"Rider, go help Berserker and kill Assassin." Sei Itō ordered while dodging the tentacles' attacks. Then, he tossed Illya to the left. His right arm shook slightly, and the obsidian dagger that had slipped out from his sleeve — the Spear of Torahuisca Bontic Uttori — appeared in his hand. He flipped it and reflected a bright white beam of light.
In an instant, several muffled sounds could be heard. The pitch-black tentacles were immediately torn apart by the white beam of light and turned into pitch-black smoke that drifted into the air.
Then, Sei Itō retracted his arm and turned his finger, shooting a flame at the cluster of insects that had gathered together again.
Whoosh!
The flame streaked across the sky and accurately landed on the cluster of insects.
Squeak squeak squeak squeak …
Instantly, the miserable shrieks of the insects echoed in the night sky.
At this moment, Sei Itō stopped moving and narrowed his eyes. He carefully observed the situation around him and searched for the figure that was hiding in the Jiantong residence.
Boom!
But at this moment, a loud explosion suddenly sounded from the Jiantong residence not far away.
Hearing the explosion, Sei Itō immediately looked up … A large fireball suddenly gushed out from the Jiantong residence and burned toward Berserker and Rider who rushed over.
However, this fireball was only an ordinary fireball. It had no effect on Berserker and Rider who were heroic spirits and easily resisted the fireball. But correspondingly, as the initiator of this fireball, the Jiantong residence burned fiercely in this fireball.
"Did they escape?" Sei Itō narrowed his eyes and said.
"Put me down, you idiot!" While he was thinking, Illya, who had been carrying him for a long time, finally found an opportunity. She said loudly with a face full of anger.
"I forgot." Sei Itō lowered his head and looked at Illya who he was carrying. He chuckled and put her back on the ground.
"Bastard!" Ilya cursed as soon as she stepped on the ground and kicked Sei Itō's calf.
Sei Itō chuckled and nimbly dodged the attack.
"Hmph." Seeing that her sneak attack had failed, Ilya coldly snorted. He gave up on looking for trouble.
"The enemy has already fled. What do you plan to do now?" After a short pause, Ilya asked.
"Let's put out the fire first and see what's left in the house. If we're lucky enough to find something, we can use Tracking Magic to track the other party's whereabouts," Sei Itō said after some thought.
After saying that. Sei Itō did not hesitate. He immediately walked to the burning Jiantong House and stood still. He took out four sparkling gemstones and threw them at the house.
Then, in the next moment, there was a soft "pu" sound, and a large amount of cold air quickly spread out from the flames. In the blink of an eye, a pitch-white frost covered the flames and formed translucent ice crystals, freezing the originally raging fire.
An ice-cold building that looked like one from a fairy tale appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
Sei Itō took a step forward and broke through the obstacles in front of him. He walked into the dilapidated Jiantong House. Illya didn't say anything and silently followed him into the house. Finally, there was the relatively petite Rider.
As for the big Berserker, he consciously entered the Spirit Body state. He disappeared from where he stood.
"It's already burned to this extent. Can we really find anything useful?" Looking at the scene inside the building, Ilya could not help but doubt.
"That's why it depends on luck," Sei Itō said with a chuckle.
"What if we can't find it?" Ilya asked as if she was arguing.
"Deal with it," Sei Itō said indifferently.
"I'm starting to regret cooperating with you," Ilya said with a sigh. Then, without waiting for Sei Itō to ask, she continued, "Originally, I thought that I would be able to relax a bit from now on. I didn't expect that the first time I went out, it would be so terrible. I really don't know what will happen if this continues."
"Heh, only one enemy escaped. At most, we will lose our advantage in information and return to our usual vigilance against each other. It's not as pessimistic as you say. Still, let's talk about it. You still aren't prepared to be ambushed by enemies at any time, Ilya, "Sei Itō said as he glanced at Ilya beside him.
"Who said I wasn't prepared?! It's just that a certain person clearly has the advantage in information and strength. Yet, he still made things so terrible. For example, in the previous battle, he clearly could have had Rider and Berserker attack Assassin together. He could have taken down the enemy in one fell swoop, so why did he have Rider hide? You can't even figure out such a simple decision. I really wonder how you've been able to live for so long. Are all your past enemies idiots? "Ilya said with a harsh and sarcastic tone.
"Are you sure you want me to explain why I had Rider hide?" Sei Itō stopped and turned to look at Ilya.
Although Sei Itō didn't show any pressure, for some reason, Ilya still became nervous. She couldn't help but look hesitant.
"Speak, speak. I want to see what it is for," Ilya said stubbornly while maintaining her imposing manner.
"Alright, since you want to hear it, I'll tell you." Sei Itō retracted his gaze and started walking again in the Jiantong Residence. He explained, "First, it's because I have to avoid Berserker. As a Berserker, although Berserker can easily distinguish between friend and foe, it doesn't mean that he will have misgivings about allies when fighting. So, in order to avoid accidental injuries, I didn't have Rider assist him."
"Second, it's because of that old man. His name is Jiantong Zangyan, and he's the patriarch of the Jiantong Family. He's a great magician who uses insect control techniques. As an old monster who has lived for god knows how many years, he has rich experience in magical battles. Although I have the confidence to protect myself and even kill him, I can't guarantee that you won't lose your life because of negligence. So, I need to keep Rider by my side as a precaution so that he can save you at the critical moment. "
Hearing this, Ilya's cheeks flushed. Of course, it wasn't because of shyness or anything, but because she was embarrassed and indignant that she was regarded as a burden.
"As for the last reason, it's because I wanted Rider to act as an assistant. When needed, he could give the enemy a fatal blow or secretly track them in case of a situation like this. But unfortunately, he didn't succeed. "Sei Itō said in the end.
After that, the two didn't speak anymore and silently searched the dilapidated Jiantong Residence.
"Seems like our luck isn't bad." After a while, Sei Itō, who found a room that wasn't damaged much, chuckled. Then, he and Rider searched the room.
But unfortunately, even though the room was well-preserved, it was clearly not used often. There wasn't anything in it that could be used as a source of information. Therefore, after searching for a while, Sei Itō and Rider stopped and left the room to search the next area.
Just like that, one room after another, Sei Itō and Rider searched five to six rooms before they found two items that were useful. A set of half-burned clothes and a well-preserved metal plate.
"Let's go to the next place," Sei Itō said.
"Isn't this the last room? Where else haven't we searched? "Ilya, who was tired of searching, asked.
"Insect nest," Sei Itō said calmly.
"Insect nest?" At the same time, the image of a room full of disgusting insects appeared in Ilya's mind. Then, her face turned pale and she shivered.
But Sei Itō didn't pay attention to Ilya's change. He walked out of the room and searched the dilapidated Jiantong Residence again.
Hard work pays off. After seven to eight minutes, Sei Itō found the location of the insect nest.
It was a spacious and dark room. The air inside was damp and cold, emitting a faint nauseating odor. A flight of cement stairs led to the bottom of the room.
Sei Itō took the lead and walked up the stairs into the insect nest.
"This is … a summoning array?" Ilya asked hesitantly after seeing the huge array engraved on the ground.
"Tsk, it's really cleaned up. Not even a single insect was left behind." On the contrary, Sei Itō didn't pay too much attention to the array engraved on the ground. Instead, he muttered with a somewhat displeased expression.
"Why are you looking for that thing?" Although his voice was very soft, the key was that the insect room was too quiet. In addition, they were close to each other, so Ilya could still clearly hear Ito Sei's muttering. She asked with a strange expression.
"What else can I do? Of course, I'm using it as a source of information to track the old man's tracks," Sei Itō said snappily.
"What a pity …" Sei Itō sighed softly.
"Alright, let's go."
After saying that, Sei Itō didn't stay in the insect nest any longer. He turned around and walked back to the surface. Ilya and Rider followed closely behind him.
Less than five minutes after they left, along with an almost undetectable hissing sound, pitch-black maggots surged out of the cracks in the basement. They gathered into a clump and then rapidly transformed. In the end, they formed the appearance of Viscera Jiantong and stood in the center of the stone room.
"Looks like I'll have to hide for a while," Viscera Jiantong said softly with narrowed eyes.
Then, his body scattered and transformed back into a group of fat maggots. They crawled around the stone room and began a new round of breeding.
… …
"Grandpa is dead, grandpa is dead …" On a remote path not far from Jantong's house, Jantong Shinji, who looked like a ghost, walked forward mechanically while murmuring to himself with dull eyes.
Behind him was the cloaked girl, Assassin. Her eyes flickered as she stared unblinkingly at Shinji Jiantong's back.
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