I, Viego, conquer Terra!

Still can't fight...

She took a step back as if she didn't believe in evil, and the sword and the knife separated. The girl stared at the gorgeous dark green sword, gathering her strength for a moment, and then swung the sword in her hand again!

clang--! !

The crisp buzzing sound rang out again, and the black fog rolled in, washing over the figure of the fire giant in waves like a tide, blocking the flaming blade that was swung down by the fire giant once again.

As the swords wrestled, the girl raised her eyes, her purple eyes burning with fire meeting the man's green eyes.

There was fire in his eyes as well.

That was the fire of fighting spirit that came from the joy of seeing prey.

He saw himself as prey.

The girl, realizing this, frowned, her eyes were cold, and she tried harder to squeeze out the strength in her body, trying to make the fire burn brighter and brighter, until the thick black fog was burned out!

but...

She can't.

Under the continuous flushing of black fog, the figure of the fire giant became more and more ethereal, and the flames around the girl were no longer as violent and fierce as before.

Her condition was not good, and the fire was running out.

She had lost - the girl realized this clearly.

"Hey." She suddenly spoke, looking at Viego across the clashing knives and swords. "What's your name?"

"Viego." Viego raised his eyebrows and gave his name. "Why, you know my name before you die, do you want to curse me after you die?"

"Viego..." The girl ignored Viego's ridicule and just whispered his name.

"I'll remember you." She said, "I lost this time. You are very strong. I will come to you again."

"Viego," she repeated, more to herself than to Viego. "I'll remember you."

As if it was her last burst of energy, the flames around her suddenly surged.

The fire giant swung his sword, but not at Viego.

But towards the wall beside.

The walls and the outer armor melted into molten iron, revealing the wilderness outside, which was rapidly retreating - Rhodes Island was moving at high speed.

The girl turned sideways, raised the knife with one hand, and barely blocked Viego's sword. The sword's trajectory deviated and failed to cut off her head, but only left a deep sword mark on her right shoulder.

The girl leaped out with blood splattering, and rolled onto the rapidly retreating wilderness, disappearing without a trace.

Viego frowned.

Failed to kill her...what a pity.

The black fog didn't work, was it because of the fire on her body?

It seems that Black Mist's one-hit-kill ability is not omnipotent... Maybe it can kill soldiers instantly, but when it comes to hero-level characters, it will become a percentage damage?

It was not until this moment, when the crackling sound of the burning flames in his ears faded away and the walls melted and connected to the outside world, that Viego heard the faint sound of explosions coming from above his head.

...No wonder Babel's support has not arrived yet.

It seems that other enemies took the opportunity to enter the ship.

Viego held his sword and turned back.

The Babel team on the first floor had disappeared. It was probably because the sober members dragged their unconscious teammates away to prevent them from being affected by the fight between Viego and the girl.

The enemy in this battle was very strong, and I consumed a lot of the power of the Curse of Ruin, but in the end I got nothing...

Viego was in a bad mood.

The fight was enjoyable, but he still felt a little regretful that he failed to kill the enemy and make up for the consumed Curse of Ruin.

Thinking of this, Viego sped up again.

Fortunately, there are other enemies on the ship and they still need to be killed.

Unfortunately, my cooperation with Kal'tsit is still in its early stages, so I can't trust her more...

Otherwise, he could ask Babel Tower to lend him Kal'tsit for a day so that he could suck the cat all day long, which would probably make up for the strength lost in today's battle.

Pity...

Viego sighed regretfully.

Go up the stairs where the explosion came from.

This voice, if nothing unexpected happens, is that crazy voice of W...

What was she thinking by using bombs on Babel's base ship?

She is not afraid that Theresa and Kal'tsit will ask her for compensation.

Wait...if I want compensation, I can't pay it!

Otherwise, what if Babel Tower also asks me to pay compensation?

The first floor was damaged like that, even if we sold Viego we wouldn’t be able to pay for it.

But I guess they won't do that.

Otherwise, the Tower of Babel will have no chance of retaining people’s hearts.

Viego hurried to the third floor, just in time to see mon3tr, with black mist floating on his claws, stabbing his claws into the body of the last enemy.

All the other wounded on the third floor had been transferred, leaving only W and Kal'tsit - I didn't see Inès, probably in the ward. She was more seriously injured than W, and her Originium skills required physical strength, so it was normal that she didn't come out to fight.

Viego sighed and walked over with some heartache.

"I've lost a lot this time."

"...I will inform Theresa of your contribution." Kelsey said in silent understanding. "...She should try to compensate you as much as possible, but I can't guarantee the exact amount - Babel Tower's budget is also tight recently."

Viego smiled with satisfaction:

"It's enough to have some, but not too much."

"Hey, Viego." W put away the explosives in his hand, looked over, raised his chin at him, and pointed to the ward.

"Ines is inside, go in, she wants to talk to you."

What else needs to be said separately?

Why am I the only one going in and you not?

Viego looked at W and slowly typed a question mark:

"?"

Chapter 44: You and W have been doing this all night?!

Viego entered the ward alone.

The two footsteps outside gradually faded away. It was obvious that W and Kal'tsit were not going to come in to "disturb" Viego and Ines.

The atmosphere became a little weird when two people were alone.

In fact, it was not originally like this.

But before Viego came in, W's deliberate look made it clear that "Ines has something 'special' to tell you 'alone'", which forced Viego to guess what Ines wanted to say.

If you think too much, you will naturally feel that something is wrong in the atmosphere when you are alone.

"W said Captain Ines has something to say to me?" Viego sat on W's hospital bed and looked at the black-haired mercenary.

Frankly speaking, when Inès was sitting on the hospital bed with a book in her hand, it was hard to tell that she was such a powerful and efficient mercenary.

At this moment, she looked like an ordinary literary girl with a calm face.

Ines put the book down, turned her head to look at Viego, and said calmly:

"...I just want to have a frank chat with you."

Let's talk openly and honestly? What does that mean?

Could it be that Inès is hiding something from me?

Viego looked at her with a slightly raised brow, waiting for her next words.

Those beautiful eyes that seemed to be gilded stared at Viego, just looking at him quietly.

It was as if he wanted to see the emotions in Viego's eyes and see through his heart.

After a moment, Ines lowered her eyes and said:

"First of all, I need to apologize to you - I'm sorry, Viego."

"What?" Viego was slightly stunned. "Apologize? Apologize for what?"

"I apologize for my previous words and defensive attitude." Inès raised her eyes again and looked at him apologetically.

The usually indifferent mercenary seemed to have really taken off the mask of indifference on his face at this moment, removing his indifference and defense.

As she said – it was a completely open conversation.

"Whether you have ulterior motives or not, it is a fact that you saved my life. Although I am wary of you, I should not respond to you with cold words. At least... I owe you a thank you."

"I don't care about that..."

"Listen to me, Viego." Inès raised her hand and gently placed her index finger in front of his lips, interrupting his words.

"What you think is one thing, and what I do is another. These two things are not contradictory. That's all I have to say about this matter. Then, the second thing... I want to ask you, do you have any relationship with those magicians in Leitania?"

Inès looked carefully at Viego's face, trying to determine if he had any intention of hiding something or telling a lie.

But she got nothing.

The blank look on Viego's face was exactly the same as W's when he heard those obscure academic terms.

"Huh?" he said. "So, where is Leitania? What is it? What happened to the sorcerers there?"

"Letania is a country adjacent to Kazdel, where magicians and... lunatics abound." Inès looked at him and suddenly said:

"...W is right."

"What?" Viego was confused.

"She said you have no common sense at all, and you don't even know what kind of forces and countries exist on this land." Inès said calmly.

But Viego always felt that if it was W's original words, it would probably be more fragrant, like - "He is just a stupid [beep——] who fell from the sky and broke his brain."

Just thinking about it, W's voice seems to appear in my mind.

"Hmm... So, this is what Captain Ines wanted to tell me?" In order to dispel the cockroach girl that suddenly appeared in his mind, Viego had to speak out to divert his attention.

Inès was silent for a moment: "...One more thing."

"what?"

"W said you took a fragment out of her body?"

"Yes." Viego took out the dark fragment from his pocket and handed it to Ines.

After touching it for a long time, W's stockings were almost balled up...

Inès did not take the fragment, but just stared at it and asked again: "You once said that physical contact with me and W can make you stronger."

"To be precise, it is actually contact with beings that possess such fragments that makes me stronger."

With the precedents of the fragments and W, it was no longer difficult to explain it to a level that Inès could understand, and Viego would naturally not be ambiguous anymore.

"...Although I got the answer from W, I still want to ask you again in person - will this kind of contact cause any harm to me?"

"No." Viego explained:

"The power that makes me stronger is the power that the fragments themselves carry. As long as your body does not form a close connection with this power, it will definitely not cause any damage. But if it is connected to it, I don't know what will happen."

"...I understand." Ines stared at Viego and suddenly closed her eyes.

"...Come on, you saved my life, so I should give you something in return... Just consider this as my thank you and apology - but don't let it take too long, I can only accept it within an hour..."