Chapter 104: Transfer (Seeking monthly votes)

Clang, clang, clang!

Ryan retreated continuously, but he also blocked the violent attack of the shepherd Pierre Berry.

Pierre Berry's eyes had long been blood-red, no longer the usual gentleness, as if he had completely released the ferocity sealed within his heart.

Taking advantage of the fact that those evil arms, whether pitch-black or pale, reached out from the shadows to interfere with Ryan's actions, Pierre Berry once again raised his axe high and slashed heavily at his enemy's head.

This time, Ryan didn't block while retreating to dissipate the force; he didn't even raise that "Dawn Sword."

He just turned his body, letting the terrifying or twisted arms grab his legs, letting the shepherd Pierre Berry's axe hack into his shoulder.

Clang!

The silver-white shoulder armor instantly developed cracks like a spiderweb, and light kept peeling off, dissipating in mid-air.

Ryan endured the pain, took the opportunity to kneel on one knee, and plunged the "Dawn Sword" into the floor of the second floor.

He felt that he and his companions had been separated for too long and had to think of every way to regroup at all costs.

The power of a team is superior to the individual fighting of each member!

In a flash, the giant two-handed sword condensed from light exploded.

It disintegrated into countless fragments of light, turning into a hurricane that swept toward the shepherd Pierre Berry in front.

This terrifying strike, filled with destructive intent, caused Pierre Berry to uncontrollably show an expression of panic.

He didn't care about the evil arms reaching out from the shadows and shrank directly into his own shadow.

The sharp storm composed purely of light swallowed this area, cutting all shadows and all evil into fragments.

As a wide-range attack ability, although Ryan tried his best to control the "Light Storm" to target the enemy in front, it inevitably affected the left and right sides, the rear, the sky above, and the ground below.

Silently, Lu Mi's bedroom and Aurora's bedroom collapsed simultaneously, turning into tiny fragments in that terrifying storm.

In the area near the balcony, the black vines hanging from the roof instantly turned into flying weeds, and even the assistant priest Guillaume Bénet floating in mid-air had to dodge in a panic.

He flew out of Aurora's house, with bloody scratches appearing one after another on his body.

Rumble!

Half the roof was lifted, and the second-floor floor became pitted, with many places even directly seeing the stove below.

Lyra was also swallowed by the storm composed of light, but her figure rapidly became thin and short, being cut into powder in the form of a paper figurine.

When this terrifying storm subsided, she appeared in the study, which was only half intact.

Ryan knew she had "Paper Figurine Substitute," which was why he dared to launch such a violent and terrifying attack on the shepherd Pierre Berry in this cramped environment.

As for the Aurora and Lu Mi siblings in the side room, and Valentine in the rear balcony area, the former had walls to take the brunt of the damage, and the latter was further away. Meanwhile, Ryan had been forcibly controlling the direction of the storm, which, even if not entirely successful, had a certain effect.

It was precisely after weighing the current situation that he made a decisive move with this breakthrough strike.

Crimson moonlight and faint starlight from high above shone through the broken roof. Ryan scanned the room quickly but didn't find Aurora and Lu Mi, only seeing Lyra running toward him with a blue-tinged face, and Valentine unconscious in the balcony area, with multiple wounds from the "Light Storm" but none fatal.

Seeing that his companions' conditions were getting worse one by one, Ryan couldn't care about finding people, grabbed Lyra's shoulder, and made a big leap to the balcony area.

The warrior scooped up Valentine with one hand and jumped down from Lu Mi's house directly.

Relying on the silver-white "Dawn Armor" that hadn't completely shattered, he forcibly endured some attacks from the shadows and ran wildly toward the outside of Cordu Village, fleeing toward the nearest alpine pasture.

This was a contingency plan they had formulated earlier: once Aurora and Lu Mi's house couldn't be defended, they would retreat to the pasture.

Once there, they could defend using the terrain, or retreat by jumping off the cliff, triggering the cycle by leaving this area.

The assistant priest Guillaume Bénet floated in mid-air, unable to catch up to the "Dawn Knight" whose speed was pushed to the limit.

Beneath his feet, in the shadow at the edge of the house, the shepherd Pierre Berry walked out.

His dark long coat was already tattered, the hood on his back was gone, and his face, chest, and legs were covered in dense sword marks, with blood constantly seeping out, which was extremely horrifying.

If he hadn't exchanged his shadow with a villager's shadow outside at the critical moment, he would have already died without a whole corpse!

And that villager who acted as his substitute had undoubtedly turned into a pile of fragmented flesh.

…………

Because the abyss flowers were quickly destroyed by Ryan's "Light Storm," the degree of paralysis Valentine suffered wasn't deep. Therefore, before they had even left Cordu Village, he woke up.

"How is the situation?" he asked while being filled with wind.

Ryan, running wildly, couldn't explain in detail and could only respond simply:

"Help Lyra first!"

Valentine immediately looked at Lyra, who was being clamped by Ryan's other arm, and found that her face was pale and blue, and her expression was quite wrong.

Without hesitation, Valentine reached out a palm with difficulty and pressed it onto Lyra's shoulder.

"Sun!"

He shouted in Ancient Hermes.

Drops of translucent golden liquid were born out of thin air and sprinkled on Lyra.

Lyra's expression instantly twisted, and a burst of blue smoke erupted from her body.

In just a second or two, Sybil's transparent figure separated, her face filled with undisguised surprise and fear.

She couldn't believe she had been driven out of Lyra's body.

Immediately after, illusory golden flames jumped out from the void, burning this strange spirit like a candle into drops of liquid.

Sybil screamed and cursed, but couldn't escape the fate of being purified.

This time, she couldn't "reborn" in Valentine's body.

"Evil thing!" Valentine cursed lowly.

…………

"Should we chase?" the shepherd Pierre Berry asked the assistant priest Guillaume Bénet floating in mid-air.

Although his state was quite poor, he still refused to give up.

Guillaume Bénet pondered for a few seconds and said:

"No need. The matter here is more important."

"They can't take any action in a short time; they will only wait and see, confirm the situation. For us, that is enough."

Just as he finished speaking, his brow suddenly furrowed, and then he whispered:

"Sybil is dead."

"Isn't she able to 'reborn'?" Pierre Berry was quite surprised.

He wasn't very sad about the death of his sister.

Guillaume Bénet couldn't help but curse:

"I kept telling her not to play 'reborn' in front of those three official Beyonders. This level of 'reborn' is naturally restrained by the power of the 'Sun' pathway. As a result, she didn't listen at all."

"Trash! Wasting the Lord's gift!"

…………

Lu Mi opened his eyes suddenly and saw the faint gray mist and the familiar ceiling.

After fainting, he woke up in the dream ruins.

Fumbling to sit up, Lu Mi panted.

The moment he was attacked by Aurora, he really felt disheartened and had the thought of giving up right then and there.

The beautiful life she gave, the five years of life she gave—if she wanted to take them back, she could just take them back.

Phew... Lu Mi let out a breath, and two clear thoughts flashed through his mind:

"That wasn't Aurora just now; it was her controlled by a monster!"

"If I give up now, it's equivalent to sending her to the monster and extinguishing her last hope!"

Lu Mi stood up, his will becoming firm again.

He cast his gaze toward the window and saw a bottle of strong liquor, a honeysuckle flower, and some grapevine and water fern powder placed there.

That lady sent the materials in? Did she witness us being attacked just now? Why didn't she... Lu Mi shook his head, throwing the subsequent thoughts away.

In this situation, the only things he could rely on were himself and his companions. No matter how powerful others were, they couldn't play any role!

Lu Mi didn't waste any more time, took out the tools for formulating the "Hunter" potion earlier, and poured 50 milliliters of distilled wine into a beer mug.

Honeysuckle, grapevine powder, and water fern powder were sprinkled in one after another, and finally, that "stone" which emitted a foul odor and seemed to have deep black liquid flowing on its surface.

Amidst a sizzling sound, the "Provoker" Beyonder characteristic dissolved, and the honeysuckle also disappeared completely.

In the beer mug, the originally colorless strong liquor was stained with a pitch-black color, becoming quite viscous. Lu Mi had the urge to throw it away and stomp it to pieces just by looking at this potion.

He steadied his mind, using the method of light meditation and quickly stopping to calm his mood and adjust his state.

After a few seconds, Lu Mi drank the disgusting-tasting, foul-smelling "Provoker" potion without hesitation.

As soon as he put down the cup, he immediately had the feeling that his internal organs were becoming heavy and constantly falling downward.

Lu Mi, who already had experience, sat cross-legged on the floor, closed his eyes, and waited for the subsequent changes.

His breathing quickly became scorching, and his emotions soon lost stability, sometimes furious, sometimes sad, sometimes depressed, sometimes excited.

At the same time, that voice that seemed to come from infinitely far away yet was right beside his ear appeared, like an iron rod inserted directly into his temple.

Familiar, intense pain occupied Lu Mi's mind, but some thoughts could never be dispelled:

"I must succeed!"

"I must solve the secret of the dream!"

"I must save Aurora!"

"I must break the cycle of Cordu Village!"

Burning sensations, tearing sensations, and hallucinations of being on the verge of losing control came in turns. Lu Mi tried his best to endure, not opening his eyes, nor changing his cross-legged posture.

He felt as if he were a small boat in a storm, tossed about by waves and hurricanes, unable to be autonomous, but not sinking.

Not knowing how much time had passed, the pain began to recede rapidly, and the bloodthirsty and crazy thoughts also left Lu Mi's mind.

He opened his eyes, knowing he had become a Sequence 8 "Provoker."

ps: Seeking monthly votes~

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