting two strong warriors and letting them fight each other in the arena until one wins.

Even though the cave is relatively dim, the heat from the ritual hasn’t diminished in the slightest, and the battle becomes more intense.

One of the fighters in the arena is none other than Izay’s companion —— the little angel Tiona from the Familial Group.

Her opponent is also a Level 6 Amazon warrior.

Baje Garlifo.

Once a teacher to Tiona, she taught Tiona everything about fighting.

She is also akin to an older sister, and it was through her that Tiona developed a love for hero tales when she was young.

To interpret the hero tale picture books from outside the world for the curious young Tiona, Baje even went to consult the main deity Kali for knowledge of the common language.

Now, the former mentor, and even another older sister, is forced to target her disciple’s (younger sister’s) life.

It must be said that this is also a kind of divine mischief.

Although the ancient rituals passed down by the Fighting Nation are partly to blame, it ultimately stems from the indulgence and orchestration of the main deity.

Facing the battle between Tiona and Baje, the deity Kali simply chose an excellent viewing spot and waited for the results with a smile.

Meanwhile, aboard the ship that had already set sail, the “mutual slaughter” intensified.

Tione and her former mentor Alghana.

Between the two “rituals” taking place at the sea-erosion cave and on the large ship, Kali didn’t choose to watch the battle on the ship.

Because fundamentally, Tione’s “anger” and Alghana’s “fighting spirit” are quite similar.

The latter is an indiscriminate killing, devouring the opponent.

The former has an even greater talent.

When Tione discards her current elegant exterior and truly gets angry, she will mercilessly slaughter her opponents!

Especially in front of Alghana, whom she has hated since childhood.

When these two killers come together, there won’t be any doubts or confusion in their hearts. Their slaughters are unshakable, both only thinking about how to deal with each other.

The “ritual” on the large ship can be left alone and will reach its conclusion.

But it’s different at the sea-erosion cave.

Compared to her sister Alghana, Baje is relatively soft-hearted. This can be seen from when Tiona brought fragments of hero tales to her as a child for interpretation.

Even in a strict teacher-student relationship, Baje still interpreted the hero tales for Tiona. The two were not only teacher and student but also like sisters.

Added to Tiona’s unchanged天真烂漫性格,

If Kali didn’t supervise here, she has every reason to suspect that Baje might be turned.

At that time, if the two Level 6 warriors decided to stop, who in the sea-erosion cave could stop them?

That’s why Kali personally supervised here, guiding the outcome of the struggle towards the will of the deity.

However, even with the presence of a deity does not mean everything is foolproof.

The breeze can still reach where the deity is…