Becoming a wet nurse is not the end of the story.

After a moment of silence, Lin Xueyin smiled slightly. "Ailiya, I am a priest. My responsibility is to support my teammates. I cannot stand by and watch you get hurt."

As the enormous stone statue slowly rose to its feet, the surrounding stones fell off one by one, making a crackling sound. Its scarlet eyes were fixed on the enemy that had been disturbing its slumber.

"Intruder, kill..."

The dry, metallic sound was extremely unpleasant to the ears, even irritating. With the flapping of its wings, the massive creature flew up above Aria.

"die...."

The massive body slammed heavily onto the spot where Lin Xueyin stood, instantly causing everyone to feel a chill. Only Lin Xueyin showed no concern, her outstretched right arm seemingly supporting an entire world.

As the dust settled, the gargoyle's enormous body gradually came into view. However, it was blocked by a golden light, preventing it from descending further.

Arya, who should have been trampled to death, only fell to the side in a disheveled state, staring in shock at the golden light in front of her.

Yukine, I can't believe you saved me again, but I'm so unwilling to accept it. So unwilling. I've been trying so hard, I've been telling myself to protect her, but in the end, am I going to achieve nothing?

A beam of light shot past Aria's somewhat dazed eyes, striking the giant gargoyle in mid-air with a heavy blow. A muffled cracking sound emanated from its body, violently knocking it back.

“I said, as a knight, shouldn’t you bravely step forward to shield us from the enemy’s attacks? What kind of appearance is it to lie on the ground?”

A cold, mocking voice rang in Arya's ears. Following the sound, she looked and saw that Orichalcos had already drawn his bow and aimed at the gargoyle once again.

"What, has a little setback made you lose the courage a knight should have? If so, what right do you have to stand in front of Lin Xueyin and shield her from all the enemies?"

Raising her eyes, her gaze hardened once more. At this moment, Aria remembered the promise she had made. If she were to fall here, what right would she have to stand in front of Yukine? What right would she have to say that she would protect her? What right would she have to be her guardian knight?

Lin Xueyin has always been protecting me with her power, so this time, I will show her the results of my hard work.

“A priest is a member of a team. She will support her teammates to prevent them from dying, and even if they are injured, she will treat them as soon as possible. I don’t know what the situation is with the priests here, but what I need to do is to make sure you get hurt as little as possible.”

With a serious expression, Lin Xueyin took a small step forward, but that single step was enough to make the gargoyle feel the pressure of mountains and rivers.

The magic surrounding her had solidified into a magical whirlwind, constantly assaulting everyone's already fragile nerves. This girl was practically going crazy.

Her staff pointed diagonally into the sky, her indifferent gaze was serene and ruthless, and a holy light emanated from the girl, though it was hidden yet dazzling.

The gargoyle looked at the girl in front of it in terror and took another step back. Although it couldn't say much, its expression revealed its fear.

As a wild animal, it naturally has its own intuition, and when faced with a threat to its life, it will make its optimal choice.

"Yukine, please don't do it. I hope we can handle this."

Raising her right arm, she stopped Lin Xueyin, who was about to pass her and kill the enemy. Ailiya knew that her request was a bit excessive, but she still hoped that her efforts could be seen and recognized by Lin Xueyin.

Quietly watching Arya, his azure gaze inadvertently swept over the gargoyle, causing it to retreat again and again until it landed on a prominent devil head statue against the wall.

"I understand. However, I will assist you as a support. But if you are really injured, I will just destroy it."

Lin Xueyin stopped talking when Aria's pride was hurt. After all, it was just a small gargoyle, which she could wipe out with a flick of her wrist. There was no need to upset Aria over such a trivial matter, was there?

Besides, giving her a toy to play with might make her feel better. After all, in this place, they all need something to release the pressure they're under.

Seeing Lin Xueyin slowly retreat, the gargoyle's scarlet eyes fell on Aria in front of it again, and its scarlet tongue, like a snake, curled out of its mouth.

The sound of metal scraping against metal made everyone feel annoyed once again.

"Battle Aura Slash..."

When Aria saw Lin Xueyin retreat, she knew that Lin Xueyin had ceded the battlefield to them. This opportunity was rare and precious, so she immediately unleashed her strongest attack.

He compressed his battle aura onto the blade, and then unleashed it in an instant. Like a blade unsheathed from its sheath, the battle aura shot out. However, a sliver of cold light arrived first, landing where the battle aura was meant to land.

The two attacks arrived almost simultaneously, one after the other, causing the giant gargoyle to let out another violent howl, like a wounded beast, its scarlet eyes filled with murderous intent.

Wildness surged through my mind once more, and I completely forgot that I had previously been wary of a certain creature below and dared not go down.

Volume 9: The Demon Clan's Journey - Chapter 20: Team Battle

As Lin Xueyin retreated, Aria and Orichalcos's attacks exploded on the gargoyle almost simultaneously. The gargoyle, which had just been very wary of Lin Xueyin's presence, was now dominated by its own wildness and charged straight at the person who dared to attack it.

With claws crossed and she exerted all her strength, a sharp claw energy shot out and flew towards the woman behind Aria who had drawn her bow and arrow, giving her a sense of danger.

Seeing the enemy's attack coming in an instant, Orichils remained unmoved, his face showing no fear, and steadily aimed at the enemy, ready to shoot the arrow into the enemy's body at any moment.

Bang...

Whoosh... ... ...

As Orichils loosened his grip, the arrow, carrying a faint magical aura, shot out rapidly. It was expected to collide with the enemy's attack, but it merely grazed past him.

Ariel, watching in horror as the attack drew ever closer to Orichalcos, also let out a frightened scream.

Lin Xueyin shook her head helplessly. This time, the enemy seemed to have underestimated the knight in front of them. They actually wanted to bypass her and attack the back row directly. Although this approach was feasible, it was also somewhat risky.

"Are you alright?" Arya, who had used her shield to deflect the enemy's claw attack, stared intently at the enemy in front of her. Behind her, Orichils once again drew his bow and arrow, ready to engage the enemy at any moment.

"roar...."

Seeing that its attack had been neutralized, the gargoyle was overcome with instinctive rage and let out an uncontrollable roar. Its wings flapped rapidly, and its blade struck again with each charge.

Descending from the sky with immense pressure and attack, the gargoyle collided violently with Arya, its clenched teeth now frothing with blood.

Although she used her shield and her fighting spirit to deflect a large portion of the impact, Arya still felt excruciating pain within her body, as if her internal organs had shifted.

"Cough cough..."

She coughed up a mouthful of blood, and stood up shakily, still holding a shield and a longsword in her hands; she couldn't easily drop her weapons.

"Aria..."

"Yukine, this battle is mine. You promised me you wouldn't interfere before I fall."

She took a step forward with concern, but was stopped by Aria. She knew that Aria would not give up easily at this moment, and if she was disturbed, she might become an obstacle to Aria's future development.

“Aria, I know you want to fight. So, as a priest, how about I assist you? That's my bare minimum.”

If you want me to watch you get hurt, then I'm sorry, I absolutely will not agree. Even if you hate me, even if you resent me, I still will not stand by and watch my best friend die in front of me.

Knowing this was Lin Xueyin's bottom line, Ailiya wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and said calmly, "Okay."

As soon as she finished speaking, a sacred pillar of light descended from the sky, bathing Aria in it. Her previously severely injured body was now restored to its peak condition.

Is this the power of a priest? Aria looked at Lin Xueyin in shock. Although she had seen her healing and incredible abilities before, she realized that she had only seen the tip of the iceberg when she saw it again.

The Fire of the Mind, the Power Word, and all sorts of skills that could enhance her abilities all fell upon her, raising her combat power to another level.

She even felt that, as a Spirit-level expert, she could rival a King-level master. Behind her, the powerful priest was her reliable support with endless healing and strong assistance, allowing her to confidently engage in melee combat with the enemy.

"Xueyin, heal me, I'm going in."

"Let's go, beat this big boss. Then we'll split the loot."

"Kill them and get the loot?" Ailiya didn't quite understand what Lin Xueyin meant, but in general, it could be understood as just destroying the enemy in front of her.

With a burst of speed, Arya leaped high into the air, slashing down the gargoyle that had just fallen to the ground from the attack. Her longsword, gleaming with a cold light, now plunged fiercely towards the fallen gargoyle.

The enemy's attack did not allow the gargoyle to sit idly by and wait for its death. Instead, it aroused the ferocity within it, roaring and viciously attacking Arya with one of its sharp claws, as if it were determined to perish together with her.

A cold arrow flew by, slamming the sharp claw aside, causing it to graze Arya's body and strike the air.

However, the longsword plunged into the gargoyle's head without any obstruction. After a violent howl, the gargoyle thrashed wildly in pain, causing Arya, who was holding the sword and had plunged it into the gargoyle's head, to be violently thrown out as well.

"Aria..."

Watching her nimbly flip in the air, her hands brushing the ground as she glided forward to the vicinity of Lin Xueyin and the others, a hint of satisfaction appeared on her face.

"Finally killed it! That's great!"

As Lin Xueyin watched the giant gargoyle go from violent struggle to slowing down to complete stillness, she knew that the gargoyle had reached the end of its life.

His crimson eyes lost all their light, and his entire body gradually began to petrify, eventually turning into a stone, which then sat back down on the ground.

"Phew... It's finally over." Ariel nervously grabbed Lin Xueyin's hand, then looked at Arya, who was laughing happily. It was the first time she had seen this older sister's smile, a smile that seemed to have been relieved of a heavy burden, a smile of ease and comfort.

"Aria, congratulations. I really didn't expect you to kill this gargoyle so easily."

"You're just making fun of me. If it were you, you'd probably have just wiped them out in no time. You wouldn't have had it so difficult for me, and you even got injured."

Thinking of her injury, Aria couldn't help but smile bitterly. In the end, she still received help from Lin Xueyin. She really wanted to become a strong person like her one day, someone who would dare to face any enemy alone, no matter how strong they were.

"Me? I cheated a bit. You guys who have worked your way up are much stronger. Look at me, all I can do is beat Nana, and she bullies me every day."

When it came to teasing, a faint blush appeared on Lin Xueyin's face again, so delicate and lovely that one wanted to kiss her a few times.

Volume 9 The Demon Clan's Journey: Chapter 21 The Post-War Search

Recalling how she had been bullied by the demon lord Elufina, Lin Xueyin felt her brain burning. Especially after seeing the expression on Aria's face, Lin Xueyin quickly pushed her away, saying...

"Now that we've defeated the boss, let's hurry up and see if any equipment dropped. Maybe we can even find some quest clues."

Of course, all of this is just imagination. If it were a human, maybe they could even drop some equipment. What kind of equipment could a gargoyle, which turned from a stone statue, possibly have?

Lin Xueyin carefully searched its corpse for a long time and found that there was nothing that could be reused from the body that had fallen to the ground and broken into pieces of stone.

Ailiya followed Lin Xueyin to the corpse, though she didn't quite understand why Lin Xueyin was interested in it. As for the "explosive death" and "equipment" Lin Xueyin mentioned, she was even more confused.

"Xueyin, what are you looking for? You've turned these rocks upside down! What are you looking for? Do you want me to help you find it?"

Um... Yeah, when I play games, I'm incredibly unlucky. I get S-rank characters in every ten-pull. As for SSRs, do they even exist in the game? Do they? They probably don't.

Perhaps, with her European heritage, Aria might be able to find something good, Lin Xueyin thought to herself, pointing to the shattered stones scattered on the ground.

“Aria, here is the corpse of that gargoyle. Now that it’s dead, it must have left some legacy. Maybe we can find something useful.”

Hearing Lin Xueyin's words, Aria helplessly touched her head and said, "Didn't you see these claws in my hands? Wasn't that the gargoyle's attack just now?"

In other words, this woman had already obtained the items while Lin Xueyin was still searching for them. At this moment, Lin Xueyin had only one thought: to do one thing.

"Eat spear..."

"Hey, Xueyin, why did you hit me? Why did you hit me for no reason?" Although she didn't actually use the spear, Ailiya was still hit hard on the head with her little fist by Lin Xueyin in anger.

"Hmph, why would I keep you alive if I didn't beat you up? Hmph..."

The little girl made two cute humming sounds. Ailiya reached out and patted her little head, then handed the two paws she had found earlier to Lin Xueyin.

"Aria, what are you doing?"

She was a little unhappy; the other person's actions had genuinely upset her. However, she didn't know how to say anything that would dissuade her from giving him the gift.

"Yukine, I have no use for this. I might as well give it to you and keep it as a weapon for self-defense."

Looking at the dark yet sharp claws in front of her, Lin Xueyin felt an indescribable sense of emotion. However, this weapon was useless to her, but for the knight, it might be able to make her an even sharper weapon.