Only I can make them stronger

Since I have her file, she will definitely be an important role, but for me at the moment, important roles do not necessarily mean teammates, or at least not all of them are on my side.

And such a mysterious and powerful existence seems to know something about Qianshi Office, which makes people wonder what her purpose is in knocking on this door.

"Don't look at me like that. Your manager has been to Phoenix Office before. She stayed in Phoenix for a while and encountered a lot of things at that time... But now it's all over. Being the manager of a small office is not bad. At least she won't encounter anything too dangerous."

"So, Golden Lion, what exactly do you want us to do?" The other party's tone was not very friendly. Shana felt uncomfortable listening to it and frowned slightly.

"Oh, I almost forgot... First of all, I want to tell you that this mining area has been attacked, and the attacker is the infamous Shadow Claw." Karen shrugged.

However, the surprise she imagined on the other people's faces did not appear, and all three of them remained very calm.

"Then what?" Xia Ye closed the door and asked.

"You knew?" Now it was Karen's turn to be surprised.

"I knew it before I set out."

"Your intelligence work is more complete than I thought... Then I'll be frank. Jinniel and I came to this mining area to look for something, but Shadow Claw's attack time was a day or two earlier than my intelligence said, which disrupted my plan."

"So I want to find some teammates who look reliable to help me deal with Shadow Claw."

"What you are looking for, could it be a kind of mineral called [Blue Crystal]?" Xia Ye suddenly interrupted the other party.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone felt the atmosphere at the door of the room change.

Karen's left hand drooped slightly backwards, and as he saw that it was only a few centimeters away from the greatsword behind him, his expression changed from the relaxed and casual look just now to a slightly more solid one.

"How... do you know?" Karen asked with a wry smile.

"I guessed it, because Shadow Claw is also looking for this." Xia Ye said calmly, trying to endure the high-pressure aura that suddenly burst out from the other party.

He said this deliberately in order to test whether the other party's intentions were pure and whether they could really cooperate.

This person was really mysterious, and he couldn't trust him easily.

Judging from the other party's performance at the moment, her words are still credible.

"Are they also looking for the [Blue Crystal]?" Karen narrowed his amber eyes in uncertainty, as if he was wondering how credible Xia Ye's words were.

"So from this perspective, we can indeed cooperate." But Xia Ye did not give the other party too much time to react and took the initiative in speaking.

"To be honest, we also carried out this escort mission with a little purpose, but we just happened to encounter Shadow Claw's attack here, which gave us a headache."

"As the residence of the forges' guards, this area has probably been targeted by the enemy. It won't be long before some guys with bad intentions appear outside the window."

"Based on their style of doing things, they will most likely not negotiate with us and will just use the simplest and crudest means to start the massacre."

"So at a time like this, it's a good thing for me to have more teammates who look pretty good."

As I said, Xia Ye never places his hopes on his enemies.

If he was the leader of Shadow Claw, in order to accomplish the two goals of this raid, he would only retain some of the more skilled blacksmiths to help identify the ores for the convenience of collecting the spoils. It would be safest to kill the remaining unstable factors as soon as possible.

Therefore, the Stone Hotel will definitely be one of the main targets of attack.

"Then... deal. I will assist you in dealing with Shadow Claw and protect your safety as much as possible, but you also have to help me find the [Pale Crystal] and help delay Shadow Claw when I need you to."

"Deal." Xia Ye took the initiative to extend his hand and sent a friendly signal to the other party.

"You seem very calm. I can't sense any factor level in you, but you can still analyze and discuss with me so calmly. That's great."

Karen looked at the hand that Xia Ye extended, smiled, and extended her own white hand as she spoke.

Although the palms are a little rough probably from holding the sword for many years, the overall skin feels good.

"Calmness has nothing to do with factor level... But you, I'm very curious, why did you choose us to be your teammates." Xia Ye withdrew his hand and looked directly at the blonde woman who was a few inches taller than him.

"Because of you." Karen said bluntly, with a hint of provocative smile in her amber eyes.

"Me?" Xia Ye pointed at himself and quickly exchanged glances with Shana, not understanding what the other meant.

"You look much better than the others..." But Karen didn't intend to explain. He just winked, turned around, opened the door and left.

"I'll make some preparations. I'll see you at the door when the attack comes."

76. Sword Dance

"What... does this mean?" The three were stunned by Karen's confusing reason.

What does "much more pleasing to the eye than others" mean?

When did she and Xia Ye meet?

Only Xia Ye himself could roughly guess something.

Because Karen is also a "system-certified" harem member, which means that she is very likely also a special person.

Although for some reason, neither Shana nor Leah felt it, but if the other party said so, it meant that the aura exuded by Xia Ye would also attract her.

However, with a powerful enemy at the doorstep, the three had no time to discuss matters of this nature.

All they need to know is that the other party is on the same front with them.

……

"The Phoenix Agency in Phoenix City is a Class IV γ agency. The types of commissions it receives include a large number of violent incidents. It can be considered a more complex mercenary organization, and [Golden Lion] Karen is the weakest one among them."

"Although it is the weakest, it is also the weakest in Phoenix."

"The title of Golden Lion is one of the Four Horsemen of Phoenix Office, and Karen only received the title in the past two years."

"She is also the first Inhuman in history to inherit the title of Phoenix's [Four Horsemen] with Level 3 strength. Her strength should not be underestimated."

"So do you think her words are...credible?"

Shana briefly introduced the visitor and asked Xia Ye hesitantly.

"Of course it's believable... After all, the enemy's strength on paper is already strong enough. There's no need to find a few of us who don't look like a threat to stage a betrayal."

Xia Ye said without hesitation.

"Then... cooperate with her?"

"There is another benefit to cooperating with her - it can disperse Shadow Claw's spearhead to Phoenix." Xia Ye continued:

"The main purpose of our trip is to successfully complete the mission and help me get the ore. However, we have obtained intelligence in advance and have made preparations to stop Shadow Claw. So on the premise of killing Shadow Claw's attacking force, it is always helpful if someone can help us attract Shadow Claw's attention."

"That's right..." Shana nodded in agreement. At this moment, her sword-like eyebrows suddenly frowned and she looked out the window:

"coming……"

…………

Half a minute later, the four of them gathered at Xia Ye's door.

Xia Ye and the other two were wearing complete combat uniforms with long windbreakers, while Karen looked no different from before, with the greatsword behind him looking heavy and fierce.

"Is it a Devil Beast? I thought it was a human?"

Karen curled his lips and glanced outside the building. At this time, there were about 30 strange-looking monsters slowly surrounding them.

The necks of these artificial monsters are like blooming flowers, and the petal-shaped purple crystals exude an eerie beauty. At their necks, one can clearly see lines that are obviously not naturally formed, transporting a mixture of blue and purple energy liquid.

"It's an artificial monster that Shadow Claw has been tinkering with recently." Shana drew out the dagger and began to walk slowly down the stairs.

At this time, no one except them realized the crisis and the corridor was empty.

"But according to our analysis, the people who control these monsters should also be hiding in the dark."

"This kind of organization always likes to mess around with this kind of mess. If you say it's useless, it still poses a threat. If you say it's useful, it has no sense of existence in front of the real strong..."

Karen followed reluctantly, mumbling as he placed his hand on the greatsword behind him.

"Liya and Xia Ye together..." Liya stuck close to Xia Ye and whispered nervously.

The four of them slowly walked down the stairs and arrived at the front door.

The increasingly oppressive atmosphere was separated by a metal door. The moment it opened, the battle would be imminent.

"Roar!"

At this moment, the opponent launched the first attack, and the iron claws tore through the thin metal door, and a ferocious purple light poured in.

"【Ultimate Counterattack】!" Karen reacted much faster than the other three. He swung his sword horizontally, shouted softly, and blocked the attack.

The moment the sword and the iron claw touched, a faint golden light burst out, and then the golden light quickly flowed through Karen's body, and then rebounded back to the giant sword in a more intense way.

A golden light flashed, and in an instant, the three people felt their eyes were dazzled for a moment, and the monster in front of them was cut into two pieces without knowing when.

"So powerful!" Xia Ye was stunned by this instant killing method.

But at this time, Karen frowned slightly and said:

"It feels wrong, stronger than I thought. These Devil Beasts are all... Type 3!"

There are more than 30 Type monsters. Even if Shana and her friends are almost invincible in the same level, there is absolutely no possibility for them to defeat them all in one go, not to mention that there are aliens hiding behind them who control these monsters.

"No, we have to break out. If we are surrounded by them here, we will waste our energy and strength and die."

Hearing this, Xia Ye activated [True Insight] without hesitation, and his vision turned into black and white film.

A large area of flowing purple was slowly creeping at the bottom of the field of vision. This was the group of strange beasts that were surrounding them.

And at the farther three o'clock and one o'clock directions, there stand two darker wave energy bodies.

"Break out towards the ten o'clock direction!" Xia Ye immediately made a judgment.

He remembered that there was a mine in that direction, and it was opposite to the distribution of the enemies at that time.

Entering the mines first would allow them to occupy a position that was easy to defend but difficult to attack.

"Zizzizizi!" A violent flash of electric light burst out and shot straight towards the ten o'clock direction.

Shana and Liya had no hesitation about Xia Ye's judgment.

However, the physical resistance of these monsters seemed to be quite high. The lightning column did not penetrate the front like it did in the wilderness before. Instead, it lost its momentum after piercing through one monster.

This, in turn, aroused the ferocity of the surrounding beasts, making them even more manic, and for a moment they attacked everyone with claws and spitting mixed with various elements.

"【Ultimate Counterattack】, 【Terrifying Combo】!" At this moment, the golden light on the big sword in Karen's hand surged, and the tall figure blocked the three people in front of him. Just like before, the sword once again blocked the first attack.

Then, her sword turned to the other direction as fast as lightning as if it was equipped with a spring, splitting a monster in half while using inertia to block the attack from the other side.

The huge sword that looked as heavy as a thousand pounds now danced like a feather in her hand.

At the entrance of the Stone Inn and the gathering point surrounded by the monsters, the blond Karen performed a sword dance full of power and agility.

77. Escape and pursuit

After a while, Xia Ye felt the other party's level as a title-level extraordinary person in a large firm.

Although he was only at the third level, he did not use any factor abilities beyond the third level during the battle, but his sword skills and combat level were truly astonishing.

"I can do that too... but my fighting style is not suitable for fighting against groups of monsters with high physical defense and thick skin..."

Seeing Xia Ye's surprised look, Shana pouted and muttered in a low voice with a bad taste in her mouth.

No one would be happy if the man you care about is attracted to another woman who has a similar style to you.

But now is not the time to talk about love or calm down emotions. Although Karen had just created a small vacuum zone with his operations, there were actually only five or six around.

There were more than twenty more monsters, gradually tightening the encirclement and slowly approaching.

"Get ready to speed up! I'll make a way for you for now!"

At this moment, Karen roared in a low voice, and then exhaled a large amount of white mist similar to steam from the depths of her throat, and four words came out from between her teeth:

"【Relieve Suppression】!"

A solid golden light shone from its body, making Karen, who was in the group of monsters, look as bright as the sun.

Then, all the golden light gathered on the long sword in her hand, and slashed down vertically. The entire scene in front seemed to be split into two halves by this sword.

All the terrifying beasts in the path of the sword light were turned into dust, at least seven or eight of them.

"Charge!" After saying that, Karen was the first to rush out on the golden light.

"Liya, hold Xia Ye and follow!"

"Liya got it!"

In a flash, Shana and Leah both demonstrated their efficient execution in critical moments, and took the still shocked Xia Ye with them and rushed out of the "channel" where golden light was surging.

The speeds of [Hollow Bone Structure] and [Electrostatic Conductivity] were extremely fast, no slower than Karen's explosion. The few of them took advantage of the gap before the monster could react and rushed out of the encirclement in one breath.