Brave World, I report to the police station in red at the beginning

Unlike Li Mengyu who still doesn't know where this place is, although she has never been here, she already knows where this place is by looking at the distinctive fonts and some broken books on some shops.

Osaka.

A city not too far from Shikoku.

Xiaojun knew that Li Mengyu was going in the direction of the Four Kingdoms...but he didn't know what was going on with this guy, he always went back to the starting point.

The fantasy of the scene once overwhelmed her.

Obviously, even without a map and a compass, you can confirm your position by looking at the stars in the sky. No, even if you don’t do that, just confirming a position and keeping going will not cause you to stay in the same place.

And even if the maps were found in an abandoned library, one for the world and one for Yingzhou.

He still couldn't figure it out.

Of course, this probably can’t be blamed on him. After all... neither the world map nor the Yingzhou map has an indication of where this place is, right?

Continue to grope blindly.

However, there were a few times when he really figured out the direction to the four countries. However, Xiaojun was not happy about this but rather worried. She was not relieved until she saw Li Mengyu getting lost as usual.

The reason was, after all, she was still afraid to go back, afraid to go back to that place.

"I'm always at a loss anyway, why don't you point me in a direction, Xiaojun, and we can go there."

Li Mengyu, who was washing dishes, was suddenly shocked by what she said, and Xiaojun was so shocked that he almost threw the brave terminal in his hand away.

Actually gave it to her? !

Of course she could point in the right direction. The moment she heard Li Mengyu's voice, her eyes were already looking in the right direction.

But that line of sight quickly turned to other places.

As she said before, she was afraid and terrified to return to that place.

Her pursed lips turned a little pale, and her finger pointed in a direction that was a little cheaper, but not in the completely opposite direction.

"Over there?"

Li Mengyu acted as if she didn't see her strange expression and put all the clean utensils into the void.

"Then let's go over there."

……

The direction they were heading to was Suwa, which was very close to Shikoku but not within Shikoku's territory.

Even though he didn't dare to go back, Xiaojun didn't want to go too far away, so he chose this direction as a compromise.

And as far as she knew, after the devastation of the stars, the only place where humans survived, apart from Shikoku, was Suwa...but that was a thing of the past.

Just one year ago, that place was destroyed by stardust, leaving only four countries with human survivors.

However, the current situation seemed to be somewhat different from what she remembered, and she was not sure whether that place had been destroyed yet.

Of course, there was another reason why she chose that location. There once was a brave man in that place.

A hero who fought alone for three years without relying on the hero system.

She only knew that there was such a person there, but she didn't know much about the others.

Usually it was Wakaba who contacted her, and even at the last moment, the news of the hero's death was only learned from Wakaba.

Now she still holds on to a glimmer of hope. If that brave man is still alive, maybe what happened to her... maybe even without the terminal, she can get her original strength back.

By then, she should have the chance to stand next to Takashima-san and Wakaba-san again.

With that thought in mind, Li Mengyu and Xiaojun were about to set off, relying only on their own two pairs of legs, to a land called Suwa.

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The sun is shining in the sky and the weather is really good today.

The girl with light green hair and gray eyes wiped the sweat from her forehead with that hand, regardless of the dirt on her hands.

The sweat was wiped off, but the conspicuous layer of mud still remained on it.

The other free hand held a freshly picked tomato.

"It turns out that the crops that have just been picked are the greatest!"

The girl named Shiratori Utano proudly straightened her back and held the tomato in her hand high up, as if she was showing off some precious medal.

However, he moved too violently when he stood up, and the ground under his feet was wet and muddy. Even with his wide rain boots, he had difficulty maintaining his balance for a moment, and he fell face first into the mud.

"!Ah! Utano!"

And he successfully splashed the dirty, wet mud onto the girl with brown hair and brown eyes who was also working on the other side.

Even if the clothes you are wearing are specially used for work and are already stained with a lot of mud, this is completely different from being splashed by others.

"Sorry, Xiaoshui, but don't worry, Tomato is fine!"

Shiratori Utano said that he didn't know when the tomato that had reached his chest was raised up to show her.

Seeing her like this, the brown-haired girl who was originally a little angry suddenly lost her temper.

After all, her Ge Ye was just that kind of person, and she was almost used to it.

"What I want to ask is if you are okay, Utahara."

There was some resentment in her voice.

"Ahahaha, how could anything happen to me? Xiaoshui, I'm a hero!"

She symbolically gestured twice with her arms, which didn't have much muscle, and her expression suddenly became dry.

"Can you give me a hand? I can't get up."

“…I’m still a miko.”

Muttering something under her breath, the girl put down what she was doing and prepared to pull up Shiratori Utahara who had fallen into the mud.

But she only got a little closer.

Shiratori Utano suddenly turned up from the mud and smeared her muddy palms on her face.

"You're too young! Xiaoshui!"

"Utano!"

"Ahahaha...wait a minute, Xiaoshui, those scissors are used to cut tomatoes! Calm down! Calm down!"

Although they are reluctant to admit it, the two people in the mud are the current Suwa hero Shiratori Utano and the shrine maiden, Fujimori Mizuto.

Chapter 140: Want to die, Xiaojun only

This feeling cannot be wrong.

Looking at the monster floating in the air in front of him, there is a blue structure in the center that looks like a bow and arrow, and the outer layer is made up of several long needles strung together.

'Vertex... why are you here?'

Having fought similar monsters countless times, Xiaojun's feeling was definitely not wrong.

It was a new form formed by dozens of stardusts coming together.

Generally referred to as "Vertex", it has evolved many times in her impression. The most recent impression is that even if the heroes use their trump cards, they cannot break through its external armor.

The Vertex in front of her was one of the earliest types. If the Hero Terminal was fine, she could kill as many Vertexes as she wanted. But if she couldn't use the Hero Terminal...

No chance of winning.

Both the hero's armor and weapons are in the hero's terminal, and ordinary weapons cannot cause effective damage to Vertex.

"This guy seems to be more resistant to burning."

If I turn around and run now, there might be a chance of survival.

Under Li Mengyu's care these days, Xiaojun's physical fitness has recovered to its original level except that he still cannot speak.

Long-term use of the Hero Terminal not only affects her mentally... but also her physically.

However, unlike the mental effects, the physical effects are benign.

It gave her physical strength and endurance that surpassed that of ordinary humans without transforming.

Although the situation was obviously extremely dangerous, Li Mengyu was still saying something incomprehensible.

"...If I abandon him at this moment and let him attract Vertex's firepower...if it's Vertex of that level, I can definitely survive."

The dark thoughts in my heart appeared again.

There is no way around it. After all, no one would die so willingly.

While she was thinking about those things, the Vertex had already discovered them. The blue bow and arrow emitted a faint halo, and one of the thin and needle-like parts of its body was just resting on the bow and arrow, just like drawing a bow and shooting an arrow.

And the target was Li Mengyu, which was exactly what she had thought in her mind. At this time, all she had to do was turn around and run.

It's okay, no one will blame her. After all, she has lost her power and is now just a slightly stronger child.

If she died here now, she would never see the person she wanted to see, the person she wanted to apologize to again...so she couldn't die!

So, I can only apologize.

The long and thin needle was fired out, and the guy who was still grinning foolishly would be killed within seconds.

'hateful! ’

Li Mengyu, who was about to fight back, was suddenly knocked aside by Xiaojun who rushed over with almost all his strength.

Although they both fell on the mud in a very embarrassing state... because Xiaojun used too much strength, he even rolled on the ground twice.

But the long needle was indeed dodged.

The long needle shot onto the mud and sank directly into it. If it were a human body, it would probably be pierced through completely without any effort.

It's terrible.

There were actually tiny stones on the muddy ground. Xiaojun discovered them when he rolled to the ground. At that time, he thought he was definitely going to get hurt.

But after rolling around, he was not hurt at all.

That almost subconscious action of protecting myself in his arms.

She glared fiercely at Li Mengyu who was still grinning foolishly. If she was smarter, she would be able to realize the current situation!

Is it that difficult to just turn around and run?!

In this way, she only needs to be responsible for restraining Vertex and doesn't have to worry about the safety of this fool.

With her physical fitness, it should be no problem for her to hold back this Vertex before Li Mengyu leaves.

As long as her legs are not hurt, it doesn't matter how many times her arms are attacked. She can just wait for Li Mengyu to leave before leaving. This method is feasible.

As for abandoning... the idea is just an idea. She is a hero, how could she watch someone being attacked by Vertex in front of her and remain indifferent, or even run away!

If she really did something like that, she would never be able to become a hero.

"Ah-ah!"

While Vertex was charging for the next attack, she used a hoarse voice and her arms to make gestures for Li Mengyu to leave.

However, Li Mengyu's clear eyes, which had never been polluted by knowledge, did not look like she understood.

The more he gestured, the more intense the smile on this guy's face became. This was no longer something that could be described as an ordinary idiot.

At the last moment when the next long needle was coming, Xiaojun gave up.

It's so abominable. I'd rather just give my life back to him.

She didn't think her petite body could block much of the attack. Most likely, the long needle would pass through her body and then through Li Mengyu's body.

"I'm actually going to die with this guy..."

Surprisingly, there was no resistance.

If there really is a Huangquan Kingdom (the underworld of Yingzhou), if we die together, we should go together...reincarnate or something.

Just thinking about it makes me so annoyed! I would rather die than see this silly smiling face!

Let’s not talk about what Xiaojun is thinking for now.