The Chosen of Slaanesh in Infinite Worlds

120. Scattered all over the floor

Considering that the children were in their prime years of growth and development, Link knew the importance of nutrition. Therefore, he went to a fruit store and bought a large bag of various fruits, which could almost be regarded as luxury goods in the barren land of the North.

"I hope these little guys will like this thoughtful gift." Link said to Maya, carrying a heavy bag of fruit.

"You, don't spoil those little guys too much. When I'm not around, they will definitely make a lot of trouble, especially Joel and Lark. These two little brats are the most naughty. But then again, they are also the most sensible and bravest children."

Maya said with a smile, her eyes revealing her deep love for the children.

Although she always complained that the children were too noisy, whenever she mentioned them, her face was always filled with unconcealable happiness and pride.

Like Maya and Violena, they both have endless maternal love deep in their hearts.

They are always willing to give everything for their children, even their most precious things.

This kind of maternal love also makes them have an irreplaceable position in the hearts of their children.

On the way back to the orphanage, Link and Maya had to pass through a dirty, messy slum.

The people here live in poverty, and their eyes are filled with desire for food and helplessness towards life.

Link could clearly feel that those greedy eyes were fixed on the bags in their hands, as if they would pounce on them and snatch them at any time.

However, since both of them were wearing armor and holding swords, they did not look easy to mess with, so the greedy people could only stay away.

The people living in this slum are not only poor in material terms, but their hearts are also filled with poverty and despair.

Illness, disability, unemployment... these misfortunes are like mountains pressing down on them, making it difficult for them to breathe.

Many of them have even given up hope of changing their fate and just spend each day in a daze.

However, no matter how difficult life is, we should not give up the pursuit of a better future. Becoming an adventurer, although you have to risk your life to fight, at least you can gain a glimmer of hope for yourself and your family.

The more reasons are that they have given up their desire for life.

Without stopping for too long, Link and Maya quickly passed through the slums.

On the way, Link also used the lottery opportunities he had accumulated over the past two days.

[Ding! Congratulations on obtaining: Blazing Sky Covering Seven-Layer Ring! ]

[Note: The only defensive weapon that the Heroic Spirit Emiya is good at. It is regarded as a barrier treasure with invincible defense against thrown weapons. It is shaped like a petal, with a total of seven petals, each of which is enough to rival the ancient city walls.]

[Ding! Congratulations on obtaining: Hydra Dagger! ]

[Note: This weapon is tainted with the poison of the nine-headed Hydra, and even the great hero Hercules had to be careful with it.]

Good luck.

I actually drew two good things.

Link was also quite happy. He smiled and walked towards the orphanage under the guidance of Maya.

After a while, the dilapidated orphanage came into their sight.

The entire orphanage was built on the back of an equally dilapidated church and looked shaky.

The outer wall had long been broken into pieces, with traces of cracks and patches everywhere, as if it would collapse at any time.

The main building inside was not in much better condition. The damaged roof was simply repaired with a few wooden boards and was not even covered with tiles.

When it rains, this place might leak, causing the children to suffer more.

There is no other way. The money Maya earns as an adventurer is not enough to provide a comfortable environment for so many children.

Maya had done her best.

Looking at the orphanage in front of him, Link couldn't help but feel a strong urge in his heart. He also wanted to do something for these children, at least to allow them to have a slightly better living environment.

However, before he could open his mouth to propose repairing the orphanage, he heard a noise and the crying of children coming from the house.

"Damn it, you little bastards, none of you will survive today!" a ferocious voice roared, followed by the children's terrified screams and pleas for mercy.

"Oops!"

Link and Maya's faces changed. They knew something was wrong. They immediately threw the things in their hands aside and rushed into the house.

As soon as they entered the house, they saw a heartbreaking scene.

The two adventurers each grabbed a child by the hair and pulled it hard, trying to beat them.

The two children were Joel and Lark. Their faces were flushed red and their eyes were filled with fear and despair.

"Damn thing!"

Link shouted angrily, and without any hesitation, he drew out the Skyfire Greatsword on his back and slashed it out. Scarlet hot flames instantly wrapped around the sharp Skyfire Greatsword, like a red lightning bolt cutting through the air.

Before the two adventurers could react, they were cut in half, and blood splattered everywhere.

"Joel! Lak!" Maya exclaimed and hurried to the two children.

However, at this moment, Joel and Lark were already dying, breathing out more than breathing in. Lark, in particular, had no reaction at all, only weak breathing.

"Damn it! The information is wrong! This guy is at least Silver level!" an adventurer shouted in horror. They originally thought that Link was only an Iron level adventurer, but they didn't expect him to be so powerful.

"Didn't you say black iron?" another adventurer shouted in panic. The trap they had originally set has now become their own death warrant.

At this moment, six archers suddenly appeared on the roof. They bent their bows and drew their arrows, and the arrows wrapped with fighting spirit shot towards Link and Maya below at an extremely fast speed.

At the same time, four swordsmen climbed over the nearby wall. Each of them had tungsten steel-level strength, and the shining swords in their hands flashed with cold light.

"Oh no! It's a trap! Maya!"

Link shouted, there was no need to explain the current situation any further, he already knew clearly that he and Maya had fallen into a trap and were being plotted against.

Link hurried to Maya, "Rho Aias! Blazing Sky Covering Seven Rings!"

The seven beautiful purple petals blocked all the incoming arrows.

The arrows wrapped in fighting spirit could only create ripples on the rings, and could not even penetrate the first ring. There were seven such rings, and each one had a defensive power comparable to that of an ancient city wall.

This is the shield of the hero Ajax, which was used in the Trojan War. It is a bronze shield with seven layers of cowhide stacked on top. It was said to be a masterpiece that protected against the javelin of Hector, the great Trojan hero, which no one could defend against.

The truth is, six layers of cowhide were penetrated, but the seventh layer blocked it. After that, it became known as a "concept weapon" with absolute defensive power against throwing weapons, and its existence was sublimated.

However, at this moment he had no time to think about it and could only try his best to protect Maya and the children.

"Joel! Joel! Don't sleep! Sister Maya is back! Don't sleep! Please..."

Maya's eyes were red, she held her two children tightly in her arms, and big tears rolled down her cheeks. She kept calling Joel's name, hoping that he could survive this.

However, Joel's condition was getting worse.

He tried to raise his good arm and wipe away the tears from Maya's cheek.

"Sister Maya...your face is all red from crying, but you can't get married..." he said weakly, forcing a smile on his face.

"Joel...don't cry, sister!" Maya said with a sob, but her tears kept falling like beads from a broken string.

"Sister is lying...I can't wipe away my tears..."

Joel's voice became weaker and weaker. "Sylvie and the others are still in the house. They want to sell my sisters... Joel and Lark, like the heroes in the storybooks... don't let the bad guys succeed..."

"Joel and Lark are the best heroes of all time..."

Maya said this while crying, she hugged her two children tightly, as if she wanted to pass all her warmth to them.

"Sister Maya must...must save them..."

Joel's voice was so weak that it was almost inaudible. "What a beautiful flower. It's the same color as the one my mother was buried with..."

His eyes gradually became blurred, as if he was looking at something distant and beautiful.

Under the reflection of the purple petals of the Seven-Layered Rings of Blazing Sky, Joel's pupils gradually dilated and eventually lost their luster.

His little hands dropped limply, and the candy that Maya tried desperately to stuff into his hands slipped from his hands and scattered all over the floor.

At that moment, the whole house seemed to be still, with only Maya's sad cries echoing in the air.

121. Prelude to Revenge

“Ahhhhhh! You…you shameless bastards, all of you must die!!!”

Maya's voice was hoarse, filled with hysterical despair and anger.

The moment Joel's limp hands touched the cold ground, her heart seemed to be torn apart, and the tears on her cheeks mixed with dirt. Where was her former beauty and pride?

It is said that a dragon has a reverse scale, and anyone who touches it will die.

Even a woman like Maya, who is usually gentle and kind, has a bottom line that cannot be crossed.

These adventurers from the Black Hand Mercenary Group not only touched this bottom line, but also trampled on it with cruel means.

They kidnapped innocent children and used them as bargaining chips to force Link and Maya to submit. Such behavior is undoubtedly challenging Link and Maya's dignity and bottom line.

"Maya! The archer on the roof is up to you!"

Link's voice was calm and cold, and his eyes flashed with unquestionable determination. He threw the Skyfire Greatsword in his hand like a spear, and the heavy sword drew a sharp arc in the air, pointing directly at the four swordsmen who tried to stop them.

At the same time, Link's figure disappeared from the spot in an instant like an arrow shot from a bow, leaving only a black trail.

When he appeared again, a set of pitch-black armor had covered his entire body, and black and red energy fluctuations emanated from his body.

Then, a golden light flashed behind Link, and a huge sword as blue as moonlight and extremely sharp appeared out of thin air in his hand.

The four swordsmen had just barely blocked the attack of the Skyfire Sword, and before they had time to catch their breath, they were faced with this even more deadly sword.

They were shocked to find that the speed and power of the sword was far beyond their imagination. They had no time to react before it was cut in half.

"Where did he... where did he get the other sword?!"

A swordsman screamed in fear, but the Grim Reaper would not answer his question.

The next second, he saw his upper body separated from his lower body, blood splattered everywhere, and the fire of life was completely extinguished at that moment.

Without any hesitation, Link easily took back the Skyfire Greatsword he had just thrown with his left hand, and in the blink of an eye he turned into a master of dual swords.

The two extremely heavy swords seemed to have turned into light one-handed swords in his hands, extremely flexible and invincible.

He shuttled between enemies like a whirlwind, and every swing of his sword was accompanied by a bloody storm.

……

At the same time, Maya launched her counterattack. She jumped up and flew out like an arrow, swinging her giant axe and attacking the enemy on the roof with a whistling sound.

At this moment, Maya has completely lost her previous elegance and composure. She is like a female leopard forced into a desperate situation, moving left and right very flexibly to avoid the enemy's attacks.

Several archers on the roof tried to dodge Maya's attack, but it was too late.

Maya was furious and used far more force than ever before in every attack. As the giant axe kept smashing down, they were simply unable to resist and soon one of them could not stand it anymore. The Black Hand mercenary, who was hit on the head by the giant axe, had his head blown into pieces by the huge fighting spirit.

Maya's fighting spirit is like the gunpowder in a cannonball. Once it enters the enemy's body, it will explode instantly, causing unhealable wounds.

Burning with rage, Maya desperately wanted to kill these evil gangsters in front of her.

Her eyes were filled with the flames of revenge, and every attack seemed to vent the pain and anger in her heart.

"Damn it! We are no match for them! The intelligence is wrong! We must go back and report the situation!"

The leading archer looked at the battlefield below in horror. Three of the four tungsten steel swordsmen had died under Link's 'siege', and the remaining one had both legs cut off, and was obviously not far from death.

He knew that the game was over and the remaining two archers would never be a match for the two men in front of him.

So the idea of escaping came to his mind, and he and another archer turned around and wanted to leave.

However, as soon as they turned around, a dark shadow flashed past their eyes like a ghost. Before they could react, they felt their heads pierced by a huge force. Blood gushed out, and their lives ended completely at that moment.

"Want to leave? We can't let the news about the hero leak out so easily."

A soft moan was heard from the shadow of the alley, and then a figure slowly walked out.

It was a woman wearing a black tights, with a curvy figure and eager greed in her eyes. She twisted her waist and looked at Link and Maya in the center of the battlefield, with a strange smile on her lips.

"As expected of a hero loved by even the gods, what a unique ability...ah, it's really hard to stop. Ladmia even got wet. Hehe, such high-quality seeds can't be taken away by those little bitches like Eleonora."

Her tone was full of teasing and greed, and soon, her figure disappeared into the darkness again, without a trace.

Link and Maya climbed to the roof, only to see two cold corpses.

Link frowned, "Someone is helping us."

"who is it?"

Maya also looked around, but didn't find any suspicious figures.