Why play in a band if you don't form one for life?

"It was about the same before, but now the support is stronger."

"That's perfect. Long-range damage roles are already a bit oversaturated. You go to the middle of the team next to Lisa and Ichichi-san, do a good job of assisting, and at the same time guard the back of the team and respond flexibly in an emergency."

"Then, it's settled," said Saya. The reliability of this formation has been proven in practice, and there is no doubt about it. Others also agreed.

Except for one person.

"Uh...what about me?" Shizi pointed at himself.

Youxina had already made plans in her mind. She looked at Shizi expressionlessly and said, "You stay on the airship."

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Chapter 17 I'm Not Needed Here

"You stay on the airship."

As soon as he said this, Youxi noticed that Shizi's expression changed. It was as if something had been pulled out of her, and her body was shaking slightly as her center of gravity swayed, as if she would fall down at any moment.

Shizi gradually put down his hands.

"…Mr. Wu?"

Shizi's face showed self-mockery: "So, I'm not needed here?"

"Huh?" Youxina didn't expect that her words would cause her to misunderstand like this. Before she could respond, Shizi stood up silently, turned around and left without taking the torch. Before entering the corridor, she turned back and left the last words: "Everyone go, I will stay here well."

Her voice sounded as if she would burst into tears any second.

Shizi left. The sound of the lonely footsteps was amplified by the closed space of the corridor and pierced the heart of the listener.

"Shiko!" Ichiri stood up and chased after her. Seeing this, Kita also hurried after her. Nijika did not chase after her. Shiko's unexpected behavior only made her feel abrupt, and at the same time she had some guesses. Yukina looked at Lisa for help, but the other party was also confused. But even so, Lisa still stood up and wanted to follow to see.

But before she could take the first step, Shiko came back accompanied by Ichiri and Kita who were both laughing and crying. Shiko's face was no longer filled with tears, but a funny expression: "No, my acting is really that good? You all believe it?"

Everyone was offline for a second before they realized what was happening. Shiko was just improvising. To be honest, when she realized that everyone had work to do and she was left alone, Shiko's heart did feel cold for a moment. So she had an idea and captured the emotion of that moment, magnified it, exaggerated it, and combined it with Chihaya Aine's mental state in the ninth and tenth episodes of "My Go", and she didn't expect to create such an effect.

Hongxia shook her head helplessly. Youxina's eyes looked like she wanted to kill Shizi. Shizi could only smile foolishly and sat back in her seat obediently: "Someone has to stay behind. Of course, I am the most suitable. I understand, I understand."

As their important asset, the airship naturally needs to be guarded at all times. Although it has its own defense system, it is always unsafe without anyone to take care of it. Shizi can now fully control all the important parts of the airship, so she is the most suitable person to stay. At the same time, her combat power has indeed decreased. Considering these two aspects, it is the most normal idea to let her stay.

"But I still feel a bit lonely after all..." Shizi lay on the table and complained softly.

"Or...or I should stay here...I'm used to being alone anyway..." Yili said.

Shizi glanced at her and said, "It's okay. I always come here alone. I'm just talking."

Yukina ignored her pity and stood up: "Let's go now."

Several people filed out of the bar and came to an exit at the edge of the cabin. Shizi turned the mechanical handle, asked everyone to step back, and opened the door. The strong wind from outside the boat rushed in instantly, and several people almost lost their balance and cried out in surprise. Outside the door was a few hundred meters high, which was terrifying. Shizi lay on the ground, stuck his head out of the door, shielded himself from the wind with his hands, and looked down.

As expected, her cleaning last night had some impact on the environment, and many branches were broken. However, compared with what they were going to do next, this was nothing. Shiko pulled back and made way for Kita.

Kita didn't lie down, but just grabbed the handle by the door, then leaned forward, letting half of her body hang in the air. She raised her right hand, not aiming directly below the airship, but slightly further away.

"Student Wu, those three newcomers are not nearby, right?" Flames gathered in her hands, and she suddenly remembered this.

"Yeah. On the other side of the lake."

"Then I feel relieved." Kitaro clenched his right hand, and a brilliant light burst out from his eyes!

The spell created by simplifying [Purifying Dawn] and expanding its coverage at the expense of destructive power is:

[River of Fire]!

It was as if the world had split open. A river of fire from hell was flowing out of the crack and onto the earth of the living world! The forest was silently assimilated and turned into an extension of hell.

Sayo thought it was about right and played the guitar in her hand. Her skill name wasn't that fancy.

【1000】

This has no other meaning, it just means "1000mm". Now, following the river of hell, a 1000mm rainstorm poured down, quickly extinguishing the flowing fire, and the rain curtain roughly pressed all the black smoke that had just risen back to the ground.

The airship slowly turned and flew over there. The rain had stopped. There were no tree stumps on the ground, only mud and puddles.

The airship landed on the muddy ground. As it landed, a low whistle sounded.

"Will there be a whistle when the airship lands?" "Just that's what she wants to do."

There was a murmur of discussion behind them. Shizi ignored it. With a gentle shake, she seemed to hear the sound of water overflowing from the mud. She could almost imagine the cabin chassis covered with mud.

"My Jia Jiuzhou is not clean anymore..." she said with disgust.

"Ya Zi's Eternal Night is not clean anymore..." Ya Zi also said in disgust.

Kita stood at the door again: "Watch me!" The flames ignited again, and pure white steam rose everywhere, choking everyone and forcing them to hide inside. Then the sound of a bass sounded, and the sound waves dispersed the steam, and the surrounding ground had dried up.

Kita was the first to jump off the airship: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind!" The land was still soft and warm. Kita stomped heavily on the ground a few times, enjoying the long-lost feeling of stepping on solid ground.

After her, Yukina and the others got off the airship one by one. With each person leaving, there was a space next to Shiko. Soon, there was no one around her.

"Shizi-san~see you later~" Yazi waved to Shizi. The others did the same.

Shizi also smiled and waved at them. In front of everyone, the airship slowly rose into the air until they could no longer see Shizi.

The people on the ground could no longer be seen. Shizi lowered her waving hands, sighed, and closed the door. She turned and walked towards the command room, her footsteps echoing in the corridor.

"What's going on..." She muttered to herself in words that only she could hear, "I'm already used to it..." She stopped and looked out the window. There was only lush primeval jungle and no one in sight.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When she opened her eyes again, her hair was pure white with a bright red highlight in front of her bangs. There was only determination and resolve in her eyes.

"Next, I will be Handler One."

On land, Youshina put down her hand and stopped looking at the airship. She looked back and saw that some people had already entered combat readiness, guarding against possible enemies, while others still looked relaxed.

"The chassis is indeed dirty..." Yazi still looked up at the sky with a droopy face.

"Hmm... Ijichi-senpai, don't you think this is a good place to shoot some disaster movies? Do you have a camera with you?"

"I have it... do you want one?"

"Everyone better be serious." Before Youkina could speak, Saya reminded, "Even after a sweep, there may still be fish that slipped through the net."

"it is good--"

Thorns emerged from Yukina's sleeves: "Let's go quickly."

Yukina took out the map that Shiko had given her in advance, observed the position of the sun, and determined the direction. But before she could finish, several shadows flew over from the airship in the sky, which had shrunk to the length of a finger. Before she could see clearly, the shadows fell into the woods in front of her. With the sound of the explosion, fire and smoke rose in the woods. Countless tree trunks, carrying the monsters hiding in them, burned and fell, just in time to open up a path for them to move forward.

Another whistle sounded from the air, as if greeting them.

Yukina smiled unconsciously and led everyone forward.

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Chapter 18 It's normal for ordinary JK to know a little Morse code, right? Mizushima Tsutomu also did it

The crowd trudged through the woods.

It's not right to say "among the woods". They were shrouded in the shadow of the airship, and Shizi's air-dropped bombs cleared the way all the way, blasting a wide road of at least eight lanes through the woods. The nine people followed seamlessly, extinguished the fire, coordinated the air and land forces, cooperated tacitly, and were extremely efficient.

The nine people on the ground even felt a little relieved. A few bombs were enough to defeat those weak monsters. Even if some of them were still half dead, they were not enough before the nine people joined forces.

The frozen broken limbs flew up in front of Yili and broke on the ground like rotten wood. Originally, it was a rotten giant bear that was ten miles in size. In the past, if Miss Xinmu was not there, the five of them would have to work hard to encounter it, but now it was just a small fish that they killed easily. In fact, it has been a long time since they encountered a single monster that required them to use all their strength to defeat it. All crises came from the sea of monsters at night.

"(Does this count as... growing up?" Ichiri stared blankly at the new bomb being dropped in front of her. A new explosion sounded. At first she covered her ears, but now she has begun to adapt.

"(But...)" The terrifying image that seemed impossible to fight appeared in her mind again. Yili's body stiffened, and the strings of the zither caught in her fingers. Her steps paused for a moment.

“(No… No…)” Her breathing became heavy.

"Hey! Ichiri-kun!"

Yazi patted Yili's shoulder, bringing her back to her senses.

"what happened?"

"No, it's okay." Yili forced a smile, "I was just imagining things."

"Hmm?" Ako couldn't read minds, so she couldn't see what Yili was thinking, but she didn't need it. She smiled as usual: "No matter what, we are here!"

Ako's smile was so sincere. Seeing this smile, Ichiri's fear slowly subsided.

"(There will always be a way...right?)"

She plucked the strings of her zither, extinguishing the flames in front of her.

Compared to Ichiri, Sayo, who stood behind Ako and reminded everyone to be alert at the beginning, seemed to be doing nothing. The airships covered the sky above them. This provided air support for their advancement, but it also made Sayo's ability to call for rain useless. Sayo held her guitar and walked slowly in the middle of the team. When it is time to work, you should work hard, and when it is not necessary, you don't have to force it. This is the same as playing.

She walked slowly, and suddenly, Yazi in front of her stopped.

"What's wrong?" She asked Yukina, not Ayako. Ayako stopped because Yukina also stopped. But before Yukina could answer, Saya realized the situation: Shiko did not continue to open the way forward. Since the last bombing, it has been far beyond the normal interval, and the next bombing has not yet arrived.

Saya looked up at the sky. Above her head, the shadow of the airship blocked all vision, and she had no idea what was going on inside. However, judging from the fact that the airship was still floating smoothly, Shizi should not have encountered any accidents.

They didn't have to wait long before the news came from above. At first, it was just a few low whistles, almost blending in with the ambient sound and inaudible. Then, as if Shizi had found the trick, the sound became louder and the rhythm could be heard. It was alternating between long and short.

"Is that Morse code?" Yuki then remembered that she had not agreed on a contact method with Shizi before. She silently reflected on herself. Maybe she really lacked experience as a leader outside of band activities. But as long as she accumulated a little bit and gave her all, she would definitely be able to climb to the top in the new field.

Kita closed her eyes and listened attentively. After listening for a while, she began to translate: "The front is the boundary... There are no monsters at all..."

Yazi looked at her in surprise. She knew Morse code? Yazi thought it was very cool!

"Observe carefully...that's it." She lowered her hands from her ears.

Yukina looked ahead. With her eyesight, she could already vaguely see the light of water through the gaps between the branches. Was the area with the real abnormality just ahead? She calmed down and began to analyze the current situation.

Obviously, the current situation is unprecedented. There is no past experience to draw on.

There are three possibilities for the area ahead that has no monsters. The first possibility is that it is really very safe, similar to the reward area in the game. This situation can be ignored; the second possibility is that it is similar to the [Xingtian] that Hongxia once mentioned, an area that has been transformed by predecessors. If this is the case, the danger does not come from monsters, but from the area itself, but there may be rich rewards. Half of the airships they are riding now are due to this; the third possibility is similar to some beasts in reality that occupy the mountains as kings, and there may be an extremely powerful monster entrenched there.

Extremely powerful... Yukina had only heard of one monster that met this definition.

The one they were going to avenge was a terrifying being the size of a mountain, whose mere movement could cause earthquakes and whose long-range attack capabilities were also possible. Even if one had not seen it with one's own eyes, recalling Hong Xia's expression when she mentioned it, one could get a glimpse of its horror.

Now, there is a chance that such a monster is lurking in the seemingly peaceful area ahead. It could also be a high-risk, high-reward situation. Even so, should we continue to move forward?

Yukina made a decision in her heart. There was no reason to come here in the first place. Even if she figured out the secret of this place, it might not help them now. It was not a wise choice to let everyone risk their lives for an unknown reward, and it was not what a qualified leader should do.

Just as she was about to order a retreat, her heart skipped a beat. She immediately turned to the source of the sense of danger. There was only an ordinary tree there, right at the edge of Shizi's bombing circle, and it was spared. The only abnormality was the black and red filth accumulated on a branch. It could be just a weak monster similar to a slime, or part of the body of another monster.

But Youshina was sure that the branch was clean just a moment ago.

The next moment, there was nothing on the branches.

What happened? With Youxi's 164 physical enhancements and 131 intelligence enhancements, she was confident that she couldn't have remembered it wrongly, and she couldn't have missed the process of the filth being created and disappearing. Was she just thinking about something and overlooked it? Impossible. As a forward, she had always paid attention to her surroundings.

"Kita-san, shield." She whispered, and focused her attention on the surroundings. Thorns slowly popped out from under her feet, crawling on the ground and exploring the surroundings. [Lost Garden], Yuki's self-created exploratory skill, she can share senses with thorns.

Although Kita didn't understand the situation, she quickly followed the instructions. She closed her eyes, clasped her hands in front of her chest, and prayed. The flames rose up around them, enveloping everyone in it, but without hurting them at all.

[Miracle Reappearance: Fire Prayer], a skill that was already used in the CiRCLE period, also became the prototype of the airship defense system. Now Kita has become more proficient in using it.

The others also took defensive stances. Yukina's five senses were stronger than theirs, so she could sense the approaching danger more easily than them.

The next moment, a shadow made of black and red mist suddenly appeared in the void behind the team.

But Shizi could see clearly that the light reflected from the lake surface had just trembled.

Chapter 19 I am the leader of the ending band

A sense of crisis suddenly rose. Liang instinctively hit the bass, the sound waves vibrated, and the tremendous force pushed back!

The attack hit nothing. There was nothing behind them.

No. It wasn't like there was nothing just now. Liang was sure that for a moment there was indeed a figure behind him.

"Liang! Where is the enemy?" The starlight in Hong Xia's hand is ready to go.

Liang shook his head: "I don't know. I don't know where he ran off to."

Shizi heard Liang's bass. That was not a code for reply, but a signal of "encountering the enemy".

The lake surface, which had been smooth as a mirror, trembled. Is there any connection between them? Shizi stood in front of the porthole and thought.

On the ground, the shadow appeared again. It still appeared out of thin air. This time it was closer to everyone, and part of it had already reached into Kita's flames. However, this time it did not disappear peacefully. The moment it came into contact with the flames, everyone heard a tragic howl, and black and red mud spurted out from the shadow, like blood. Before everyone's attacks landed on it, the shadow disappeared again.

The lake surface flickered again.

This time, everyone saw the shadow. Yazi was closest to it and saw her appearance clearly. Her mouth opened slightly: "You will receive a lawyer's letter..."

The entire body of the black shadow was made of black-red mud and a mechanical structure, roughly molded into a half-human, half-ghost appearance, without a lower body, floating in the air, with dense red hair, and a few yellow-red eyeballs embedded on its flat face, like a circuit board. The two slender limbs on its body, like bamboo joints, were connected to a sword and a shield that emitted a light blue fluorescence.