Quit the team, then picked up a beautiful girl with problems

In Leon's opinion, although the woman was extremely shabby, she was not a beggar, but was simply temporarily in trouble. The large cloak was no longer entwined with magic, but it still retained some spirituality, indicating that it was once some high-quality equipment.

Even though her breath was steady, she had no magic power, and her spirituality was inactive, Leon could sense the complexity of her spirituality, which showed that she had strength.

There are usually no ordinary people in the Holy City. Leon was eating his ice cream and didn't intend to pay much attention to this person.

But sometimes, some people just like to cause trouble.

"Hey, girl, you didn't pay for your food." A man who looked like a shop assistant said in front of the black-haired girl.

"Oh, Longchaoyuan is going to rip people off again." said a guest sitting not far from Li Ang.

"It's luxuriously decorated, and it's the best way to deceive outsiders, and it's also the best way to rip them off."

Longchaoyuan is opposite the Ice and Snow Inn and is already notorious in the Holy City. It specializes in serving people based on the situation, but its background is mysterious and it can often get away from disputes.

"I have paid. This is a land of order, and I know I have to pay. That one magic crystal must be enough."

The beggar woman in front of them had a soft but pleasant voice, indicating that she was not very old.

"What crystal? Has anyone seen it? Hey, did you see it?"

The clerk and several colleagues behind him sneered together, their eyes flickering, as if they felt they had already taken control of this disheveled traveler from outside the city.

Leon looked at the group of people and found that the sloppy girl's hand was hidden under her cloak, holding the hilt of the sword.

Even he had noticed before that there was a long sword hidden under the wide cloak. She could suppress the power, but the power of the sword was not unleashed because of the restraint of the scabbard. In front of it, these shop assistants with 2nd-3rd level strength, who could be tyrannical bullies in other sky islands, would be crushed into powder in an instant.

As the girl's aura grew more sinister, her sword-gripping movements became even more difficult to conceal.

The shop assistants saw her weapon and became even more excited.

"Call the Order Knights, someone's trying to cause trouble here! They're trying to dine and commit violence!"

"Come on."

Li Ang walked across the street and said to the clerk at Long Chao Yuan, "Everyone gets into trouble sometimes. Don't make it difficult for others."

Being disturbed by these people with boring things has ruined my rare mood for rest.

If the Sword Girl were provoked into action and the Order Knights came over, chaos would inevitably break out on the street. This might even affect the Air Knights who were watching nearby, which would be a serious problem.

Seeing the Grand Knight's Medal on Leon's chest, the staff at Longchaoyuan became a little hesitant and found excuses to leave. Meluna's reticence prevented the situation from escalating.

"At that time, among those watching the show, there were marginal members of my friend's team and new probationers at the pinnacle of soul. If it was just a wandering swordsman who acted recklessly and dragged these people into it, it would be a troublesome situation that he couldn't escape from."

Li Ang folded his arms and looked at Meluna: "I have been thinking that calming the situation down won't require you to rely on me, so it turns out that you have been targeting me for a long time."

That night, there was a knock on Li Ang's door. A slovenly girl wearing a large cloak appeared outside. Her body was covered in stains, but her eyes were bright and spotless.

"I'm hungry."

She only said two words.

Then, from inviting her to dinner, to suggesting that she clean herself, to discovering that this person had no ability to take care of herself.

When I came to my senses, I was already taking care of every aspect of her life.

"When you wiped my face, I suddenly felt a sense of relief... a feeling I had never felt before. At that moment, I might even have forgotten how to hold the sword.

"I felt that you were indeed different from others, but at that time I didn't understand how different you were."

Meluna stood up from her chair and approached Leon step by step until she was very close.

"You never get tired of me—"

"I still will. I was so annoyed at the beginning, wondering when you would leave." Li Ang said.

He stood up and walked over to the workbench. "Come here. Tell me what kind of equipment you like to use and what your ideal setup is."

425. Meluna

The girl could no longer clearly remember the night when the entire village was engulfed in black flames.

She was suddenly awakened from her bed and someone hurriedly took her through the ruins. Screams continued in the dark night, and finally she was swallowed by the water surrounding the village and slid into the bottomless dark waterway.

She woke up in a pool of mud. The green grass and flowers in the marshland were burned to ashes by the black flames, and then mixed with the dead water to form black mud. Before she could clear the choking ashes from her nose and throat, she was picked up by armored soldiers and thrown into a prison cart.

In the distance, the towering tree that I could see when I sneaked out of the village to play was still burning. The black flames on it mixed with the sparks it spewed out, dyeing the sky purple-black.

Something pale and twisted was hiding in the purple-black clouds. Beneath it, a girl who should have been wearing a gorgeous long dress was shrouded in black flames and lightning that announced her death. Starlight kept falling from her body and sinking into the ash-covered swamp, and her flesh and blood rotted into mud.

The girl could be seen from such a distance, she looked like a giant.

It was Flora. Even she was killed.

From the whispers of those aboard the prisoner wagon, the young woman from Huanwo Village learned the identity of the fallen, godlike girl. She recalled the whispers she had encountered while wandering through the marshland woods. Though they had never met, it felt as if they had become friends.

Did she cry? Was she sad? Meluna couldn't even remember these things.

She was imprisoned and sent to a large ship, which took the girl away from her destroyed hometown. She had always watched them coming and going from the mountains outside the village, but had never taken a ride on it.

The only thing she remembered was the bone-chilling cold that day.

All familiar and warm things were stripped away from me.

While drifting in the underground river, the water, which he had been able to control since childhood as if it were a part of his body, was so cold that it seemed to swallow him up.

A new world opened its sharp jaws to her, and since then, she has never experienced the feeling that could be called "happiness" again, and all the past memories are blurred.

……

In the training ground, a man who looked like a military commander stood in front of a group of children, waving a sharpened iron sword and shouting loudly.

"Do you understand? You guilty bastards! You are here because your families and elders have taken the wrong path and stood in the way of the Empire! Now, you have the opportunity to bask in the glory of the Empire, but whether you can pass the test depends on your performance!"

Children who were gathered into the imperial military camp from different channels were gathered together for no reason. The adults who called themselves the "empire" did not care about their life or death, but only wanted to select the "qualified" ones from among them.

Each child was given an iron sword that was too heavy for them and told to fight each other until only one was left standing.

That person needs to knock down everyone standing on the field.

"Hey, dirty woman, can you be more arrogant?"

Three strong boys approached the girl who had become like a wild child with long swords in hand.

"You are?"

"Wow, wait till I chop off all your limbs and see if your stinky mouth is still that stubborn!"

As they rushed over, the girl recognized who they were.

Those who wanted to steal her bread were knocked unconscious by the water she controlled to wrap their mouths and noses, and she snatched their food away instead.

The girl raised the rusty longsword she had been given by the soldiers.

Meimei, listen carefully, don't touch the weapons in the ancestral hall - someone told her this in her memory.

why?

Because they are too easy for you to master, but you are not old enough and don’t understand the meaning of wielding a sword.

So what? Is there any need to wonder why?

"Wow, that girl is amazing." On the high platform, two soldiers watched the orphans as their fights turned into bloodshed.

"Where did the three people who besieged her come from?"

"The child of a member of the famous sky pirate group, the 'Sand Corps.' Their ship was sunk by an Imperial warship, and the child was captured here."

"They were all killed by a single sword. She is so cruel."

"No, it's talent. This girl is incredibly talented."

The soldier who spoke stood up, somewhat incredulous.

"That's even better. Such people can better withstand the transformation of the Annihilator's flesh and blood. The blueprint of the ultimate Annihilation Knight is about to be realized."

The soldier who was speaking picked up the teacup beside him and found that the tea in the cup was fluctuating strangely.

He sensed the magic in it, and the source of the magic was... that girl?

Looking down at the stage, the sword-wielding girl was covered in blood. Under her messy bangs, a pair of blood-red eyes were staring blankly at him, and also looking at the sword at his waist.

……

Flames engulfed the Empire's experimental base. A thin and petite figure fled in the jungle of the desolate sky island, pursued by a deformed monster wrapped in wriggling purple-black flesh.

It’s almost there. They are the last weapon of the “Empire” people. As long as we get rid of them, there will be no enemies left.

What the girl held in her hand was no longer a tattered sword, but a sharp weapon that could easily unleash magical power.

There was a dense forest ahead, and she plunged into it. During the pursuit, she kept encountering wild beasts and monsters in the jungle.

But, she has a sword, and that's enough.

She got hurt, and on several occasions was on the verge of death. She was also swallowed whole by monsters, or had her limbs nearly torn off.

In the end, the enemy always falls by the sword or is swept away by the uncontrolled water.

When she grew older, there were no enemies in the jungle who could take her sword, and the weapons she stole were also missing blades, so she tried to learn how to sail and left the island.

Where to go? I don’t know, wherever I go is fine.

After entering the blue sky, she gradually realized that the entire sky had been dragged into conflict by this "empire". They used a giant monster to kill and burn everywhere, and those who disobeyed them were eliminated or maimed.

And in front of the girl, those who blocked her were also killed by the sword.

This empire is annoying, I can kill them all with my sword.

The sword-soil girl who looked like a mere street kid had thoughts that the refugees from Newbiss dared not even think about.

But the Empire is indeed very powerful. Although she doesn't mind killing people, she can't kill every Imperial citizen she sees.

The girl wandered around Newbiss, training, fighting, in order to become stronger.

……

"Hello, since we're both fighting the Empire, why don't we work together?"

The girl encountered some forces that were resisting the empire.

Even later, she couldn't figure out why she was willing to join them at that time?

"Hey, you can't fight like this. You have to surround us. Do you have a spirit of cooperation? If you go deep into the enemy territory alone, you will kill us!"

This group of people is too weak.

"Well, you go and show your military might, so that these Sky Islands will submit to us peacefully and pay tribute... no, taxes. Only then can we better resist the Empire. Understand? Now that the guild is destroyed, we need to establish a new alliance."

There are also some people whose purpose does not seem to be to resist the empire.

"Sorry, the Empire's bounty on you is too high, uh—"

It doesn’t matter, the betrayer will die together.

The girl ultimately chose to go it alone. No matter if she was briefly cooperating with various organizations and groups and then turning into enemies, or breaking through the siege of the empire alone, she could always find opportunities in desperate situations. Her ability to control water and her breakthroughs in swordsmanship tempered her to the limits time and time again, allowing her to go further.

Her name is also feared by everyone, no matter which organization they belong to.

As long as there is strength, one person can always win.

……

On a sky island that was not affected by the flames of war in the empire, a girl sleeping on a park bench with a sword in her arms woke up to the sound of voices not far away.

"Ah, she's awake."

"Don't you have something to say to her? Go over there."

The girl frowned. The people who spoke at noon were a family of three. The couple looked like they had never been troubled by any difficulties in life and had gentle smiles on their faces. Their daughter was about the same age as herself, but her eyes were bright and innocent, as if she didn't belong to this war-torn world in the sky.

"Hello, where are you from?" The girl approached cautiously.

"The capital of the rudder."

"You are indeed from outside the island. That boat docked at Flower Hill is yours, right?"

"Yes."

Meimei couldn't figure out the intentions of the little girl in front of her.

Faced with her cold attitude, the little girl was at a loss. Her parents pushed her back, whispered something to her, and smiled at the girl, saying, "I'm sorry, she just wants to make friends with you. There are not many residents here, and she hasn't met many people her age."

"I can see that," the girl said.

The sword-scarred girl was wearing a set of equipment that was full of battle scars, some of which were ill-fitting. The blood stains and magic dust on her body had not been cleaned for a long time, and her style was incompatible with the sunny countryside around her.

Her airship was damaged, and she temporarily broke into an airspace covered by clouds and strong winds, and found this isolated island. She wanted to rest on it, but she didn't expect that there were some scattered people living here, and they were completely unaware of the disaster in the sky.