“Drink!”

The sword flashed.

The dark demon dog wailed and fell to the ground, blood splattering everywhere. Raphtalia, who succeeded in one strike, quickly retreated and avoided the attack of another demon dog. At the same time, a petite figure suddenly rushed out from behind. Lifana leaped up and stabbed the second demon dog's head from behind with two daggers in her hands, knocking it to the ground.

The third demon dog tried to intimidate with its fangs and claws, but the whistling shield axe smashed its head into pieces.

"Done and call it a day."

Fang Zheng raised his shield axe and snapped his fingers. Upon hearing his voice, Raphtalia and Lifana breathed a sigh of relief and put down their weapons.

“You all did a great job.”

Looking at the two girls in front of him, Fang Zheng smiled and spoke.

That's right, girl.

The current Raphtalia and Lifana are no longer the two little kids that Fang Zheng had just bought them. They have grown into teenage girls, and from their appearance, they look about sixteen or seventeen years old.

This is certainly not the case as Fang Zheng has been in this world with the two little ones for six or seven years. In fact, Fang Zheng only learned from the bald boss later that if the sub-humans in this world rapidly increase their levels in their childhood, their bodies will grow to the most suitable age for fighting.

To be honest, Fang Zheng was shocked at first. After all, it was a bit weird to wake up and open the door to find that the two little girls had suddenly turned into big girls.

But even though her body had grown, her spirit hadn't changed much. Raphtalia even cried loudly because she wet the bed... Well, it wasn't a big deal.

But those little guys in Tiandao Palace must be very envious of this.

After all, although they are also half-human, the cursed children have undergone Zerg genetic modification. Since the Zerg genes only have the concept of "evolution" but not "growth", the growth rate of the cursed children has also become much slower. If calculated according to the growth concept of ordinary humans, the cursed children will only grow one year older every ten years.

In contrast, the trait of demi-humans, whose bodies can rapidly grow to the most suitable age for fighting as long as their level is increased, will surely make those little girls envious and jealous.

As their levels increased, Raphtalia and Lifana gradually formed their own fighting styles.

In Fang Zheng's opinion, Raphtalia is obviously a weapon warrior, while Lifana is an assassination thief. The former has a stable output, while the latter is a huge burst of damage in an instant. Of course, this may also be related to their races. After all, raccoons and white tigers... obviously their attack methods are like this.

However, Fang Zheng was somewhat disappointed that the sunglasses merchant was not lying when he said that sub-humans could not do heavy physical labor. Even though their bodies had grown due to the rapid upgrade, their "strength" attributes were still only slightly stronger than ordinary people. At least Raphtalia could not learn Fang Zheng's wolf swordsmanship... This disappointed Fang Zheng.

After all, if Raphtalia could learn wolf swordsmanship, her strength would be even stronger.

But unfortunately, Raphtalia's strength is not enough to support her to use the greatsword with one hand...

"This way, you all know how to fight against the waves."

Fang Zheng pulled it with his hand, and the next moment he saw the huge axe in his hand turned into a shield again and returned to Fang Zheng's arm.

Hearing the word "wave", Raphtalia and Lifana's expressions suddenly became a little nervous again. It's no wonder, their families were killed in the first wave. For them, the wave is their biggest nightmare.

In fact, this is indeed their nightmare.

Fang Zheng had heard Raphtalia screaming and crying for her parents in her dreams more than once, and Lifana also had nightmares from time to time. Although Fang Zheng had comforted them many times, and when they were awake, their behavior was becoming more and more normal.

But whenever it was late at night and they were dreaming, the shadow hidden deep in their hearts would reappear.

"I know you are all scared, but you are different now than you were before."

Fang Zheng stared at the two people in front of him and spoke word by word.

"You are no longer the same as you were back then. Now you have enough strength to fight against the waves!"

Having said this, Fang Zheng paused.

"I'll be there for you too."

After hearing these words, Raphtalia and Lifana's expressions seemed to become much calmer.

After a day of fighting, the three of them headed back to the nearby town. However, just as Fang Zheng and the others were not far from the town, suddenly, a group of people wearing cloaks surrounded them.

"Master Shield Hero!"

"Um?"

Hearing this name, Fang Zheng couldn't help but tremble all over. It wasn't because of anything else, it was just because of these people's voices... Too disgusting!!

Although Fang Zheng had heard many people calling him by his nickname along the way, most of them spoke with disgust and disdain, or with a respectful distance. But the tone of these people was different. If anything, these guys who surrounded him gave Fang Zheng the feeling that they were more like a group of fanatical fans who wanted to kneel down in front of the handsome boy and give birth to his children...

I'm getting goosebumps, okay?

"Who are you?"

Looking at the group of people in cloaks of various colors, Fang Zheng first blocked Raphtalia and Lifana behind him, then frowned, stared at them and asked. Upon hearing Fang Zheng's question, these cloaked guys immediately put down their cloaks and revealed their faces.

Among them were men and women, old and young, but they all had ears and tails... they all looked like sub-humans.

"We are the messengers of Sidwiroot!"

"Sidwiroot...oh..."

Hearing this unfamiliar name, Fang Zheng thought for a moment, then he remembered that it was the name of the sub-human country that the bald boss had mentioned.

"What can I do for you?"

“That’s right!”

The leading demi-human prostrated himself respectfully on the ground, bowing his head deeply to Fang Zheng.

"We have learned about what happened to the Shield Hero in Megamarlo, so we hope to welcome the Shield Hero back to Sidvelut!"

"Back?"

My hometown is not Sidwiroot, so it makes sense for me to go there, but what's the point of going back?

"Yes!"

At this point, the demihuman representative seemed to become excited.

"The Shield Hero is originally the hero of our Sidvelut. The despicable Megmalo people used cheating methods to summon you here just to humiliate our Sidvelut...!!"

"Wait, I don't quite understand what you're saying... find someone who can explain it to me clearly."

Although the demi-human in front of him was really angry, but because of this, his words made Fang Zheng feel confused, so Fang Zheng had to turn his gaze to the other demi-humans. Soon, another older demi-human raised his head.

"It is like this... My dear hero..."

"Please stand up first. It's so uncomfortable to see a group of you kneeling in front of me..."

"No, no, no, the hero is our god, how dare we do such a disrespectful thing...!"

As he spoke, the old Asian with a pale beard lowered his head deeply again, and seeing this, Fang Zheng was speechless.

"I told you to stand up, or I'm leaving."

I'm not some popular young star, and it's really chilling to see a bunch of brainless fans acting crazy in front of me, okay?

And there are men inside... I would be even more reluctant to accept your invitation.

"yes……"

Although they were still somewhat reluctant, the group of people finally stood up, but they still lowered their heads and bent over to look at the ground.

"Okay... go on."

"That's right."

After getting Fang Zheng's permission, the old Asian spoke again.

"We, Sidwiroot, are..."

From the old Asian's introduction, Fang Zheng also understood the whole story.

Generally speaking, there are three countries involved in this matter.

Meg Marlowe, Sid Virut and Hobre.

And this also starts with the religious views of this world.

First of all, at the beginning, because of the Four Saints Warriors system, the religious belief of this world was the Four Saints Warriors. This was the original Four Saints Warriors religion.

But after that, because the previous generation of the Shield Hero protected the demi-humans and helped them build their own country, religion also changed.

Megamarlo, who was extremely hostile to the demi-humans and believed that the Shield Hero was a traitor, removed the Shield Hero from the Four Saints and believed in the Three Heroes without the Shield Hero. On the other hand, the demi-humans who were protected by the Shield Hero and eventually established a country believed in the Shield Hero with only the Shield Hero.

Hobrey, on the other hand, still maintained the teachings of the Four Holy Warriors without any changes.

How should I put it? It's just like Catholicism and Christianity separated from Judaism...

This is roughly what it feels like to say that heretics are more deserving of death than pagans.

This is like the Jews summoning Jesus Christ. Will they regard Jesus as a saint?

Of course not, they would just crucify Jesus and kill him again.

Maybe it will be broadcast live around the world.

When it comes to religious beliefs, there is no logic at all.

Not only that, Fang Zheng also heard an unexpected piece of information from the old Asian.

That is, in the past, each country summoned one of the Four Holy Heroes, and the Shield Hero, in theory, should have been summoned by Sid Velut.

But Megamarlo actually broke the rules and summoned all four holy warriors in one go, which has caused international outrage!

Well... this is understandable to Fang Zheng. Just like in the Holy Grail War, generally one master summons one servant. But if a master summons seven servants at once, it would be strange if the other masters don't try to kill him.

According to the old Asians, the real ruler of Megmalo is now traveling between countries, trying to quell their dissatisfaction and protests.

But the results were minimal, especially for Sidvelut, who had been fighting with Megamalo for years, and their doctrines were incompatible, resulting in a serious conflict between sub-human supremacy and human supremacy. Now Megamalo not only summoned the Shield Hero without authorization, but also framed him with false charges.

This is obviously a deliberate attempt to discredit the beliefs of the Shield Warrior Church!

If it weren't for the threat of a tidal wave, Sidvirut would have come to attack us by now.

After all, the two sides have been fighting for years, to the point where they could go to war over "What are you looking at?", "What if I look at you?", "Look at me again?" Now, this kind of direct and wanton insult and smearing of faith... It's not surprising that an all-out war is about to begin.

But even so, Sidwiroot still couldn't tolerate it, so he simply made a plan and sent a group of people here to take Fang Zheng back to the country of sub-humans.

"I understand what you mean."

After listening to the old Asian man's words, Fang Zheng thought for a moment and then shook his head.

"But I'm not going."

"My dear hero..."

"Hear me out."

Seeing that the other party was about to speak, Fang Zheng waved his hand.

"You may or may not have heard what I said to that idiot king, so I'll say it again here. I'm different from those three weaklings. I'll use my own eyes to see and investigate everything in this world. I understand your thoughts, but where I go and what I do is up to me. Besides, I don't take that idiot king seriously at all."

Having said this, Fang Zheng snorted coldly.

"If that idiot still intends to be my enemy, I will kill him directly. Anyone else, anyone who dares to become my enemy will suffer the same fate. For now, I will protect this world from the tide, but how to do it is up to me alone. Okay, you can leave now."

"But, brave hero..."

"No buts. Maybe I'll go to Sidwiroot in the future, but not now."

"but……"

The demi-human representative seemed to want to say something, but the old demi-human next to him stopped him.

"I understand, my brave master, we will leave now."

After saying this, the group of people turned around and disappeared quickly.

“Phew…this is terrible.”

Watching this group of people leave, Fang Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, Raphtalia looked at Fang Zheng curiously and asked.

"Master, are you really not going to go? It looks much better there than here!"

"I'll just get goosebumps, okay?"

Although he had not been to Sidvelut, from the attitude of these demi-humans, Fang Zheng could imagine what they thought of him. Damn, he did not want to be surrounded by a bunch of brainless fans. This would be even more terrifying than what he was experiencing now. Although he could understand Sidvelut's admiration for the Shield Hero, that was something done by the previous generation of the Shield Hero and had nothing to do with him.

But then again, if the previous generation of the Shield Hero encountered such a scene, he would probably feel uncomfortable... Well, having said that, it's a good thing that the Tiandao Palace didn't have this sign.

We must clean up after we go back, lest those little guys in Tiandao Palace learn from these sub-humans... that would be a real nightmare.

"Okay, let's take a good rest, and then..."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng looked at the countdown on the interface in front of him.

“Get ready for the wave.”