A dull longsword and a heartbroken villager

He hesitated for a long time before finally letting out a habitual "tsk".

"Those guys are really useless," Gurid muttered, then put his remaining left hand into his pocket and turned to leave.

“Didn’t you say you weren’t going to run away?” Bray shouted.

"I did not say that."

“And this doesn’t count as running away,” Gureed said dismissively.

"It's a strategic retreat."

"Anyway, what Marek promised to do didn't happen."

"Laurentina, bring that good-for-nothing ranger back to me." Gurid gestured for Laurentina to take Trittis away.

After all, Tritice is barely managing to stay upright, so it seems unrealistic to expect her to walk on her own.

"..." Bray sheathed his sword, and seeing that Gurid had no intention of stopping him, he decided to continue on his way to the place where the Aragami was.

However, due to the previous fighting, the city's guards had already gathered.

"Really?" Bray muttered to himself as he removed the blindfold and then covered his left eye again.

Then he was surrounded by fully armed soldiers from the southern border.

As for Gulid and his group? They've long since disappeared.

Bray has always considered himself a good citizen, no matter which city he lived in.

You see, Bray won't hurt anyone, nor will he easily damage public property.

No, I occasionally damage public property, but that's only when I'm forced to.

In short, it is impossible for him to hurt anyone, because he is a good citizen.

So Bray never imagined that he would be surrounded by guards.

“I am a good citizen,” Bray said expressionlessly, raising his hands proactively.

"Enough talk, come with us." The guard at the front, sweating profusely, said to Bray.

The guard was now panicked because the signs of battle around him told him that the guy in front of him was probably quite dangerous.

"Can you not leave?" After hearing the other person's words, Bray first frowned, then pondered, and finally refused.

It's a bit troublesome to be arrested now.

"If you don't cooperate, we'll have to take you away by force!"

The guard's violent remarks made Bray fall into deep thought once again.

Now is not the time to waste with the guards; there's still a wild god in the city.

"Is that so? Then there's nothing we can do." Even good citizens sometimes have to do bad things.

Bray drew his longsword, which he had just sheathed, thinking he wouldn't need to use a weapon so soon.

Unfortunately, he was overthinking it; good things often come with difficulties... wait, that's not quite the right way to put it.

"Put down your weapons!"

"It's alright, you won't get hurt," Bray said calmly.

"I told you to put down your weapon! You bastard!!"

"Just a little bit." Bray remained calm, gesturing with his free left hand to show exactly how short "just a little bit" meant.

"If you don't put down your weapons, don't blame us for attacking!" shouted the guard at the front, his heart pounding with nervousness and his forehead covered in cold sweat.

Then, his vision was enveloped by the cold glint of a sword.

---

"BOOM!!!" Sounds like bombs exploding echoed continuously from somewhere in the south.

Besides the battle between Bray and Gullid attracting the guards' attention, another battle also drew their attention.

However, this place where the battle is taking place is hell for ordinary people.

A monster with a green glow swept through the surrounding buildings and roared in place.

The monster's roar was mixed with the sounds of wild beasts and the voice of an elven woman.

He is the unseen god, whose lower body is that of a snake.

However, this snake's body is not the same as the snake's body that most people imagine.

This is not the body of a single snake, but rather the combined appearance of the bodies of more than a dozen giant pythons.

Connected to the snake's body is a beautiful female elf.

If you ignore the dark green markings covering her body and her pale eyes, she could still be considered a beauty.

Unfortunately, probably not many people can ignore it.

He bent down and roared at the people in front of him, his hands unconsciously extending sharp nails.

“How is this possible…” Nalan held the unconscious Ye Shuang in his arms and looked at the Desolate God in front of him in shock.

Standing before the Desolate God, only he and Night Frost remained.

Bessie didn't arrive, and Longduo and Manjiao vanished right before his eyes.

Of course, "disappeared" is a metaphor. In reality, the two were shattered by the Aragami, literally shattered.

There's no need to describe the horrific scene any further; the despair in Nalan's eyes alone is enough to reveal the depth of his despair.

The desolate god was only cleaved into a deep wound.

The wound was healing at a steady pace, and it would be completely healed in just a little time.

In that case, these people can truly be said to have "completely failed to harm" this Aragami.

"Boom!!!!" The Desolate God swept Nalan away with his snake tail, sending him and Night Frost flying together.

He originally thought that if he had the ring, the Aragami himself would be qualified to face it.

But reality cruelly poured cold water on him.

Marek had told the group about the power of the Aragami and emphasized it.

However, without actually facing it firsthand, one still cannot understand just how deep and wide that chasm truly is.

Now, Nalan probably understands why a god can be called a god.

Just like the meaning behind this word, it is something that cannot be touched.

He agreed to be Marek's "monk" simply because of a "sense of justice".

Marek will show him the reality of how the higher species will wreak havoc on the world.

To be honest, Nalan is a rather simple-minded person with a strong sense of justice.

If you have the ability to do something, you should naturally want to do it.

Marek gave him the ability and the opportunity to become such a "savior".

He also readily accepted his identity as a "savior".

He became an adventurer because he wanted to improve the lives of people in his impoverished hometown.

Nalan's hometown was a small, remote, and poor village in the east.

So he left the village and became an adventurer, eventually becoming an S-rank adventurer, bringing fame and prosperity to the village.

In fact, he had always thought that if he could become a hero, then his hometown could be called the hometown of heroes.

That would definitely be a good thing.

Perhaps it was vanity, or perhaps it was a genuine sense of justice; whatever the reason, Nalan never intended to do evil.

I never imagined I would end up in such a miserable state.

Marek never told him that things would turn out this way.

"Why did it turn out like this..." Nalan's eyes were bloodshot as he tightly hugged his last companion.

He's going to die here, and then everyone in Biannan will be killed by this monster.

“Lure this monster out of the city…” Night Frost suddenly pushed Nalan away from her, speaking with difficulty.

"Stop crying and holding me, hurry up..." Ye Shuang, who had collapsed weakly to the ground, urged Nalan.

Like Nalan, she knew that if the monster was left unattended, the city would become ruins.

“I know…” Nalan paused, then stood up, intending to find a way to lure the monster away.

However, while the idea was good, things didn't always go smoothly.

With a single roar, the desolate god caused the ground to shatter and churn, pushing Nalan far away.

After Ye Shuang was thrown from Nalan's arms, she was crushed under the rocks.

If she suffers any more hardship, she might end up like the other two.

"What am I?" The god of chaos raised his hand, and powerful magic transformed into a suction force, pulling Nalan back from where he had been pushed away, and asked him.

"..." Nalan opened his eyes with difficulty, staring at the terrifying image of the Wild God, unable to utter a single word.

They didn't even have a chance to escape.

Even though the ring had already mitigated some of the conceptual influence, it still couldn't defeat the opponent.

Even without a concept... you still can't defeat them? The difference between humans and gods is more than just a little bit.

"You're a monster." A strange voice rang out, then severed Nalan's arm. Covered in blood, Bray, wielding a broadsword, cleanly and decisively severed the arm of the Wild God.

This Aragami's recovery speed is not particularly fast, so it did not recover instantly after its arm was cut off.

Still bearing the wounds left by Gurid, Bray stood directly in front of the Aragami, carrying his broadsword.

"Aaaaaah!" The Aragami cried out in pain, letting out the agonizing screams of the female elf.

Nalan was suddenly thrown to the ground.

Nalan, who had gotten up, looked incredulously at Bray and the desolate god who had been wounded by Bray's sword.

Ignoring his own injuries, Nalan clutched his arm and stared intently at Bray's retreating figure.

Strong—Nalan couldn't think of any other adjective to describe Bray besides that word.

The desolate god who had wantonly ravaged them was suppressed by Bray with a broadsword.

Like a huge, ferocious monster being hunted by a skilled hunter.

Why can he be so strong, while he can't?

---

Ignoring the stunned Nalan behind him, Bray stared straight at the enormous Wild God before him.

Bray, a law-abiding citizen, escaped without harming the guards.

However, a large part of the reason is that the fighting here is too intense.

While Bray was confronting the guards, the influence of the concept of the Aragami spread to him as well, slightly helping him escape the encirclement.

"Spreading disorder"

This is the "concept" of the absurd god before Bray.

The stable existence of things depends on the order of the three elements.

Once the three elements go into chaos, the solid form of things will collapse, and in the case of people, they will go crazy before the solid form is destroyed.

It's a simple and straightforward concept, but its scope of application is quite broad.

This is a concept, not simply a "capability".

If this desolate god can skillfully use concepts, it won't just be a problem in one area; the entire southern border will be destroyed.

Fortunately, He is fresh out of the oven and doesn't seem to be particularly strong.

With a "whoosh," Bray vanished, using "Instantaneous Movement" to leap directly above the monster.

"Aa ...

Bray had always heard the roars of wild beasts; he rarely heard such a horrible scream.