The Terra Travel Diary of Neither Sacred, Rhea, nor Terra

As for the action of crouching to evade, there is no such thing. Because of her ability to manipulate gravity, Christen has never known what a sneak attack is.

Not to mention that her body is now made entirely of transmitters, and its solidity is on the same level as the armor layer of Wanxing Garden.

Although this level of strength is equivalent to paper in Miku's opinion, it is difficult to be damaged in this land... at least not by those crossbows.

"Buzz" the flying crossbow arrow was caught steadily in mid-air by Miku's raised arm.

Not far away, a dozen figures wearing tattered cloaks and holding bows and crossbows appeared.

Miku was somewhat curious whether these people achieved optical invisibility through the cloaks on their bodies or some Originium magic.

Miku had already noticed the presence of these people before, and thought they were just ordinary passers-by, so he turned the car around on purpose.

Even though these people used some methods to hide their bodies, Miku did not sense their hostility.

However, when he noticed that the other party raised the crossbow in his hand, Miku noticed that the other party seemed to be... um, here to rob?

Was it a sudden robbery? Just like the merchant ships in the Age of Exploration, which were law-abiding merchants at ordinary times, but would directly fly the skull and crossbones flag when they encountered those weaker than themselves?

By the way, it turns out that the wild environment in Terra is so dangerous, with both natural disasters and man-made disasters.

Miku felt that the earth spirit that could conduct geological exploration in such an environment was quite capable.

Just when Miku was sighing at the ability of the little goat Diling, the arrow of the crossbow in his hand suddenly lit up.

Miku, who sensed in advance what would happen to the crossbow arrow, immediately let go of his hand. Before it fell to the ground, the crossbow arrow that Miku had not caught exploded with a "bang".

The power was not very great, it just smeared Miku's face with black dust, but the scattered smoke directly enveloped Miku and his group, completely blocking their vision.

"Ahem, how can a smoke bomb be so powerful?"

Miku complained amidst the billowing smoke.

As soon as Miku finished his complaint, several black energy beams flew out from his side and shot towards the bandits.

However, due to the obstruction of the smoke, these black energy beams did not directly hit any of the robbers, but only hit the surrounding ground.

"The power of the earth!"

The earth spirit who was holding up the staff that released the black energy beam just now chanted.

As the earth spirit chanted, the ground hit by the black energy softened instantly and became a pool of mud.

The robbers began to stagger after stepping on it, and one of them even lost his balance and fell to the ground.

Well, if you can just rob someone and cast magic, starting with an explosive crossbow is a local feature.

Miku sighed as he climbed off the motorcycle and waved his hand, summoning a gust of air to blow away the smoke around him.

The bandits steadied themselves and saw the smoke being dispersed. They were unsure if Miku had any other tricks up his sleeve.

Instead of rushing over, they raised their bows and crossbows and fired a volley of shots.

"Be careful!" The earth spirit who used his motorcycle as a cover warned Miku.

If it had been in the past, if she had encountered such a robber, she would basically have just run away. After all, she could control the earth, and as long as the other party could not fly, it would be basically impossible for him to catch up with the earth spirit.

"Don't worry." Miku said, raising his arm and waving it again at the volley of arrows.

Following Miku's action, the arrows that were flying towards him changed direction and flew back in the direction they came from at a faster speed.

The robbers who didn't react had only time to cover their bodies with their cloaks, and then there was a series of explosions.

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"Has it been resolved?" asked the earth spirit who popped out from behind the motorcycle.

"As the ancients said, there is smoke but no harm." Miku looked at the smoke and dust splashed by the explosion and said something that the earth spirit could not understand.

After saying this, Miku blew away the smoke and dust, and all the bandits who were unable to move because of the magic of the earth spirits disappeared.

"? Where did it go?" asked the Earth Spirit.

"Didn't I tell you, it's a mouse?" said Miku.

Kristen, who had gotten off the truck bed at some point, came to Miku's side, looked around, then lowered his head to the ground, and said in the chat channel:

"It's a drilling-type Originium technique."

"Drill into the ground?" Upon hearing Christen's words, the earth spirit immediately poked the ground with the tuning fork staff in his hand.

A black shadow of a goat skeleton flashed behind her.

"Go down there." In sync with the earth spirit's movements and words, a series of tapping sounds that could be considered musical notes rang out from the tuning fork staff.

At the same time, a half-meter wide trench was sunken with a radius of fifteen meters around the motorcycle where the three people were.

What kind of super engineer is this? Marshal Krieg would probably hold on to Di Ling and refuse to let go when he sees her.

"Not enough." The earth spirit's spell did not shock Christen. She just said it calmly, raised her hand like Miku, and then opened her palm and pressed down.

In addition to her current body having been completely transformed into transmitters, Kristen's weapons have also been integrated into her current body.

Local changes in gravity caused the earth to shake.

The vibration of the earth produced a resonance effect.

Amidst the buzzing sound caused by the resonance, there seemed to be several short screams, but it seemed just an illusion.

As everything quieted down, Miku, who had regained his senses from underground, said:

"Two died, the others ran away."

After saying that, he climbed back on the motorcycle and made a summary:

"Is this kind of thing common in Terra?"

As Miku spoke, he took out an engineer shovel with a strange piece of cloth stuck on it with sealing wax.

Christen and Di Ling, both of whom were attracted by the cloth strip, waited until Miku started digging before they realized what Miku was going to do.

Although she didn't understand why Miku used such a simple method to dig the bandits out of the ground, Christen immediately manipulated gravity to separate the area where the bodies of the two bandits were buried.

The earth spirit at the side also raised the staff in his hand and fulfilled the duties of an engineer.

After a while, the piece of land where the two robbers were buried was pulled out from more than ten meters deep underground.

Judging from the size of the land, the robber was a little scattered after being hit by Christen's earth resonance.

Fortunately, it wasn't broken to the point where its origin couldn't be seen clearly.

Soon, Miku and his team found parts from the land that could be used to analyze the origins of these bandits.

The earth spirit holding the staff looked at the hammer logo on the turned-out parts and said in a surprised but not too strange tone:

"These guys are Rusty Hammers."

"Rusty Hammer? Is that the name of these bandits?" asked Miku.

"Hunter of the wilderness, enemy of civilization."

The one who answered Miku was Kristen who had returned to the truck bed:

"They would rob caravans and kill pioneers, but they would also help those stranded in the wilderness."

"It sounds like a schizophrenic group," Miku said.

"This is their code of conduct, and the motives behind Rusty Hammer's actions have always been a mystery," said Kristen.

"It's quite a mystery." said Miku.

At least until the other party shot a crossbow arrow at him, Miku didn't sense any hostility.

To be precise, even the subsequent attacks did not have any hostility.

Could it be that this group of robbers who are suspected of schizophrenia regard their actions as normal?

31: Cannot Goodinav

After learning about Miku's doubts about Rusty Hammer, Christen and Di Ling set out on their journey again and talked to Miku about what kind of organization Rusty Hammer is.

The Earth Spirit had no suspicion that Miku didn't know about the Rusty Hammer.

Because for city people who live in mobile cities and have little intersection with the wilderness at work, it is normal not to know about the Rusty Hammer.

Christen was well aware that Miku really didn't know what a rusty hammer was, although she didn't know much either.

The information Christen could provide to Miku about the Rusted Hammer organization was mostly official news... at most, Christen knew more.

Most of what the earth spirits know comes from hearsay in the wilderness.

For a wilderness organization like the Rusted Hammer that is full of legends, it is difficult to determine which of these two sources of intelligence is more credible.

Combining the introductions of the two, the image of Rusty Hammer in Miku's mind gradually changed from a bandit gang with some serious problem to a mysterious organization with some serious principle problem.

In short, there is no way to avoid the fact that you will have a serious illness.

This organization, which only roams in the wilderness, often robs caravans traveling between mobile cities in various countries, and also often robs pioneering teams.

From this point of view, Rust Hammer is a group of brutal

A savage wasteland thug who takes pleasure in killing and pillaging.

Not only that, this group of thugs also possess extremely high combat qualities, and even the Colombian army can't do anything to them... This is the information provided by Kristen. Rhine Life's transport convoys have been robbed by this group of people many times.

Miku, who had not seen the strength of the regular troops on this planet, expressed reservations about this.

However, in addition to these frequent raids, the Rusted Hammers use the same professionalism they bring to combat to rescue those stranded in the wilderness.

They will even help the pioneers who have already settled down to get through the most difficult times at the beginning.

Basically, those who are rescued by the Rusted Hammer are already on the verge of despair. In the eyes of these people, the Rusted Hammer is the ultimate good as preached in the Lateran doctrine.

It is precisely because of this completely contradictory code of conduct that Miku's evaluation of this violent gang has changed from a serious illness to a principled serious illness.

However, apart from giving such an evaluation, Miku did not express much surprise.

After all, in a world that has been in a doomsday environment for a long time, with angels and demons, as well as Gestalt swarms and outer gods eyeing it covetously, it is not surprising that any strange thoughts would emerge.

After learning a little about what kind of strange group the Rusted Hammer Organization was, Miku focused his attention on something else that he cared about more.

"What is that, a Stand?" Miku asked.

After several seconds, the earth spirit who was sitting on the back of the motorcycle enjoying the wind finally realized that Miku was asking her... or rather, he was asking about the phantom of a skeleton goat that appeared behind the earth spirit when he was casting the spell.

"Is it ugly?" Di Ling said in a somewhat stiff voice. From her tone, it can be seen that she did not like the appearance of the phantom behind her very much.

Christen, who was standing by, knew that Miku was not asking whether the skeleton shadow was beautiful or not, but what it was.

"That's a beast spirit, a shadow of a magician. When most magicians use their full strength to cast Originium skills, such beast spirits will appear around their bodies. Generally, beast spirits are the animals of their own race. This is the first time I've seen an earth spirit."

Kristen explained to Miku.

"It sounds like it's revealing its true form or something." After listening to Kristen's explanation, Miku turned around and glanced at the earth spirit who was still looking embarrassed because of his image as a beast spirit.

It turns out that the prototype of this little goat is actually the goat of the dead? The lost sheep in the story of mending the fold after the sheep have been lost?

That sounds weird, is that why her major is geological exploration?

"There is no record of someone becoming a beast parent due to using Originium techniques at full power. Well... there is just no record of this."

Christen said this because, in Terra's Originium skills, there is indeed a situation where the greater the effort, the closer the image of the beast spirit behind him is to reality.

The lack of records in this regard does not mean that there is no possibility that the entire human race could have simply reverted to their ancestral form and become bestial.

However, most people who exert more than their limit will be devoured by the Originium in the shortest possible time.

"Interesting, then why haven't I seen this thing appear next to you, Christen?" Miku was a little curious whether a large golden retriever would appear next to Christen if she used her full strength to perform Originium skills.

"I'm not a magician, and my Originium skills are more stable after being translated through the Bohai system." Christen's answer did not hide her sense of superiority over the old way of casting Originium skills.

"Oh, I see." Miku's tone was a little disappointed, and he stepped on the brakes again.

Christen and Di Ling, who already had experience, did not show any embarrassment due to the sudden braking again, but doubts still remained.

"The organization you just mentioned is the Rusty Hammer, right?"

"Yes, the Scourge sweeps across the wilderness, the rusty hammer strikes the earth, that's the slogan of those robbers."

Christen didn't have a good impression of this group of people who had robbed her assets many times.

This is also why the Earth Spirit just chose to delay the opponent's actions, while Christen went straight to kill him.

"Is their symbol a rusty hammer?" Miku then asked Kristen.

"?" Both Kristen and Di Ling were puzzled as to why Miku suddenly mentioned the Rusty Hammer's logo.

But soon, they found out why Miku asked that.