Scourge Messenger

Chapter 42 Individual Score List

"No way……"

When Jie Yuanshao saw this scene, her fingers were about to dig into the wall, but she seemed unaware and stared at the little lizard that fell in the distance.

"How can this be……"

As the lizards drew closer, the crossbows began to unleash their might, firing at a rate of one shot every three seconds. By the time the lizards reached the wall, their numbers had been reduced by one-third, and no reinforcements had appeared. As they attacked the wall, the six crossbows continued to reduce their numbers.

"The demons killed by the wooden crossbow...will not be resurrected?"

Shang Xinlei murmured softly, and she suddenly turned her head to look at Jiang Shi: "Did you know this a long time ago?"

Jie Yuanshao also looked over. These two, Liang's most prominent nobles, simultaneously gazed at Jiang Shi, the black-belt guard, with blazing eyes. Qian Gongyu, standing nearby, noticed their expressions. This was clearly a good opportunity to close the distance, but for some reason, a deep sense of worry welled up within her.

"I don't know." Jiang Shi's face was calm. "This is my first time in Mansu Forest too."

Jie Yuanshao opened her mouth, clearly wanting to ask countless questions, but she ultimately held back and continued to watch the battle from the window. At this moment, Qian Gongyu sneaked up to Jiang Shi, biting her lower lip lightly, her face filled with worry, but she didn't know what to do.

"Miss."

Jiang Shi reached out and rubbed Qian Gongyu's hair.

"Don't worry."

Woohaha——!!!
With a deafening roar, the giant lizard monster in the distance began to move towards the stone house! At this time, the wall was already half broken. Even though the wooden crossbow was extremely efficient, dozens of small lizards were still attacking the wall.

At this time, Jiang Shi suddenly said, "You have to help. If this continues, the wall will collapse. Then the fierce lizard monster will be able to enter the yard and destroy the wooden crossbow. We will no longer be able to kill it."

"But how can we help?" Shang Xinlei asked, "The demons we kill will be resurrected."

"How long will it take for the demon to be resurrected?" Jiang Shi asked.

Jie Yuanshao immediately said, "According to my family's records, it's about ten breaths."

"Go out and kill all the small ferocious lizards that are attacking the wall. Don't let them attack the wall to buy time for the wooden crossbow to kill the ferocious lizard monster." Jiang Shi said.

"You're not going?" Shang Xinlei was a little surprised.

"I'm not a messenger yet."

Not yet.

What a big tone, as if she could become a messenger quickly if she wanted to.

But the amazing thing was that none of the three people present believed she was lying. And even more amazing was that even though Jiang Shi was the weakest person here, the three messengers all obeyed her arrangements.

After leaving the stone house, the little lizard's roar became clearer and more intense, but still within a tolerable range. Jie Yuanshao and the others were not surprised. According to previous records, the pressure on the soul caused by the demon wave gradually increased. At first, it was bearable, but after an hour, even a second-level messenger could no longer bear it.

Qian Gongyu walked behind the wall in fear, watching the little lizard attack the wall again and again. He found the right opportunity and snapped his fingers, accurately blowing up the demon's head.

But unlike the crossbow shot, the lizard's exploding head didn't splatter any blood, and its body even vanished instantly. Ten breaths later, a brand new lizard reappeared in the same spot, continuing its assault on the wall.

Compared with Qian Gongyu, Shang Xinlei and Jie Yuanshao are undoubtedly much more efficient: Shang Xinlei uses a pair of flying circles, which fly back and forth like boomerangs between the little lizards, and can kill three or four monsters in one breath; Jie Yuanshao uses a long sword, and his attack method is to jump up and shoot out sword energy, and his killing speed is about the same as Shang Xinlei.

Thanks to their hard work, all the small ferocious lizards outside the wall were wiped out. All six wooden crossbows were aimed at the ferocious lizard monsters that came into range and fired at the same time!

"Wow!" the ferocious lizard monster howled miserably, blood gushing from the wounds it had been shot through. It was clearly severely injured. However, this also increased its speed. After the second round of crossbow fire, it rammed the wall like a dump truck, instantly crumbling away a small portion of the remaining half!

"Keep suppressing the little fierce lizard." Jiang Shi ordered at the door. "The wall can still hold. It can't attack so hard every time."

As expected, although the next attack from the ferocious lizard demon was also fierce, it was not as terrifying as the first one. However, the wall still crumbled at a speed visible to the naked eye. Seeing that the wall was about to break, Jiang Shi stepped aside and waited for them to escape to the stone house for refuge.

At that moment, the wooden crossbow unleashed its fourth volley of bolts, piercing the lizard monster into a bloody hedgehog. The lizard monster screamed, but this time it was unable to launch a ferocious charge. Instead, it collapsed to the ground, transforming into a giant corpse.

Jiang Shi immediately blocked the door upon seeing this: "Go and protect the wooden crossbows! Don't let the little lizards destroy them!"

Even though they knew Jiang Shi was right, even Qian Gongyu couldn't help but feel some resentment. After all the demons were wounded by the wooden crossbows, they stood in the yard filled with demon corpses and looked around. After a moment of silence, Jie Yuanshao asked uncertainly, "Is this... the end?"

"It's over." Jiang Shi said, "The next wave of attacks will appear in two quarters of an hour."

"So everyone, it's time to go out and gather resources."

……

...

Luo Weijin, terrified, scrambled out of the thick fog, only breathing a sigh of relief when he saw the elderly guards waiting outside. Many aristocratic family members had left Mansu Woodland like him at the entrance. After all, many people came to Mansu Woodland to get some points, and surviving the first wave of demons was a passing grade, enough to return to their families.

After Luo Weijin calmed down, the first thing he did was to search for the two people from the Qian family. After looking around and finding no one, he couldn't help but snort coldly: "They are lucky..."

"Come here! Look, look!"

"What's going on? Why is the score so high?"

"Is there a problem in the secret realm?"

"I know. It must be the Shang family and the Jie family who discovered the secret of the Mansu Forest!"

"That must be the case. That makes sense why those two young ladies came to Mansu Woodland!"

"But why is Miss Jie's score so low...?"

There were discussions coming from not far away. Luo Weijin looked over curiously and found that they were looking at the scoreboard.

Everyone who enters the Mansu Forest will have their name appear on the "Personal Scoreboard", and people on the same team will be grouped together.

Luo Weijin saw his score at first glance: 5 points.

Most people were like Luo Weijin, as they all got 5 points after surviving the first wave. Theoretically, the highest score on the leaderboard at this point could only be 5 points, after all, if they wanted to increase their score, they had to survive the second wave of demons.

Yet, among all the five-point scorers, the four names at the top of the scoreboard shone like the sun, blinding everyone. Luo Weijin rubbed his eyes several times, rereading the list several times before finally losing control of his emotions: "How can the scores be so high?"

Jiang Shi: 256 points

"Chimiya Ame: 190 points"

Tears of Business: 180 Points

"Jie Yuanshao: 50 points"

(End of this chapter)