On the other side, Lydia is still fighting on the battlefield.

After a period of time, those monsters were still making annoying noises, and the powerful sword skills also consumed physical strength quickly, and Lidia gradually became unable to do her best.

And she didn't know if it was an illusion, but she always felt that she was coming into contact with fewer and fewer monsters.

"Are they scared?" she couldn't help but think.

However, when she stopped and observed the battlefield, she found that most of the monsters were standing not far away, with their mouths wide open and making harsh roars.

These monsters formed an encirclement, surrounding the entire battlefield, and no longer launched unnecessary attacks like before.

Only then did she realize that the demon clan's tactics had changed again. After discovering that she was the only one on the battlefield, she decided to wait for work because there was nothing she could do for the moment.

Lydia stuck her sword on the ground and gasped for air. At this moment, the anger in her heart had dissipated, replaced by a constant sense of fatigue.

The group of monsters had no intention of attacking, and the annoying noise kept echoing on the battlefield, making her quite anxious.

"It's so annoying."

Perhaps hearing Lidia's complaints, the monsters suddenly became quiet, but did not retreat, but continued to maintain the encirclement.

Lydia didn't understand the intention, so she could only stare at them warily. Although she no longer had the physical strength to attack, she still had the strength to stand there and resist.

After a stalemate like this for a while, there was a sudden change behind the monster group, and several monsters dispersed, opening a gap in the encirclement.

Walking out along that road was a strange figure, which was obviously a new monster. They were tall and thin. Instead of legs, they had dozens of tentacles at their feet. Their limbs were long and slender, and their heads seemed to be wearing black.

It looks like a mask, with facial features similar to those of humans painted on it, but its eyes are closed, giving people a solemn feeling.

"What the hell."

Lidya was secretly frightened, this monster looked so weird.

This should be the third wave of attacks sent by the demons. Judging from its appearance, it belongs to the primitive species and should be more difficult to deal with than the two waves that just appeared.

With the appearance of this monster, other humanoid monsters also opened gaps, allowing the primitive species from behind to come forward.

Lydia was afraid of this, firstly because she still didn't know the capabilities of this new type of monster, and secondly because her physical strength had reached its lowest point and she couldn't continue fighting at all.

What is even more desperate is that after the humanoid monster voluntarily gave up the battlefield, it moved to the rear of the demon team. The encirclement was maintained, as if it wanted to cut off her escape route. At the same time, the primitive species continued to approach.

.

Lidia thought that she was really dead this time, but she had already made up her mind to regard death as home. As long as she could kill a few more monsters at the end of her life, it would not be a pity.

Dozens of primitive monsters were moving closely together, their disgusting tentacles twisting and entangled with each other.

Lidia subconsciously put up an offensive stance and wanted to release her sword skills, but before she could finish accumulating her strength, her limbs became extremely heavy, and a sense of powerlessness spread throughout her body. She couldn't even hold the sword in her hand.

"Haha, it seems that the physical strength is too much." Lidia couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Then, less than ten meters away from her, a monster took the lead in launching an attack. It raised its slender arms, then continued to extend them, and soon came to her.

At this time, Lydia discovered that the monster's arms were also tentacles, but they were thinner than the tentacles under its feet.

Dragging her increasingly heavy body, she barely dodged the attack, but she didn't expect that the tentacle would turn around and continue to pursue her. At the same time, other monsters also stretched out their tentacles.

No matter how agile she was, she couldn't escape from this overwhelming encirclement. Soon, countless tentacles grabbed her body.

Although she was wearing tightly protective armor, the strange thing was that those slender tentacles seemed to be corrosive, causing many filamentous cracks after coming into contact with the armor.

Because the strength of the tentacles was not strong, Lidia was still able to move, so she hurriedly raised her sword and cut off the tentacles in front of her. However, this did not have much effect. The broken tentacles quickly recovered and continued to pick them off.

On her armor.

As the tentacles bound her, the monster's body got closer and closer, finally surrounding Lydia, and she could not escape now.

As the distance became closer, Lidia could vaguely hear the sounds made by these monsters, as if they were chanting something, and they spoke very fast. If you listen carefully, you will have a permeating feeling.

Faced with this overwhelming situation, Lidia was at her wits' end. She couldn't even lift the sword, let alone unleash her sword skills.

Many tentacles had penetrated the armor and touched her skin, making her hair stand on end instantly.

It was a kind of chill that penetrated deep into the bone marrow, like countless insects crawling on the body, or like something had penetrated into the brain and gnawed inside.

"……no, do not want."

Intense fear exploded in Lidia's mind, and even though she was as strong as she was, she still showed a look of despair.

However, when her consciousness was about to dissipate, the area around her body suddenly became warm, and the discomfort caused by the tentacles quickly disappeared.

She was curious, looked around, and found that she was enveloped in a green light.

"This, this is..."

Lidia knew that this was definitely not caused by monsters, but a power that could warm people's hearts, and even feel familiar.

Gradually, the monster group began to become commotion, and their tentacles disappeared for some reason. No, to be precise, they were wiped out by some kind of force.

Immediately afterwards, those slender monsters were all cut off by a powerful force, and the twisting tentacles lost their vitality and fell limply to the ground.

Just when Lidia felt strange, a gentle voice appeared in her ear.

"It's okay now, Lady Lidia."

"You, you are...Margaret?"

Lidia's eyes widened in surprise. She heard it, but she couldn't see her surroundings clearly because she was drowned in green light and could only vaguely see a figure beside her.

"I'm sorry, Lady Lidia, I'm late."

"It's okay, I'm very grateful that you can come..." Lidia didn't take it seriously, but soon she had questions, "Hey, wait, why are you here?"

"Haha, what nonsense are you talking about? Of course I'm here to save you."

Margaret smiled softly, her voice still as reassuring as ever.

"But before I..."

Lidia wanted to say that she had driven her away and was not qualified to let her rescue her, but Margaret interrupted her directly.

"Lady Lidia, don't you understand? No matter what you do to me, I will never ignore you, because I...have always loved you deeply."

"...Wha, what?"

Lidya was dumbfounded and didn't understand what this meant.

"Haha, let's not talk about it for now, we have to eliminate these disgusting guys." Margaret smiled and changed the subject.

"oh."

Lydia had no choice but to deal with the monsters seriously. To her surprise, she could pick up the sword easily. Not only that, she felt her body was lighter than ever before, and all her fatigue was swept away.

"Is this your magic too?"

"Well, this is wind-attributed healing magic. It's a piece of cake for me."

Margaret's tone was very soft, but a sense of pride could still be heard.

"really? Thank you."

"Well, you're welcome," Margaret said, withdrawing the green light that enveloped Lidia, "Let's go, let's fight back together."

At this time, Lidia finally saw Margaret's appearance clearly. She was different from a few days ago. She had completely changed now.

Not only is it as simple as taking off the maid uniform and putting on the magician's costume, but the mental outlook is different from the timid introverted girl before, instead she is full of confidence and high-spirited.

Speaking of attire, it is already late autumn, and the weather is getting colder, but Margaret's clothes are quite revealing. The light green top and ankle-length skirt are very thin, and you can see the girl's beautiful figure.

The clothes have no sleeves, and both arms are exposed. What is eye-catching is the exposed abdomen, which has tight but delicate muscles. You can see the traces of regular exercise.

"Wait, are you really Margaret?"

When Lidia saw her look, she was a little unsure.

"Of course, before, because I had to work in the manor, I couldn't be too conspicuous, but it's different now. I'm the legendary Emerald Witch, so naturally I have to look like a witch."

"Wha, what?"

This was not the first time that Lydia heard such a title, and she couldn't help but think of the time when she met Margaret.

…

That was one day a year ago, when it rained heavily for a long time, but it just happened to clear up that day, but the sky was still very dark, and the whole town was enveloped in a gloomy atmosphere.

Lidia naturally hated this kind of weather. She thought it would stop raining and she could finally go to the square to practice swordsmanship, but she didn't expect that the bad weather still made her feel bad.

She had no choice but to continue to stay at home, but as time went by she felt bored, so she started wandering on the streets after the rain.

Pedestrians on the road looked at her with envy when they saw her wearing a knight's armor. However, some people still looked at her with disdain, just because she was a woman.

Lidia couldn't bear this kind of thing, and immediately stared back fiercely. It turned out that the man was the janitor of a restaurant. He was tall, full of muscles, with a beard around his mouth and two tattoos on his face.

The cross-cutting scars indicate that he is not a serious person at first glance.

Lidya subconsciously looked at the restaurant's signboard, but it didn't matter if she didn't look at it, she became angry as soon as she looked at it.

This was because she was deceived by this restaurant before she became a knight. The money she saved from doing odd jobs was intended to be used to buy birthday gifts for her grandfather, but she was taken away by the waiter who bought and sold her money.

At that time, she was a quiet person. Even though she started learning martial arts at a very young age, it was not impossible to teach profiteers a lesson. However, she had always wanted to become a knight, so she consciously abided by knight etiquette and would not be rude to ordinary people.

Although I figured it out in the end, knights are not so cowardly and should hate evil with hatred, but that was all after entering the military camp and becoming a knight. As a member of the knights under Christi, she must exercise restraint in everything she says and does.

, let alone take action against civilians.
To be continued...