Quadruple Schism
Chapter 32

Black Tinged with Red

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Three gusts of wind whistled past Mo Tan's side, reaching their destination with lightning speed that was difficult to catch with the naked eye, which was the buttocks of the three orc warriors who had just turned around to help their companions counter Ned!

The heart-wrenching screams proved that this girl Yinna was truly ruthless. This round of scattering was almost brought to the extreme by her without any interference. Whether it was the strength, speed, or accuracy, it was the most peak attack since the start of the battle.

"A startled bow draws feathers, lightly piercing the sky." Mo Tan's mentality, which had almost collapsed before, had completely returned to normal, and he even jokingly made up a sentence: "Daisies dyed blood, filling the sky with red~"

Yinna blinked at him in confusion, "What did you say?"

"Pfft!" Shuangye, who was on the side, couldn't help but laugh, then frowned slightly and muttered, "Why do I feel like I've heard this kind of crooked poem somewhere before..."

Mo Tan immediately remembered the teasing he had given this girl in the information when he was Tan Mo, and while calling out carelessness in his heart, he laughed dryly: "I saw it before, let's not talk about this, Yinna, please suppress the guys on the right! It doesn't have to be too accurate!"

Because Crab and Salazar had cooperated with Mo Tan's guidance to knock away the enemy closest to the three of them, opening up a shooting angle for Yinna while also reducing the interference she might receive, so at least for these few seconds, this elven ranger, who had been entangled by the enemy in every possible way, was temporarily liberated.

"Understood!" Yinna, who was finally able to attack freely, directly drew six arrows from her quiver at the same time and placed them on the string, smiling slightly: "How did you do it?"

Her slender fingers loosened slightly, and a small-scale rain of arrows poured out, blocking the several orc soldiers who were originally preparing to flank Salazar in place.

The rhythm, from who knows when, began to change...

All of this was because of a few words from this little priest beside him!

Just a few simple instructions allowed himself, who had been running around exhaustedly, to catch his breath, creating an environment for Ned, who had been enduring the most attacks, to fight one-on-one with the shield-bearer, and almost relieved Salazar and Crab from their predicament of being attacked from both sides.

Yinna simply couldn't believe it, but she had to...

"Captain!" Mo Tan didn't have time to answer her question, and shouted to Ned from a distance: "Can you take care of your current opponent in ten seconds?"

Ned happened to shake out a cross sword flower at this time, followed by two horizontal and vertical chops smashing on the bone heavy shield in front of him, and answered succinctly: "Enough!"

What a joke, he could play back and forth even while carrying three or four enemies, how could he not be able to handle this slow turtle shell in ten seconds!

What's more, the orc warrior who had been holding the heavy shield had already turned a little pale. Being continuously attacked by weapons with frost enchantment had already made him slowly become sluggish, and Ned's powerful chops had almost made him drop the shield several times...

The shield-bearer, who was originally responsible for oppressive advancement and cover, was now almost frozen into a sluggish warrior, but he had no way to do anything. In theory, the teammates who were in the best position to support him were all lying on the ground, each with an arrow stuck in the center of their buttocks, howling, which looked painful!

"Crab, try to hold on in place, Salazar, come to our side now!" Mo Tan said as he gave Crab a Holy Word Shield. Since just now, his casting rhythm had slowed down, partly because the frequency of his teammates' injuries had begun to decrease, and partly because he had consciously begun to accumulate magic power and faith value.

If he wanted to seize the best opportunity to break through, then the time he could continue to stand still and enjoy the effects of his talent was running out...

Crab nodded vigorously, let out a roar, and his already overly strong body actually grew larger again. The weapon he snatched from the enemy was slammed hard on the ground, and a roar knocked over two enemies in front and behind him.

Salazar took the opportunity to sweep down the orc warrior holding an iron spear in front of him, and then immediately rushed towards Mo Tan and the others.

"Hey!" At this time, Shuangye suddenly turned her head and asked Mo Tan, "What about me? What should I do now?"

"Restore your mana." Mo Tan glanced at her and said softly, "Your mana should already be bottoming out, so you can't do much for now."

Shuangye pouted dissatisfiedly: "Then you can open up the situation?"

However, although she said that, she had no objection to Mo Tan's decision.

Shuangye was very smart, otherwise it would be impossible for her and Mo Tan to be known as legends in the hacker world under the name 'Black Sun' in reality, but high IQ does not mean that she is proficient in everything. Even if she can complete the artificial intelligence named 'navi' by herself, it does not mean that she can do her best in commanding operations. Not to mention the best, it is already very hard for her, who has a slight social phobia, to be able to talk to everyone normally.

The sentence just now was not so much a complaint to Mo Tan as it was her wanting to get a positive answer from him.

"I don't know." Mo Tan saw that Ned in the distance had successfully cut down the slow... shield-bearing warrior with a sword, and calmly raised his hands, brushing a Holy Touch on Crab's body...

"But I will do my best!"

Salazar had already arrived beside the three of them, standing in a space that Mo Tan had deliberately left, plus Yinna and Shuangye, the four of them were now in a diamond formation.

The Lizardfolk monk was at the front, with Mo Tan and Shuangye on the left and right sides respectively, and Yinna was at the back with her back to everyone, drawing her bow to restrain the approach of several enemies.

Ned's position was the farthest at this time, but the number of enemies around him was also the smallest. Crab was located between Ned and the diamond formation formed by the others. Whether it was the number of enemies around him or the attacks he was enduring, they were the most, but with Mo Tan's full assistance in this short period of time, he still had not completely fallen behind.

"Very good!" Mo Tan stared at the enemies approaching behind Crab in the four o'clock direction, and murmured in a low voice: "Almost there..."

Another Fortitude Prayer was blessed on Crab's body. At the same time, this guy's 'Blood Rage', which he had used twice before, also continued to the limit again. His usually strong body instantly returned to its original size.

"Captain, retreat to Crab's side and give him a hand!" Mo Tan shouted loudly: "Yinna, suppress those behind for a while."

Ned held his long sword upside down and leaped to Crab's side. Before landing, his whole body rotated sideways in the air, using a heavy chop to directly chop down the orc warrior who had just wanted to smash out a hammer.

Yinna's slender fingers already had several blood marks from the bowstring, but those tricky arrows still suppressed the enemies behind, making it difficult for them to move forward.

The next second...

"Salazar! You rush to the front, knock away the closest of those stupid guys in the front row!"

Bang! The monk's unique explosive power allowed Salazar to punch the target's waist in less than a second. The orc warrior who flew up directly knocked down his two companions who were trying to flank Crab. The three muscular brothers immediately rolled into a ball.

"Shuangye, pay attention to moving parallel to me, use your instant spells to stop those chrysanthemum remnants on the right who just got up!"

"ok!"

Mo Tan followed closely behind Salazar. Before he finished speaking, he saw several fireballs scatter out, brushing past his body, drawing several hot arcs in the air, and finally hitting the enemies behind those three who had just covered their buttocks and stood up.

Okay, it's still the buttocks...

"Yinna, don't worry about those behind!" Mo Tan cast the Holy Touch that had just cooled down on Yinna, and said loudly: "Restrain the guy on Shuangye's right, don't let him get close."

Five seconds later, all the members of the Fenrir Squad had gathered together, and the surrounding encirclement, which was originally not very rigorous but dense, had been torn apart.

"Mind if I overstep my bounds again?" Mo Tan smiled slightly at Ned.

The latter rolled his eyes: "Hurry up, maybe we can really let you take us back alive today!"

"No problem~" Under the setting sun, Mo Tan turned around in place, his fingertips emitting a faint golden holy light, his expression calm and gentle, his eyes smiling: "With everyone here, I can do it!"

The Talent effect 'Piety' is active again.

[Of course I can do it~]

"Crab! Fall back, you have less than a minute to rest!"

[So what if I'm just a mediocre, lazy, conformist, dime-a-dozen, plain...]

"Yinna, switch positions with the Captain, don't rush in, wait for them to come!"

[Ordinary person!]

"Shuangye, fireball sweep! Conserve your mana! Okay, okay, I know you're calculating it..."

[But that's okay...]

"Yinna, open up your attack angle! Shoot anyone who gets within five meters of the Captain, uh, standing on Crab's shoulders? Okay, if you insist..."

[Special enough, but also ordinary enough.]

"Salazar! Protect Shuangye's right flank! What? Why not use cardinal directions? Because I'm lost!"

[That's pretty good too!]

"Don't worry about that sneaky one trying to flank from behind, I noticed him a long time ago!"

[I can do it!]

"Let them in, the Captain and Salazar will switch aggro in a bit! Right, I mean switch to attacking the ones in the back!"

[Even the most ordinary 'me' right now is fine!]

"Shuangye, take two steps back, leave room for Crab, those guys are starting to panic!"

[Or rather, some things...]

"Charge in, cut them down!"

[Only I can do well!!]

[You have actively disconnected, please choose whether to reconnect.]

"Don't reconnect."

[Execute the wake-up program?]

"Yes."

[Received, the current time is 1:30 AM on January 3, 2049, you will wake up in one minute]

Mo Tan didn't leave the game pod after waking up, but instead let out a satisfied sigh, then quickly closed his eyes, and didn't regain consciousness until ten minutes later.

A bout of headache came as expected, making him frown uncomfortably...

"This kind of pain really doesn't make anyone happy~" he hummed softly, then revealed a happy smile: "But come to think of it, I really am amazing..."

After stretching his body slightly, he reactivated the game pod that had just entered standby mode, changed to a comfortable lying position, muttered 'the timing is just right', and entered a deep sleep state conducive to logging into the game under the action of the simulation system.

[Your mental connection has been detected, synchronizing personal information...] [Connection complete, loading character information] [Welcome back, Chaotic Neutral Tan Mo, loading Innocent World, good night]

Mo Tan's eyes were still pitch black after regaining consciousness, but he didn't panic at all, just subtly shifted his position slightly, and saw a glimmer of light.

The light came through a small hole in front of him, originating from a magic crystal lamp that could operate for a long time.

This was a not-so-large living room, and Mo Tan was currently in a closet in the corner of it.

107 Sweet Orange Trail, the closet in Dave Sager's house.

"Looks like he's not back yet." Mo Tan whispered to himself, "I really didn't expect my first experience climbing into a closet would be in a place like this, and in a single man's closet at that, it just goes to show that life is full of wonderful and absurd things."

For the next five minutes, Mo Tan stayed in the closet, bored, occasionally peeking out through the hole he'd made before logging off, and then muttering a few constructive remarks.

Until...

A 'creak' of the door opening entered Mo Tan's ears...

The owner of this house was back.

This was the first time Mo Tan had seen the 'living' Dave, he was wearing a plain long coat, his face was quite pale, and although his appearance wasn't handsome, his thick eyebrows and big eyes were enough to give others a good first impression of him, if you ignored the hint of evil that often flashed in his eyes when he was alone, this honest appearance alone would be enough to add a few points to Dave's knight exam...

A square face and thick eyebrows have always been standard equipment for knights, if it's a Saint Seiya, it'll be more troublesome, you'll at least have to bring your own BGM...

Mo Tan had activated his stealth skill as soon as he went online, minimizing his presence, and since he was hiding in the closet in the corner, Dave naturally didn't know that an uninvited guest had entered his house.

A very... very... very troublesome, uninvited guest.

So Dave immediately let himself go after locking the door, specifically, he ripped off his coat, and then, just as Mo Tan was developing some wrong ideas and was planning to gouge out his own eyes...

He tore off the dense, blood-stained bandages from his body.

Yes, his body was almost completely wrapped in these things, he looked like a mummy when he first took off his clothes...

From Mo Tan's perspective, it was clear that despite the dark red bloodstains covering the bandages, Dave's body didn't have a single wound.

Not only that, but it was even fair, with a rosy glow...

A rosy glow, tinged with black...

Chapter 31: The End

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