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Despite being filled with excitement, after the team set out and entered the underground, an idea slowly rose in Ansel’s mind.
Is their team really capable?
Ansel looked at a group of people studying the map. The weapon master, who believed he had a lot of experience, was pointing the way on the map, while Joey kept nodding beside him. At this moment, the sage Anthony looked around and secretly waved to Ansel, as if he had something to say.
Ansel had a bad feeling, and when he walked over, he saw the sage smiling at him brightly.
“Actually, there is one thing I didn’t have time to say earlier.”
He leaned close to Ansel and whispered.
“…I only know how to add BUFF.”
Ansel: “…”
Why is this!
“My protection magic is really strong. It can give you full protection anytime and anywhere.” Anthony scratched his face, feeling a bit embarrassed, “But as a cost, I am very insensitive to attack magic, and I can only use four light wheels at present.”
“Anyway, there are warriors involved in the fight, and I will only need to add BUFFS.”
The meaning of the sage’s existence is for the warrior, and the two move forward together. Strictly speaking, Anthony is a somewhat flawed magician, but considering his professional auxiliary status, the Holy Court doesn’t overly criticize him.
Anyway, as long as the warrior appears and draws the holy sword, it represents the strongest force of mankind, and the sage does not need to do anything much. Anthony’s protection magic has even reached the realm of forbidden spells, and he will be the best helper of the warrior.
Ansel’s face was blank for a moment.
But…
The warrior is working in a convenience store!
Rhein, who was scanning the code, suddenly sneezed. He rubbed the tip of his nose, and while he was packing the goods skillfully, he thought about the person who seemed to be the angel from the past.
Rhein found himself gradually understanding the good intentions of the Angel.
Life is like a long spiritual journey, where everyone is walking on the road. Some people sprint blindly and become exhausted, ignoring the scenery along the way; while some people walk slowly, not fighting or grabbing, and knowing how to cherish happiness in plain life. Life is originally filled with various desires. Officials want to be promoted, those who become rich want to make more fortune, and those who buy a house still want another one… A young man once asked a Buddhist Monk…
Rhein took out the “Chicken Soup Quotes for Middle-aged and Elderly People” from under the cash register, and continued to read it with fascination while there was no one in the store.
***
Ansel didn’t know that the warrior was sliding into the bottomless abyss of ‘chicken soup quotes for middle-aged and elderly people’, and he continued to move deeper with the team. Joey took the initiative to walk in the front. Due to his special physique, he can basically drive away all the demons he encounters, which is very helpful for them to achieve the purpose of this trip.
After all, the elite team was trapped underground, and they were aware of their team’s strength when they came to rescue. The entrance has been reopened, and they just need to find as many companions trapped underground as possible and get out together. The theme of this mission is not to kill monsters, nor is to make achievements, but to survive!
However, such advancement was not without risks. Joey, who was at the forefront, bore the brunt and faced a messenger-level monster.
The messenger-level monster suddenly showed its sharp fangs and opened its mouth to bite off half of Joey’s head. Anthony moved quickly and was about to give Joey some protection, only to find that the monster suddenly changed its face and ran towards the wall.
Monster: “Ugh…”
Joey: “…”
Joey: “Don’t you know how to be polite?!!”
The monster was vomiting, and Joey looked aggrieved. While other demon hunters were fighting monsters, he tried to defend himself.
“I really haven’t washed my hair for several days! It must not be vomiting because of the oily smell!”
“Yes, yes, I know, I know.” Ansel replied perfunctorily.
This is indeed not because Joey’s head smells bad, but because the breath of the Holy Sword is getting heavier. As an angel, Ansel can clearly feel it.
Ansel felt very strange about Joey’s changes. Perhaps it was due to the change in his mood. Joey was like a sword covered in dust, gradually regaining its former brilliance. At the beginning, only Ansel, who was an angel, could sense his breath.
Joey, now a qualified demon hunter, has personally defeated monsters and is willing to risk his life to rescue his companions.
Ansel even felt a sense of accomplishment. He was willing to guide humans, and humans also put his guidance into practice.
Killing monsters along the way, the demon hunters moved forward in the caves dug by monsters. Joey was a little depressed. Obviously, the monster that wanted to bite his head but failed left a big shadow on him. He sniffed his sleeves repeatedly, and just before entering the next crack, a swaying figure appeared in the dark ahead.
“Woah!” Joey closed his eyes and poked his head out in a posture that wasn’t afraid of the other party biting his head. The silver tip of the gun stopped a few centimeters away from his head.
Joey opened his eyes. Isn’t the person standing in front of him the one they are here to rescue? !
After the initial surprise, Yun Jian’s expression softened. The club must have endured considerable resistance to come in and rescue them, but the companions still came in, bringing… the sage of the Holy Court?
“Mr. Yun.” Anthony met Yun Jian and said with a smile, “Your companions in the Demon Hunter Club came in to rescue you all, and I also joined them. Now that the passage to the outside world has been opened again, you can leave.”
Thinking that there may be wounded, Anthony looked behind Yun Jian.
“If there are any seriously injured…”
“No, there are not.” Yun Jian said as he found Ansel in the crowd. He saw the other person’s white hair drooping like wings, with Joey standing beside him.
He has always overlooked some details.
Sure enough, Ansel is…
Yun Jian lowered his eyelashes. Because there were many mixed eyes and ears in this area, it was not suitable to express that conclusion.
Since the passage that was previously blocked by falling rocks has been reopened, it is not the time for them to engage in battle. The huge monsters they have encountered deep underground are too powerful, and they must slowly take action.
“Let’s evacuate first.” He said decisively, “That demon is too powerful. Even if we fight with all our strength, I’m afraid it will be difficult to defeat. Although Edward and I have exhausted our strength, we can still cover the rear. The others should move forward, hurry up.”
With the addition of the sage here, Yun Jian turned around more resolutely. After the demon leader was injured, there was no movement for a long time. Yun Jian cannot guarantee that the other party will not pursue him. Once the demon pursues…
He suddenly heard Edward’s voice, almost roaring.
“Disperse!”
The well-trained demon hunters scattered in an instant, and in the next second, the earth trembled.
A massive demon, resembling a mountain, slowly appeared at the other end of the passage. It has an elephant head, half of its body has scars from being burned, half of its palm has been burned completely, and its flesh and blood is wriggling and growing.
In just a moment, Yun Jian was sure that the demon had seen them, and it let out a thunderous roar, rushing towards them with great strides!
Among the scattered demon hunters, there will always be someone who will become the target of this huge demon. That person is not Yun Jian, nor is it another second-class star Edward, and nor is it Ansel who is secretly evaluating this general-level monster.
The monster that was like a small mountain stomped on the ground cunningly, and Joey, who was closest to the epicenter, was caught off guard and almost flew up. When he was standing unsteadily, the complete huge palm had already appeared above his head!
Joey: “! ! !”
Can’t avoid it! Can’t hide! As long as he is hit, he will definitely be slammed into the rock wall and smashed to pieces!
Ansel wanted to take action. The general-level monster is just a bigger mouse in front of the Demon King, but he suddenly stopped and let Joey be slapped away by the monster!
“It hurts so much! I’m going to die! Huh… Why? It doesn’t hurt?”
The demon hunters who were trying to rescue someone were stunned, and the monster that slapped Joey was also dumbfounded. Countless eyes were fixed on the rock wall, and Joey was struggling to pull his head out of the stone. On the sturdy rock wall, a groove was unexpectedly scratched sideways, and Joey was trying to pull his head out of the groove at the end.
Everyone: “…”
Can a human head be so sturdy? !
Joey pulled his head hard, spitting out dirt and rocks, and his whole face was covered in dust. However, his first reaction was to reach up and touch his head.
It’s still round! Good.
“Ansel.” He murmured, as if still dreaming, “My head is so hard, how can it be as hard as iron…”
Ansel: “…”
This is not necessarily the case, the material of the holy sword may not be iron, after all, it is too easy to rust. If the material is steel, Joey can say that his head is as good as steel; if the material is magic ore, Joey can say that his head is as good as magic ore.
Moreover, Joey didn’t cut his hand when he touched his head. Is this some kind of self-protection mechanism of the holy sword?
Yun Jian was probably the only one who was sober and calm. Before others could react, he had already jumped up and pounced on the monster.
“Everyone else, retreat! Edward, Anthony, follow me to cover the rear!”
Ansel went to help Joey, who was still dumbfounded. The monster missed the single blow and became even more angry. With the protection of the sage, the two second-class stars fought very hard. At this point, others can retreat, but they can’t, because once such a monster is brought to the ground, the consequences will be disastrous!
The three people, including Anthony, who were fighting the monster had already decided to sacrifice their lives.
Unexpectedly, in the face of their relentless attacks, the monster remained completely unmoved, and its tiny eyes, compared to its massive head, still firmly locked onto Joey’s direction. It smelled a threatening aura, and it needs to eliminate that threat first!
The monster’s huge body rushed forward, breaking through the blockade. Its eyes firmly locked onto Joey, and its palms closed, slamming down heavily!
The strong wind lifted Ansel’s white hair, and he supported Joey and looked up. There was no extra emotion in his sunset-colored pupils.
The scene of the giant palm slamming down was slowed down in Joey’s eyes. He was still dizzy and unable to move. In the corner of his field of vision, Ansel’s white hair was still floating gently.
Ansel…
At the last moment, Joey got strength from somewhere. He stood up and staggered to protect Ansel in front of him——
【Want to… help others.】
Joey’s thoughts momentarily returned to the summer when he was discovered by the club. The silver-haired man personally put on the sixth-class star badge for him. This man was Sylvia’s late father and the club’s largest investor.
【Sixth-class star Joey.】
The man said gently.
【From today on, go protect humanity】
But Joey didn’t do that at that time. He was just…
【Very scared.】
Anyway, he has a physique given by the god, and the demons will never find him. It is better to stay in place and be safe like this…
【Spend the rest of your life in vain.】
The demon hunters around him come and go, like shooting stars, and like leaves that change every season. In the past ten years, Joey has met many people and made friends with many people, but in the end…
【He lost those people.】
Over time, Joey no longer made friends with other demon hunters. He guards a small convenience store, and the boss there doesn’t appear very often. He mechanically does what a convenience store staff should do every day, and the sixth-class star badge is covered with dust in the corner.
Later, he met Luther. Because the club specifically informed him, Joey knew that Luther was the Holy Sword. The Holy Sword is indeed unique. Luther seems to have dreams and is willing to work hard for them.
Luther is the Holy Sword, but what about Joey?
Joey is a coward.
Until that day, Luther brought a person to the store. Joey knew at a glance that the person had natural white hair, and bleaching and dyeing would never produce such a beautiful and natural color. With his white hair scattered like wings, the person shone into this small convenience store like a feather or a bright light.
He had the most determined and bright eyes Joey had ever seen, always knowing what he should do. Such a person should be proud and difficult to get along with, but he just sat in the convenience store eating instant noodles in a very approachable manner, and he even asked Joey some wonderful questions.
Maybe…
【We can be friends.】
But Joey always loses.
On the night when the convenience store was blocked by the high-level demon, Joey knelt outside the shutter door. As a demon hunter, he was still a coward to be saved by an ordinary person like Ansel, who was supposed to be protected by demon hunters.
It was precisely from that night on that Joey realized that even if he stayed where he was—
The demons will still come.
These memories suddenly dissipated like smoke and mist, and Joey found himself standing in a pure white space with nothing on all sides, except for something diagonally suspended in front of him.
It was a sword with an indescribable appearance, but its radiance flowed like water. In that radiance, Joey seemed to see the club investor who had talked to him earnestly, the convenience store owner who looked at him with a faint smile without saying anything, and the demon hunters who had passed through his life like shooting stars. Finally, the flowing light on the sword froze on the color of the sunset, which was like the fire of judgment, evaluating all of Joey’s past.
【Sixth-class star Joey…】
【Spend the rest of your life in vain…】
【Lose…】
【Protect humanity…】
Joey reached out to the sword, not to pull it up, but to touch it. At the moment when his fingertips touched the hilt, the noisy sound receded like a tide, and Joey finally realized the thoughts buried deep in his heart.
He knew he was fighting a monster, and he was afraid to step forward.
But if he doesn’t step forward, the monster will still come.
Since he has to fight no matter what, and since he has to protect the precious things so that they won’t be taken away, then…
Joey closed his eyes.
——He became the sword.
***
“Joey! Ansel!”
The weapon master shouted until his face turned and his voice hoarse. He looked in disbelief at the place where the smoke and dust rose. A strange sound had already flowed out of the giant demon’s throat, as if proud and mocking. The weapon master’s eyes suddenly burst with flames, and he rushed towards the giant demon, wanting to avenge his friends!
The dust gradually settled, and suddenly, Ansel’s voice sounded.
“Have you heard of a phrase? I think it’s very interesting.”
“There is smoke but no harm.”
The monster made an incredible sound. It clearly felt its palm hit the ground, so why didn’t this fragile human die? It suddenly turned its head, and in the corner, a sage in a white robe tightly held the wooden staff. The top of the staff was shining with holy light, and Anthony’s forehead was covered in sweat.
“Of course there is no harm…”
“Didn’t I say… my protection magic is very strong…”
If a sage who can only add BUFFS can’t even add BUFFS, then Anthony felt that his life of five hundred years was simply a waste. He can no longer move, watching the demon leader suddenly become furious after the initial sluggishness.
If this goes on, he can only use forbidden spells, but using forbidden spells may also…
The fact that humans have never touched the realm of forbidden spells doesn’t mean they are not strong. On the mysterious side, the strongest armed forces of humanity are the warriors who hold the holy sword. Only legends have recorded the extent to which the warrior can reach.
Anthony gritted his teeth.
But now, Rhein…
“…Where are you looking? Monster.”
Ansel’s voice drew the monster’s attention back. The smoke and dust had completely dissipated, and only Ansel was standing alone. Next to him, where Joey used to be, a sword was inserted diagonally.
Everyone in the field knew what this scene meant. Yun Jian closed his eyes slightly and said, “As expected.”
“Mr. Yun knew about it a long time ago?” Edward was a little surprised, “When?”
“That protection.” Yun Jian said, “Before entering the underground, I met Ansel, and he said a blessing to me at that time. Now that I think about it, it should be—”
“The blessing of the warrior.”
Edward’s breathing stagnated.
“So, the sixth-level star newcomer is…”
Yun Jian nodded slowly.
“That’s right, Joey is the holy sword, and Ansel is the warrior.”
Ansel’s gaze was cast on the holy sword inserted diagonally at his side. Joey’s consciousness certainly didn’t disappear, and he felt himself standing upside down, feeling confused. Because the scene was very interesting, Ansel smiled, and then he felt a headache.
The current situation is really… Tsk.
He reached out his hand to the holy sword. Although he was strictly a ranged player, how could the Demon King only know one weapon? As for the sword, Ansel still knows how to use it, but it’s just a bit sudden.
When he was a war angel in the Supreme Heaven, Ansel never imagined that he would become the Demon King of the demon realm in the future; and after he became the demon king, Ansel would never have thought…
He still has a day when he is forced to become a warrior.
He reached out to the holy sword and forcefully pulled it out. The holy sword was very light in his hand and full of warmth.
Almost at the moment he began to input power, the entire holy sword began to emit a huge amount of light, like a surging stream of light bursting out! The dazzling light illuminated the entire underground space, causing the general-level monster to stagger back and avoid it, while the low-level monsters let out piercing screams and made a roar as if it’s the end of the world.
Light and wind caressed his white hair, and Ansel’s sunset-colored pupils were so dazzling that they seemed to burn.
——The warrior drew out the holy sword.
No!
——The angel drew out the holy sword.
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Ansel: Angel fights as a substitute—v—
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