Volume 5, Chapter 58 – Tianyin With Intimidation Maxed Out?

Ssshhk—!

It was the sound of a sharp weapon cutting into flesh.

Intense pain surged from the wound where he had been stabbed. He instinctively lowered his head and saw bright red blood pouring from the point of entry as if it did not cost anything.

“That is… blood?”

He also muttered under his breath without thinking.

His whole body began to tremble along with the flow of blood… and it was not just because he was afraid of being stabbed and bleeding.

It was also because this was the first time he had felt pain that cut right into his bones.

‘It hurt…!’

‘It hurt, it hurt, it hurt, it hurt…!’

“L… lying… you have to be lying… this is just a game, right? I already became Legendary, how could I die just like this?”

He clearly…

He clearly had been about to complete the feat of killing a Legendary NPC.

Why, why at this critical moment had a sudden sword run through his body?

‘So much pain.’

‘So much pain…!’

The body that had been pierced was turning cold, and his pupils could not help but lose their light.

And in his field of vision, that NPC who had just learned the truth about being “nourishment” seemed not to have expected this either, staring at him with a face full of shock.

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‘So…’

‘Am I going to die? I…’

The stabbing pain from his abdomen made it so he could not even hold his sword.

But even if he could not hold his sword, he still wanted to know who it was that had suddenly run him through with one strike.

He turned his head with difficulty, and at last the person who had pierced his body with that sudden sword appeared in his field of view.

That person was not, as he had imagined, some burly man. In reality… the one holding the sword was a girl who looked very young.

The girl had silver shoulder length hair, and beneath that soft hair was a pair of deep violet eyes that seemed able to draw one’s gaze in.

In those deep violet eyes he could see nothing but coldness.

“…”

Pssh—!

Tianyin’s small hand lightly gripped the knight sword in her hand, and with just a bit of force she pulled it out without any effort.

At the instant the sword came out, scalding hot blood sprayed in all directions.

Of course, for Tianyin, blood at this level could not possibly splatter onto her.

And because the opponent she had killed was a player, to Tianyin, who took it for granted that players could revive without limit, even though the scene looked a bit real, it did not increase her sense of guilt.

Of course, that was on the premise that Tianyin did not know the truth that this player was dead for good.

“Phew… good thing I got here in time…”

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One hand holding the sword, she used the other to wipe away the nonexistent sweat on her forehead.

After the dead player’s body fell, Tianyin shifted her gaze to Julius, who still had not recovered from the shock.

“Um, so… that, Ju-Julius… mm, are you okay?”

Tilting her head and nibbling on her fingertip as she thought for a few seconds, Tianyin finally managed to pronounce Julius’ name with some difficulty.

“Ah… I… I am fine…”

Julius’ feelings were actually complicated.

Along with that complexity there was also a strange emotion in his heart.

He had already been prepared to give up resisting, only to be saved by an unfamiliar little girl… although he felt very grateful to her, being saved by a little girl and all, as a middle aged uncle he really felt he could not quite swallow his pride.

Of course… this little girl also seemed to know him.

“Um… thank you… thank you for saving me. Although I really want to thank you for saving my stronghold right now, those outsiders are still attacking the city… please help me deal with… deal with…”

As he spoke up to this point, Julius’ voice cut off.

Of course, it was not because Julius had been attacked by the little girl or anything. It was because while he was speaking, he had also cast his gaze down at the battlefield below.

However… what appeared in Julius’ sight was an extremely absurd scene.

Because… on the walls of the main city below, those outsiders who had been tirelessly attacking the walls, in other words those players, were now all dropping the weapons in their hands and fleeing into the distance as if they had seen something terrifying…

“Th… this, what is going on?”

Julius’ mind was a mess.

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He really did not want to believe it, yet everything he was seeing was real.

Yes, those outsiders were no longer besieging the city. Not only that, they were fleeing for their lives as if they had lost all fighting spirit.

Was this really the same arrogant outsider army from just now?

Was this really the outsider army that had put him under so much pressure?

Was this really the outsider army that had just now summoned countless Fire Rain spells with a wave of the sword?

That is it?

Julius felt that the army of outsiders he had just faced might as well have been fake, and that this was what a real outsider army looked like.

“They ran away.”

While Julius was still standing there blankly, Tianyin lightly flicked the blood off the knight sword, her deep violet eyes fixed on the outsider army fleeing in panic in the distance.

“These outsiders are just a bunch of ordinary types who like to bully the weak and fear the strong… once they saw me appear, of course they were going to run, no need to act so surprised.”

“I… I see…”

Hearing Tianyin’s words, Julius felt that the silver haired little girl before him looked soft and delicate, yet the way she spoke gave off an extremely forceful feeling.

“May I ask… your honored name?”

Intimidated by Tianyin’s formless aura, Julius’ voice unconsciously became cautious.

“Mm… my name is Tianyin. Did Yivrea never tell you about me?”

As she gave her name, Tianyin’s expression also turned a little odd.

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“Yivrea? Wait… you… no, you must be that one from Dawn…”

“Yeah… I am that one from Dawn, got it now?”

“Th… thank you, such great kindness cannot be repaid with words. If we pull through this war, if you do not mind, I am willing to bring all of us to join Dawn!”

After hearing Tianyin admit it personally, Julius’ face grew excited.

“Well, we can talk about that kind of thing later. And if you want to join our Dawn, I will welcome you anytime. It is not like Dawn is some dragon’s den anyway, if you want to join you can do it whenever~”

“Th… thank you…”

At this moment Julius finally understood just how surprisingly farsighted Yivrea’s long standing suggestion of joining Dawn had been…

“Alright, now is not the time for thank yous, besides I still have some things I have not done yet.”

Looking at Julius, who seemed about to give a proper thank you, Tianyin shook her head helplessly.

“Things?”

Julius blinked in surprise.

“Yup, still some things~”

Tianyin answered in a matter of fact tone.

Then, right in front of Julius, she pointed at the routed army of players in the distance.

“Right now, I am planning to go deal with these guys~”