On this side, Fang was discussing with Shiroyasha and Sandra how to deal with the attack of the Demon King, while on the other side, the girls were enjoying the leisurely and lively festival time.

"Wow...it's so lively and fun!"

Sally raised her hands, stretched, and then looked at Kuroyukihime.

"Kuroyukihime is right after all. I can really encounter a lot of interesting things after joining the community."

"I guess we're pretty lucky."

Hearing Sally's words, Kuroyukihime also smiled. After all, even she didn't expect to see her acquaintances in such a different world. In any case, fighting next to people you know will indeed make you feel more relaxed.

Thinking of this, Kuroyukihime turned her head and looked at Shokuhou Misaki, who was looking at the surrounding vendors in a dilemma.

"Ms. Shokuhou, is there anything you would like to eat?"

"Eh? Ah..."

Hearing Kuroyukihime's question, Shokuhou Misaki withdrew her gaze, hesitated for a moment, and then sighed.

"Yes, although the food here is very tempting, I still need to reduce my sugar intake... Oh, it would be great if I could get a gift that allows me to eat as much as I want without gaining weight."

"Well……"

Hearing this, Kuroyukihime and Sally were both stunned for a moment. The latter took a look at the croquette in her hand, then silently put it away.

No matter which world, weight is the issue that girls care about most.

Of course, not everyone cares.

"Hey? Sally, you don't want to eat anymore? Give it to me."

"Um……"

"That's great."

Seeing Maple smiling as she took the croquette from her, Sally sighed helplessly.

Sometimes I am really happy...

“Ah, isn’t that Asuka over there? Hey—!!”

After finishing the croquettes that Sally had left, Maple looked up and immediately saw Asuka Kyuuto on the other side, so she quickly reached out her hand with a smile and greeted him. Asuka also looked over here and smiled when she heard Maple's voice.

"Ah, Maple, Sally, Kuroyukihime, and Shokuhou-san, you two are quite a rare combination."

"Speaking of which, where's Homura?"

"Humura said that her master had something for her to do, so she wasn't interested in playing..."

Shokuhou Misaki was also very depressed. She had originally invited Homura Akemi to go out for a walk together. After all, among Fang Zheng's subordinates, Kuroyuki Asuka and Kasukabe Yō were a group, Kuroyukihime, Maple, and Sally were a group, and as members of the Tendou Palace, Shokuhou Misaki and Homura Akemi were also a group.

As a result, halfway through the shopping, Homura Akemi suddenly told Shokuhou Misaki that Fang Zheng had something for her to do, and then ran away, leaving Shokuhou Misaki alone and staring blankly. After that, Shokuhou Misaki met Kuroyukihime and her two companions who were shopping on the other side, and then she continued to stroll around the festival with them.

Soon, however, everyone's attention was attracted by a little creature on Fei Niao's shoulder. It was a little elf that looked only the size of a palm, with a pointed hat, and looked like something out of a fairy tale. Her two big eyes blinked and were quite cute. At the moment, she was holding a biscuit and gnawing on it non-stop.

"Asuka, who is this?"

Girls all like cute things, and these young girls are no exception. When they saw the elf on Fei Niao's shoulder, they all gathered around curiously, and Fei Niao introduced it to them with a smile.

"This is the elf we met on the street just now. Leticia said she is a member of the group of elves. I want to make her my friend, so I have been chasing her..."

"Is there such an operation?"

Hearing this, Sally broke out in a cold sweat, but soon she looked around.

"Come to think of it, where's Yao? Leticia should be with you guys, too."

"ah……"

At this moment, the bird seemed to come to its senses and looked around.

"Yao was called away by Shiroyasha to participate in some kind of gift competition. Leticia——was with me just now, but I was only busy chasing this little guy..."

"What's your name?"

At this moment, Maple also smiled and handed a biscuit to the elf, then asked, and the elf happily took Maple's biscuit and raised his hands high.

"Rattenfanger!"

"Rat catcher?"

"It seems to be the name of the community this child belongs to."

"And what is your name?"

"Rattenfanger! Bait!"

"???"

Although the girls asked several times, they seemed to be completely unable to communicate with the elf. Although some people suggested giving her a name, the elf shook her head desperately to object. In the end, everyone could only let it go and continue the tour with the elf.

The girls thought this festival was more like an art exhibition. After all, the stands were filled with exquisite utensils and weapons. Even candlesticks and glass cups were included. The girls enjoyed watching them. Shokuhou Misaki even took a fancy to a set of tea sets and planned to take them back to make tea - but they were not for sale.

In addition, the girls also saw a huge red, robot-like steel giant. Shokuhou Misaki was okay, at least she had seen similar things in the Tendou Palace and was used to it. But for Maple, Kuon Asuka and others, this was very shocking. In fact, the most visitors were around this red steel giant.

Not only that, but what surprised the girls even more was that this steel giant that looked like a Gundam was actually made by the "Rat Catchers", the community where the elves belonged. After all, it was really surprising that these elves, who were only the size of a palm, could actually create such a huge steel giant.

So everyone praised the elf greatly, and the elf was obviously very happy, jumping and laughing, shouting "Rattenfanger!", looking quite active.

"But speaking of which, where are the exhibits in our Tiandao Palace?"

"Out there, I advise you not to get your hopes up."

Shokuhou Misaki helplessly stretched out her finger and pointed in the direction of the exit. She brought the capsule machine to the exhibition hoping to win a prize... Shokuhou Misaki no longer had any expectations.

However, at this moment, suddenly, an inexplicable gust of wind blew over, and the next moment, all the lights in the venue went out almost at the same time, plunging the entire venue into darkness.

"What's wrong?"

"What's going on?"

Kuroyukihime frowned and looked around, and at the same time, the others around her screamed. For a moment, there was chaos all around.

At the same time, a strange voice sounded.

"...Ahh, I found the bold lunatic who pretended to be the Rat Catcher!!"

Accompanied by the screams of strange voices, everyone saw pairs of bright red, star-like lights emerging from the depths of the cave. Upon seeing this scene, Jiuyuan Feiniao immediately stepped forward and shouted.

"Who is it? Come out right now!"

“——!!”

The next moment, as if responding to the distant bird's call, thousands of creatures with bright red eyes crawled out of the darkness and quickly pounced on the crowd.

That was... an army of countless rats.

"Alas--!!"

“Help!!”

"It's rats, lots of rats!"

Under the dim light, everyone could see countless rats piled together, running towards them quickly like waves washing the ground!

When the girls saw this scene, their scalps suddenly went numb.

"What did you call out?"

“I didn’t expect there would be so many!!”

In response to Sally's complaint, Jiuyuan Asuka also shouted, then she looked at the army of mice in front of her again and gave loud orders.

"Return to your own nests immediately!"

However, to Jiuyuan Feiniao's surprise, the mice did not obey her command and turn away, but continued to move forward.

What's going on? Has my gift become ineffective?

Looking at the army of rats still rushing forward in front of her, Kuon Asuka was shocked, and Shokuhou Misaki also reached out and took out a remote control from her bag and pressed it at the rats in front of her, then she frowned.

"These rats are being manipulated by someone else! We have no control!"

"Then we have no choice but to destroy them!!"

Hearing Shokuhou Misaki's reminder, Kuon Asuka also gritted her teeth, then she raised her right hand, and soon a staff appeared in Kuon Asuka's hand. Then she clenched the staff and knocked it hard on the ground. Soon, along with Kuon Asuka's movements, a dark blue, ghost-like Void Walker emerged from thin air.

"Stop them!"

"Yes, Master..."

Hearing the bird's order, the Void Walker responded in a low voice, then raised his hands, and the next moment, an invisible wave burst out from the Void Walker's body, sweeping towards the army of rats in front of him. And then the army of rats changed direction in an instant and pounced on the Void Walker.

"Hold it!"

"Maple!"

"I see!"

While the Voidwalker was holding back the rat army, Maple quickly reached out and took out a huge black tower shield from her gift card. She then tightly grasped the tower shield and swung it at the rat army in front of her. The next moment, the tower shield turned golden and flew out of her hand towards the rat group.

At the same time, Maple raised her right hand high, and soon, a dazzling light emerged from her palm, illuminating the originally dim space around her. At this moment, the mice that were illuminated by the light seemed to have their minds controlled, and no longer continued to attack forward, but began to crawl around like headless flies.

“Haa ...

While Maple and Asuka were buying time, Sally had already turned into a sharp blade and rushed into the rats. She waved her right hand and countless blades flew out and pierced directly into the rats' bodies, instantly sweeping away a large group of rats. Sally did not stop and continued to move forward, performing several skills in succession before she quietly returned in stealth.

Behind Sally, the army of rats that were chasing her were once again engulfed in the rain of fire.

"Really, it would be nice if Yao was here."

Sally, who had temporarily left the battlefield, wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and complained. Among the five of them, only Kuon Asuka and Kasukabe Yo had large-scale killing skills, and Kasukabe Yo could also slow down the speed of these rats by setting up frost traps. Unfortunately, Kasukabe Yo was called by Shiroyasha to participate in the Gift Competition, Kuon Asuka's power was limited, and Sally and Maple basically had no special AOE skills.

Maple also has a contribution. Sally really has no other way except to use her knife fan to clear out a wave of rats.

"Anyway, the others have already escaped, so let's get out of here as soon as possible."

At this time, Shokuhou Misaki also returned to the crowd. She had used "mental control" to directly control the other guests who were panicked by the sudden chaos, and ordered them to evacuate in an orderly manner. Now most of them have left, leaving only them.

"That's what I said, but it doesn't look that easy..."

Although everyone was trying hard, there were just too many rats here, and the rats in the box world didn't seem to be as fragile as the ordinary rats in other worlds. Even if everyone fought desperately, the rats gradually moved forward and began to surround them.

"What now?"

"Why not call someone!"

As she spoke, Shokuhou Misaki opened her personal terminal and prepared to call Fang Zheng. However, at this moment, suddenly, a cold voice sounded from beside her.

"Leave it to me."

"Humura!?"

Hearing the voice, Shokuhou Misaki immediately raised her head in surprise and looked around. Then she saw Homura Akemi, who had returned at some point, reaching out her hand, taking out a longbow and aiming it forward.

The next moment, countless rain of light arrows suddenly erupted, covering the entire passage.