How should I put it... It was only in the evening, six o'clock at most. It should be quite bright, but——
It was pitch black and you couldn't see your fingers.
It can't be so dark even at night!
It happened that the players on the same road were already screaming.
"Why is this happening! Why does Rumia appear on the road from Human Realm to Hakurei Shrine? Aren't there only insects and birds on this road?"
"Hey! Sighing is not okay now! Find something to deal with her!"
"There's nothing we can do against her! We can't even see what she looks like!"
"Lighting! Need lighting!"
"Ahh! The torch is completely useless!"
"Are you really a bit on fire? - Wow! So hot, so hot!"
"A bunch of idiots with an intelligence of only 9! Quiet! She can't see us in this darkness! - ah -"
With a scream, the calm and decisive brother fell silent.
Cheng Peng could feel that a dangerous aura had just hit the man and killed him.
This strange darkness can even swallow up the white light when the player dies...
The dangerous aura stayed at the position of the player who had just been killed for a while, and I seemed to hear a little girl say in surprise, "Why is there no more?"
Then, the dangerous aura moved again.
This time, it is heading towards a certain NPC location in this row.
Can you tell the difference between players and NPCs? How to tell the difference?
Cheng Peng thought about it, but didn't rush to take action.
The players who were traveling with them belonged to an organization called the "Korindo Takeout Department". This time they were accompanying a traveler from the human world to deliver a strange box that Korindo owner Morichika Rinnosuke thought was dangerous to Hakurei Shrine.
seal.
Their strength was pretty good. The strongest red-haired Greek was already a two-star expert, but facing this monster in the darkness, they had no power to fight back.
What would happen if Cheng Peng took action himself?
He considered this issue.
If the monster in the darkness continues to attack, sooner or later it will fight against him.
In this kind of pitch-black battle, it is impossible to expect other players to help.
Is it possible for him to win just by relying on himself?
Maybe... use Shuchi to escape now?
He is not the kind of middle-school syndrome patient who shouts "can't escape, can't escape, can't escape". When the situation is not good, retreating is the best choice.
But his intuition told him that the enemy was not so strong that he needed to run away quickly.
Since being promoted to three stars, his experience value has been increasing at an alarmingly slow rate. He played two relatively difficult dungeons in the world of Diablo, and even killed two four-star bosses.
There is almost no growth visible.
More importantly, he felt a little confused.
What should we learn? What should we practice?
He is already the well-deserved number one player in "Adventure". The next step is to maintain this advantage. But in the face of the endless tricks and overt and covert challenges from other players, how can he always maintain his status as number one in the world?
Woolen cloth?
This time I came to Gensokyo to watch the battles of seven-star masters and to find my future direction.
So... is it really necessary to run away just to avoid death?
"It will affect my mood..." he said to himself, "There is nothing to be afraid of. There won't even be a scar if your head falls off, so what is there to be afraid of?"
Then he heard the roar of the Greek Aeolian.
"Damn dark monster! Stay away from the object of my protection!"
"Fire Talisman? Fire Blast!"
A wave of heat suddenly rose from where he stood, turning into a scalding wind and sweeping around.
Cheng Peng clearly heard a girl's scream, and seemed to be surprised.
The scream is no longer where it was just now - a player seemed to have used his body to protect the NPC, causing her to attack the wrong target, and then she seemed to have left...
It's very troublesome, there are too many people around and I can't hear the footsteps clearly.
If it weren't for the large-scale attack launched by Aeolia, even Cheng Peng would not be able to determine the enemy's location.
But it’s fine now——
Without hesitation, he pulled out the dark gold weapon "Razor Fork" and rushed towards the direction where the scream came from.
The rest of the players should have been knocked down by the heat wave and strong wind. Now he doesn't have to worry about being stopped and can attack with all his strength.
The trident swept out fiercely with the sound of howling wind.
Taking into account the firefly Sidis who he had met before, he deliberately lowered the height of his sweep. If the opponent's figure was similar to Sidis, it should be right at the waist.
With a "click" sound, the trident was blocked.
The position is wrong, the position where the force is exerted is not on the tip of the halberd, but on the pole.
But this blow at least allowed him to fully determine the opponent's position and strength.
The position was a little too close, so he took a step back; as for strength——
The monster that made the little girl's voice was stronger than Cheng Peng, but it was not impossible to fight against.
"Maybe it's a four-star monster..." He considered this, and without any delay, his trident turned slightly and poked at the monster's location.
The trident was pushed away, but the other party looked very surprised.
"How can it be!"
In addition to surprise, there seemed to be fear in the voice.
Cheng Peng ignored it, took back the trident, twisted it slightly, and used a "push and cut" method to kill the opponent.
He was blocked again, but he clearly felt the wavering of the aura.
Innate warriors are extremely sensitive to "aura". When the enemy appears, he has an aura of joy and cruelty, then he is surprised, then he is anxious, and now he can feel obvious fear.
Although the opponent is obviously stronger in terms of strength, but for some reason, it seems that the guy in the dark is not very courageous... Or maybe she just rarely encounters people who can find her in the dark and fight regardless of the darkness.
Human beings?
"Rumia! There are so many people you can attack, why bother fighting us!" Aeolia shouted, "Is it worth it to spend all your energy just for a meal?"
The monster that was fighting endlessly with Cheng Peng made sounds of distress and contemplation.
"If you look for food in another place now, you might have already eaten it!" Aeolia continued to shout, "At this time, there are still a lot of people outside, but if you delay for a while, people will come back.
It’s time to enter the human world!”
The monster in the darkness screamed, and then its breath flew away quickly, and soon disappeared without a trace.
At the same time that this aura disappeared, the darkness that originally shrouded the surroundings suddenly dissipated, and everyone was once again on the mountain road that was still bright in the evening.
The players lay scattered on the ground like corpses. Aeolia, whose hair had turned into blazing flames, protected the NPC whose face turned white with fear behind him - he seemed to be some kind of monster, right? It's impossible for a human being
There is hair that burns.
"Hoo! Hoo! He actually survived!"
"What a miracle! Not many people can survive being attacked by Rumia!"
"Yes, she will kill all the players every time because she doesn't know how to eat them alive..."
"Don't say such horrible words as 'eat alive'! You remind me of the last time I was eaten by Night Sparrow Mystia!"
"Sorry sorry..."
"This idiot is obsessed with listening to music, and then he is sent to his door to be eaten. Who can blame him?"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
"Anyway, the target we want to protect is safe and sound!"
"Yes, thanks to this brother who is traveling with me - what is your name?"
Cheng Peng smiled and said his name.
"Cheng Peng?!" Aeolia, who had regained his human appearance, looked at him in surprise, as if he had seen some monster. "The top player among the players? The one who has been promoted to three stars?"
Cheng Peng nodded.
"No wonder!" Aeoria said with a smile on her face, "I was just wondering why the dark monster Rumia is also a four-star star. Why are there players who can fight her head-on? Since it's you, then just a little bit
It’s not surprising anymore!”
"It's a pity... If it's a new moon night, and she can't release the darkness, maybe you can still successfully defeat her!"
After exchanging a few pleasantries, the group set off on the road again, heading to Hakurei Shrine.
While on the way, Cheng Peng opened the character list of Gensokyo and found the monster he had just fought with.
Rumia is a dark monster with a four-star strength rating. It often moves in the forest and has no definite range of activities. It is a typical wandering monster.
She looks like an ordinary young girl with red eyes and yellow hair, wearing black clothes and a red ribbon. At first glance, she does not appear to be evil, nor does she look like a powerful enemy who blocked Cheng Peng's trident with her bare hands.
But the evaluation of this monster is "It is definitely a man-eating monster. Although it seems a bit stupid and not too dangerous, once encountered, the risk of being eaten is very high."
Cheng Peng already had a very clear understanding of this, and the fact that several people were missing from the escort team also proved this.
"What level is Rumia among the monsters in Gensokyo?" When approaching Hakurei Shrine, Cheng Peng walked up to Aeoria and asked in a low voice.
"It's almost the weakest level... But no matter how weak it is, it's still a monster, and it's completely different from ordinary monsters." Aeolia replied with a wry smile, "I have also cooperated with the vigilante group to defeat some monsters, but those
The enemy is nothing compared to Rumia - this battle is probably the first time the players have defeated her."
In fact, they all understand that this cannot be regarded as "repelling".
If that battle continues, Cheng Peng will most likely lose. After all, the opponent is a four-star level monster, and the battlefield is in darkness that he is completely unfamiliar with. If you want to win in this situation, you have to open a battle.
A kind of plug-in called Goldfinger.
What made Rumia retreat was just the fear of the "unknown" and the desire for "food". Just as the beasts in nature will leave after measuring that the opponent is not their own food, the monsters will not waste time on things they cannot get.
of food.
After all, in the eyes of the dark monster, even Cheng Peng, who has the strength to fight her, is still "food" rather than "opponent".
This is Gensokyo. Although novices can enter it, in fact it is a terrifying world where monsters are flying everywhere and strong men are everywhere.
Without a little "love", it is difficult to live in this world forever.
