[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 137: Neutral Enemies (8)

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While Noelle was fighting against the strange creature with Lucius and Tania, Harold who was disguised as a figure of 'Souris' now also trapped in a fight that he did not want.

Harold leaped away as soon as the dozens of sharp thorns that came out of nowhere started attacking him nonstop. Despite that, the thorns continued to chase after him as if they had been designed to continuously chase the target.

As soon as those few thorns almost reached his body, Harold instantly swung his twin swords with the intention to drop all those thorns.

However, there were some errors in his movements, thus making him unable to drop all of the attacks.

Currently, Harold was in a state of disguise using Noelle's appearance. Both the body, as well as the characteristics of his appearance are very identical to Noelle.

Naturally, it makes Harold often make mistakes because he is not used to Noelle's body.

Noelle's body was quite muscular, but she was thin and light so the center of her balance was not very clear. In addition, Harold's main appearance was an adult man with a fairly large body, obviously he would not be used to Noelle's slender body.

Several times he almost slipped due to a mistake in positioning his feet to make the pose of the horses, but somehow Harold was able to overcome it all quite easily.

After dodging all the attacks, Harold quickly pressed his center of gravity so that the landing could be done quickly.

The enemy he was facing right now was a type of monster he had never seen before.

In appearance, it was similar to a giant crab with a dusty black body. But, the ten large human fingers that grew from the base of the leg segment made him look like a spider mutant.

Instead of using his own feet, the crab uses ten human fingers to move freely. It really made her appearance to be extremely horrifying, as well as disgusting.

But, what made it worse was not his appearance. Except for the lack of weakness that Harold couldn't even kill him quickly.

His movements were extremely fast, and his shell was so hard that the sword in Harold's hand had absolutely no ability to break through it.

Harold quickly moved, then swung his sword at those wiggling fingers.

His sword could easily pierce and cut through that finger, but it seemed to be in vain. Every time Harold managed to land a wound on a part of his body, the crab only trembled for a moment and then regenerated all of his injuries.

"Truly troublesome."

The order Noelle gave him was to 'disguise as Souris, and fight outside'. He only did have the task to fight, but not to finish off monsters.

So, Harold should be able to leave this monster behind and go fight against monsters that were easier to kill. However, somehow Harold could not leave at all.

Or rather, he had no chance to do so.

Because, the one monster he was fighting right now was extremely troublesome and would continue to chase after him no matter where he went.

Harold again swung his sword and slashed right at those fingers. However, the results remain in vain. The monster continued to regenerate and again attacked Harold using dozens of sharp thorns that shot out from his mouth.

To avoid that, Harold created several cloned bodies, and made them a foothold to avoid the dozens of thorns that rained down on him.

And not stopping there, Harold also turned his body into fog to directly move to the side of the monster.

Thanks to his evolution as a vampire, Harold awakened some of the characteristic vampire abilities. One of them is transformation.

However, the transformation ability that Harold had awakened was not so perfect that he could only change for a mere few seconds.

Even so, just a few seconds was enough to be a big help in a fight like this.

Harold again cut off all the fingers that grew from the body of the crab, then directly stuck some swords made from his own blood right in the slash marks that Harold had left behind.

By doing so, Harold hoped that it would stop his regeneration at least for a moment.

(I think it worked. Then ... )

Harold then activated the skill he had recently learned.

"《Thorn Blood》"

Dozens, and dozens of thorns made of blood began to spring from the rest of the slashes that failed to regenerate it. The reason, of course Harold who had inserted his blood into the body of the crab through the rest of the slash that had now been plugged with his sword.

Harold's ability to manipulate blood was not very good, but at least he could condense his blood within a certain distance. Utilizing that ability, he had attacked the crab in a very effective manner.

If it cannot be attacked from the outside, then just finish it off from the inside. That's the easiest way to solve his problem with that damn crab.

"With this he should no longer be able to move, but … "

Harold did not know whether the crab had a heart or not, but any creature would definitely die if all of its internal organs were destroyed.

However, if the crab was still able to live and move around freely even after Harold destroyed all of his internal organs, Harold was already unable to do anything else because he had absolutely no idea about how the strange creature worked.

Just in case, Harold was trying to maintain the solid form of all his blood that was inside the crab's body.

Time passed by with his sword continuously stuck in the body of the crab that failed to regenerate it. And finally, the crab began to limp and fall helplessly, while its dusty black shell slowly turned to ash and disappeared just like that, leaving behind a pitch-black crab flesh that looked disgusting, as it was, while the internal organs that have been destroyed can be seen from a large gap in some parts of the stomach.

Harold drew out his sword and jumped far back without lowering his guard in the slightest. After which, he directly scanned the surrounding locations and realized an oddity.

The place he was, it was too quiet.

There was absolutely no sound, or even presence that he could detect within a radius of 200 meters.

Harold instantly watched his surroundings with a measure of alertness that had increased.

Despite that, not a single strange thing happened. Except, the appearance of some pink flower petals flying in several places, until finally disappeared without a trace.

"What the fuck was that? "

Initially Harold wanted to check it out himself, but it seemed he was not given the chance to do so.

A certain amount of blood flowed out very profusely from the several wounds that suddenly appeared on Harold's body.

The wound looks like a slash wound. However, there was absolutely no sign of the attacker. The only trace he left behind was Harold's body lying on the ground covered in blood with fallen flower petals.

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Noelle swung her sword and made a horizontal slashing motion at the dog monster that came pouncing at her. The black blade of his sword easily pierced through and slashed the dog. Even so, with just one sword and one slash it was impossible to defeat the dozens of enemies that appeared before him simultaneously.

Noelle controlled several other swords, and used them to deliver various attack patterns by fusing slashes and punches at all the monsters that came to her endlessly.

It had been about ten minutes since the second wave of this monster attack had begun. And during that time, Noelle had killed and dropped many monsters so that he could not even count the numbers anymore.

On the ground, hundreds of the corpses of dogs with muddy black skin seemed to be scattered with pools of blood formed as a result of the fight.

It was a sight that would make anyone feel nauseous when looking at it. Despite that, Noelle unhesitatingly continued swinging her weapon and continued to kill the monsters that came nonstop.

At her side, Tania joined the fight by swinging her large scythe in various movements.

Since the weapon was a little unique, Tania's fighting style was a bit difficult for Noelle to read. What Noelle saw, Tania just swung and threw her scythe to kill all the enemies.

Even so, his movements were so refined and trained that anyone who saw him would think that he had a lot of experience in battle.

On the other hand, Noelle could see Lucius casually swinging a large sword with one hand, while the other hand was pointed right at the approaching crowd of monsters.

"《Light Whip》"

A simple light element-based magic chant flowed out from his mouth. Instantly, his hand shone, emitting a light that formed a whip that eventually bound all the monsters around him.

The monsters that had been tied up in the whip instantly met their end. Their bodies quickly hardened into stone, before finally vanishing like dust.

Not stopping there, Lucius also advanced towards the crowd of monsters without any hesitation on his movements.

Lucius again swung his greatsword, slashed at all the enemies who were at a distance of three meters away from him, then swung a light whip from his other hand to attack all the monsters that were far enough away from him.

(It seems Lucius has a very high ability for close combat, while all medium and long range attacks only he makes as a mere 'support attack' .. Okay, I will note that.)

Even in this situation, Noelle continued to analyze Lucius' fighting style in order to create various countermeasures plans if at any point she had to fight against Lucius.

(From that ... Tania, where are Ructus and the others? )

Noelle tries to talk to Tania through telepathy due to the presence of Lucius who is still near them. It didn't take long until Tania finally answered.

{I don't know. Their presence ... Disappear .. It's like something's blocking our detection.}

(So you feel it too, yeah .. )

This weirdness has been bothering Noelle since a while ago.

Now, neither Noelle nor Tania could sense the presence of others around them. Of course, Lucius and Olivia who were now disguised as a bat were the exception.

Because the existence of monsters that continuously appeared without stopping it had made Noelle become a little careless with her detection.

Given Lucius' abilities, he should have been aware of this oddity, but .. Lucius showed absolutely no signs of panic so Noelle found it difficult to read what he was thinking.

Waves of monsters still continued to spring up from the crevice. Only, the number had already been slightly reduced when compared to the number of monsters that had appeared before.

Noelle took out a few new swords and instantly controlled it to finish off all the enemies in the surroundings, while she herself advanced through the crowd while swinging her two swords.

Noelle continued to run and jump over the rubble of rocks scattered all over the place, until she finally stopped right on the roof of a large building that seemed to be abandoned.

There was absolutely no trace of the presence of monsters from the building he occupied, so he should be able to be safe here.

For a moment, the two swords in Noelle's hand shone, and finally fused into one sword. While in his other hand appeared a weapon that quite jaran Noelle use.

That's Zwei Aligma. In this situation, the ability to shoot with such a large destructive force like Aligma's was urgently needed to finish off all of his enemies.

Noelle pointed Aligma's muzzle right at the crowd of monsters approaching Lucius, and instantly pulled the trigger.

Waves of magic energy started flowing out from the muzzle of his weapon, leading right at the crowd of monsters that were already targeted.

Lucius and Tania noticed the attack Noelle had just made, and finally jumped straight away to get away from the place.

A second later, the huge bang caused by the collision of the magic wave quickly created a lot of damage to the ground. A dazzling light filled the place for a moment, but that was no reason to stop.

Lucius took advantage of the opportunity Noelle had given him, and directly threw a spear made of light at the crowd of other monsters that had survived, he said, while Tania herself immediately threw her scythe in the direction that Navi had determined for her.

The attack Lucius had just carried out proved to have a great influence. The spear of light landed right on the ground, and created a huge dome of light that instantly engulfed all the surrounding matter without the slightest remnant. While Tania's scythe continued to spin in the air, moving in a predetermined route, and killing all the remaining monsters in the blink of an eye.

But, the scythe that Tania threw did not stop at all even after finishing off all the enemies.

The scythe continued to spin and instantly changed its direction at a gap formed in the empty space. His scythe easily pierced through and cut through the gap, then absorbed all the magic energy contained within it so that the gap had no more energy to spit out a huge amount of monsters.

(So so, yes ... The gap has the same structure as that strange large creature that has now gone out of nowhere .. )

Noelle who saw him immediately thought that Tania might have deliberately done it to clear the gap, and stop the waves of monsters that kept coming.

{Noelle.}

As Noelle was seriously preparing another attack using Aligma, Olivia's voice coming from telepathy appeared in her head. Soon, a small bat appears and lands directly on Noelle's head.

"Livia? What was? "

The bat was Olivia who used the transformation to disguise and hide from all the monsters that came.

{This place is weird. I've been flying around this place looking for a way out, but .. I always get to the same place I left before. It's like a maze that keeps us going.}

"That means .. Something is in the way, yes .. I think it's a third party."

{Kurasa.}

There is no other conclusion besides that.

Noelle pulled Aligma's trigger and shot the dog's monster in the head one by one. Meanwhile, Olivia who was still sitting on top of her head in a bat form showed absolutely no signs of going away.

"By the way .. Why are you still on top of my head? "

{Noelle wants me to go? }

The bat tilted its head with a cute gesture, looking to really portray the character of Olivia very well.

" … I don't think so. I want you to stay here and help me search for monsters while I finish them off."

{Good.}

Noelle smiled wryly and continued to put in a large amount of magic energy to fire at the monsters that were beginning to regroup.

Although the gap where the monster exited had been removed by Tania, their numbers were still many. So neither Noelle nor Lucius and Tania could do anything but continue to finish them off.

Soon enough, all the monsters finally managed to kill.

Thousands of disgusting dog corpses were piled up and scattered in the streets, while the blood they produced had created a red flood that smelled very foul.

"I hate this scene" Noelle said, watching her surroundings.

Beside her, Tania nodded her head, approving of what Noelle said. Although, the expression Tania showed was as if saying that she was used to this scene.

On the other hand, Lucius again stuck the tip of his sword into the ground that had been flooded by the dirty blood of the monsters.

"《Holy Field》"

As soon as the spell was cast, the sword that Lucius had thrust into the ground instantly shone, creating numerous streaks of light that quickly extended into the air and formed a gigantic dome that separated them from the outside world.

Seeing that, Noelle's face slowly turned increasingly pale, and cold sweat began to flow uncontrollably from her forehead and back.

As he thought, his strength was drastically reduced. The magic energy Noelle had was instantly drained, and her body slowly squeezed while her gaze began to waver.

In such a situation, Noelle tried to talk to Olivia who was still on top of her head in a bat form.

(Livia ... Are you okay? )

Olivia's response wasn't very good either. His voice sounded like someone who was lacking energy.

{I'm fine, but ... This light drains my power .. )

Just like Noelle thought. The reason behind their power being suddenly drained was the dome of light that Lucius created.

If Noelle's guess was correct, then the magic《Holy Field》 that Lucius had just deciphered was a magic based holy element, an element that was extremely deadly to all races that existed on the undead race tree and monsters, and that was the most powerful element in the world, including vampires.

Fortunately, Noelle and Olivia are king-class vampires who will not be outdone just by the attacks of the sacred elements. So they can still hold onto《Holy Field》 Lucius's even a little.

At first Noelle thought that her identity as a vampire had been known to Lucius, but seeing the pile of corpses of monsters slowly reduced to ashes instantly made her change her mind.

Lucius used《Holy Field》 to clear up the rest of the fight, and had no intention of hurting Noelle.

It did not take long until all the monsters in《Holy Field》it disappeared completely. And during that time, Noelle secretly gave Olivia her blood so they could continue to regenerate during the 'cleaning' process.

"With this there should be no more problems. But ... How do we get out of here? "

Lucius seemed to have realized the situation from the start, he had sensed a barrier that had locked them away for some time.

When all was calm, dozens of pink petals began to appear around them, causing a very drastic change in atmosphere.

"What the hell are these flower petals? "

Noelle confusedly caught one of the flower petals and looked at him. There is absolutely nothing strange. It was an ordinary flower petal as he often saw in the streets or the garden.

What made him strange was his sudden appearance.

Lucius and Tania also did not understand the appearance of the petals. However, it was clear that they had become much more vigilant than before.

Noelle also had an uneasy feeling about this, so she also went along to prepare her weapon, anticipating all possible gangs to come.

Soon enough, something they had predicted finally appeared.

It was like a smooth and fast whistling sound, but it was also extremely deadly.

A slash scar appeared on the surface of Noelle's cheek, making blood flow out of it. Noelle tried to regenerate it and strengthen her detection to find the figure of the attacker. However, he did not find it at all.

The only clue now is the whistling sound that will appear every time an attack is made, as well as the pink petals that fly around the target.

"Prepare yourself, I can't protect you all here" Lucius said as he positioned his own sword.

The great sword that was in Lucius' hand then shone, and part of the hilt began to separate, resulting in another sword that was much smaller and thinner than the great sword.

Lucius held the little sword in his left hand, while the big sword was in his right.

"I also know that," Noelle replied as she took out a few new swords just in case.

(Livia, hide in my clothes.)

{Good.}

Olivia quickly answered him and immediately entered Noelle's clothes through the collar of her coat.

The whistling sound reappeared, accompanied by scattered flower petals. This time, the target was Noelle.

Noelle instantly positioned one of her swords right in front of her neck with the intention of resisting the attack. And just as he had expected, the sound of clanking and sparks from the colliding metals suddenly appeared along with the scattered flower petals.

The enemy is someone. At least, that was good news for Noelle. The only bad news is that her presence is so thin that Noelle can barely feel it.

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