[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 250: Doll (3)

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The assault of the Puppets remained unceasing as the three of them were in a good mood.

Noelle directly threw her sword towards the head of the puppet that came, and the sword very smoothly slid through the head of the Doll, so that it stuck in the body of the Doll that was behind her.

Then, the sword returned to Noelle's hand thanks to the blood connected to the hilt.

"They keep coming. Elis, what kind of weapon are you mastering? "

"Eh? I-it .. The dagger, or the short sword, I suppose … "

Noelle nodded, and then a pair of medium-sized daggers appeared in her hands. It was dark red, as it was indeed made from his blood.

Its shape is slightly curved, but its taper edges make it a very suitable weapon for making deep wounds.

"Their bodies are all very hard, ordinary weapons will not be able to injure them. But, if you use this, you might be able to conquer some of them."

Different from metal weapons, weapons made from Noelle's blood have qualities that Noelle can set at will.

Although his sharpness would not be able to match Langen who had the ability to 'slash everything', the maximum sharpness his blood weapon could achieve was that it could cut through metals like butter.

Felice hesitated a little, but she still accepted it. His gaze instantly swept across the entire part of the dagger. At the same time, he could barely hold back his smile.

Tania at the side could only stare at them in silence, without understanding what Felice was feeling.

After handing Felice a new pair of weapons, Noelle returned her focus to face all the remaining Dolls.

If what Tania said earlier was true, then these puppets would definitely have some connection with the underworld.

It is true that Noelle is not interested in the underworld, but she is still curious because she has been involved with him several times.

『So he's another member of Asterisk, huh? She looks beautiful. Aren't you interested in making her your woman? 』

Noir's words made Noelle's eyebrows instantly twitch.

If she was asked if Tania was beautiful, then she would answer 'of course'. However, if he was asked if he was interested in making Tania his woman, then Noelle would immediately give a harsh rejection.

(Are you kidding me? )

『Hehe, I just want to know, that's all. In addition, this girl named Tania is also quite unique.』

(. .. What do you mean?)

Noelle understands that Tania is attractive. After all, he was one of the handful of mortal existences that gained immortality. However, something that was of interest to him was not necessarily of interest to Noir.

『Seeds in his body, already growing in another form. It's not at all fused. Hehe, this is a new discovery.』

(Seeds? )

Noelle asked in her mind while finishing off two Dolls at once. He pulled back his sword, and directly slashed back. Instantly, one Puppet had its head cut off completely.

『Hehe, I don't think it's any good for you to know that now.』

After that, Noir said absolutely nothing. She kept quiet even though Noelle asked her many times.

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The dolls keep coming. Although the three of them had finished off some, a number of other Dolls appeared as if covering up the lack of numbers.

Noelle, Felice, and Tania could only continue to finish them off, and slowly retreat to a safer place.

Regarding the corpses of the Dolls, Noelle immediately burned them with magic right after the Doll died. The anti-magic field they had would no longer be active after they died, so removing their corpses was quite easy.

As Noelle finished off one of the puppets nearby, Tania came from the air and landed right beside her.

"Noah, I suspect they came from the underworld. If the portal doesn't close, they won't stop coming."

"And? How do we find the portal? "

"I've found him. It's just .. The place is very far."

Noelle immediately frowned.

If these puppets did come from the underworld, then the portal shouldn't be too far from here.

It would be a waste if the portal was opened in a distant place, while the Dolls had to run to this place.

The public commotion was also impossible to be muted if these puppets were to run around the entire city.

"I still don't know how they can chase us all the way here, but .. They have a contamination of the underworld aura that is quite strong. Anything can happen."

Tania swung her scythe vertically and stuck the tip into the head of one of the Puppets. The scythe blade is then retracted, and swung horizontally towards the neck of the nearest Puppet.

The puppet's head was instantly severed, and its body also slowly stopped moving.

On the other hand, Noelle did not stop either. One by one his weapons stuck in the heads of every puppet, and instantly killed them. At the same time, he also thought of many things.

To date, Noelle still does not know too much about the underworld. About how Tania was able to figure it out was also a mystery to her.

Noelle, who had no other choice, sighed.

He was also tired of facing the puppets here. It would be best if he could catch up with Team Tian as soon as possible.

"I just need to make my way, right? "

The puppets were large in stature, and they were also agile. With such body specifications, it would be very easy for them to chase after an enemy that floated in midair.

Therefore, the only best option is to create your own path by eliminating everything that blocks the way to the destination location.

It was a simple way, but it was quite difficult to do considering that the Puppets were currently surrounding all of them.

Noelle took a deep breath, and began to analyze everything around her.

"Elis, come back here."

Felice is confused, but she still obeys Noelle's instructions. He jumped up and landed right beside Noelle, then prepared for any eventuality.

One of the puppets ran after him, but it wasn't long until a sword stuck firmly in his head.

The expression slowly erased from Noelle's face, and she started scanning all the Puppets that were on the way.

"Come here."

After finishing the analysis, Noelle immediately ran the lead by following the route she had just made.

There were still Dolls, but they were not so many in number when compared to the other routes. Moreover, the chances of being surrounded were quite small here.

Noelle advanced first while continuing to swing her sword. He didn't miss a single Doll.

However, one of the Dolls managed to escape his attention thanks to the density of the place. He swung his hand wildly, but either Noelle managed to dodge.

It's just that, the impact of the collision given made Noelle bounce far to the side.

Her body crashed into an empty building until it was almost destroyed, but Noelle felt nothing but shock.

It didn't matter that he was a little knocked back when he received the attack, but this was completely different.

The physical strength that the Puppet possessed was completely different from the others. Noelle looked towards the Doll, and found the reason.

Felice and Tania were also surprised, but they did not remain silent. Both of them knew that the state of the Doll was different, so they immediately retreated and returned to Noelle's side.

"The bastard … "

The doll had a terrible body state. His body was much larger than all the existing Dolls, and the muscles on his body also swelled unnaturally.

Although it did not have any sense, the face of the Doll now looked increasingly sane. There was only madness on his face, with white foam coming out of his mouth.

"She experienced《Berserk》."

Felice frowned anxiously as she looked around.

Without anyone realizing it, their place was already surrounded by the Puppets.

Not ordinary Dolls, but rampaging Dolls. They've all fallen in the condition《Berserk》.

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(This is critical .. One may not be a problem, but if it has been this much .. Even I would be confused with how to deal with it .. )

If there was only one Puppet rampaging, then Noelle could still handle it without making much noise. However, one battalion of Dolls who came to him is currently in the state of《Berserk》. It was already impossible to temper his commotion.

Noelle returned to the position of the horses, and naturally hid Felice behind her.

Tania followed Noelle, and she was already preparing with her scythe.

Just as they were ready for any attack, one of the Puppets suddenly appeared beside Noelle, and gave her an extremely strong scratch with her big hand and had swollen muscles.

Noelle bounced quite a distance in the other direction, but she was able to stabilize her position in the air thus preventing her from bouncing any further.

However, even though he could withstand all that, his body was still a physical body that could be injured.

The scratch that the doll did created a large tear wound all over Noelle's body.

Five finger scratches of different sizes can be seen from the body of his left side.

Blood was already flowing profusely, but Noelle still felt nothing. He was just a little dizzy from losing too much blood in such a short period of time.

"Not only power, they also have speed, yes … "

Noelle was breathing rather heavily, while Felice who saw her almost let out a terrified scream. Fortunately, Tania was beside him and immediately calmed Felice down before she could shout.

The wounds on his body slowly closed, but the blood that had already come out would not be inserted anymore.

Noelle is using all that blood as a weapon right now.

As his body finished regenerating, the lost blood would also be gradually restored. This allowed Noelle to fight freely in just a short while longer.

『Hehe, does that surprise you? You underestimate the berserkers.』

Noir's voice echoed in the depths of his mind, but Noelle confirmed his thoughts.

(Shut up! )

Noelle clenched her teeth and positioned her body like it was going to strike straight ahead.

The rampaging puppets still kept coming, so Noelle could not relax.

He instantly advanced, leaving a hint of afterimage behind him.

After that one incident, all the Puppets who were in Noelle's trajectory instantly lost their heads due to Langen's quick slash.

Tania also did not remain silent. He made use of the gap Noelle had created, and started throwing his scythe.

As for Felice, the number of murders he had just touched double digits.

From the start he was not a fighter type, and his level was also lagging far behind the others, so this was not his fault. Precisely, Noelle and Tania are not normal here.

From an outsider's point of view, Noelle and Tania look like hunters who are already very experienced in killing berserkers.

Noelle swung her sword to the left, at the same time also using a large blood needle to protect her right side and back.

The large needle stuck into the Puppet's head very smoothly, but their movements still did not stop.

After entering the condition《Berserk》, these Dolls can stay alive for a while after they die. The addition of time is not too meaningful, but practically makes them a little hampered.

"It's too long … "

Noelle was still thinking about the conditions elsewhere. Right now, the Tian team might have already reached Moldy's location. That would be a bad scenario, given the information about Moldy is still very minimal.

"Tania, after the road has been cleared a little, just run and take Elis away to close the portal."

Tania hesitated a little, but she immediately nodded after just a few seconds of thought.

Right now, his priority was to close the portal that was most likely to be the source of the power of these Puppets.

"Do you have a plan? " ask Tania.

Noelle only slightly nodded, then turned to look at Felice who had returned to her position beside Noelle.

"It's not worth calling a plan, but it'll at least get us to our destination."

Felice stared back and forth between Noelle and Tania, then firmly nodded.

She did not understand Noelle's intentions, but from the beginning she had no choice but to obey him.

"Now, you better stay a little bit away. It's gonna be a little messy."

Tania and Felice nodded, then jumped back away from Noelle, and at the same time also looked for a safe position from the encirclement of the Puppets.

By now, almost all the Dolls had already focused their attention on Noelle, and they started to go crazy. Some of them ran over with strong killing intent, whereas others were already prepared to give a deadly attack at any moment.

Of course, Noelle did not stay silent.

Just a moment ago, Noelle had made plans with Noir.

This plan required Noir to use his powers and forcibly disable Noelle's resistance to pain.

After going through many fights, Noelle finally understood one thing.

One of the things that make a person become stronger instantly, is adrenaline.

Feeling sick is one of the best ways to gather adrenaline.

Noelle as much as possible did not want to ask Noir for help, but she herself would not be able to disable the resistance that was that passive ability.

Maybe he could do it if he developed the potential of 'Domination', but the problem was that he was still undeveloped at all, this made him unable to use that power at will.

Moreover, pain resistance was one of the things that he did not understand the concept of. If he did not understand the concept, then 'Domination' was impossible.

" ……… "

Noelle narrowed her eyes, and at the same time also paired the acceleration to accelerate her own perception.

The movements of all the Dolls looked slow in his eyes, but it returned to normal after he blinked once.

(Now.)

After finding the right time, Noelle immediately gave a signal to Noir.

For a moment, there was no change he felt. However, after one of the Puppets landed a punch on his stomach, an overwhelming pain suddenly appeared.

It was different from anything he had ever felt. This pain was so real, so different from what he usually felt.

Noelle has never been hit by a truck at full speed, but maybe this is how it feels

As before, she bounced back, but somehow Noelle was still able to come to her senses and keep herself from being pushed too far.

The barrage of attacks from the Puppets did not stop.

The puppets continued to attack him in various ways. However, the majority of those attacks were punches and scratches.

Her body was now a samsak for the Dolls, but Noelle did not even give any resistance.

He remained silent, even though a huge scratch wound appeared and tore through his chest.

At a time like this, Tania and Felice who were watching from a distance would inevitably doubt their eyes.

Felice really didn't want to believe it, whereas Tania had little understanding of what Noelle was doing.

After all, there was only Tania who knew about Noelle's immortality.

Felice did not know about it, which was why she panicked when the Dolls attacked her blindly.

Felice intends to help Noelle, but Tania again stops him.

"Just leave this to Noah. We just need to wait for the signal from him."

Leaving now was not a bad thing, but it would mess up the plan Noelle had prepared. That was why Tania calmly waited until the appointed time came.

Soon, some of the puppets in the siege remained petrified, while others continued to rampage and tear apart the bodies of the people who were victims.

At that moment, dozens of blood-red giant thorns appeared.

It appeared as if it was growing from the ground, and soared upwards a few meters tall.

Each of those giant thorns had several bodies of the Puppets stuck to it.

The blood from the Puppet's body gushed out uncontrollably, raining down on everything below.

Tania could feel an unusually strong killing intent from there, but she was completely unable to see the figure that was the source.

Soon, he saw the figure he was looking for.

"Noah! " Felice immediately called out to him, but there was no response from Noah.

It was Noah Ashrain, yet somehow he looked like a different person.

Noah's appearance now frightened Felice. He subconsciously retreated backwards, and ended up tripping over a rock so that it fell down.

『Uwaahh .. He completely lost his mind.』

In the depths of Tania's mind, Navi's voice echoed. Making Tania who heard those words could only nod lightly while looking at Noah's figure with an expressionless face.

As Navi explained, Noelle now really looks like she has lost her mind.

The wounds on his body had already disappeared, but there was still a trace of blood that had previously soaked his entire body like rainwater.

Noelle smiled, but not her usual smile.

It was a completely different smile. A smile she would never show anyone. What a terrible grin.

Both of his own eyes also widened, as if responding to the smile on his lips.

His expression now could only be described as madness.

Noelle without showing any sign immediately advanced onto one of the rampaging Puppets, then grabbed her head.

"Give me your blood! "

The sentence he said while continuing to maintain his sneer. He then pulled the Puppet's head up, and at the same time also restrained the Doll's body from staying below.

Finally, the Puppet's head was severed, and drops by drops of blood flowed out from its wound.

Noelle unhesitatingly carried the doll's head over her head, with her slightly looking up, then let the blood drip bit by bit into her mouth.

The blood from the raging doll soaked Noelle's face, but Noelle did not even show an agitated attitude towards it.

In fact, he seems to enjoy it.

Shortly after, blood stopped dripping, and Noelle immediately threw the Doll's head into the pile of Doll corpses around her.

"Still less .. I want more! "

Noelle laughed loudly and immediately ran towards the Puppet whose formation started to fall apart.

He slashed the Doll's neck, and instantly sucked all the blood from her body.

"Hehe .. Ahaha! What'sthis?! It feels so rotten! But why is this so delicious?! "

His eyes that had been red from the beginning became increasingly red. It did not show the slightest sign of sanity.

"Give me again! "

He went on a craze and killed all the Puppets one by one, then drank all his blood.

Now, the number of Puppets was already greatly reduced when compared to before.

The remaining few seemed to start awakening their own wits, and started running away from Noelle.

They ran and jumped over the roof with unbelievable agility. Despite that, Noelle continued to chase after them without feeling the slightest difficulty.

Tania who was left behind saw this and regarded this as an opportunity.

He glanced at Felice, and found the girl sitting motionless as if he could not believe what he had just seen.

Of course, it was too heavy to comprehend all of a sudden. Tania is not too surprised because she knows that Noelle is a vampire.

"There's no time to be confused. Let's go."

Tania immediately pulled Felice by the hand, and forced her to run after Noelle.

Judging from the direction of her running, Tania was able to confirm that Noelle was heading in the right direction. It was a little off the mark, but the existence of the portal could be felt near there.

"Actually ... What's going on here? "

Tania frowned as she glanced at Felice who was running beside her.

The bodies of the Dolls were left scattered there because neither Tania nor Felice had any way to eliminate them.

Wellh, after all it's the 'cleaner' team business'. Tania really did not want to get involved with anything other than with her task of closing the portal to the underworld.

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