“Alright. But do you know any martial arts, or any kind of magic?” Celis hoped she would know a little bit of self-defense techniques.
Yes, I can do it a little bit.
"Liar. Where are your weapons?" Seris exposed him immediately.
"Hehe, I'm sorry..."
“Alright…” Celis had seen through her lie long ago. She basically didn’t know how to fight, and leaving her here with strangers wasn’t very reassuring. So he decided, “You’d better stay with me.”
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The residents of Lefrem watched them leave and remained where they were. Seris put on his helmet and carefully inspected his weapons.
After making thorough preparations, the two quickly slipped into the gaps between the tall grasses, submerging half of their bodies in the middle of the grassland sea.
The human-faced demon has a giant horn on its back. Although it is in this meadow that is more than a meter high, the tip should still be slightly visible, making it easy to identify.
Seris would occasionally look back anxiously to see if Haruja had wandered off again, but found that Haruja had been playing around and had strayed far from the original path, but he found that Haruja had been following closely behind him obediently.
So she was aware of the danger level of this mission too?
"What if we step on something? Like a snake or an earthworm?" his companion asked timidly.
"Oh, don't worry about that. This armor I'm wearing will generate a holy aura nearby, which can repel some small animals and even some low-level monsters."
"Then can you dispel those human-faced demons?"
Seris shook his head with a smile, "No, if you release too much holy energy here, you'll faint!"
He felt his way forward with his hands and continued walking. He stepped into the mud at his next step, but luckily he didn't pull his foot away before sinking in.
He reminded his companions behind him, "Although it eliminates the worry of stepping on monsters, you still have to watch your step; the meadow is full of mud."
Haruja nodded to indicate that she understood and would be more careful. She also told Seris not to worry too much about her and to find and kill the monster as soon as possible.
In fact, Seris originally intended to secretly release his magic and spread it in all directions to lure the demons to come to him, so that he could easily destroy them in one fell swoop.
Dragoons have used this tactic to annihilate demons in the past, and it has been very efficient.
However, with unarmed companions following behind, it would be difficult to handle a group battle. Moreover, when faced with the situation of fighting while protecting companions, Haruka's safety should be the priority.
However, one cannot entirely blame their companion, as the two were both in the middle of a meadow. In another location, Seris might have had an easier time.
If he were to unleash his fire magic, the entire grassland would be engulfed in flames, the fire quickly becoming uncontrollable and harming innocent civilians. Therefore, Seris was forced to fight with only a short spear.
"Hey, Sai..."
"What's wrong?" Hearing his companion call him, Seris turned around abruptly.
In that instant, my ears picked up the rustling sound coming from both sides;
Within my field of vision, there were two protruding horns on the sea of grass, moving rapidly.
Haruka had actually detected the demon's lurking presence before he had.
Serlis drew his pistol from his back waist, ready to engage in combat at the next moment.
Purple holy energy emanated as the gun was drawn, providing protection and enveloping the two of them.
"careful."
Haruja nodded and stood close behind Seris.
A wave of demonic energy surged towards them, and Seris raised his gun.
"But you don't need to be too nervous. There seem to be only a few human-faced demons." He said confidently, calculating the distance between himself and the nearest demon, and then thrusting his spear at the right moment.
The severed blades of grass flew out instantly, and at the same time, a splash of dark green liquid erupted from the grass.
The spear tip pierced the monster. Seris didn't particularly enjoy staring at monsters with somewhat human-like faces, so he didn't use the spear to pry it out of the bushes. The spearhead trembled violently a few times, then remained still.
The demonic aura of the human-faced demon dissipated into the air along with its life force.
He successfully assassinated the first monster that was lurking around.
The remaining human-faced demons hid in one place, no longer showing their horns. Seris and Haruka had no choice but to continue forward.
"The aura of the human-faced demon is really hard to distinguish from that of a human, and I don't have the special ability to identify demons like Philsa, 'magic perception'," Seris thought to himself.
"Ah—" Seris's unintelligible cry caught her attention.
Haruja was a few meters behind, surrounded by several human-faced demons whose bodies were already half-exposed from the grass.
"What...what kind of monster is this?"
The monster that appeared before the girl had a tragically distorted human face; it was practically a demon transformed from a real human.
The face terrified Haruja so much that she couldn't move and forgot to run away.
The monster leaped into the air and pounced on the girl.
Several meters away from the girl, Seris didn't have time to rush over, so she threw the short gun in her hand. Above the girl, the swift gun pierced her face and head, falling to the ground along with the monster.
Seris used the sharp horn on her right shoulder armor to ram away another human-faced demon that had been lurking behind the girl.
He shielded Haruja with his body.
The short spear pierced the head of the monster lying to the side. He moved slowly closer and retrieved his weapon.
Deep roars came from all directions. Seris kept a close eye on every move of each monster, while also keeping an eye on his companions behind him.
The horde of human-faced demons were also waiting for the moment when Seris was off guard, so they pounced on him all at once.
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