Girl in the Box: Please tell me why I was reincarnated as a mimic monster!

"Okay, okay, you're the best."

"Get away from me!!!"

Xuanze patted Heiyu's head as a reward, like he would a child. Heiyu bristled and rolled out of his arms, then suddenly turned and kicked him in the face. But what could she do to Xuanze with her little tricks? He easily caught her kick with his hand, then pulled her back and held her in his arms. To be honest, the little guy was quite comfortable to hold.

However, because she was facing away, he didn't see Kuroba's blushing face at all, and neither did anyone else, because she quickly covered her face with her hands.

“I see…” Hao’er nodded in understanding. “I understand now. So that’s how it is. Even an immortal elf might actually be able to kill an elf if it can borrow the power of the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow.”

"Got it?" Xuanze rolled his eyes at him. "If you understand, then get lost. We don't need your help. You're just a wounded soldier here, and you'll only be a burden to us."

“I disagree on that,” Hale countered. “My prayer enchantment should, in a sense, be roughly equivalent to the power of the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow. If that’s the case, I should also be able to kill elves. Don’t you think so, Xia Sparrow?”

All eyes were now focused on Xia Que. The power of the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow was undeniable. The straight blade that the man had once wielded, radiating a chilling aura, possessed power beyond anyone's imagination—the power to cut through anything.

Xia Que looked at her hands in confusion.

She is the current wielder of the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow. She once used it to wreak havoc, causing much trouble for everyone. Even though she has now mastered its use, she still believes she is unworthy to wield this sword. But…

“I understand…” Xia Que clasped her hands together. “Since I can help with this, I am willing to help.”

“Xia Que…” Hao Er nodded with emotion, “I can tell you’ve gone through a very intense internal struggle. Let me help you out.”

"Master, you should go back. Xuan and I are fine here."

"Forehead……"

"Hehe? Did you hear that, priest? You can go back now. We should set off."

Xuanze patted Hao'er on the shoulder triumphantly, making a ridiculous face at the dumbfounded Hao'er. Then, without asking any questions, he left with Hei Yu. Xiao naturally followed along obediently. Xia Que shook the dumbfounded Hao'er, telling him not to worry about the future, and then caught up with them.

Chapter 9 is nothing, I just caused them some trouble.

"Why did you drag me into this again?! My work is already finished, you damn demon king!?"

"Oh, I accidentally brought you along."

"Then let me go back, you bastard!!!"

"Since you're already here, and it's quite a long way, and the situation is so chaotic right now, why don't you wait until we've finished dealing with things here before we go back together?"

"How can someone be like you?!"

And so, Hei Yu was tricked into leaving. Xuan Ze then found another excuse to keep her there. Hei Yu couldn't understand what he was thinking.

"Oh, is that how it is?" Xuanze looked at the Crystal Forest in the distance with a sigh.

"That's it." Xiao pointed it out to Xia Que, who was unaware of the matter.

"Wow...it looks so beautiful..." Xia Que looked at the Crystal Forest with shining eyes.

They now stopped at a high point ten kilometers away from the Crystal Forest. At this distance, they wouldn't be detected by the elves for the time being, making it a relatively safe location. Furthermore, their elevated position allowed them to see the Crystal Forest where the elves resided, giving Xuanze the opportunity to observe them further.

Looking at it this way, it truly has a magical feel to it. From here, you can see a magical scene, and this magical and romantic crystal forest has a huge impact on Xia Que's girlish heart. Xiao, having already seen it once, and being somewhat naive, didn't feel much. For Hei Yu, this kind of scene was commonplace.

As for the Demon King, he was preoccupied with how many elves were there, rather than marveling at the stunningly beautiful scenery.

"Don't be fooled by the appearance of this forest," Black Feather poured cold water on Summer Sparrow's enthusiasm. "Those crystal trees are all made of magic crystals formed from highly concentrated magic power. I think I should have mentioned this before, right?"

“Uh, yes, Kuroba did mention that.” Xia Que nodded awkwardly.

"Then you should understand that this Crystal Forest is both beautiful and deadly," Black Feather said seriously. "The concentration of magic there is enough to turn a person into a crazed monster in an instant. Do you understand, huh?!"

In her drawn-out final sentence, Hei Yu struck the Demon King's head with her own body with each syllable, expressing her resentment. The reason was simple: she was worried about Xia Que. She had learned the full story of Xia Que's situation after being inadvertently drawn into the incident.

Xia Que was one of the victims of this incident, and also the most innocent one. If everything were still on the right track, Xia Que should be living a normal life in her original world, instead of coming here to risk her life.

Logically, after all this is over, the people of this world should take responsibility to send her back to her original world, but given the current state of this world, that's impossible. Kuroba deeply sympathizes with Natsumi's situation, because she, too, can never return to her carefree days after being caught up in this incident.

After all that was over, Xuanze dragged her here again to do something so dangerous. You see, for Xia Que, who had no magic power, this was a deadly poison, tantamount to putting her to death. So, she wanted to wake up this self-willed guy and make him realize that what he was doing was dangerous. Even for the Demon King, such a place would be extremely dangerous.

"Well, it's alright." Xuanze smiled fearlessly. "Things will work themselves out."

"Straight my ass! Don't use colloquialisms like that!!!" Kuroba really couldn't do anything with this demon king.

“Isn’t that right?” Xuanze frowned. “I just came to check out the situation and then cause some trouble for them. I also wanted to see how much of a threat the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow could pose to them.”

Xuanze didn't come here to cause any big trouble, because it would be very troublesome to deal with later. In addition, among the people he brought, the only ones who could fight were probably him and Xiao. As for Xia Que... we can't expect her to be able to exert her original fighting power for the time being. Everyone knows why, so there's no need to say more.

Besides, do you think you can just run away after offending the abbot? With so few people, it would be difficult for them to escape unscathed from the siege of so many elves. No matter how powerful Xuanze is, he is not a god. If it were the Time-Space Dragon King here, the situation would be different. Xuanze could do whatever he wanted, and the Time-Space Dragon King could handle the aftermath.

But they're already on their way to the duchy, so there's no way to force them to do too much... Wait a minute.

"Oh dear!" Xuanze suddenly remembered something very important. "How could I have forgotten that this guy has a mimic clone!"

Because it is usually Ryuo Ri who is active in the public eye, people often forget about Treasure Chest Ri, an important figure. It should be noted that Akihabara and the Alyas New Kingdom are able to maintain normal life thanks to Treasure Chest Ri's abilities.

"Sister Li isn't here, is she?" Xiao didn't know which Li he was referring to, but neither of the two Lis were here.

“That’s true,” Xuanze nodded. “There’s no time to go back and look for it now; that would be too much of a waste of time.”

Xuanze remembered that there was such a thing, but it was too late to look for it now. Doing things haphazardly like this was really inefficient. He just wanted to resolve the immediate issue as soon as possible and then go back.

He wasn't here to fight these elves; he was simply to ascertain how many cards they had in hand, so they could intimidate the elves to some extent. That would achieve one of his objectives. As for his other objective, he wanted to confirm whether these elves were truly refusing to communicate.

Haha... It's really difficult to make this happen...

To be honest, Xuanze didn't really want to reason with the elves, because it was too complicated and a waste of time. If he had that time, he could have just confirmed the means to kill them, and there would have been no need for negotiation. He had never been a very stable person, and if there was any trouble he could avoid, he would definitely try to avoid it.

"So," Kuroba asked resignedly, "what are you planning to do next? Are you going to just charge in?"

"When did you become such an idiot?" Xuanze looked at her incredulously. "Didn't you say it was dangerous over there?"

"So don't play dumb or selectively forget things here, you bastard!!!" Without saying a word, Kuroba went up and gave him a headbutt.

The force of the blow nearly knocked Xuanze off his feet. Black Feather was far more ferocious than Serena. Luckily, he had left Serena in the kingdom; otherwise, things might have been even worse. Xuanze thought to himself that he absolutely could not allow these two to be present at the same time in the future.

"How heartless." Xuanze touched his forehead, which was red from the impact. "There was no plan. It was just to launch a long-range attack and lure out some of the elves."

Divine Weapon Catalog - Activation.

The ornament at his waist, which hadn't shone with a seven-colored light for a long time, suddenly appeared. Xuanze didn't activate it fully, but instead drew out the divine weapon he needed—the Houyi Bow. This legendary longbow, capable of shooting down the sun, was perfect for this situation. Any monster with a modicum of intelligence would know to look for the source of the attack if attacked.

Xuanze's plan was to ambush the elves here. If any elves dared to come, he would take them down; if not, he would simply ambush them to his heart's content, though he probably wouldn't gain anything that way. Furthermore, if a large group of elves arrived, he would turn around and leave.

"You really are..." Kuroba's expression twitched, "Why can you only come up with such a simple and crude plan?"

“I’m tired, and this is so troublesome.” Xuanze pulled back the bowstring. “If any elves come next, I’ll have to ask you to repel them, especially Xia Que. If possible, I hope you can try to fight with the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow.”

"Ah...yes, I will."

Xia Que nodded, calmed herself, and stretched out her hand, imagining what she was holding tightly. A clear birdcall emanated from within her, a pale blue bird responded to her call, and a pale blue aura enveloped her body before transforming into a pale blue straight sword that landed in her hand. This simple, ancient sword had little decoration, but its sharp, cold gleam spoke volumes.

This is the invincible Great Xia Dragon Sparrow.

“…Zhou Dong…”

Upon seeing the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow, Xiao's expression darkened considerably. She thought of the man from the labyrinth. She had already heard about his whereabouts from Wense, but she wasn't entirely clear on what had happened that day. Seeing Xiao's expression, Xia Que felt a pang of guilt. She put down the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow, walked to Xiao's side, and patted her head.

"Thank you..." Xiao didn't know why she did this, but she still thanked her.

"Go." Boom—!

Then, in this situation where the atmosphere shouldn't have been broken so abruptly, Xuanze shot the arrow in his hand. The arrow, made of magic and enhanced by the special effect of Houyi's bow, transformed into a small sun and shot towards the Crystal Forest. The taut bowstring snapped back with a loud crack, tormenting everyone who hadn't had time to react.

"Waaaaah... I'm so dizzy..."

"Ugh... my head hurts..."

"You damned demon king, don't do such dangerous things!!! If you're going to do it, at least warn us first!!!"

Xiao and Xia Que were the two most severely affected; they felt completely blank and dizzy, unable to stand steadily. Hei Yu, being non-human and lacking human organ functions, was not significantly affected.

"Huh?! What did you say?!" Xuanze shouted. "I can't hear you!!!"

"No! Don't! Do! Such! Stupid! Things!"

It appeared! A series of enunciated words. Kuroba used the corner of her Kuroba Manri Magic Book to perform a series of enunciated words. Of course, this was not recorded in her skill list, but its power was enough to disperse the magic that Genze used to protect his ears.

"Didn't you notice what happened to the others?!" Kuroba questioned, pointing at the other two.

"Ha... It's all because of your constant fussing that it's so troublesome." Xuanze drew the bowstring again. "I don't have time to deal with this. Just so you know, I'm about to shoot my second arrow."

"you--!"

Xuanze completely disregarded the feelings of others, instantly constructing the second arrow. He then casually picked it up and nocked it onto Houyi's bow. The arrow instantly became engulfed in flames, and the heat emanating from it made the surrounding ground glow red. There was no time to reason with this guy. Heiyu immediately used magic to protect Xia Que and Xiao's ears, while simultaneously using healing magic for emergency treatment.

As the arrow was fired, a massive explosion occurred in the Crystal Forest, the mushroom cloud of which could probably be seen even from Akihabara. But here's the problem: even this arrow, which Kuroba considered to possess extraordinary power, failed to cause the slightest damage to the Crystal Forest. Moreover, Xuanze had already fired an arrow before this; this was the second one.

"Neither of the two arrows could cause any effective damage..." Kuroba stared dumbfounded at the Crystal Forest, which appeared unchanged ten kilometers away.

"It seems so." Xuanze said solemnly, "The list of divine weapons."

Xuanze activated the Divine Weapon Register once more, and seven-colored light transformed into divine weapons that fell into his hands. He used these weapons as arrows, preparing to launch a third attack. A sharp light flashed in his black eyes, as sharp as an eagle's eye. The activation of his auxiliary skill, Thousand-Mile Vision, allowed him to see the situation on the other side of the Crystal Forest more clearly. His two attacks were not ineffective; in the area he saw, many elves had lost their fighting ability.

Moreover, he also saw the elves rushing towards this side, but it seemed that no high-ranking elves were intervening.

Since you're not going to interfere, then I'll just unleash my full power.

The high elves seemed unconcerned by this harassment, and none of them reacted. Xuanze also decided to stop holding back; a large number of divine weapons were projected and planted all over the high ground. From now on, these divine weapons would become his arrows.

"Black Feather," Xuanze said to the black feathers behind him, "Get them back to normal as soon as possible, we have guests."

"Tsk...you're such a pain in the ass!!!"

"Ha, you've become modern after being exposed to Earth's culture."

"Stop nagging! Go do your own thing!!!"

"Eh~~~"

The dancer looked at the mushroom cloud that suddenly rose over the plain and uttered a sound of disappointment and confusion.

"What are you doing?!"

Chapter 10 Yan

boom----!

"Wowaaaaaaaa?!"

Just as Yan was resting, a powerful explosion suddenly occurred near the Crystal Forest, engulfing the entire forest. Caught off guard, she was blown away by the aftershocks and crashed into the hard tree trunks of the Crystal Forest.

As expected of magic crystals formed from highly concentrated magic energy, these tree-like magic crystals are incredibly hard, showing no trace even after being caught in such an explosion.

"Hiss—who's got so much free time...?"

Yan rubbed her head, which had been hit, and got up from the ground. This kind of explosive power was nothing new to her. She was a high-ranking elf symbolizing fire, and her body was made up of the most violent magic. The magic that made up her body was like the violent core of the sun, which was one of the reasons why she was known as the most lethal elf.

Her attacks were always aided by this powerful force, and each of her strikes possessed unimaginable destructive power—something that Ritsu, who had taken a direct hit from her, understood. However, even such powerful attacks were merely a tickle to Ritsu, who possessed a defense at the level of a random code.

However, other elves could also create such a powerful explosion if they wanted to, so Yan wondered if that elf was preparing a skill to drive away humans. She stood up and looked around. Many elves affected by the explosion were dissipating into magical energy to ensure their safety.

This is commonplace for elves; their method of avoiding danger is to transform back into magic, and then, once safe, gather a portion of their magic again. So, which elf caused this explosion...?

Then, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a pale hand climb up her shoulder.

"Wa ...

Yan screamed and turned around, punching the person behind him. The pale man's magic dissipated the moment he was hit, then gathered again around the fist.

"Yan." Nagi, who had reformed into human form, greeted him.

"Ah...it's you, Nagi...don't scare me."

Yan was startled by Nagi's sudden appearance behind him. When it came to the ability to switch between magic and spirit form, Nagi was undoubtedly the most skilled. He could instantly disperse into magic to avoid damage the moment he was hit. With this ability, he rarely suffered harm from sudden attacks. Sure enough, he was unharmed even after such a violent explosion, and he even perfectly dodged Yan's unexpected punch.

He first scrutinized Yan's appearance, then asked, "Did you do this?"

"Huh?" Yan was dumbfounded. "Do I look like someone who did this? I'm still trying to find out who did it."

“No,” Nagi said calmly. “If you end up in this disheveled state, it’s because you’ve gotten into some trouble.”

His tone was as if he were certain, sounding incredibly believable despite the lack of any evidence, as if it might actually be true. Lian Yan couldn't utter a single word in rebuttal, because in her memory it did seem to be true; perhaps she had accidentally sneezed while resting, releasing the violent magical power within her.

Just as she was trying to come up with an excuse, a second explosion struck with tremendous force. This time, the power was much stronger, and Yan was once again blown away by the blast, crashing into the same crystal tree. Whether she was stubborn or the tree was hard, neither of them was hurt. Of course, someone had already sensed the commotion in the restless wind and dispersed it into magic.

"Looks like it really isn't you."

Nagi regrouped and said calmly.

"Of course it wasn't me, you bastard!!" Yan complained, but at the same time felt relieved that the trouble wasn't caused by him.

"Hmm." Nagi didn't apologize, focusing on something else. "The wind direction. It looks like it's probably in that direction."

Nagi's sharp gaze followed the direction from which the attack had come. He had already discerned the source of the attack from the wind; at the very least, it wasn't the elves who had done it. Besides, none of them would have the leisure to waste their precious magic power on something like this. Therefore, there was no monster that would mindlessly attack elves under such circumstances, which meant…

“Humans…” Nagi sighed helplessly.