Chapter 116: Crash
Could Ji Xiaoge really suppress or even defeat Jia Deka?
The answer is clearly no; this scenario is unrealistic from any angle.
Although the former has an inherent flight advantage, and her 'Self-Sufficient' talent allows her to more efficiently use things that are theoretically food, she is ultimately just a player of not-so-high level, with no combat profession stat bonuses, and her equipment can be described as extremely poor. The cloak that originally provided a little defense was even cut (into a hood) by her...
And while Jia Deka is an extremely... yes, extremely clumsy mage, his strength is still not something Ji Xiaoge can contend with. The reason he is being suppressed by the girl in front of him right now is simply because he doesn't dare to use magic; after all, not everyone is as explosion-proof as Ya Ya~
Of course, his physical fitness, comparable to that of a High-Rank melee professional, is also not simple, so holding onto Ya Ya while fending off Ji Xiaoge's chaotic attacks isn't too difficult. As for counterattacking...
Someone who insists on being a 'mage' has no intention of doing so, and a large part of the reason is that Jia Deka fears his terrible strength control skills would send the girl flying.
In fact, this is very likely, because due to years of magic practice, Mr. Jia Deka, who is quite old, has an unbelievably poor grasp of his own strength. Even a simple arm wrestle could easily break an opponent's bones. So, under the influence of all the aforementioned reasons...
“This is really a bit tricky!”
Jia Deka casually deflected a brick—I mean, a steamed bun—that Ji Xiaoge threw, but then he stumbled when the increasingly restless (from hunger) Ya Ya yanked him. Ji Xiaoge seized the opportunity to get behind him and strike him hard on the back of the head.
“Yes! Just like that!” Ji Xiaoge, panting, gave Ya Ya a thumbs-up: “You have to learn to fight back, good girl!”
Because she was unaware of Jia Deka's true strength, this kind-hearted girl instinctively held back, after all, she knew her two steamed buns, which she was dual-wielding, very well. Besides anything else, their hardness alone was enough to knock out a dozen or twenty old men of his age in minutes.
“Woof!” Ya Ya bared her teeth at Jia Deka, trembling: “Hungry!”
The latter sighed, reinforced the staff behind him with a layer of ice, then stomped his foot hard on the ground, shouting, “Knockback Spell!”
And then...
A surging gust of air swept Ji Xiaoge away.
“No elemental fluctuations! No signs or preparation! This Old Mage is terrifying!”
A burly man, secretly watching from the kitchen, trembled, his eyes wide.
“Young lady,” Jia Deka stroked his long beard, shaking his head with a profound expression, “don't think everything is too simple.”
Ji Xiaoge, who had barely managed to stabilize herself in mid-air, snorted, then suddenly shouted at Ya Ya, who was half-crouching on the ground in pain, “Get down!”
“Woof?” The latter tilted her head in confusion and instinctively lay down.
The next second, three golden-yellow block-shaped objects shot out from Ji Xiaoge's hands, flying straight towards Jia Deka's wrist, which was holding Ya Ya.
“Indian 'Flying' Pancake”
Maker: Ye Ge
Consumable
Usage: Restores 2% of HP, and has a certain chance to apply a silence status to the user. When silence is triggered, it is 100% accompanied by a bleeding effect.
Throw: Low attack power, has a certain chance to apply a bleeding effect to the target.
Equipment Restriction: Requires the 'Self-Sufficient' talent.
Note: Although it has nothing to do with India, it really can fly~
“Firewall!” Jia Deka immediately raised his staff, conjuring a crimson stream of flames in front of him, incinerating the three 'hidden weapons' into ashes in mid-air.
Although this half-finished firewall only appeared for a few seconds before dissipating, it still blocked the three flying pancakes. However, just as Jia Deka was frantically preparing to explain again, a large, snow-white net descended upon him!
“Hehe, have some ramen!” The girl, who had quietly flown above Jia Deka using the firewall as cover, danced lightly, covering her mouth with a soft chuckle.
The large net, woven from white strips, was surprisingly tough; though not hard, it was full of elasticity. Jia Deka, bound within it, was unable to break free for a moment.
Ya Ya, who was nearby, was naturally not within its scope, but she did not use this gap to try and 'escape'. Instead, she suddenly perked up her two ears and let out a curious 'oowoo'.
“Run!” Ji Xiaoge landed beside Ya Ya, taking her hand and whispering, “Quick, you're free!”
“Woof?” Ya Ya blinked curiously, then asked, “Aren't you running too, woof?”
Jia Deka, who was trying to cast spells to freeze the surrounding noodles, was utterly dumbfounded. This girl actually wanted to run!
“You go first!” Ji Xiaoge shook her head, then glared fiercely at Jia Deka: “I have to stay here and watch him.”
Ya Ya gently tapped her lip with her index finger, hesitantly saying, “But it's very dangerous, woof...”
“Don't worry~” Ji Xiaoge smiled sweetly, then pulled two more handfuls of noodles from her satchel and scattered them over Jia Deka, saying to Ya Ya with a smile, “I know he's very powerful, but the two of us are different. Even if I 'die', I'll be fine.”
This girl seemed to have misunderstood something, thinking Ya Ya was worried about what Jia Deka might do after breaking free. But as a player, Ji Xiaoge was quite open-minded; the worst outcome was just being killed and starting over. Compared to this risk, which she didn't consider much, helping the girl in front of her, who couldn't even speak properly, escape successfully was the most important thing.
Don't think she's foolish; although we all know Jia Deka would never harm Ya Ya, Ji Xiaoge, seeing them for the first time, didn't know that. And from any perspective, an old man tethering a pitiful young girl like a dog, especially when the latter kept crying out that she was hungry, would basically be misunderstood by anyone with above-average intelligence and a proper moral compass...
Coupled with Ya Ya's ambiguous words just now, Ji Xiaoge was now almost certain that the adorable girl in front of her was a victim!
Even if she herself might be killed by that perverted Old Mage, Ji Xiaoge wanted to do her best to help Ya Ya escape his clutches.
“Even if I die, I'll be fine, woof?” Ya Ya nodded, half-understanding, then smiled happily: “That's good, woof. Then I'll take Wang Dejia and run first!”
With that, she actually grabbed the iron chain tied around her neck and dragged the continuously failing Jia Deka out.
“Huh?” Ji Xiaoge was stunned, her beautiful dark eyes wide: “What's going on?”
Immediately after, she heard a faint whistling sound, which was rapidly growing in volume, becoming deafening in an instant!
Ya Ya, still dragging Jia Deka, blinked at Ji Xiaoge, then pointed to her ears: “I heard it, woof, something is falling down, woof!”
“Something... is falling down, woof?”
Ji Xiaoge scratched her hair, looking up in confusion...
The ceiling seemed to be trembling.
“Little girl!” Jia Deka had now given up on the idea of using magic to freeze the surrounding noodles and smash them open. The Old Mage flailed on the ground, shouting at Ji Xiaoge, “Run, hurry up and run! It seems like something is crashing down!”
The latter also reacted by now, and without another word, she took off running. As she passed Ya Ya, she joined her in pulling the iron chain wrapped around Jia Deka's hand, flapping her wings vigorously to try and go faster!
Just as the three of them darted out of the tavern, a rather large, black, unidentified object crashed straight down, and then...
Then, they didn't know exactly what happened. In any case, when the three of them, sprawled outside, came to their senses, the only tavern that had been open for business in Dragon Soul Town during this period was now only half-standing.
“What's going on?!” Jia Deka, who had just managed to struggle to his feet, was utterly bewildered. He stared dumbfounded at the half-collapsed tavern for a while before stiffly turning to Ji Xiaoge, who was equally dazed, and asked, “The two taverns we passed earlier were closed. It couldn't be because things like this always fall from the sky here, could it...?”
The fur on the latter's wings was standing on end in shock, and she shook her head repeatedly: “I don't know! Never seen it! Don't ask me!”
But Ya Ya's eyes suddenly widened in surprise. Her ears, which had been droopy from hunger, perked up instantly, and her tail wagged like a propeller. Without a word, she let out excited 'awoos' and ran towards the half-destroyed tavern!
“Ouch!” Jia Deka, caught off guard, was once again pulled to the ground by the girl, then became part of the rolling dust cloud behind Ya Ya.
Ji Xiaoge, still in a daze, hesitated for a moment before following the two of them.
She was still a bit worried.
As soon as she reached the small section of ruins, the young girl saw the beast-eared girl in front of her let out a cry of surprise, then quickly pounce forward, directly pinning a swaying figure not far away to the ground.
...
Mo Tan, who had just struggled out of the absolute safety express, crashed to the ground in a dizzying spin. After a long while, he forced himself to open his eyes, suppressing the urge to spray a rainbow, and then he was completely stunned.
“Ya Ya?”
Looking at the girl half-crouching on him, his expression was as colorful as could be.
“Mo! So good, woof!” The naive dog girl leaned down and rubbed her face hard against his cheek, grinning innocently: “Woof and Wang Dejia just arrived! We looked for a long time but couldn't find anything to eat, woof, and then you just went 'woof' and fell from above, woof!!”
“I'm actually still alive...”
Mo Tan, who had been forcibly involved in a plane crash, let out a long sigh of relief, then raised his hand to press Ya Ya's shoulders, preventing her attempts to lick him while soothing her: “It's quite a coincidence, Ya Ya. Be a good girl, let me get up first.”
“Oh!” Under normal circumstances, Ya Ya was definitely a well-behaved girl who caused no trouble. After Mo Tan finished speaking, she immediately jumped up, her ears adorably folded back, bouncing restlessly in place.
Jia Deka also finally managed to struggle out of Ji Xiaoge's 'net' by this time, nodding to Mo Tan: “You're here?”
“I'm here.”
“Quite a cool entrance.”
“Thanks...”
After a brief greeting with Jia Deka, Mo Tan suddenly noticed the iron chain wrapped around his hand and realized it was connected to the collar around Ya Ya's neck. He immediately pointed at this 'equipment', asking in confusion, “What's going on with you two...?”
He didn't jump to conclusions like Ji Xiaoge, as he was quite familiar with the personalities of his two companions, so he was just simply puzzled.
“Wait a moment.” Ji Xiaoge, who had just arrived, interrupted Mo Tan with a head full of question marks: “Can you two explain to me what's going on first?!”
Only then did Mo Tan notice there was another person nearby, and he froze the moment he turned to see her.
“Ji Xiaoge?!”
Although her face was slightly obscured, and he had only seen her twice in reality, Mo Tan still recognized the girl in front of him immediately.
“Uh?” Ji Xiaoge, however, did not recognize Mo Tan. After all, the Half-Dragon race has many strong characteristic features, and the other party in the game didn't have the somewhat contradictory aura he had in reality, so it was normal for her not to recognize him.
“Did that talent trait fail again?”
This was the problem the girl was worried about at the moment.
After all, the guy in front of her clearly had a somewhat slow reaction, a bit like a lovesick fool or an idiot...
“Ah, sorry.” Mo Tan saw her looking at him somewhat nervously and immediately waved his hand: “I've just never seen such large wings before...”
“Good, it seems it didn't fail!”
Ji Xiaoge secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then looked suspiciously at Jia Deka, who was constantly pulling noodles off himself, Ya Ya, who was sticking to Mo Tan, and... Mo Tan, who was desperately trying to stop Ya Ya from sticking to him. She picked the one who looked most normal and asked, “Do you know each other?”
“Yes, these two are my companions.” Mo Tan nodded, asking curiously, “Is there a problem?”
“Yes.” Ji Xiaoge nodded very seriously, then pointed a small hand at Jia Deka: “Is this guy an old pervert with bad habits?”
“No!”
Jia Deka immediately shook his head.
“I don't think so.”
Mo Tan also had confidence in Old Jia's character.
“Yes, woof!”
Ya Ya shouted happily.
Ji Xiaoge's gaze immediately sharpened.
Jia Deka: “...”
Mo Tan: “...”
Chapter 113: End
