I became a vampire princess and then a dragon girl?

Hearing Daniel's question, Jaden scratched his head awkwardly, then spoke decisively.

"I don't know, but the monsters here basically all look like this. After death, their bodies will directly merge into the ground, and they will be born by slowly crawling out of the ground."

"Is that so... What about the monster materials? Don't the monsters here produce materials?"

"That's not the case. If there are any materials produced, they will be left on the ground and you can just pick them up. It's much more convenient than other places."

"There's such a thing..."

Hearing this miraculous situation, Daniel nodded slightly in surprise. It turned out to be the right choice to come out and train himself.

"Okay, kid, have you rested enough? Time to continue."

"Ah, wait a moment, it will be ready soon."

Hearing Jaden say this, Daniel quickly turned his attention back to the food at hand.

"Boss, I'll go take care of it over there."

At this time, the archer in the team greeted Jaden and went to the side to take care of a physiological problem. After all, people have three urgent needs.

"Go ahead, we'll continue somewhere else when you come back."

"okay."

As he spoke, the archer found a place to the side with his back to the crowd, squatted down, pulled down his pants and started to exert force.

But at this moment, an accident happened.

“Hmph, Ahhhh—”

Just as the archer was concentrating all his strength under his body, black arms quietly stretched out from behind him and under his feet, slowly moving towards him.

Almost at the same time, after the first arm covered the archer's mouth, a series of black arms followed, tightly grabbing his arms and ankles, and blindfolding him. No matter how the archer struggled, he could not break free.

Then these arms pretended to pull down suddenly, and the originally hard ground dissolved like water, silently swallowing up the archer's figure.

The black arm that caused all this disappeared into the ground again just as it had appeared, leaving no trace.

Similar scenes are happening in every sparsely populated and secluded corner of this leveling ground or the abyss, and also happening to every lone person. Regardless of their strength, in front of these strange black arms, they all face the equal fate of being devoured.

The long-silent abyss finally slowly revealed its fangs.

"Hiss, why hasn't this guy come back yet? Did he fall asleep squatting?"

On the other side, Jaden, who had been waiting for the archer to return but he still hadn't seen any return, also realized that something seemed amiss. He immediately asked everyone to change their plan and go to the direction of the archer's squatting pit to confirm the situation.

But a strange thing happened. No one could see the archer within a hundred meters in that direction.

A living person disappeared mysteriously right under their noses just when he went to the toilet. He didn't even make a sound to call for help. Even if he was dead, his body was nowhere to be found.

You know, the monsters in the leveling area where they brought Daniel were simply simple. Even if it was the strongest monster here, it would be impossible to kill the archer without making any noise if it attacked him while he was solving a physiological problem.

As for the possibility of other teams taking action, there was no possibility either. Firstly, the archer didn't have anything valuable on him, so there was no profit. Secondly, the direction the archer left was exactly the direction Jaden was facing just now. Even if he didn't focus all his attention on it, he couldn't have failed to notice a whole team of people approaching him.

Unless the other party used magic to hide his figure, it was impossible for Jaden not to see anything unusual.

But how could someone who could use this kind of magic have the leisure to attack an ordinary archer like him in an ordinary team?

Thinking of this, Jaden frowned imperceptibly.

But no matter what, it is definitely not possible to give up on the archer like this. We still have to try to find him. Thinking of this, Jaden gave the order.

"Except for the kid, everyone else will search the surroundings separately and gather at the previous camp in ten minutes. If anything happens, shout. Be careful, this is a bit strange."

"Yes."

Knowing the special circumstances, the others put away their relaxed expressions and nodded seriously.

Then everyone dispersed and expanded the search direction in all directions, occasionally calling out the archer's name, hoping to get a response from him.

But ten minutes later, only Jaden and Daniel returned to the camp. The remaining shieldman and all-rounder, like the previous archer, disappeared mysteriously without anyone noticing.

Perhaps they understood the reason for the archer's disappearance at the moment of his disappearance, but unfortunately they no longer had the chance to speak it out.

"..."

Looking at the camp where only two people were left including himself, Jaden's face was gloomy, his fists were clenched, and his eyes revealed deep anger, but after thinking for a while, he suddenly loosened his fists.

The client is still by his side and nothing has happened to him yet. Right now, the client's safety is the top priority. His team members can only wait until he leaves before bringing people to look for him.

Thinking of this, Jaden looked at Daniel and said.

"Boy, today's practice ends here. You can see the situation. It seems that there is an accident here. I will clean up and take you away from here first."

"it is good."

Knowing the seriousness of the situation, Daniel did not refuse and nodded very straightforwardly, then began to pack up to meet the enemy temporarily.

Seeing this, Daniel turned around and started making a temporary sign so that he could find the place when he came back.

"Boy, pass me the nail."

"..."

"Boy?"

When Jaden turned around, there was only a half-tidy campsite left behind him, and Daniel's figure had disappeared silently.

§115 Fortress City, Fall

"Boy? Boy!"

Looking at the small camp in front of him and Daniel who had not disappeared, Jaden frowned and thought to himself that something was wrong.

Originally only the team members were missing, but now the employer is also missing.

What used to happen after being alone for a while was now over in the blink of an eye, and even if someone right behind him disappeared, he didn't feel anything at all.

No matter what caused this scene, the other party's strength must be far beyond his own.

Thinking of this, Jaden took off the big sword that was originally on his back, looked around vigilantly, and kept changing the direction he faced, trying to find some clues.

But when the attack actually happened, Jaden found that all his defenses were in vain.

Because what attacked him was not some unknown enemy, but the land itself.

Several arms made of pitch-black mud suddenly stretched out from the ground, and the ground under Jaden's feet also lost its hard texture at the same moment. With the combination of the two, Jaden's body was swallowed up in an instant without any resistance, following in the footsteps of others.

After there were no living people in the entire leveling area, the swamp in the abyss began to stir. Countless hideous monsters formed from the black mud ground at a speed far beyond the record, and then roared and rushed towards the eight entrances like a black tide.

At the moment when the abyss rioted and formed the abyss wave, the huge fortress also emitted a faint light in an attempt to activate some protective function, but the little light disappeared quietly after passing through the eight entrances punched through the fortress due to the cutting off of the circuit, and the entire fortress returned to silence again.

Since then, the outbreak and spread of the abyss wave has been unstoppable.

"Quick...quick! Retreat! We can't stop them!"

Because the abyss waves surged out from eight entrances at the same time, the fortress city's already limited guard force was dispersed again. They were completely unable to resist the invasion of the abyss waves. They were retreating step by step under the attacks of the monsters and were completely unable to stop the monsters' advance.

Moreover, the strength of these monsters far exceeded the data recorded in daily records. When they first came into contact with them, many people were directly swallowed up in this black tide of death.

"Quick! Send someone to ask for support from the garrison!"

“Already gone!”

In order to prevent possible emergencies, a retired elite adventurer, Davidm, is stationed in the fortress city. Although he is no longer as powerful as he used to be due to his old age, he should not be underestimated.

At this moment, all the guards' hopes were placed on this adult.

But what they didn't know was that this hope had been ruthlessly extinguished not long ago, and the entrance on the side that witnessed David's death was also the first line of defense to collapse.

Earlier...

"What? Something went wrong in the leveling area, with countless monsters pouring out?"

As one of the most important places in the Abyss Fortress, the situation in the leveling area was naturally heard by Davidm all the time. Therefore, when the abyss wave broke out, he had already received the news and rushed to the nearest entrance.

"Lord David is here!"

As the people who saw Davidm's figure, a touch of joy suddenly appeared on the faces of those who were struggling to resist the waves of the abyss.

"In the end what happened."

Looking at the tide of monsters below, David was puzzled.

From his observation, these monsters were much stronger than before. If these monsters were this strong on a normal day, this place would not be chosen as a suitable training location for newcomers.

But no matter what, there is only one thing he has to do now, which is to push these monsters back into the fortress first, and then make plans.

Thinking of this, Davidm appeared in a flash at the forefront of the collision between the abyss wave and the crowd. The surging magic wave in his hand rushed straight forward, directly sweeping away all the monsters in a straight line, leaving a deep ravine leading directly to the entrance.

"oh--!!!"

Seeing the horrific scene after Davidm's attack, everyone burst into cheers.

"Quick, go and block the entrance with me first. We need support in other places too."

Faced with the revelry, David did not join them, because he knew that there were seven other places that also needed support, so he immediately gave the order in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

The death of a large number of monsters previously had no effect on the offensive of the abyss wave. At this time, new abyss monsters were still pouring out of the entrance, forcing David to release several more magic shocks to destroy them before leading everyone to the entrance.

"Move quickly and establish a temporary defense line first."

Looking at the dark entrance in front of him, which was without any light and seemed ready to devour people at any time, David gave the order with a serious face.

Under his command, everyone began to move the nearby debris and tried to build a temporary defense line with the help of magic reinforcement. At the speed of everyone, Davidm would soon be able to go to the next place to provide support.

"Yeah, that's pretty quick."

After glancing at the defense line that was about to be built by the people behind him, David cast his gaze back to the inside of the entrance. For some reason, this dark entrance gave him a very bad feeling, as if it had turned into a bottomless black hole that could swallow everything.

I hope we can find out the reason for the change. If this leveling point is lost, it will be a lot of trouble.

Although there are other novice leveling spots in the Traveler's Land, there is no other one with such a low mortality rate.

Just when David was distracted by other things, a warning suddenly woke him up.

That was his sixth sense, honed during his long life as an adventurer. It would kick in whenever a death crisis approached, reminding him to respond.

But this time, even the premonition of death was too late to save David's life. The next moment after the warning sign appeared, before David could react, a giant hand, which was completely black and almost as big as the entrance, with a huge mouth on the palm and countless sharp teeth inside, suddenly stretched out from the entrance, shattered the magic barrier opened by David and grabbed him in the palm of its hand.

Then, accompanied by a sound that made one's teeth ache, drops of bright red liquid flowed out from the gap between the giant hands, and when the giant hands opened again, David's figure had disappeared.

"Dead...Lord Davidm is dead!"

"Run! Run quickly!"

Seeing David, the strongest man in the entire city, die in front of them, the half-built defense line was directly abandoned by everyone. Everyone wished they could grow two more legs and rushed to escape in the direction away from the entrance. Behind them, the abyss waves easily flattened the simple defense line and chased after them.

Today, no one is destined to survive in the fortress city.

§116 The Wonderland is Destroyed

The Land of Wealth · Five Families · Davis Family

On the day when the Empire marched westward to the Field of Fall, a crucial moment for the human race, the patriarch of the Davis family, Haydn Davis, used illness as an excuse to send only his successor to lead the team to the Empire for social events. He himself took the opportunity to quietly visit the wonderland of Golden Valley, the foundation of the five major families in the Land of Wealth.

Originally, even if Hayden Davis wanted to enter here, it would take some effort, or it would be more difficult to enter here because of the special nature of his identity.

But at this special time today, since all the important personnel from the other four major families had already gone to the imperial capital to keep the appointment, it was much easier for him to act. He did not have to spend any effort at all and successfully sneaked in by adjusting the guards inside and outside through some small tricks.

"..."

Looking at the tightly closed gate and the towering walls on both sides, Hayden Davis's usually calm eyes were rarely filled with a bit of heat, but he suppressed it immediately and regained its former depth like a deep pool.

The reason why he was so excited was that today was the day he would dedicate everything to the Demon Lord, and here he would offer the first sacrifice for the Demon Lord's complete resurrection.

But precisely because of this, he had to act as usual. Although he was surrounded by his own people, he could not let them know his thoughts just to be on the safe side, otherwise he would not have chosen to come in person.

As the entrance to the wonderland, this place should have been covered with light and dark eyeliners, but at this moment they all acted as if they did not see the old man, or pretended not to see him. Even the combined defense magic circle that should have been watertight left a small gap for the old man to stand in.

squeak-

With a harsh sound of movement, the tightly closed door in front of him moved slightly to the sides, opening a tiny gap that was just enough for a person to squeeze through sideways. Seeing this, Hayden Davis did not hesitate at all and, in front of the somewhat surprised gaze of the guards, regardless of his neat suit, turned sideways and began to move inward little by little without any image.