A dull longsword and a heartbroken villager

However, the experience gained here took Barreka decades of his life.

“Follow me, that monster left in this direction.” Bareka waved his hand.

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A monster, burying a young girl, walks through the dense forest.

This monster rarely moves when it's not under the moonlight.

Because it would be easy to be discovered in broad daylight.

Once discovered, they will face pursuit.

Although there's no such thing as fear of this monster, being constantly on one's mind is still quite troublesome.

Only at night do the monsters move freely in the forest.

Monsters typically choose to eat the creatures they catch at night during the day.

The monster opened its blood-red maw and viciously tore a piece of flesh from the monster that was pinned under its claws.

The firelight and the chill were faint and not particularly ostentatious.

There was no trace of rationality in this monster, only savagery.

Blood dripped from its mouth onto the ground, and without much effort, the monster devoured it.

The monster shook its head and glanced at the mountain of monster corpses piled up behind it.

This is the monster's daily diet; it does not eat at night.

The night was mostly used for hunting and venting wild impulses.

The forest, where the number of monsters was increasing day by day, provided just the right place for this monster to find food.

If it weren't for this monster, the number of monsters in the forest would have increased by another level.

Unfortunately, this is something that people don't know.

The monster was lying on the ground, preparing to take a nap, when it suddenly stood up.

A familiar smell wafted from not far away; it was the smell of those despicable guys from that day.

Then there's the sound.

“It should be in this area,” Barreka said in a low voice.

"The traces here are relatively recent, so they can't be too far away."

"Everyone, pay attention to your surroundings! No one is allowed to act alone!" Nisha ordered in a low voice.

"This time, the target may be an A-rank monster, so don't let your guard down."

"learn."

Without making a sound, the monster cat crouched down, concealing itself in the forest.

The monster's gaze was fixed on the knight not far away, barely suppressing the urge to growl.

This monster doesn't seem to want to fight, but if the other party comes knocking, that's another story.

The next moment, the monster vanished from its spot, leaving only faint sparks in mid-air.

This will be a battle that distinguishes between hunter and prey.

The knights were still searching the forest, where the light was still quite sufficient.

This menacing monster wasn't in a hurry.

Even though he was almost discovered by the Knights several times, he remained calm.

The members of the Knights were completely unaware of all this.

Among them, Naruko has the largest nerve bundle.

Naruko looked at Cade, who was carefully observing his surroundings, with eyes full of love.

"So handsome."

"I want him to hold me!"

Naruko's intense gaze made Cade feel extremely uncomfortable.

Cade once thought it was the feeling of the monster watching him, so much so that he is now very cautious.

Bray frowned and patted Naruko on the back of the head.

"You..." Just as Naruko was about to complain, Bray covered her mouth.

We're chasing that monster now, so keeping quiet is essential.

Naruko wrinkled her little nose and glanced at Bray.

Bray felt helpless, because it was this guy who made him suppress her promiscuity in the first place.

Before we knew it, the sun had begun to set, and the surrounding light had become much dimmer.

Between the light and darkness of heaven and earth, there is a fleeting moment of boundary.

A moment later, night began to fall.

"boom!!!!"

A dull thud came from Sen'aiwen's large shield.

Sen Aiwen stumbled back several steps, his shield visibly dented.

"Roar!!!!" The monster's roar rang out.

"It's the monster the village chief mentioned! Hold your ground! Hymn Formation!" After glancing at the monster's figure, Nisha gave the order decisively.

After the attack, the monster took a few steps back and cautiously looked at the group of people in front of it.

The murderous intent was revealed without any concealment.

However, the monster had no good countermeasures against the knights who had formed a hymn formation in time.

Just then, the monster's gaze locked onto Bray and Naruko.

Baphomet and Messiah were completely ignored.

The surrounding temperature suddenly dropped, and ice spears appeared on both sides of the monster without warning.

“Brey! These ice spears look like they’re pointing at us!?” Naruko asked Bray uncertainly.

"Yes, so good luck to you."

The ice spears unleashed a barrage of fire, with most of the firepower directed at Bray and Naruko.

But instead of the sound of the ice spear piercing flesh, the sound of the ice spear shattering came from within.

Bray planted his greatsword firmly in the ground, blocking all the ice spears and leaving only ice shards scattered on the ground.

As for Naruko, it seems that no one needs to worry about her.

"Hey!" A steel cable shot out from Naruko's right arm armor and hooked onto a tree.

The next moment, Naruko was pulled by the steel cable and flew towards a tree in the distance.

The speed of the ice spear sweep was not enough to catch up with Naruko.

“Well done,” Cade whistled and said.

"Switch to Holy Sword Formation!" Nisha shouted, and then led the charge.

However, the Knights' charge failed to capture any trace of the monster!

The monster swept past at an extremely fast speed, and it was on the same level as when they last met.

“This speed is already enough to classify it as an A-rank monster,” Nisha said in a deep voice.

Their speed of movement is imperceptible to the naked eye, coupled with their immense strength and the use of magic.

It's exactly at the level of an A-rank monster.

In a head-to-head one-on-one situation, Nisha would find it very difficult.

However, if one has a group of knights under their command, that's a different story.

"Block the route! Don't let this monster get away!"

At a single command, a knight blocked all of the monster's paths.

Of course, Messiah and Baphomet were united in resisting a common route.

Naruko and Bray also voluntarily helped to stop the monster's movements.

"Roar—" the monster roared, and the flames and cold air on its back grew stronger.

"Fire! Watch out!" Messiah cried.

The surrounding trees started burning at some point.

"Is it because of the fire behind them?" Nisha looked at the monster with a serious expression.

Flames spread out from one side of the monster's back, engulfing not only the trees but also the ground.

Conversely, there was no fire on the other side, but it was so cold it made you shiver, and the trees were clearly covered in frost.

Suddenly, the monster pounced on the knights, with Nisha being the first to be hit.

Flames and cold air spread with the monster's movements.

Nisha was simultaneously assaulted by the heat of the flames and the chill of the ice.

However, the armor Nisha wore was not ordinary armor, but a specially made knight's armor with strong anti-magic capabilities.

Without adequate magic resistance gear, how can melee fighters possibly charge into the faces of mages and magic-wielding monsters?

Enduring the flames and frost head-on, Nisha swung her knight's longsword.

"A decisive blow!!"

"Boom!" The monster's flying body was directly cut down and crashed to the ground.

And facing the monster is another blow: a chain hammer!

Bareka roared and slammed his chain mace into the monster's hard back.

The violent impact even scattered the fire and the cold air.

A crisp sound of the shell cracking rang out.

However, the crack quickly regenerated and was repaired.

"This monster has incredible regenerative abilities!" Bareka roared.

"My turn!" Cade laughed, wildly swinging his twin swords.

Under Cade's attacks, the monster seemed to be so suppressed that it couldn't even get up.

"An A-rank monster is nothing special!" Cade said dismissively.

However, he didn't stop wielding his twin swords for a moment.

The ice and fire pulsating behind the monster gradually weakened, as if it would soon collapse.

Bray, standing to the side, had a rather strange expression.

"Hey, Bray, what are you doing?" Naruko, who was in the tree, noticed Bray's expression and asked.

"It's nothing." "Look! My beloved Cade, his heroic figure suppressing the monster!" Naruko said.

“Well…” Bray pursed his lips.

With such appalling swordsmanship, Bray really didn't know what to say.

However, Cade's physical abilities are very strong, far surpassing Bray's.

While responding to Naruko's call, his eyes remained fixed on the so-called monster.

--"it hurts…"

"Kill them, kill them, kill them."

"Eat them up, you wretched people."

Bray took a small step back, covering his head.