About the time I was picked up and adopted by Tallulah

"learn!"

The second round of battle begins.

Fire snakes capable of melting rock continuously slew any monsters in their path, freezing everything flying in the air into falling blocks of ice. Beasts attempting a sneak attack were pierced by a rain of swords raining down from the sky. Originium worms attempting to self-destruct were decapitated amidst roars of laughter. Beasts attempting a forced assault were showered with bullets.

Perhaps from the perspective of an outsider, this was simply a dream. A team of less than two dozen people forcibly stopped the group of infected organisms known as the "natural disaster" in its place.

"There are 8 minutes left, everyone, try harder—"

"Roar--!!!!"

The deafening roar drowned out Orson's words, and everyone saw that not far from the group of monsters, a giant infected creature about four stories tall was slowly walking towards them.

"Is there really such a thing?... Form your formation! I'll use Silence to contain its movements. You guys prepare in advance and aim for its head... Hmm?"

Orson was formulating a strategy to kill the large infected creature when suddenly a transport plane flew over from the other side.

"Confirm the target and begin the crusade."

The transport plane passed over the head of the large monster, and at this moment, a blue girl jumped off the transport plane without any protection.

boom! ! !

After the blinding impact of debris and dust, a pit appeared on the ground.

"So it's you, the one I care about."

The girl in blue stood up from the pit and then looked at Orson with a dull expression.

——At this point, is it still necessary to use the Sky-drop (Physical) type?!

Looking at this scene, Archangel complained loudly in his heart.

106. Then, the killer whale had a good time

"Are you the one I care about?"

The white-haired girl in blue clothes suddenly fell from the transport plane, creating a crater on the battlefield. She looked at Orson with a sleepy look in her eyes.

The girl's outfit is a bit strange. The hat is too conspicuous and looks a bit like a "pirate hat", and the black leather pants are hollow in the middle for some reason. It makes people doubt the meaning of this outfit.

Putting aside her attire, the greatsword carried on the back of this girl with long silver-white hair and scarlet eyes is enough to attract attention.

That was not the "two-handed sword" held by Tallulah, but a "giant sword" that was thicker and longer than that. The girl was estimated to be a head taller than Orson, and the sword she carried on her back was almost as tall as Orson.

"Skadi?"

Chimera, who inherited the memory of the "Doctor", vaguely remembered the true identity of the girl who suddenly fell down, and he instinctively called out the other person's name.

"——!?"

The moment these words were spoken, the ears of Tallulah and her group around Orson pricked up, and their eyes were focused on the two of them.

"Do you know me? Have we met before?"

The white-haired girl slowly walked out of the pit. She walked straight to Orson, staring at him with her red pupils without any obstruction.

——It feels like the sight from behind is more troublesome than the group of monsters in front of me...!

After accidentally calling out Skadi's name, Orson immediately felt the compelling electric eyes of the girls behind him.

"Um... I heard your name from Dr. Kal'tsit. More than that, can you help us stop these monsters infected and assimilated by Originium?"

Orson quickly lied and turned the subject back to the most pressing situation.

"I see."

After hearing Orson's words, Skadi didn't ask anything. She just nodded to Orson, then turned around, took off the giant sword behind her, and walked towards the huge monster against the tide of monsters.

"Hey! There's an enemy wave over there, what are you doing—damn it, fire support!"

Exiah on the side was stunned by Skadi's "upstream" behavior, but she immediately got into a designed posture and vented her resentment for not being able to shoot live ammunition at the gantry anymore.

"We'll talk about this 'Skadi' later, Orson."

"Have a good talk"

"Ah wow wow..."

Talulah and Frost Star patted Orson's shoulders, one on each side. Their expressions didn't look like they were ready to have a good talk, but rather

It felt like, "Don't run after school, little brat."

The two leaders of the Reunion Movement followed Skadi and rushed forward.

"That's really good, little dog! It seems I need to mark you with my scent from head to toe, thoroughly and completely."

"Explain clearly, Orson."

Lappland and Texas also rushed forward one after another to fight, but Lappland's joke, which didn't sound like a joke at all, made Orson feel a chill.

Despite the threats, no one stopped waving their weapons. Behind them was the goal, the final line of defense with no "retreat".

"Okay, then I'll help too—Ugh!"

Orson raised the Knight Sword Red, which had become an ordinary weapon, and prepared to meet the enemy again. However, before he could run away, he was pulled back by Archangel.

"Just stay right here. You haven't even wiped the blood off your nose yet, Orson."

Exia pulled Orson back to his side and said to him while replacing the magazine of the submachine gun, which could almost be said to be a 'compressed Gantry coin'.

"I just accidentally—"

"Trust us. Don't be fooled by my appearance. I'm actually surprisingly strong, okay? Orson? You've held out long enough. How about giving us the stage?"

Exia smiled at Orson, then held the Dagger submachine gun in front of him. With flames spitting out from the muzzle several times, several Originium beasts flying low in the distance fell down.

"——I understand. Please."

Orson nodded, but did not force himself to hold on any longer. After all, rationally speaking, the only help he could provide now was to desperately perform the curtain call. But the problem was that there was a "mage" like Talulah Froststar around him. Performing the curtain call would hurt the enemy by a thousand and hurt himself by 800. It would be better to leave it to them.

The previous incident had taught Orson the importance of trusting his companions. Tallulah and the others had arrived here because they trusted his judgment, so naturally, he should also trust their abilities.

——Having said that…

"That giant thing is ridiculous no matter how you look at it. If I had known, I would have saved the RPG for it... Seriously!"

"Yeah, that thing really used the curtain call to deprive me of my ability to move, and then in one breath... Skadi!?"

Exia and Orson were complaining about how to deal with the 4,5 or -story-high behemoth at the back of the Originium-infected creature team. However, Orson suddenly noticed that Skadi, who was originally at the front of the battle line as if taking a walk in the garden, suddenly started running.

"Wait a minute, what are you doing!?"

Frost Star also noticed Skadi's strange behavior, but the Originium products that kept pouring in like a tide left Frost Star with no time to distract herself and stop the other party.

"Let me handle it."

"Dealing with what—Hey!"

Skadi uttered a few incoherent words, and then she quickened her pace and ran towards the giant mineral disease creature not far away.

This was clearly a suicidal act, yet Skadi's steps remained unwavering. Furthermore, the Originium creatures had no ability to even block her, allowing Skadi to charge forward with overwhelming force.

This slightly absurd picture reminded Orson of the huge rock protruding in the middle of the waterfall.

Skadi is the "boulder" that can abruptly block the "waves" falling continuously from above.

Finally, Skadi arrived in front of the giant Originium monster. The white-haired, red-eyed hunter gripped the hilt of the greatsword with both hands, stopped, and twisted his body slightly to one side.

Orson had been a little worried about how Skadi would attack that behemoth. After all, even though the sword was indeed absurdly large, almost as tall as him, it probably wouldn't be very effective against that thing.

However, looking at Skadi's posture, Orson suddenly noticed one thing, that this was not a "slashing" posture at all.

Skadi twisted her waist, and the power was transferred to her arms, connecting the greatsword to draw an arc from top to bottom, and then from bottom to top.

"boom!!!"

After a loud bang, the monster, which was nearly 5 stories tall, was knocked to the ground. Its entire body turned 180 degrees and faced up to the sky, sliding backward for more than ten meters in this posture.

That's not "swinging a sword" at all. If I had to describe it, it's more like... playing golf.

After single-handedly knocking down the tallest monster head-on, Skadi raised her greatsword again and plunged it into the ground behind her, leaning her body against it like an artificial wall - even though there was an endless wave of monsters in front of her.

Such a casual and domineering behavior had an immediate effect, and those monsters infected by the Originium all avoided Skadi.

"Hey, we missed a monster!"

Lappland complained loudly to Skadi.

"Well"

Realizing that she seemed to be of no help at all, Skadi, who had just leaned on the greatsword and posed, hurriedly drew the sword again.

"Everyone, time is up! Dragon Gate is about to relocate, it's time to go back!!"

The countdown on his watch had already reached 30 minutes, and he received a text message from Xuezhi saying "Finished!" on his phone. Orson immediately signaled that it was time to leave.

"Understood. Follow me."

Texas was the first to respond. She ran directly to Lappland and stepped on his palm. Lappland also threw Texas away in perfect harmony, avoiding a group of Originium bugs blocking the way.

"Pass the baton, Texas~!"

The angel, who was driving the bulletproof off-road SUV carrying Orson, opened the door and let the veteran driver Texas take over, while he once again popped his head out of the sunroof to suppress the fire.

Creak—buzz!

Texas skillfully shifted gears, pumped gas, and turned the steering wheel, forcing the SUV to carve out a path through the gaps between the Originium worms.

"Get in the car. This car can hold at least seven people. There's enough space."

The SUV knocked the two claw beasts away and stopped accurately in front of everyone. Texas immediately unlocked the back door and shouted to everyone.

"Yo ho"

Lappland got into the carriage nimbly and lightly, and Tallulah and Froststar also went through the door one after another.

However, when the last Skadi also stepped onto the SUV——

“Crunch, crunch—!!”

"The car broke down!"

The SUV let out a mournful cry and then stalled on the spot.

"Maybe it's because I—"

"careful!"

Skadi, who was at the edge of the car, just pointed at herself, and at this moment, several hyenas that were good at sneak attacks seized this opportunity and pounced out from the corpses of other Originium-infected beasts.

Just before the hyenas' sharp fangs sank into Skadi's fair skin, Orson, the only one with true perception, swung his melted knight's sword to block the attack. However, because Orson was already somewhat weakened, the hyenas clamped down on Red Queen and dragged him out of the passenger seat.

"Orson!"

"—"

Just as Tallulah reached out to grab Orson, Skadi had already emerged from the SUV and knocked several hyenas away with three punches and two kicks.

"Buzz buzz!"

As soon as Skadi got out of the car, the SUV's engine resumed.

"It's suddenly fine again—get in the car quickly."

Texas frowned, but she immediately signaled Orson and Skadi to come up. At this time, a large number of self-destructive Originium insects had surrounded them.

"You go first."

"what?"

Skadi spoke with an almost expressionless face as usual, and her words were naturally opposed by everyone in the car.

"I'm not asking you to abandon him. I can—"

As if realizing that the meaning of her expression was somewhat ambiguous, Skadi wanted to explain, but neither the Originium Bugs surrounding her nor her communication skills, which made even the Star Bear sigh, supported Skadi's ability to explain herself clearly. For the first time, a somewhat panicked expression appeared on the hunter's face.

"Trust Skadi's judgment, everyone. We'll meet at Lungmen's harbor. Don't worry!"

Orson broke the deadlock at this time. He spoke to everyone without any tension, as if it was a matter of course.

"...I understand. See you later."

Texas didn't say anything else. She just twisted the steering wheel and stepped on the accelerator. The SUV rushed directly towards the gantry that was already slowly starting.