Chapter 5
“…Who are you?!”
Everyone's heart skipped a beat, and they became alert instantly.
"Are you sure you want to talk here?" Lu Mi calmly pointed upwards.
The next second, several huge snake-headed pterosaurs roared and swooped down from the sky.
The battle-hardened crowd immediately blocked with their weapons.
The monster's sharp claws clashed with the cold knives and guns, but failed to hit them, and it flew into the sky with a strange cry.
The flight trajectory draws a large circle like a roller coaster. After just a few seconds, they will adjust the angle and attack again.
"Let's go!" Someone who seemed to be the team leader gritted his teeth and made a quick decision, "Retreat to the nearest palace ahead!"
At this critical moment of life and death, Lu Mi, a man of suspicious identity, is nothing compared to him. At least he is a human being!
But now their enemy is a man-eating monster!
Lu Mi, the master of another group of true monsters: ...
They fought and retreated, and Lu Mi discovered that his Majesty the King was probably really a "delicious" monster. More and more snake-headed pterosaurs noticed this and flew towards them.
“Oh no…!” The weapon in the hand of a team member who was left behind suddenly broke, and the oncoming sharp claws made him subconsciously close his eyes.
In the blink of an eye, he suddenly felt a force at his collar pulling him over, and at the same time a strong wind brushed his cheek.
"What are you standing there for?" A faint voice came from the side.
When the team member opened his eyes, he found that Lu Mi was loosening his collar, and a pterosaur was flying away quickly in the sky - in such a hurry, it seemed as if it was running away.
"...Thank you, thank you." The team members said repeatedly with pale faces.
Lu Mi remained silent, "You're about to fall behind," he reminded.
The team member snapped back to his senses and immediately took a few steps after the group ahead, then hurriedly turned back, "Why don't you come along? This area is about to become a monster's nest. Everyone else has already evacuated! It's very dangerous to be alone!"
Lu Mi confirmed with Fei Zhang, then nodded to him, "Thank you very much."
A group of extraordinary people escorted the king towards the palace more than ten meters away.
Lu Mi was at the very end of the team - every time a barely perceptible silver-blue light flashed across his fingertips, a monster that was about to be captured would flee in panic, but no one noticed this in the chaotic scene.
The team retreated smoothly into the palace.
Several people gritted their teeth and pushed the palace gate closed. A dozen monsters in the distance were stuck outside. Unable to stop in time, the monsters slammed into the gate one after another, like countless dull raindrops, shaking the building.
"This building is mixed with blue steel, so the walls are extremely strong. It should be able to hold out for a while."
"So what do we do next?"
"They should have received our call for help. As long as we can hold on until then..."
"Aren't you going to solve the source?" A voice that did not belong to their companions came.
What?
The group of people, still in shock, almost didn't hear it clearly.
This time, the accident happened too quickly and too suddenly. It wasn't that the D-class couldn't be fought, but there were simply too many of them. They were now nearly exhausted, their ammunition depleted, and most of their mental strength was barely enough to sustain it.
And the monsters still kept coming, and the extraordinary people who filled in one after another were like mud dots flowing into a mountain torrent, being swallowed up continuously, as if there was no end.
"You should know very well that if we don't control the abyss cracks from which they come out, no matter how many extraordinary people come to support us, it will be a drop in the bucket." Lu Mi said.
"How could you..." The captain looked at this young man who did not belong to his team but left a deep impression on him.
"Captain!" the rearguard member said quickly, "He just saved me."
"The Extraordinary Guild will protect every innocent ordinary person." At this time, the old man who had been silent since he came in suddenly spoke slowly.
The old man was sitting on the steps not far away, with messy hair floating around his old face, and he didn't have the airs of an important person at all.
"Your Majesty!" The captain looked embarrassed and realized that he almost ignored the other party.
After all, they are not the kingdom's army. In the world of extraordinary people, there are only monsters, their own kind, and ordinary people who need protection. Even if they are powerful people among ordinary people, they find it difficult to react all of a sudden and don't know how to deal with them.
"That's all right." The old man laughed. "Now I'm just an old man seeking refuge. I rely on your protection. I just hope I can avoid causing any trouble."
Lu Mi couldn't help but glance at him, thinking that this guy was not bad, fortunately he was not the troublesome nobleman he had imagined.
Under the rule of a king like this, the Blue Steel Empire would surely remain peaceful for a long time. If the national atmosphere improved, then his workplace in this country would also be able to develop peacefully.
That would be a wonderful future... He had already started dreaming.
"Young man," the old man said to Lu Mi for some reason, "we also want to cut off the source of this disaster and make it subside as soon as possible, but it is difficult to do so now."
"So, that's why I want to ask—" Lu Mi was not surprised and said word by word, "What happened to the thing that controls the abyss rift?"
“Swish!”
Now it wasn't just the captain who stood up. The other extraordinary people in blue uniforms also stood up in unison, looking at him in astonishment and vigilance, "How do you know so much?!"
Lu Mi was genuinely puzzled, "Is this so hard to guess?"
"...Tell him." The old man sighed, "Since he has been affected, we are all survivors. I don't know if we can survive this...Besides, sooner or later everyone will know anyway."
The captain moved his lips.
Indeed, no matter whether this disaster can be finally resolved or not, people will always know the cause and effect of this incident afterwards, and this is a necessary explanation.
"...This abyssal rift appeared in the palace a day ago. Several abyssal creatures escaped at that time and were discovered by us in time. The only one that escaped was later captured by another branch."
The captain organized his words and spoke slowly.
Fei Zhang, who was hiding under Lu Mi's collar, blew bubbles of dissatisfaction: "You're talking nonsense! I was clearly defeated by my master, and then you took advantage of me!" Humph——
The captain, unaware that he was being sprayed by an abyssal monster, continued, "After that, we used the Academy's latest powerful stabilization device to control the rift. The matter should have ended there, but..."
"Wait a minute," Lu Mi interrupted him, ignoring the captain's discontent and frustration, and asked, "What's the principle behind that strong calming device?"
The rearguard member immediately interjected, "The Academy has conducted years of research and simulated several high-risk levels, even including the mental fluctuations of a Class B Abyssal Creature. Once released, no Abyssal Creature would dare approach."
The captain silently looked at this useless traitor.
However, the king was also listening with great interest. After all, this was information that only extraordinary people knew, and ordinary people might never be able to access it in their entire lives.
So he had to continue, "That's right. But just today, the powerful stabilization device that was working perfectly suddenly shut down for some unknown reason. We immediately sent a team to inspect it, but as soon as they left, a large group of snake-headed pterosaurs flew out from the other side of the rift."
"His Majesty the King activated the protective shield after learning of this. It was originally intended to protect the palace from attacks by creatures from the abyss, but now it has become a cage that traps them."
"But because of this, the palace became the hardest hit area. K1 branch mobilized almost the entire nest, but they could only barely protect the people in the palace and evacuate to a relatively safe place. But if this continues, no one knows what will happen next."
"...So that's how it is. I understand." After listening to their narration, Lu Mi finally understood the cause and effect of the incident.
Although there were some key doubts, such as the inexplicable failure of the strong calming instrument, and the fact that the few lone monsters that were relatively easy to deal with last time suddenly became a large group with increased difficulty this time... it was not a big problem for him.
"Wait, where are you going?" the captain asked Lu Mi who suddenly turned around, and the others also looked at him in confusion.
"Ah, thank you for clearing up my confusion." Lu Mi answered the question irrelevantly. He glanced at the embarrassed people behind him and raised the corner of his lips in an imperceptible arc.
He said, "As a reward for helping you solve this problem, please forget you ever met me."
"Varied……?!"
The invisible force spread out, causing everyone present to suddenly feel dizzy, as if they were falling into a dream.
"!" The captain with the strongest mental strength resisted stubbornly for half a second, and said with difficulty while pressing his buzzing head, "Who on earth are you..."
He didn't finish his words, but in the dimness he heard a voice that had become unfamiliar from familiarity say, "Just a kind-hearted person who bravely stood up for justice."
As soon as he finished speaking, a snake-headed pterosaur that was several times larger than all the previous pterosaurs suddenly appeared outside the window.
This unprecedentedly huge monster spread its wings and glided past the palace. Even every hair on its body trembling in the wind was infinitely clear.
In an instant, all the window glass exploded and fell like flowers scattered from the sky.
"Finally here." Lu Mi curled his lips. These prey were indeed coming for the king, because he smelled more delicious.
Fei Zhang sensed the danger and instinctively wanted to escape, but in the next second, he was taken out by Lu Mi who stepped on the window frame.
“Ohh ...
Lu Mi jumped out of the window frame. Fei Zhang, under the pressure of the superior creature coming from above his head, half of his body rose into the air, leaving only one tentacle tightly grasping the boss's clothes, shouting in fear and inexplicable excitement.
“Crash!”
The exploded glass fragments took a second of slow motion to fall to the ground and shatter.
The remaining people in the palace suddenly woke up.
"What's wrong? I just seemed to..."
"Look!"
No one realized the momentary trance they had just experienced; their entire attention was already drawn to the greater crisis emerging outside the window.
"It's the leader of the snake-headed pterosaurs!" The captain recognized this extremely troublesome monster at a glance. "Damn it, even the elite assault team couldn't stop it!"
"Wait, it looks like someone is flying towards it!"
"What did you say?!"
A group of people rushed to the window and leaned out as much as they could to look outside.
A tiny black speck indeed flew towards the monster from the sky. Even though the Transcendent's five senses were far more acute than those of ordinary people, they could only see the vaguely black and white coloring on the monster's clothes.
Black and white...it feels a little familiar, but I can't remember where I've seen it?
While the captain was frowning and thinking hard without any result, the others held their breath and unconsciously tightened the window frames.
That little black dot is so tiny compared to the monster. Where did this warrior come from?
However, at this moment, a flame of hope did ignite in the hearts of this group of people. It was just a small spark, but it actually illuminated the originally dark world.
...Will the one-in-a-million miracle that appears at this moment be a miracle? Or will it be the despair that deepens after the fall?
Lu Mi, who soared into the air, had no idea that the people on the ground were experiencing a roller coaster-like mood.
He knew these abyss creatures too well, and the principle of capturing the leader first was extremely effective among them.
Rather, the creatures of the abyss are more paranoid about things like "king" and "leader"!
The leader of the snake-headed pterosaur tribe looked at the tiny human, whose eyes were not even as big as its own. His cold pupils were calm, and a red light churned in his mouth. The surrounding air was instantly distorted in the high temperature.
It wanted to kill the person in front of it just like it had killed any mosquito in the past.
However, the human with silver eyes stretched out his right hand.
The gun comes.
The next second, a blue-silver arc of electricity appeared out of thin air, and within a few breaths, it condensed into a silver-blue spear.
The gun body is flowing with colors as brilliant as the starry sky, as if it were embellished with picked stars and washed in the Milky Way.
It appeared like a miracle, responding to the master's silent call.
The leader of the snake-headed pterosaurs had seen countless weapons of transcendents, and there were cold weapons like this one before him. But this time, he didn't sense any aura from it, not even a murderous aura.
This looks more like a rare treasure that should be displayed in an art gallery, preserved for generations and admired by artists.
However, the leader of the snake-headed pterosaurs did not let his guard down. He displayed the composure of a leader and, without even probing, launched his strongest attack.
The spurting hot flames, mixed with golden bursting magma, splashed out like a falling waterfall.
The nearest tower melted in half and collapsed like liquefied plasticine. In the blink of an eye, its original appearance could no longer be seen.
Fei Zhang screamed in the intense heat.
Lu Mi was completely unaffected. He gripped the gun handle tightly and uttered two words in a low voice:
"Enchantment."
The moment the word fell, that second seemed to be stretched infinitely.
At this time, in the distance, the assault force that was originally responsible for restraining the snake-headed pterosaur leader but failed due to heavy casualties was rushing over from a long distance.
On the way, the troops met Donald and Six, who finally arrived at the palace at the cost of their aircraft being scrapped due to overload.
The two rescued them from the entanglement of several monsters.
"My Lord...where is the king? Where is His Majesty the King!" Donald anxiously grabbed the clothes of a K1 branch extraordinary person, but was forcibly pulled away by Six.
Six: "Calm down!"
"The king should be there!" The other party raised his gray face and pointed to the direction of the snake-headed pterosaur leader high in the sky with sweat on his forehead.
"What did you say……!"
Even Six was not calm this time.
They all looked up at the sky, but they felt despair when they saw the huge size of the snake-headed pterosaur.
And at this moment, everyone suddenly discovered an infinitely extended silver-blue light.
"Wait a minute, what is that..."
The silver-blue light was like the rising sun, but it only appeared for a moment, and then the purest darkness slowly emerged from the void.
Even at such a great distance, they could sense the emptiness and coldness in the black, which was completely different from the flames of the snake-headed pterosaur leader.
It was as if the stars had retreated and the world had returned to its original dark universe.
And in a space invisible to everyone, the automatically opened book of keys was paused on a page with a name flashing wildly—
[Sequence 3, Aronforth*]
*The undecipherable part of the full real name.
It is the demon of shadow and devouring.
[Knowing the contract concluded in the Book of the Most High]
The deafening law echoed in the void. The sound did not belong to the language of any life, and it seemed to be just an illusion between heartbeats.
If I call upon your name, you shall give me your strength.
[——Who are you?] In the spiritual world, behind the huge door, someone seemed to be asking in a low voice.
[——I hold your chains in my hands. I am your servant, the one who drives the lambs on the grassland.]
This is correct.
The door burst open.
The laws of the contract, along with his true name, transformed into a huge magic circle that unfolded beneath the young man's feet.
The gorgeous patterns are unknown in this world and come from the romance and mythology of another world.
"This is--!" The leader of the snake-headed pterosaurs already has the ability to speak, but his contempt for humans makes it disdain to communicate at all.
But at this moment, with the emergence of this power, its eyes widened. Its sharp pupils shrank to a single point, and a hoarse growl emanated from its throat.
"No, it's impossible. How can a mere human possess such power..."
【I am your master.】
Lu Mi fired a shot, knocking the snake-headed pterosaur onto the tall tower behind him.
The half-destroyed bronze bell clanged loudly, and was then firmly pinned by the spear that pierced the monster.
Countless people looked at this scene in shock, but because of the huge body of the snake-headed pterosaur blocking their way, they had no idea what was happening.
Only some extraordinary people muttered in horror: "To think that a C-level monster was suppressed with just one strike..."
Why did such a person appear in the Blue Steel Empire! No, is he really still a human?!
A pitch-black hole suddenly appeared right below the leader of the snake-headed pterosaurs. Countless black chains shot out from it, tightly wrapped around it, and dragged it firmly into the hole.
The other pterosaurs scattered everywhere trembled all over. They felt the pain of their leader and let out hisses and screams one after another.
Countless pterosaurs immediately dropped their prey in front of the people's horrified gazes and rushed towards the direction of their leader like moths to a flame.
Even if there are enemies ahead that they are absolutely no match for, even if their instincts are screaming with fear.
What a cruel and pure creature.
Lu Mi sighed like this, but his hands were not polite at all.
And at this moment, in another world called the Abyss—
The demon with goat horns on his head suddenly raised his head, and his body began to tremble slightly due to the unexpected emotional stimulation.
"It's been used..."
His master is using his power!
The moment I realized this, I felt like I was bathed in infinite glory.
Blood rushed to his heart, like a bursting machine, threatening to burst out of his body. The long nails hidden in his fingertips slowly lengthened, gleaming with a cold light, and every knuckle was twitching wildly.
However, even though the spiritual world has reached an irresistible climax, on the surface, the demon's expression shows nothing except a slight distortion.
In fact, if the target was not the most special person in the world, the devil would not reveal any flaws.
"Aronfoss, where are you going?" his nominal colleague expressed doubts about his sudden departure.
Aronfoss glanced at the other person, hiding his red eyes that were filled with excitement, and smiled flawlessly.
"Ah, I suddenly remembered that I need to take care of something. I'll probably be back soon."
"Oh, then go and come back soon. It's so boring without the master. There's no one to talk to."
Of course.
Aronforth walked away without stopping, narrowing his scarlet eyes nonchalantly.
Why do you think these monsters gathered together?
Demons are solitary monsters with a strong sense of territory. Just smelling the scent of their own kind makes them feel sick and want to vomit. They want to stay away from them as far as possible.
Without the only rope and the moon to embrace, the beasts naturally could not tolerate each other anymore. It was normal for them to bite each other in disgust and even reveal their true forms.
Aronfoss, sensing the power being used, came to a deep abyss crack.
He casually tore apart a monster that was trying to run towards the crack, wiped the blood off his hands, and said softly, "Sorry, my master is having a great time on the other side, and I can't let you go over there and spoil his fun."
He then straightened his clothes, hesitated for a moment, picked up the monster's fallen claws and scratched his body a few times.
Amidst the splattering blood, the demon's scarlet eyes shone startlingly, and he finally raised his foot and solemnly stepped into the crack.
—Ah, I can't stand it anymore. I'll just pretend I was being chased by another monster and ran in panic.
The author has something to say:
Lu Mi: I didn't ask you to come? — Lu Mi, about to doubt that he pressed the wrong skill and then doubt his life.
PS: Sequence doesn't indicate strength, only the order of the contracts. So Aaron was one of the first demons to follow Lu Mi! Well, he's a career fan after all, and he's a discerning judge of talent. Unfortunately, he's a scumbag who likes to eat alone.
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