Chapter 18: The Battlefield

Xiao Fen could only see the shadowy battle in the Mist not far away. Without the illumination of the firelight, he could not see the details of the battlefield clearly.

On the other hand, Sylvia saw more than him. Besides those dazzling battle scenes, there were the keys that dazzled her even more.

Keys piled up all over the ground. Although those crystals did not emit light themselves, in Sylvia’s eyes, they were more dazzling than the sun.

“Oh, praise Lilith,” Sylvia couldn’t help but whisper, “This is the richest battlefield I have ever seen. Just cleaning up such a battlefield is enough to make us very rich. Palin, don’t hesitate, let’s do it now!”

Xiao Fen looked at Sylvia in surprise. He was a little puzzled by the sudden change in attitude of the woman beside him. Just as he was about to speak, Sylvia’s figure had already rushed out.

The next moment, she, dressed in a maid’s outfit, appeared next to a Stitched Monster rushing at the front. The recurve knife in her hand suddenly flashed and chopped heavily on one of the Stitched Monster’s arms.

With a “Clang,” the place hit by the recurve knife in Sylvia’s hand made a sound like metal striking metal. That Stitched Monster’s arm seemed to have undergone special hardening, and it remained unharmed despite such a heavy chop from Sylvia.

Xiao Fen’s eyebrows raised slightly, but he saw the Stitched Monster behind the Mist seem to react to its arm being chopped. It slowly turned its head and raised its hand to grab Sylvia, who was hidden in the Mist on the ground.

However, such a slow movement could not pose a threat to Sylvia at all. She backhanded another chop. This time, the force was much greater, and the direction of the chop was the fingers of the Stitched Monster.

After a very low “Crack,” the four fingers of the Stitched Monster broke off with the sound.

Sylvia seemed to have killed her way into a rage, too. She jumped high from the ground. This jump was actually about 5 meters high, and her petite body was basically level with the head of the Stitched Monster.

Then, borrowing the moment her body fell in the air, she held the recurve knife with both hands and chopped hard at the Stitched Monster’s neck.

At that instant, a huge, sharp metal impact sound suddenly rang out. The sharp edge of the recurve knife had already deeply pierced into the ugly and hard body of the Stitched Monster.

Next, Sylvia held the recurve knife in her hand and continued to exert force. Her body slid down all the way, and the edge of the recurve knife quickly slid across the Stitched Monster’s body. Besides the “Squeak-squeak” metal friction sound, there was also a series of dazzling sparks on the path where the recurve knife slid.

Sylvia landed on the ground, suddenly crouched low, and then sprang back to Xiao Fen’s side like an arrow.

Behind her, the huge Stitched Monster stood woodenly on the spot. As the dazzling spark on its body slowly extinguished, what remained on the Stitched Monster’s body was only a huge wound pulled out by the recurve knife just now.

A large amount of pus accompanied by nauseating rotten organs rolled out from this wound. Standing still for less than 3 seconds, the Stitched Monster finally fell heavily backward, conveniently crushing a similar kind that was rushing up from behind.

The corner of Xiao Fen’s eye twitched slightly. In the upper right corner of his vision, two numbers appeared at some point. One was a constantly decreasing time, and the other number changed from 0/100 to 1/100 with Sylvia’s kill.

Although this data was small, it made Xiao Fen’s heart suddenly tighten. He turned his head to look at Sylvia again, with some understanding in his mind.

Sylvia did not have as many thoughts as Xiao Fen. She looked back at those Stitched Monsters again, frowned, and said, “This is not a Level 3 Monster. Its defense is too high. If you don’t use full power, it is difficult to break through its defense. As it stands, this guy has defense equivalent to a Level 5 Monster.”

Xiao Fen asked, “If it were your previous squad, what were the chances of winning against such a Monster?”

Sylvia shook her head and said, “This cannot be directly quantified. If the squad cooperates well, they can fight against a Monster slightly stronger than Level 5. Conversely, one person alone would find it very difficult to deal with a Stitched Monster.”

Xiao Fen frowned and said, “I saw you dealing with one alone just now.”

Sylvia casually threw the recurve knife in her hand to Xiao Fen and said, “This is the effect the weapon can play. Now this knife has lost its effect.”

Xiao Fen took this gleaming sharp blade somewhat in a flurry. He examined it and found that the edge of the recurve knife was mostly broken, and even the spine of the knife was covered with cracks.

“Kukri, manufactured item, cannot be thrown, damaged, cannot be repaired.”

“Durability: 0/50”

“Quality: Excellent”

“Base Damage: 25”

“Special Effect: Ignore Defense +3”

“Usage Requirement: Strength 20, Basic Melee Mastery, Basic Short Blade Mastery”

“Base Duration: 120 minutes”

“Note: This weapon can only be manufactured under the gaze of Yggdrasil and can only be used in an environment permitted by Yggdrasil.”

“It looks like a leg, of course, it is a leg. When you are in danger, use it flexibly to get you out of danger.”

This recurve knife began to gradually shatter and evaporate like particles. In this process, Xiao Fen clearly saw all the attributes of this knife slowly emerging and then gradually disappearing.

Regardless of how much defense that Stitched Monster had, it seemed that Sylvia’s strength was enough to drive that recurve knife just now to break through the Stitched Monster’s defense. She even had the strength to almost split the Stitched Monster in half. One could imagine how great the combined strength of Sylvia’s arms was.

Could a woman’s strength be that great? The corner of Xiao Fen’s mouth raised slightly. This probably had something to do with race.

However, such strength could not only damage the Stitched Monster but also cause too much burden on the recurve knife. The drive of strength exceeding the bearing capacity of the recurve knife caused the durability of the knife to drop rapidly, so that the knife completely collapsed after just a few battles.

Xiao Fen didn’t care much about this knife. He, who hadn’t really become a Trialist yet, was not clear about his own attributes, so the quality of the knife was not important to him. On the contrary, there was something in this information that made him care a little.

He turned his head to look at Sylvia and asked, “Are you, a Vampire?”

Sylvia was looking down at the crystals she had just snatched back from the front line. Hearing Xiao Fen’s question, she paused, looked up at him, and asked, “How did you find out?”

“You just praised Lilith. Lilith was Adam’s first wife and also the ancestor of all Vampires. Your strength is surprisingly great, your self-recovery ability is also very strong, and compared to a normal Human like me, your body temperature is on the low side. Putting these together, it is not difficult to deduce your identity.”