I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

After hearing Fiana's words, Mira didn't know what to say, and nodded with a slightly flushed face.

Alice, watching Esther and Yuhaka scrubbing each other in the distance, couldn't help but sigh. She also wanted to take a bath with the adorable Yuhaka, Esther, and Mira, and scrub their backs.

Claire, standing to the side, looked at Alice with a look of disgust. To be honest, this was the first time Claire had ever seen Alice, who seemed like an upright knight, have such a girlish side. Back on the airship, Alice clung to Scarlett and wouldn't let go, making Scarlett meow and scream. Now, Scarlett would avoid Alice whenever he saw her.

After everyone had taken a shower, they all went to sleep. This time, Yuhaka and Mira were on night watch. Originally, everyone wanted Mira to rest, but Mira said that she had slept not long ago and was not too sleepy now, so keeping watch was not a problem.

Hearing Mira say this, everyone looked at each other in surprise, but in the end Claire and the others agreed to Mira's request to keep watch.

Standing by the fire, Mira, dressed in the clothes Yuhaka had provided, looked at the fire. The events of the day had left her somewhat bewildered. When she sent the alliance request to Claire and the others, Mira had held out no hope. But to her surprise, Claire and the others actually found her.

However, Mira thought that Claire would attack her after seeing that she was the only one left in the Broken Legion. But to her surprise, Claire and her group chose to ally with her instead of attacking her. They even made a pact of alliance, and once the pact was made, the contents of the pact could not be broken. Otherwise, they would suffer the wrath of the Elf King, and even the country represented by the group would suffer the wrath of the Elf King.

After signing the alliance agreement, Claire and the others brought him to their base. When the others in the team learned that he was the only one left in the Broken Legion, they did not show any disgust. Instead, they seemed to care about him a lot and even prepared a very sumptuous meal to welcome Scarlett's team and the Broken Legion to team up.

This caught Mira off guard, but to be honest, the dishes Yohaka made were really quite delicious...

But for some reason, the gaze from Alice while she was taking a shower made her feel uneasy. Although many of the gazes were malicious, Mira still felt that something was off.

"Lick~OwO"

While Mira was thinking, Yuhaka stuck out his little tongue and licked Mira's cheek, startling Mira and causing her to let out a cute cry.

Chapter 731 [The Attack of the Apostles of Purgatory]

After Yuhaka licked her cheek, Mira looked at him with a slightly panicked expression and said:

"Huh? Youyou?!"

Hearing Mira's words, Yuhaka tilted her head and looked at Mira. To be precise, Yuhaka was staring at Mira's eyes. It was the first time Yuhaka had ever seen heterochromatic eyes, so she was very curious about it.

Mira looked a little embarrassed after being licked by Yuhaka. Despite having cultivated the item herself to win this year's Spirit Sword Dance Festival, Mira still acted shy like a girl.

Although Mira appears to be a girl with no emotions, she still has some feelings.

Mira, her face slightly flushed, looked at Yohaka and asked:

"Um, Youyou, what are you looking at with those eyes staring at me...?"

Mira disliked her eye. As a child, she was sold to the Knights of the Duchy of Rosenbelt by her parents, who feared this eye, to be used as a weapon to win the Elf Sword Dance Festival.

Mira's eyes are something called the "Demon-Sealing Eyes," a rare and special eye possessed by only a few descendants of the Elf Master lineage.

It is an extremely rare type of spirit ore. Because there are many cases of powerful spirits being sealed within the Demon-Sealing Eye, its owners are often regarded as dangerous and persecuted, or used as weapons by those in power.

In a sense, it's a very unfortunate thing.

In order to peacefully control the sealed elves in their eyes, the Duchy of Rosenbel stripped itself of all unnecessary emotions—anger, sorrow, joy, and so on.

Yuhaka tilted his head and said, upon hearing Mira's words:

"Mira, your eyes are so beautiful~ It's the first time I've ever seen them~ OwO"

After hearing Yuhaka's answer, Mira observed Yuhaka for a moment and found that Yuhaka was staring straight at her without a trace of mockery in his eyes, which left Mira at a loss for how to respond.

"Yes, really?"

Yuhaka nodded in agreement, and then took out a can of milk powder from the dimensional hole. After Yuhaka took out the milk can, Esther suddenly jumped out and sat next to Yuhaka, waiting for something delicious. Obviously, Esther had smelled something tasty.

When Yuhaka saw Esther come out, he prepared three cups and then distributed the milk to Esther and Mira. After taking the hot milk from Yuhaka, the two blew on it and took a small sip. Mira immediately felt her body warm up a little.

Yuhaka, without worrying about the milk's temperature, gulped it down, finishing the entire cup in one go. Mira, standing nearby, was startled to see Yuhaka finish the hot milk in one go, but seeing that Yuhaka was unharmed, Mira's tense mood relaxed.

Just then, a loud explosion suddenly came from afar.

Immediately, Yuhaka's cat ears stood up, and its red eyes looked in the direction of the sound. Mira, who was standing next to it, couldn't help but think of Claire and the others' reactions when she saw Yuhaka's actions. Yuhaka must have discovered the enemy.

Mira quickly stood up and looked at Yuhaka, asking:

"Youyou, have you spotted the enemy?"

In response to Mira's question, Yuhaka nodded. At the same time, Ester transformed into the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword and returned to Yuhaka's hand. Meanwhile, Fiana emerged from a nearby tent, looking extremely flustered, and said to Yuhaka and the others:

"Oh no! An intruder has broken through the barrier and entered!"

Upon hearing Fiana's words, Mira also showed a surprised expression. According to what Fiana had told her today, the barrier of this stronghold had fortress-level defensive capabilities. Now, even the caster had not noticed the situation and had broken the barrier, which meant that the other party had directly broken the barrier and rushed in.

Claire and the others were then awakened by the sudden rumbling sound. After emerging from their tent, they summoned their elven costumes. Claire looked at Yuhaka and Fiana standing nearby and asked:

"Yuyu, Fiana! Where is the enemy?!"

Hearing Claire's words, the big tail behind Youyou pointed to the direction from which the voice came, and Fiana, who was standing nearby, also said to Claire and the others:

"Claire, the barrier has been damaged. I need to repair it to make it work again."

Hearing Fiana's words, Claire nodded to show that she understood; battles with barriers and battles without barriers are two different things.

"Okay, I understand. Linslet, Mira, please stay here and help Fiana restore the barrier."

Linslet and Mira nodded in understanding Claire's plan, but before they could even begin, the enemy's attack was already upon them.

"Watch out above!"

Hearing Mira's reminder, everyone looked up at the sky. Several trees were falling towards them from the air. Seeing this, Yuhaka quickly swung his Baradion, which burst into blazing flames and launched fiery slashes at the trees.

In an instant, those trees were also reduced to ashes.

After the attack was dealt with by Yuhaka, heavy footsteps echoed through the forest, and soon everyone saw a tall and imposing figure emerge from the forest.

Under the moonlight, Yuhaka and the others could clearly see the figure in front of them. He was wearing a tattered cloak that could cover his entire body, and he was carrying a huge stone weapon. The sound of his panting, like that of a wild beast, sent chills down their spines.

When Mira saw the figure before her, it felt as if she had been struck by a giant hammer. Without a doubt, the figure before her, which resembled a raging beast, was the monster who had single-handedly reduced the entire Broken Legion to just her.

"Isn't that person one of the Apostles of Purgatory?!"

Upon seeing the intruder, Alice also looked surprised. To be honest, she hadn't expected that the attacker would be the tall elf from the previous intelligence report.

Mira, realizing what was happening, quickly reminded everyone:

"Everyone be careful! That guy is incredibly powerful! Our team couldn't even manage to inflict the slightest damage on him!"

Hearing Mira's words, everyone looked shocked. It couldn't cause any damage; just how tough was that guy's defense?!

Chapter 732 [A Battle of Even Strength]

After hearing Mira's words, Linslet deliberately used her bow and arrow to shoot the unidentified elf apostle of purgatory as a test to see if it was true.

As Linslet's ice arrow struck the burly apostle of purgatory, it shattered into ice shards as if hitting steel, leaving only the elf's cloak damaged.

Those who witnessed this scene also wore solemn expressions. It was clear that what Mira said was true; the defensive capabilities were extremely strong, and there was no way to inflict effective damage on the elf.

The spirit user of the Purgatory Apostle, as if enraged by Linslet, let out a huge roar like a wild beast. Claire and the others covered their ears, and Yuhaka covered the sound with his cat ears.

After roaring, the burly elf charged towards Yuhaka and the others at a speed disproportionate to its size. Seeing the elf from the Purgatory Apostle rushing towards them, everyone quickly prepared to fight back. Fiana also quickly took out two small bags from her waist pouch. After opening the two small bags, Fiana waved her arms, and red and green dust immediately scattered among Yuhaka and the others.

"This is?!"

Mira looked puzzled when she saw the dust, but after the dust settled on her body, she suddenly felt a surge of power rising within her. This surprised her greatly. Although she wanted to ask what was going on, now was not the time to ask.

After Fiana sprinkled the demon dust and hardening dust, the spirit wielder of the Purgatory Apostle charged towards Yuhaka and the others, brandishing his enormous stone greatsword-like weapon. Claire and the others felt a chill run down their spines when they saw the spirit wielder's menacing appearance.

Yuhaka was the first to rush out. He could clearly sense a very dangerous aura emanating from the big guy in front of him. He was certain that Claire and the others couldn't defeat him.

Indeed, just as Yuhaka thought, Claire and the others couldn't defeat that Berserker. However, if Claire were to unleash the power hidden within her and release Scarlet's true name, they would have a fighting chance.

Ehaka charged forward, brandishing the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword in its giant sword form, and slashed at his opponent. Berserker, on the other hand, swung his own stone greatsword at Ehaka. The two weapons clashed, producing a violent metallic clang, and an impact erupted between them. The ground beneath their feet cracked open with a loud bang. Claire and the others, who were not far away, were also stunned by the aura that erupted between the two.

Claire shielded her eyes from the flying sand and gravel, gritting her teeth as she said:

"Wow, that's strong—it actually managed to block Yu-Yu's attack when she was in a serious state?!"

It seems this enemy is no easy opponent...

Claire immediately told Linslet and the others:

"Attention everyone! This enemy isn't like the spirit users we've faced before. This enemy is much stronger than Velseria..."

Linslet broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing Claire's words, and replied:

"Do you even need to tell me?! That elven user of the Purgatory Apostle doesn't look like someone to be trifled with!"

Claire immediately asked Fiana to buff them. Upon hearing Claire's command, Fiana quickly played her flute to buff Claire and the others. Mira, who was standing nearby, also received the buffs and felt the strange, magical blessings from the elves making her stronger. Mira was quite puzzled, as Fiana seemed to feel her power constantly increasing simply by playing her flute.

This is somewhat different from the information Mira and her team gathered, but now is not the time to worry about these things.

While Yhaka was confronting the tall elf, Linslet, Alice, and Claire simultaneously launched ranged attacks to support Yhaka. Ice arrows, wind blades, and fireballs flew towards Berserker's upper body. Upon noticing the attacks from the others, Berserker did not choose to continue confronting Yhaka. Instead, he pushed Yhaka away and dodged Linslet and Claire's attacks by bending over in an arched position.

Immediately after being pushed away, Yhaka wielded the Demon-Slaying Sword and thrust it straight at the center of Berserker's body (I won't say exactly where). Berserker, in turn, braced himself with both hands on the ground and delivered a spinning kick to deflect Yhaka's attack. He then used his strength to perform a somersault in the air before landing on his feet and returning to his original fighting stance.

Seeing this, Claire narrowed her eyes. She was surprised to see that the elf who looked like a brute was actually quite agile. It looked like this was going to be a tough battle.

Claire looked at Fiana and Mira and said:

"Fiana, you two go and rebuild the barrier!"

Hearing Claire's words, Fiana nodded to show that she understood. Now that she had finished playing the flute's buff, the most she could do here was to help Claire and the others by sprinkling life dust, but Claire and the others could do that too, since the others also had their own life dust.

Therefore, the most important thing now is to raise the barrier, and then we can use the barrier to hinder the spirit user of that Purgatory Apostle.

Then Fiana took the somewhat bewildered Mira to repair the barrier.

After seeing Fiana and the others leave, Claire and the others went to support Ehaka. The battle between Ehaka and Berserker was also very intense. Ehaka wielded Baladion and the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword in his hand and launched a fierce attack on Berserker. In response to Ehaka's attacks, Berserker did not simply ignore the opponent's attacks and rush in, as he had done with other teams before.

It is clear that Berserker himself was well aware that those two weapons posed a threat to him.

Meanwhile, Restia, watching from afar, gave Ehaka, who was fighting Berserker, a meaningful look.

Chapter 733 [Shocking Claire and the Others]

With Claire and the others providing support, Ehaka was fighting the giant in front of him to a standstill. It seemed like Ehaka was dominating the apostle of purgatory. However, Claire, who was supporting Ehaka with elven magic from afar, noticed something was amiss.

Claire felt that the spirit user of the Purgatory Apostle was adapting to Yuhaka's fighting style. Just as Claire was about to remind Yuhaka, as Yuhaka finished her next attack, Yuhaka suddenly found that her opponent suddenly raised a thigh that was thicker than her waist and kicked it toward her head.

"OwO?!"

Seeing this, Yuhaka quickly crouched down to dodge the kick that could send him flying. Then, Yuhaka was kicked away by Berserker's next kick.

Yuhaka, kicked away, flew out like a cannonball and landed on the ground with a loud thud, kicking up a cloud of dust. Claire and the others gasped in surprise at the sight. Soon, several huge flaming arrows flew out of the dust and headed towards Berserker. In response to the incoming attacks, Berserker simply raised his huge weapon and slammed it down hard in the direction of the flaming arrows.

With the immense impact, the flaming arrows fired by Yhaka were scattered, and the ground was shattered, raising a huge cloud of dust. At that moment, Yhaka suddenly burst out of the dust and slashed fiercely at Berserker.

Berserker only noticed Yhaka's attack at that moment, and before he could raise his weapon to block Yhaka's attack, he was struck squarely by Yhaka's Demon-Slaying Holy Sword.

Berserker, who was slashed, also staggered back a few steps. Yuhaka had slashed a terrible wound on his chest, and a strange and ominous aura emanated from it.

After the dust was dispersed by the strong winds from Yhaka's attack, Claire and the others saw what Yhaka and Berserker looked like on the side of the Apostle of Purgatory. Yhaka had a large bump on his head, while Berserker had terrible wounds on his body. However, when they saw the black and ominous aura emanating from Berserker's wounds, Claire and the others also sensed something.

"That ominous black aura... isn't that the aura emanating from the black-armored swordsman when the academy was attacked last time?!"