Chapter 49: 49, Captain, long time no see for three years
Chapter 49: 49, Captain, long time no see for three years
"Deity, can't you think of something? I can't purify this kind of witch at the moment!"
Lin Da's head was filled with knowledge of dealing with Magical Creatures, but he was at a loss when it came to witches.
Kafni bit her teeth and said, "There is a way!"
"What is it?" Lin Da asked, surprised.
He hadn't been expecting much from this Scrap God, it was just a casual question, but the unexpected response was a pleasant surprise.
Kafni's expression became serious, "Inside me, there is A Trace of Divine Power, enough to deal with that witch! But this body of mine is too weak, and the cost of using Divine Power will most likely ruin it."
Lin Da was astonished, "What exactly is the cost?"
"I told you, it will ruin me!"
"But you're already a scrap, aren't you? Such a cost is like no cost at all, right?"
"What?! You think I can't find another hero?"
Kafni was so angry her voice trembled, and she wanted to unleash her Divine Power on Lin Da's head.
Just then, the intense pressure from behind them grew closer, and the two had no time to bicker as their hearts raced.
"It's coming!"
Lin Da's gaze hardened, he whispered, "Let's not rush to use Divine Power. I have a plan that might scare the other party off."
"Oh? Let's hear it!" Kafni said excitedly.
...
After cleaning up the corpses in the canyon, the Beastmen girl Lulu went out and, using her excellent vision, spotted the two humans running away in the distance.
Eradicate them root and branch.
This teaching from her captain flashed through Lulu's mind.
She had intended to crush the escaping ants with a simple strike, but upon catching up, she found the situation different from what she had expected.
The two ants didn't give up and beg for mercy.
They didn't draw their swords in a battle posture either.
A tall man stood while another, a blonde adventurer with bent waist, was grabbed by her hands from behind, appearing to be in the midst of doing something.
Such a scene, Lulu had seen many times in the rooms of inns during her missions.
But it was the first time she had seen adventurers daring to do such shameless acts in the face of crisis!
Although the two were facing away from her and the details were unclear.
In any case, Lulu felt a hint of insult to her dignity!
Five-centimeter-long, blade-like claws suddenly protruded from her beastly paws, and she walked towards the two with an icy demeanor.
"This witch wasn't embarrassed away? Instead, it's my face that's about to be lost!"
Kafni, whose hands were grabbed as if she was being pushed in a cart, felt her cheeks burning with shame and irritation.
Despite being properly dressed in trousers, she couldn't help but feel annoyed.
"I've seen some artistic works where similar methods were used to get past crises," Lin Da lamented.
In his mind, if the witch had been innocent, she might have been scared off by such a scene. Of course, even if she didn't leave, there was no loss for him; trying was always better than not.
With the strategy failing, it was time to trouble Kafni to use her Divine Power.
Lin Da released Kafni's wrists and turned to face the witch.
He wanted to see what the Catastrophe Girls looked like before the witch perished.
He stared intently.
In front of him was a girl about one meter sixty, with light blue short hair, walking towards him at a slow pace.
The girl hung her head low with a hood on, wearing a form-fitting battle suit with a white sun-shading coat over it, revealing only her tight waist with a beautiful mermaid line.
Her long legs were a healthy wheat color, clad in brown short boots, with clearly defined muscle lines, and each step she took was filled with strength.
However, the most captivating features were the girl's ferocious, blood-stained beast claws and the floppy, fluffy white tail trailing behind her.
Beastmen, of the werewolf race?
Lin Da thought to himself.
In White Dove City, Beastmen only made up about one-tenth of the total population, and famous ones were even fewer; Lin Da mostly knew them all.
In his memory, there was no such girl, it seemed she came from another city.
Although he really wanted to purify her, seeing the girl's murderous look, it was impossible to let her obediently be touched and purified by him.
Lin Da felt the enormous Divine Power coming from behind him, from Kafni, and couldn't help but look at the Beastman girl with a tinge of regret.
A witch who cannot be purified by him and help the side of the heroes must be eradicated.
'Die.'
Lin Da thought coldly to himself.
And at that moment,
a gust of wind swept across the Barren Plains.
The hood the Beastman girl wore on her head fell off.
Her light blue short hair danced in the wind.
The girl's deep blue eyes were like frozen lakes, and inside her slightly open cherry lips, two sets of especially sharp, wild canine teeth were visible.
She seemed to feel the threat from Kafni and let out a wolf-like growl from her throat.
But the moment Lin Da saw the Beastman girl's face clearly, he was somewhat stunned.
She looked familiar.
No, he needed another look.
Then, Lin Da found that the more he looked, the more familiar she became!
Memories from his previous life began to gradually emerge before his eyes.
The computer screen dimmed to its darkest in the night, the licking of beast claws wanting to be petted, the 3D girl model that yearned for head pats, and the cold yet faintly warm 'Lord'...
Familiar, very familiar.
She had accompanied Lin Da through many overnight sessions.
The blue-haired witch before him was none other than a member of his squad from three years ago, back when Lin Da was on Blue Star playing the game "Mystic Continent"!
A Frost Wolf Warrior by profession, possessing the bloodline skill 'Berserk,' she was a powerful early-game character very suitable for being thrown into a pile of Magical Creatures to grind levels without care, a four-star SR card, Lulu!
As Lin Da's and the Beastman girl's gazes met and collided, the fierce growl from her throat suddenly ceased,
as if she had discovered something unbelievable, the girl's eyes slowly widened, her little mouth opened unconsciously, and her expression turned blank.
Lin Da, under the girl's gaze, felt as if he was on pins and needles.
She shouldn't recognize him, should she?
In the game, Lin Da's character wore a mask; theoretically, this Lulu had never even seen his face and shouldn't know what he looked like!
Even assuming for a second that Lin Da's transmigration involved his soul entering a random lucky bystander, could it be that said lucky person just happened to be his game character?
But his game character's initial profession wasn't a Healer.
Too many things didn't make sense.
So, Lin Da rationally speculated that his body could not possibly be related to her.
That's what theory would suggest.
Yet the sweat on Lin Da's forehead grew more abundant, soon to become a small waterfall.
The Beastman girl named Lulu, with light blue hair and a fluffy tail, was staring at him with an incredibly complex gaze.
Admiration, hatred, resentment... and a trace of faint murderous intent.
That was certainly not the rich expression one would have when looking at a stranger—it was almost like a pie chart!
The negative emotions took up at least seventy percent.
"Captain, it's been three years, don't tell me you don't recognize me?"
"In the wilderness, doing that kind of thing with a girl; it seems that you, who were like a magic machine without emotions, have also fallen."
A voice tinged with mockery wafted from the girl's pale pink lips.
Lulu retracted her beast claw, turning it into a normal girl's palm, and imitating Lin Da's stance with hands in pockets, her long legs beneath the shorts straight as jade pillars, her beautiful and handsome face slightly lifted, her mouth with a hint of an inexplicable smile, looking proudly towards Lin Da.