When Erica, Diana, and Aurora drove over, all they saw were fragments of flesh and blood and huge explosion craters.

They were the first and only people to rush to the scene. Due to the impact of the war, the alert in the area around Maryburg was not actually lifted. After discovering the explosion, the city guards did not dare to send people to investigate in a hurry.

Instead, they directly blocked the city gate and sounded the alarm, waiting for the garrison of Maria Fortress next door to solve the problem. Unfortunately, the garrison in the fortress was short of manpower due to preparations for the decisive battle and could not send out the garrison.

, they had no choice but to make the same decision and closed the city gate. However, they still sent out Night Owl spies to investigate the situation, but for some reason, Erica didn’t see anyone when she arrived here.

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Erica carefully checked the detailed information on the magic map before entering this street. Although the secluded street seemed empty, there were actually many shadow assassins lurking in the darkness.

It's a pity that Erica can't see their whereabouts either on the magic map or her own night vision device. There is only one guy who always deliberately exposes his whereabouts to lure Erica and the others who are driving.

The ground was close to the explosion point. And then when Erica and the others arrived at the designated location, the guide disappeared without a trace again. No matter what method Erica, Diana or Aurora used, they could not detect it.

The traces of the other party are as if the other party has never appeared.

There was no firelight left in the center of the explosion, and there wasn't even much burnt smell or residue of other combustion accelerants in the air. There was only a fishy smell that made Erica feel a little familiar.

The smell of flesh and blood made Erica instantly think of Hertogos or something related to that cult. But the problem was that there were no traces of the enemy on the magic map. The only light spot in the entire area was herself.

There is only a dim human light spot outside the person, and its location is not far away.

"I'll go over there and take a look. Please pay attention to your surroundings." After Erica got out of the car, she left Diana and Aurora behind and rushed to the location of the survivors.

Along the way, she used her night vision goggles to observe her surroundings carefully, because she always felt that the whole thing seemed a bit subtle, but the problem was that she had no evidence to prove it and could not explain exactly how her intuition came to her mind.

The fighting instinct is to alert you to potential threats that may exist around you.

After getting out of the car, Diana used magic again to sense her surroundings. Although her detection magic was not as detailed as the magic map, it was more accurate than the magic map in other places. For example, when she was in the car, she channeled the magic.

No enemies were found on the magic map, but at this moment, Diana used her detection magic to clearly sense the presence of others around her. However, her magic was also unable to accurately detect the identity of the enemy, but she felt some kind of physical reaction.

Instant Mirror understood the general identity of the other party.

"She's here again..." Diana muttered in displeasure, "I really hope Erica can shoot her head out this time."

"Who is here?" Aurora fiddled with the 1PN138 night vision device and then walked out of the car with Saiga-12K in hand and asked: "Is he an acquaintance?"

"That cunning fox last time." Diana didn't want to continue this topic, so she released her magic and instantly lit up the entire street in the explosion area.

Avora naturally understood who Diana was talking about, and thought that the only person she had called so recently was the member of the enemy force who called herself "Alea". However, although everyone's camp was considered hostile, Alea

Flora also knew that Erica did not want to be really hostile to the other party, and Erica's excuse was that "the two parties currently have no conflict of interest and do not want to increase the number of powerful enemies." Although this sounds okay, but

Aurora always felt that Erica actually had other purposes.

The sudden rise of several light balls made the entire street seem like daylight. The shadow assassins lurking in the darkness hid in the deeper corners of the street in fear. Although Elijah led the way and the shadow guards lurked in the darkness,

They were like ferocious beasts staring at Diana and Aurora who were walking in the light, but they also knew very well that they and the others would not be their opponents. At least they were very afraid of the person who could release at least one person in an instant despite common sense.

16 times "Illumination" Magic Elf Diana.

"Illumination" is not a powerful destructive magic, it just condenses the weak magic power and ignites it to form a light source. But from a theoretical point of view of magic, it is impossible to activate it 16 times at once, even if it is a powerful magic here

The magician can only use the same type of magic a second time after a few seconds after using it once, and this is based on the lowest level "Illumination" magic. If it were higher, the interval would probably be longer.

A simple meeting made the shadow guards feel extremely strong pressure, so everyone did not dare to stay any longer and quickly retreated out of this empty outer city according to Morana's previous instructions.

The actions of the assassins were naturally noticed by Diana and Aurora. Although they were very secretive when lurking, their flaws would always be revealed when they acted. However, neither of them tried to attack or intercept this group of assassins.

Shadow Guard, after all, they both know that these are just small roles. The person who really makes the two of them live is with Erica at the moment, and Erica herself should know this. So since Erica wants to be alone

In the past, Diana and Aurora would not be far behind to help. Anyway, what they are doing now is to seize the time to investigate their own affairs.

The light source floating high in the sky to illuminate the entire block naturally spread to where Erica was, so she had to turn off the night vision device and follow the increasingly weakening moans to find the person lying on a street somewhere.

The dying mercenary leader Alan.

Although Alan's body was covered in blood at the moment and his arms were broken, even his legs paralyzed on the ground were twisted into impossible directions, and there was even some weird-looking claws piercing his chest. It seemed that he should

It was hopeless. Although he didn't know how long he held on, Alan just stopped breathing in pain when Erica ran in front of him.

Erica still doesn't know what Alan's name is. After all, she didn't expect that she would meet this rude mercenary again. In Erica's eyes, this guy is not simple, although she doesn't know what he was fighting just now.

However, at least judging from the tragic scars on his body, he can definitely be called a tough guy. Although she was not familiar with him, Erica still felt a little regretful, and then squatted down next to Alan's body to check him.

heartbeat.

"He's dead." When Erica's fingers were about to touch Alan's carotid artery, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind and said: "I tried to save his life, but unfortunately, I am not a qualified person."

Doctor."

Erica was stunned for a moment, and then she pressed her fingers on Alan's neck where the remaining warmth had not dissipated and tried to check his heartbeat. Sure enough, she felt nothing, and Alan's body temperature also dissipated a bit quickly.

This is not difficult to understand, because judging from Alan's tragic injuries, he should have lost blood very quickly. Moreover, Erica also noticed some abnormal sticky objects from the interface of his broken arm.

And these abnormal objects are like a lid, blocking the blood that should be gushing out from the wound of the broken arm.

"Did he do the explosion just now?" Erica squatted on the ground and sighed, then looked at Alan and asked: "Diana said that the explosion should have been caused by the broken magic props they originally carried, but it can make

The enemy they didn't hesitate to deal with in this way shouldn't be an ordinary person, right? What was he fighting just now?"

"A monster, a monster that I have never seen but is somewhat familiar with." A burst of black mist spread out from behind Erica, and then Morana calmly stepped out of the black mist.

"I see... According to your judgment, it is a monster related to that cult?" Erica continued to ask with her back to Morana.

"It should be, and that monster ate one of my subordinates. I just happened to feel the traces of that subordinate and accidentally came here to chase the monster. Unfortunately, in the middle of the battle, I encountered a patrol that came over.

They..." Morana walked to Erica's side and stopped, and then said regretfully: "No matter how I attack, that monster will recover its injuries in a short time. I also thought that monster could not be defeated.

In the end, I never expected... that I would be blown up half to death by them using that inferior magic item..."

"Half-dead?" Erica looked up at Morana in slight surprise, because he guessed based on his feeling that the power of the explosion just now was about 100 kilograms of TNT, and an explosion of this level did not kill the monster, so

Erica felt worried.

"Yes, the monster is not dead." Morana looked down at Erica, then pointed to the west and said: "When it exploded, I saw with my own eyes that the monster split into parts. Taking advantage of the impact of the explosion, it quickly

It fled to the west. I originally sent people to pursue it, but for some reason I couldn't find any trace of the monster."

"I know." Erica once again looked at Alan who was lying on the ground without a look in his eyes, then gently closed his eyelids with her fingers, then stood up and looked at Alan's body with regret and muttered: "I don't even know that.

I didn't have time to ask your name, and...it seems like you won't have a chance to take revenge on the battlefield...but I might help you kill that monster, at least so that you won't leave too many regrets."

Morana silently glanced at Erica who was mourning for this man, then took Erica's left hand that had just touched Alan's face, took out a handkerchief to wipe the remaining blood on her finger, and asked: "

Since this man has nothing to do with you, why do you want to avenge him? And we met here by chance, don’t you have anything to say to me? "

"Just because we met by chance... I don't know what to say." Erica looked at Morana and smiled awkwardly and said, "I thought our next meeting would be on the battlefield."

"Is this a battlefield?" After Morana wiped Erica's fingers, she took her hand and said with a smile: "As long as His Highness has not withdrawn his troops, the entire Bar Plains will be a battlefield, and I am here just to

How about spying on your intelligence? What are you going to do with me?"

"You made a mistake. I am not the one who works for Adrian. My employer is Chris. The purpose of my coming here is to 'help the principality' win the war, not to interfere with Solis and Mi

The dispute between Haier. But... I have some unresolved personal matters with you." After Erica finished speaking, she smiled knowingly, then suddenly grabbed Morana's wrist with her backhand and asked: "Where are my things?

"

Morana had no idea of ​​resisting Erica's sudden behavior. Instead, she cooperated and opened her robe and showed the object in her arms to Erica. Under Morana's robe, there was indeed

Hanging was the Bren Ten pistol and matching holster that Erica had lent to her earlier. The clean leather holster had obviously been cleaned, and for some reason, there was a bloody smell in this place.

Ka unexpectedly noticed a light fragrance.

Erica subconsciously reached out her hand to Morana's arms, but the moment she touched the holster, Morana's whole body instantly turned into a cloud of smoke, causing Erica's hand to pounce.

It was empty, and then the smoke dispersed a few steps away before slowly forming Morana's body. But at this time, she had already closed her robe again, and clutched her chest tightly, making a pleading look.

"I don't want to give it back to you at all..." Morana's eyes were a little panicked, and it didn't look like she was pretending on purpose.

"I have no intention of selling this gun..." Erica retracted her arm in embarrassment and said, "Although I don't really like using it, this gun has some special meaning to me..."

"What's the meaning?" Morana asked with interest.

"Well...I committed suicide with this gun last month." Erica said this with a wry smile, and then she also noticed that Morana's expression looked very wonderful.

"You..." Morana wanted to ask in a panic.

"I succeeded, but I didn't die." Erica touched her right temple in a decent manner and said, "It hurts... I still remember that feeling."

"Aren't you a human?" Morana walked slowly towards Erica for some reason, stood in front of Erica, observed her back and forth, and asked: "Or... you weren't dead at all at all.

?”

"No, I'm dead. It's just that Severna didn't want me to die, so I didn't die." Erica still showed Morana the right side of her head nonchalantly and then continued: "Don't do it.

Wrong, I have no tendency to self-harm. I committed suicide just to coerce Severna to help me at the expense of myself. Although it was despicable, I have no regrets. So don’t get me wrong, I am just an ordinary human being, not some magical creature.

That gun was once stained with my flesh and blood, so...it has some special meaning to me and others."

"Severna? God of Creation Severna?" Morana looked at Erica with a strange face. Although it seemed that she had changed her focus elsewhere, Erica quietly noticed that Mo

Lana's hands were still subconsciously protecting her chest, as if she said "I just won't give it to you."

"Yes, she is my boss and I work for her." Erica said with a wry smile.

"Look into my eyes!" Morana suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Erica's arms, then put her face in front of Erica. Even at this moment, Erica could feel Morana's lips.

The temperature. Although Erica was a little flustered by this, Morana still looked serious and asked: "Does the creator god Severna really exist?"

The sudden serious question made Erica a little unable to react, but then she still smiled and said: "Sevena does exist, and she is indeed a god, but I don't dare to tell you whether she is the so-called creation god in your mouth.
To be continued...