This isn't a souls-like game at all.

"There's actually still functioning anti-aircraft catalysts here?!

"Silly Star! Hide now!!"

He urged the somewhat confused little fish, shouting loudly.

“Anti-aircraft missiles are coming!!!”

Chapter 409: Horse Trainer Sullivan and the Third Young Master of the Yars Family

The little fish reacted quickly, but those "anti-aircraft missiles" flew even faster.

Those long objects with fire spewing from the bottom and pulling out long white smoke look like missiles, but in fact they are the king's magic shot out by magic catalysts.

Therefore, even if Xiaoyu hid in the void at the fastest speed, he was still injured by the missile that arrived first and then exploded directly.

"boom!!"

A dazzling golden light flashed, and a huge explosion resounded through the sky. Countless golden fragments spread outwards like flowers scattered by a fairy!

“Puff!!!”

The little fish let out a cry of pain. One of its tentacles did not have time to retract into the air and was hit hard by the scattered tiny fragments.

"Shit! It's an airburst bomb!"

Ye Yiyi held the dung beetle in his arms and turned his back to the direction of the explosion.

Feeling the shrapnel falling on his back like raindrops, and seeing the large number of tiny holes appearing out of thin air on the white clouds not far away, he couldn't help but curse under his breath, and his body flew away in the impact.

As Xiaoyu suddenly disappeared, the dozen or so anti-aircraft missiles that followed closely behind also lost their targets and fell into chaos.

They flew around like headless flies, and finally exploded in the air, turning into dazzling and magnificent golden fireworks.

Ye Yiyi flew a long way before landing on the ground in a narrow and hidden mountain stream.

"Not a good start! This is outrageous!"

His face was gloomy, and he hurriedly checked the dung beetle in his arms. After finding that it was not injured, he called out the little fish to check its injuries.

"Puff~~"

The little fish made a sound of grievance. Although the injured tentacle had no wound, it was dull and lifeless at this moment, completely losing its former flexibility and smoothness.

"A holy-attribute attack? Fortunately, the injury isn't serious..."

Ye Yiyi breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it was a good thing that Xiaoyu dodged quickly, otherwise if he really took the full damage from the missile, he would be crippled if not dead.

As a powerful civilization that was once able to hunt stars and even open star museums for exhibitions, the remaining air defense weapons of the land countries make it extremely easy for them to kill a star.

But what Ye Yiyi found difficult to understand was that those magical catalytic weapons could still be used after ten thousand years?

"Unless it's an ancient weapon reactivated by a curse-bearer..."

Apart from this, Ye Yi couldn't think of any other possibilities.

As for the original purpose of this weapon, Ye Yiyi guessed that it might be used specifically to deal with flying dragons.

Holy attribute attacks, when used against a dragon in metal armor, can't be said to be particularly effective, but they're not far off.

As for the stars, that's just incidental.

He took out his light gun and gave Xiaoyu a full shot of vitality, then let the other party hold him and absorb the "Ye Yi Yi Energy"

After being comforted and consoled, the little fish finally calmed down and hid back into the void.

Although the little fish was fine, the dung beetle seemed to have suffered a great blow. At this moment, it was lying on his shoulder with its tentacles drooping and looking depressed.

"What's wrong with you? Aren't you injured?"

He asked in confusion, and only realized what was happening after receiving a low reply from the other party while waving its tentacles.

"Oh, you said the mercury lamp is out."

When facing the missile explosion before, the unprotected Mercury Lamp only had time to kick the dung beetle into Ye Yiyi's arms, and then was shot into a sieve by the golden shrapnel.

But in the dung beetle's understanding, the mercury lamp died to save it, so it felt sad.

Seeing the dung beetle's dejected look, Ye Yiyi was moved and a little amused. Then he sighed:

"Honestly, I'm really happy that you think this way. Norsley said that you have intelligence and emotions that are no less than those of humans. I didn't fully realize it until now.

“Even though it’s just a doll without emotions, I still treat it as an independent individual.

"You understand Mercury Lamp's reasons for doing what she did, and you empathize with her actions, which is why you feel guilty and sad for what she went through."

"That's great! Although you were just spiritual before, now it seems that apart from your appearance, you are no different from a real person.

"It's a good thing, so there's no need to feel guilty."

Hearing Ye Yiyi's slightly comforting words, the dung beetle raised its big horns as if it understood, and its two tentacles swayed gently, as if asking what to do with the mercury lamp?

"What should I do? I'll make another one."

Ye Yiyi smiled and lightly tapped the Moonlight Spear, and the soil under his feet condensed and changed, turning into a well-behaved doll with white hair and red eyes again.

"But having said that..."

Mercury Lamp started talking, then jumped up from the spot, landed on Ye Yiyi's head with a big jump, and kicked the dung beetle on the forehead with his little leather shoes.

"Don't really treat it as a living thing. It's just a puppet under my control. Your empathy should be reserved for concrete life, not abstract puppets. Do you understand?"

The dung beetle happily nudged the black leather shoes with its horns, and its two tentacles spun rapidly, as if to say that it understood.

"...but I feel like you don't understand at all..."

Mercury Lamp helplessly raised his hand to support his forehead and couldn't help rolling his eyes. Then he took the Concentric Magic Finger handed to him by Ye Yiyi and put it away before jumping to sit on the left shoulder.

"Let's go."

He summoned the somewhat bewildered Virgil to mount him, and at the same time took off the rags that were tattered by the missiles and put on a new mercenary outfit.

Turning his head to look in the direction of the royal capital, Ye Yiyi thought silently for a while, then took out two ordinary, featureless long swords and put them behind his back.

He was unaware of the unknown number of anti-aircraft catalysts in Campbell's capital, and was attacked when he forced his way into the airspace.

The fireworks show produced by the explosion of the holy attribute missile was too conspicuous. It was tantamount to alerting the enemy and would undoubtedly attract the attention of those who were interested in the curse control.

It's even possible that the other party has already known of his arrival.

This is not good news, as it will create a lot of obstacles for him to rescue Dino and uncover the secret.

"Now I can only pray that the other party doesn't know that the target of the missile attack is actually the God Slayer."

He applied a layer of [Phantom Mask] to himself, Virgil, and the dung beetle respectively, and applied a layer of [Mimicry] to the mercury lamp, disguising himself as a free mercenary who was marching here, and left this place and took to the main road.

He carefully observed the pedestrians and the movements of the convoy on the road, while thinking silently in his heart.

"Luckily, I have a lot of camouflage magic. As long as I'm more careful, I won't be discovered so quickly...

"But if that happens, the Imperial Banknotes won't be usable for the time being. Places like the Hunting God Church will definitely be under surveillance, so we won't be able to go there for the time being...

"Money, identification, and crucial intelligence—these are what I lack most right now."

If you want to sneak into the royal capital, these are almost essential.

Of course, it is not impossible to force his way in. Those anti-aircraft missiles can hurt the little fish, but they are of no use to him.

There is a high probability that there will be no problem in directly switching to the dragon man mode and charging into the construction factory from the air to forcibly rescue Dino.

But now the enemy is in the open and I am in the dark. If I give up the advantage of acting alone and force my way through to kill everyone, that would be too foolish.

Moreover, Other Life and Death has been infiltrating the Campbell Kingdom for so many years. Now that they have turned from covert to open, they must have turned this place into an iron bucket long ago. It is possible that they still have a trump card of the level of the King Choosing Knight in their hands.

What if he fails to force his way in and ends up being besieged by multiple king selectors?

Although he will win in the end, the reputation of the God Slayer will be greatly reduced.

"Tsk, it would be great if I could bring Adam along. Having a local expert is much better than wandering around aimlessly..."

"Hey! That mercenary on horseback over there! Look here!"

"Uh?"

Ye Yiyi was stunned for a moment, raised his head curiously and looked around, and finally his eyes fell on an elegantly decorated carriage surrounded by many guards under the shade of a tree beside the road.

"Right! Stop looking, I'm calling you! Come here!"

The person who called him was an old man in a tuxedo with a greasy face, golden curly hair, and a look of impatience on his face.

"What a coincidence?" Ye Yiyi couldn't help but mutter in her heart.

"I was just worried that no one would show me the way, and now someone comes to my door?"

He quickly got off Virgil, walked to the carriage holding the reins, saluted as a free mercenary, and then asked the old man amid the bewildered looks of the guards.

"Sir, is there anything I can do for you?"

"Uh?"

The old man raised one eyebrow exaggeratedly and looked Ye Yiyi up and down with a little surprise, as if he was a little surprised.

"I didn't expect a lowly mercenary who crawls around in the mud to even know a bit of etiquette? What's your name?"

As soon as the other party opened his mouth, Ye Yiyi almost couldn't hold it in.

This old man in a tuxedo was dressed like a butler, but he was very different from the old man I met in the Principality of Rit.

But come to think of it, he is now dressed as a free mercenary, not the magician he used to be, so there is nothing wrong with being treated like this.

"…In reply to your Excellency, my name is Sullivan."

Ye Yiyi adhered to the character of a freelance mercenary and answered in a low voice with his head down.

"Sullivan?"

The old man in the tuxedo lowered his eyes to look at the two swords on his back, sneered, and then looked at Virgil who was disguised beside him.

"This skinny horse, tsk... can it still run?"

The old man frowned slightly, smacked his lips, then took out a silver coin from his arms and handed it to Ye Yiyi through the guard.

"You go ahead, I'll buy this horse."

"?"

Hearing this, Ye Yi turned his head subconsciously and looked at Virgil with his eyes wide open.

No way, I disguised you to look this thin and old, and there are still people who want to buy you?

Virgil was also confused, and his eyes suddenly became a little unhappy when he looked at the old man.

Only one silver coin?

Do you look down on me, Weiling Mengqi, and Sijier?

"I'm sorry...sir."

Ye Yiyi was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and refused:

"This horse has been with me for a long time, and I have developed a deep bond with it. Plus, it can hardly walk anymore, so I don't plan to sell it..."

"Tsk!"

Hearing this, the old man smacked his lips in dissatisfaction, and there was a hint of disgust in his eyes when he looked at Ye Yiyi.

He took out two more silver coins from his pocket and handed them to the guard who was staring at him with a gloomy expression.

"Three silver coins! For your old, skinny horse!"

"..."

So you took my words as a means to raise the price, right?

Ye Yiyi couldn't help but roll his eyes in his heart and shook his head again.

"My Lord, this is not about money... I have a deep connection with Pawar."

"Five silver coins!!"

The old man took out two more silver coins with a sullen look on his face. "This is the last time I'll raise the price. My patience is limited! Please think about it carefully!"

"Ugh……"

Ye Yiyi sighed helplessly and loosened the reins under the old man's contemptuous eyes.

"Pava, turn around."