I'm going to kill everyone who calls me Hill.

The breath and the energy ball collided again, causing a huge wave. Even the surrounding air was distorted by the fierce confrontation between the two. For a moment, it seemed that the surrounding scenery had a tendency to be distorted.

After all, Xier's control ability cannot perfectly control her own energy. After most of the energy was offset, the energy ball launched by Xier dissipated on its own with the remaining energy.

"Huh...huh..."

As she was not familiar with her own power, it was already the limit for Xier to be able to control her limited energy to fight against the Molten Dragon twice.

At the moment when the energy ball dissipated, Xier's color changed from red back to blue. At this time, Xier only felt her breathing became rapid and she could hardly breathe.

"It's still not enough... My power is too weak..."

Looking at her palms, Xier felt as if her palms had become transparent, but when she blinked and looked at her palms again, she found nothing.

"Is it an illusion?"

The strange feeling did not last long, and Xier returned to her original state in just a few breaths.

"Roar!"

While Xi'er was fighting the Molten Dragon, Meiya, who had finally recovered her mobility, joined the battlefield again. She flew towards the Molten Dragon like a cannonball again. Her powerful claws and gusts of wind hit the Molten Dragon's head.

Although Meiya's dragon form is less than 200 meters long, she is still not at a disadvantage when facing a -meter-long Molten Dragon.

She dodged all attacks with her extremely fast speed. Although she could not release energy to attack, her powerful strength allowed Meiya to actually cause damage to the Molten Dragon, although the damage was not high.

Although Xier had temporarily lost her powerful strength due to the previous consumption, as a hunter, she was not only good at shooting energy balls. Picking up the bow and arrow that was left on the platform, Xier attacked with the bow and arrow from the high point of the platform.

Recalling how Shirahoshi taught her to use the Dragon Strike Arrow, Xier imitated Shirahoshi's movements and rubbed the short spear-like arrow against the ground at high speed.

Like a lit fuse, a hissing sound was heard from the arrow.

"watch out!"

Aiming at the head of the Molten Dragon, the Dragon Arrow shot towards the Molten Dragon that was fighting with Meiya with unparalleled momentum and power.

"Boom boom boom!"

The specially made arrows had extremely strong penetrating power. Although the carapace of the Molten Dragon was extremely hard, the protection of its head was relatively weak. In addition, it had been hit and bombarded by hunters before. The dragon-strike arrows easily penetrated the Molten Dragon's skin, causing a series of explosions.

"Well done!"

Even a behemoth like the Molten Dragon cannot be ignored when its head is damaged. Although this dragon-strike arrow did not cause much damage, the continuous explosions caused the Molten Dragon's attack to temporarily pause.

Aiming at this opportunity, Meiya quickly flew to a higher place, and then flapped her wings with extremely strong rotational force to smash towards the Molten Dragon.

“Roar! (Break the Thorns and Destroy the Sky!)”

Chapter 28: Fantasy Sea Dream Butterfly

(Break the thorns and destroy everything. Spin the sky!)

As Meiya spun at high speed, with its wings covered with barbs protecting it, its huge dragon body attacked the Molten Dragon like a rotating drill.

The Molten Mountain Dragon, which was stiffened by Xier's Dragon Arrow, naturally couldn't dodge in time, although it was unlikely for the Molten Mountain Dragon to dodge given its size.

"boom"

The barbs on Meiya's body rubbed violently against the skin of the Molten Dragon. Although both were just skin, sparks flew, just like two pieces of steel colliding with each other.

The barbs of the black thorns that completed oxidation in the air and turned into the hardest finally overcame the Molten Dragon's skin. Countless spikes flew out when breaking through the Molten Dragon's defense, and shot straight into the Molten Dragon's body with incredible penetrating power.

Meiya's attack caused considerable damage. The Molten Dragon's head was already covered in blood, and countless barbs were inserted into its wounds. The dragon sealing force spreading from them suppressed most of the Molten Dragon's energy flow.

However, Meiya, who was using her body to attack the Molten Dragon that was like a rock wall, was not feeling well at this time. Although she successfully shot the barbs into the Molten Dragon's body, it was like falling from a high altitude and hitting the rock wall directly. Meiya's wing bones were cracked because of the direct hit on the Molten Dragon. Although she was able to recover quickly with her strong recovery ability, she also temporarily lost the ability to fly.

(It’s up to you, Xi’er.)

Realizing that Xier's strength was recovering, Meiya decisively gave the honor of defeating the Molten Dragon to Xier. Since she couldn't fly, she could not help at this time.

"Leave it to me, Aunt Meiya!"

After a short rest and regaining her strength, Seele's body was filled with the power of the Herrscher of Death. However, this time Seele did not turn black. After her first transformation, she had a feeling that she could not exert her greatest strength in this form, so this time she changed her choice.

The power that controlled the Herrscher of Death condensed in her hands, and the dark red energy was controlled by Xier and transformed into a huge sickle.

Holding the sickle tightly in her hand, Xier felt an unprecedented sense of security. She could feel an inexplicable sense of familiarity from the sickle in her hand, as if she had met an old friend whom she had not seen for a long time.

(Go, Xier, go and keep our promise.)

As if possessed by some unknown force, this sentence suddenly appeared in Xier's mind, as if she had encountered this scene before.

(How is it possible…)

Shaking her head, Xier threw this ridiculous idea out of her mind, tightly grasped the sickle in one hand, and swung it hard in the direction of the Molten Dragon.

As Xier moved, a huge crescent-shaped energy flew out from the sickle and slashed towards the Molten Dragon.

The thick skin of the Molten Mountain Dragon seemed to be nonexistent in front of this slash, and everything it touched was melted into ash and dissipated. This is the power of the Herrscher of Death.

The effect of the slash was beyond Xier and Meiya's expectations. They stared blankly at the slash that went unimpeded on the Molten Mountain Dragon's body, leaving a huge scar that penetrated deep into its internal organs.

Xier didn't expect that her ability was so powerful. With just this one strike, she almost killed the Molten Dragon. Meiya was also dumbfounded. Although she asked Xier to defeat the Molten Dragon, she didn't expect that Xier could seriously injure the Molten Dragon with just one strike, and almost killed it directly.

Mei Ya looked at Xier blankly, then looked at herself. For a moment, she suspected that she might be a fake ancient dragon. Who is the ancient dragon? How could a human have such power?

The two of them stared at each other in shock for a long time. They didn't expect that the extremely difficult battle would be resolved in an instant under Xier's sword. This result made Meiya smack her lips.

"This is the end?"

Xier looked at the sickle in her hand that disappeared in disbelief, then looked at Meiya beside her with innocent eyes, her heart full of uncertainty.

"This should be the end..."

Meiya looked at the unconscious Molten Mountain Dragon and spoke with an uncertain tone.

It is true that this matter sounds very mysterious, but it happened just like that. The Molten Dragon rose up, but was killed instantly by Xier's sword. It was that simple.

"Why does it feel so subtle..."

Seeing that the matter was over, Mei Ya, who had transformed into a human form, scratched her head and said.

"Yes."

Xier looked at Meiya's actions and smiled with her hand covering her mouth.

"Oh? Little girl, what are you laughing at..."

Seeing Xier laughing at her, Meiya couldn't help but get angry. She pinched Xier's cheeks with both hands and pulled them slightly.

"I'm sorry, Aunt Mea (I was wrong, Aunt Meiya)" Xier begged for mercy quickly.

"Hmph, I'll forgive you this time."

Mei Ya saw Xier begging for mercy and then she reluctantly let go of her hand.

(This little girl has such a soft face...)

As if savoring the feel of Xier's hand, Mei Ya looked at Xier's face again and showed a surprised expression.

"What's wrong? Aunt Meiya, is there something on my face?"

When Xier saw Meiya looking at her like this, she couldn't help but raise her hand and touch her face.

But just as she raised her hand in front of her eyes, Xier found that her hand was gradually becoming transparent.

"Is it time now..."

"Xie'er!"

Meiya hurriedly hugged Xier, as if Xier would disappear the next moment if she didn't do so.

Xier looked at Aunt Meiya who was hugging her like a child and smiled, then gently patted Meiya's back with both hands.

"Aunt Meiya, don't worry, it's just that your time in this world is up."

"Xi'er! Do you know about this?"

Mei Ya looked at Xier blankly. They were clearly in that place, and those two people said that Xier would not know these things.

"I didn't know at first, but just now I suddenly remembered something." Xier smiled. "For example, I will disappear."

"But, aren't you afraid?"

Mei Ya looked at Xier in disbelief. Wouldn't most people be horrified when encountering such a situation?

"That's how it should be, but after all, I've already experienced it once, and..."

Xier said this with a smile on her face: "I have already made an appointment with Sister Bronya to rescue me from there..."

"Really? That's really enviable."

Meiya also remembered the video she had seen in the Stigmata space before, and the relationship between Seele and the little girl named Bronya.

"I feel a little jealous all of a sudden..."

Mei Ya said angrily, "Xi'er, do you have anything you want me to tell them?"

Xier thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll tell Shirahoshi that I want to be a hunter who surpasses all other hunters, and let her look up to me from behind! Hahahaha!"

"I suddenly became a middle school student..."

Meiya complained quietly.

"Let's talk about the rest after I come back..."

"Xie'er..."

"Goodbye, Aunt Meiya."

"Well, goodbye Xier..."

Xier's body gradually became transparent, and finally disappeared in Meiya's arms.

(Monster Hunter Phase 1 is over)

Inter-session talks

A ripple suddenly appeared in the silent stigmata space.

"Sure enough...Xi'er will appear here briefly."

Bai Xi watched the flying butterflies gradually gather into the shape of Xi'er. She smiled at Xi'er who was looking around curiously and said slowly, "Welcome to me."

"here it is?"

Before she could take a closer look at the things around her, Xier was startled by a familiar voice, and then she looked towards the source of the voice.

"Eh? You are..."

Before Xi'er could finish her words, Bai Xi immediately replied: "Yes, just as you thought, I am you."

"But..." Xier looked at Bai Xi who seemed to be smiling and said, "Why am I here..."

"If I have to make a metaphor, it would probably be Schrödinger's box..."

Bai Xi smiled and made the shape of a box with her hand, and then a black box appeared in her hand.

"Wow! How magical!" Xier was stunned by Bai Xi's ability to materialize her fantasy. It turned out that the other her had such a powerful ability?

“You can do it here, too.”

Bai Xi casually lifted up the box, and the box floated in the air by itself. Then Bai Xi said to Xier: "This is our stigmata space. We can do it as long as we want."

"Is it so magical?"

Xier followed Bai Xi's instructions and tried to materialize it carefully according to her memory. Then a hunting bow really appeared in her hand.

"So awesome!" Xier held the hunting bow in one hand and stretched out the other hand. An arrow appeared in her hand. After getting familiar with this feeling, Xier easily materialized what she remembered.

"Of course." Bai Xi smiled as he looked at Xier who kept materializing various familiar things like a child who got a new toy.

"Ah, sorry."

Xier played for a long time before she remembered that there was someone next to her, and she quickly apologized.

"It's okay, there's still enough time."

"?"

Xier didn't understand what Bai Xi meant by "there's still enough time".

"You probably understand our situation?"

Bai Xi asked, she knew that Xier remembered a lot of things before she turned back into quantum state.