Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!!!"

The cavalry captain shouted loudly, causing the tense atmosphere on the scene to rise to a higher level.

It’s not that this cavalry captain has never seen the world, but an attack that can pierce through their sturdy armor in one go is truly terrifying!

In just this second, everyone made a judgment about the attacking enemy.

The cavalry captain and his cavalrymen believed that there were at least two monsters, and that their strength was above level five;

Viviana believed that the two spikes were likely from the same monster, but she had no idea what kind of monster it was.

Lord Scarlet Driggs and Woodcorn were the strongest among the group. They had already recognized that the newcomer was the sixth-level monster "Snow Mountain Giant Thorn, King of the Frost Armored Earwigs" and immediately prepared to take over the battle.

[Note: Earwig is an omnivorous or carnivorous insect, see the picture below for details.]

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"Everyone, get down where you are and don't move!

Driggs shouted loudly, but unlike the cavalry captain just now, he shouted not because of fear or tension, but to save everyone.

Woodcorn, who was standing next to him, immediately spoke up and told his subordinates to obey the command of Lord Scarlet Qi. However, he himself did not lie down, but followed Driggs closely.

In Woodcorn's opinion, Driggs's on-the-spot response was textbook.

Monsters like the King of Frost-Armored Earwigs lurk in the snow all year round. Their eyesight isn't particularly good, and it's basically nonexistent.

Like other monsters that are good at burrowing into the ground, the King of the Frost-Armored Earwigs' perception ability mainly relies on hearing and magic power. Therefore, as long as everyone lies on the ground and does not move, they will not be discovered by this terrifying monster... ?

No, that's not enough. If you want to survive the giant thorn attack of the Frost-Armored Earwig King, the key is for someone to lead this guy away.

The loud order given by Lord Feiqi just now was obviously intended to lure the monster towards him.

——(As expected of a lord, capable, decisive, and responsible!)

Woodcorn admired Lord Scarlet even more, and he was incredibly happy because Lord Scarlet would definitely be fighting the Frost-Armored Earwig King! He would finally get to witness the battle of Explosive Driggs firsthand!

However, Woodcorn's joy was premature.

The "vase" he couldn't stand jumped out at this moment to ruin his plans.

"Father! Leave this monster to me!"

Not only Woodcorn but also the clever Viviana understood Feiqi's intention.

The five scarlet silver rapiers summoned by magic merged with the scarlet silver longsword in Viviana's hand, forming a two-meter-long scarlet silver giant sword.

When the giant sword slammed heavily on the snow, the huge noise it caused immediately attracted the King of Frost-Armored Earwigs lurking in the snow!

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——(Vivianna?)

Seeing Viviana's performance, Driggs frowned.

In his memory, Viviana was always obedient and never disobeyed his orders, and she was not the kind of person who liked to be in the spotlight.

Now that he was in good health and had no injuries, it would take some effort to deal with the King of Frost-Armored Earwigs, but it would not be to the point of being seriously dangerous.

There was really no reason for Viviana to attack before him.

——(You're a level 4 monster, but you're still trying to challenge a level 6 monster, Viviana. This isn't like you...)

10.98 - The determination to chase

Viviana has never been one for show and glory.

Unless necessary, she rarely takes the initiative to do risky things.

But at this moment, facing the King of Frost-Armored Earwigs, whose strength level was two levels higher than hers, she took the initiative to attack even though there was no need to show off her strength.

The reason why the once calm girl was like this was mainly because her mind was in turmoil.

As mentioned before, after retrieving the "Pigeon Blood Red Stone·Filia" with great difficulty, Viviana gradually began to doubt her future development path.

[Note: See chapter 10.82 - It all starts with one step]

Is it because of my own strength that I am recognized by everyone, or is it just because of the help of the pigeon blood redstone?

Influenced by this mood, and her obsession with catching up with Benning over this period of time, the usually calm Viviana acted out of the ordinary.

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——(If you don’t challenge your own limits, it’s impossible to catch up with Benning.)

Viviana, who kept repeating this sentence in her mind, was currently trying to lure the King of Frost-Armored Earwigs away from the area where the cavalry was.

After witnessing Banning's incredible growth rate, Viviana gradually realized that if she followed the conventional "safe" practice method, she would never be able to catch up with Banning.

Viviana believes that the main reason why Banning has been able to grow so fast is that he dares to take risks and reap huge benefits from them.

For example, there is an unwritten consensus among the combat professionals in the Prison Star World, which is that unless the class is too low and there is no choice, they should try to defeat monsters that are one level lower than themselves.

For example, for a fourth-level Viviana, it is best to only defeat third-level monsters.

The advantage of doing this is that it ensures safety and prevents people from losing their lives while defeating monsters to gain experience. The disadvantage is that the efficiency of gaining experience is low. Some people don't even care about experience at all. They would rather defeat monsters that are two levels lower than themselves and gain no experience at all, rather than take the risk of challenging stronger enemies.

If it were the old Vivianna, she would not think there was anything wrong with this. After all, life safety is the most important thing. If you lose your life, then how can you talk about being strong?

But now Viviana has different ideas. She believes that even if a person kills slimes for fifty years in a row, he will not become stronger because of killing more slimes. At most, he will be a skilled slime killing expert.

Therefore, if she wants to catch up with Benning, she must take risks like Benning, and then she can achieve a leap in strength.

——(Disperse, scarlet silver rapiers.)

Viviana released "Floating Crimson Silver Sword - Greatsword Style" and let the crimson silver rapiers generated by magic surround her.

She had never had experience fighting the King of Frost-Armored Earwigs, so the first thing she had to do was to observe and analyze the situation based on the knowledge from the books, and then think about how to defeat the enemy.

In addition, her father (Lord Scarlet) seemed to agree with Viviana's arbitrary decision-making, which allowed her to focus on challenging this sixth-level monster!

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On the rugged snowy mountains.

The snow is white and the ground is covered with silver.

A running girl.

Flying scarlet silver swords.

And the giant under the snow that followed closely behind.

Even though the King of Frost-Armored Earwigs hid its entire body under the snow, the vibrations caused by the movement of its huge body completely betrayed its current location.

Judging from the commotion caused by the Frost-Armored Earwig King, this creature must be at least six meters long. The spikes sticking out of its tail alone are the same size as Viviana's giant sword just now.

——(First, show a flaw to lure it into attacking again.)

Viviana deliberately slowed down, and then waited until the vibration reached her feet, then accelerated suddenly to avoid the sharp attack from the snow.

For this seemingly simple attack to lure the enemy, Viviana actually gambled her life.

In terms of defensive ability alone, she is no better than the cavalrymen who just died on the spikes.

While the Frost Armor Earwig King had not yet retracted its spikes, Viviana swung her sword and, together with the scarlet silver rapiers floating around, launched a series of attacks on the spikes exposed on the snow!

However, the hardness of the spikes was beyond Viviana's imagination. When she used all her strength to chop the spikes, the spikes bounced the impact force back to her scarlet silver sword intact, making her fingers numb.

Just when Viviana thought the Frostarm Earwig King needed to retract its stinger before attacking again, it suddenly spun around in circles beneath the snow! It forcibly created a whirlpool on the snow, entangling Viviana's feet and pulling her deeper into the snow!

——(Come back to me, scarlet silver rapiers!)

Faced with this move that was not recorded in the book, Viviana remained calm and responded immediately.

Relying on the scarlet silver sword suspended in the air, she successfully escaped from the snow vortex, and also took this opportunity to vaguely see the head of the King of Frost-Armored Earwigs.

—(There seems to be a gap between the head and torso's shell...? If I could attack from there, maybe there would be a chance?)

Viviana really wanted to take a gamble and jump directly from the air to attack the weakness she had just discovered, but the steady style formed by years of fighting made it impossible for her to take such a risk for a small probability.

As Viviana escaped from the range of the snow vortex, the Frostarm Earwig King also ended this large-scale skill.

Judging from the current situation, although Viviana cannot cause effective damage to the King of Frost-Armored Earwigs, the King of Frost-Armored Earwigs does not seem to be able to deal with the agile Viviana...?

No, Viviana couldn't afford to be careless. A sixth-level monster meant six skills. Before she fully understood the six skills of the Frost-Armored Earwig King, any slight negligence could lead to Viviana's death.

As the snow shook again, the King of Frost-Armored Earwigs sneaked up to Viviana's feet again.

Will the same old tricks be used again this time?

Viviana used her previous experience and successfully avoided the monster's thrust attack again by adjusting the speed of her steps.

However, just when she thought the enemy's attack was over, a red sphere formed by highly concentrated magic power appeared between the two spikes. Then, a red ray burst out from it and shot towards Viviana!

The ray was so fast that Viviana had no time to dodge, let alone deploy the "Crimson Silver Sword Formation: Guardian Style" to resist. Just as she was about to be hit, a burning crimson figure flashed out from the side and pulled Viviana away from the shooting track in time.

"That's enough, Viviana. You don't have the means to deal with a guy like this."

Lord Driggs of Scarlet emerged from the flames, and this time, his words left no room for Viviana to show off.

10.99 - Driggs' Battle

"Father, I... I can still fight..."

After being rescued by her father, the first words that came out of Viviana's mouth were not thanks, but reluctance.

Driggs glanced at Viviana and said mercilessly, "I don't care what powerful skills you have left to use. When you couldn't avoid the magic ray just now, you were already dead. Do you understand?"

Just as Driggs said, Viviana would have been hit by the rays of the Frostarm Earwig King.

The only reason she was still standing here safely was thanks to Driggs's rescue.

However, Viviana did not feel relieved at all for escaping death. Instead, she still felt that she could have done better.

Viviana believed that if she had not repeatedly tested the Frost Armored Earwig King in the previous battle, and had directly used the skill "Crimson Silver Sword Formation: Annihilation Style" or the skill "Crimson Silver Storm" to attack, she would have at least been able to inflict heavy damage to the Frost Armored Earwig King.

Now, she was defeated without doing anything, and only suffered a few scratches on the monster's spikes. This was hard for her to accept.

The double pressure of confusion about her future and her obsession to become stronger put Viviana in a very embarrassing situation.

And these are all inevitable pains on the road to growth.

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Driggs was a brilliant lord, but not a gentle father.

After scolding Viviana, he no longer cared about the child's situation and rushed directly towards the King of Frost-Armored Earwigs not far away.

The yakman Woodcorn standing nearby was delighted with this development. He stepped forward in time and blocked Viviana in front of him with his body. This was a small favor that he should do as the "host", but it also contained some of Woodcorn's "little thoughts".

After all, they had finally waited for Explosive Driggs to take action himself, and Woodcorn didn't want him to be unable to use his full strength because of hesitation.

However, Woodcorn's worries were unnecessary.

Driggs's ability to become the lord of the Scarlet Qi family was not due to indecision or soft-heartedness.

——(Here we go, old partner.)

Driggs stretched out his hands, revealing a pair of scarlet arm guards that had already been equipped in his robe.

This pair of arm armor is called "Red Demon Arm Arm armor Akai". It was made by a master craftsman at the Plateau Hearth Guild by Driggs. It has accompanied him through life and death for more than ten years.

It is no exaggeration to say that Driggs's pair of arm armor weapons may not have the name of divine power, but they are divine power in reality. They are the top-tier equipment under divine power.

Faced with the aggressive Driggs, the King of Frost-Armored Earwigs chose to temporarily dive back into the snow to "observe" the situation.

At this time, Driggs' situation was exactly the same as Viviana's at the beginning. Even if he wanted to attack first, he had no idea where to start.

However, Driggs did not choose to lure the enemy out like Viviana did, but instead used force directly!

——Flame Fist·Earth-shattering Impact.

Driggs' fist ignited, then slammed into the snow.

The flames on his fist spread out like snakes, leaving cracked flame totems on the snow.

Under the high temperature, the snow melted quickly, exposing the ground beneath the snow. Through the cracks in the ground, Driggs found the position where the King of Frost-Armored Earwigs was hiding, and then immediately launched a front flip heel drop attack!

[Note: 重 means the heel.]