Infinite Journey: Dark Souls

"Ughh ...

Meanwhile, the Onion Knight beside her let out a series of strange cries and fell down with her.

After a heavy thud, the two crashed onto a stone balcony of the tower.

"Yo ho, we've arrived successfully."

Then two much quieter thuds came from behind them. Anri barely turned her neck and saw Zhi with a bright smile and Xiaoyan with a blank expression.

"Ouch... Wait, where am I?... Ahaha, see? I told you, Anri, if I just did it one more time, I would accidentally end up here too."

Through the balcony, a distant settlement was burning in flames, and a massive figure lingered within it.

Anri had no intention of paying any attention to this eccentric knight. She got up from the ground and glared at the two people behind her through gritted teeth.

To retract her earlier statement, she was indeed still quite unhappy with these "ashes from another world".

Chapter Thirty-Six: The Onion Knight's Turn

Through the balcony, a distant settlement was burning in flames, and a massive figure lingered within it.

The surrounding area was littered with charred corpses and chaotic, broken pieces of houses, indicating that a large-scale battle had once taken place here.

They jumped down the steps, but before they could do anything else, they were stopped by the Onion Knight.

"Although I don't think that behemoth can understand human speech, I still want to communicate with it. After all, as an intelligent being, violence is only the last resort to solve problems. Maybe if I ask it why it is here, we can resolve this problem peacefully."

The other three glanced at the seemingly irritable fire demon in the distance, then at the confident Onion Knight, exchanged a look, silently put on deadpan expressions, and nodded.

"Haha, I knew you young friends would understand me. Please wait here for a moment, I'll be right back... By the way, I hope you will put away your weapons. If we are so aggressive, it might provoke this restless big guy."

As soon as he finished speaking, Onion Knight put his greatsword and thrust shield aside, and with his hands free, he approached the raging demon while swinging them.

Perhaps his goodwill did reach the demon, or perhaps the demon was simply curious about this onion-like creature. In any case, to the surprise of the other three, the fire demon did not immediately swing its huge battle axe after seeing the Onion Knight. Instead, it stared blankly at the round little man until he came right in front of it.

Hey! Big guy! Can you hear me?

Seeing that the demon did not attack directly, the Onion Knight thought his attempt was worthwhile and immediately tried to communicate with the demon through language.

And the demon did indeed react. It lowered its enormous head and carefully examined the round tin can. Although it had seen many other types of tin cans, this was the first time it had seen one like this. It seemed very strange that this thing made a sound like other tin cans.

“Big guy! I’m Jack Baldo from Catarina. I’ve come here to find out about you. Under what circumstances and for what purpose did you come to this village?”

The demon seemed to completely ignore Onion Knight's words; it simply curiously extended a finger and tapped the round head.

The echoing booms resounded, and the flames on his fingers pierced through his helmet, scalding the Onion Knight.

"Hey! I'm asking you a question! It's very impolite to interrupt someone like that, you know?"

The Onion Knight slapped away the mischievous finger, cleared his throat, and resumed his questioning.

"Ahem... So if you don't have a reason to stay here, could you please leave?"

The fire demon was stunned when its finger was slapped away. It looked at the finger, then at the Onion Knight, but didn't answer its question.

"Hey! Give me an answer! Even if you don't say anything, just yell at me!"

The demon seemed to finally understand something. It slowly lowered its body, making its head parallel to the Onion Knight's, and slowly opened its mouth, flames brewing in its throat.

Then it actually roared.

Or perhaps "roar" would be a more fitting description. The enormous sound wave, carrying flames, spread into a visible ring of scorching sound waves, instantly engulfing the Onion Knight who was right next to him.

"Oh! It's hot! It's hot! Big guy, there's no need to shout so loudly, I can hear you. So, you agree with my suggestion? Great! Before you leave, I can introduce you to some friends."

As expected of the oblivious Onion Knight, this was a roar that could be described as an attack, but he interpreted it as a shout of agreement. One moment he was jumping up and down because he was burned, and the next moment he turned around, with his back to the fire demon, and waved to the three people in the distance.

"My friends! I've got it all sorted out! The big guy has agreed to leave. Come and say hello to him!"

However, the three people in the distance also ignored him, just staring blankly at what was behind him.

"Hey! Can't you hear me? I said I've already taken care of it!"

Behind him, the demon saw that this guy was ignoring its provocation and even had his back to it, which was simply intolerable. It took a step back, dragged the battle axe to the ground, and used the momentum it had gathered by dragging it forward to slash fiercely at the Onion Knight!

"I've already got it all sorted out—woohoo!"

With a deafening roar, the massive battle axe, like hitting a golf ball, sent Onion Knight flying through the air amidst a burst of fire and light.

The earth began to tremble, and leaving trails of flaming footprints, the fire demon charged toward the three people in the distance.

"Ooh ooh ooh ooh!"

The onion golf ball crashed into the tower behind it, leaving a trail of flames. Homura and her two companions simply watched it fly by without saying a word, making no attempt to check if the oblivious guy was injured. After all, idiots don't die easily, so it's better to deal with this big, fiery guy first.

They had already drawn their weapons and charged straight at the fire demon.

"By the way, our meat shield got blown away."

"Yes, we need to find a replacement."

Xiaoyan and Zhi had some free time to chat while they were charging forward.

"Can't you two be serious for once?!"

"I think I've found a replacement."

"Feel the same."

"Alright, young lady, I'm leaving the direct confrontation to you!"

The scorching wind generated by the running fire demon had already blown over, and it swung its battle axe, ready to sweep it down.

At that moment, Ori and Homura, who were already running on either side of Anri, immediately turned around and ran to the outside, leaving Anri to face the demon's heavy blow.

"You two bastards!"

However, no matter how much she roared, it was to no avail. She could only brave the flames engulfing the demon and charge directly beneath it.

The shattered earth was instantly incinerated into molten lava the moment the battle axe struck. With flames in front and lava behind, Anri immediately slid through the demon's feet, creating a trail of sparks as he passed under it with his straight sword.

However, it was all in vain. The demon didn't even feel any pain. It just swung its tail, trying to give the creature that had crawled behind it a hard blow.

But thankfully, her teammates wouldn't betray Anri so completely. Just then, Zhi, who was swinging her sword at the tail, jumped up and delivered a heavy slash with both hands.

The blade sliced ​​through the demon's tail with a sickening cracking sound, as if striking a dry branch.

"Roar--!"

The fire demon was truly enraged. He roared again, his entire body engulfed in flames, as if he were about to explode.

In that brief moment, a barrage of purple magic bullets was thrust into its throat, silencing its roar. The demon clutched its neck with one hand, its body flickering with fire.

"Run away now while you can."

Xiaoyan's gunshot didn't completely interrupt the demon's attack, but it did give Anri a chance to escape. She immediately got up and struggled to get away from the guy who was about to self-destruct.

boom--!

This time the flames truly erupted; centered on the demon, everything within a few meters was reduced to charred remains.

"Haha! That was really awesome!"

At the moment the demons erupted, Onion Knight, who had been thrown into the tower and whose fate was unknown, rose again. He picked up his own greatsword and shield, cast a miracle on himself, and charged forward into the scorching wind.

"Jack Baldo of Catarina, reporting for duty!"

Golden light gathered in his hand, and the released primal force swept away the impact of the flames. With an agility completely disproportionate to his bulky body, he leaped up and slashed at the demon's chest with his sword.

It was less of a slash and more of a hammer blow; the immense force, along with the charred remains, forced the demon to take a step back.

However, the demon was not one to be outdone. After regaining its footing, it immediately swung its battle axe back.

"If you're a man, you should fight back head-on!"

Shouting nonsensical lines, Onion Knight didn't dodge or evade, but instead swung his greatsword to meet its attack.

"Ooh ooh ooh!"

Then, unsurprisingly, he was knocked away again.

The role of a meat shield is to attract attention. Although he was unaware of it, Onion Knight did this very well. While he was fighting the demon head-on, the three girls were not idle either. Xiaoyan and Anri took the opportunity to rush to the demon's feet, and swung their longsword and straight sword, slashing into the demon's ankles.

As Onion Knight was knocked away, the weaver, braving the flames, climbed up the demon's head along its tail and stabbed it hard in the head.

Bleeding seemed to have no effect on the demon, but after the katana was plunged in, the weaver ruthlessly stomped on the hilt and pried off a large chunk of dried flesh from its head.

The attack on its head once again attracted the demon's attention. As it tried to pluck the small insect off its head, the longsword and straight sword that had pierced its ankle were pushed by their master and forced to circle around its ankle.

In an instant, the legs that supported this enormous body collapsed under the weight of the demon itself. Before it could even grab the little bug on its head, it helplessly slid to one side.

Its remaining fighting instincts drove it to wildly swing its battle axe and spew lava as it fell.

The intense heat scorched the devastated land, leaving it riddled with holes, and also forced away the three girls who were about to continue their evil deeds.

"This is going to be difficult."

Although the demons lost their ability to move, they also couldn't get close, causing an awkward pause in the battle.

"It's okay. Just because we can't get through it doesn't mean others can't."

"Aaaaaah! Knight Catarina, reporting for duty once again!"

The Onion Knight, who had somehow gotten up again, ignored the lava engulfing the demon and charged straight at it, enduring the wildly swinging battle axe.

He jumped up again and slammed hard into the chest of the fallen demon.

"Come on! This is a duel between men!"

He stood on the demon's chest and smashed the demon with his greatsword.

The demon went berserk; he threw away his battle axe, swung his fist, and slammed it back again and again.

The sounds of massive fists colliding with armor, mixed with the clash of greatswords and demonic flesh, were incessant.

"Wait, wait, while exchanging blows is a man's romance, this guy is holding a greatsword on one side and lying on the ground on the other. It's not exciting at all."

"At times like this, we should just quietly observe."

And so, amidst the flames of the Undead Settlement, the men, their blood boiling, continued their exchange of blows, each punch and sword strike a testament to their courage.

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Invading the Mentally Handicapped – It's Either They're Weak, or You Are Weak

In the Undead Settlement, at the heart of the scorching lava, the battle, where every sword strike landed squarely and every punch pierced armor, was nearing its end.