Herrscher of Reason's Arknights

Where did this thing come from? This kind of energy is unprecedented and unheard of. But every time she attacks, once she enters that area, her whole body is affected. That thing is absorbing the life force of everything around her!

We can't afford to linger any longer.

Skadi believed that the timing was not right for a direct confrontation; there was too little intelligence, and besides, why would such a place exist?

Could it be that they've also come for that treasure?

Skadi stared intently into the other person's eyes. Did the other person also know what she wanted?

Or do you know more?!

Skadi dared not think any further; a chill ran down her spine!

"Waaaaaah!!"

A whooshing sound came from behind Skadi!

Skadi, as a Deepsea Hunter, possessed superior reflexes that allowed her to escape danger once again. Could it be that she could attack from another direction?!

Skadi, who was leaping in mid-air, could even read the mockery in the other's eyes, mocking the arrogance of this little deep-sea hunter. You and your race are simply a laughing stock.

I have to go!

"Who gave you permission to raise your head?"

Sodium chloride, like a god, raised its eyes, looked down at Skadi who had turned and run away without any desire to fight or any psychological burden, and waved its hand.

"Who gave you permission to leave, you ant!"

Sodium chloride doesn't care whether this guy is Grani's ally or not. Grani doesn't care either. If it's not necessary, she can even use Honkai energy to control that little village chief and make her spill everything she knows.

But that's troublesome; after all, she's just here to slack off.

After all, this organization belongs to Talulah, not her, Sodium Chloride. To Sodium Chloride, the organization's role is merely to stand on the stage and represent evil; she has no interest in managing it.

So when a nuisance appears, sodium chloride decides to simply crush it.

She never hesitated to kill.

but····

This person actually... was able to dodge my attack?

Although she's only putting in less than 10% of her effort, Sodium Chloride hasn't yet encountered anyone who can truly make her take things seriously. Even with that Bozokasti, she was just playing around and not really taking it seriously. Otherwise, with her full effort, just by bringing the opposition closer to the imaginary space as an advantage in this match, and with the suppression of all aspects within her own space, Sodium Chloride would gain the greatest advantage. Even if the true god of this world appeared, she wouldn't worry about not being able to defeat him, provided that such a god did exist.

However, the strength of this world is indeed somewhat low. Just one-tenth of its power is enough to kill most people. But now, this person whom Grani calls Skadi...

They actually managed to escape.

interesting.

This guy doesn't look like an ordinary person at all, and...

It seems like she can see energy?

Sodium chloride wasn't certain about this, but when she released Honkai energy, the woman's momentary shock, though fleeting, was still captured by Sodium chloride.

If the other person's expression isn't fake, then it means they can see the spread of Honkai energy.

Interesting, very interesting.

Watching the figure who had been bombarded by countless white javelins but still managed to escape in a sorry state, sodium chloride suddenly became somewhat interested in this person.

To be precise, it was the interest that arose from what she represented.

That was an Agorian.

This is quite interesting. On the surface, Sodium Chloride is also an Agor. The characteristic of Agor is that they have no obvious racial features and look just like normal humans. The woman named Skadi doesn't have extra animal ears or a tail. If she took off her hat and threw it into her former world, no one would find it strange. Hair color can be dyed, and red eyes can be explained by colored contact lenses. This person is exactly the same as a real human.

Those are the Agorians.

A mysterious race, and Agor is the god of the sea.

This guy comes from the deep sea, or rather, are the Agor people fish-like creatures?

Before this, she had never heard of the existence of an "ocean".

This world has water resources, lakes, and rivers, but it has no sea.

The people here seem to lack a basic understanding of the boundless blue ocean. Sodium chloride thought that the world only lacked large-scale concentrated water resources, had large lakes, but no ocean.

,

but····

Now it seems that's not necessarily the case. If the Agor people aren't freshwater creatures that live exclusively in lakes, then the only remaining option in this world is the existence of the sea.

But sodium chloride has never actually seen what the oceans of this world look like.

Interesting, if evil gods exist on land, what about in the ocean?

Could there also be evil gods, sea gods, or similar beings?

I don't know, but the idea is quite interesting. Skadi was able to escape from my not-so-serious pursuit. Does that mean the entire Agor race is at this level?

Or is it another special case?

"Hmph, interesting. I'll allow you to live a little longer, but don't let me catch you again."

With a sinister grin, Sodium Chloride deactivated its Herrscher state and prepared to set up the scene to avoid unnecessary trouble and suspicion later.

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P.S.: I'm so sad there are no side stories to read!

Chapter 291 [On the Way]

"How long are you planning to sleep? Are you trying to hasten your death by sleeping in the forest?"

Big Bob felt as if someone had kicked him on the head. Perhaps it was a stress reaction, but the man sat up abruptly.

"who!"

The man got up and saw a black ankle boot and a woman on top of it.

Antalya's blue-gray eyes were looking down at him.

"Have you had enough sleep?"

"Uh, what happened? How did I... faint?"

Big Bob seemed to have just woken up; his head was still a little foggy, and he didn't seem to remember how he had fallen to the ground.

"You got taken down by that monster bounty hunter, have you forgotten?"

Antalya sat on a tree trunk that Skadi had knocked down, crossing her legs as she spoke.

Antalya's reminder brought Big Bob back to the events of his last moments.

That Skadi is ridiculously strong; what kind of monster is she?

Completely incomprehensible and irrational, but at this moment, Big Bob was mostly relieved that he hadn't died.

To survive encountering such a monster is incredibly lucky; you should probably buy a lottery ticket.

But here's the question: why didn't he die?

The man quickly stood up. There were signs of a battle all around. It seemed that after he fainted, the others had also fought a fierce battle with Skadi, but most importantly, there was the girl!

Big Bob looked behind him and saw Grani slumped down beside the tree roots, head hanging low. The tree trunk was cracked and looked badly injured, while the village chief, Chlor, was still there.

It's good that it's still there; it means this path is still viable.

It was good enough that he survived; Big Bob didn't dwell on why he hadn't died.

For gods, what need is there for ants to survive?

Maybe the other person is just lazy.

but····

Big Bob watched as someone sat on a tree trunk nearby, stuffing a square-shaped object into his pocket.

what is that?

Of course, what intrigued Big Bob the most was that all four of them were injured and covered in dirt, except for Antalya, who was spotless and even managed to wake Big Bob up while everyone else was unconscious.

Skadi, that monster-like guy, spared her the only one?

Impossible, and why didn't they take away the female village chief?

Skadi came specifically to take down Village Chief Chlor, so why would she give up when she already had victory in her grasp, especially since four out of the five of them had been defeated?

The man looked at Antalya with a questioning gaze, and Antalya guessed what Big Bob was thinking.

"It's very simple. I used a little trick to threaten that female bounty hunter, and she left temporarily."

ha? !

Big Bob was taken aback. Antalya spoke in an extremely nonchalant tone, as if she were saying something so simple that it didn't matter.

"Methods? What kind of methods could possibly drive away that monster?!"

"..."

You're probably not an idiot.

Those blue-gray eyes practically conveyed this meaning in their gaze.

"She wants the village chief, so let's threaten her with this. I'm just betting that she can't press the bomb remote faster than I can."

"What?!!"

These words startled Big Bob so much that he immediately stood up. The thing Antalya had just put in her pocket...

That square-shaped thing, isn't that plastic explosive?!

"You mean?!?!"

"Yes, I put the bomb on the village chief. The female hunter felt the time wasn't right, so she left on her own. Of course, it was only temporary. I just went to retrieve the bomb."

Antalya spoke quite nonchalantly. Of course, for her, completing the mission was the most important thing, and Big Bob understood that too. But the way she played the game almost cut off Big Bob's escape route.

There really wasn't a better way, otherwise no one could beat that female monster.

Thinking about it this way, Big Bob felt that this woman named Antalya was quite cold-blooded and unscrupulous, but her methods were very effective.

A pure pragmatist?

"Thank you, we would all be in trouble if it weren't for you."

Big Bob thanked him.

"It's nothing. If you ask me, we should kill that mounted policeman now and take over the village chief. With one less person, we can be faster."

Taking out nail clippers and trimming her already rather long nails, the girl offered this suggestion.

Big Bob glanced unconsciously at Grani, who was lying unconscious not far away, and then at Chlor, who had also gotten away with it.

Indeed, this method is feasible.

However, this is only the publicly stated plan.

Don't forget why Big Bob came here; otherwise, he'll have no reason to leave and go back to the army.

"No, that would make the village chief refuse to cooperate with us. We should minimize unexpected situations. It's better to be slower than to have some unnecessary accidents."

He had to refuse, and it was fortunate that Antalya didn't retaliate first, otherwise things would have gotten much worse.

"Is it really that hard to get them to talk?"

The woman raised her eyebrows, her face full of disdain, seemingly annoyed by the current pace of the task.

"There are many bounty hunter groups here, and it won't be easy for the three of us to get through. Having one more person is always better than having none."

"Hmph, troublesome."

Although Antalya was verbally unforgiving, she didn't refute him, which meant she tentatively accepted Big Bob's arrangement. Seeing that he had temporarily stabilized the extremely troublesome Antalya, Big Bob secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This guy was the most difficult to deal with; he could keep her in check for now.

"Go and wake them up. It's time to get going. We can't waste any more time."

The man quickly changed the subject, fearing that Antalya might change her mind again.

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The prolonged engine noise made her increasingly sleepy. Clutching a uniform blue Rhodes Island jacket as an overcoat, Yelena, sitting in the back seat, kept feeling drowsy.

If a short trip is a journey you can take on a whim, then a long journey is more like an ordeal.