Chapter 625: Wings of Light and Farewell

The Sword Bay region.

East along the Delinbier River from the main city of Axehead Shoal lies Xuan Shui City, gradually overtaken by forest.

Former Grand Commander Kat and the cat-girl Koi, the mage Doris, lie hidden in the night, ambushed somewhere in the high forest to its north.

"I heard the Demon Control Alliance's 【Super-Distance Teleport】 has completely shut down."

The cat-girl Koi crouched in a tree, her wild-glowing eyes fixed on the distant target.

The mage Doris gripped her staff with both hands beneath the tree, on guard, her small face a little tense and uneasy.

"Good thing we came to Deep Water City a step earlier. If we'd started from Shi Ying Town, who knows how long it would've taken to get here."

"We didn't have to walk, either. I remember mages can craft a kind of spell-sail — can't you?"

Doris's face flushed with embarrassment: "That stuff's expensive. How could I possibly afford it?"

"Ahahahaha, you broke thing."

Former Grand Commander Kat's face cooled slightly as she glanced at the two girls, both younger than her daughter.

She couldn't help but remind them: "Stay quiet in combat. No chitchat."

The two girls had no intention of listening.

Doris pouted, complaining: "We're partners, not your soldiers. Stop ordering us around day in and day out. You know my ex-boyfriend, right? He was just as 'fatherly' as you — I dumped him within a week."

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Koi, meanwhile, was curious: "When did you get a boyfriend? After your fiancé ran off on the wedding, didn't you barely talk to men at all? The one you talked to most was probably that Rod, but he's Lily's target."

"Pfft! Who'd fancy that fickle, smelly man? He's pretty good-looking, sure, and he's got a little money, and his strength's passable, but for a man, the most important thing is personality."

"Rod's personality's not bad either, I hear, and he smells really nice."

"Hm? Stinky cat, you're not trying to steal Lily's man, are you?"

Koi laughed: "I'm not stealing, but whether Lily can steal him away from those ten-plus girls in the forest is anyone's guess."

Before the words were finished.

Kat, who had been watching ahead, suddenly let out a sharp "shh."

"They're here."

The two girls fell silent at once and looked into the distance, and sure enough spotted a furtive man slipping between the trees.

"The reasoning's not wrong. With all those disappearances in Xuan Shui City, it could well be the Yige Sect's doing."

"Not bad, Uncle Kat. Should we call Rod? Oh, 【Super-Distance Teleport】's down."

Kat shook her head.

Her left hand drew the steel sword from her waist.

"Recruiting former knight-soldiers driven out for resisting, taking in mages hunted by the Yige Sect, gathering disaster survivors — the resistance army's funds are already provided by that Mr. We can't trouble him with everything."

Koi shrugged: "Up to you. The Chivalry Alliance is still pretty loose inside; we can't publicize this widely, so the help we can give you is limited. Mostly intel — and after all, we're out in the open in Deep Water City now, it's hard to go back underground."

Doris, meanwhile, was far more interested in the resistance army's "romantic exploits."

Her eyes lit up: "The name! What's your organization called?! Can I name it for you? How about 【Sword That Breaks the Heavens】! Recently the hero Ophir learned a spirit-art where a giant energy sword pierces the heavens! So cool!"

"That's called 【Giant-Slaying Slash】. Huh? That Rod seems to know that spirit-art too, doesn't he?"

Kat pondered for a moment.

She didn't think names were meaningless — like slogans, they had the power to rally hearts.

Instinctively, she looked west toward Axehead Shoal and couldn't help recalling the coup that had taken place there a few months ago.

The evil organization the Zhantalin Association had secretly assassinated the Lord of Axehead Shoal and framed his daughter, Wenner Miss Puwei.

In the end, an organization called 【Knights of Light】 had risen from nowhere to set everything right.

At the time, plenty of people guessed they were a hidden organization from the previous epoch.

"'In the guise of light, expose the lies, challenge the false,' huh."

She decided to ride on their fame:

"We'll call it 【Wings of Light】 — declare we're a branch of the 【Knights of Light】."

Outside the Shi Ying Town relay station.

Rod, along with the City Hall witch Dimia, the old gentleman Humbert, and others, formed a farewell party to see off the conscripted troop, now reduced by half.

The weather was nice today — a week of continuous rain had finally cleared.

Sunlight filtered through thin clouds onto the crowd, doing nothing to lift the gloomy faces of certain members of the conscripted troop.

But more than that, it was fear.

Their sidelong glances kept drifting back to Rod, as if afraid he might suddenly snap and start slaughtering them.

As deputy commander, Levi took over leadership of the battered conscripted troop and, after a brief rest, decided to march home.

Shadow-Hunting Wind's leader Eve and the tooth-fairy Rosalia continued to keep their distance from Rod.

At least on the surface.

After all, just the day before yesterday, the two women had secretly slipped into the forest to attend a celebratory bonfire.

Before leaving, Rosalia had stuffed Rod's spell-pouch full of Jin Along, as payment for avenging her.

Not much — only a hundred-thousand-plus.

But it was probably everything she had.

Watching Rosalia's retreating back as she left without looking back, Rod stood there in a daze.

At one point she turned around.

Seeing Rod watching, she smiled gracefully and waved goodbye.

But once she realized Rod had actually been staring at her swaying hips the whole time, her smile immediately turned wry.

Only this guy was far too brazen — staring dead-on.

Rosalia frowned, then couldn't help getting annoyed again, glared at him fiercely, and vanished into the crowd.

"She's gone, Master."

Tally reminded him in a crisp voice.

"Mm."

He turned his head to look at the girl beside him.

Impeccably sealed long boots, a high-collared shirt, and a heavy skirt armor that reached past her knees.

The exquisite armor completely concealed her flat chest and belly, her face clean and pure.

On her back was the long-unused 【Scythe-Claw Reverse Blade】 great scythe, and at her waist a short sword with the 【Flicker】 skill.

Rod couldn't help himself: "Flat-chested, Tally? That's pretty rare."

A certain forest warden was a devout follower of the Great Thunderclap Temple, and the succubi who knew of this rarely turned into girls like this.

Tally's face instantly flushed red, and she fidgeted, twisting her fingers.

"You shouldn't discuss a girl's chest out in public, Master Mr., it's impolite."

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The witch Dimia beside them couldn't help laughing either.

"This is what happens when a succubus takes the Absolute Desire Pill — even her personality seems to have changed?"

As she spoke, she even pulled out a small notebook.

Her baby-faced, doll-like features lit up with curiosity: "Then what do you do when you eat?"

Rod sighed: "There's basically no way to do it normally, so we take it out and then take the pill."

Tally right now is basically a steam engine that overloads at the slightest touch.

"Take it out? How?"

"Let Vivian or Pan Ni help."

Before he could finish.

Tally cut him off with an embarrassed expression.

"Lady Dimia, please don't pry too deeply into other people's private lives."

"Oh oh. Sorry, sorry."

Dimia's face reddened slightly as she sucked her drool back in.

After calming down a bit: "Then Tally can't just stay like this forever, right? It feels uncomfortable."

Rod said helplessly: "Lady Kali has already checked — it'll last for a while. Tally's digestion of the Absolute Desire Pill seems pretty slow, probably a week or two."

(End of chapter)