"Haaargh!"
A sword flashed.
The pitch-black hellhound howled and fell to the ground, blood splattering everywhere. Laftalia, who had succeeded in her attack, quickly retreated and dodged the attack of the other hellhound. At the same time, a petite figure suddenly sprang out from behind. Lifana leaped up and stabbed the head of the second hellhound with two daggers in her hands, knocking it to the ground.
The third hellhound bared its fangs and brandished its claws in an attempt to deter her, but the whistling shield axe smashed its head into pieces.
"Done, let's call it a day."
Fangzheng raised the shield axe and snapped his fingers. Hearing his voice, Laftalia and Lifana heaved a sigh of relief and lowered their weapons.
"You've done well."
Fangzheng smiled as he looked at the two girls in front of him.
That's right, girls.
Laftalia and Lifana were no longer the two children Fangzheng had bought. They had already grown into young girls. From their appearance, they looked about sixteen or seventeen years old.
Of course, this was not because Fangzheng had stayed in this world with the two girls for six or seven years. In fact, Fangzheng only found out from the bald boss later that if the demi-humans in this world rapidly leveled up during their childhood, their bodies would grow to the most suitable age for combat.
To be honest, this startled Fangzheng at first. After all, it was a bit strange to wake up and find that the two little girls on the bed had suddenly grown up.
But even though their bodies had grown, their minds had not changed much. Laftalia even cried because she wet the bed …. Well, it wasn't that big of a deal.
But the little guys in the Tendo Temple must be very envious of this.
After all, although they were all half-humans, the Cursed Children had undergone genetic modification by the Zerg. Because the Zerg genes only had the concept of "evolution" and not "growth", the growth of the Cursed Children had become much slower. If one were to calculate it according to the concept of human growth, then the cursed child would only grow a year older every ten years.
In comparison, a demi-human's body would quickly grow to the most suitable age for combat as long as they leveled up. It would definitely make those little girls jealous and envious.
As they leveled up, Lavtalia and Lifana gradually formed their own battle styles.
From Fangzheng's point of view, Raftalia was clearly a weaponsmith, while Lifana was an assassin thief. The former had a stable output, while the latter dealt a large amount of damage in an instant. Of course, this might also have something to do with their race. After all, raccoons and white tigers ….. obviously had the same attacking style.
To Fangzheng's disappointment, the merchant wasn't lying when he said that demi-humans couldn't do heavy labor. Even though their bodies had grown rapidly due to leveling up, their "Strength" attributes were still only slightly stronger than ordinary people. At the very least, Lavtalia could not learn Fangzheng's Wolf Sword Style. This disappointed Fangzheng greatly.
After all, if Lavtalia could learn the Wolf Sword Style, her strength would be even stronger.
But unfortunately, Lavtalia's strength could not support her to wield the greatsword with one hand ….
"Now, you both know how to fight against the Tidal Wave."
Fangzheng pulled with his hand, and the next moment, the huge axe in his hand turned back into a shield and returned to Fangzheng's arm.
When they heard the word "Tidal Wave", Lavtalia and Lifana's expressions became a little nervous again. It was no wonder. Their families had all died in the first Tidal Wave. For them, the Tidal Wave was their biggest nightmare.
In fact, it was indeed their nightmare.
Fangzheng had heard Lavtalia screaming and crying for her parents in her dreams more than once. Lifana also often had nightmares. Fangzheng had comforted them many times, and when they were awake, they tended to behave more and more normally.
But in the dead of the night, when they were dreaming, the shadow hidden in the depths of their hearts would appear again.
"I know you're scared, but you're different from before."
Fangzheng stared at the two in front of him and said word by word.
"You're no longer who you were back then. You now have the strength to fight against the Tidal Wave!"
Fangzheng paused for a moment.
"I'll be by your side."
After hearing this, Lavtalia and Lifana's expressions seemed to have calmed down a lot.
After a day of fighting, the three of them walked towards the nearby town. However, when Fangzheng and the others were not far from the town, a group of people in cloaks suddenly surrounded them.
"Lord Shield Hero!"
"Hmm?"
Fangzheng couldn't help but shiver when he heard the way they addressed him. It wasn't because of anything else, but the voices of these people … were too disgusting!!
Although Fangzheng had heard many people call him by his nickname along the way, most of them had a tone of disgust and disdain, as well as keeping a respectful distance from him. But the tone of these people was different. If Fangzheng had to describe it, the feeling these people gave him was more like a group of fanatical groupies, the kind of die-hard fans who could not wait to kneel in front of the little fresh meat and bear his children ….
Goosebumps rose all over his body.
"Who are you people?"
Fangzheng first shielded Lavtalia and Lifana behind him, then stared at them with a frown and asked. After hearing Fangzheng's question, the people in cloaks immediately put down their cloaks and revealed their faces.
There were men and women, old and young, but they all had ears and tails …. They all looked like demi-humans.
"We're the emissaries of Sideverut!"
"Sideverut …. Oh …."
Fangzheng pondered for a moment when he heard this unfamiliar name. It was the name of the demi-human country that the bald boss had mentioned before.
"What can I do for you?"
"It's like this!"
The demi-human leader prostrated himself respectfully on the ground and bowed his head deeply to Fangzheng.
"We've learned about what happened to Lord Shield Hero in Megmalor, so we hope to welcome Lord Shield Hero back to Sideverut!"
"Back?"
My hometown isn't Sideverut, so it's reasonable for you to ask me to go back, but what do you mean by going back?
"Yes!"
The demi-human representative seemed agitated.
"Lord Shield Hero is a Hero of our Sideverut. The despicable Megmalor cheated to summon you here to humiliate our Sideverut …!"
"Wait a minute, I don't quite understand …. Find someone who can speak in the vernacular and explain it to me."
Although the demi-human in front of him was really angry, his words left Fangzheng scratching his head in confusion. Fangzheng had no choice but to look at the other demi-humans. Soon, an older demi-human raised his head.
"It's like this … Lord Shield Hero …."
"Stand up first. I don't feel comfortable seeing a bunch of you kneeling in front of me …."
"No, no, no, Lord Shield Hero is our god. How dare we behave so rudely …!"
As he spoke, the white-bearded old man lowered his head deeply once again. Fangzheng was rendered speechless by this.
"I told you to stand up. Otherwise, I'm leaving."
He wasn't a celebrity, so he had goosebumps all over his body when he saw a bunch of die-hard fans behaving like idiots in front of him.
Besides, there were even men among them … .so he had to politely decline.
"Yes …."
Although the demi-humans were still a little unwilling, they still stood up slowly. But they still lowered their heads and looked at the ground.
"Alright …. Go on."
"It's like this."
After obtaining Fangzheng's permission, the old demi-human spoke again.
"Our Sideverut is …."
Fangzheng understood the ins and outs of this matter from the old demi-human's introduction.
Overall, there were a total of three countries involved in this matter.
Megmalor, Sideverut and Hobley.
And this had to start from the religious views of this world.
First of all, because of the Four Holy Heroes system, the religion of this world was the Four Holy Heroes. This was the original religion of the Four Holy Heroes.
But after that, because the Shield Hero of the previous generation protected the demi-humans and helped the demi-humans establish their own country, the religion also changed.
Megmalor, who was extremely hostile to the demi-humans and believed that the Shield Hero was a traitor, removed the Shield Hero from the Four Holy Heroes and started to believe in the Three Bravery Religions without the Shield Hero. On the other hand, the demi-humans who were sheltered by the Shield Hero and eventually established their own country believed in the Shield Hero, who only had the Shield Hero.
Hobley, on the other hand, continued to believe in the Four Holy Heroes.
It was like Catholicism and Christianity, which were separated from Judaism ….
As the saying goes, 'Heretics are more deserving of death than heathens'.
It was like the Jews summoning Jesus Christ. Would they treat Jesus as a saint?
Of course not. They would only crucify Jesus and kill him again.
They might even broadcast it live all over the world.
When it came to religious beliefs, there was no logic to it.
Not only that, Fangzheng also heard an unexpected piece of information from the Old Demi-Human.
In the past, each country would summon a Hero of the Four Saints, and the Hero of the Shield, logically speaking, should be summoned by Sidverut.
But Megmalor actually violated the rules by summoning all the Four Holy Heroes in one go. This had caused international outrage!
Hmm … it was not that Fangzheng could not understand this. Take the Holy Grail War for example. Generally speaking, each Master summoned one Servant, but if a Master summoned seven Servants in one go, the other Masters would definitely try to kill him.
According to the Old Demi-Human, Megmalor's true ruler was currently traveling between countries, trying to quell the discontent and protests of various countries.
But the results were minimal, especially for Sideverut. He had been at war with Megmalor for many years. Coupled with the disagreement between their doctrines, there was a serious conflict between the supremacy of demi-humans and the supremacy of humans. Now, not only did Megmalor summon the Shield Hero without authorization, he even slandered Sideverut with a groundless accusation.
This was obviously a deliberate attempt to smear the faith of the Shield Hero!
If not for the threat of the Tidal Wave, Sideverut might have already come knocking on Sheyan's door.
After all, the two sides had been at war for many years. It was a situation of "What are you looking at? What's wrong with me looking at you? Why don't you look at me again?" Now that Sideverut was openly insulting and smearing the faith of the Shield Hero … .it was not surprising that an all-out war would break out.
But even so, Sideverut could not tolerate it. He decided to send a group of people here to bring Fangzheng back to the Demi-Humans.
"I understand what you're trying to say."
After listening to the Old Demi-Human's words, Fangzheng thought for a moment, then shook his head.
"But I won't go."
"Sir Hero …."
"Let me finish."
Seeing that the Old Demi-Human was about to speak again, Fangzheng waved his hand.
"You may or may not have heard what I said in front of that idiot king, so I'll repeat it to you here. I'm different from those three weaklings. I'll use my own eyes to see and investigate everything in this world. I understand what you're thinking, but only I can decide where and what I do. Besides, I don't care about that idiot king at all. "
With that said, Fangzheng grunted coldly.
"If that idiot still wants to be my enemy, I'll kill him. Anyone who dares to become my enemy will suffer the same fate. For now, I'll protect this world against the Tidal Wave, but only I can decide what to do. Alright, you can leave now. "
"But Sir Hero …."
"No buts. Maybe I'll go to Sideverut in the future, but not now."
"But …."
The Demi-Human representative seemed to want to say something, but the Old Demi-Human next to him stopped him.
"I understand, Sir Hero. We'll leave now."
After saying that, the group of people turned around and quickly disappeared.
"Phew …. Damn it."
Fangzheng heaved a long sigh of relief as he watched the group leave. Only then did Laftalia look at Fangzheng curiously.
"Master, are you really not going to go? That place looks much better than here! "
"I'll only get goosebumps, okay?"
Although he had never been to Sideverut, Fangzheng could imagine how they treated him based on the demi-humans' attitude. He didn't want to be surrounded by a bunch of diehard fans. That would be even scarier than this. Although it wasn't that he couldn't understand Sideverut's respect for the Shield Hero, it was the deeds of the previous generation's Shield Hero, and it had nothing to do with him.
But then again, if the previous Shield Hero encountered such a scene, he would probably feel uncomfortable too …. Well, speaking of which, it was fortunate that the Tendo Temple didn't have this kind of situation.
I'll clean up after I get back, lest the little guys in the Tendo Temple learn from these demi-humans …. That would be a real nightmare.
"Alright, let's take a good rest, then …."
As he spoke, Fangzheng looked at the countdown timer on the interface in front of him.
"Prepare to welcome the Tidal Wave."
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