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

The shell of that small object was now shattered, and the gear parts inside were scattered everywhere. It had turned into a pile of sparking garbage and it looked like it was no longer usable.

"This……"

The two looked at each other silently, and an awkward and weird atmosphere inexplicably spread between them.

"Can I... go back and get another one?"

Si Luo's expression was almost broken, and he kept looking at the closed iron door behind him.

Ye Yiyi looked at the purple light flashing on Si Luo's forehead, which then disappeared without a trace. He could not help but stare into the darkness in front of him, thinking.

“…Maybe that’s not necessary.”

"What? But then there's nothing we can do about the outside world...Ah!!"

Si Luo opened his mouth in a panic, but just when he was halfway through his words, he felt dizzy and fell to the side uncontrollably.

At the same time, a fishy wind with the smell of rust and blood flew past his head almost.

A strange creature the size of a wolfhound suddenly pounced down from the high wall facing the two men, and opened its mouth to bite Si Luo's forehead.

At the critical moment, Ye Yiyi grabbed his collar and threw him away.

"It's quite outrageous... When did you get to the back?"

Ignoring Si Luo's heart-wrenching shouts, Ye Yiyi looked confused, then turned around and kicked the monster hard on the forehead, which missed.

“Bang!!”

With a loud bang, the monster flew backwards and slammed heavily on the iron gate it came from.

"Bang!"

The iron gate immediately deformed in a way that was visible to the naked eye.

The monster fell heavily to the ground, and a dull sound of metal collision was heard along with a painful wail.

"Uh?"

Ye Yiyi was slightly stunned when he heard the voice. He looked carefully and frowned.

Upon closer inspection, the monster turned out to be a skeleton dog made of metal bones and mechanical gears, covered with a layer of rotten fur.

At this moment, the mechanical skeleton dog climbed up from the ground in a daze, shaking its head. Its exposed metal limbs were shaking, and bursts of wailing and groaning came from its mouth full of sharp canine teeth.

These actions and reactions were completely identical to those of a living creature, and for a moment Ye Yiyi was stunned.

"Is this a puppet or a real dog?"

"Wow woof! woof woof!"

The mechanical fierce dog finally relaxed from its trance, then lowered its body, showing its ferocious look, baring its teeth and barking at Ye Yiyi!

"Salivan! Behind! Behind!!"

Si Luo let out a heart-wrenching scream, and Ye Yiyi felt a cold wind blowing behind his head. At the same time, the fierce dog in front of him pounced forward, bringing a fishy wind.

"What do you mean by fake barking of the wolf..."

Ye Yiyi rolled his eyes and activated his sliding fighting skill. He slid out from his original position like ice skating, dodging the attacks in front and behind him at the same time.

The two black shadows missed, Ye Yiyi pulled himself away and stood still, then picked up Si Luo from the ground.

"Two dogs?"

He looked up and was a little surprised.

The monster that took advantage of the dog's barking to attack was actually the same as the previous one, a mechanical fierce dog.

The only difference was that all the fur on this fierce dog's body had fallen off, its metal body was bathed in rich blood, and bright red minced meat was constantly gushing out from the exposed mechanical gears.

"Is this a meat grinder? Why does it keep spewing out meat?"

Ye Yiyi was shocked when he saw this, and then he heard a "thump" sound, and half of the intact arm fell to the ground from the belly of the fierce dog.

　"This..." He was choked for a moment and swallowed his saliva subconsciously.

Could that arm belong to another guard?

"Woof woof!!"

"Shaliwan! Eat naked! Shaliwan! Eat naked!"

The two fierce dogs barked loudly at the two people, but the barking of the last one sounded a little strange.

When Ye Yiyi heard it, she felt that it inexplicably sounded like a human voice.

"That voice is old Jon!"

Si Luo, who was standing by, was struck by lightning when he heard the sound.

"Old Jon...?"

Before Ye Yiyi could react, she turned her head to look at Si Luo, only to find that his face was pale, his eyes were bulging, and he was staring at the mechanical fierce dog that was making strange barking sounds.

"It ate old Jon! It just ate old Jon!!"

Si Luo looked like a madman, grabbing Ye Yiyi's arm tightly and roaring hoarsely!

"Sullivan!! It just ate old Jon!"

"have eaten?"

Ye Yiyi was in a trance, and a figure suddenly appeared in her mind.

Old Jon...isn't that one of the guards?

He still remembered that when they went into the outer city, Old Jon kept telling him about Campbell's special dishes.

But now... he was eaten by a dog?

He suddenly reacted and looked forward in horror.

"Shaliwan! Eat naked! Shaliwan! Eat naked!"

The fierce dog with bright red blood flowing from its teeth and the strange human voice coming from deep in its throat, aren’t they Sullivan and Slo?

Is he calling our names?

Ye Yiyi suddenly got goosebumps all over her body, as if she was reading a comic and suddenly saw a dog calling "Big Brother".

"Silo!!!"

The human voice made by the fierce dog gradually became clearer, and it pounced towards the two people with a roar.

Behind the bloody mouth that was almost opened 180 degrees, Ye Yiyi saw a terrifying meat grinder composed of countless sharp saw blades.

"What the hell is that?"

Ye Yiyi widened his eyes, and without thinking, he raised his hand and thrust forward.

Combat Skill: Thrust!

The righteous man's long sword pierced straight into the dog's throat and was caught in the high-speed rotating sharp saw blade.

For a moment, sparks flew everywhere, and a violent vibration was felt along the sword.

"That dog is quite strong!"

Ye Yiyi pressed down the long sword along with the fierce dog's head, then raised another long sword high and chopped it down hard on the head.

"clang!!"

There was a sharp metallic buzzing sound, and the mastiff's head and body were separated.

The headless body struggled violently, and blood and flesh residues continuously spurted out from the neck.

"Buzz buzz!!"

Ye Yiyi swung his sword to throw the head away, but the headless body of the fierce dog was still full of energy. It swung its four legs and dragged its body, which had turned into a pump of flesh and blood, towards Ye Yiyi.

"Salivan! Salivan!"

The hoarse dog barking still came from the body, and it became clearer and clearer, eventually turning into a shrill human voice wailing.

"Salivan! Slo!!"

"Outrageous! How can this dog be so weird!"

The corner of Ye Yiyi's mouth twitched. He dodged sideways to avoid the fierce dog's attack and the splattering blood and flesh, then raised his sword and slashed at the dog's back.

There was a "clang" sound and sparks flew.

The long sword hit a hard object. The dog's spine was made of an unknown material, but it didn't break even after being hit hard by the relic.

"You damn monster!!"

Beside him came Slo's roar filled with fear and anger. He glanced to the side subconsciously and saw Slo holding the long sword upside down, using the metal ball on the cross guard to hit the mastiff's head hard, and knocked it to the ground with an angry blow.

"Holding the weapon backward and using it as a blunt instrument?"

Ye Yiyi reacted and couldn't help but look at Si Luogao.

It seems that this guy is not just a sham as a guard, he is at least quite capable.

His gaze fell back on the headless dog that fell to the ground. Seeing it struggling to get up again, Ye Yiyi took a step forward and stabbed out with a sword!

The silver-white sword pierced out from the bones of the fierce dog's shoulder blade and penetrated deep into its body.

"Ka-ka-dang-dang-bang-bang-boom..."

As the metal mechanism made strange noises, the dog's body gradually slowed down, and finally froze completely, no longer moving.

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"As expected of a dog..."

Ye Yiyi let out a long breath, drew out his sword and stood up straight.

The dogs in the game are more difficult to deal with than this. In reality, due to their size and other real-life factors, fighting them is actually easier than in the game.

But even so...

He turned his head to look to the side and saw Si Luo, who was sweating profusely and his chest heaving violently, slowly standing up from the fallen mastiff.

"Finally...finally...it's over."

He gasped violently, his legs limp as he sat down on the ground, looking at the long sword stuck in the mastiff with a pale expression, as if he was in a daze.

It's really unexpected that he defeated the mechanical dog alone.

"How is it, can you still stand up?"

Putting the long sword into the sheath, Ye Yiyi strode forward and stretched out his hand towards Si Luo who was lying on the ground.

"My legs...my legs are a little weak..."

Si Luo looked up and then gave a forced smile.

"Also, I seem to be injured..."

"Where is it?" Ye Yiyi bent down.

"In the stomach..."

Si Luo pulled at his clothes, revealing the chain mail that was torn to shreds under his tattered robe.

His underwear at the belly was stained with blood, but the wound was not deep. It was probably caused by the exposed gears when he was pressing down on the mechanical dog.

"The injury is not serious, just a flesh wound." Ye checked it one by one and nodded slightly.

"Really? I thought my intestines were coming out..."

Si Luo sighed in fear, but couldn't help but smile as if he had survived a disaster.

"But it seems I'm lucky and saved my life..."

"You can't say you picked it up, you defeated it yourself."

Ye Yiyi shook his head, thought for a while, and took out a bottle of resuscitation potion from behind him and handed it over.

"Drink this and don't ask anything else."

"This……"