Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

Then, in this happy mood, without any warning, Laerte's head and body were cleanly cut in half by a knife, and then fell to the ground with two "bangs".

The one standing behind her and completing this ruthless slash was none other than the black shadow of the scabbard that Leite had always looked down upon.

The "True Soul Blade Katana: Soul Severance" which had never been revealed in the entire battle finally revealed its true appearance at this moment. Unfortunately, the deceased "Fluorite Fairy Queen Laerte" no longer had the eyes to see this divine weapon that determined the outcome of the battle.

The reason why the unarmed black figure in front of her slowed down was not because he was affected by the skill "Power of Domination", but simply because he was coordinating with his companions' actions and deliberately letting Laerte down her guard.

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The battle of the Feiqi family's southern mine finally came to an end with the death of the "Fluorite Fairy Queen, Laerte".

The total duration of the entire battle was actually not long, less than fifteen minutes in total, but the ups and downs and constant reversals in the process gave people the illusion that the battle lasted for a long time.

After the death of the Fluorite Fairy Queen, Laerte, the fusion state of the Heavy Armored Fusion Colossus was automatically released. However... before the fusion state was released, the vitality of the Heavy Armored Fusion Colossus had already returned to zero, so after the fusion was released, all that was separated was a pile of ore and the corpses of rock monsters.

In front of the small hill of corpses, a young man walked over slowly - he was the "mastermind" of the shadow side in this mine battle, classmate Jiang Ran.

Jiang Ran bent down, picked up the corpse of a magnetic stone worm, smashed it on the ground, and then peeled out a magic core of a second-level monster from it.

He tried to insert the second-level magic core into the gem on the hilt of the "Yanma Yingqi Sword Lanzel", but this magic sword, as described in the identification information, did not accept magic cores below the third level as experience points for evolution.

(It has to be at least level three... This demon sword's appetite is getting more and more outrageous...)

Jiang Ran's complaints were not without reason. Although his current rank was as high as level five, and defeating most level three monsters was as easy as cutting melons and vegetables, in the Kingdom of West, the rear base of the human alliance, it was not easy to encounter a level three monster.

As for being able to meet such a kind person as the "Fluorite Fairy Queen Laerte" in the mine this time, it is a miracle among miracles.

Therefore, if Jiang Ran does not move to the country on the front line of the war, it will probably be impossible for "Yanma Hero Sword Lanzel" to evolve again in the short term.

Now that the battle is over, the next step is to reap the fruits of victory.

Jiang Ran looked at the pile of monster corpses and felt a little overwhelmed.

(Emmmm… there are too many, and I don’t have the ability to take them all away.)

Such a large amount of monster materials cannot be handled without a team of fifty or a hundred people. Fortunately, although Jiang Ran is not yet rich enough to rival a country, he rarely has financial troubles.

As long as he sells the high-level materials or low-level magic cores that he doesn't need, he will have no worries about food and clothing.

Therefore, Jiang Ran only recovered the materials that were useful to him, including the magic cores of nine third-level granite monoliths, all of which were fed to "Yan Mo Yingqi Sword·Lanzel" (0+9↑/200), as well as the fourth-level magic cores of the Diamond Monolith and the Lava Monolith, and the fifth-level magic core of "Fluorite Fairy Queen·Laerte".

Looking at the corpse of the Fluorite Fairy Queen, Jiang Ran felt a little emotional. It turned out that in the Prison Star World, there was such a unique "power".

If it weren't for the "True Soul Blade Katana: Soul Severance", a magical weapon that can ignore physical defense, Jiang Ran would have to spend a lot more effort to defeat the "Heavy Armored Fusion Colossus".

In addition to the Soul Blade Katana, the cursed "Hermit's Crown of Thorns" also helped a lot. Throughout the entire battle, the damage caused by the weapons used by the shadows increased by an additional 50%, which greatly saved Jiang Ran's magic power expenditure.

In this battle at the Southern Mine, Jiang Ran’s new combat mode experiment can be said to be quite successful.

However, if he had to say if there was any regret, Jiang Ran actually had two regrets.

My first regret is that I didn't steal the skills of the Fluorite Fairy Queen, Laerte, to try them out. Although stolen skills only last for 60 seconds, it's still nice to satisfy my Gundam addiction.

The second regret was that Jiang Ran failed to find a suitable "shadow mount". The dragonfly he found at the beginning soon couldn't withstand the chaotic battle scene. After the dragonfly died, Jiang Ran was forced to move his shadow several times. The most outrageous time was when he even got into the shadow of the enemy's first-level four-legged stone worm.

If Jiang Ran plans to continue using this combat mode, finding or cultivating an "excellent" shadow mount will be of utmost importance.

(Emmmm… This is something I can’t figure out in a short time. I’ll think about it slowly on the way.)

Jiang Ran, who had been paddling throughout the entire battle, stretched his body, loosened his stiff muscles, and then took the spoils of this battle and headed towards the end point of this series of events, Yanji City...!

9.85 - Returning from Defeat

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October 187, 9

1:16 AM

[Confession death countdown remaining: 20 days]

"Death Future Remaining: 3 Days"

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On the wilderness road, Jiang Ran walked alone with a huge sword on his back and wearing a black cloak.

Because a lot of magic power was consumed in the battle with the "Fluorite Fairy Queen·Laerte", Jiang Ran, who usually summoned shadows to carry equipment, now has to do everything by himself.

However, for him who has reached the fifth level of strength, he would not feel any burden even if he carried all the equipment. He would just look bloated and strange when walking.

Speaking of Jiang Ran's image, he once dyed his hair in order to change his identity during the Heloise incident. Later, as his hair continued to grow, the black hair underneath gradually emerged.

Considering that the two identities of Fike and Banning had been exposed in the Shura field trap of "Endless Abyss·Mishasha", Jiang Ran simply cut off the yellow part of his hair and returned to the black hair style.

He now looked like a wandering teenager carrying a giant sword with beast horns on his back, with a sense of sadness and "vicissitudes" all over his body - this was not to say that Jiang Ran had grown into an "uncle's taste", it was simply to describe that the equipment he was wearing was too "broken".

However, this is not Jiang Ran's fault. After all, ever since the maze incident in Dris Town, he has been either on the run or preparing to run away, and has never had the opportunity to find a big town to repair his equipment.

Next, after putting out the last fire in the "harem", Jiang Ran will repair and upgrade his equipment in Yanji City.

In addition to this matter, Jiang Ran has another thing to solve, which is the storage of equipment.

Jiang Ran doesn't like to attract attention, but as long as he carries the "Beast Horn Greatsword Komono" on his back, he will definitely attract people's attention.

When Xiao Moto was still around, Jiang Ran could alleviate this problem by hanging the giant sword across Xiao Moto's body. Now that he is temporarily separated from Xiao Moto, this problem is once again before Jiang Ran.

As an assassin, no, or to put it another way, as a shadow-type melee mage, Jiang Ran's bulky outfit is really a bit inappropriate.

If he had props or abilities like dimensional pockets and dimensional storage spaces, it would surely be much more convenient for him to move around. But on the other hand, when traveling, he needs to consider the weight he carries and the equipment he wears. These are part of the real "fun" of the hardcore other world, and it truly feels like an adventure, not a game.

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At the same time, "Endless Abyss·Mishasha" and Wei'er, who did not take a detour to the southern mine like Jiang Ran, had arrived at the outskirts of Yanji City.

After separating from Banning, Misasa did not keep her promise and still secretly added the "Ermoti Flower Potion" to Wei'er's food three times a day. However, for some reason, the effect of the added potion this time seemed less obvious and did not work for a long time.

In addition to the fact that the medicine did not work, there was another thing that puzzled Misasa.

She didn't know when it started, but her body would feel a tingling here and there from time to time. Although the impact was not serious, the constant pain really tortured her nerves and made it difficult for her to sleep at night.

At one point, Mishasha was so angry that she wanted to give up this puppet body, but this body had been cultivated for so long after all, and its appearance and performance all met Mishasha's needs, so she had to ask Wei'er to buy potions and use her "drug effect enhancement" skill to treat herself.

But "unfortunately", after trying many potentially effective medicines, Mishasha's pain still did not ease, and in the end she had no choice but to grit her teeth and bear it on her own.

Mishasha, who has lived for over a hundred years, would never have dreamed that the reason she was suffering from pain was because she did not keep her "promise" with Banning.

At that time, in order to watch Banning and Verelle's love-hate relationship, Misasha casually made up the "rules of the game" for them, and also promised Banning that as long as Banning could win, she would never hurt Verelle again.

In fact, after Misasha parted with Banning, she immediately started using the Ermotti flower potion to hurt Weiler. In her opinion, even if she did not abide by the agreement, Banning could not do anything to her.

However, Misasa didn't know that Banning had the blessings of the old gods, and one of them was the blessing from the "God of Faithfulness, Fiyas": "A Promise is Worth a Thousand Pieces of Gold".

Because Misasha broke the promise she made to Banning, she was punished by the "God of Faithfulness, Fias".

"Luckily", the damage caused by the Ermotti flower potion was minimal, and Wei'er was secretly taking a purification potion to offset the impact, so Mishasha did not suffer too severe punishment.

Now, they have arrived at Yanji City. She has completed half of the order given to Misasha by the Lord of Eternal Winter. What remains is to continue to drug Wei'er every day before September 9th, until Banning also comes to Yanji City.

Will Banning come to Yanji City as the Lord of Everwinter predicted? Mishasha is convinced of this, because the Lord of Everwinter's predictions have always been very accurate.

All that remains is to see whether something "interesting" will happen in Yanji City.

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In Yanji City, two or three kilometers away from Endless Abyss Mishasha and the others, on the bustling streets, a silver-haired, red-eyed girl who attracted everyone's attention wherever she went, ignored all the passers-by around her and ran straight back to the lord's manor house of the Feiqi family.

When Elder Red Rodrigo and Elder Black Augusto, who were waiting in the mansion, heard the news of Viviana's return, they immediately stood up excitedly, but because of their status and strict teacher personality, they suppressed their anxiety and sat back in their seats.

When Viviana was led to the meeting room by the chief steward, the red and black elders immediately cast their eyes on the silver-haired girl who walked in, and then they breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Apart from some dust on her body, Viviana had no visible injuries, and she just looked a little tired.

As long as Viviana is safe and sound, the Red and Black Elder can finally put his mind at ease.

As soon as Viviana saw the Red and Black Elders, she immediately perked up and reported to them the intelligence about the southern mines.

This upright girl did not cover up or change the truth of the matter for the sake of saving face. Everything she said was actually true.

After listening to Viviana's concise report, the Red and Black Elder's mentality immediately changed from relaxed to serious. The real situation of the southern mine was far more serious than the intelligence reported by the previous reconnaissance team.

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Rock and mineral monsters that can work as a team;

A Granite Monolith variant with a strength of at least level 4: the Lava Monolith;

A previously undiscovered fourth-tier monster: the Diamond Rock Statue;

There are also a large number of troublesome first-level monsters: four-legged stone worms;

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With all these monsters added together, not to mention that Viviana herself cannot handle it, even if the previous mercenary group went along, it would be of no avail.

Looking at Viviana who was looking anxious, Red Prison Elder Rodrigo and Black Prison Elder Augusto both sighed secretly.

If the two of them had not been injured, how could the Feiqi family have fallen into such a situation where no one was available?

9.86 - Troubled Times

The atmosphere in the Feiqi family's meeting room suddenly became heavy.

Viviana's safe return only brought a moment of peace to the Red and Black Elders' hearts, and then the thorny problems in the southern mines made them frown again.

Seeing that the chief steward was still in the meeting room, the Dark Elder Augusto asked him how the search for external forces was going.

The chief steward replied that as of this morning, they had only found two teams that could cooperate, and both teams were not as strong as the mercenary group that cooperated with them last time at the northern mine.

After the chief steward reported the situation, the red and black elders frowned even deeper.

The last mercenary group was not strong enough, and now the newly found external forces are not even as strong as that mercenary group... Elder Red and Black couldn't help but have an idea, that is, to recapture the southern mines and rescue Lord Feiqi, he might have to wait until the other elders who were sent out to carry out the mission come back.

"Damn the 'Mad King Agreement'...!"

The Red Prison Elder Rodrigo cursed angrily. The Dark Elder Augusto beside him heard it and immediately gave him a warning look, reminding the Red Prison Elder not to speak without restraint because of a momentary anger - the "Mad King Agreement" is not something that can be spoken casually, especially in front of the servants.

After seeing the look in Elder Minghei's eyes, Elder Yuhong quickly realized his own loss of composure, so he coughed twice and changed the subject.

"Butler, is it difficult to find external forces because we asked them to sign a 'confidentiality agreement'?" asked Elder Yu Hong.

"Lord Elder Yuhong, the 'confidentiality agreement' shouldn't be a problem. These mercenary organizations are very accustomed to keeping their operations secret," the chief steward replied.

"All right……"

Elder Yuhong sighed. This answer was within his expectations.

The so-called "confidentiality agreement" means that these mercenary organizations cannot tell the outside world that they are paid to solve problems for the Feiqi family.

Normally, the Feiqi family would not require mercenary organizations to sign confidentiality agreements, but now the Feiqi family is short of manpower. Once the outside world knows that they even need to hire people to help in their own mines, it will not only lose face, but may also attract enemies who want to take advantage of the situation.

Elder Yu Hong had no choice but to hope that the chief steward would bring good news as soon as possible.

"Butler, you go down and get busy first... Then, Viviana, you and Augusto, come with me to the sand table to analyze the situation at the southern mine in detail."

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Everyone in the meeting room dispersed, and the red and black elders and Viviana actually went to the sandbox room to re-enact Viviana's battle in the southern mine last night.

After deduction, the Red and Black Elders discovered some details that Viviana had not noticed. Based on these details, they deduced that in addition to the four monsters discovered by Viviana (quadrupedal stone worms, granite monoliths, lava monoliths, and diamond monoliths), there was a high probability that there was a monster leader of at least level four who could command other monsters hidden in the southern mine.

In other words, what Viviana had explored was not actually the full strength of the monsters entrenched in the southern mines.

"It's unbelievable. The probability of such a thing happening is too small. It's hard not to think that there are enemies secretly working behind the scenes." The Dark Elder Augusto expressed his own judgment. He believed that only in this way could the current difficult situation of the Feiqi family be reasonably explained.

However, if we talk about the enemies of the Feiqi family, there are many.

Is it the Snake Shadow Society that we had a direct conflict with recently?

Or is it suspected that they secretly hired the "Snow Deer Family" of the Snake Shadow Society?

Whether it is Elder Yuhong or Elder Minghei, it is difficult for them to come to a conclusion on this issue, but one thing is certain: if they want to find out the mastermind behind the scenes, there is only one way, that is to defeat the monsters entrenched in the southern mines, and then follow the clues to find clues, and finally determine who the real murderer is.

Now, all they could do was wait for the first group of powerful people who were sent out because of the "Mad King Agreement" to return, and then take Viviana and other elders with them to take back the southern mine.

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Just when the Red and Black Elders had made up their minds, Viviana proposed a plan to them that they had never imagined.