BXBX NOVEL Chapter 245 A Glance of the Skirmish
Chapter 245 A Glance of the Skirmish
Heloise had fallen asleep, while Tyler remained deep in thought.
He made an initial hypothesis: if the "Heavenly Ghost" was the one who killed him, it could be inferred that there was a rift in the relationship between the Earthly Ghost and the Heavenly Ghost.
At the very least, they were in a competitive relationship.
Based on this inference, the Heavenly Ghost had a reason to attack Tyler using the Parasitic Blood Serpent. Flying creatures were significantly more threatening than serpents.
However, if the Heavenly Ghost could do this, the Earthly Ghost could similarly deploy other suicide attackers to target Tyler, instead of focusing solely on Heloise.
Yet, when Tyler communicated with the Earthly Ghost tonight, he did not detect any such thoughts in his mind.
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This meant that it wasn\'t that the Earthly Ghost didn\'t want to, but that he couldn\'t.
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All evidence pointed to the same conclusion: the Parasitic Blood Serpent was extremely rare and the Earthly Ghost could not use it at will. Moreover, it was likely a unique "product" of the Earthly Ghost.
Considering the rarity of the Parasitic Blood Serpent, it indicated that it was not as powerful as described in the information.
Upon re-examining the description of the Parasitic Blood Serpent, Tyler noticed some clues.
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Firstly, the eggs of the Parasitic Blood Serpent probably couldn\'t hatch under normal conditions and needed to be in a host that met "certain conditions" to begin parasitism.
Secondly, considering the change in Heloise\'s appetite, smaller creatures like cats or dogs probably couldn\'t serve as hosts. Only creatures of similar size to humans or larger could provide sufficient nutrition for the Parasitic Blood Serpent.
In addition, the Parasitic Blood Serpent couldn\'t coexist with the host for a long time. Given that it kills the host in a short time, it would be more appropriate to refer to the host as a "nursery".
Considering these judgments, the cost of breeding the eggs of the Parasitic Blood Serpent alone would be huge, accompanied by uncontrollable risks.
Furthermore, after the host\'s death, how to collect and preserve the eggs produced inside the host\'s body and the survival rate of the eggs entering a new host are all unknown.
However, Tyler could generally infer that the answer must be very difficult. Otherwise, the evilkinds wouldn\'t need to wage war with the human alliance.
They could just release the Parasitic Blood Serpent into human territories, let it spread infection, and then watch humanity perish.
Having thought this far, Tyler could rule out the possibility of the Heavenly Ghost attacking him with the Parasitic Blood Serpent.
This brought him to a new question: how did the Heavenly Ghost kill him without leaving any trace?
Looking at the "Precognitive Death Scene", where he was seen choking himself while clutching his chest in pain, Tyler once again fell deep into contemplation.
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Simultaneously, a minor skirmish was drawing to a close on the borderland between the Abyssal Empire and the Human Alliance.
The combatants were the elite boar-men assault team of the evilkind on one side, and an unidentified human trio on the other.
The mission of the boar-men elite assault team was to launch a surprise attack on a watchpoint under the cover of night, but they didn\'t anticipate being intercepted midway.
Initially, they intended to swiftly eliminate the three humans, leveraging their numerical advantage. Still, the boar-men elites quickly regretted their decision when they underestimated the humans\' capabilities.
Among the three humans, two elderly men, one in red and the other in black, instantly killed several boar-men elites, leaving them no chance to retaliate.
The boar-men team leader immediately ordered a retreat, but the two elderly men were faster, blocking their escape route. The man in black told the boar-men that they would not intervene anymore. If the boar-men could defeat the girl accompanying them, they would let them go.
The boar-men team leader had no choice but to engage in a desperate battle with the silver-haired, purple-eyed girl, along with his three remaining subordinates.
The veiled silver-haired girl, appearing to be in her mid-teens and delicately built, didn\'t seem capable of combat.
However, once the fight began, the boar-men couldn\'t land an attack on her agile figure and were gradually defeated by her flying, thin silver swords.
Now, only the boar-men\'s team leader was left to face the girl in a standoff.
"Silver-haired girl who controls flying swords... two elderly men, one in red and the other in black... You must be the elusive trio that has been appearing everywhere recently!" (human language)
The boar-men team leader, gripping his chain hammer, knew he wouldn\'t survive this night.
The girl didn\'t reply, but the man in black did.
"Heh, boar-man, your command of the human language is quite good. Have you lived amongst humans before?"
"What if I have?"
"If you\'re willing to return to the human realm, I can guarantee your life. How about it?"
"Hmph, I\'d rather die here tonight than return to that place where I was treated like trash!"
The boar-men team leader, eyes filled with resolute determination, had been prepared to die ever since he decided to join the evilkind\'s army.
"Come on, girl! Show me what you\'ve got! You can\'t kill me and gain power with those toothpicks you call swords!"
The boar-men team leader began spinning his chain hammer, roaring as he charged at the girl.
The young girl began to run as well, maintaining her distance from the boar-men team leader while persistently launching attacks with her thin silver sword.
The boar-men team leader, however, was aware that her targets were unprotected areas of his body, consistently blocking her attacks and seizing opportunities to throw his chain hammer.
The girl skillfully sidestepped to avoid the attack, yet the goal of the boar-men team leader wasn\'t to hit her.
He forcefully tugged the chain hammer back, the prearranged chains entangling the girl\'s ankle and instantly hindering her mobility.
"Got you!"
The boar-men team leader charged at the girl savagely, seizing her was his only chance of victory.
But just then, the girl\'s thin silver sword erupted with a blinding light.
"Scarlet Sword Technique: Flash of the Crescent Moon."
In an instant, her attack transformed into a crescent of white light, cleaving through everything in its path with the force of a thunderbolt. This strike not only severed the chains in the air but also sliced through the boar-men team leader\'s armor and skull.
"Mag…nifi…cent..."
The boar-men team leader fell to the ground with a heavy thud, leaving the world he so despised.
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The two elder men, witnessing the girl\'s victory, didn\'t rejoice.
They sighed and approached the girl, beginning to point out the mistakes she had made during the battle.
The girl listened attentively, nodding from time to time. She showed no pride over her recent victory, her eyes filled with a strong desire to grow and learn.
After the instruction, the man in red extracted a letter and handed it to the girl, informing her that it was a letter of recommendation.
"Viviana, your training on this battlefield ends today. Next, the lord has arranged for you to join the raid team for the \'Labyrinth: Aqua Nest\'... You must bring back spoils of war, do you understand?"
"Understood." Without an ounce of hesitation, the girl accepted the letter of recommendation and expressed her gratitude to the two elder men.
— (The \'Aqua Nest\'... I remember it\'s a labyrinth in the territory of the Azure Lizard family...)
— (I wonder if \'he\'... is still in the Azure Lizard family\'s territory...?)