Who says the Magic Cyber ​​Police can't overthrow the Heavenly Gang?

"Arte, quickly deactivate the plant defense!" Latis pleaded, her face pale as she felt the bull's heart pounding.

"Let it go! Let it go!"

"Well...okay..."

The half-elf dazedly raised her head, her soft lips unconsciously sliding over the object in her hand. As Latis's vision gradually blurred, she tried to prop herself up, but a sudden pain shot through the wound beneath the bandages. She cried out in pain, and her upper body fell forward uncontrollably.

"hiss!"

Latis felt the half-elf's thin yet incredibly soft chest pounding violently with a mixture of excitement and sorrow. Tears welled in his eyes as he cried out:

"Hmph hmph hmph hmph!..."

After a moment of mental blankness, Latis raised his head in utter despair, looking at the half-elf whose chin and chest were stained with filth, and said dejectedly:

"Yes, I'm sorry, Art..."

……

"pain."

The half-elf frowned and shrank back, pulling his legs in.

Does it hurt here too?

Latis tossed the bandages, still clinging to unhealed flesh, onto the ground, and sighed, cradling the half-elf's leg.

"Hmm." Ateliers looked at her toes, which were unconsciously curling up, and lowered her head, clutching the hem of her newly put-on undershirt.

"Perhaps he was injured again when he went to collect monster materials in the evening."

"There's no need to be in such a rush!"

Latis spoke with a hint of urgency, looking into the half-elf's trusting yet guilty and remorseful jewel-like eyes. He sighed deeply, lowered his head, and continued to examine the slightly everted incision on her calf, muttering:

"Don't look at me like that. Shouldn't I be the one feeling guilty about this?"

“I want to regain my fighting strength as soon as possible,” Arterifus explained earnestly. “There are still many things waiting for me to accomplish, and I can’t just stay stagnant like this.”

She watched as Latis carefully cleaned the wound, and suddenly smiled with a touch of happiness:

"In that short time, I inscribed four more spells. Your Art is quite amazing, isn't it?"

“Yes, yes, yes.” Latis, completely oblivious to the half-elf’s choice of words, shook his head, picked up her jade-like bare feet, paused for a moment amidst the fragrance of plants so different from that of ordinary people, and then continued to ask:

"Are you in such a hurry to escalate it into family revenge?"

“That’s a long-term matter.” Ateliers’ voice carried a hint of shyness as she looked at Latis, who was re-bandaging her calves and bare feet, enduring the tingling sensation, and said:

“I have a long life ahead of me, so I can deal with this matter slowly. I’m just worried about other things.”

"other things?"

Latis picked up the rolled-up stockings, placed the half-elf's delicate white toes, barely visible beneath the bandages, on her chest, slipped the stockings onto her, and then lifted her thigh to fasten the bandages from the inside of her trousers.

Latis looked up in confusion when his question went unanswered, only to be met with the half-elf's gentle gaze. Suddenly, he understood.

"Was it what Arte mentioned about my past in the simulation? My God, Arte, you don't have to be so nice to me!"

Latis suddenly remembered the question he had thought about before.

"So, was my attraction to Art really just based on her looks? Thinking about it now, it seems... a little bit, but I was mostly attracted to her golden inner qualities!"

He absentmindedly stroked the half-elf's soft little feet, continuing to think:

"Damn it, I think I really have fallen for Ate... Damn it, only a loser would agonize over whether he likes someone or not; a real man is already thinking about how to confess!"

Latis watched Arterifus pull her small feet back from his arms, and looked at her with a hint of disappointment as she put on her boots.

"Big brother, what are you looking at?"

Artemis felt the shoes and socks fit her even better than when she wore them, put on her robe, and bent down to approach the distraught Latis with her hands behind her back.

"Is such that."

Latis stood up, countless classic lines of confession flashing through his mind, such as "The moonlight is beautiful," "I give you half of my life," "I can't get enough of your buttocks," and "Even someone like me."

However, when he looked into the half-elf's slightly smiling eyes, he couldn't say anything.

"I... I mean, shall we go home?"

"Okay." Ateliers's calves felt tingly and itchy. She felt a mixture of relief and regret as the lingering warmth of Latis's hands on them gradually dissipated. Turning away, she thought:

I wish I could stay in this moment a little longer... but I don't dare say "I love you," those simple three words...

"and many more!"

Latis's sudden resolute voice startled the half-elf. She stood on the path and turned to look at Latis, who was still standing on the shore.

"What's wrong, brother?"

"I have a question!"

Latis gradually put on his usual grinning face, raised the Eye of Herod around his neck, and asked loudly:

"If I live long enough to see you reclaim your title as King Herod, may I continue to wear this necklace?"

The half-elf was stunned, not yet understanding the meaning behind Latis's words, when he continued:

"I mean, not as a benefactor of the Herod clan!"

"If they are not my benefactors, then they are..."

Artemis's face instantly turned crimson. She stared blankly at Latis as he slowly approached, and stammered:

"Big, big, big brother, what you said is, is..."

I mean, I like you.

Latis chuckled, put his hands on his hips, and shouted to the sky:

"Who could dislike Artemis?! That's the most tasteless thing to do! But of all the people who like you, I will always be the one who likes you the most! Because I, Latis..."

He stroked the half-elf's head, then spoke softly and gently:

"I don't want you to be watching me alone in the sea of ​​stars anymore."

Artemis's eyes slowly widened. The vow she made in the library when she was a child suddenly struck her heart. Those ancient loyalty seemed to flow down from an unknown sea of ​​stars, eternally engraving the image of the man in front of her into her soul.

“I…” She opened her mouth awkwardly, but before she could speak, Latis adopted an even more impassioned demeanor and loudly proclaimed:

"So even if you're a guy, I'll accept it! Brave Ox, fearless man!"

He laughed heartily, flipped over and swung onto the hanging vines, then swung away into the distance while yelling "Ah oh oh".

Ateliers looked at the still unreliable Latis, sighed helplessly, cupped her burning cheeks, and murmured:

"I didn't expect you to beat me to it, big brother..."

She sat down on the ground, her legs weak, and after calming her heartbeat for a while, she suddenly smiled mischievously, a rare occurrence for her.

"Tomorrow, when I give him the gift, I'll suddenly tell him I'm a girl. I wonder how interesting his expression will be. I'm so looking forward to it..."

Artemis stood up, dusted off her robe, and suddenly looked at her long, slender, fair hands.

With her heart rate and body temperature rising again, she took off the ring from her middle finger and put it on her ring finger.

The half-elf awkwardly withdrew his fingers, put his hands behind his back, and looked up at the bright moon and starry sky, thinking happily:

"The weather is really nice today!"

Chapter 75: Whether it's a surprise or a regret (Part 2)

[The commission has been updated]

[Details: A human signal indicating an impending disruption of the magic network's ecosystem has been detected ten miles east of Hardstem City in the southeastern part of Senhai Territory. Please eliminate the mission target.]

[Reward: 1500 Magic Network Points will be awarded upon eliminating the mission objective.]

[Current progress: 0%]

"Little Bull Brother rarely has worries, since no one can surpass him anyway... Hey?"

The sudden appearance of the notification caught Latis's attention. He jumped down from the tree, opened the backend of the Monster Cyber ​​Police, and carefully read through the mission description.

"Again? Are the monster cyber police that busy? Are they born in the Year of the Ox or Horse?!"

Latis stroked his chin, shook his head, and was about to continue walking back when he suddenly glanced at the address again.

"Ten miles east of Hard Stem City... Hiss, didn't I see a golden magical energy fluctuation in that direction on the magic radar earlier...?"

"Ten miles... we're already very close to our encampment."

A glint of supreme justice and wisdom flashed in Latis's eyes, and he clenched his fist and smiled:

"Let's go take a look! It'll also be a good opportunity to find out what the Magic Network is up to."

He instantly flipped the magic book on his waist to [All-Terrain Hiking], then stood upright on the tree and began running wildly through the treetops.

……

"Damn it, what... what's going on?!"

Jennifer watched as the slime instantly charred under the [Level 3 Divine Spell - Light Spear]. Before she could even breathe a sigh of relief, she was startled by a sudden warning and whirled around, raising her arm to block the charge of another slime.

"Laser Eyes!"

Suddenly, two bright laser beams shot from her eyes, instantly piercing through the slime stuck to her arm armor, before slamming it into the ground and leaving a scorched mark.

Jennifer shook off the slime on her arm armor, her thighs suddenly buckled and she almost collapsed to her knees. She took a deep breath, leaped up from the ground, and landed on a tree branch.

"What exactly happened? How did so many slimes suddenly appear after we examined those corpses?"

She stared gravely at the continuously gathering gray, gelatinous monster. Sensing the dwindling divine power within her, she wiped away a cold sweat, her tongue tasting slightly bitter.

"I really shouldn't have gone out! Wouldn't it have been better to just stay home? Ugh, I've been out for so long, I've definitely missed several issues of doujinshi, and now I can't even connect to the magic network. If I don't get help soon, I'm going to be in the defeat CG!"

Jennifer wryly grumbled to herself, but after seeing the slimes around her already climbing trees, she calmed herself and silently muttered:

"Since the start of the war, we've killed over forty low-level slimes, far exceeding the number of slimes in a normal population. Among them must be several mid-level or even high-level slimes. Where could they be?"

She took a deep breath, and her golden armor suddenly began to faintly glow.

A slime had crawled to her feet, and just as it was about to attack with its acidic slime, it suddenly seemed to be penetrated by invisible radiation, and the entire slime dissolved.

"Forgotten...Radiance!"