Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

Oleg pushed open the sword case as he walked, and the pitch-black sword lay quietly inside.

On the sword, the bright red light flickered like breathing, as if urging Oleg to swing it quickly to kill the enemy and drink blood.

——(But even if you burn me to death later, it’s better than me handing you over to Spland… That guy has fallen too deeply into the dark world…)

Oleg gripped the hilt of the sword and pulled it out in one breath.

Suddenly, a stream of scorching magic power surged out from the sword, burning him so much that he almost dropped the sword. But soon, the burning sensation disappeared, and instead, Oleg's own magic power was being absorbed into the sword.

——(I see, the name of the Demon Sword is indeed worthy of its name. Then let me witness your power!)

Oleg made up his mind, threw away the sword case, held the sword in one hand and rushed towards the gray-scaled giant snake!

The giant gray-scaled snake hissed and pretended to bite Oleg, but it suddenly turned around and converted its forward speed into the power of twisting its body and swinging its tail, and its thick tail hit Oleg again!

“Ahhhhhh——!!!”

Oleg held the sword in both hands, leaped up with a roar, and while dodging the attack from the snake's tail, he also slashed the snake's tail with his sword!

The sword blade, which had heated to hundreds of degrees at some point, not only failed to be deflected by the steel snake scales, but instead left a long and deep wound on it, causing the gray-scaled giant snake to twist in pain.

Seeing this, Oleg immediately took advantage of the situation and pursued the enemy.

He jumped onto the snake's body regardless of the danger, stabbed the sword into it, and then dragged the magic sword along the snake's body. Then, the magic power overflowing from the sword ignited the blade and also ignited the gray-scaled giant snake!

After decades, the "Magic Secret Sword: Flame Horse" appears again!

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4.41 - Spland's Madness (Part )

Spland never dreamed that Oleg, the conservative old man, would bring the "Fire Horse" to the battlefield.

That was the "Magic Secret Sword: Flame Horse" he had always dreamed of!

—(There’s no mistake… that evil flame… that scorching blade powerful enough to cut through armor…)

Spland put his finger in his mouth and chewed it like crazy.

Now that the "Flame Horse" has appeared, there is no need to capture hostages to threaten Oleg. All he has to do next is to snatch the "Flame Horse" away!

The strategy in Spland's mind suddenly became simple. In his plan, he had originally intended to capture the fox girl named Emilia. It was said that Oleg had already regarded her as his own granddaughter.

Now, robbing equipment is exactly what Spland likes!

"Thank you for your hard work, Snake King. You should take a rest first."

With a wave of his staff, Spland canceled the summoning of the gray-scaled giant snake, which also saved his magic power.

But the consequence of doing so was that Oleg immediately rushed towards Spland, waving the "Flame Horse".

——(The "Flame Horse" is such a waste in the hands of someone like you.)

——(Snakes crawling around!)

Spland summoned dozens of poisonous snakes to slow down Oleg's approach, and then, taking this opportunity, he found Nassar who was about to escape.

"Don't run, Nassar. Aren't we in the same group?"

Spland smiled and held Nassar's hand. At this moment, a poisonous snake jumped out from Spland's sleeve and bit Nassar's wrist fiercely!

"Ahhhh!!!"

Nasar struggled frantically and cut the snake in half with a sword, but it was too late. The venom had already entered his body through the artery.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. This is a nerve-paralyzing poison specially prepared for you. It won't kill you."

By the time Sprant finished saying this, Nassar had already collapsed completely.

Unable to speak, he was lifted up by Spland like a puppet and blocked in front as a human shield.

It was not until then that Oleg arrived in front of them. The 73-year-old man was almost exhausted after the continuous fierce fighting.

"What a pity, Oleg, are you willing to kill him?" Spland asked with a smile.

Oleg did not answer. He hesitated for a moment, then resolutely continued to shorten the distance between him and Spland.

"Oh oh oh, wait, I underestimated you. Don't be so impatient. There is something you may not know. This guy is the illegitimate son of the mayor of Sunny Town?" Spland threw the chips again.

Taking advantage of Oleg's pause and hesitation, Spland quickly added, "The mayor is ready to give Nassar a name. If you kill him too, I'm afraid you won't be able to explain to the mayor, right?"

Hearing this, Oleg laughed instead.

"That's easy. Just say you killed him!"

Oleg, who had taken the opportunity to catch his breath, suddenly leaped up, wielding the "Magic Secret Sword: Flame Horse" and slashing at Spland and Nassar! However, Spland once again seized the initiative.

——(Snake King Summoning Phase 1!)

Using Nassar's body as a shield, Spland quietly used his skills without being discovered by Oleg.

Therefore, when the giant snake jumped out of the magic circle again, Oleg had no time to react and was immediately bitten by the giant snake and taken away!

——(When it comes to playing dirty, I’m still better at that.)

Spland pulled out a dagger carved with a demon's head, and stabbed it into Nassar's heart without hesitation.

"The pierced scarab..."

"The umbilical cord of a premature baby..."

"Burning the Saint Trampling on the Cross..."

"...Monster Control Ritual Enhancement!"

In order to control a more powerful monster, Spland performed a very rare chant.

Accompanied by the chant, the ritual dagger in his hand gradually absorbed Nasar's blood. Then, the ritual dagger shattered into dust. On this windless night, it floated towards the target that Spland wanted to control...

"S-P-L-T-!!!"

Spland's crazy behavior completely angered Oleg. In the short time just now, he had killed and burned the gray-scaled giant snake and rushed towards Spland with great momentum.

As a result, Spland no longer had any giant snakes to summon.

"Oleg, I suggest you pay attention to Emilia and the others before continuing to get angry."

Oleg was immediately stunned when he heard Emilia's name from Spland.

"You should know that I control monsters in two ways. One is to summon them with magic power, such as swarms of venomous snakes and giant snakes. In this case, you just need to kill me and the snakes will disappear. The other way is to simply attract nearby monsters and issue some commands... This is what I do with these rat monsters around here."

It was obvious that Spland had something else in his words. He was hinting to Oleg that killing him might not necessarily save those young people.

Finally, Splander threw out his trump card.

"Let me tell you something good. Hehehe, just now, I sacrificed Nasar's life and summoned the Corruption-Detoxifying Poison Blade Rat King from the Sunny Forest."

Spland smiled grimly. The Corruption-Detoxifying Poison Blade Rat King was the top king of the carrion-eating black rat clan. If it came, everyone here would die tonight!

"If you don't lead the team to evacuate quickly, it will be too late, Oleg."

Spland laughed more and more proudly. He knew that between killing himself and saving his companions, Oleg could only choose the latter.

"Spland, you lunatic!"

Oleg angrily said this, turned around and ran quickly towards his companions in the mission union.

However, Spland's plan does not stop there. If Oleg really succeeds in rescuing everyone like this, how can he sleep at night in the future?

No matter what happens tonight, Spland must get the "Magic Secret Sword: Flame Horse".

To do this, he first needs to have the ability to fight head-on on par with Oleg, who is holding the magic sword.

Now that Oleg has been sent away, Spland can calmly use his ultimate skill.

——(Snake King Summoning, Phase 2.)

Spland raised the staff with both hands and slowly stuffed it into his throat.

With every inch the staff went down his throat, Spland's urge to vomit grew stronger.

As the staff went deeper and deeper, Spland began to bleed internally, and his internal organs were turned upside down, but he didn't care. His hands did not stop moving for a second until the staff was completely inside his body.

——(No matter how powerful a person is, he will eventually die)

——(The strange snake sheds its skin to gain eternal life)

——(Descent upon me, Red-Scaled Serpent King!)

The purple-black magic circle rotated and unfolded under Spland's feet. His body instantly turned into a pool of mud and merged into it. Then, after the magic circle absorbed all of him, the giant snake king with red flame scales all over his body rushed out of the magic circle with a roar!

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4.42 - The Serpent Returns

When Oleg rushed back to the reward hunters' position, he was surprised to find that they had almost wiped out the two or three hundred rat monsters!

"Fighters! Don't let the little one get away!"

"Heavily armored soldiers! Continue to release taunt skills in order!"

"Mages, cease fire and rest! Warriors, move forward and defeat the captured enemies!"

"..."

Oleg saw that Banning was riding his horse back and forth between the various battlefields, issuing various orders very decisively. This made him immediately realize that it was all thanks to this young man that the situation was brought under control so quickly.

——(Viviana, you really brought me a savior!)

However, Oleg knew that now was not the time to be happy, he had to get everyone out of here immediately.

Otherwise, once the Corruption-Detoxifying Poison-Blade Rat King appears, no one can escape its claws alive.

"Everyone listen to me! We must evacuate immediately!!"

Oleg shouted loudly, and the reward hunters' attention was immediately focused on him.

"Sir Banning, organizing the retreat is up to you! I'll cover the rear!"

As he spoke, Oleg spotted a place where rat monsters gathered, and swung his sword without hesitation, releasing the skill of the "Magic Secret Sword·Flame Horse": "Flame Horse"!

As the magic sword was swung, a flying flame transformed into a flaming horse in the air, neighing and rushing into the rat monster!

The mice that were hit directly by the flaming steed were burned to death on the spot by the high temperature, and those that were far away could not escape the fate of being burned.

Oleg didn't want to use the magic sword's skills because it was said that this would speed up the user's fate of being backfired, but now, in order to get everyone evacuated as soon as possible, he no longer cared about that.

But what surprised Oleg was that the reward hunters seemed not to understand what he said. No one retreated, but instead they all looked at him with horror.

"Why are you looking at me?! If you don't run, the Rat King will come!"

Oleg didn't want to say these two words at first, for fear of causing panic and confusion among everyone, but if he didn't say it now, he was afraid that he would not be able to attract everyone's attention.

Sure enough, after he said this, the crowd immediately became agitated, but no one wanted to evacuate. Just when Oleg was puzzled, everyone shouted at Oleg to look behind them.

——(Behind me?)

Oleg glanced back and instantly understood why everyone's reaction was so strange.

The giant red-scaled snake that appeared out of nowhere was crawling towards Oleg at an extremely fast speed with its upper body held high.

——(Spland... could it be you?!)

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Looking at the giant snake that was estimated to be twenty to thirty meters long, Oleg felt that its danger level might be no less than that of the "Corruption Poison Blade Rat King", at least in terms of individual strength it would not be inferior.

Moreover, this guy crawls very fast, and it won't take long for the unmounted reward hunter to be caught up by it.

If no one could stop it, retreat would be meaningless.

"Branch Chief, I'll distract it while you lead everyone to retreat."

At this time, Banning came to Oleg on horseback. His proposal touched Oleg very much, but it was impossible for Oleg to agree.

"Thank you for your kindness, but this is my personal vendetta, and I can't let a young person like you who has a future in the world do it for me."

Oleg waved his hand to thank Banning, then jumped onto a large rock and gave his final orders to everyone.

"Listen to me!"

"This is the branch chief's order!"

"Everyone retreat immediately!"