Love, Gun, Cupid

"Because we have different positions, the same action will have different consequences because we hold different positions."

Although Lin Jiade was furious, he did not go to fight the other party one-on-one. At this moment, Hana's reinforcements arrived. The accurately fired bullets bypassed Lin Jiade and his group, hitting and weakening the shields of Cai Gou Xian Yu and Iphigenia.

On the other side, the dolphin, possessing the souls of a little melon and a panting squatter, was caught up by Hana's team. Takiya Zero was also by the dolphin's side. Clearly, Hana wanted to deal with the two as soon as possible before turning back to support Lin Jiade and the others, because the difficulty and distance of moving horizontally on both sides was far greater than climbing upwards to kill the enemies above.

However, one dolphin is equivalent to three people, and Takiya Zero Kiri also has considerable strength. Under certain circumstances—when the orange cat element is present—she will gain a combat power boost. However, this boost has an overall limit and cannot be stacked indefinitely.

Therefore, her clothes were embroidered with orange cats, her weapons—a pair of swords and shields—were carved with the shape of orange cats, orange cat earrings swayed on her earlobes, she wore an orange cat coat, and stockings painted with orange cats. Orange became the most eye-catching color on her body, and she seemed to be surrounded by orange cats.

Because of her ugly appearance and because she was covered in orange cat fur, Hana and her four teammates (the other two provided remote support to Lin Jiade and the others by firing in short bursts) instinctively focused their fire on Takiya Zero, which startled her so much that she meowed and immediately lay down on the ground.

Chapter 102 The Road to the Holy Land (4) (Bonus Chapter Combining Two Chapters)

When Takiya Rei's eye-catching outfit and striking appearance attracted a barrage of attacks, the dolphin charged towards Hana with all its might. The shaping flames on his body transformed into swords, and he drew one to slash at Hana's neck, while the rest were fired at Hana's vital points.

Hannah swung her T-shaped baton to parry the dolphin's slash, her boots glowed with magical patterns, and she leaped to dodge the barrage of shaped weapons. A surge of air from her tail propelled her toward the dolphin, and with her legs slightly apart, she charged toward the dolphin's neck.

"It's a strangulation technique from the magic of order," said Little Melon's spirit. "It's a spell used on oneself, raising both arms to the neck."

The dolphin did as he was told. When Hana landed and stepped on his shield, another light shone from the sole of her boot. The shield at the contact point of the sole was pierced and rushed toward the dolphin's neck, but was blocked by his arm.

Hannah was somewhat surprised, but she used the dolphin's arm to propel herself with her core strength, somersaulted to the ground, drew the pistol from her waist, and fired at the hole in the dolphin's shield.

The dolphin blocked the flames at the breach in the shield, stopping all the bullets, but in doing so, it lost its view of what was ahead. Hearing the panting man's instruction to "turn around and use a root spell," he turned around, and black rays shot out from his palm, while Hannah pressed the button on the T-shaped baton, firing a cone-shaped projectile from the bottom of the baton.

The black ray ignored Hana's shield, leaving the fat dolphin immobilized. Hana's projectiles destroyed the dolphin's shield. He checked his personal equipment; the Amanda Stone energy inside was not yet depleted, and the device was undamaged.

"It's not about destroying the shield, it's about hindering its generation..." the dolphin said with a ferocious grin. "But you can die first!"

"No!" the two souls within the dolphin cried out simultaneously, "Run!"

The sense of crisis caused the dolphin to roll on the spot. A series of bullets hit the ground where it was standing, but the precision-guided bullets did not hit the ground and became ricochets. Instead, they stopped abruptly and continued flying toward the dolphin, forcing it to use its shape-forming weapon to block them.

He looked at Takiya Zero again and found that the orange cat expert who was confident that he could kill all the enemies was now on his head and shoulders with his butt raised in the air, announcing his surrender in a hilarious posture.

“You were focused on confronting the strongest leader of the enemy and didn’t notice that your companion was being targeted by the other four enemies,” Little Melon said. “Those people don’t seem very strong individually, but when they come together and cast the same spells to buff each other, they become powerful as a whole.”

“Takiya Reikiri’s sword and shield requires a certain amount of space to maneuver, but the four opponents unfolded their folding shields, which served as arm guards, and immediately squeezed Takiya Reikiri’s space forward. In the narrow space, their batons were easier to use than your companion’s sword,” the panting man said.

Little Melon continued, "Takiya Zero could escape, but if she did, her father might kill her and turn her into a sacrifice, or she might not want to abandon her companions, so she dares not escape."

But now, you have no chance of winning. If the enemy brings over those two long-range shooters, then you'll be fighting six of them alone.

As soon as he finished speaking, Hana, who was frozen in place, moved her wrists. Her golden vertical pupils focused the moonlight in her eyes, and she said, "Has no one told you? Werewolves are a race born of the moon. Bathed in moonlight, we have stronger spell resistance than in sunlight."

“One against seven, you have even less chance of winning,” said Little Melon. “Dolphin, you have six weeks to live. Do you remember your promise to me?”

Without hesitation, Dolphin leaped off the ruins of the overpass. It was too late for Hana and the other special tactics and rescue team members to stick out their rifles and fire. So Hana knocked out Takiya Rei first, left the two team members who were assisting Lin Jiade and the others behind, and chased after Dolphin with the others.

They didn't have the physical abilities of dolphins, but they had another way to solve the problem: they removed the shields, stepped on them, and the shields' built-in weight-sensing modules activated, securing their feet, while adaptive gravity sensors and impact magic were activated simultaneously.

So the pursuers, like skateboarders or surfers, bent over and spread their arms to maintain their balance, while the self-powered shield carried them down at a not-too-fast speed, but fast enough to catch up with the dolphins that jumped down.

Although the dolphin withstood the impact of freefall thanks to its powerful physique, the vibration in its joints still slowed it down. At this moment, the pursuers arrived on horseback with shields. Without thinking, the dolphin turned around and manipulated its shape-forming weapon to fire wildly.

“I can’t escape,” he said to the two ghosts that were parasitizing his body.

"At least you can choose how you die: whether you melt away during your escape or face your final battle here," said the panting man.

The dolphin looked at the ghost of Little Melon, who remained silent. The dolphin chuckled, "Thank you. I'm sorry for breaking your promise. I didn't eat anything delicious, sleep with any beautiful women, or indulge in pleasure in the city..."

Little Melon sighed, "You're my brother, how could I blame you?"

Before the battle, Lin Jiade had shared all the information he knew about the enemy, and Hana also knew that the dolphin possessed the ability of the Little Melon, which was the ability to reflect one's own injuries back to the enemy within a certain distance.

"Stop."

Hannah stopped the others at a safe distance, and the police officers were given a buff by the policing magic. Five rifles equipped with precision lethality modules and one rifle equipped with a target designation module were aimed at the dying enemy.

“If you surrender, you can try to get leniency in court,” Hannah said. “Surrender, you can’t win.”

However, the dolphin decided to fight to the end. Hannah felt a little reluctant, after all, the dolphin deserved the title of "handsome boy," but she still ordered the shooting.

The dolphin roared and charged forward, its entire body enveloped in flames, and along with the light, it invaded Hana and the others' senses with scorching heat.

"Damn it, we should have brought the police mechs with temperature control capabilities!"

Hannah knew that the thing couldn't be prepared in a short time. She made a gesture, and the well-coordinated team members spread out, firing at the dolphins in a relaxed fan-shaped formation.

The dolphin futilely hurled its shaped weapon in one direction to interrupt the opponent's fire, but attacks from other directions always pierced through the flames, further weakening its shield.

The siege lasted for a minute. Hana and her teammates moved around while firing a total of 160 accurate bullets. The shield, which was overwhelmed, showed spider web-like cracks and was shattered by Hana's 161st bullet at the 65th second.

The dolphin seemed to have given up resisting. It stood still with its arms hanging down, letting the bullets hit it. Its scales and its excellent body structure helped it withstand the damage from several bullets and absorb the impact of them.

Seizing the last opportunity, he heated himself up, heated up, heated up! He let himself burn with rage, the unrestrained flames vibrating and clashing within him, like a ferocious beast about to break free of its cage.

Soon, his inner pain surpassed his external pain; his skin cracked, and orange-red lines appeared in the cracks.

"Ms. Hannah, something's wrong! His energy level is rising rapidly, exceeding the standard energy manipulation units for a mid-level human superhuman!"

The observer in the team saw that the red pointer in the energy detector in his hand was deflecting from 0 to the other side, and the swing of the pointer was becoming more and more violent.

He loudly reported the results, and Hannah decisively ordered a retreat, while simultaneously directing everyone to use all their energy to strengthen their shields.

Her tactics were executed immediately upon issuance, without any objection or doubt. Seeing this disciplined team, Dolphin smiled bitterly; he had originally thought he had a chance to take one of them away.

The energy was spiraling out of control. The raging flames first tore apart the dolphin's body. In the dolphin's vision, the outlines of the panting man and the little melon were becoming blurred. In the end, they seemed to be smiling at him.

His consciousness was completely silenced in the violent explosion, and flames illuminated the surrounding area as bright as day, with him at the center.

Hana collapsed to the ground the moment the dolphin self-destructed. Her shield withstood the energy shock from the explosion, and she heard her teammates scream, which was then drowned out by the even more violent blast.

The shield withstood the impact, but the heat seeped into it. It felt as if, in the hottest season, someone wearing a bikini and unprepared was being scorched by the sun on the beach. This sensation spread across Hana's back and tail. She could even smell something burning, though she couldn't tell if it was the smell of her tail or her hair.

The scorching torment lasted for a few seconds. When Hana saw the orange-red glow outside the shield dissipate into the darkness, she got up and saw a charred corpse—her teammate who was closest to the dolphin.

Finally, the dolphin replaced another person by self-destructing. At this moment, Ragnar, who was controlling the Tyrant Tiger, paused and looked at his palm, where the number changed from 5 to 1.

There was only one more sacrifice to fulfill the conditions for sacrifice, so Ragnar said, "Stop, there's only one more person to fulfill the conditions for sacrifice."

“I cast a curse on everyone here, and the one who died was Mendy.”

“Only one person died on my side, the one I lost was… my son Dolphin,” Ragnar said.

Korobochka realized: "But four were sacrificed... So, the Holy Land's standard for the number of sacrifices is not life but souls?"

"It looks like that, and we expected it to go to zero within minutes. Things are going even better than we thought."

Ragnar could easily make this judgment, because after the one-for-one exchange, he had three men left, while Korobochka had nine. With a three-fold numerical advantage, it was highly likely that Korobochka's men would achieve a crushing victory. However, it didn't matter; he didn't care who died, as long as he had enough sacrifices.

Looking at Korobochka, Ragnar suppressed his dangerous thoughts. He still needed this unreliable ally to carry out the ritual to open the holy site, impersonate a god, and thus deceive the authority of the gods to successfully merge with this powerful force.

Therefore, he needed Korobochka—even though he loathed her growing from a little angel into a repulsive, voluptuous woman; and Korobochka needed him—even though she loathed the shadow this attempted pedophile cast on her life.

When Korobochka was thirty, Ragnar contacted him and shared his criminal plans. Korobochka, obsessed with power, said he would consider it but did not make a decision.

First, she had her own plans; second, her wedding to her fiancé was approaching, and she did not want any complications; third, Ragnar was untrustworthy, which affected her trust in Ragnar's plans.

Ragnar also had his own methods. He used his network of connections to find beautiful women who were the victims of Korobochka's former fiancé's sexual fetishes, and then used them to seduce him and speak ill of Korobochka.

When Korobochka's infertility test results came back, her ex-fiancé, who had long harbored resentment towards her, immediately broke off the relationship. In order to prove his mistake, he made public the test report showing that Korobochka was infertile.

Now, Korobochka has gone from being an imperial genius and beauty that everyone wanted to be close to to a jinx that everyone kept at a distance. As an infertile superhuman, no matter how beautiful or powerful she is, she is unfit to be a wife.

Korobochka's vulnerability was exposed in the face of such humiliation. Ragnar didn't need to promote his plan; instead, a woman driven by irrationality and revenge against her former fiancé contacted him, seeking greater power and a breakthrough so that she could take revenge on her current fiancé, who was now of equal status to her.

Therefore, Korobochka used the annulment of the engagement as an excuse to reasonably change positions, preparing his own plans while cooperating with Ragnar's plans in a more convenient and less conspicuous location.

Last year, she followed the escort convoy to Fuxing City to carry out two plans with one goal in mind. Unfortunately, neither plan was completed, and she was unexpectedly destroyed by Lin Jiade in the Mirror Realm.

But Korobochka was resilient enough, and the presence of Gladiolus prevented Lingard from completely destroying her. So, Korobochka waited in the seal, her soul hidden within knowledge.

Knowledge shaped the Korobochka we know today, and Gladiolus uses Korobochka's appearance, powers, memories, and words. So when Gladiolus tries to learn knowledge, her soul will be shaped into a new Korobochka.

Thus, Korobochka is reborn, enjoying the pleasures of family life she has longed for while secretly working with her apparent enemies to continue her plan in the Holy Land to become an oracled protector free from divine constraints.

After the deed was done, Korobochka was certain to kill Ragnar, and she was certain that Ragnar had the same idea. Before that, she suppressed her murderous intent and put on an expectant expression.

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Chapter 103 The Road to the Holy Land (5)

When Iphigenia appeared, Lin Jiade was furious but didn't lose his temper. He continued to follow her like a conjoined twin with Kapok. Cai Gou Xianyu clicked his tongue and complained, "Do you two have to show off your love on the battlefield?"

Lin Jiade shrugged: "This isn't about showing affection. It's just that your companions will inevitably be killed by mine. All we need to do here is hold you back, and then we'll use our numerical advantage to ruthlessly crush you in the end."

"Do you intend to surrender? Although there are personal grudges, I guarantee there will be a fair trial."

Lin Jiade talked a lot of nonsense, naturally wanting to buy time. Once he could wait until midnight, he could use the Lionheart spell again, and the two enemies in front of him would be in big trouble.

Meanwhile, Kapok also needs to be delayed. She used the Overtime Magic in her pitiful battle with her sister, Momo. There is no limit to the number of times the Overtime Magic can be used each day, but there is no doubt that the longer the overtime hours and the more times it is used, the greater the damage to the human body.

According to the experience of those who work overtime, the "overtime magic" should only be used once a day, for no more than three minutes each time. Using it at this frequency will cause damage to the body within the range that the body can recover from on its own.

Iphigenia ignored the cotton tree and only looked at Lin Jiade, her gaze a mixture of sorrow and desire. Her legs sank, she pushed off the ground, and she fell straight onto Lin Jiade's head, clearly imitating Lin Jiade's previous tactic.

What do you mean by "Mu○Fu"?

Iphigenia's imitation of Lingard was comprehensive. Upon landing, a longsword enveloped in black mist and flames slashed towards Lingard's neck. Lingard raised his sword to parry, responding with light and ice.

Kapok turned and thrust straight at Iphigenia's back. Cai Gou Xianyu roused himself, raising his twin pistols to fight Kapok. He wielded his pistols with perfect control, his offense and defense well-organized, his spears flashing in Kapok's face like a dense, impenetrable dance.

In the community of extraordinary individuals, known as the Jianghu, and when they live in the Jianghu as martial arts heroes, the sword is considered the gentleman among all weapons. In addition to its significance as a weapon, it is also endowed with a symbol of status and style, like jade. However, the weapon that everyone agrees to be the most effective in actual combat is the spear. Therefore, there is a saying that "an inch longer is an inch stronger" and "the spear is the king of all weapons".

Nevertheless, fewer and fewer martial arts heroes in the martial arts world use guns, and swords and knives have gradually become the standard equipment. This is not due to technical reasons, but rather because the predecessor of the Special Statistics Bureau's Magic Household Registration Section, the Martial Arts Supervision Office under the Ministry of Revenue, interfered in the martial arts world.

The decline of spear fighting and the decrease in its users are a reflection of the empire's efforts to strengthen its control over the superhumans. It stifled much romance and made it difficult for literati to retell the legend of killing one person in ten steps. But this romance was built on the suffering of the whole society, because the martial arts world grows in turmoil and shines in chaos.

"Your birth is a sin, yet your marksmanship reveals the romantic yet bloody spirit of the classical era. Who exactly are you?"

At that moment, Cai Gou Xian Yu's left hand thrust out a gun that was entangled with Mu Mian's sword. He raised his right arm and smashed the gun in his hand towards Mu Mian's head. Mu Mian raised her sword to block, and Cai Gou Xian Yu's freed left hand immediately swept the pistol towards Mu Mian's calf.

Mu Mian jumped up, Cai Gou Xian Yu's right arm retracted, gathered strength, and thrust towards the sky. Mu Mian barely blocked the sword, feeling her arm go numb. The fatigue accumulated from the fierce battle with Di Tao erupted at this moment.

She landed, her center of gravity swaying slightly. Cai Gou Xian Yu's left hand was aimed at her heart with a pistol, the tip of which flashed with the light of a shield-breaking spell. Mu Mian dared not be careless. She released her sword hilt, grabbed the blade, and pushed it horizontally, using the hilt to block the attack.

Cai Gou Xian Yu used the same trick again. After one of his straight thrusts was blocked, he immediately followed up with his other hand and smashed the gun down. While controlling the distance, he freed up his main thrusting hand. Then he turned his hand into his back hand and swept horizontally, and then turned his back hand into his front hand and thrust, thus completing the cycle of the action.

Cai Gou Xian Yu's gun skills consisted of only three moves: shield-breaking spells, the black mist of the Holy Land's dark side, or Ragnar's flames were just insignificant embellishments. After suppressing Mu Mian, he fought more and more bravely, and the way he wielded his dual guns was a feast for the eyes.

Kapok fought and retreated, and Cai Gou Xian Yu had the upper hand in close combat but couldn't take her down. This either means that the opponent didn't have a powerful move to change the situation, or that the opponent's powerful move required certain conditions to be met.

Therefore, she kept the Overtime Magic in her hands, hoping to use it when the opponent unleashed their ultimate attack, thus becoming invincible to dodge the opponent's skill and then kill them.

She fought and retreated, accidentally bumping into Lin Jiade. Both of them paused for a moment. This was a good opportunity for the weakling to attack, but the double-gunner stopped in his tracks.

The other party was no good person, so it was impossible that they wouldn't refrain from fighting just because they could win the battle fairly. Mu Mian and Lin Jiade separated, and Cai Gou Xian Yu immediately followed, brandishing his weapon.