Death Guns In Another World

Chapter 1614 - 1435: Sleeping Beauty

”How strange…”

Alex circled the woman and couldnʼt recall with any similar incidents after racking his brain.

After some hard thinking, Alex resolutely gave up on the idea of wasting anymore of his brain cells. He lifted his head and gazed at everyone.

”Apologies my lord.”

Upon hearing Alexʼs question, two among his group pondered for a few moments before shaking their heads. They couldnʼt be blamed. Even though they more or less knew the secrets on this continent, this place was outside their territory, so it wasnʼt surprising that they didnʼt know any of them. In an instant, everyone was at a loss for words.

Of course, they knew that the power in the mysterious woman was amazing. However, the fact that she didnʼt have a spirit was the strangest phenomenon of all.

They used their spiritual powers to analyze her body, but were shocked to discover that there wasnʼt even a single remnant of spirit, not to mention an entire spirit. This was almost impossible because living beings could only grow with the fusion of the spirit and flesh. Even if one were dead, oneʼs spirit would leave a mark on oneʼs corpse.

That was also why the Dali Kingdom was able to use undead spells to reawaken the dead and imprison their spirits inside their bodies. But now, this corpse seemed to be completely separated from its spirit. She didnʼt look like a living being, but more like a robot made to simulate humans. According to Erieʼs analysis, it seemed like any spirits could enter and successfully take control of this body.

From a certain aspect, this body had a complete lack of integrity and would refuse no one…

”What a headache…”

”What a headache…”

Alex couldnʼt help but let out a sigh at this fruitless result. If it werenʼt for time-constraints, he would have returned to where the woman was discovered to search for clues.

”Marybeth, get Zola here. Ask him if he knows who that woman is.”

Even though Alex felt like that primitive man wouldnʼt possibly know too much, it was still worth a try.

Upon hearing his command, Marybeth nodded and went out of the tent. Shortly after, she led in the anxious Zola, who wore a short hide. Alex didnʼt leave this primitive man who was responsible for leading the way behind, but brought him along in their escape instead.

Even though he felt incredibly tense to be brought to this unknown place forcefully, he behaved calmly and didnʼt scream like a hysterical madman. After Marybeth brought him inside the tent, she spoke to him in their common language. Upon hearing her question, he nodded in somewhat of a fluster before hurrying to the mysterious woman and sizing her up. His expression changed abruptly.

He knelt on both knees and raised both arms as though he were worshiping her. Not only that, but he also mumbled under his breath.

”Whatʼs going on?”

Alex wasnʼt too surprised by Zolaʼs behavior as primitive men seemed to always have the habit of worshiping strange presences. Along their way here, he had knelt down to worship several times whenever he witnessed the spells from Scarlett and the rest. That was why Alex wasnʼt surprised by his abrupt reaction.

On the other hand, he heaved a sigh of relief as it seemed like the man had some knowledge about what sort of existence that woman was. If not, he wouldnʼt have acted so solemnly. He also wouldnʼt worship things that he wasnʼt aware of and might be even more cautious around it.

Indeed, after some worshiping, Zola stood to his feet, gesticulating as he spoke to Marybeth. Even though the others couldnʼt understand his ʼnonsensicalʼ screamsʼ, judging from his expression, they knew that they were discussing something important. At that moment, Marybethʼs calm expression turned peculiar. After Zola finished expressing himself, Marybelle returned to her senses.

She let out a rather awkward cough and turned to Alex and the others, who were looking at her in anticipation. After a few moments of hesitation, she spoke.

”Erm… Overlord, he said… that woman grew from the ground.”

Pfft!

Maggie, who was coincidentally drinking a mouthful of water, spurted out the liquid. She opened her eyes wide and stared blankly at the woman before her.

”Grew from the ground? What does that even mean? So if I bury a ʼlittle girlʼ in spring, am I gonna have a bunch of ʼlittle girlsʼ in autumn? Why doesnʼt he say that sheʼs the First Primordial dragon who was born from a stone? I would rather buy that story! If she was really born from the ground, how about we bury her back and see if we yield any results?”

”That is indeed what he said.”

Facing Maggieʼs criticism, Marybeth spread her arms apart with a helpless expression. It was apparent that even though Marybeth also didnʼt believe Zolaʼs words too much, she conveyed his ʼgibberishʼ to everyone in full detail. It was due to this reason that Alexʼs group received new information about this woman.

”According to Zola, that woman seems to have appeared in one of the tribe territories a dozen years ago. The tribe found a white… crystal and discovered a human inside it. Back then, she was just a child. But as days passed, she grew larger inside the crystal and became what she is today.

Of course, in their legend, this woman is possibly a savior of their tribe or something… though there isnʼt any meaning behind it now.”

〖This girl is definitely important as for what is her identity Iʼm still clueless about.〗Silveria seemed frustrated not being able to come up with an answer.

The others were racking their brains as well, trying to find an answer and it happened.

”Ooo———!!”

At that moment, an emergency siren sounded and threw everyone into confusion. Even though they set up security measures in the surroundings when setting camp, that was more like going through the motions. After all, there werenʼt any worthy enemies in this plain. With Marybeth around, Alex refused to believe that any creature would break through the defenses and stirr trouble with him.

Due to this reason, the group was taken aback when they heard the siren. They left the tent immediately and headed to where the security was breached.

Boom!

The instant they stepped out of the tent, they heard a massive explosion and spotted a fierce battle ahead. The soldiers who were guarding the periphery were battling against a shadowy figure. But what surprised Alex was that the soldiers didnʼt have the upper hand.

Thatʼs right. Even though the strength of these soldiers wasnʼt as powerful as his Elites, they werenʼt weaklings either. But even so, they failed to resist the intruderʼs attack. He witnessed a fully-armored swordsman raising his sword and flourishing it at the enemy in a stunning blade ray.

But facing that attack, the shadowy figure turned around swiftly and lashed out a long whip to strike the soldier away. Looking at this scene, Alex narrowed his eyes. At the next moment, he dashed ahead in a string of afterimages. Awhite sword appeared in his hand as he aimed straight at the target!

As soon as Alex launched his attack, the shadowy figure seemed to detect his presence. He heard the lash of the whip and before he knew it, a long whip had emerged in front of him. The seemingly-conscious whip blocked off his retreat like a deadly viper. However, Alex wasnʼt flustered at all.

Instead, the sword in his hand shook and at the next moment, the sky was filled with sparkling stars that clashed with the fluttering shadowy whip head-on.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The instant their attacks met, they swayed and took half a step back. At that moment, he heaved a long sigh of relief. He withdrew his sword and gazed helplessly at the smiley young lady ahead, clad entirely in a black cloak. It was an acquaintance.