Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

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[Sorry... I'm afraid I won't be able to maintain five updates these past two days... Sigh, I've been really busy these past two days because of some things. I only got home in the early morning and was exhausted. I really don't have time to write. I almost missed my perfect attendance. I feel so sad. Why don't we have 48 hours in a day...]

[If I have time, I will update more! If I have time...]

108. The Old Priest’s Gun

Elsa, carrying a heavy sword on her back, stood steadily on the bumpy carriage, looking over the carriage shed in the direction of Weilin Town.

Marvin and Ryan also looked in the direction of Elsa's gaze, but they could not see anything clearly. The town of Weilin was only the size of a sesame seed and was already beyond their visual limit.

In Elsa's sight, a cavalry team emerged from the back of Weilin Town. They were dressed differently and had a variety of weapons. They looked like priests of the church, guards of the town, adventurers and mercenaries. Most of them rode two horses on one horse. The horses were of different breeds, some strong and some thin. Most of these horses were not armored. They were not specially bred high-quality war horses, but more like horses for pulling carts and carrying goods. Even the saddles seemed rather perfunctory.

Although Elsa had little contact with and understanding of cavalry, she could tell at a glance that these people were not a formal cavalry organization, but a temporary team - Weilin Town was just a small border town and could not afford and had no need to form an expensive armored cavalry unit.

There were three leaders in this horse-riding team, who rode alone and walked in front.

To Aisha, they were all familiar faces.

In the center and at the front was Father Angus. He was still wearing the same black robe and carrying a silver spear on his back, which was somewhat similar to the replica of Elsa's holy nail. Although the priest's figure still looked a little hunched, he was riding his horse and rushing to the front, giving people an unstoppable momentum.

It was the first time that Elsa knew that Father Angus could ride a horse and seemed to have a lot of combat experience - otherwise, most people would never have the courage to rush to the front and show such an indomitable momentum.

Behind Father Angus, following closely was Bramuth. He was wearing light armor, with an armed sword hanging on his waist and holding a spear that was taller than him. He stared at the black monster in front of him with cautious and calm eyes. He slowly lowered the spear, aiming the spearhead at the monsters that were getting closer and closer, and lowered his body to make the horse run faster. Compared with Father Angus, he was more like a cavalryman.

There was another figure, and Aisha looked at it deeply for a few more times.

Charlie Bran, the mayor of the town hall and daughter of the head of the Bran family. A silver knight's sword sat at her waist, paired with gorgeous white light armor. Compared to the last time Elsa had seen her, her heroic demeanor had gained a subtle charm. The snow-white color of her flowing hair had completely taken over, a stark contrast to her father's golden locks.

The relationship between Elsa and Charlie Bran was rather complicated. Perhaps the old priest thought Elsa was avoiding Charlie. In short, Elsa would never sit idly by. She said to Marvin and the others behind her, "A battle has broken out between the black monsters in Weilin Town. I'm going to support them. There are still some monsters ahead. I'll clear them out for you along the way. You should follow as soon as possible."

After saying that, Elsa jumped straight off the fast-moving carriage with her heavy sword on her back. Immediately afterwards, Marvin heard a deafening explosion. Even the rigorously trained horse was frightened and neighed and ran off the track, causing the carriage to immediately deviate to one side. However, it was quickly pulled back by the equally frightened driver.

At this time, Elsa had already passed the convoy far away, holding the black heavy sword in her hand and rushing straight towards the front of the convoy. There were several wandering monsters there, and they rushed over when they noticed the existence of the convoy, but were cut in half the next moment.

Elsa kept walking. She quickly cleared the monsters in front of the caravan. After ensuring the safety of the caravan, Elsa immediately ran towards Weilin Town.

Marvin and others behind also sped up their carriages and caught up.

At this time, the "cavalry" of Weilin Town had approached the group of black monsters. When they were close, they could see the appearance of these black monsters clearly - they looked at them with dull and empty eyes, or rather, they were just looking in the direction of Weilin Town, and the black flesh whiskers surging all over their bodies were creepy.

"Split up! First team, follow me and charge!"

The front team was led by Bishop Angus. They rode their strongest horses and rushed towards the black monsters quickly. In just one encounter, several monsters were scattered and trampled by the collision of spears and horses. Angus alone pierced the heads of several monsters. The spear in his hand became slippery because of the blood, but a flash of light passed, and he used holy magic to disperse the blood in his palm.

But surprisingly, the black monsters did not react at all when they were attacked, so more than a dozen of them were successfully killed. It was not until the cavalry rushed out from the group of monsters that they seemed to realize it belatedly and let out a sharp scream, and immediately chased after the cavalry.

But the cavalrymen turned back and crossed paths with the formation behind them. Under the command of Charlie Blan, the cavalrymen who had been on high alert for a long time held their spears steady and easily pierced through the pursuing monsters.

The attack was successful. Charlie shouted loudly, and suddenly several magical lights were cast from the back and fell into the group of monsters. The cavalrymen in the front held the spears in their hands tightly. Some of them were broken or stuck in the monsters and could not be pulled out, so they immediately let go and replaced them with new ones from the space equipment, and threw out bottles of kerosene with magic.

Immediately afterwards, Angus led the first team to turn their horses around and charge back again. His spear was like thunder and rain, elegant, swift and all-pervasive. Every shot he fired while riding on horseback accurately pierced the monster's head, and every sweep directly smashed the monster's head to pieces. His seemingly old body was extremely agile, and he took the lead and actually opened a bloody path without any injury. Because of this, the cavalrymen in the rear rushed up much more easily and smoothly, and there were no casualties in the second round of attack.

But even so, after two encounters, only thirty of the more than one hundred monsters died, less than a quarter, and the cavalry in the rear had already begun to retreat.

Although they were elite, they could only dodge when faced with charges from monsters that outnumbered them by several times their number. Moreover, some of them had already lost their horses - these horses were not trained war horses. It was fine when the monsters were stationary, but once they started moving, it would be easy for these horses to lose control.

Relatively speaking, the horses of the first team are of better breed, and they are also the main force in the battle.

"Have the people at the back keep their distance from the monsters. Brahmute and I will disperse them, and the others will chase after the stragglers!"

Father Angus turned his horse again and rushed forward with his men.

At this moment, his peripheral vision suddenly caught a glimpse of a sharp mist-like object approaching rapidly.

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109. So you are the one——

Angus narrowed his eyes—

It is said to be a fog-like object, but in fact it is more like a huge arrow condensed from fog. The sharp fog is the arrow head, and the stirred soil and dust are the arrow body. It is extremely fast. The moment before, it was still at the other end of the distant field of vision, the end of the plain. When the priest turned his head, it was already within the distance visible to the naked eye. The raised dust was lifted up into the sky layer by layer by the chasing air waves, like a giant snake piercing the horizon, which was particularly spectacular.

Angus saw the figure among them and his expression suddenly relaxed - because Aisha came.

Father Angus was not the only one who noticed the sharp mist-like arrow. Bramuth and Charlie also looked over at it.

There was astonishment and nervousness in Brahmot's eyes, while Charlie raised her eyes slightly. The distant clouds were reflected in her eyes, stained with wine red, like a sunset. If someone looked at her, they would be surprised to find that she was very happy at this moment.

"What is that!? Something is coming!!!"

Some people screamed, while others didn't even notice the abnormality. Angus immediately opened his throat and shouted loudly.

"Everyone, retreat!"

Before he finished speaking, the "sharp arrow" had already pierced directly into the center of the monster group. Bang - the deafening explosion pushed layers of huge spider-web-like cracks to spread on the ground. The earth wailed and shook violently.

In just a moment, groups of monsters were swallowed up by the violent shock wave, and the next moment they turned into countless blood mists and broken limbs. For a moment, black blood and flesh flew everywhere, and the turbulent hurricane and the rising smoke and dust obscured everyone's vision. The shrill roar that came one step later made everyone cover their ears unconsciously, but even so, they still felt that their eyes were about to burst with pain.

The explosion hit the center of the monster group, just avoiding the cavalry from Weilin Town and causing no injuries. However, a large number of horses were frightened and neighed. Some threw the people off their backs like crazy, and some shrank to the ground and sobbed. The cavalry were torn from front to back by the oncoming hurricane, making their bodies unstable, and the stronger backwind made them stumble back several steps like waves.

The monsters were wiped out in an instant, the cavalry was at a loss, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

"Keep calm, everyone, dismount! Fight the monster!!"

Father Angus's voice drew them back.

At this time, the monsters on the periphery that were not affected by the explosion rushed out from the smoke and pounced on the remaining people, and a black but hot arc of light tore through the hurricane field filled with smoke and dust, and caught up with them in an instant - the black monsters were violent and ferocious, and even the silver medal adventurers' full-strength attacks might not be able to kill them. They were cut in half at the same time, fell to the ground in the posture of pounce, twitched a few times and stopped moving.

The eye of the hurricane - the center of the explosion seemed to fall into a brief calm under this blow, and then stronger winds and waves swept out, chasing the black light, leaving three-foot-deep gullies on the ground. At the same time, there was a monster that was not dead even though its body was cut off. It crawled forward, and a black light flashed like lightning. The ground where the monster was located, which was relatively flat a second ago, suddenly sank. The monster's body had long since turned into a bloody mist, and in its place was a huge sword with a dangerous black light nailed to the ground.

A slender figure in a nun's uniform stepped out from the smoke and dust. A black monster pounced on her from behind. She didn't even look back and raised a fist. The black monster stopped moving before it touched the edge of the girl's clothes. Its chest was deeply sunken, and a thick blood mist exploded behind it. It fell down in a stiff posture.

This punch allowed everyone to see it clearly and they were stunned.

The girl leaped to the side of the pitch-black sword and drew out the heavy sword that was several inches longer than herself. The huge and broad black blade formed a sharp contrast with her, but it seemed to have no weight in her hand, like a branch.

The cavalrymen were probably surprised that a nun would appear here. They were stunned for a moment, but then they calmed down. Although the scenes before them shocked them and made them feel at a loss, since the person was a nun, it at least meant that she was a member of the church, so their safety was guaranteed.

Some people even began to speculate whether this nun was the so-called "support" mentioned by Father Angus - because the scene was too contrary to common sense, so they felt that "support" would be acceptable even if there was only one person.

Only Angus, Brahmot and Charlie did not show any overly surprised expressions. The moment they saw Elsa, they came forward.

"Father Angus, Mr. Brahmot—"

Aisha put the black heavy sword on her back and greeted them one by one, and they responded one by one.

When she looked at Charlie, Elsa paid special attention to her eyes and hair. Her eyes were a deep wine red, and her hair was snow-white. Although Elsa was not very good at dealing with Charlie, she did not treat her any differently. She smiled politely and nodded slightly.

"——And Miss Bran, long time no see."

What met Elsa's gaze was Charlie Bran's sly and affectionate smile.

"Elsa—long time no see."

She spoke softly, her deliberately elongated voice sounding crisp and sweet, as if it had a special meaning. Her soft voice was completely different from her usual self, causing the guards beside her to widen their eyes in surprise - they had never seen the young lady like this before.

Elsa sighed deeply in her heart - she didn't want to meet Charlie, but there was nothing she could do about this situation.

On the side, Bramuth coughed lightly and awkwardly turned his eyes away from Elsa and Charlie, while the old priest glanced at Charlie Bran strangely, as if he didn't understand why Charlie suddenly changed.

However, his attention was not on Charlie Bran, but on the huge sword behind Elsa, and he narrowed his eyes slightly.

He vaguely felt that this heavy sword looked familiar.

At this time, the sound of horse hooves came from afar, and soon everyone saw Marvin, Ryan and others - they wanted to participate in the battle and do their part to show a little contribution, but obviously failed.

Ryan and Marvin got out of the car and immediately greeted Father Angus respectfully.

Then they briefly introduced themselves.

"We are the aid and investigation personnel sent by the fortress. I am Madeus Ryan, the temporary leader of the Magician Corps."

"I'm Marvin, the church pastor." Marvin also said.

"Welcome to Wein Town," said Father Angus. "I am Hugh Angus, the priest of the Wein Town Church Monastery."

"Nice to meet you. I'm Charlie Bran," Charlie said politely, retracting the deep gaze she had when she looked at Elsa. "I'm just a silver medal adventurer, temporarily serving as the captain of the town hall guard."

"I am Wolfe Bremuth, the president of the Adventurer's Guild."

Brahmut was the one with the lowest status here, so he spoke last - but as soon as he finished speaking, he saw Marvin's eyes widened in surprise, staring at him intently, and then he smiled brightly.

"So you are Mr. Brahmud!"

"Ah? It's me, what's wrong?"

Brahmot didn't understand what was going on, he just thought Marvin's attitude was strange.

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110. This is the support from Damers City

The crisis was easily resolved due to Elsa's arrival, so easily that it felt extremely unreal to everyone in the town of Weilin - they were the strongest group of people in Weilin, but even so, they emptied the entire town of horses and the best weapons and almost got into a tough battle. It took the powerful strength of Father Angus to turn the game around, and this was just to buy some breathing time, and it did not threaten the "polluted ones" hiding in the forest at all.

However, Elsa single-handedly slaughtered all those enemies who were regarded as terrible demons. Some of them did not even leave any corpses. They did not even see Elsa fighting, but the land under their feet was already full of depressions, deep pits and gullies, all of which demonstrated the terrifying powerful force.

However, the source of danger did not really disappear because of this - these black monsters only emerged from the forest and were controlled by the "polluted ones" behind them. Even if they were killed today, it was hard to say whether more black monsters would gather here again in two days.

Danger still lurks.

So after a brief greeting, Elsa didn't stay long.

"Although I still have a lot to say, let's talk about it slowly after we return to town. The 'Filth One' should be somewhere in the forest now. I'll follow the direction these black monsters appeared in to see what's going on," Aisha said to Marvin, Ryan and the others. "I'll leave it to you to deal with the bodies here."

If the corpses are not dealt with, they may attract other monsters to gather and may also breed plague. This is near the town of Weilin, and Elsa does not want it to become that kind of place.

Marvin and Thorne immediately obeyed the order - this surprised everyone in Weilin Town. After all, they knew that one of them was a church priest and the other was the leader of the Dammas Magician Corps. Even if they were only temporary, they were people of very high status. However, Aisha was still the leader.

This made Father Angus look at Elsa a few more times - to be honest, he originally thought that according to the time, Elsa should have left the Dammas Fortress and headed for the Holy See.

But now is not the time to ask these questions. Angus immediately organized everyone in Weilin Town to start cleaning up the scene, while Elsa ran directly into the forest alone - sonic booms exploded all the way, and the sharp sound became dull as she left, leaving everyone stunned.

"Don't be in a daze, hurry up."

Charlie Bran's voice brought everyone back from shock. They gradually withdrew their gazes and began to clean up the bodies, but Charlie Bran looked at the direction where Elsa left for a while.

——Soon, Elsa followed the direction where the black monsters appeared and chopped down more than a dozen monsters along the way. After entering the forest, her vision immediately became dark as she passed through the deep forest.

The Great Western Forest has existed here since the birth of the empire. The further west you go, the denser the forest becomes. The forest blocks the sunlight, and the ground is covered with all kinds of dead branches and leaves. Every step you take makes a crackling sound, and from time to time your feet will sink deeply into the fallen leaves, or directly tear off the thick tree roots under the fallen leaves.

Even in broad daylight, this deep forest seemed particularly eerie and strange. After arriving in the forest, Elsa listened carefully. There was only the sound of branches swaying in the breeze from the wilderness. There was not even the chirping of birds or insects. The whole forest was as silent and deserted as if it were dead.

There was no sign of the black monster in sight. However, Elsa could detect a hint of incongruity amidst the fresh, herbaceous fragrance of the forest—not quite rancid or pungent, but definitely unpleasant. It was the scent of the black monster, or rather, the scent of the magical essence transformed by the black monster. Elsa could distinguish these scents.

The breath had been blown away by the wind, and Elsa could only find a general direction and quickly chase after it. She needed to identify the direction of the breath, so her speed was not very fast, but she soon saw the shadow of a black monster and the strong breath of a black monster.

They were everywhere, in piles of fallen leaves, on treetops, and behind trees. They were hiding there without making any sound. If Elsa hadn't come here, it would have been difficult to find them.

Moreover, in addition to this area, there are large groups of these black monsters in the deep forest ahead. They are lurking, as if waiting for an opportunity.

It was obvious that these black monsters were ambushing Elsa, and they even released a black monster as bait.

Elsa's expression was slightly surprised. From what the old priest had said, it was clear that the Filthy One behind these black monsters was far more intelligent than the others. But Elsa hadn't expected it to possess such intelligence. If it weren't for Elsa, the humans who arrived here might not have spotted the ambushing black monsters. Elsa looked at the black monster serving as bait. Judging by the distance, a typical person would have to move forward a distance to accurately attack it with magic or a bow, but that would have meant falling into the monster's trap.

Elsa thought about it and felt that the filth being behind her was truly remarkable. Since it possessed intelligence, could she perhaps try to communicate with it? Or rather, could she test its true intelligence?

Elsa did as she said. She stopped moving forward and took out a few copper coins from the space ring. She squeezed them gently in her hand. Suddenly, the copper coins changed shape and became a deformed oval copper ball. Due to the force, Elsa could even feel its warmth - Elsa did not continue to exert force, because if she continued, it would become unstable.

Elsa weighed the heavy copper ball and took a few steps forward, but stopped just outside the ambush area of ​​the black monsters - then she threw it out suddenly. In an instant, a blazing green light penetrated the entire forest, and then a strong wind and an explosion swept out, and the monster's flesh and blood also disintegrated. In an instant, a burst of flames even ignited, and then quickly turned into a blood mist and dissipated.

The forest returned to silence, with only the surging wind and the sounds of trees breaking and falling.

After the monster died, there was silence, and then another monster appeared from the depths of the forest. It seemed to wander to the place where the previous monster was standing, but it moved slightly so that Elsa could not attack it. The Filthy One probably set the trap again, wanting to lure Elsa into the trap again.

But Elsa took out a few more copper coins and threw out another copper ball, killing the monster directly even through layers of trees - this was repeated several times, and Elsa just refused to move forward, leaving the monsters lying in ambush on the side staring blankly.

It seems that although this dirty man is smart, he is not smart enough. He keeps using the same old tricks, as if he is trying to confront Elsa. Shaking her head, Elsa threw out another copper ball.

After the violent gust of wind, the forest fell silent once again. But this time, the silence didn't last long. A sharp whistling sound suddenly echoed through the forest. The moment Elsa looked up, she saw countless black monsters swarming in from all directions and from the depths of the forest. It seemed that the Filth One behind those monsters had realized that this trap wouldn't catch Elsa, and so, finally, they were getting anxious—Elsa thought.

Elsa held the heavy sword from behind her shoulder and swung it horizontally, splitting the black monster in half. When Elsa killed the first wave of monsters, the rest immediately rushed over from all directions. A monster suddenly jumped down from the treetops and tried to grab Elsa's limbs, obviously to restrict Elsa's movements. Elsa didn't even turn her head and kicked it. All the trees in a huge arc in the direction of the monster broke, and the monster turned into a pool of blood and splashed out.

At this time, two spider-like multi-legged monsters appeared beside Elsa. They were huge in size, with strong and powerful limbs. They clamped the black heavy sword on the left and right. Elsa took a look at the way they were holding the heavy sword with all their strength, so she simply let go and punched it directly.

Suddenly, the mountains and forests collapsed and the ground collapsed, rubble and wood chips flew everywhere, blood mist and flesh particles dyed a large area black, and even the monsters rushing up from behind disappeared without a trace - a deep gully appeared in the forest, and a large area of ​​trees turned into powder.