Chapter 242 241. Return (4K)
"no!"
Although he was responding to Inanna's request to go out, Eric's scrutinizing gaze was fixed on Aidin, who was sitting on pins and needles.
In order to resist the fierce offensive of the demons, the Duke of Alama needs to stay in the High Castle Fortress in person, and entrust all the affairs of the rear territory to his most trusted butler Eric.
Therefore, Farr's request for fungal blanket control did not need to alert the Duke who was far away at the front line, and only needed Eric's nod.
Eric agreed with Farr's request, of which refugees were only one aspect.
He had much more information in his hands than Fal. This time the demons were coming with great force, and the offensive would not be stopped in the short term. The elven allies, who had originally placed high hopes on him, had an ambiguous attitude, and the food supply became a huge hidden danger.
Although purchases from the islands have been initiated, they are clearly not enough to fill the gap.
Food shortages are likely to develop into a long-term crisis, and it is reasonable to bring this strategic resource under control.
As for the resentment of those speculators?
How could the dignified St. Clair family care about this!
but……
His consent did not include letting Miss Inanna go there and take the risk herself!
"Why?!" Inanna looked at Eric with dissatisfaction, her cheeks puffed with anger.
"It's too dangerous!" Eric's voice left no doubt, "Isn't that underground city on the verge of collapse? How can you go to such a dangerous place?"
"I'm not going into Mute Wind Town! I'm just outside, near the temporary camp!" Inanna argued, twisting the corner of her clothes with her fingers.
"Outskirts?" Eric's mouth tightened even more, his eyes swept out the window, "It's now crowded with desperate refugees and greedy adventurers, a mixed bag! The master took away most of the elite guards. Outside the manor, what can guarantee your safety, young lady?"
"I have it!" Inanna suddenly lifted the knight in her arms high up, and quickly pointed at Aidin who wanted to shrink into the crack of the wall: "And Aidin! He will protect me too!"
Aidin's body froze when his name was suddenly called. He felt as if Eric's knife-like gaze had instantly pierced through him. He forced himself to force a smile that was uglier than crying, and his scalp felt numb.
"Oh?" Eric took a few steps forward, straightened his cuffs expressionlessly, and said calmly, "In that case... let's give it a try."
"Try...try what?" Inanna blinked her big eyes, not yet reacting.
Eric said word by word: "Let's see how capable these two 'guards' you rely on are. As long as they can hurt me, I will recognize their abilities and will not stop them."
Inanna looked at Eric and then back at Aydin.
Aidin's expression was completely frozen, and he really wanted to shake his head.
"Okay!" Inanna responded confidently.
Aidin: That’s not good!
…
Soon, Aidin and the knight Puji were standing in the Duke's training ground.
The bluestone paved ground shone with a cold and hard luster in the afternoon sun, and the weapon racks standing around it added a sense of solemnity.
Eric on the opposite side took off his meticulous butler uniform and changed into a neat dark gray suit. He was wearing a pair of dark metal gloves on his fists, with hideous bulges on the knuckles, exuding a dangerous aura.
"Eric, don't hurt Puji after you start!" Inanna in the stands cupped her hands to her mouth. She was a little worried and made an excessive request as soon as she opened her mouth.
Aidin in the field wanted to say, please also care about whether I will be injured...
Inanna waved her hand: "Begin!"
Knight Puji took the lead, and its round body suddenly lowered, and a mushroom cannon with far more power than ordinary Puji suddenly blasted out! A big hole was instantly blown out on the solid ground of the training ground!
However, in the smoke and dust, Eric's figure had already disappeared from the spot, so fast that only a residual image was left.
He ignored Puji's threat and rushed towards the mage Aidin first!
Aidin's figure flickered, and several phantoms that were difficult to distinguish between real and fake split out from his body. At the same time, each "Aidin" raised his hand without hesitation, and several sharp wind blades with a whistling sound that tore through the air intertwined into a net and slashed towards the butler who was approaching at high speed.
"Illusion?" Eric grunted, paused in his forward momentum, and stepped down hard with his right foot!
A huge force penetrated into the ground, shaking the ground violently, and countless pieces of gravel were shot in all directions!
The gravel penetrated the illusory images without any hindrance, and only Aidin subconsciously dodged to the side!
Eric then used his arm guard to block the wind blade. At the same time, his right fist wrapped in a metal glove, with a sound of breaking wind, mercilessly smashed towards Aidin's real body!
Another mushroom cannon shot over, but it showed no intention of avoiding Aidin, covering both of them in the attack range.
There is no way. Now it is not Lin Jun who is controlling it, and Puji's fighting style has always been to not care about friendly injuries...
Aidin cursed inwardly, and in a hurry he could only use the strong wind to blow him away in a mess, narrowly avoiding the double attack of the fist and the mushroom cannon.
While in the air, he did not forget to throw out a few wind blades, trying to block Eric's space to dodge.
Facing the attack from both sides, Eric turned around and punched the mushroom cannon!
A condensed fist wind visible to the naked eye flew out of his hand and hit the flying mushroom cannon hard!
Boom——!
The mushroom cannon was forcibly detonated by the powerful fist wind in the middle of the fight. A violent energy shock wave swept over, making Eric's clothes rustle, but he was as steady as a rock.
Just as Aidin fell to the ground in a mess, Eric's figure appeared in front of him again. The cold metal boxing gloves rapidly enlarged in his field of vision, and Aidin had no time to dodge!
With a "click", the illusion was shattered, and a piece of broken crystal fell to the ground, which made Eric raise his eyebrows slightly.
On the other side, the knight Puji actually jumped and jetted straight over, while his body spun at high speed like a gyroscope.
Several tough tentacles were stretched straight under the action of centrifugal force, turning into a cold, impenetrable blade wheel, and twisted towards Eric!
【Blade Storm LV6】
As a melee skill that Lin Jun likes very much and practices whenever he has nothing to do, the knight naturally has it.
Eric's arms danced in an instant and became a shadow. The pair of sturdy metal arm guards collided violently with the sharp tentacle blades, causing a series of harsh sounds of metal clashing.
With superb blocking skills and powerful strength, he took on the violent spinning attack head-on. The price was several deep cuts left on his arm guard, and Puji's three tentacle blades were broken by his punch!
"Eric! We agreed not to hurt the knights!" Inanna in the stands shouted distressedly.
Eric sighed helplessly in his heart, and was about to exert his strength to completely subdue this fearless Puji, but he suddenly swung his right hand, and a small flying insect illusion lying on his shoulder was flattened - it just wanted to bite Eric.
At the same time, Puji on the opposite side started releasing hallucinogenic spores while using [Infrasonic Attack].
The sound of a bottle breaking came from Eric's waist.
At the same time, his body shook slightly, and a trace of bright red blood oozed uncontrollably from the corner of his mouth. Although thanks to his strong physique, the damage he suffered was extremely minor, but blood was shed after all!
The attack stopped.
Eric stood still and did not continue to pursue.
He looked at the Puji, who was held in the young lady's arms every day, with some surprise, then turned his head to look at a corner of the training ground. The real Aidin was slowly emerging from the air with a bit of embarrassment, with a little cold sweat on his forehead.
Eric raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, then touched the broken bottle at his waist. His poker face showed no emotion. "You're quite capable."
"We won! I can go now!" Inanna in the stands cheered immediately.
Eric was silent for a moment and made a quick assessment: an illusionist who was as slippery as a loach and good at creating chaos and providing cover, plus a magical pet Puji who was not afraid of pain, had amazing attack power and could launch strange attacks, could indeed provide the young lady with a considerable degree of protection.
Even so, he was still not careless at all.
In the end, in addition to Aidin and the knight Puji, Inanna's traveling team also included four gold-level guards with calm auras and sharp eyes, as well as a full set of life-saving equipment.
Before leaving, Eric fixed his eyes on Aidin: "Mr. Aidin and President Farr, please make sure to protect the young lady."
The subtext is clear: if something goes wrong, you will suffer the consequences!
On the sidewalk, Dylan sat tiredly on the horse's back, still riding the chestnut horse. This old friend had amazing leg strength and was as good as those good horses when traveling. So Dylan did not change it halfway.
After continuous traveling, Dylan has lost a lot of weight, his cheeks are sunken, and there are heavy shadows under his eye sockets. Only when he gets closer and closer to the Yafeng Town, does a glimmer of vitality appear in his eyes.
Just as he was trying to muster up his strength and dispel the daze brought on by the long journey, he suddenly caught a glimpse of something strange out of the corner of his eye - mycelium!
There were actually traces of fungal mats in the woods beside the road. They were spreading among the trees and even crawling onto the road!
But Dylan wasn't sure if this was the boss.
"Boss?" Dylan tried to call out in the fungus web.
Before he could wait for a reply, three guys holding sharp blades suddenly jumped out of the bushes ahead, blocking the way. Dylan reined in his horse and stopped suddenly, the chestnut horse stamping its hooves nervously.
He was about to turn around when he heard another figure swaying behind him. Two other bandits came out from behind with a grin, completely blocking the narrow forest path.
Almost at the same time, the sound of hurried horse hooves was heard not far away. Two accomplices riding inferior horses were waving weapons and quickly outflanked from the side!
Seven to one!
This is the nth time we have been robbed along the way?
The public security outside is indeed getting worse and worse. What should we do this time, fight or flee?
The leading robber was a tall, fat man, carrying a rusty mace. He spoke in a hoarse, piercing voice, "Old man, be smart! Leave the horse behind and throw the money bag over! I'll spare your life!"
His accomplice beside him waved a long knife and looked at Dylan's valuable belongings with ill intent.
Dylan looked at them, weighing the pros and cons in his mind.
With seven against one, they were bound to run away, but the enemy not only blocked the front and back, but also had two men on horseback.
Even though it was an inferior horse, the one under him had experienced a lot of traveling, so it might not be able to outrun it.
It’s all my fault for being distracted by the fungal mat just now. Normally I would have noticed something was wrong in advance and avoided it from afar.
The robbers exchanged glances with each other, but could not wait any longer and slowly surrounded them with weapons in hand.
Just as Dylan was about to use his ice cone ring to rush out, he discovered that a lot of bulges appeared on the fungal blanket not far away...
Boo…boo…boo boo…boo boo…
A series of noises rang out from the fungal blanket. When the robbers turned around, they saw a terrifying scene: countless round monsters poofed out of the woods and rolled over quickly!
Flooding the road like a tide, hundreds of Pujis soon surrounded everyone.
A robber on horseback reacted the fastest. The scene before him was beyond his comprehension and he pulled the reins hard, ready to turn around and run away!
However, it takes time to turn the horse around, and this distance is just a moment for Puji!
He saw several Pujis rolling quickly to the side of his horse, and their round bodies crashed straight into it!
Bang!
The violent explosion carried dirt and flesh fragments into the air. The poor horse was killed before it could even let out a cry. The bandit on the horse was covered in blood and screamed in pain as he lost a leg.
"Save me! Save me!" He dragged his broken body, let out a heart-wrenching wail, and desperately reached out his hand to his accomplices.
But the remaining six people had already been tightly surrounded by the Puji. Facing the circles of Puji around them and listening to their companions' shrill screams, they felt a chill running up from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads. Not to mention saving people, they didn't even dare to move a step!
They could only watch as the second batch of Puji rolled up amid their companions' pleas for mercy.
A few more dull explosions were heard, and mud splashed everywhere.
The wailing stopped abruptly.
The ferocity on the robbers' faces disappeared, leaving only terrified faces!
The fat man in the lead tightly grasped the heavy mace, his arm muscles knotted, but he couldn't even muster the courage to swing it around. Beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down his greasy cheeks.
"Puchi from the underground city!"
"What's going on?! What the hell is going on?!"
The robbers were completely panicked and cursed in panic, completely unable to comprehend the nightmarish scene before them.
They have been occupying this area for more than ten days. How come they encountered such a strange thing today?
Dylan, the only one who knew the inside story, finally felt relieved. He got answers to his own safety and his boss's safety at the same time. An indescribable warmth and sense of security surged up in him.
He just gently stroked the neck of the chestnut horse under him, soothing the old horse that was also frightened and restless by the bloody explosion just now.
Just as the robbers were racking their brains for how to escape, there was a commotion in the group of Pujis, and a wrinkled, slender Puji was "pushed" out by its companions.
It squirmed its body towards those guys who dared to target Puji's men.
Then, a terrifying voice that was as if countless voices were superimposed and squeezed out came from its body: "Howl like a pig, and then die!"
The group of Pujis rioted instantly, sharp blade whips tore through the air, and acid sprayed out like a rainstorm!
"Dylan! You're still alive!"
In my mind, the boss greeted me happily. In reality, the screams that were so shrill that they didn't sound like human voices instantly drowned out the chirping of insects in the forest. The pungent smell of blood and acid mixed in the air, causing Dylan, who was still moved just now, to vomit on the spot.
(End of this chapter)
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