Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

"Bah," Vance was so angry that he almost laughed out loud, "I've lost so many men, and you're just going to leave like that?"

Although he spoke toughly and the knife in his hand gleamed silver in the dark night, Vance still didn't dare to rush forward.

In fact, he was still testing and at the same time hinting that these conditions were not enough and he needed to pay more.

Elsa still did not reveal any flaws, at least she did not look like she would collapse immediately, otherwise, no matter how cowardly Vance was, he would have drawn his sword to kill her.

She feigned contemplation, then glanced hesitantly behind her—behind her was the carriage, where Vance knew the other women were hiding. It seemed this woman hadn't given it her all, for as a hired hand, Elsa's duty was to protect her employer, and thus her hands and feet were restrained, unable to stray too far from the carriage, and her movements were limited.

As for the employer, it should be the gray-haired woman. Only she can afford to pay extra money to hire such a strong man as a bodyguard.

Vance's speculations became more numerous.

"Well, since that damned antique dealer sent you here, I guess your target must be those books."

Aisha turned her head, looked at Vance, and spoke word by word.

"Then we'll use those books as a trade – you give us the books, and you let us go. You can take the books back and report back. Of course, if I were you, I would go back and kill that idiot and go it alone."

Vance narrowed his eyes.

At this moment, one of his men suddenly came closer and whispered, "Boss, the book is not in their hands at all."

"Huh? Not here?"

Vance was stunned for a moment, but his expression didn't change at all. Instead, he asked with one hand behind his back, using sign language: "Tell me more."

"Our brothers who stayed behind said they ran into someone sent by Nord. Nord told us to find a young woman named 'Novi', who holds the book... He also said this woman named Novi only has three guards, and she left the city right after these people left. She should be heading our way now."

"A girl named Novi?"

Vance frowned.

"Yes, I'm afraid this girl is just bluffing. She knows Novi will be here soon, and she's stalling for time!"

The subordinate said.

Of course, all of this was fake news brought by Tricia manipulating puppets and familiars. It was easy for her, but the parties involved believed it without a doubt.

A gust of night wind brought a chill. Vance remained motionless on the surface, but a sneer rose in his heart - it turned out that he was almost deceived. The book was not here at all. Elsa was just delaying time to wait for support.

He put one hand behind his back and gestured to the people behind him: "Keep an eye on your butt, someone's following you."

At the same time, he smiled and said to Aisha: "Okay, then I agree to your conditions. Now take out the book."

Vance decided to take advantage of the situation. His goal had changed. Killing Elsa might be unrealistic and risky, after all, Elsa's strength was there. But if he changed his thinking and just restricted Elsa... it would not be difficult.

Because all of Aisha's employers are here.

Then everything will be solved - take some people to keep Elsa, and the rest to get the book. Novi doesn't have a guard as strong as Elsa, so the risk is obviously much smaller. After doing all this, just retreat.

Vance felt that his plan was truly flawless.

"Of course, but I can't trust you. Before you hand over the book, we have to agree on three things."

Aisha said, without going to get the book.

In Vance's opinion, this was just a way to delay time. He sneered in his heart, but on the surface he was still acting. Behind the scenes, he had already given new orders to his subordinates through gestures.

It was at this time that Novi and others arrived.

"Novi! Please come and save us!"

Elsa shouted at the forest. Vance looked towards the forest. In the night, a faint sound came into Vance's ears from the dim woods, rustling, as if the night wind was blowing through the leaves - there was a cluster of leaves, although the dark green was not conspicuous in the dark night, but then, a group of snowflakes fell, and the branches and leaves swayed slightly abnormally.

Sure enough, there is someone!

Vance immediately gripped the blade tightly: "Act according to the plan, attack!"

He led his men to surround Aisha and the carriage, and the rest of his men rushed directly into the woods - this scene fell into the eyes of Ya Bo and the three members of the "Red Blood Society", and their faces immediately turned pale.

Soon, the sound of weapons clashing came from the woods, and Vance also saw those people.

One with a pointed nose, one with a big beard, one wearing a felt hat, an old man, and a girl.

The mercenaries were well prepared and immediately surrounded them. In terms of strength, Felt Hat and Ya Bo were both capable of touching the silver medal, but Pointy Nose and Big Beard were just imposters who got on the train halfway. Faced with mercenaries that outnumbered them several times and cooperated well with each other, they were immediately injured - these mercenaries had been robbing people on the road for years, and their strength was indeed impressive when they worked together.

As soon as the mercenaries arrived, the scene suddenly became chaotic.

"Damn, there are too many of them!"

Pointy Nose screamed. He was covered in blood and looked shaky.

Seeing that the situation was not right, the man in the felt hat retreated to the back. Ya Bo was protecting Novi and no one could take care of him, so he moved closer to the bearded man.

"Brother, I'll leave my back to you..."

Before he could finish his words, the bearded man glanced at him coldly, then glanced at the mercenaries surrounding him, then turned and ran away. Pointy Nose was stunned when he saw this. The bearded man looked fat, but he ran as fast as a mouse.

Pointy Nose also realized it later and rolled backwards with a tumble.

"I'm done playing." He ran after the bearded man, cursing as he went, "Bullshit Red Star Club, bullshit rewards, I don't want them anymore. Whoever wants to play can have some fun! I need to escape!"

"Don't let them get away!"

Several mercenaries gave chase.

The rest of the mercenaries were targeting Felt Hat, Ya Bo, and Novi.

The felt hat was waving in his fists, and the gloves full of iron nails were flying in his hands. He relied on his brute force to withstand the siege of the mercenaries, and he moved his fists vigorously and roared loudly.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!!"

He was actually almost fuming.

He had finally found a witch's bloodline and thought it was a great achievement, but it turned out that Novi was a complete idiot. A simple job turned out to be a fatal situation - and that Elsa, that shout was definitely intentional, he swears!

But what to do now?

Of course he knows the difference between merit and his own life.

But I just can't accept it.

He turned around and glared at Novi. At this moment, Novi's face turned pale when she saw those mercenaries holding weapons and murderous intent, but she still made up her mind and picked up the staff and stood at the front.

"Ya Bo! Lord Envoy! Please retreat quickly... I, I..." Her teeth were chattering.

Are you scared now? Felt Hat was so angry when he saw Nuo Wei that his teeth were itching.

"Miss!"

Ya Bo was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. Just as he was about to step forward to protect Novi, Felt Hat happened to break through the encirclement of mercenaries and seized this opportunity. Felt Hat flew directly behind Ya Bo, and while Ya Bo's attention was all on Novi, he punched Ya Bo in the back of the neck with great force.

puff--

"what!"

The dull thud knocked Ya Bo to the ground. The envoy in the felt hat succeeded in his sneak attack and couldn't help but smile cruelly.

If it weren't for this incredibly powerful Ya Bo getting in the way, why would he have needed to play the role of a good man with Nuo Wei? He was just kidnapped! This punch felt like revenge, and he finally felt much more at ease.

Without stopping, he kicked Ya Bo towards the mercenary, blocking the mercenary's attack. Without even looking at Ya Bo, he turned around and grabbed the stunned Novi, jumped over the tall trees to take passage, and then dived into the dark forest. The mercenary followed him.

"Mr. Envoy, why did you hurt Ya Bo..."

Novi was being strangled, and her expression was still dazed.

"Humph."

The man in the felt hat was too lazy to explain to Novi. He smashed the staff in Novi's hand with one punch, then raised his palm and slapped her shoulder and neck, intending to knock her out so that she would not get in the way. However, to his surprise, Novi did not even make a sound, nor did she faint. She was still staring at him.

"Could it be that this was your plan from the beginning... Is the Red Star Society just a lie?"

"Oh, you stupid thing, you finally got it? It's a pity that it's too late."

The envoy in the felt hat snorted coldly and made sarcastic remarks.

Seeing Novi's lips trembling, tears flowing, and her expression gradually becoming painful, Felt Hat couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth, feeling extremely happy in his heart - he couldn't stand Novi's always innocent, smiling face, and the feeling of finally being able to crush all of this with his own hands made him feel as if he had returned to the intoxicated feeling when he was killing people.

"Then, have a good sleep. When you wake up, you will see the world you long for."

He raised his palm again, but suddenly heard a roar.

"If you dare to touch the young lady, I will kill you!"

He turned back in shock, passing through layers of trees and the mercenaries chasing him. His eyes met Ya Bo's furious gaze. He subconsciously looked at Ya Bo's neck—where was the wound? Not only that, even his collar wasn't torn. Not only that, even after being kicked into the crowd of mercenaries, Ya Bo didn't even have a trace of blood on him.

what happened?

Something was wrong... He had clearly delivered a solid punch... but...

Ya Bo was charging among the mercenaries like an angry lion, making Felt Hat's scalp tingle - what was even more strange was that although the mercenaries were stabbing with their weapons with all their might, the weapons seemed to be avoiding him.

Before he had time to think about it, Felt Hat suddenly felt something strange coming from his palm. He turned his head and immediately saw a scene that terrified him - Novi's purple hair was lifted up in strands, moving without wind, and a strange dark light shone from the bottom of her deep eyes. Her eyelids and eye sockets were like cracked dry mud. Spider-web-like cracks cut through the skin, spreading from her eyes to her cheeks, and the dark light flowed in the cracks like magma.

Novi stared at him, as dull as a puppet.

The dark light danced in the depths of her eyes, making Novi's cheeks look as terrifying as dry bones.

Black mud dripped from Novi's eyes.

With a plop, the mud fell to the ground, and the grass and trees turned into dead branches.

The mud fell on the back of Felt Hat's hand and seeped into his skin without any hindrance. Under the skin, black veins bulged inch by inch, climbing up his arm as if they had life, and in the blink of an eye they climbed up to his shoulder.

"Miss!" Ya Bo called out anxiously, but all the noise was now drowned out by the sudden fear, and Felt Hat let go of his hand in horror.

"What is this!? Witch... Witch! What did you do to me!!"

He kept flapping his felt hat, but it was of no use. He watched helplessly as his arm began to become distorted little by little from the place contaminated by the black mud, his muscles squirming and knotting, his arm gradually becoming numb and losing consciousness. He only felt his shoulder getting heavier and heavier, and in just one breath, his entire arm turned into a huge black arm with a strange shape.

The mercenaries were so frightened by this strange scene that they dared not approach.

Felt Hat also went from being terrified at first, to being confused, and now his eyes were filled with unconscious bloodthirsty light.

"Roar--"

The first eerie roar filled the forest.

at the same time--

"Abyssal magic."

"I feel it too."

Tricia and Aisha looked towards a certain direction in the forest at the same time, and Grace stood up as if she had noticed something.

There was a trace of anxiety in Grace's eyes: "Elsa, I have to go and see."

"I'll go with you."

Elsa directly picked up Grace by the waist. Seeing this, Vance immediately raised his knife and became alert.

"Hey, little beauty, don't you think it's too late to run away now..."

Before he could finish his words, Elsa jumped and disappeared into the darkness, leaving behind only the sharp sound of breaking through the air.

"Becky, I'll go over and take a look too. I'll leave this place to you."

Vance was still in a daze, but when Tricia pointed her finger, Lacey fell asleep, and a circle of glass-like membrane appeared around her body. Then, with a flash of silver light, Tricia disappeared out of thin air.

Becky, who stayed behind, stood up and grinned at Vance, revealing her sharp fangs.

"Vampire..."

Vance and the mercenaries were stunned. Looking at Becky, they immediately got goosebumps all over their bodies.

"Don't talk nonsense, my master won't let me suck blood."

Becky retorted seriously.

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502. Grace is always right

When Elsa arrived, she saw a man covered in black mud, looking like a ferocious beast. His arms had undergone strange changes, swelling and twisting, bursting through his sleeves and exposed outside. Black veins clung to them like snakes, and his strong muscles brought great destructive power. With one punch, he smashed the mercenary, his weapon, and himself through the tree. Snow fell, blood plasma and wood chips flew everywhere, and the thick tree fell down with a teeth-grinding sound.

The snow was dyed red with blood, and the mercenaries were already terrified.

Not far behind the monster stood several strange black dead trees.

Grace hung in Elsa's arms, facing the cold wind from high above. She squinted her eyes and stared at the monster wreaking havoc in the bloody night, her expression flickering.

Aisha noticed something: "Do you know him?"