Man on the ark, forced to become king

Where are your ranged weapons? Bows and crossbows? Magic spells?

Shocked, the officer roared inwardly, furious. He drew his pistol, aimed briefly, and fired.

boom!

A flash of light erupted as the activated etched bullet shot from the chamber. Almost instantly, the white-haired woman wielding the circular saw froze, a spray of blood erupting from her shoulder.

"Firearms!"

The sharp pain in her shoulder made Laurentina stop moving abruptly, and a hazy bloodshot color appeared in her scarlet eyes.

The smell of blood...

A sense of crisis welled up inside me, and the crimson color spread from the shoulder where I had been hit by a bullet, staining my clothes.

An uncontrollable surge of bloodlust and rage welled up within Laurentina. A dangerous smile curled at the corners of her lips as she licked them. Her hand shot out with lightning speed, grabbing the neck of the soldier who had managed to get close. She crushed his throat and used him as a weapon to sweep him away.

hum!

The crisscrossing blades spun wildly, but the injured arm seemed completely unaffected, swinging the heavy circular saw once more. In an instant, flesh and blood flew everywhere, spraying blood mist!

boom!boom!boom!boom!boom!

A flash of light, and the remaining bullets in the gun were emptied in one go. But this time, Laurentina was prepared. She hid behind the enemy and kept moving. Of the five bullets, only one grazed her arm, leaving a bloody mark.

What kind of monster is that? !

Seeing his soldiers being slaughtered, the officer was horrified, but he did not panic, because more men had gathered. Hundreds of men were attacking one enemy, and even if they risked their lives, they could not lose.

But why is there only one enemy?

This problem was so difficult to understand that the officer couldn't figure it out for a moment, so he simply put it out of his mind and shouted, "Don't get close! Surround her! Use long-range weapons!"

Playing to one's strengths and avoiding one's weaknesses is the most basic tactic.

That monstrous woman was incredibly strong; ordinary soldiers were no match for her, and couldn't even withstand a single attack. The best course of action was, of course, to avoid direct confrontation and instead wear her down with ranged attacks.

You have to understand, they are the defenders. Delaying the attack is beneficial to them. If they can't break through after a long siege, it should be the enemy who is anxious.

As it turned out, his decision was indeed correct.

The soldiers who had initially swarmed around her began to retreat and disperse under command. The front row stopped attacking and adopted a defensive posture to maintain the encirclement, while the rear row took out crossbows and aimed to fire. Laurentina's advantage was directly eliminated.

shhhhhhhh!

A series of whooshing sounds rang out as countless crossbow bolts flew out, their sheer number completely blocking any angles for dodging.

If a creature is capable of having its defenses breached, it would have absolutely no chance of survival under such close-range barrage of arrows.

The officer thought so too. At such close range, the power of the crossbow bolts could be maximized. Multi-angle shots would seal off any room for maneuver. No matter how strong the woman was, she was still flesh and blood and would get hurt. Even if she didn't die on the spot, she wouldn't have the ability to resist anymore.

However, after the rain of arrows, the sight inside the encirclement made him gasp in shock.

Countless crossbow bolts were stuck in the ground, crisscrossing. Laurentina moved aside the circular saw blocking her way, and stretched out her curled-up body. Blood was already flowing from her back, arms, and legs, pierced by arrows.

Such injuries are undeniably severe. In any hospital, the diagnosis would be 'hopeless,' with virtually no chance of survival for a normal person.

However, Laurentina was not a normal person. The severe injuries that could have been fatal only made her movements stiff and sluggish.

Blood flowed down his body, staining a large area of ​​the ground red. The arrows stuck in his body were forcibly pulled out by his hands, along with bits of flesh. One after another, even the surrounding soldiers were stunned by this scene and did not continue their attack.

pat!

Bloodstained crossbow bolts lay scattered on the ground, piling up. A chill ran down the spine of the officer in the distance; a bone-deep coldness shot from his feet to his brain. He immediately gave the order: "Attack! Kill this monster! Kill—"

puff!

Blood splattered!

The cold, long spear descended from the sky, piercing the ground with a whistling sound.

Before the officer could finish his order, his upper body was shattered by the immense force of the spear, exploding into a cloud of blood mist.

"Hehehehe..."

A strange laugh suddenly rang out, sending chills down one's spine.

As she pulled out the last crossbow bolt that had pierced her body, Lauren Tina, covered in blood and wielding a circular saw, resembled a bloodthirsty demon emerging from a mythical hell, her expression ferocious and her eyes flashing with extreme madness.

Even with her body covered in wounds and bleeding profusely, she continued to move forward with firm steps, dragging the spinning circular saw.

"Prey, the game has begun..."

……

"Is she... alright?"

Skadi glanced down in the direction where Greta had thrown the weapon and couldn't help but feel worried. Even she found Laurentina's current state strange; it was just too abnormal.

It's not a human fighting style at all; it's more like... some kind of inhuman monster.

I remember Laurentina wasn't like this back when she was a Deepsea Hunter...

"Instead of worrying about her, we should worry about her enemies. Those people down there are about to be turned into a pile of minced meat."

Grandia said something indifferently, seemingly well aware of Laurentina's abnormal state, but she didn't intend to explain it here.

Jingle bell bell~

The bronze bell engraved with the emblem of the golden tree swayed gently in her hand, rippling out pale golden waves in the air. Illusory and blurry shadows appeared in the ripples and were drawn into the small bronze bell.

Around her and Skadi lay dozens of corpses, the shadows of which were sucked into the bells and manifested as golden ripples on the bodies.

"I often wonder, is this mercy or cruelty? To be an enemy of the Golden Tree, death is just the beginning. If that lord so desires, even the dead souls will be squeezed dry of their last bit of value. This is simply the cruelest punishment, even for enemies..."

"To be merciful to the enemy is to be cruel to oneself. The so-called right and wrong are just different perspectives."

"you……"

Grandia stared in astonishment, seemingly not expecting such words to come from Skadi's mouth.

"That's what Lin Lu said."

Skadi's eyes were eerily calm, even with pools of blood still flowing beneath her feet and corpses all around her, her eyes remained clear.

"I don't understand those things. If Lin Lu considers someone an enemy, then kill them."

"Heh, sometimes I really envy you, living such a pure life."

Slightly startled, Goredia shook her head and chuckled, then walked towards the stairwell from which these people had emerged.

She had no weapon; her usual long spear had been thrown to support Laurentina, so she could only pick up a standard military knife and hold it in her hand for the time being.

laugh!

The soldier who had just rushed up was slit in the throat and his body rolled down before he could even get up.

With blood staining the blade, Goredia raised her empty hand, opening and closing it again.

She could feel herself getting stronger. With each enemy she killed, her physical strength increased slightly. The increase was very weak and not obvious, but it was real.

The idea that killing can make you stronger is unheard of; it's like the devil's whisper, tempting people to fall into depravity.

If one's mind is not firm enough, one may quickly lose oneself in battle and become a walking corpse dominated by desire.

The Golden Tree is truly terrifying; it manipulates even the absolute taboos of life and death.

To be an enemy of the Golden Tree means not only physical death, but also endless imprisonment of the soul.

Not bad, though.

As an enemy, the Golden Tree is certainly terrifying, but as a backup, nothing is more reassuring.

Suppressing the restlessness in her heart, Goredia took a breath and whispered, "Skadi, I'll deal with the enemies that have come looking for us. You recover as quickly as possible, and then use the spell from before again. If you want to destroy this place, you'll be more efficient."

Chapter Six: Fallen Leaves Bring News

"Straight through the White Thunder Orthodox Method, one breath encompasses the three transformations!"

Amidst the wind and snow, lightning bolts streaked across hundreds of meters in the blink of an eye, while clouds and mist swirled, enveloping the steel outpost.

A Qilin girl with lightning flickering above her head and her whole body enveloped in tiny arcs of electricity walked through the snow, long chains of electricity connecting her fingers to the boiling lightning enveloping the outpost.

As the ice and snow melted, dark lightning bolts streaked through the melted snow, transforming hundreds of meters of land into a domain of thunder.

Thunder magic is a secret technique passed down in the Yan Kingdom, a unique skill of the Celestial Master lineage. When cultivated to its extreme, it can even allow a mortal to rival ancient behemoths and contend with gods.

The Old Celestial Master's thunder magic was renowned throughout the world, suppressing the border for three hundred years and preventing evil spirits from beyond the borders from entering the Yan Kingdom.

Qing Leibo was renowned and powerful, dominating the Great Yan Kingdom, and even many fragments of the Year Beast were wary of him.

In terms of mastery of traditional thunder magic, Lin Qingyan is still young and naturally not as skilled as her master or senior apprentice.

However, the existence of the Golden Tree gave her a chance to overtake others, and although the gap was still huge, it was much, much closer than before.

Having learned the spells of the Golden Tree and integrated them into her own system, her lightning magic now possesses the grandeur of 'spanning the entire area and encompassing all directions'.

She couldn't match the power of a single thunderbolt that could change the very color of the heavens and earth, but she could easily control a thunder domain that was only a few hundred meters in radius.

Especially here...

The screams inside the outpost were drowned out by the rolling thunder. The steel was covered with traces of melting under the constant bombardment of lightning. Without even going inside to investigate, Lin Qingyan could roughly imagine what it looked like inside.

Cruel?

Indeed, there were some things she felt reluctant to do, but she wouldn't stop because of that.