Miss Witch doesn't want to be a diva!.

Chapter 625: Dusk Battle
The journey was quite boring. The fields were covered with weeds and no animals were seen along the way. Only a few rabbits with fur similar in color to the weeds ran by, but they quickly hid in holes and disappeared.

"Those rabbits are very agile and hard to catch. Besides, the rabbits here are sparsely distributed and there is very little meat. It is not cost-effective to catch them." Sura talked about things on the grassland when he was bored on the road.

"There is little food here, so few people live here. Only our small settlement stays here."

The three of them continued walking. As time approached noon, they lost the shade of the jungle trees and the sun became extremely hot. Walking on the grass, their bodies were wrapped in the stuffy air flow and sweat flowed.

"Huff, huff--" Sura stopped exhausted, indicating that he wanted to rest for a while.

"Aren't you and your friend tired?" She saw that Tilan was not sweating much.

"I'm fine. Maybe it's because I'm lighter, so walking consumes less energy." People with a lighter body do save a lot of energy when running long distances.

On the other side, Ores was also a little tired at this time, and her steps slowed down a lot. Seeing Tilan stop, she also sat on the ground and stopped moving.

"Tilan, I'm tired."

"Got it. Let's take a break." Tilan thought for a moment, took out a cup of water from the small basket on her back, and slowly gathered the water vapor around it. However, it was relatively dry here, so the speed was much slower than in the jungle.

Sura looked on with envy as Tilan gradually produced clean water.

"With your abilities, you will be welcomed in many settlements. There are too few places to drink water in the wild, and carrying water with you would be too heavy and tiring."

"Don't other people have this ability?"

"I haven't heard of it. Generally, extraordinary people only major in a few important skills, especially those related to combat. There are very few skills related to daily life."

"By the way, you should be able to read." Sura remembered something.

"Well, I can read."

By the way, the word "literacy" has almost no use in modern society, so much so that Tilan was slightly stunned when she heard it.

"That's great! The kids in the settlement keep fighting each other. They don't learn anything and no one teaches them. It gives Boss Moose a headache. It would be great if you could teach them."

"How many people live in your village?" Hearing this, Tilan finally became curious.

"There were 26 people in total, including adults and children. It was quite a lot. At the beginning, there were only four of us, me and the moose boss."

"But with so many people, eating is a problem, so I came out this time to try my luck."

"Can you bring the prey back by yourself?" Tilan saw that she was a little tired just from traveling.

"Of course I can. I am an advanced human who can use tools. Of course I can do it. With just four rollers and wooden bars, I can drag it easily."

"You don't know the unique ability of our Iron Core species yet, right? That is to transform other substances into iron. This ability can occasionally be used on the body to resist damage."

"Very impressive." No wonder she said she was very popular. This kind of ability was a rare productive force in this relatively backward world without industry.

"Hehe, but this ability was extinguished with the death of His Majesty Hephaestus and is not that strong. Otherwise, we can build a steel world with our bare hands." Sura was very proud when he heard Tilan's praise. It seemed as if he had received great affirmation.

"No more talking, let's go, we have to go back quickly, I'm hungry." After resting for a while, Sura stood up. She was in good physical condition and recovered a lot of endurance in just a few minutes.

So the three of them continued on their journey. As noon passed, they walked and stopped, and slowly they could see reddish-brown mountains on the grassland in the distance, the color of which was similar to clay.

Looking at the simple clock in the bag, Sura told Tilan that it was already past three in the afternoon and they would be able to arrive at the settlement in the evening and have dinner with everyone.

"Boss Moose fenced off a piece of land in the valley and used the safe soil dug out from the ground to grow some crops. We used to live on this, but now that there are more people, there is not enough food."

"Safe land?"

"Well, most of the soil on the surface is polluted. Although plants can grow there, they have accumulated a lot of toxins. If people eat too much of them, they will get strange diseases. Look at the grass here. It's all a mixture of yellow and green. There's very little clean and tender color."

"It's the same with animals. You can't eat the internal organs. You can only eat some meat, but not too much."

"It is said that some powerful races have occupied a land with little pollution. The grain and bread produced there are very valuable goods that can be exchanged for goods in various places."

"It's really not easy." The girl couldn't help but sigh. This also reminded her of the Emerald Skirt in the past. At that time, many places in the north had the same experience. Fortunately, the Four-Leaf Crystal Star Region was not a closed place. The grain production in various parts of the Federation was sufficient, and there were various artificial plantations to supplement fruits and vegetables.

The three of them continued to move forward. As they got closer, Tilan could see wisps of green smoke rising from behind the rock, and there was also a slight burnt smell in the air.

Is it time to start making fire and cooking? She thought of the movies and TV dramas where people in the old days often cooked with firewood in the evening, which was very warm.

"Oh no, there's a fire!" Sura suddenly shouted.

"There's so much smoke, aren't they going to put out the fire? Yacao, no, something might have happened." Sura thought of something, threw down the bag on his back, and quickly rushed towards the rock, without even having time to explain anything to Tilan.

"I'm going to help. If you can keep up, come here quickly. If you can help, I'll ask Boss Moose to prepare a sumptuous meal for you!" She said as she ran, waving the rifle in the air.

Seeing this, Tilan also wanted to go up and help, but Oresi couldn't run fast at the moment and she couldn't leave her behind.

She could only use her magic power with some pain. She held Orles' hand and used the low-level secret technique recorded by the Qingluan faction. This kind of spell for traveling quickly was originally used by outer disciples when they went on a long journey in the Third Era. Now, there are all kinds of airplanes and hovercrafts, and almost no one uses them. With the blessing of the spell, the weight of the two people became much lighter, and then their steps became faster and they ran much more lightly. Holding Orles' hand, Tilan also hurriedly followed and caught up with Sura's figure in the distance.

As the three men got closer, the sounds of shouting and fighting behind the rocks became clearer, including a few crisp gunshots.

In the valley, a group of dark red-skinned alien humanoid creatures were shouting fanatically. They threw out burning black things and set everything they saw on fire. At the same time, some of the people stationed in the valley rushed forward with weapons to fight with them, and a few others hid behind the wooden wall and shot with rifles. Unfortunately, the quality of these rifles was generally low and the accuracy was low. It took several shots to hit the target.

In the open space in the middle, the collapsed watchtower and debris were burning fiercely, dividing the open space. Many corpses had fallen on the ground, most of them were people stationed in the settlement, and there were very few of those dark red-skinned aliens.

"Ouch——"

A long howl sounded in the valley, and a dozen "black-spotted beasts" rushed out from the fire and pounced on the people fighting in the middle of the field. Three of them bit a brave warrior and tried to knock him over, while the opponent picked up a thick machete and chopped it on the back of a "black-spotted beast", making it howl.

"Hiss hiss hiss hahaha, Nonni hiccup (You lowly bastards)." The dark red alien leader had a mocking face, his chest was bare, with only a dark brown fur apron on his body, his muscles were covered like earthworms, and he looked extremely hideous and terrifying.

After he finished speaking, he jumped up with the rough stone blade in his hand, and with one blow, he knocked the brave warrior back several steps and made him fall to the ground. Then he rushed forward with a wanton smile, cut off the opponent's head with one blow, and grabbed him.

"No!" Seeing their general beheaded by the enemy with one blow, the remaining residents of the settlement were terrified. Some of the fighters who had been holding on with difficulty lost their minds and were found to have weaknesses by the enemy, and were knocked down in one stroke.

"Hahahaha~" The remaining dark red aliens also laughed wildly. They kept setting fires, stabbing and chopping down those who were still resisting.

One of the men had just used the gun in his hand to block the heavy stone blade when he was hit in the abdomen by a dark red alien's knee. He fell to his knees due to exhaustion. Then the other party hit him on the back of the neck with a skilled knife, causing him to faint.

"Tinonija (caught one)." As he said that, he threw the unconscious man behind, and the thinner dark red aliens who followed him took out ropes and tied up the man.

Howling and wailing spread throughout the valley settlement. The few remaining people also lost their fighting spirit and began to run for their lives. Unfortunately, this was an enclosed valley with only towering mountain walls behind.

"Ahhhhh——" An old woman rushed up holding a crude iron bucket, but the iron bucket was directly smashed into pieces by a dark red alien. The strange black oil poured out and was quickly ignited by the surrounding flames, burning the woman and the dark red alien.

Even the alien who liked to use fire could not stand the burning caused by the high temperature. He rolled on the ground, trying to extinguish the fire with mud, but it was not effective and his companions around him had to jump to avoid it.

"Krusi (idiot)." The dark red alien leader came over with a grunt, picked him up, and then stomped on the struggling woman's body with his feet, paste her flesh and blood on her companions, and barely extinguished the fire.

He was too lazy to care about what happened afterwards and asked the people behind him to help deal with it. At this time, he saw that there were still a few people guarding the cave entrance under the mountain wall to block the attacking personnel, so he pushed away a few of his fellow tribesmen who were blocking the way and strode towards the cave entrance.

"Hehehe——" He murmured a rough and wild laugh. He seemed very excited and in a good mood.

The broad stone blade swept across, smashing the debris that was blocking the way, blowing two of them away and knocking them against the cliff wall. Then it chopped one of them in half with a single blow, causing blood to spurt out everywhere.

“Ahhhhh——” The person who was not yet dead tried to crawl on the ground with his last bit of strength. Unfortunately, he lost the ability to move after only a few steps and fell to the ground with his eyes open.

The big feet stepped on the gravel ground, one of them crushed the head that had not yet closed its eyes, and then continued to step into the cave in the mountain wall. The air here was cool and dry, and the further you went in, the more pottery jars you could see.

With a "knock" sound, the clay pot broke into pieces, revealing the ground wheat bran flour inside.

The tall, dark red alien rarely stopped, picked up some with his fingers, and put it in his mouth to taste.

"Chew ruga (delicious)."

Then he turned around, called his two younger brothers to come over and clean up and protect the clay jars, and then prepared to take another look inside.

At this time, a long and angry roar came from the depths of the cave. The sound was dull, like the deep mooing of a big bull.

Then there were the sounds of hurried footsteps and running, and the entire cave seemed to be shaking as if an earthquake had occurred, with the ground shaking slightly.

A figure about three meters tall with bloodshot eyes rushed out from the cave. He raised his arms high, and his huge palms like thick iron pounced down, grabbing the alien leader who was holding the stone blade.

The stone blade slashed diagonally in the air, cutting through the rough palm, creating some sparks, and then was firmly grasped by the shoulders and lifted up by the giant hands.

After his feet left the ground, the dark red alien leader struggled continuously. His hideous earthworm-like muscles also emitted bright red blood and were as taut as steel bars. The blade in his hand kept swinging, leaving bloody wounds on the arm of the opposite black shadow.

Afterwards, he was grabbed and slammed against the stone wall in the corner, leaving a crack on the stone with his back and head, but this was not the end. The opponent still grabbed the dark red alien leader and smashed his head against the stone wall again and again like striking a bell, until finally the whole head turned into mud and flesh. He then threw it down, howled, and continued to rush out of the cave.

At this moment, seeing the tragic death of their leader, the rest of the dark red aliens were also horrified. They retreated in panic while continuously throwing out burning black paste to block this terrifying tall figure.

During the chase, the black shadow walked out of the cave and was finally exposed to the evening sky, revealing its conspicuous huge horns and hind hooves. Its body shape was like a human-shaped moose magnified several times. At this moment, its eyes were like those of an ox, and it looked at everything in the valley with bloodshot eyes, wailing and howling. Then, regardless of the flames burning on its body, it rushed towards the invading dark red aliens, killing several dark red aliens along the way. The pair of thick antlers on its head lowered their heads and swept across the ground, taking away several aliens who had no time to dodge along the way, dragging them up, drawing a high parabola in the air, crashing into the mountain wall, rolling to the ground, and being trampled to death by him who came again.

Turning around, this figure covered in wounds, blood, and flames and smoke moved its hind legs and rushed towards the dark red aliens who were constantly retreating and fleeing, smashing countless debris in the valley, going back and forth again and again, chasing every unfamiliar moving figure in the blood-red vision.

Two thick wrists grabbed the arm, lifted it high, and then tore it apart from the air. The smelly blood and internal organs poured onto the ground, and the mournful cry like a bull's roar echoed through the mountains.

……

When Tilan, Sura and the other two arrived, the entire valley settlement was a tragic and messy scene, with charred ashes, black coagulated blood, and various mutilated corpses everywhere.

Only in the center of the open space, a tall figure was kneeling on the ground, with flesh and intestines hanging from the huge horns on his head, and dark red fire marks that had not yet been completely extinguished on his body. It was unknown whether he was dead or alive.

(End of this chapter)