Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 340 Xin Lailai’s Worries

Five days later, the Sorcerous Kingdom training ground.

Bang——! !

Dazzling firelight exploded from the training ground. In the heat wave of thousands of degrees, the body was covered with a layer of golden red light.

He rushed out of the fire, jumped hard, and the flaming sword in his hand drew a golden-red sword light slanting upward in mid-air, instantly cutting through the two fireballs rushing downwards.

Boo hoo hoo-!

Immediately afterwards, a sound broke through the air, and the mage girl Tianhuo standing below was seen running and adjusting her position while wielding several flaming arrows about the thickness of a finger, accurately shooting at the arrows coming from all directions. The most powerful of the fireballs triggered a series of explosions.

buzzing!

As the fireball spells were blocked one after another, the ground under the feet of several people suddenly trembled violently. Seeing this, Sun Priest Xiaoyue, who had been standing in the middle of the crowd, decisively raised his staff high, opened his lips lightly, and quickly spit out two words with a sacred expression. bytes:

"Bless!"

Boom, boom, boom, boom...!

The next second, densely packed rock spikes rushed out from under the ground of the training ground, stabbing at the several people standing on the ground from bottom to top, hitting the golden-red shields emerging from the surfaces of several people, knocking several people away. They all flew into the air.

"justice!"

Almost as soon as everyone was lifted into the air, they were always paying attention to the movements of various attacks and the position of their companions. The tall holy knight Iron Ax who was guarding Sun Priest Xiaoyue immediately roared and held the shield in his hand. Smashing forward, the looming white thread that originally connected him and several other people suddenly solidified into an actual chain. With a strong tug, he pulled all the others back to him.

"guard!"

When the dust and mist dissipated, the white barrier covering several people fell heavily to the ground. The two brothers, Iron Ax and Iron Shield, dispersed their defensive skills. Their bodies subconsciously let out heavy breathing sounds due to the excessive consumption of physical strength and mana, but Still not daring to put down the shield in his hand, but always ready for a second attack.

"Tsk, tsk, as expected, we still have to let the Black Sword boss come. In just five days, we have already trained these guys to be presentable."

More than a month, it should be enough...

It's night in the Sorcerer King's palace.

"Well, he is worthy of being praised by Captain Azheng. Iron Ax and Iron Hammer have indeed grown a lot under his training in the past few days."

After Xin Lailai gave a simple answer, he lifted the tea cup with his left hand and tasted it. When Suo Liuxiang heard the words, he put his palm in front of his heart and said with some pride.

"It is a great honor for us to serve Lord Black Sword."

——There is indeed no exaggeration in what Ah Zheng and the members of the Punishment Cult, including her brother, said.

At the edge of the training ground, Dotian, who was holding a secret alchemy eye, looked at the three-dimensional picture in his mind, smacked his lips, and praised, looking at Huo Yu and others with a look of satisfaction.

In the gorgeous room illuminated by night pearls and lighting magic props, Suo Liuxiang stood respectfully aside, gently holding the tea and placing it gently in front of Xin Lailai who was sitting at the desk.

Although she could not detect the detailed value, relying on the observation effect provided by the skill, she was very sure that Xin Lailai's mana value had not even been used up, let alone the bottom. Such a terrifying mana reserve almost made Zheng Shou It is suspected that the person sitting there is not a contractor at all, but a humanoid overlord creature.

Suo Liuxiang replied respectfully, her eyes full of admiration. If she were not afraid of disturbing Xin Lailai, she would definitely add another word to praise the other party's wisdom.

This can be regarded as a good location on the Sorcerous Kingdom. After all, there is no good place like the Angelicia Mountains in the human camp where there are a lot of wild magic potions and magical beast resources.

In the past five days, the growth of the five newcomers headed by Huo Yu was completely seen by these old people. Under Xin Lailai's devil training + the training in medicinal baths at all costs, Huo Yu's growth in these five days The growth rate of others even reached a level that shocked them all.

In fact, most of those magic potions were used to make healing potions, and only a small part of them were used on Fire Bath and others.

Compared with Xin Lailai's superb operation of spells, what concerned her more was Xin Lailai's terrifying endurance ability. He cast spells continuously for three hours, even if all he released were first-level spells. The subsequent mana consumption is absolutely an astronomical figure.

Therefore, he would specially teach the Battle Maids how to make potions and the growth locations of those medicinal materials, so that they can lead the pharmacists in the magic country to produce recovery potions on a large scale and use a large amount of potions to ensure the front line. Stablize.

After imagining the possible destructive power of Xin Lailai's large-scale spell in his mind, Dotian couldn't help but shudder and sighed, with a look of pity in his eyes.

Sun Priest Xiaoyue continued to maintain the shelter spell with a solemn expression to ensure that others would have time to react when the attack came.

boom--! !

Because he had seen the opponent's performance in the God Eater world with his own eyes, he was very sure that the power of the spells released by Xin Lailai now was at least twice as powerful as it was then. In this case, if Xin Lailai had more power in the spell itself, If there is a breakthrough, the destructive power finally displayed by the other party...

"To be honest, I suddenly feel a little pity for the contractors from the opposite camp. They probably think they have an advantage now, right?"

Especially Masamori, a blacksmith from the Order of Punishment. Although she has heard many legends about the 'Black Sword', because those legends are too shocking, she has always had certain expectations about the opponent's true level. There was a certain degree of suspicion, but after seeing the other party's training process of Huo Yu and others, this suspicion was completely dispelled by her.

……

"Well, we've actually been used to this for a long time. Now I'm even more curious, what level of spells can the Black Sword boss unleash?"

Xin Lailai, who was accustomed to this, didn't bother to pay any attention to it. He just continued to flip through the "Fundamentals of Rune Literature" in his hand. After a while, he asked:

“Are the reserves of medicinal materials in the territory still sufficient?”

After all, in her knowledge, only those big bosses who have been blessed by the power of the world have such terrifying blue bar reserves.

"Master Black Sword, please have some tea."

As for why Xin Lailai could accurately give the location where those magic potions grew? And why can we come up with so many weird potion recipes? For her and the other battle maids, this is something that does not need to be considered at all.

After a brief silence, all the rock thorns inserted into the ground exploded into densely packed tiny rock needles all over the sky. At the same time, several washbasin-sized fireballs fell from the sky and bombarded the white barrier, making a huge sound.

Beside me, the blacksmith Masamori, wearing a vest and iron gauntlets, carrying a forging sledgehammer over one meter long, was observing my training ground using the blacksmith’s unique perception skill with the [destruction] effect. The performance of several people above also nodded and affirmed.

What he wants is more for both parties to maintain a situation of continuous consumption until he has completed all the things he has to do in the world of Overlord this time.

"Following your instructions, we dispatched a special collection team to explore the Angelicia Mountains and successfully discovered a large amount of wild magic potions in the area you mentioned. According to the current consumption rate, it is expected that it can at least sustain the supply. More than a month.”

Xin Lailai listened to Suo Liuxiang's report and thought about it in his mind.

——No, to be precise, it should be a bit too restrained!

"His mana...is it infinite? He can actually release so many spells for such a long time..."

——Lord Black Sword is a person who has inherited the supreme wisdom. They only need to know this.

"Well, thank you for your hard work, Suo Liuxiang."

After all, although he took the initiative to give up the first line of defense, it would not be a good thing for him if he really allowed the human camp to take advantage of the attack and cause the entire line to collapse.

As he was watching the messy field, he couldn't help but look at Xin Lailai, who was sitting in the center of the training ground, spotless from start to finish, sitting leisurely reading a book, with a strong look of shock and curiosity in his pupils. color.

Dotian muttered as he looked at Xin Lailai, who was sitting leisurely in the center of the training ground, reading the book in his hand while controlling a steady stream of spells to attack Huo Yu and others.

After the hammer, who was also a Holy Knight like him, was pulled back to him, the two Holy Knight brothers roared in unison, and a dazzling white light suddenly bloomed from their bodies, covering the area within a radius of three meters. Go in.

"What's going on in the human camp?"

"Just as you expected, there are suddenly many more humans in the human camp who have reached the so-called heroic realm in this world, and many of them have reached the level of deviants, which has brought huge pressure to the frontline defense. .”

"But with Narberal and the others and the potions you asked us to make, those abnormal humans cannot cause more trouble for the time being. As for the origins of these humans, we also conducted an investigation and found that they are probably related to You and Ainz-sama are the same special beings from YGGDRASIL, and the human who is suspected to be the most powerful among them seems to have become the 'sage' of the Slian Theocracy."

Suo Liuxiang reported in a respectful tone, with a serious look on his face, especially when he mentioned the word 'sage', there was a cold chill in his eyes.

"Lord Black Sword, according to the intelligence, these sudden appearances of humans are probably related to the murderer who set up a trap to entrap Lord Ainz and the guardians. Do we want to..."

"No, just continue with my previous order to monitor and collect intelligence secretly."

"I obey, Lord Black Sword."

"Is there still no movement from the Bahas Empire and the Dragon Kingdom?" "Yes, we sent people to monitor the whereabouts of the Bahas Empire Emperor and the Dragon Queen, and found no signs of anyone else contacting them. .”

"Is that so... I understand. Let's go down first. If you have any new information, tell me as soon as possible."

"Yes, Lord Black Sword."

Suo Liuxiang replied, taking a step back, her figure immediately blended into the shadow of the corner and disappeared.

Xin Lailai lowered his eyes slightly, thinking about the information reported by Suo Liuxiang in his mind, and tapped his index finger lightly on the table.

Five days have passed since the demi-humans withdrew their troops to the second line of defense, but the other side still hasn't sent anyone to win over the Bajas Empire and the Dragon Kingdom, which makes Xin Lailai a little worried.

Judging from the speed of the opponent's advance into the first line of defense, the contractor responsible for making suggestions is definitely not a slow-responsive person. But in this case, the opponent has been reluctant to send envoys to negotiate with the Bahas Empire and the Dragon. There are only two possible outcomes for kingdom negotiations:

The first is that the other party despises him too much because of his initiative to withdraw troops, and feels that there is no rush to take control of the two forces of the Bajas Empire and the Dragon Kingdom.

The second is that he gave in too much, making the other party feel that it was too smooth, and even became suspicious, so he became wary.

If it's the former, that's okay, but if it's the latter, Xin Lailai will really have to worry.

——Not worried about anything else, but worried that the other party would be frightened and surrender after finding out clearly that the contractor on the side of the Sorcerous Kingdom camp was him!

In other words, it doesn't matter if you surrender, you're just afraid that the other party will run away, or even hand over the human camp to sell favors. In that case, if something goes wrong, his camp's mission will be judged as a direct success and he will be forced to advance. Back to paradise.

"If I had known earlier, I would have concealed my identity a little before entering."

Xin Lailai sighed slightly and rubbed his temples gently. It was his mistake this time. He chose to directly enter the Overlord world as a black sword because he wanted to obtain a high enough initial identity.

In fact, given the situation in the Overlord world, he could completely hide his identity and enter. Although this would significantly reduce his initial status, it would at least ensure that contractors from the opposite camp would not be directly scared away by him.

——What's more important is that the park has accidentally placed a restriction on him that prohibits him from taking the initiative to attack.

Otherwise, Xin Lailai would go directly to the palace of the Silian Theocracy alone and conduct a 'peaceful' negotiation with the contractor on the other side, so that the other party could 'take the initiative' and understand not to surrender or give up on the mission. .

"I can only hope that the other side will be tougher and never surrender or give up before setting foot on the battlefield in person..."

Xin Lailai looked at the "Fundamentals of Rune Literature" in front of him, his eyes twitching slightly.

Forget about everything else. If he doesn't have time to finish studying the "Fundamentals of Runes" which is expected to take at least three weeks to finish because the opponent throws too fast, God knows how he and Ling Yuzi will be treated by the 83203 boss after they return. ? !

Thinking of the consequences of violating 83203's requirements, Xin Lailai couldn't help but shudder, and her eyes suddenly became extremely firm when looking at the book in her hand.

——You must, must, no matter what, finish studying this "Fundamentals of Rune Literature" before the opponent surrenders! !

……

On the other side, the Silian Theocracy.

"Why did you suddenly change your gender recently? According to your personality, you shouldn't take advantage of the victory and take down those two countries in one fell swoop, right?"

In the palace, the evil man holding an unconscious long-haired girl wearing only a thin nun's robe and nothing underneath stood at the door and said jokingly to Hades who was sitting at the desk, frowning and thinking about lunch. .

"Just because your brain will always use this straightforward way of thinking, you lost so miserably to me before."

Hell glanced with some disdain at Xie Kuang, who was standing at the door and had already begun to play with the girl in his arms, and said in an indifferent tone:

"Don't you think we've been a little too successful lately?"

"Oh? Didn't you say that the other party is just a stupid person? Why has your tone changed now?"

"It's very simple. As I said, facts don't lie. Haven't you noticed that our front has not made any progress at all in the past few days?"

Hell glanced at the world map hanging on the wall and said:

"If the other side is really as devoid of intelligence as I said at the beginning, it stands to reason that our army can at least see the capital of the Sorcerous Kingdom by now. But the fact is that for five days, in the Even after all the other contractors were sent out, our front line still didn’t make any progress.”

"So? Based on this alone, you dare to conclude that the guy opposite was deliberately pretending to be a pig?"

"Of course this alone is not enough, but the current situation gives me a strong sense of déjà vu."

Hell said, squinting his eyes slightly, looking down at the dark slash mark on his chest, and said in a cold tone:

"Do you know how this scar was left in the first place?"

"The woman named the executioner left it for you."

"Yes, but what's more important is what I experienced at the time."

Hades squinted his eyes, looked up at the map on the wall, and said:

"That time, I was also like now. I had a huge advantage at the beginning. Although the opponent was a bit difficult to defeat, overall I always had the upper hand, even until the final battle."

"But it wasn't until the executioner single-handedly killed through the army I organized that I realized that it was just her deliberate failure. She deliberately failed those missions and allowed me to take advantage of them."

As Hei Yu spoke, a dark look flashed across the depths of his pupils. He unconsciously placed his palms on the wound on his chest, looked at Xie Kuang behind him, and said:

"Do you know why?"

Hell looked at each other quietly, slowly opened his eyes, his eyes were as cold as looking at a dead person.

"Because she's pushing the limits."

"She was worried that the settlement evaluation of that world would be too high and her brand level would rush to LV.10 in one go, so she deliberately lent me my hand to make her missions fail a few times, and used immunity props to offset the punishment, and then another one during the final battle. Man breaks through the army I have gathered.”

"That's when I realized that from beginning to end, that guy never paid attention to me at all. In her eyes, I was just a tool used to assist her and make her mission fail."

"And now...I experience the same feeling again!"

"Now, do you understand what I mean?"

Wow!

A dark homing pigeon flew from the window and landed on the desk.

Hell glanced at Xie Kuang, turned around, took off the letter from the carrier pigeon's lap, and started to read through it.

"Are you so sure...that the person facing you is the kind of guy you mentioned who wants to advance?"

Xiekuang was silent for a while, let go of the girl in his arms, and his eyes became serious.

"I said, it's just based on feeling, of course... not anymore."

Hell said indifferently, held the information between his two fingers, flicked it and threw it towards Xie Kuang.

"See for yourself. The results of the investigation have come out. If the other party didn't deliberately hide it, the identity of the guy who came in this time should be very certain."

"I once single-handedly slaughtered tens of thousands of desolate gods on the second-level God Eater world battlefield. At the first level, I was able to fight against the strongest newcomer of the third-level BOSS unit - Lailai Cult Black Sword."

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(End of this chapter)