A jet-black monster with 5 legs opened its mouth wide and swallowed a person’s head whole.
『 OOOOAAAA, how delectable! What a wonderful taste! 』
The wraith-turned monster was howling with a high-pitch screeching voice.
After eating the person’s head, its lower body shifted a bit and grew another leg.
The six-legged monster looked up, its gaze searching through the fleeing group of people, then stopped suddenly as it saw a young girl.
『 Ah, this refreshing and alluring scent, could it be a worshipper of the Goddess of flower and spring water? 』the monster smirked as it spoke, then began laughing terribly: 『 You are surely delectable as well! 』
A second later.
Like a blurred image, the monster leapt in front of the young girl, two of its legs stabbed towards the young girl like a pair of blades.
The girl shouted in panic: “Spring of Frost!”
A frigid rushing current abruptly manifested from thin air, striking the six-legged monster.
The monster’s body slightly tilted backwards, then stopped.
Looking down at her from above, it casually spoke:
『 Only that? A lowest-level worshipper, as expected——– your greatest value is to grant me a small bit of power to evolve! 』
As it spoke, the monster reached out four legs to catch the young girl.
It opened its gaping maw filled with tiny razor-like teeth——-
Suddenly, the sound of an object whipping past could be heard, five lightning snakes glowing blue and white had struck its body directly.
The monster staggered backwards.
The power of lightning caused its body to become stiff, unable to even move a muscle.
———Lightning Thaumaturgy, [Dreamjolt]!
Gu Qing Shan lowered his bow and shouted: “Crow!”
At this point, a black shadow whizzed through the sky and descended on the monster’s head.
The female knight stabbed the rapier in her hand deep into the monster’s neck at an extremely gradual pace.
“Burst”
She spat out a single word.
Boom!
Flames rose to the sky!
The monster’s large body collapsed heavily to the ground, no longer showing signs of living.
Crow had already picked up the young girl and retreated over 10 meters away.
“Beautiful girl, may I invite you for dinner tonight?”
Crow looked down at the young girl in her embrace and displayed her usual alluring smile.
The young girl was grateful and replied: “Thank you for saving me, of course, I’d be happy to, aunty”
Aun—–ty—–
Crow’s expression immediately became stiff.
Gu Qing Shan turned his head away, once again knocking an arrow.
The bow in his hand was one of the three items he received from the wooden trunk; it could be easily considered to be the best bow in this village, suitable for him as the village chief.
——-there was another monster here.
After a moment of silence, Gu Qing Shan’s hands abruptly became blurred.
Pah pah pah pah pah!
Bow technique, [Shifting Flurry]——-
Almost a dozen arrows clad in glittering lightning flew through the air in irregular arcs, all of which were aimed towards the monster.
Raising its leg, the monster managed to knock five arrows down, but still got hit by two of them.
Instantly, the monster trembled as its body became stiff, unable to move.
Lightning Thaumaturgy, [Dreamjolt]!
This Thaumaturgy had always served him well.
A group of eight knights abruptly appeared and charged forward, swiftly chopping the monster into pieces with unified swordsmanship.
“Knights! They’re from the Viscounty!”
“Young master Rhode also acted!”
“The monsters are dead—–”
“We’re saved!”
The villagers cheered.
The Viscount envoy appeared, standing next to Gu Qing Shan.
“Young master Rhode, do such monsters usually appear in your village?” he asked.
“Never before now, furthermore, I recognize them as humans from the Wraith realm, I have no idea what happened to them either” Gu Qing Shan replied.
The envoy fell silent.
“Strange…” he muttered.
Gu Qing Shan reminded him: “From what the monster said just now, we know that it could still recall everything when it was a wraith”
The envoy nodded: “Then it seems they were met with some sort of unfortunate fate, almost like——-”
The envoy turned towards the crowd gathered at a distance and questioned:
“Are any of you a worshipper of the Lord of Plague?”
No one answered.
The envoy then asked: “What about the Venomous Serpent? The Maiden of Suffering? Do any of you worship these two Deities?”
Everyone exchanged glances, then an old man courageously replied: “Sir, all of us here are farmers. Most of us worship Deities from the Dawn, Earth, or Springwater faction, no one here is a believer of death-type Deities”
The envoy also felt a bit troubled, once again glancing at the monster’s body.
If there was a worshipper of the Lord of Plague here, they would be able to find out what kind of thing these wraiths were afflicted with.
But for a small farming village, it truly is a bit hard to find people of such faith.
The envoy turned to Gu Qing Shan and said: “Alright, I’ll take these two corpses with me to the Viscounty, both to investigate and to inform the Wraith realm humans, perhaps they know something—— young master Rhode, what do you think?”
“I’m grateful to gain your assistance with an issue that occurred in our Ramon village” Gu Qing Shan replied.
The envoy nodded, walked forward, then began to order the knights to wrap the monster’s corpse up.
When Gu Qing Shan was preparing to follow them to take a careful look at the corpses as well, a wave of intense pain appeared from his wrist.
The indigo pattern had begun to burn again.
Thousands of hurried voices resounded in his ears:
「 An unexpected situation had occurred 」
「 A small piece of the extinct monster world had suddenly invaded your location. From a latitudinal perspective, it shall overlap with Ramon village for about 10 minutes 」
「 After 10 minutes, this piece of the world will continue to float and no longer overlap with Ramon village 」
「 Attention, you must ensure your own survival, as well as the survival of as many of your subjects as possible 」
Overlapping worlds?
Gu Qing Shan drew an arrow, knocked it onto his bow, and cautiously observed his surroundings.
The sky had turned dark, then abruptly became day again, the clouds above were phasing in and out of existence.
On the ground, various illusory images were also gradually becoming solid.
Monsters!
Feeling anxious, Gu Qing Shan shouted: “Militia! Where are the members of the militia?”
A group of farmers pushed the crowd aside and came forward.
They were all wielding weapons of their own and loudly responded: “Young master Rhode. When we heard of a man-eating monster, we immediately rallied and ran here!”
Gu Qing Shan’s gaze passed through these people.
——indeed, this was the most powerful world but these people are nothing but the most mundane farmers.
Perhaps they understand how to farm their crops better than other worlds, or even deal with some regular wild beasts, but to rely on these people to fend off truly terrifying monsters is asking the impossible.
Gu Qing Shan immediately ordered: “Gather everyone in the village. Everyone is to immediately take refuge in the village shelter, now!”
When the land reclamation work began, there were still plenty of wild beasts in the area. To better resist the attacks of the ferocious beasts, the first group of pioneers established a sturdy village shelter for everyone.
The farmers were all stunned.
It’s been a long time since that place was last used.
—–also, aren’t the monsters already dead?
Suddenly, an enormous leg reached out from the void of space, heavily stomping on the ground.
Dooong!
Everyone was shaken to the point of their feet leaving the ground, a large number of houses even began to collapse.
Even the feet of that leg was as big as two houses, while the other end of the leg couldn’t even be seen.
This stunned everyone.
Gu Qing Shan felt an immense sense of danger.
Quite clearly, these are the signs of the two worlds overlapping.
Once the two worlds are fully overlapped, the owner of that leg would completely show themselves.
“Militants, you heard my order, carry it out! Or I swear on my name, I’ll publicly execute whoever snaps like a bad leash at a time like this!” Gu Qing Shan shouted.
The militia finally snapped out of it and regained their senses.
They immediately turned around, loudly calling out for the villagers to head towards the village shelter.
“What’s going on?” Crow walked up and sent her voice to ask.
“Overlapping worlds, around 10 minutes”
Crow also appeared cautious.
The Viscount envoy brought his knights near Gu Qing Shan.
“Young master Rhode, you seem to know something”
Gu Qing Shan casually replied: “I do. More and more strange things have been occurring recently, I even discovered a wolf of an unknown species in the wilderness just earlier today. It took me and my knight our full powers to slay it”
The Viscount envoy appeared cautious and asked: “What do you think this situation is? Could it be the prelude for an invasion from another Duchy?”
“No, I believe it might be an even more terrible situation” Gu Qing Shan replied.
The Viscount envoy observed the collapsed buildings around him, then at the monster corpses on the ground, and asked: “Do you believe we require reinforcement?”
“If there are any, they should definitely be called upon right now” Gu Qing Shan answered.
Without hesitation, the Viscount envoy drew his scepter and lightly tapped it against the void of space.
He hurriedly whispered: “I, a priest of the God of War, hereby summon the Duchy’s 5th Order Platoon, requesting immediate aid”
A few moments later.
The void of space split open, revealing a fully-armored man on the other side.
He looked at the group and spoke with a frigid voice:
“I have accepted your summon”
“The 5th Order Platoon is current on its way, arriving in 30 seconds, fully armed and ready for combat”
“However——”
“I must remind you, if you summon the border guards, only to be found out that is it a useless summon, not only you, but your Viscount shall also be strictly reprimanded”
Complete silence.
The knights of the Viscounty nervously gulped their saliva.
But the Viscount envoy remained calm and pointed to Gu Qing Shan: “This is the village chief, as well as the newly awakened Condemner. He is requesting your aid”
“Condemn…”
“A Condemner?”
The man looked a bit at Gu Qing Shan, then took off his helmet.
He was a grown man with a ferocious expression.
He observed Gu Qing Shan, evaluated him briefly, then loudly questioned:
“A Condemner… how unusual. For what reason did you trouble us, border guards?”
“I did not mean to cause trouble” Gu Qing Shan answered solemnly: “There is merely an emergency situation here. I have reasons to believe that the village will soon be under attack by monsters, and the militia are helpless to deal with it”
The ferocious-looking man walked out, the aloofness on his face slowly faded.
“So that was what it was. Tell me in details, my brothers and I shall help you deal with it”
The ferocious man patted Gu Qing Shan’s shoulder and said with clear eagerness.
