A dull longsword and a heartbroken villager

"I'll probably have to go out for a while."

Perhaps because he always carried the divine source within him, Bray was particularly sensitive to the existence of the Wild God.

Yesterday, he discovered that there were indeed wild gods around Bian Nan.

Just as Marek said, a wild god is lurking in the shadows.

Of course, Bray had good reason to suspect that this Wild God was something Marek had created himself.

It's unlikely that a prophecy about an Aragami appearing in a certain place would be made.

After all, under normal circumstances, the object that a divine source can possess is arbitrary; even inanimate objects can be possessed.

Therefore, Bray had a thousand reasons to doubt Marek.

Aragami are a threat to ordinary people, let alone when they are associated with Marek.

Regardless of whether there's a fight or not, I definitely need to take a look.

Previously, the Ara-god was too far away to be able to pinpoint the location.

However, today that desolate god is already too close to this city in the south.

If you release a wild god into an ordinary city, who knows what kind of disaster will occur?

"Be careful." Naruko sighed.

“…” Bray pondered for a moment.

"I would have done it even if you hadn't told me."

"A proud and arrogant person."

“…” Bray’s lips twitched, and veins bulged on his forehead.

"But my gut feeling tells me you should be fine," Naruko said in a nonchalant tone after taking a sip of her drink.

"Mmm." Levy nodded in agreement, holding the cup.

“Bray is invincible.” Levy had complete confidence in Bray.

That's right. Although Levy had absolutely no idea what Bray was going to do, she only knew that Bray would definitely succeed.

"..." Suddenly being entrusted with such high expectations, Bray felt a little heavy on his shoulders.

"Anyway, have a safe trip. Don't worry about the rabbit." Naruko waved to Bray, who hadn't yet made any plans to leave.

"You're going to do that request for me?"

"Of course not, why would I help you with your request?" Naruko said matter-of-factly.

"..."

"If you have other things to do, don't think about the rabbit."

“Levy wants to help Bray with that request,” Levy suddenly interjected, striking a cute 0V0 pose.

"Levy is so good." Bray's heart melted with emotion at Levy's actions.

"..." However, this time it was Naruko's turn to be silent. She seriously suspected that Levy's motives were impure.

No, this is the innocent and adorable Levy, how could she possibly have ulterior motives?

Naruko suddenly realized that she must be overthinking things.

In short, I feel like I'll get rid of those dead fish eyes and then have a proper stroll around here.

"It's been so long since I've explored my hometown. I feel like I should get out here," Naruko remarked, stroking her chin.

"You accidentally blurted out your true feelings," Bray kindly reminded Naruko.

"Hey, how could I possibly make such a basic mistake?" Naruko waved her hand.

"..."

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Although Naruko was annoying, Bray still chose to go out.

But Bray still wanted to complain: that freeloader, does he even know where his accommodation fees come from?

“It’s frighteningly close,” Bray said, squinting his right eye.

The desolate god wasn't dozens of kilometers away, but right in the city.

How could such a distance not be frightening?

It's important to understand that the Aragami are essentially walking nuclear bombs; once their concepts are challenged, virtually no one can escape unscathed.

Whether you will die after being influenced by a concept is unknown, but it will definitely be terrible, and you may even feel like you are living a life worse than death.

However, this also puzzled Bray, because the Aragami are the mortal enemies of all living beings, and all beings that possess the three elements are their targets for destruction.

If the Ara-god had completely collapsed, this city wouldn't be so calm; it would probably have been bombed a dozen times over.

In other words, the desolate god still retained a sliver of reason and had not completely collapsed.

In that case, there is still a chance to drive Him to the southern border.

If it's a completely collapsed Aragami, then the option of "driving it away" no longer exists.

Marek also instructed the five guys to deal with the Wild God, but after most of the day had passed, they still hadn't made a single move.

I wonder what those people wearing black rings are busy with right now.

The man placed his sword sheath beside him and suddenly stopped.

There seemed unusually few people around.

This should be a city, and it's by no means deserted; how could there be no one in sight?

More than ten minutes earlier, Bray had seen some people taking a walk.

“Marek?” Bray silently pushed his sword out of its sheath slightly with his thumb and asked, looking at the empty street.

Then he saw a large military cap peeking out from behind a wall.

The owner of the hat seemed completely unaware of this.

"Who?" Bray didn't approach rashly, but instead closed his right eye and activated his Mind's Eye.

However, he discovered that the guy who was hiding was an unexpected person.

"Lauren Tina? The name wasn't particularly memorable to Bray, but he still remembered it somewhat."

The little girl who followed Gurid for some unknown reason.

"It wasn't me." The large military cap trembled slightly.

The voice was flat and emotionless, as cold and mechanical as a machine.

However, the voice confirmed to Bray that it was indeed Laurentina.

"I am not Laurentina."

"Are you my dead-fish-eyed teacher too?"

His voice remained flat, completely devoid of emotion, though a hint of panic could be gleaned from his lines.

"..." Bray was speechless at Laurentina's self-deceptive behavior.

However, he didn't want to criticize this psychologically sensitive child.

"But if you were here, I'd probably guess that guy was here too."

Realizing Laurentina was there, Bray guessed that there would be others present.

"Clang!" Bray drew his sword, the blade blocking a blood-red dagger that shot from a blind spot.

Sure enough, if Laurentina is there, then Gurid will definitely be there too.

Finally, if Bray remembers correctly, there's one more—

Elf Ranger.

After the longsword blocked the dagger, the movement did not pause at all, and it directly slashed at the arrow in the upper right.

The arrow was imbued with astonishing magic, propelling Bray half a meter from his original position.

But that's where it ends.

Bray unleashed his inner energy, tearing apart the arrow with his magical power, and cleaved it in two with a single sword strike.

The arrow, split in two, had its two parts deeply embedded in the wall.

"You're really trying to kill me," Bray said calmly to Gurid, who stood in the shadows, his right eye reopening. The reason there was no one around was because a magic circle had been set up to repel passersby.

However, these magic array scrolls are actually strictly controlled, since they are good tools for committing crimes, and normal countries would not allow them to be sold on the market.

Of course, these kinds of scrolls are still readily available to Gureid.

"Do you think I would have been hurt if she hadn't exposed my existence?" Gureed asked Bray casually, twirling the dagger in his index finger.

His tone was as if he wasn't the one who had just ambushed Bray.

And "she" naturally refers to Laurentina.

Laurentina seemed to know that Gurid had spoken to her, so she quietly peeked out and looked at him shyly.

“I don’t think so,” Bray replied expressionlessly.

The moment Bray activated his Mind's Eye, he already knew who was around him.

As for Gulid personally, no amount of caution is excessive.

"What do you want to do?" Bray asked directly, without beating around the bush.

"What do I want to do?" Gurid grinned wickedly, then stopped the twirling dagger and held it in his hand.

"Of course, I don't want you to touch that Ara-gami."

“…” Bray frowned, then drew his broadsword from behind him and assumed a fighting stance.

"Oh? You understood right away?"

“I don’t understand, but there’s definitely nothing wrong with you wanting to fight me,” Bray answered honestly.

Although Bray isn't a stupid person, he can even be quite clever at times.

However, it is still somewhat difficult to go from a state of knowing nothing to a state of knowing everything.

"Heh, you're pretty straightforward, aren't you?" It was unclear whether Gurid was praising Bray or mocking him.

“I really don’t recommend that you cooperate with that person.” At this moment, Tristie, who had been standing on the railing, and who was also Greed’s ranger attendant, finally couldn’t help but speak up.

The person Tristy was referring to was Marek.

Gullid stood in front of Bray because of Marek.

However, Gulid should have extremely disliked Marek, so why would he follow the other's orders?

"You just need to obey my orders," Gureed said coldly to Tristey.

"I understand..." Tristy shut her mouth and said no more.

“You look like a tyrant,” Bray remarked.

"It's not your place to comment on that."

"He exudes the aura of a dictator," Bray added to his rant.

"Tsk." Gurid couldn't stand it anymore and threw the dagger in his hand at Bray.

Bray calmly swung his sword to block Gurid's disgruntled attack.

“Actually, I don’t particularly want to fight with a troublesome guy like you.” Gureed waved his empty hands, as if to say to Bray, “He’s not aggressive right now.”

"Then you can move aside," Bray said. "If you're not going to fight, can't you just move aside properly?"

I don't know what Gride's reasons are, but leaving the Aragami unattended will definitely cause big problems.

There isn't a single person capable of dealing with the Aragami.

Well, Goodeid counts, provided he's willing.

"I can't possibly agree to that."

“That means we have to fight.” Bray said sternly, getting back into a fighting stance.