"Wow"
Nishiki Chitsuka opened her mouth slightly, gave Luo Shu a hidden thumbs up, then turned her head and said to Inoue Takina:
"Takina, let's stay away from Luo Shu-jun from now on. I always feel that if we are not careful, he might cheat us out of money and we will happily count the money for him."
Inoue Takina was silent for a moment, then said, "...I totally agree."
Chapter 104: Finally Meet the Devil
Boso Peninsula, a forest along the coastline.
A strong wind blew, sweeping away the dead leaves and thorns scattered throughout the forest, clearing out a barely passable path.
'Why am I here to clear the road? What on earth am I here for?' Feng Juanliu was also very confused, and numbly controlled the wind technique to clear the road.
“Come on, Ryuya-nii, we’ll reach our destination in just a little bit!!”
Kamigata Ayano, who was walking 10 meters behind Kazeumuryuya, cheered very lively.
Feng Juanliu also thought to himself, you have said this 'a distance' six times, can you please not say it again?
"Forget it, I am the eldest daughter after all.
After complaining inwardly, the wind stream became three times more efficient in clearing the way.
On the road behind, seeing that the wind stream was also speeding up, Kaminagi Ayano thought that her encouragement was effective, so she shouted a few more times, but was choked by the dust that was stirred up.
"Cough cough!"
Kaminagi Ayano's throat felt a little uncomfortable due to the dust and smoke blown up by the wind. She coughed twice, then covered her mouth and turned to Luo Shu and asked:
"Hey, are you sure that demon is sealed nearby?
"We are sure." Luo Shu responded casually, and reminded Kaminagi Ayano: "Also, Miss Ayano, please call me Luo Shu, or
"Lo Shujun, Luo Jun is fine, what's your name?"
“Hey, that’s what I mean!” Kaminagi Ayano blushed and retorted, mumbling, “Besides, who told you to call me by my name?”
Is it the Japanese rule that you can't call people by their first names but only their last names? You guys are so sensitive... Luo Shu complained in his heart, and at the same time turned around and said to Inoue Takina who was holding a positioning device:
"Takina, can you confirm where we are now?"
"We are very close to the reported location 643. The destination may be within a hundred meters of this place."
As Inoue Takina spoke, she sent the actual location to the SDS headquarters, turned around, looked around and said:
"We need to be careful next time, as we may step into the abyss at any time."
Hearing Inoue Takina say that they might be in danger at any time, Luo Shu's eyes flickered. While secretly sending Sharon's location, he also reminded everyone, "Are we close? Then there are some things that must be mentioned again."
Having said that, both Kaminagi Ayano who walked to the front and Nishiki Chitsugu who was holding a gun and guarding the surroundings focused their attention on Luo Shu.
At this time, Luo Shu whispered to everyone, "Based on the current situation, the demon sorcerer Mapa, the member of the Truth Astronomy who replaced Katsuhiko Yakushiji before, is targeting the sealed high-level demon. This should be correct."
"In that case, the most convenient way for Mapa to obtain the body of a high-level demon is, first, after we defeat the demon, while it is being transported, and second, when we fight the sealed demon and successfully weaken it."
The former is less likely, after all, the director and his team will definitely increase the security of the transportation, or even ask the army to assist directly, so the probability is the latter."
"This also supports the fact that he faked his death. After all, he wouldn't have faked his death if it wasn't for us to feel safe coming over to contact the demons."
Hearing this, Kaminagi Ayano asked curiously, "From what you said, it seems that we are destined to fight that demon. Can't we transfer the demon and the seal together?"
Hearing this, Luo Shu couldn't help but look at Kaminagi Ayano:
"If the seal can be transferred directly, why doesn't Mapa do it himself? It certainly can't be transferred, and he may not even be able to fight against the other party, so he would betray the Truth Astronomy and steal the Abyss props that are beneficial to him.
As for why Mapa didn't join forces with the members of Truth Astronomy to directly seize the demon, according to Luo Shu, it was most likely that after the alliance, he could only get a meager share of the benefits and could not take it all for himself, so he chose to defect directly.
After all, who would be willing to share the cake when he could get the most benefits? Moreover, there was only one body of the high-level demon, and there were so many demon warlocks in the Truth Astronomy, even if he wanted to share, it might not be his turn.
At that time, Feng Juanliu, who was using the wind to eavesdrop on the conversation, also slowed down a bit and asked with some concern:
"In other words, this time we are destined to face the sealed demon? Will we be unable to defeat him?"
Hearing this, Kaminagi Ayano was a little unhappy:
"Brother Ruya, don't you think I can handle a mere demon?"
"After all, I am one of the top three fire magicians in the family!"
The first three fingers refer to her father and second uncle, and then Kamikaze Ayano herself. However, this ranking is probably only recognized by Kamikaze Ayano herself.
Feng Juanliu, who knew this, also explained in a low voice: "That's not what I meant, I'm just a little worried.
"It's normal to worry, or rather, it's a problem if you don't worry."
Luo Shu glanced at Feng Juanliu and immediately explained:
"According to the intelligence currently held by SDS, although the demon sealed this time is a high-level species, it seems to be very young, and its power fluctuations are not as strong as those of other high-level species, so it is very likely that the other party does not have the strength of a mature high-level demon.
"This is also the reason why Mapa targeted this demon. Of course, why this demon, which is not very powerful but has a very high bloodline, was sealed, and why it descended into this world with the abyss, that is the current intelligence blind spot."
"Oh~~ So the easiest scenario is to deal with an immature high-level demon? I see, so the only thing we have to worry about is a sneak attack from that demon warlock named Mapa?"
Kaminagi Ayano felt somewhat relieved at this point, but she still maintained her vigilance.
Although she is young, she is also an expert in eliminating many monsters.
Naturally, she understood the principle of despising strategically and paying attention tactically.
If Kaminagi Ayano didn't have any qualified qualities, the Kamiga family would not have allowed her to become the successor to the clan leader.
"It's not just that Mapa, but also the sealed demon itself. We need to pay attention to both of them." Luo Shu reminded while being alert in his heart.
He was just like the wind stream that used wind magic to clear the way, and he was always controlling the power of the wind.
But Luo Shu couldn't find any trace of Mapa around, which made him wonder if the other party was the owner of an abyss item to conceal himself.
But no matter what, now that he has accepted the mission against the demon, although Luo Shu will be prepared to retreat, he still wants to fight with the demon 'Mapa' who is suspected to be a mind flayer.
Just as Luo Shu was on guard, Jinmu Qianshu, who had extremely sharp eyesight, suddenly stopped and pointed at a huge banyan tree and said:
"Wait a minute, could that tree be the target we are looking for?
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When everyone heard the voice, they stopped and looked in the direction that Jinmu Qianshu was pointing.
Suddenly, a towering banyan tree with a deep hole underneath came into everyone's sight.
"This tree." The strange feeling made Luo Shu frown. He suddenly narrowed his eyes and his perspective turned into a spiritual vision.
From this perspective, three illusory flames rose from the heads and shoulders of Chitose Nishiki, Ayano Kaminagi and others.
At this time, Luo Shu followed Nangong Na Yue's instructions and began to observe the conditions of the three fires of spirit, energy and soul of everyone. He immediately discovered that the three fires of spirit, energy and soul of everyone, including Luo Shu, were trembling rhythmically, flashing together approximately once every 2 seconds.
At this time, Luo Shu slightly widened his eyes and said: "The three fires are shaking. So that's it. We have entered the territory affected by the abyss."
"Three Fires Shaking....Those theories that Yue-chan said"
Jinmu Qianshu was also trained by Nangong Nayue for a period of time, so it was easy for him to recall the relevant content:
"So, the passage under the banyan tree is our target?
Kaminagi Ayano next to her frowned and said immediately:
“Although I don’t know what the three fires you are talking about are, that tree does give me an uncomfortable feeling.”
Luo Shu took a deep breath and felt it carefully. After making sure there was no danger, he said, "Let's go. At this point, we can only go in and check it out."
As he spoke, he took the lead, walked over the dead branches and leaves in the forest, and arrived in front of the huge banyan tree with everyone else.
Looking at the huge banyan tree in front of him and the hole that was almost big enough for a truck to pass through, Luo Shu immediately looked around at everyone and said:
"I'll count to three, and everyone goes in together."
“Three, two, one!!”
After saying this, Luo Shu took a step forward and stepped into the banyan tree.
Suddenly, the vision spun and the sky became dark.
By the time Luo Shu reacted, he found himself in a huge cave whose area was far larger than a football field. When he looked up, he could see dense bamboo-shaped stalactites above his head.
On the stalactites, drops of water slid from the sky to the tip of the bamboo shoots, then fell from the sky and hit Luo Shu's face, giving him an icy cold touch.
“Is this the sealing location?”
Just as Luo Shu was muttering, Jinmu Qianshu's voice came from the side.
"Everyone, look ahead!"
When Luo Shu heard the voice, he immediately lowered his head and quickly found Jinmu Qianshu. Then, following the direction of her finger, he saw a figure.
A girl was pierced through the chest by a black and red, strangely shaped blade and nailed to the roots of a huge tree.
Looking at that figure, Luo Shu was stunned for a moment:
"Is this the sealed high-level demon?"
Chapter 105 Unsealed
The huge dark black tree roots were like walls, rooted at the edge of the cave and into a shallow beach.
And above the tree roots, a strange black and red blade was piercing the body of a human figure.
The figure was covered in gray-white "armor" similar to rock layers, from the heels to the top of the head, and even most of the hair was tightly wrapped in this armor. Only the right half of the face was exposed.
Judging from the exposed right side of the face, the other person seemed to be a woman who was no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, with pink hair and a delicate and lovely appearance.
"Is this the sealed high-level demon?"
Luo Shu looked at the sealed demon in front of him, or should I say demon girl, with a somewhat surprised expression: Here comes a monster with hideous head and horns, distorted face, dark red muscles all over the body, and bat wings on the back, and here comes a pretty little girl with pink hair, and you call this a demon?
This is also called a demon?
Kaminagi Ayano was also shocked when she saw the true form of the devil, and said in astonishment:
"Such a young child"
Hey, hey, you're not much older than her. Luo Shu complained in his heart, then turned around and asked Inoue Takina: "Takina, take out the instrument to confirm it."
"Oh well."
Inoue Takina, who was a little distracted by the devil's true form, immediately took the "schoolbag" on the chair in front of her, opened it, took out a prop similar to a camera, and then focused on the sealed girl:
"The fluctuations match the data. It is indeed a demon species."
Having found the answer, Inoue Takina spoke up immediately, and upon hearing this, Nishiki Chitsugu beside her couldn't help but hug the back of her head and said in distress:
"Hey, this girl is totally different in appearance from the little devil we met before. Are we really going to beat her up and take her back?"
"What else? You've come all the way here, and you still want to go back empty-handed?"
Luo Shu looked at the "useless people" in front of him who were shaken by the appearance of the devil. Ah, I am also such a useless person. It's okay then.
“Anyway, let’s try and see if we can get the person away safely.
As he spoke, Luo Shu stepped on the shallow pool on the ground and carefully approached the sealed demon girl.
When he got closer, he looked at the girl in front of him with her hands hung by the branches in a Y-shape, with a simple and honest sleeping face. He looked at her carefully for a while, then suddenly frowned and stretched out his hand to test the girl's nose.
"?! She's still breathing!"
Hearing Luo Shu's words, Kaminagi Ayano was immediately shocked and said, "No way? Being stabbed by such a big sword, he is still breathing? No, demons can actually breathe?"
"Hasn't this been tried and found to be breathing?" Feng Juanliu also muttered softly.
Shengua Ayano turned her head to look at him, and didn't even call him "Brother Ryuye", just kept kicking.
Feng Juanliu also lowered his head immediately and dared not say a word.
At this time, Nishiki Chitsuka, who also approached the devil girl, reached out and touched her shoulder, exclaiming:
"Oh!! This feels like real stone!"
At this time, Inoue Takina also came closer, touched the dark black tree root behind the other party, took out a folding knife from somewhere, stabbed the tree root, and after receiving the feedback of the feel, frowned and said:
"It's very hard. Unless we use explosives, it should be impossible to dig it out with our current tools."
"Let me try too." Feng Juanliu also held his hands in front of him. In the palms of his hands, strong winds continued to gather and formed a transparent wind blade. Then, he pushed hard with both hands, and the wind blade was activated, and in an instant it hit the tree roots above the demon girl's head.
With a snap, a shallow scratch of no more than two millimeters appeared on the tree root.
