Seven

rustling——

The soldier turned his head alertly, looking at the source of the sound. There was a moment of shaking in the bushes in his field of vision, and in the next moment, a golden figure appeared in front of him.

"Master Xia...Xia Ti?" The soldier's mouth moved, and he uttered this respectful call.

This golden hair, and that graceful figure even though it was covered by the cold armor.

There is no doubt that she is Lord Xia Ti.

However, what puzzled the soldiers was. Xia Ti kept her body low, her blond hair hanging down, making it hard to see the expression on her face.

At this time, several companions beside the soldier also came in response. Seeing the strange appearance of Xia Ti, who was the vanguard, she stepped forward quickly, wanting to ask what was going on.

However, in the next moment, the cold light flashed past. The soldiers didn't understand the meaning of this flash, they just kept their shocked expressions, and didn't even have a chance to feel the pain, their lives were already gone.

"Light... Songgaru."

A hazy voice came out of his mouth, the tone of which was no different from that of a pious young knight. But the words in it have already been stained with the color of foreign objects.

One of the creeds of the paladins is not to allow their weapons to be stained with filth. Among them, the blood of foreign races is the most common.

Whenever wearing short armor and stepping onto the battlefield, it is impossible to avoid the twisted color of the blade.

"Xia Ti" shook the sword body slightly, shaking off all the bright red blood stains.

It's as easy and simple as shaking off the brown-green blood on the sword after fighting with a foreign race.

Looking at the headless corpses falling in unison, and those rolling heads, under the piece of golden hair, the pleasure of wanton slaughter at the top made "Xia Ti"'s body unable to stop trembling.

The corners of his mouth curled up, a smile emerged. After the pleasure of killing, there is a sense of joy called domination.

Finally, there is the slowly burning hatred.

The next target has already been decided.

……

In the boundless sea of ​​trees, two girls walked together.

Among them, one is a silver-haired girl in a pure white dress. The young girl looked innocent and lovely, her long silver hair was tied up with two light pink ribbons, and two ponytails glowing with silver light naturally hung down from her shoulders, looking holy and beautiful.

The other was a tall girl with light blue soft long hair and an unconventional skirt armor. The elf girl went into battle lightly, her slender body was covered by a scale armor, revealing a large piece of beautiful skin like white porcelain.

"Sister Angelika, here..." Tavia whispered nervously, "Taviya always feels a little weird..."

"Yeah...it's too quiet..." Angelica lowered her two pairs of sharp elf ears and said in a low voice.

In the depths of this deep forest with intertwined branches and overgrown bushes, the two stopped as if they had discovered something by accident.

"Xia Ti?"

Looking at that figure, Angelica subconsciously called out.

It should be a joy to be reunited with your closest companions.

However, something seems wrong?

Xia Ti bent down, her golden hair perfectly covered her beautiful eyes, leaving only a shadow, making it hard to see the expression on her face.

The golden figure is gradually approaching, under the light armor, the slender body trembles slightly.

The line of sight seems to have no time to care about the feet, and the slightly bulky boots keep moving forward, but the girl seems to have no sense of control of the limbs at all, just like a newborn baby, she takes a crooked step.

"Sister Xia Ti?" Tavia asked slightly worried.

"Ga... woo..."

As if hearing a familiar call, a vague sob came from the girl's throat.

Pressing the sandalwood staff in her hand against her tender cheeks, Tavia tilted her head in confusion, and her two silver-white ponytails swayed accordingly.

The figure in sight is undoubtedly Xia Ti herself.

However, at this moment, Xia Ti seemed to be seriously injured, her movements were slow, and she didn't even have the strength to make a sound.

'strangeness……? '

But in the eyes of Tavia, who is a pastor, Xia Ti's body is intact, and there is no wound on her whole body. Not only that, Xia Ti's strength has even become stronger than before.

"babble……"

"……Eh?"

"Happy..."

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"Hand over...your body Garu."

Finally, the knight girl uttered a voice, but the words in that voice made people shudder.

After a few weird laughs, she staggered towards Angelika and Tavia.

Xia Ti's eyes were still covered by messy hair, and there was a shadow on her face, which made her look even weirder.

The light mail armor kept colliding with the girl's movement, and the crisp sound was getting closer.

"Taviya, step back."

Pushing Tavia behind her, Angelica put her right hand on the hilt of the sword.

【Yuehua】, ready to unsheath at any time.

"I don't know why you became like this, but Xia Ti, if you take one step closer to us, then I won't show any affection." Warnings relentlessly.

"Sister Angelika... Sister Xia Ti...?" Tavia asked timidly as she shrank behind the tall elf girl.

Seeing this, the heroic elf girl holding a sword looked at Tavia in front of her with loving eyes, and smiled softly.

She bent down, gently stroked Lori's little head, and comforted softly, "It's okay, Tavia. Sister Angelika will protect you. Of course, I will also restore Sister Xia Ti to her senses. "

Speaking of this, she glanced at the scabbard and declared, "I will use my proud swordsmanship to restore your sanity."

Looking back, Xia Ti looked extremely dull in his eyes, as if he hadn't heard the warning at all, he dragged his steps slowly, approaching the two of them step by step.

"Tsk, can't you convey it at all?" Angelica clenched her weapon tightly.

Is it a spiritual interference spell?

However, how could this kind of indiscriminate ability work on Xia Ti?

"...there is only one way left." Angelica bowed slightly, her expression indifferent, "The only way to wake you up is through fighting."

There is Tavia beside Angelica, and that child's ability can heal all injuries on the injured. Angelica didn't have to worry about the severity of her attack on Xia Ti.

In the next moment, her body shot out like a long-awaited crossbow.

The battle is imminent.

"In terms of speed... I have the advantage!"

Among the dense forests, the elf girl moves like the wind, and her beautiful figure is like a light doe.

The blade-like gust of wind hit her face, bringing up her long light blue hair, and even the feathered crown was dangling, but this did not affect her locking the target with her sharp eyes like a falcon. .

Silently, approaching the target at the fastest speed, and then offering a blow that could tear everything apart.

Slide forward, pressing your body's center of gravity forward.

【Yuehua】, out of the sheath in an instant.

In an instant, the sword was drawn, and the sword was swung.

The sword named [Yuehua] danced in the air with the girl's seemingly slender arms, like a moonlight butterfly flying in the night sky, beautiful and incredible.

In an instant, accompanied by strong winds, the white blade light rose straight from the ground, flashed across the sky, cut through the clouds, and left a beautiful and terrifying arc as far as the line of sight could see.

As if in response to this blow, cracks and broken lines appeared on the ground in front of Angelika and spread. The next moment, the ground was completely cracked, and the rocks and soil flew up for a while, leaving a crack with a depth of several meters.

On the battlefield, there was a piece of gunpowder smoke with an earthy smell.

Looking at the cracks under her feet, Angelica sighed in her heart. With such a terrifying power, if a body of flesh and blood caught that blow, it must have already been torn apart.

Even the mighty paladin Xia Ti, if he took this blow head-on, it would be a disaster.

but……

"There is no real feeling of hitting..."

Angelika's slender five fingers tightly clasped the hilt of the sword, muttering softly as she recalled the blow just now.

Unlike the tactile feeling of the sword cutting hard or soft objects, [Yuehua]'s knife does not have any special feedback.

This meant that Xia Ti dodged that blow.

Eyes searched for the target. Sure enough, behind the smoke that was about to dissipate, there was a familiar figure.

The knight girl seemed to have anticipated the attack, her light body easily dodged the blow with a single leap.

The slash of the elf girl's first attack was avoided, and only an arc was drawn in the void to declare the end.

This is the whole process.

"This responsiveness... It seems that you have already deeply engraved your combat experience and skills into the muscle memory of this body." Angelica raised her eyebrows and asked, "That day just now A blow is not something that a delirious person can avoid. Now you should regain your sense of judgment. Xia Ti, can you explain to me what happened just now?"

"..." The knight girl did not give Angelica an answer, but chose to remain silent.

"Tsk, haven't you recovered your sanity yet?" Angelica bent down again, ready to fight.

"No... If you are rational, I have already had it from that moment just now." Xia Ti raised her head, her golden eyes exuded a treacherous look, "This female knowledge, rationality, seems to have been taken by me. Absorbed everything."

Putting her hands on her plump peaks, feeling the softness, the corners of "Xia Ti"'s mouth curled up, "Humph... This female would never have thought that, as a ninth-level paladin, she would be killed by an inconspicuous paladin." Can you replace it with a lower-level monster?"

"What do you mean?" Angelica asked, sighing inwardly, a terrible conjecture gradually surfaced.

"Hmph, you'll know what it means soon." Xia Ti's face was gloomy, the corners of her mouth raised, and she smiled strangely, "You will also...become one of us."

As soon as the words fell, Xia Ti slowly pulled out the [Sunlight] from the scabbard.

In this dim forest, [Sunlight] exudes its due light, illuminating the surroundings.

[Sunlight] can reflect the user's state of mind. If it is the original Xia Ti, then the pure radiance is also a symbol of Xia Ti's belief.

However, at this moment, the light of [Sunhui] has become dim, dull, and dirty.

'Xia Ti...what happened? Angelica analyzed in her heart, "It's almost like...a different person. '

Before Angelica could get the answer, the golden sword light flashed past and hit Angelica directly.

'From above? '

The golden arc waved from top to bottom according to the established trajectory. If her body came into contact with that trajectory, Angelica would undoubtedly be split into two halves.

With this in mind, Angelica had already prepared a countermeasure against the enemy's attack.

Pushing on the boots lightly, he used his strength to step back to avoid the sharp edge. In this way, the fatal blow can be avoided.

Afterwards, find the weak point of the knight girl, give it a roundabout blow, and Angelica can end the battle.

So far, the situation has been settled. Fate will never allow any other ending.

But if the premise is changed, it is another matter.

The golden trajectory turned suddenly, and [Rihui], which was supposed to be falling downwards, changed its trajectory, adjusted to a new posture, and slashed towards Angelica's right side.

The top-down posture of raising the sword is just a cover. After forcing the enemy back with an illusion, the knife that is handed out during the gap between the enemy's adjustment and posture is the real blow that contains killing intent.

A cold light flashed over, and the swordsman's instinct made Angelica subconsciously raise the [Yuehua] on her right hand to defend. In an instant, an unimaginable feedback **** came from the right wrist.

This **** was far more exaggerated than imagined, so that Angeli let out a muffled groan, her wrist went numb, and she almost dropped the weapon.

However, even with such a quick reaction, Angelica still couldn't resist another blow from Xia Ti.

The blow from the right side was blocked by the [Moonlight] raised by the elf girl, but Xia Ti's long-planned blow from bottom to top actually hit the elf girl who was not blocked by the skirt armor. On fair skin covered.

Fortunately, this blow did not bring pain to Angelica, presumably it was not a cold and sharp weapon like a sword.

The golden figure quickly left after the blow, and stood still not far away.

Slowly retracting [Rihui] into the sheath, Xia Ti lightly raised the corners of her lips, and looked at the blue-faced Angelika with interest.

"What's the matter, Angelica? Why are you still on the defensive?" Xia Ti's mouth curled into a wicked smile, "Could it be that...you can't do anything to my body?"

Under the wrist armor, the vibration from the hilt of the sword was still reverberating. Angelica staggered back two steps, clicked her tongue softly, and then looked at the golden figure, "This strength...isn't quite like Xia Ti As it should be."

"That's because I have no reservations."

Hearing this, Xia Ti just smiled lightly, spread her hands and responded, "In the previous fencing competitions, Angelika could always beat me with a wooden sword. One of the reasons was that I didn't go all out."

"Isn't it because there is a huge gap in swordsmanship between us?" Angelica joked, "Xia Ti, I don't know why your body can recover so quickly to the full state it was before you defeated the Demon King. But , only in terms of swordsmanship, I will never lose to you, even if you are in your prime."

"I know, in terms of pure swordsmanship, I can't beat Angelica." Xia Ti smiled, and then her tone changed, her golden eyes were stained with the color of a monster, "So, I didn't think about the front Beat you."

"This bright red...is the power of a monster?" Angelica seemed to have sensed something, the elf raised her ears and said, "You...what did you do to Xia Ti?"

"Heh, think about yourself before this woman's body, my dear Angelica." A meaningful smile was drawn on the corner of Xia Ti's lips, and at the same time, she did not forget to gesture to Angelica Looking down, "It seems that... it has already begun to work."

"It works?"

Angelica followed Xia Ti's gaze with some doubts, and looked down her body.

An ominous off-white object suddenly appeared in the field of vision.

Suddenly, a huge sense of powerlessness extended from the place where it was stabbed by the ominous thing.

As if she had lost control of her legs, Angelica staggered and almost fell.

Holding on to the thick tree trunk beside her, Angelica barely maintained her figure. Experiencing the feeling of being sucked by an ominous thing inside, Angelica couldn't help but fell into a burst of panic.

"Xia Ti... No, monster, what did you do to me?!" Angelika's face was stiff, and there was an uncontrollable tremor in her voice.

"Actually, I didn't do anything." Xia Ti narrowed her eyes greedily, "I just...wanted to make Angelika my companion. For this, I played a little trick."

"You... despicable!" The light blue long-haired elf girl bit her lip and said, but soon, her legs were completely sucked dry by the bone spurs, and she became emaciated. The shriveled knees seemed to have succumbed, and collapsed to the ground.

Not only that, with the further deepening of the degree of skinning. The elf girl even lost the strength to hold [Yuehua], and the silver-gray sword fell with a clang in front of the girl's shriveled feet that were attached to the boots.

The elf girl looked at her lower body with some fear, and her pointed elf ears drooped. She stretched out her right hand and reached for the composite longbow behind her. Before her fingertips touched the rough surface of the wooden composite longbow, the elf girl lost the touch of her hands.

Probing back with her right hand, what appeared in the girl's field of vision were half-collapsed, shapeless five fingers.

This kind of hand can no longer be called the hand of an elf. It is probably more appropriate to call it a skin pouch.

Huge panic filled the elf girl's heart, she could no longer suppress the fear in her heart, and let out a cry of grief.

But this voice, to Xia Ti's ears, was so pleasant. Once upon a time, this body also made such a beautiful sound, right?

"Sister Angelica!?"

Tavia, who arrived later, saw this scene for the first time.

Xia Ti walked slowly to Angelika, bent down, and picked up an object. At the same time, she did not forget to watch Angelika shriveled as if she had been discouraged.

Angelica's expression was terrified, as if she was very afraid of what was about to happen, while Xia Ti's expression was full of greedy desire, and a strong possessive desire was revealed from those bright red eyes.

Such a weird scene gave Tavia a huge shock in her heart. She subconsciously covered her small mouth with an expression of disbelief on her face.

"It's...Taviya?" The elf girl who was half paralyzed on the ground realized Tavia's existence at this moment, and she said with the little strength left, "...Taviya, hurry up now... "

"No!" Tavia shook her head sadly, and she trotted towards Angelika tightly clutching the staff in front of her chest.

"Really... Tavia... I'm hopeless. Compared to me, find a way to escape." Looking at Tavia who came to check her body, Angelica still said softly. Laughing, "Xia Ti is no longer the original Xia Ti, you should stay as far away from her as possible..."

"But, but... what about Sister Angelika?" The girl's expression was complicated, she couldn't let go of her relationship with Angelica at all, "Tell me to leave Sister Angelika and go, Tavia is completely Can't do it."

"Oh, even Tavia is here?" Xia Ti sneered, pulled out the long sword from the scabbard again, and held the bone spur tightly with the other hand, and carried it behind her back, "This way, it will save trouble .”

"Sure enough, your target is the three of us, right?"

Angelica, who had collapsed, no longer had the strength to hold the weapon. She looked at Xia Ti whose eyes were dyed bright red, and asked, "Who are you...?"

"who are we?"

Hearing this, the bright red in Xia Ti's eyes became more intense, and the corners of her mouth rose to a strange arc, "Aren't you the most clear about this kind of thing?"

"I am the goblin you were supposed to escort to the capital to behead for public display."

"Goblin?" Angelica's eyes flashed with surprise, "Why are you using Sister Xia Ti's body?"

"Because of this~" Saying that, Xia Ti took out the bone spur that was carried behind her, and showed it in front of the two of them, "Those of you who have read history, should be very clear about what this is, right?"

Gray and white ominous bone spurs. Previously, Xia Ti used it to stab Angelica.

"Demon God... the power of skin..." Tavia murmured softly, her eyes filled with horror.

In this way, everything can be explained.

Why did Angelika become like this, and why Xia Ti attacked Angelika.

"You... woo..."

The progress of skin transformation had already reached the upper body, and Angelica gradually lost the power to make a sound.

"Sister Angelika!" Tavia wept uncontrollably. She kept calling that name, but there was no response.

The right hand gathers light elements and draws a short magic circle, but it has no effect on Angelica's body.

"Quick... let's go..."

Finally, Angelica hesitated to say these two words.

"Don't... I don't want to abandon Sister Angelika!" The girl shook her head, as if she didn't accept the reality, and crazily injected the warm light elements in her body into Angelika's collapsed body.

However, to no avail.

Gently brushing her lips with her index finger, Xia Ti watched all this with interest, and when she got tired of this behavior, the expression in her eyes also became cold. She adjusted the expression on her face slightly, and walked slowly behind Tavia.

"Sister Tavia, get up, I want to revive Angelica."

The voice was as gentle as in the past, as if the delicate knight girl had returned to Tavia's side.

Tavia didn't answer, just continued the useless treatment while sobbing. She could feel that the vitality was rapidly disappearing from Angelica's body, and the temperature gradually became freezing, but there was nothing she could do.

Seeing the **** of the closest person with his own eyes, is he worthy of being the pastor of the Healing Church?

Thinking of this, Tavia fell into deep self-blame.

"Taviya..."

“……”

"Taviya..."

“……”

The third call did not come as expected. In the next second, Tavia's warm body embraced her.

Xia Ti's body obviously only has cold armor, but the cold texture of metal is extremely warm at this moment.

"Taviya..."

Beside the ear, Xia Ti called softly. She hugged the delicate body of the young girl in her arms tightly, transmitting the warmth of her own body to her.

"Let me revive Sister Angelika, okay?"

"Don't speak in... Miss Xia Ti's voice!"

Tavia lowered her head, her words contained a hint of warning.

"Taviya, can you feel my temperature?"

“……”

"It's warm, just like the old days, isn't it?"

"...stop...don't use that voice again..."

"Believe me……"

Xia Ti hugged her tighter, as if she was afraid that the girl in her arms would be hurt.

"Woooo..."

Uncontrollable tears overflowed like a spring, and Tavia tightly held the pair of warm arms around her chest, wanting to feel the warmth.

Yes, instead of accepting the cold reality, it is better to immerse yourself in the illusion of warmth.

In the field of vision, the cold reality has been covered by the constant warmth coming from behind.

"Sister Xia Ti...Taviya...so cold..."

Tavia murmured in a low voice, and now there was only a hollow expression left in those smart eyes.

"Well, I'm here. I'll hug you tight."

The heat is coming from behind, so comfortable, so comfortable that I don't want to leave this warmth. If this warmth disappeared inadvertently, then Tavia would definitely fall into the cold cellar called "Reality" in an instant.

"As long as I listen to sister Xia Ti... can I feel this warmth?" the girl whispered.

"Well, not only that, I will resurrect Angelica. Let Angelica be with you forever."

"Hmm..." Tavia, with empty eyes, nodded slightly, with a happy smile on the corner of her mouth, "Sister Xia Ti, please resurrect Sister Angelika."

The girl stretched out her right hand mechanically, picked up "Angelica" that had collapsed in front of her, and slowly handed it to "Xia Ti" behind her.

As if she hadn't noticed that the ground in front of her was dyed red by the bright red light from behind her, the girl narrowed her eyes happily.