Girl in the Box: Please tell me why I was reincarnated as a mimic monster!

“That makes me feel much better.” Li clapped her hands and challenged the two of them, “Come on, you damn lolicon! Today I’m going to represent all petite women in punishing you!”

"That's why I'm not a lolicon!"

Zanob's feeble rebuttal went unheard by Li, and he was too lazy to explain to Li. He silently resumed the "Blessing of the Conqueror," then gave Peter Pan a look that signaled to him. Peter Pan nodded in understanding, and the two of them started their operation at the same time.

At this moment, the ice coffin beneath Aye's feet was also trembling slightly. She calculated that the time was almost up, so she immediately jumped off the ice coffin and launched an attack on the cracking ice coffin.

The magic circle expanded from all directions, aiming at the ice coffin and shooting out tiny ice shards. Sariye, who broke out of the ice coffin, plucked the strings of her harp, creating a sonic boom that interrupted all the magic that Aye had set up around her. After being swallowed by the ice coffin, she was completely unharmed. She truly deserves to be called the Punisher of Gods.

Feeling both ashamed and angry, Rona didn't know how to vent her emotions, so she locked onto Aye and activated the power of the holy sword "Time Realm".

Li, who is extremely sensitive to changes in space and time, immediately noticed this slight change and used his power to neutralize the power of the 'Time Realm'. This was a pleasant surprise, as it sealed the power of a holy sword. In this way, the Punisher of Gods is at most just an ordinary humanoid elite monster.

Looking at Ning and Xiao's side, the two of them were fighting in perfect unison, with Xiao fighting against ten opponents at once. She was also constantly growing stronger in the battle against the Faceless Warrior, while Ning filled in the gaps in Xiao's defenses and specifically targeted the attacks from Lycia and Xia Que.

At this moment, Akatsuki was not using her two short swords, but rather a gauntlet that Aye had temporarily made from cursed ice. With her 'Mastery of All Weapons' skill, she was able to quickly adapt to the new fighting style, but it was somewhat weaker than the short swords she was familiar with.

But this didn't stop Xiao from fighting. Using her own advantages, she used her petite body to evade the Faceless Warrior's attacks, then nimbly rushed into his arms to deliver a top hook, and then quickly kicked him away or disengaged herself from the fight.

Because the gauntlets are shaped like ice crystals with very sharp tips, she can even use them as slashing weapons. Combined with the hardness of the cursed ice and the slight curse effect, Akatsuki can fight even better.

The two women unwittingly leaned against each other. By this time, under Lycia's brilliant guidance, they had fallen into the deepest part of the battle. It would be difficult to force their way out, but this was not a big problem for them.

"Xiao," Ning quietly channeled her magic, "remember the move I taught you?"

"Mmm!" Xiao nodded; that was her answer.

"Okay, let's go!"

"Permanent Ice Sharp".

The magic emanating from Ning began to turn ice blue, and several huge ice spikes rose up around her in a random manner.

Xiao rushed forward with all his might, transforming into a blur. The faceless warrior's slash struck the dissipating blur. Just as it raised its head to look for the little girl, the little girl's figure flashed before its eyes.

Xiao accelerated with all her might, slaying one enemy after another. Using the rising ice spikes as cover, she quickly changed direction and charged towards another person, greatly reducing the time she needed to adjust her course. She only needed to use the momentum to charge and kill with all her might.

And so, one faceless warrior after another was killed by the raging winds coming from all directions. If once wasn't enough, they would try twice, and if twice wasn't enough, they would try three times. If they still couldn't defeat them, Akatsuki would keep repeating this process.

After slaying the last faceless warrior, Xiao used his momentum to climb vertically up the ice spikes to alleviate the immense inertia before gracefully landing back on the ground. He then excitedly high-fived Ning.

These martial artists were real fighters. Although she was caught by them in an instant several times, Akatsuki was stronger and faster than them. She dodged all their counterattacks and then quickly retaliated from another direction. This was not something an ordinary person could do.

However, there were things she couldn't do. The remaining two were enemies that Xiao couldn't handle with her mediocre weapons. She stared at the cocoon of military knives emerging from among the ice spikes.

"That really startled me."

The dense array of sabers dispersed to both sides, and emerging from them was Lycia, completely unharmed. After realizing that Akatsuki had launched a counterattack, she hid inside the large cocoon formed by the sabers. Akatsuki passed by there several times and attacked the same spot, but was unable to break through the sabers' defense.

However, the situation with the summer sparrow is quite the opposite.

Xia Que could only dodge and parry. Lacking defensive means, she was slashed in many places by the series of strikes, but she mechanically maintained her standing posture as if she had no pain, blood sliding down her body to the floor.

Although these injuries were caused by Xiao and Ning, they still felt quite guilty because the other party attacked them in a completely unconscious state, leaving them no choice but to retaliate.

"How about we take it a little more seriously?" Xia Que mechanically suggested to Licia.

"Then, let's be a little more serious." Lycia smiled playfully and raised the holy sword. "Don't be afraid, you might get killed."

The saber cocoon fully unfolded, forming metal wings behind her, which propelled her at high speed toward the two.

At this moment, the person controlling Xia Que also made a move. Xia Que grabbed the sharp blade of the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow with her left hand, then gently pulled it away, letting the blood stain the blade, and then rushed towards the two at an even faster speed.

At this moment, Xiao's Ice Gauntlets had cracked due to the reckless battle earlier. Ning used his magic to strengthen and reshape the gauntlets, turning them into two small katanas.

Although it was just a temporary imitation, it was enough for Xiao to use in battle. She used "Setsuna" to become a blur and intertwined with Lycia. Countless military knives suddenly flew out from under the floor as if waiting for her arrival, but Ning stopped them all with his words of power. Xiao skillfully stepped on the tips of the knives and began to gather her strength at the same time.

"Dragon Sparrow - Absolute Wind!"

Xiao launched a lightning-fast triple slash at Lycia, the hard ice blades cleaving through her defensive metal wings, but what emerged from them was Xia Que.

"Dragon Sparrow - Absolute Wind".

Xia Que also launched the same technique to counterattack, but Xiao's first slash had already landed on the metal wings. She could not withstand Xia Que's third slash. Golden lightning bolts wrapped around her waist, and Ning pulled her back so that she could escape the range of Da Xia Long Que's slash.

"Dragon Sparrow - Full Moon".

"Dragon Sparrow - Full Moon"!

The two inheritors, each having inherited something from Zhou Tai, unleashed the skills they had learned. The horizontal slash of the crescent moon collided with the vertical thrust of the crescent moon, and the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow cleaved through the ice blade, chasing after Xiao's waist.

Xiao spun around to unleash a second slash with a stronger "Dragon Sparrow - Full Moon," but the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow still managed to cut through the ice blade. The blood clinging to the blade splattered out and turned into ice blades, extending the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow's slash range.

Ning rushed forward and knocked Xiao aside, allowing the two of them to escape unharmed.

Moreover, Xia Que's strike was not only "Dragon Sparrow - Full Moon", but also "Dragon Sparrow - Gale". The gust-like slash cut through the floor, unstoppable, until it dissipated, and even the wind pressure it generated could not be stopped.

I thought I could finally breathe a sigh of relief, but it wasn't that simple.

"Gotcha!"

Lycia's whisper drifted over, and countless sharp blades, like a cage, imprisoned them within—a multitude of restless, menacing sabers surrounding them. Destruction? Repulsion? Or defense?

No, none of them were of any use. Not only Lycia, but Xia Que outside the cage had also begun to gather her strength. It was undoubtedly a fatal blow. Observing the surrounding situation, no one could come to help.

"The Demon Wall of Abyss!" "The Principles of Destruction and Construction!"

A colorful barrier enveloped by a water curtain rose up. This was Ning's strongest defensive measure at the moment, but whether it could withstand the attacks of the Holy Sword and the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow was still unknown. As she held Xiao in her arms, the military knife had already started to move.

Prayer, to dispel evil, to purify divinity, to expel evil.

Suddenly, a small silver knife flew out from the side door, shattering the military knife cage.

Chapter 69 Wait for Me

Prayer, along with three consecutive keywords, bestowed upon this dagger an extraordinary blessing, enabling it to wield power comparable to the Holy Sword during its short lifespan. Thus, it was used to shatter the Holy Sword's cage.

Countless soldiers were shattered one by one by a small knife. This knife, which no one knew who threw it, pierced through the cage with the precision of a beam of light. The cage exploded in response. Ning made the decision to evade in a short time and quickly withdrew from the place where they had been.

Ning and Lycia both turned their gazes toward the direction from which the throwing knife had come. They both found the person who threw the knife, and not only that, the person might even be an acquaintance.

Lycia's initially displeased expression gradually transformed into ecstatic joy, a twisted smile spreading across her face, a dark emotion stirring within her. Even Xia Que showed a slight change; her attack hesitated—or rather, her attention was diverted by the person who had thrown the knife, and her body trembled slightly.

“Lycia, what happened? Why is she wavering?” Xia Que asked Lycia mechanically.

"Hoo hoo hoo, don't you understand?"

Lycia tried to conceal her ecstasy, but no matter what she did, she couldn't suppress her fervent emotions. The more she tried to suppress them, the more intense they became, even to the point of being capable of setting herself on fire. That's how impactful they were for her and Xia Que.

he came.

"—Did it hit?" the hooded young man asked in a hoarse voice.

"I got it. So our contract is now complete," the girl replied somewhat coldly.

At the stern of the ship stood a man and a woman. The black-haired gothic girl was Kuroba, whom they knew all too well—a book spirit who claimed to know everything about this world. The other person, also a familiar face, had removed his hood, revealing the face beneath.

"Haor—?!"

Seria, who was in the middle of the battle, was stunned when she saw Hoel suddenly appear there. The Punishers were the same; they all looked in Hoel's direction in disbelief.

He wore a tattered white coat, but instead of the ghost's signature green hat, he wore a hood attached to the coat. He looked quite disheveled, as if he had been wandering for a long time. His expressionless face was basically unchanged from before, but you could tell that he had become much more haggard.

"...Is that so? Thank you for coming with me here." Hao'er's tone was filled with gratitude.

"Hmph, is this enough?" Kuroba proudly puffed out her flat chest. "But speaking of which, what are you all doing?"

Kuroba was merely carrying out the contract by bringing Haor here, but she didn't expect to run into this group of familiar faces. She observed this strange situation for a moment, then clapped her hands, revealing an expression of sudden realization, and immediately turned around.

"Forced Contract!"

"Eh, eh!? Wait—?!"

Before Kuroba could escape even a step, Ning had already begun to activate the 'Forced Contract' against her. An invisible force fixed Kuroba in place, and Ning unilaterally completed the contract document and activated it.

The contract was simple: in exchange for the Time-Space Dragon King's "Time-Space Magic," Kuroba would stay and help with the other half of the magic. After this information was conveyed to Kuroba through the contract, she began constructing the magic with a mixture of anger and helplessness. The words "Time-Space Magic" were so alluring that she had to do it no matter how unwilling she was.

Sensing something was amiss, Xia Que immediately rushed towards the treasure chest. Zanoba and Peter Pan also noticed something strange and shifted their target to Hei Yu. Zanoba felt they were plotting something and knew this magic absolutely had to be interrupted.

"Old woman! Stop fighting! Interrupt them!" Zanoba shouted.

"You should also consider my situation before saying this!"

"Is that so? Then I can't let you pass even more." Aye smiled mischievously. "Eternal ice flower, in the name of Aye, I borrow the power of my clan's curse to cut through the enemy's armor—'Extreme Ice Curse Flower'!"

The Ice Flower bloomed magnificently, and unknown curse runes crawled all over the ice blocks. The Ice Flower continued to bloom around Sariye. She had taken a blow in the ice coffin, and that blow had given her a very powerful curse, causing her to be unable to maintain her original combat level.

This is Aye's fighting style: ice as the main element and curses as a secondary element. In battle, she constantly uses curses to weaken her enemies in order to achieve a balance of power or even crush them. However, she has now reached the limit of her curses on Sariye, which means she can at least be on par with her opponent in the short term.

"Tsk!" Zanoba clicked his tongue. "Damn it, there's no time! Lorna! Hevia! Stop that black girl or the box!"

Upon hearing Zanoba's command, Hevia immediately changed direction and began refining the magic-breaking silver bullets, preparing to snipe the treasure chest. Lorna once again activated her holy sword.

"I won't let you succeed—!"

Taking advantage of the opening, Esther accelerated and closed in on Hevya, then swung her lightsaber down fiercely. Hevya, of course, knew that Esther was coming, so she used a backflip to roll behind her, then pushed off with her right foot and pounced on Esther, pinning her to the ground. Even in this situation, Hevya still aimed at the treasure chest.

Esther risked her life to buy time for Rie, activating the thrusters at full power and propelling her and Hevia into the sky. Lorna intended to use the "Time Dimension" to trap Blackfeather within her domain and kill him.

This move was once again countered by Ri, who also arrived in front of Zanoba and Peter Pan, using "Time-Space Blast" to send them flying back. Natsuki, who was about to reach Ri at the treasure chest, was also stopped by Ning and Akatsuki working together.

"Tch—Lycia!" Zanaba pinned his hopes on that last person.

The strongest "Punisher" was laughing maniacally, a very eerie laugh. Lycia rushed out in the end, but her target was neither Ryoma nor Kuroba.

Instead, it was Hale. "Hale—"

——!”

Finally, Lycia, unable to contain her emotions any longer, screamed and rushed towards Hoel. Her face flushed red, she ignored everyone around her and went straight for Hoel. In her eyes, which were now filled with hearts, there was only that one person, pouring out her burning love for him.

"Hao-er!"

"Pray, the iron wall, never-ending."

Hale seemed to have cast a protective spell on his coat, and by instinct, he crossed one hand to block Lycia's loving slash. The sharp blade of the holy sword couldn't even penetrate the coat.

"Yes—! Yes—that's exactly it, Haul—!"

Everyone around her thought that the woman had gone mad.

"Come on—! Let's dance—! You wouldn't refuse a lady's invitation, would you—!"

Every slash Lycia unleashed was incredibly heavy, just like her suffocating love. Every time Hoel tried to block it with his arm, he felt as if his arm was about to shatter. He persevered and pushed the saber back.

"Where is Xia Que?!" Hao Er's hoarse voice was filled with anger.

“She’s here—! Of course she’s here—!” Lycia decisively let go, then grabbed Hale’s collar. “Come on… Hale, if you don’t use your full strength, I’ll kill her right here and now…”

"—! Get out of my way—!" Hao Er delivered a headbutt to her without any hesitation, then kicked her away. "Xia Que! Are you here!? Answer me now—!"

He couldn't see it, but he could sense that Xia Que was nearby. Seria, the weakest in combat and unable to offer much help, could only keep track of the overall situation for everyone. Noticing this unusual situation, she moved closer to Haor.

“Haor! It’s me! Seria!” Seria kept a little distance from Haor. “Snow Sparrow is over there. What happened to her? Why did she attack us?”

"Seria...? Wait, what did you say?" Hoel felt much relieved after hearing Seria's voice, but at the same time, he seemed to have heard some bad news.

"Where are you looking—!"

Lycia relentlessly pounced on him. Hoel's coat had already turned into white flames and scattered in the air due to the disappearance of the blessing. He listened to the sound to determine the direction and avoided Lycia's attack. In this situation, he had no way to launch a proper counterattack.

"What did you do to her?!" Hale demanded angrily.

“It wasn’t me. If it were me, she would have died long ago.” Lycia and Hoel remained locked in a stalemate. “It’s the king’s will. She is already the king’s puppet. For the king’s lifelong wish, she will offer her life in a magnificent and grand way.”

"—!"

This time, Hale used all his strength to push her back, then gathered his magic power and concentrated it in his right fist, delivering a powerful punch to Lycia's abdomen. He continued to punch her, venting his anger, and the fourth punch exploded when it landed on her abdomen.

boom--!

The explosive magic blasted Lycia away. Zanaba made a mistake here; he didn't expect Lycia to lose control at this moment. Damn it, if only he hadn't sent the 'Yin Yang' away earlier.

Zanobah regretted not bringing him along because of the lack of manpower. He knew that if Dragon Fang were there, he would have dragged everyone around into the mess, so he hadn't brought him this time. As for Haul, that guy looked like he'd already switched jobs.

Hao took a deep breath to calm himself down. He couldn't see anything and could only judge the situation by sound. After sorting out the current situation, he could only come to one conclusion.

"Although I don't know who you are, fighting against the kingdom," Hale shouted, "I'm on your side! Is there anything I can do to help?!"

Ning hesitated. She and Li both knew the truth of the matter. It was no exaggeration to say that Hao Er was one of the culprits. But under these circumstances, he offered to help. How could anyone trust him?

"Then come and help me! Zanoba and Peter Pan can't beat you, right!?"

"Wait……"

"It's up to you—Haor!"

Before Ning could stop her, Li had already unilaterally accepted Hao'er's help, withdrawing from the battle as if it were a matter of course, and focusing on unfolding the magic circle.