Re:Zero - Jobless Reincarnation: Succubus Sword God? I don't recognize it!

Chapter 445 "Good evening, hostages."

"Alan, why is brother like this?"

"If I fail this time, what's the point of coming back?"

She had a wooden expression, a look of disoriented deadness, and glanced slightly to the side.

Looking at Lilia who was sleeping soundly behind him.

'Save my mother? That kind of thing.
I know clearly that my brother can do it even if he doesn't come back. It doesn't matter if I am not here.'

The green pupils moved dully, but the people made eye contact.

——That was Senis who opened her eyes and looked at her with a dull expression.

Aixia's dirty face was stunned for a moment.

Rain kept falling outside the canopy.
Aisha tried hard to smile at Senis, who knew everything, to show that she was a grown-up in her thirties and strong enough.

But she looked at Senis, her little face was tense for a long time, but she finally cried silently.

The tears left two twisted, dirty tear marks on the dirty little face.

'Yes, I'm right. It's meaningless for me to come back.
Even if I didn't save my mother and the others, they would still be saved by my brother.
I tried to save Sister Luo Qixi, but it led to more misfortunes.
Why can't I hear their voices through my "listening"? Why did something unexpected happen when we should have been out of danger? Why?
Brother Rudy is right, time is like a tree, with just a little fork it will extend to different branches.
I saw it clearly. The moment I "arrived" in this world, I saw Brother Alan's face. I also thought I had succeeded. These four years will surely form a stable closed loop, allowing me to return to the scene of my initial success.
But I was wrong. The 'future' I saw had been affected by the variables I caused later, and had become a new and completely different 'branch'.
I failed. I failed. Not only did I fail, but I also harmed Brother Allen this time. I killed him with my own hands. I killed him with my own hands.'

As her thoughts fluctuated, Aisha, who had not cried since she was caught by Lilia last time, could not hold back her tears. She kept wiping away her tears, wanting to show Senis, who had fallen into a supersensory state due to her transformation into a son of God and was clearly aware of everything, that she was actually fine and could be treated as a trustworthy adult.

But the tears can't be wiped away
Just as Aisha was wiping her tears, Senis reached out her hand dully, as if to comfort her, but she only patted the air between them.

Seeing this, Aixia wiped her tears vigorously and was about to move closer.

But the next moment, her expression froze. The look in Senis's green pupils on her beautiful little face was still as dull as ever, but Aisha felt that the blood in her body had frozen at that moment.

She was still struggling emotionally, but the color of Senis's eyes startled Aisha awake.

Even though it was difficult to detect what was revealed in Senis's expression, Aisha could still see that the look in her eyes was meant to comfort her, but more importantly, it was...
Warning.

The divine Senis, who possesses an ability similar to "super sense", was used almost as a warning radar by Aisha along the way, so Aisha was very familiar with the other party's current state.

Senis was telling herself with a dull look in her eyes.

——Danger is coming.

Aixia stood up suddenly and turned her head to look at the rain curtain beside her.

Swish! ! !
A sharp object flying at high speed pierced through the rain curtain and whizzed past her ears!

The next moment!
Boom! A fist-sized hole was instantly torn in the awning that Lilia had made. The attacking object was almost invisible to the naked eye and flashed past.

The rain outside was blown by the wind and poured into the awning with a loud splash.

Lilia woke up suddenly, and before she could recover, the awning torn by the wind and rain collapsed, trapping her, Noren, and Senis.

Aixia had already flashed into the rain at the first possible moment. She had no time to worry about why she had clearly paid attention to her surroundings before and had not noticed any sudden attack. She just focused her attention wholeheartedly on the battle that was about to begin.

The magic power in her body was pumped around her by the blowing technique, and Aisha rushed in the direction of the attack at an extremely fast speed, trying to confuse the opponent with her child's size and reduce the number of attackers before Lilia could react.

结果
What responded to her was the oncoming shadow of a cowhide boot sole!
Pfft!
Aixia was kicked into the puddle nearby. She quickly leaned out and made accurate movements, but her whole body was stiff and she let the sad night rain continue to soak her clothes.

Lightning flashed across the night sky.

In the sight, electric flashes swayed across the sharp crossbow arrow, which had spiral forging patterns on it.

Under the arrow was a heavy hand crossbow, not the standard light crossbow carried by the army.

That's the crossbow arrow that adventurers often use to hunt monsters.

It was being held in the hands of a bearded, long-haired man wrapped in a raincoat. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Aisha's face, which was quickly washed clean by the rain, with a look as if he was examining the merchandise.

"Oh, that's great. I didn't expect that besides those rough women in Riley Town, there would be an unexpected gain."

Aisha's face was in panic. She widened her eyes and looked towards the other person's side.

He was accompanied by four men of similar build, two of whom were carrying refugees who were as dirty as themselves, like they were carrying sacks.

They were two young women in disheveled clothes.

The man glanced at Aisha, then looked at the awning that was blown open with a bang not far away and Lilia's embarrassed figure.

——The other party had just used his body as a shield to prevent the collapse of the awning, and was protecting Senis and Norn with his hands. The rain washed over their faces and bodies, revealing their excellent "foundation" in almost an instant.

The man next to Aisha whistled, his eyes lighting up.

"Tsk tsk, no way, Lis, I was right to listen to you. The adventurer has taken on too many quests. The recent damn war has left us with no work to do. We have no choice but to sneak in and 'take some money'. How much do you think we can get if we sell these women to the south?"

The man holding a heavy crossbow that was almost as heavy as Aisha in one hand turned around and smiled.

"It looks like at least four gold coins, right? That's comparable to the harvest from a BC-level maze, really good."

Aisha heard these words clearly, and she felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar.

The fact that I didn't notice those soldiers this time was not my own negligence.

In the past, it was discovered in advance that most of the soldiers who came over were just strong "ordinary people", with some low-level swordsmen at most. They were deliberately released in the villages and towns to vent their anger, and would return to the barracks quickly when they turned around.

This is the fundamental reason why Lilia chose a place that is neither too far nor too hard to walk to as her hiding place, because there is no point in running too far, it is just wasting energy in vain. As long as she hides in places where no one will gather, she can escape this unexpected disaster.

But these people in front of him were not soldiers.

They are adventurers. They don't go there to vent their emotions, but to make some extra money.

Naturally, they would not leave after searching a town, but would follow the road along which traces had been eroded by rain and were almost undetectable, hiding their tracks in the environment and moving forward silently using their four legs.

At least above the intermediate level of Beishenliu.

And judging from their appearance, they have been dealing with monsters for many years and are very cautious. The Adventurer Association's "national employment". Due to the years of war, some adventurers who have no livelihood have mixed in with the soldiers in an attempt to make some money.
But now, they are being targeted as 'side income'.

Lilia, who was drenched by the rain and woke up instantly, obviously realized this after a period of escape. Her face turned pale. She first wanted to hug the two people behind her and run away, but when she looked at Aisha, she was stunned.

The wind and rain are colder than human heart.

She seemed to have been thinking for a long time, or just taking a breath.

He turned his head to look at Aisha, and gave his daughter an extremely gentle smile through the rain.

Then, under Aixia's stunned gaze and amid the meaningful laughter of the four men, he took a step forward.

He opened his mouth slowly, his voice floating in the wind and rain.

".You are adventurers. Are you here for money? I beg you, please let my child and my stupid sister go.
You can see that they are skinny and not smart enough to be sold at a good price. I once served as a guard for Her Royal Highness the Princess in the palace of Asura."

Boom!

Lightning falls from the sky!
Lilia paused for a moment, her eyes swept across the crossbow arrow less than fifty centimeters away from Aisha's wide-open eyes, then looked at the other party, each of whom had a crossbow and a knife, and did not look tired at all. Her voice was almost squeezed out from between her teeth.

Decisive, yet firm.

".They are worthless, please let them go. I can sell them for a better price. I will"

Her words were interrupted by a more wanton laugh.

"Hahahaha! Hey, hey! Did you hear that? Lis, this woman actually served as the guard of Her Royal Highness the Princess in the distant capital of Asura, hahaha!!"

Then the smile suddenly stopped, and the man kicked Aixia, who suddenly raised her hand, away.

Plop, plop! !

Aixia, who was about to release the wind blade, rolled several times in the mud pit before she stopped herself from releasing it. She lay on the ground in pain, unable to move.

"Aixia!" Lilia hurried to help Aixia up. Noren trembled and couldn't help crying.

However, the group of so-called adventurers stopped laughing.

The adventurer Liss, who had pointed a crossbow at Aisha just now, took a step forward and aimed the crossbow at Lilia's head from a distance.

"It's a touching scene of mother-son love. But, unfortunately, whether you are from the Kingdom of Asura or whose maid you were, it means nothing to us, and it has no effect on your current situation.

Naive woman, stupid woman.
This is not the Kingdom of Asura, this is a zone of conflict.

"The feeling of being touched is not enough to satisfy one in a conflict zone."

The raindrops flowed across his face, but his expression was extremely serious. He did not look like a villain who was going to attack women and children. Instead, he looked devout, like a follower of Milis.

"Tonight, none of you four will leave. This is your fate. This is your fate in the Strife Zone.

There's nothing you can do about your bad luck. Everyone is dragged into this war and no one can be considered lucky.

If you want to blame someone, just blame this conflict zone. The war has made it impossible for everyone to fill their stomachs, and the weak can only become food for the strong.

The strong are respected, this is the only thing in the conflict zone."

boom! !

His head exploded into a pool of blood in the pouring rain, and then the headless body fell to his knees and fell to the ground.

This sudden change left everyone present dumbfounded.

Those adventurers reacted quickly. The man who had just talked with the head of the adventurer named Lis suddenly shouted: "Crossbow!", and the next moment!
boom!
A huge bloody hole was shot across his waist.

The remaining two adventurers hurriedly looked in the direction where the crossbow arrow came from. In the rain, shadows were looming, and the wind and rain blocked their sight. With their eyesight, they could not even see where the crossbow arrow came from.

How could they not judge that the situation had changed beyond their ability? They had to run!

But before he could run a few steps, he was pierced through the body by two crossbow arrows that came after him.

The continuous changes almost made Lilia unable to react. Why was this happening?

He could only watch the rain wash away the river of blood and the corpse fall to the ground. The salty eyes that were looking at him just now now showed no life at all.

Aisha also covered her stomach and looked at the corpse on the ground. However, unlike Lilia's frightened and confused expression, her eyes became brighter and brighter, almost like twinkling stars in the thick rain!

He turned his head suddenly and looked in the direction where the crossbow arrow came from.

The rain is falling heavily.

pat, pat.

Footsteps were heard, gradually approaching.

A tall silhouette gradually emerged in the white swaying rain line.
Swish! ! !
Lightning flashed across the sky.

Clear:

A colorful top, knee-high boots, four swords on his waist, and a peacock tattoo on his cheek.

The hair was strange, as if it had been styled into a Mohawk-like hairstyle using some special hairspray.

The light in Aisha's eyes disappeared.

It wasn't Alan.

Beidi——Peacock Sword——Obel tilted his head and looked at the four people, a smile appeared on his face.

"It seems that we have arrived at the right time."

"Good evening, hostages."

(End of this chapter)