"Ahhh!"
Finch roared in despair and swung his sword with all his might, striking the killer crab on the head.
However, aside from feeling numbness in his hand and leaving a faint white mark on the killer crab, he accomplished nothing.
"Hiss."
The killer crab's eyes peeked out from its shell and looked at Finch, surprisingly containing a hint of human-like disdain.
The large pincers slashed through the air, making a snaking, chilling sound.
Anyone struck by those two massive pincers will either die or be maimed.
This vast battlefield is more like an execution ground where people have been cut in half at the waist, with adventurers' severed bodies scattered everywhere!
"I...I want to go back to the city."
"I... can no longer fight!"
Finch, having lost his will to fight, was filled with despair. His one-handed sword slipped from his palm and fell to the ground.
I can't cut it.
Even a single blow would result in at least serious injury.
How could anyone possibly defeat such a monster!
Finch tried to escape, but behind him were Imperial knights in gleaming armor overseeing the battle.
The knights scanned each adventurer with cold eyes.
There is an extremely cruel law in the empire: when monsters attack, adventurers are obligated to participate in the battle.
Those who avoid battle will have their city residency revoked, becoming unregistered residents, and under the control of the empire, will never be allowed to enter the World Tree again.
Those who flee the battlefield can be killed on the spot!
Therefore, even if Finch loses his fighting spirit and can no longer hold his sword, he still has to face the terrifying monster tide.
"Chirp chirp chirp chirp".
The killer crab let out a sinister cry, like a sneer, and raised its large pincers to attack Finch, who had already given up resisting and was standing there dumbfounded.
"The Shield of Verdant Green".
At the critical moment, a beam of emerald green light landed on Finch, transforming into a circular shield of light.
The killer crab's massive pincers, which should have cleaved Finch in two, struck as if against a steel wall. The force of the impact was so great that the monster was thrown backward, and a crack appeared on the shell of its pincers.
"What?" Finch looked at the light shield in front of him in a daze, vaguely feeling that it was somewhat familiar.
Just then, a warhorse galloped past.
The knight on top carried a petite young girl.
The knight threw out a long purple whip, and with a snap, the killer crab's large claw was dented by the whip, and it hissed in pain.
Immediately afterwards, the knight leaped off his horse.
He drew his dusty longsword from his waist and slashed at the killer crab.
Finch slashed at that thick, armor-like shell several times, leaving only faint white marks at most.
But the knight who jumped off his warhorse simply slashed at it.
Finch stared in disbelief as the killer crab was cut in half like a tattered rag!
Even cutting butter isn't this smooth, is it?
Like a gourmet chef in a fine restaurant, the knight wielded his longsword and unleashed a series of sharp, swift slashes, cutting the giant killer crab into pieces.
Its hard shell seemed to have been enchanted, becoming softer than tofu.
So much so that Finch felt that what was a 'killer crab' to him was just a giant seafood to the knight!
"Hiss!"
Three killer crabs nearby noticed the knight and charged over with strange cries.
They were enormous, with bared teeth and claws, and surged in from three directions, almost blocking out the sunlight.
"careful!"
Finch cried out in alarm, alerting the knight!
But the next moment, Finch only saw several sword lights piercing through the surface of the killer crab.
It is a blue sword light that contains the power of water.
This delicate energy becomes exceptionally sharp when it encounters the killer crab's hard shell.
Behind each killer crab, a cross shape appears.
Immediately, there was a snap.
The killer crab was chopped into pieces, which fell like raindrops!
This power... could it be from a high-level swordsman?
The Finchers were dumbfounded.
Without using any special skills, the young man simply swung his sword.
In just a few moves, a level 15 killer crab was taken down.
As Finch was distracted, two enormous killer crabs attacked him from the left and right.
The petite mage on horseback noticed the situation and waved her staff.
He unleashed the most basic earth spear technique.
Pfft!
A meter-long earthen spear pierced the killer crab's head, and the monster collapsed to the ground.
Finch belatedly realized that he had once again walked on the threshold of Hell.
He stared blankly at the killer crab with its two skulls pierced and the earthen spear deeply embedded inside, his mind reeling: So killer crabs are this weak, so easy to kill?
But why did his powerful sword strike only leave a white mark?
That mage and knight, however, could easily kill the killer crab as if cutting melons and vegetables.
Sometimes, the hierarchy system is just pretty unfair.
Without using skills, a top-tier swordsman's normal attacks are not much more flashy than those of an ordinary swordsman.
But the high attribute values bring the power to cut through everything.
The team's performance deeply impressed Finch.
Finch was not discouraged by this.
It was as if he saw a beam of light waiting for him ahead.
Finch regained his courage to wield a sword, hoping that one day he too could become such a powerful adventurer!
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