Chapter 23: Jibalo Nymph

Even Ailina, who liked to bicker with Malisika, nodded in rather agreement this time.

Fulade glanced at the two women, but slowly shook his head, continuing to look down at the Hunter Demon Squad as he said, "You all sensed wrong."

"Sensed wrong?" The two women were taken aback, and before they could figure out what exactly was wrong—

A cacophony of noise rose from below.

Following the sound, they saw a demon hunter wearing half-plate armor suddenly raise a Golden Scale that gleamed with golden light, shouting loudly with an excited and thrilled expression.

"Quick, look at what I found! Gold! There's gold here!"

It turned out that while the few of them were talking, among the Hunter Demon Squad members advancing in three directions to explore, one demon hunter had already reached the shore of Heart-shaped Lake, discovered gold, and stirred up a commotion in the squad.

"What is Ralph saying~"

"Ralph found gold, seems like there are traces of treasure."

"Treasure~ Let's go! Hurry over and take a look."

Seeing these Hunter Demon Squad members, upon hearing that demon hunter's shout, every one of them revealed expressions of greed and excitement, disrupting their formation one after another as they ran toward the demon hunter who had found the gold.

At this time, Ray Jason, the Hunter Demon Squad commander stationed in the center of the formation directing operations, saw the suddenly scattered formation and frowned, then looked at a demon hunter scout who had abruptly returned from the front and hurriedly asked what had happened.

"Ralph Squad found signs of gold on the lakeshore, and everyone ran over there," the demon hunter scout reported to Ray Jason and the others before even catching his breath.

But Ray Jason, having heard the cause of the incident, kept his brow furrowed, without the slightest hint of joy on his face.

"Famic, I keep feeling a trace of unease in my heart, as if something is wrong, but I can't put my finger on it," Ray Jason said in a low voice.

"What do you think?"

As a veteran demon hunter with rich experience, Ray Jason instinctively felt that this matter carried a hint of eeriness, so he asked the only Witch in the squad.

Even as he spoke, Ray Jason had already instinctively dismounted, raised the weapon in his hand, and gone on full alert.

By this time, the Witch Famic had already closed her eyes, murmuring incantations, chanting harsh and tongue-twisting magic spells.

A gentle breeze blew past, and the Witch Famic's expression suddenly changed as a sharp sound burst from her mouth, instantly beginning to echo continuously through the forest.

Upon hearing this sharp shriek, every member of the Hunter Demon Squad's expression drastically changed.

"Demoness Shriek~!"

Although this sonic-type Witchcraft of Demoness Shriek caused their eardrums to constantly vibrate, and even a buzzing sound to continuously arise in their brains—

What truly made everyone's expressions change was the other meaning it represented! "Danger! Everyone, form up on the spot!"

At this moment, a gruff voice suddenly rang out from afar. Under the command of that voice, the Hunter Demon Squad members, whose expressions had drastically changed and who were momentarily at a loss due to panic, seemed to have found their backbone all at once, and one after another began to act on their own initiative.

In mere moments, all the Hunter Demon Squad members formed new squads with the nearest members beside them, grouping in threes to fives, and several defensive formations took shape in an instant.

Clearly, when encountering this kind of extreme situation, even if they were not members of the same squad, they could still maintain sufficient tacit understanding with one another and form combat strength in a short time.

It was evident that this Hunter Demon Squad was indeed very elite; even Fulade, observing them from above, could not help but marvel at their coordination ability.

Unfortunately, even so, an accident... still happened!

As Fulade looked toward the center of the lake, a massive column of water suddenly shot skyward.

As the water column fell, an alluring figure appeared before everyone.

"This is..."

Fulade scrutinized it for a moment and instantly recognized the female figure suspended above the water's surface.

"Jibalo Nymph!"

It was exactly the Jibalo Nymph from the TV series Love Death Machine.

In legend, the daughter of the river god.

The alluring figure, upon appearing, began to dance gracefully on the lake surface. Her fiery, seductive body, covered with all kinds of jewels, agate, and gold, emitted pleasant tinkling sounds in time with the enchanting and alluring dance.

"What is that?"

"It's a nymph~! Everyone be careful." As everyone noticed the anomaly, the Hunter Demon Squad members went on full alert.

Shield-bearers stepped forward to defend, bowmen using ranged attacks stayed in the rear, and melee members ready to support at any time were in the middle—in but an instant, a new defensive formation took shape again, demonstrating their rich team combat experience when dealing with extraordinary creatures.

Unfortunately, their precautions had no effect whatsoever.

"Yaa~ah~!!"

As the Jibalo Nymph let out sharp shrieks from her bright red lips.

The members of the Bounty Hunter Demon Hunting Squad instantly felt their heads splitting with pain, roaring in agony, and their defensive formation was thrown into disarray.

Looking at these greedy humans who had disturbed her rest, wailing in pain before the lakeshore.

The nymph's dancing rhythm not only grew faster and faster, but also became increasingly enchanting and alluring, filled with a peculiar seduction.

As the nymph let out another burst of rapid, sharp shrieks, along with an ever more enchanting dance.

The demon hunters on the lakeshore also instantly began to dance uncontrollably.

"How could this be, my body is out of control!"

"Me too, ah~ my head hurts so much, hurry, hurry and kill her!"

"Right, kill her!"

In mere moments, on the lakeshore, dozens of Hunter Demon Squad members, with bloodshot eyes and splitting headaches, one after another raised their weapons and, with bizarre dancing movements, charged toward the nymph in the lake.

What was strange, however, was that the bowmen responsible for ranged suppression actually abandoned their bows and crossbows and joined the melee ranks.

"This is bad! They've fallen into a mental illusion!"

Ray Jason and the Witch Famic, rushing over, saw this scene and their expressions suddenly changed.

Just as the Witch Famic, in her urgency, wanted to cast a spell to rescue the many Hunter Demon Squad members, the Jibalo Nymph, noticing the two's arrival, let out another series of sharp shrieks.

Instantly interrupting the Witch Famic's spellcasting.

At the same time, the Hunter Demon Squad members who had run into Heart-shaped Lake had already begun slaughtering one another.

"Haha, I killed her, I killed—" a Hunter Demon Squad member suddenly laughed loudly.

But before the words had finished, a flash of light suddenly gleamed, and blood gushed from his neck, dyeing the nearby water red.

All that could be seen was a demon hunter who, with a raise of his hand and a swing of his sword, cut down his companion beside him on the spot; at that moment, the nearby area was already filled with the corpses of Hunter Demon Squad members.

Even up to his death, that demon hunter remained immersed in the illusion of having slain the female demon, utterly unaware of death's arrival.

As the slaughter continued, the number of dead kept rising, and the entire clear lake water was dyed blood-red.

The female demon swayed her alluring posture, looking proudly at everything before her, obviously very satisfied with her handiwork.

"Roar~!!"

A sudden, tremendous roar burst forth, echoing across the entire Heart-shaped Lake surface and the surrounding forest area.

The female demon's fiery, enchanting dance, affected by it, made her body tremble and her rhythm begin to grow somewhat disordered.

Hearing the sound and looking over, all that could be seen in the Heart-shaped Lake was a bald, burly man nearly two meters tall, gripping a huge shield, who suddenly let out a fierce roar.

His solid muscles began to swell violently, and the sturdy armor on his body cracked and shattered piece by piece.

In just a moment, a giant over three meters tall, approaching four meters, appeared within everyone's sight.

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