It doesn't matter what the lord is.

Lid ignored her and asked Alaiya directly:

"Wild demons, if their strength is too different, will never act together. One will devour the other to quickly increase its strength. Of the two demons in the northwest, one is estimated to be at the sixth level, and the other has just reached the seventh level. Are you sure?"

Alayya nodded.

Lid smiled and said:

"That's fine. Let's open the eyes of the demons and show them what a sword genius is on the human side."

21. Breakout

Before the battle even started, Delis had already disappeared.

In her opinion, not to mention the higher level, even humans of the same level are no match for the demons. The advantage of the upper races is not just a higher upper limit. Take the demons for example, each species has its own advantages. Some are so thick that they can't be beaten at all, some are so destructive that they can't be beaten at all, and there are also those who come in groups and use human wave tactics, which makes it impossible to defend against them.

Let's look at humans again. Although they can strengthen their bodies through exercise, that kind of strengthening is nothing compared to their innate racial advantages. In terms of physical strength alone, the gap is huge.

The disadvantage of this situation is that when everyone's realm is the same, humans are still at a disadvantage. When the dragon tribe invaded, it was not just the silver-gray dragon and the nine sons of the dragon king that caused trouble for humans. The most important thing was that the flying dragon army swaying in the sky could not be dealt with.

When Delis heard that Alayya, who was only at the sixth level of perfection, was going to fight against the seventh level of demons head-on, she immediately judged that this was not a good idea. The two inferior humans were completely unaware of the problem, and if they died, they died. As a princess of the elves, she must not go and die with them.

So after Alayya and Reed walked west for a while, they turned around and found that Delis was gone.

Lid was too lazy to look for it at this time, and said to Alayya:

"Don't be too nervous. If nothing unexpected happens, the demon army should be in the east, and the wild demons in the northwest. They have no subordinate relationship with each other, so it's difficult for them to cooperate. Just concentrate on dealing with the enemies in front of you, and don't worry about being attacked from both sides."

Alayya nodded.

As Reed expected, when Alayya encountered the demons in the northwest, the demons in the east stopped, as if they were preparing to wait until the fight here was over before reaping the benefits.

Alayya and Reed once again went on a killing spree in the demon's territory.

There were two demons in front of her that she had never seen before. They looked like leopards, but their claws had barbs on the wrists, the black spots on their bodies looked more obvious, and their eyes were also black and red. After seeing Alayya, the two demons showed obvious hostility, crouched down, and kept sweeping their tails, ready to pounce at any time.

Reed consciously kept a certain distance from Alayya. With a large number of enemy troops, Alayya was unable to provide him with all-round protection.

Fortunately, the two leopards had no interest in Lid. Their eyes were always on Alayya. The demons had a traditional custom of killing each other to improve their strength. Although Alayya was not a demon, her surging sword energy was something the demons had never seen before. If they could swallow her, it would be a great growth for any demon.

The one who had reached the sixth level was a female leopard, and the one who had just reached the seventh level was a male leopard. Perhaps this was the reason why the two wild leopards could coexist. At the moment, the two demons were working closely together, baring their fangs together.

Alaya drew out her long sword [Swimming Dragon] and rushed forward, striking the male leopard's sharp claws. Sparks flew everywhere, and Alaya was forced to retreat a few steps, only to be pounced by the female leopard again.

Alayya dodged to the side, and the towering tree behind her was directly broken and fell down, breaking off countless branches and leaves.

The leopard licked its paws and lowered its body again.

Alayya drew out her second sword, [Scarlet Fire], expressionlessly.

Delis's idea was actually not bad. If it were an ordinary human, they would not be able to win in this situation. They might not be able to beat the opponent in a one-on-one fight, let alone one against two. The leopard is very agile. In a one-on-one fight, it can still defend itself, but in a one-on-two fight, it can even knock the opponent unconscious.

But Alayya is very rich now, at least in terms of sword energy. Lid used his sword energy to nourish her for so many years, and her meridians have basically recovered. She also inherited half of the Zen sword from Qingyun, and her sword energy is extremely strong. In addition, Zen sword itself is a sword art that does not focus on practice. If you understand the way, you will reach the sky in one step. You don’t need any magic medicine or magic weapons. You can be invincible with half a bamboo. If you can’t understand this way, you will be a useless person for the rest of your life. It’s better to practice something else.

Alayya is now in a state of half enlightenment. She has received Qingyun's inheritance, witnessed the secret between Qingyun and the queen, and witnessed Qingyun's last sword. Logically, this is enough for enlightenment. But she always feels that Qingyun's swordsmanship is not complete, and it is very different from what her young master taught her, so she didn't follow that set completely.

But even if there is no breakthrough in swordsmanship, this sword energy picked up for free is no joke.

If it were not so, she, a person who had reached the sixth level of perfection, would not dare to bring a burden with her into the demon clan as if she were alone.

Although Reed said she was a genius, that was not entirely true. Most of the abilities that Alayya had shown now came from acquired adventures.

The female leopard bit Alaya's sword and tried to take it away. Alaya grasped the hilt and then let go in an instant. The sword was taken away, but the sword energy broke the female leopard's sharp teeth into pieces. The male leopard roared, jumped in front of Alaya in a few steps, and bit her neck.

Alaiya swung the sword, and the sword energy suddenly exploded on the male leopard's face. Even though the latter had thick skin, thick blood, and high defense, the sword left a deep blood mark on its face, and one of its eyes was completely blinded. Alaiya calmed down his breathing, raised his hand to summon back the [Scarlet Fire] that the female leopard had taken away, and stepped forward, and began to attack actively.

The storm caused by the fight raged in the forest.

Needless to say, the roars of the demons are also loud and the sword energy often penetrates the sky.

The female leopard's sharp claws broke the bones of Alayya's left arm, and she was stabbed in the skull by her sword.

The male leopard nearly bit her neck, but in the end only broke her shoulder blades, crippling her arms, and thought that he had blocked all her sword skills. As she was roaring with her head raised, Alayya controlled the [Scarlet Fire] with her mind and cut the male leopard in half.

She was not unscathed, and she did not yet have the ability to challenge opponents of higher levels without any injury.

It's just that her opponent was more seriously injured and lost his life.

A piece of white land with a radius of more than 100 meters appeared in the Wanli Forest. The huge trees were cut off and cut into pieces by the surging sword energy. Finally, Alayya walked back to Lid with her arms hanging down and whispered:

"Master, does this qualify as a kendo genius?"

There was some uncertainty in her tone, because she didn't know if she had disappointed the young master.

Lid rubbed her hair and said:

"At the age of sixteen, you have achieved perfection in the sixth level of swordsmanship and have killed a seventh-level demon. I guess you are still a little behind the top people, but you can barely be called a genius. But you can't slack off. When you reach the tenth level, you can protect me by yourself and live a carefree life. That's when you'll be a true genius."

22. Focus on the beginning and not the end

The demons that came to intercept from the northwest became demon materials in the net bag. Lid wiped the sweat from his head and missed the mechanism of automatically dropping materials when defeating monsters in the game. At that time, he thought it was normal. Now it is so troublesome to cut off the barbs on the legs of a leopard. Lid couldn't help but feel deep contempt for creatures like demons.

Can't the body automatically dissolve after death, leaving only the useful parts? It's so troublesome that people have to do it.

Lid treated Alayya's injuries. Although it was a treatment, Alayya's two arms were injured, so it was not easy to heal. Lid helped her straighten her bones and applied herbs, then bandaged her. Even if the herbal prescription Qingyun gave her was very useful, Alayya's recovery ability was also amazing, and the injury would not improve until at least tomorrow.

Before that, Alayya didn't have very high fighting ability, but fortunately her legs were not injured, so she still had the ability to run away.

Lid thought about it and decided to look for Delis nearby. The demons in the east seemed to be hesitating and did not launch an attack immediately. Lid could guess what they were thinking. He estimated that the demons wanted to take advantage of the fight between him and Leopard to rob them. They did not expect that the battle here ended too quickly, which made them more or less hesitant.

Reed decided to take this opportunity to look for Delis separately with Alayya. After all, she was the princess of the elves. If she were to be put up for auction at the Yunhai Auction, she might be sold for hundreds of thousands of gold coins. No one would be willing to throw her away like that.

Fortunately, it didn't take Reed much effort to find her.

Delis hid in a bush, but the bush was obviously not big enough to accommodate her plump body. Only the upper half of her body was hidden inside, and the other half was stuck outside. From a distance, she looked as conspicuous as possible. Delis was completely unaware. When she heard footsteps, she was so scared that her whole body was shaking, and even the bushes made a rustling sound.

If the demons came, there would be no need to search at all.

Stupid woman.

Lid had no mercy on her and kicked her from behind without hesitation. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Delis's hands stretched out from the bushes, digging frantically on both sides, kicking her legs wildly, and in the blink of an eye she came out of the bushes, rolling on the ground, wailing non-stop:

“It’s over! I’ve been captured by the demons! I’m going to be tortured to death! Wuuuuuu – No, I don’t want to be humiliated by the demons!!”

Reed put one hand silently on his head, thinking that he might as well just leave this silly princess here.

Dai Li knelt on the ground without hesitation, kowtowed continuously, and said with sobs:

“Give me a quick death! I am a princess of the elves after all! I will not yield to you guys—Gu… I, I shouldn’t! Don’t think that just because you have my body, you can get my heart! I am a noble princess of the elves—”

"Wake up, get up and move bricks."

Reed squatted down and patted Delis on the head.

Delis screamed and raised her head. She was about to cry, but when she saw Lid in front of her, she sniffed and forced herself to hold back her tears. After her expression changed, she stood up suddenly and said to Lid:

"What's going on? You came so late to help me. Are you planning to make fun of me?"

Reed nodded seriously, and Delis was almost injured by anger.

Before she could start to scold him, Lid held out his hand to her and said:

"Give me your luggage and follow me."

Delis happily took the bag out of the bushes, held it in both hands, and threw it to Lid. Lid raised his hand to take it, put it behind his back, and Delis muttered:

"Finally, you have some self-awareness as a human being. Take me away from this damn place before the demons come!"

Reed didn't say anything, just smiled slightly and took her to find Alaiya.

Delis always felt that Reed's smile was strange. She was just arrogant, but her IQ was still enough. She turned around and came to her senses.

Lid didn't look like the person who would carry her bag. Although they had known each other for a short time, Delis knew that this lowly human was full of bad intentions and didn't give her face at all. He could only do this for one purpose, that is, when he encountered danger and ran away, he didn't intend to take her with him at all, so he took all the valuables with him. He was basically planning to find a random place to leave himself and run as fast as he could with his girlfriend.

Noticing this, Delis rushed forward quickly, reached out to grab Lid's collar, and said loudly:

"You guy-"

She didn't catch it, and Reed lowered his body and dodged it easily. Delis immediately wanted to kick him again, but Reed also dodged calmly. Instead, Delis lost her balance and almost fell to the ground. It was Reed who held her up and she was able to stabilize herself.

Reed looked at her with a half-smile and said:

"Princess, can you please show some royal blood? You have to attack from behind to deal with an inferior human. Even the aunties who quarrel in the vegetable market in our village are not as uncultured as you."

Delis's eyebrows were raised in anger.

The two of them argued for a while and then ran into Alaiya. Delis's attention was drawn to the injuries on Alaiya's body. Both of her arms were wrapped in thick bandages and hung weakly on both sides of her body. This effectively solved the problem of her walking backwards. If her arms were not moving, she would not walk backwards.

Delis's face immediately became gloomy and she stopped arguing with Reed. She was probably wondering whether Alayya could still fight and what to do if something happened.

But at the moment, she didn't have any better choices and could only follow Reed and Alayya and continue to move northwest.

……

At the same time, a wolf-like demon in the east glanced at the cold-blooded demon army beside him, and finally did not issue an order to pursue, but said to himself:

"Go further west... that's where Gobrown's ambush is. If he escapes those two humans, Gobrown will be in trouble in front of Lord Amifars. I will also join forces with the lizardman Ji to expose the rumors that he is collaborating with the enemy, and he will be in danger of losing his life."

The werewolf-like guy bared his fangs, and the smile on his face became much more cruel:

"In order to save itself, it will definitely mobilize all its core strength to fight head-on... Even if it kills those two humans, so what? It's just a goblin, it shouldn't have been sitting in such a high position..."

The werewolf waved his red claws and gave orders to the densely packed demon army behind him:

"Listen to my orders, everyone, head south, find a suitable place to station, and stay put for the time being! Order all the wild demons here to reinforce us!"

23. Mysterious Scroll

In the next few days, Delis probably felt a sense of crisis and began to spare no effort to persuade Lid and Alayya to send her back to the elves' territory. After being repeatedly rejected, Delis retreated and began to persuade Lid to send her back to the human territory, or at least hand her over to the human royal family.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Since humans are at odds with the dragons, they should return her to the elves to seek their help. You should know that the dragons and elves are also mortal enemies, and they are still fighting on the border.

As long as we are in human territory, it will be better than being in this hellhole.

"Hey, are you the mayor of Yuxi City?"

Delis followed behind Reed and Alayya and suddenly asked.

Lid ignored her and was carefully helping Alayya brush off the dead leaves hanging on her hair, with a doting look in his eyes. Delis was caught off guard by the dog food behind her, and she got angry. She walked up in two or three steps, squeezed between Lid and Alayya, and said to Lid:

"I was asking you a question, didn't you hear me?"

Lid looked at the woman who had come between him and Alayya with dissatisfaction and said:

"I heard it, but I'm just too lazy to answer."

Delis looked at him hatefully and asked again:

"You... didn't you say you were the city lord? Aren't you afraid that when you return, Yuxi City will be demolished by the demons?"

Reed shrugged.

"If that's the case, will it be any use for me to go back?"

Delis was choked again, and repeated her previous point a little unreasonably:

"If you're not here, something bad will happen in Yuxi City! Throughout history, no war has been agreed to without the leader. If it were the loyal warriors of our elves, it would be fine, but you humans are full of evil intentions and your hearts are fickle. Maybe someone has already replaced you."

Reed ignored her, and Alayya ignored her too.

Delis was a little anxious and shouted to Lid's back:

"Don't disbelieve me! I have seen so many coups d'etat. Even the royal family of the elves often fight among themselves. What about you, a mere human city lord? Do you think you can control the situation?"

Lid didn't look back, but sighed slightly. Delis didn't notice, but Alayya immediately realized that he was not as optimistic as he imagined, so she took two steps forward and whispered:

"Master, are you okay?"

Reed said to her:

"Well... I can't say it's completely fine. When I'm not here, Yuxi City will probably be in chaos for a while."

Alayya asked:

"Then do we want to go back?"

Seeing that there was something going on, Delis quickly followed and squeezed in between Alayya and Lid, saying:

"Go back. Why are you still hesitating at this time? Are you stupid? You are leaving the existing resources in the city unused and running out alone? Sitting in the center and making arrangements, this is what a ruler should do... That's what my father told me."

Lid completely ignored her and spoke as if to himself or to Alayya:

"When people from different places get together, there will inevitably be all kinds of friction. Fang Shisan has been leading troops outside for a long time, and Shuang rarely shows up. They don't have enough time to spend together, and they haven't experienced storms together, so there is not enough trust."