The fairy maid cheers for her deceased master today.

The rotting head of the alien creature was facing X. These faceless creatures were indeed devoid of reason.

Only a longing for life.

Faced with threatening weapons, they still just staggered over.

"Try this!" With his weapon in hand, X's confidence soared, and he shouted.

The scythe sliced ​​across the mutant's neck. Black mud splattered. But the mutant merely swayed. It continued forward. Ex frowned. Was the formula wrong? Or had Elena made a mistake?

No. That's right.

The alien's movements suddenly slowed. It clutched its neck. A hole appeared in its face, like a mouth, from which it let out a painful roar.

The spot where the sickle just touched was making a sizzling sound, like it was being corroded by strong acid.

"It works!" Ex's eyes lit up. "The weakness is indeed silver!"

"A silver-plated weapon?" Elena exclaimed in surprise, snapping out of her daze. "Such a brand-new weapon was hidden in the corner?"

"Don't worry about the details!" AX dodged another alien's attack, counterattacking while regrouping. "As long as it works! Angel, Ice Flower! Create an opportunity for me!"

Angel immediately understood. The ice flowers were no longer just a simple defense.

She began striking the distant swamp aliens with ice flowers, creating a thin layer of frost on their surfaces. The aliens' speed decreased accordingly.

Clearly, ice magic also has a certain restraining effect on swamp aliens.

The alien's speed decreased, which is equivalent to X's speed increasing. This is the gamer's theory of relativity.

This would create an opportunity for X.

"Elena!" Ex shouted, "Hold on, vines!"

"Okay!" Elena shouted, "Quickly!"

X raised his scythe, aiming it at the mutated creature bound by vines. One strike. The creature's head flew off. Black mud splattered. But this time, it remained completely still.

"One!" Ex shouted. "Nine left!"

Angel's ice wall suddenly shattered. A mutated creature smashed through the ice wall and rushed out, heading straight for Angel.

Oh no, Angel wasn't on guard.

Unable to wield his sword due to the presence of Angel, X threw down his weapon and recklessly lunged at Angel.

The two immediately rolled on the ground, clutching each other. The alien's claws grazed X's back, tearing his coat and revealing the skin underneath.

But X didn't feel anything noticeable at all. That's the good thing about being dead.

"Master! Master! You've been injured by the aliens!" Angel cried out immediately, her blue eyes filled with tears. "I'm so sorry, so sorry!"

Angel had already realized what had happened.

"What are you afraid of? Your master is immortal!" X immediately whispered to comfort her, then pushed Angel away to avoid the alien's next attack.

The battle is not over yet.

"Get up!" he shouted. "We're not done yet!"

Irene realized what was happening, manipulated the vines to pick up the weapon, and threw it over.

Ex stood up and caught it, wielding the scythe in his hand.

Silver light shimmered in the dimly lit warehouse. With each swing, a mutant fell. But more mutants swarmed in.

In addition to the alien species, the black mud that originally emerged from the walls and underground also began to spread like a tide.

Ex instinctively avoided the large patches of black mud.

"Watch out!" Elena gasped. "Don't step in that black mud."

They have to deal with alien species while also being wary of environmental changes.

Energy consumption has increased.

So the vines began to wither. And so the ice flowers that Angel used to counterattack grew smaller and smaller.

Angel's face was pale, and fear welled up in her blue eyes. Ax knew her magic was running out.

……

Name: Angel

Race: Fairy

[Level: 2]

[Contract Owner: Sir Axe]

[Attribute Type: Ice]

[HP: 322/350]

Energy Value: 66/350

……

"Hold on!" Ex attacked again.

The scythe drew a silver arc. Another mutant fell. The remaining mutants, as if enraged, charged forward simultaneously.

The trio of X could only fight and retreat, eventually reaching a piece of abandoned machinery, with X's back pressed against the mechanical watch face.

The scythe trembled in his hand. The final strike!

The dozen or so mutants that had just appeared were all finally killed.

Only then did Ex have the mind to consider the current situation: "I have a feeling we've fallen into a trap?"

Irene nodded: "Agreed."

"Well... tsk, damn it..." X wanted to say something, but in the end he just swore.

Because he saw that the black mud on the warehouse floor was still spreading rapidly inwards.

If that's all, then so be it.

But Angel huddled behind X. Her blue eyes widened, and she tugged at X's clothes.

"What's wrong?" Ex asked in a low voice.

"They're back again." Angel's voice trembled.

The black mud began to writhe, like thoroughly churned slurry. From within this slurry, a hand reached out, bracing itself against the ground, and then the alien creature crawled out of the mud.

More swamp monsters rose to their feet. They looked like demons crawling out of hell. Black mud dripped onto the ground, sizzling. The ground began to corrode, bubbling up. The stench of decay almost filled the entire warehouse.

Ex wanted to retreat, but there was nowhere left to retreat.

But more and more swamp monsters are appearing. They surge in like a black tide, coming from all directions.

Five, ten, twenty...

The quantity exceeded what Ax could accept.

Leaving Elena aside, at least Angel's energy level wasn't enough for her to continue casting too much fairy magic.

Once their physical strength or magical power is exhausted, the three of them will face utter death.

X truly felt an even stronger survival crisis than before.

We can't fight them head-on; we have to escape!

At this moment, black mud continued to seep from the warehouse walls, and black mud also dripped from the ceiling, making the entire warehouse look as if it had been swallowed by a huge swamp.

However, the normal exits were blocked. The area in front of the warehouse door was teeming with swamp monsters.

Moreover, that door was swallowed by the black mud, and Elena couldn't open it just now.

Ex looked up instinctively. He saw a hole in the roof through which sunlight streamed in.

"Sunshine..." he murmured. The images of the rainy world resurfaced in his mind.

The beam of light shone on the ground, causing the spreading black mud to writhe at an extremely slow pace. If any alien species accidentally touched the prominent beam of light, it would immediately emit a hissing sound and then carefully retreat from the area illuminated by the light.

Ax's eyes lit up.

"Black mud is ultimately afraid of light, so it can't seal the roof! We escaped through the roof!"

"But..." Elena pointed around, "How are we going to get up there? The roof is so high."

"I have a plan! You guys climb up first!"

Elena did as she was told, jumping onto the mechanical box first.

"Angel, the sun shines bright!"

"what?"

"I mean, use ice flowers to reflect the sunlight indoors!"

"Oh! Yes, Master!"

With X's guidance, Angel was immediately filled with courage.

The ice flower no longer aimed at the swamp aliens, but appeared under the beam of light.

In an instant, sunlight swept through the room, and the swamp creatures that were illuminated froze in place, letting out painful howls.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, X reached the nearest pile of junk, activated the equivalent exchange, and pulled out a lightweight folding ladder.

"Elena, catch!"

Ax tossed it up.

The ladder was caught by vines and stood upright on the box.

Elena was puzzled as to how X could have everything he wanted, but good luck is also part of one's strength.

So Elena immediately stretched out the ladder, set it up, and precisely wedged it at the edge of the hole in the roof.

The ladder stood firmly in the sunlight.

"Angel!" X shouted, "Ice Flower! Reinforce the ladder!"

Angel immediately understood. Blue light flickered at her fingertips, and ice flowers bloomed around the ladder. With her last strength, she created a thick wall to isolate the alien species.

But the alien species began to form a "human wall," which could cross the ice wall at any moment.

"You guys go first!" Elena shouted loyally, "I'll cover the rear!"

The vines grew wildly. These giant green pythons immediately coiled around the alien creatures that were almost crossing the ice wall. The vines emitted a green glow and sizzled as they continuously resisted the erosion of the black mud.

"Hurry!" Elena gritted her teeth and said.

X dropped his weapon and pulled Angel up the ladder.

They quickly crawled out from under the roof.

Elena jumped out right after her, then stepped aside to make way.

The swamp creature that followed was immediately exposed to the sunlight, let out a wail, and fell off the ladder. The next moment, the ladder was also corroded and destroyed, causing it to lose its balance and fall into the black mud.

Before Ax could even savor the warm sunshine, he instinctively shouted, "Keep running! This warehouse looks like it's going to collapse!"

That's purely based on gaming experience.

Ever since playing the Uncharted series, X has felt that there are no safe buildings in the game.

So the group trotted along the rooftop, and with the help of the vines, landed outside the warehouse.

The next moment, the warehouse, completely stained with black mud, collapsed with a roar.

Countless alien species let out heart-wrenching howls in the sunlight, emitting faint specks of light, before turning back into black mud.

The black mud of the entire swamp gradually receded, as if sinking back into the ground, leaving only a mess of ruins.

Before Angel could even feel relieved to be saved, the fake detective Elena said with a grim expression:

"Our leads... are gone."