Arknights: Suika's Journey as a Messenger
Chapter 200

Spicy Tendou! / Their Respective Battles

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While Suika and the others continued their journey to Chernobog, Chen arrived in the town the next morning and successfully purchased a transport vehicle at a high price.

Upon returning to Lungmen, she immediately went to the Governor's Mansion and found Wei Yenwu.

After listening to Chen's words, Wei Yenwu pondered for a long time before finally walking alone into a small hut.

The next day, scouts in Ursus received news that there was unusual activity on the border of Great Yan Ursus, with several border troops approaching the border between the two countries under the guise of military exercises.

Upon hearing this, the old nobles who were preparing to join forces with Mephisto to annihilate Talulah and her party hurriedly withdrew most of their troops to the border.

After all, although they did have plans to fight several battles with the Great Yan to completely drag the Great Yan into war so that they could carry out their own plans, that was definitely not to let the Great Yan take the initiative and invade their territory.

Therefore, even if it's unclear why a normally quiet Great Yan would suddenly become active, returning to defend is still necessary.

As for the Black Snake, who had a rough idea of the reason, he couldn't reveal it, since that would mean admitting to others the complete failure of his decades-long plan.

When Talulah three companions arrived at their destination not far from Chernobog, they were met with Mephisto and his rebuilt Herd, Garson and his Sarkaz mercenaries, and a military ambush of about five hundred men equipped with four cannons.

This was only one-fifth of the ambush Mephisto had initially discussed with the military, and the four cannons could not provide the planned fire coverage.

However, Mephisto also received news that Talulah's group had shrunk again.

Although he didn't know what kind of conspiracy Talulah and her group were plotting, it was undoubtedly a good thing for him.

Upon learning that the other side was approaching, he spread his Herd out in a five-kilometer-wide fan-shaped area centered on the village and extending towards Talulah, as if he were preparing to wage a positional war against Talulah.

Talulah, Suika, and Hoshiguma stood on the hill, gazing at the distant village.

"It seems Mephisto is indeed here, but where does he get the confidence to fight us?"

Talulah spoke while looking into the distance.

"Didn't Scout go to check things out in the back? I also think there must be someone behind them, otherwise, he wouldn't dare stay here."

Or does he think he can escape again using that mysterious method from last time?

Suika rubbed her wrists; today was definitely going to be a big battle, so she seemed very excited.

Just then, Talulah's communicator rang.

"This is Talulah!" Talulah said after picking up the communicator, then fell silent.

"It was Scout. We were right. I found traces of the Ursus army in the woods to the north. I could vaguely see heavy firepower, but they were behind the trees, so I couldn't tell how many there were."

The estimated number of personnel is no less than that of a battalion.

A few seconds later, Scout's deep voice came through the communicator.

The three of them were not surprised to hear the news; on the contrary, they breathed a sigh of relief.

That's right. If they didn't have powerful backers, given Mephisto and Old Mudskipper's personalities, how could they possibly be openly and honestly fighting against us here?

So when they learned that Ursus troops were hiding behind them, they were not surprised at all; on the contrary, they thought that this was just Mephisto's character.

"Understood. You're coming back to join us?"

"No, I see something unusual going on east of the village towards Chernobog. I'm going to go check it out," Scout replied.

"Isn't this too dangerous?" Talulah asked with some concern.

Although he was not a member of the Reunion Movement, over the past six months, his help to the Reunion Movement and her side was no less than that of any Reunion Movement cadre, and Talulah had long regarded him as a comrade.

"Don't worry, I'll retreat if things don't look good."

Besides, Suika's Shanghai Dolls is here to keep her company...

It will protect me, right?

Scout, on the other hand, sounded very relaxed.

When he acted alone ahead of others, Suika entrusted him with the Shanghai Dolls that followed her and asked Shanghai to protect his safety.

When Alice came before, she enhanced this Shanghai Dolls several times because it was the closest one to her.

Not only were there no signs of damage on his body, but his strength and intelligence had also increased significantly compared to before.

At least if Suika 're not careful, it'll be hard to catch the agile Suika.

"Then you'd better be careful. Given the Black Snake's personality, he won't only have one backup plan..." After Talulah finished speaking, Scout replied with an "I understand" and headed east.

Not long ago

"Huh? Let the boss fight in front while we watch the show from behind!"

Garson, you Sarkaz bastard, are you planning to pocket all the commission yourself?!

A shrill, somewhat deranged female voice spoke rudely to the leader of the mercenary group not far away.

"Presumptuous!

W, I can forgive your disrespect out of respect for Hoederer, but now I am the commander, I am the highest authority here, and you must obey my every command.

You say we're watching a play? Well, that's exactly what we're doing now. And not only that, I'll make sure you're comfortable watching it.

Hoederer, take your men and ambush them on the southern mountains. Do not engage in battle without my order!

Garson glanced at W, who was being held back by Hoederer not far away, and raised an eyebrow provocatively.

Upon seeing the other party's actions, W's cursing intensified.

Fortunately, just as Garson was about to lose his temper, Hoederer picked up W and led his men south.

"You son of a bitch, Hedrezakaz, you better put me down right now, or I'll definitely shove a bomb into your ass..."

Faced with W's angry words and threats, Hoederer remained expressionless, as if she wasn't even talking about him. He simply kept his head down and walked until he reached his destination.

"Have you finished yelling? Now go set up the defenses!"

After dropping W, Hoederer said calmly.

"Ines, how can you stand that Sarkaz's foul language? With that deadpan face of his, I should have given him a good beating with a bomb long ago..."

W cursed and swore as he led his men to a nearby area to set up a minefield.

"Aren't you angry at all?" Ines stood next to Hoederer, looking at W with a strange smile on her face.

After all, W's little mouth has never uttered a single kind word.

"What's the point of getting angry with an illiterate person?" After finding a place to sit down, Hoederer took out his dry rations and started eating them bite by bite.

"I'm not illiterate!" W, who was not far away, immediately cursed back after hearing Hoederer's words.

Chapter 368 Spicy Heavenly Push!

"But after all these years, you still can't even write my and Ines's names."

Hoederer's words seemed to have hit someone's foot, and she jumped up to retort.

"Nonsense, I'm not stupid, how could I not write your names?"

"But as far as I know, someone previously tried to forge my signature to get supplies from the logistics department, but the logistics officer refused because he wrote the wrong name."

After Hoederer uttered those words expressionlessly, he saw the face of a certain American cockroach suddenly turn red. Then, she held the bomb with a dangerous expression and kept glancing at Hoederer's groin, making Hoederer feel a chill run down his spine.

"Alright, alright, stop fooling around. W, hurry up and set up the minefield. According to our intelligence, the enemy is almost here."

Ines stepped in front of W, blocking her view from Hoederer. After calming the American cockroach down, she glanced at Hedley, who was still expressionlessly munching on his Hoederer not far away, as he muttered, "I'm only doing this for Ines' sake, otherwise I'd blow you up right now."

Let's turn our attention back to Suika.

After a brief discussion, the three decided that since the other side already knew about their arrival, there was no need to hide it.

Rather than wasting time outmaneuvering Mephisto and his Herd, it's better to Boar Rush and strike at their heart.

Of course, this suggestion came from Suika, Talulah agreed.

Although Hoshiguma felt it was too rash, with two votes to one, she had no choice but to raise the shield in her hand (not the Hannya, but one she obtained after arriving here) and follow Talulah.

As for Suika, she didn't need her protection at all, and she couldn't catch up with the other person who was flying in mid-air shouting "Hurrah" as they rushed out.

After seeing Suika fly out, Talulah and Hoshiguma exchanged a helpless glance before jumping out after her.

However, traveling on foot was no match for Suika's flight, and the two quickly fell behind.

Suika's high-profile advance was quickly discovered by Mephisto.

Upon seeing Suika, he recalled his previous experience of being nearly killed by the mysterious person beside her, and subconsciously backed away. However, when he discovered that she was flying over alone and nonchalantly, anger surged back into his head.

Even if he's weak, he's still the Undying the Black Snake of Ursus. And now he has Herd in front of him, Sarkaz mercenaries behind him, and the Ursus army protecting him. If he chickens out, he'll be too ashamed to show his face.

At his command, the Herd sprang into action.

Those with ranged spellcasting abilities and those who used bows and crossbows raised their weapons.

Drones carrying bombs also took to the air like locusts, rushing towards Suika.

Seeing this, Suika did not use the Mount Oe Tempest, but instead waved her hand and the [Ice Talisman - Ice Burst] spell was activated, and ice spikes appeared on the left and right and then shot out in all directions.

The ice cone detonated a bomb after hitting the drone, creating a series of dazzling sparks in the air.

Meanwhile, Suika unleashed a barrage of comments and charged straight into the crowd.

Upon seeing Suika hovering in mid-air not far away, Mephisto (The Black Snake) instinctively felt a sense of unease.

The other person opened their arms and revealed a strange smile.

"How many flights of stairs can you carry a bag of rice up..."

Suika said she had wanted to do this for a long time, but she hadn't had the chance before. The Black Snake was so generous in giving her a chance to show off in front of others, it would be an injustice not to take advantage of it.

Therefore, she deliberately used her ability to amplify her voice so that everyone around her who was paying attention could hear it clearly.

"Spicy Heavenly Push!"

After finishing his lines with satisfaction, he watched as the drones were about to rush towards him. He activated his ability to control Density and Sparsity. The drones that were about to hit his face a second ago were repelled by a powerful repulsive force the next second.

"What is that guy doing... Holy crap!"

W, who was complaining a second ago, couldn't help but start spewing beautiful Sarkaz profanities again the next second.

She recognized Suika as soon as she appeared.

Just as she was pondering how Rhodes Island had any connection with Ursus, the other party flew up to her employer's head amidst sparks and lightning.

She naturally overheard Suika's pretentious lines.

However, being illiterate, she naturally couldn't understand Suika's Eastern Country dialect.

But W instinctively sensed a threat from her arrogant behavior.

Before W could even figure out what Suika was up to, Suika, after reciting her lines, made her understand why the other party was so confident.

Looking down at the indentation resembling that of Konoha, Suika gazed with satisfaction at the distance.

This powerful blast of Spicy Heavenly Push was quite effective, creating a ring around the village below that was approximately three kilometers in size.

The village, which had existed just a minute before, vanished instantly under this attack.

At this moment, Suika's gaze was fixed on the edge of the circular ring, where Mephisto, or rather the immortal the Black Snake, stood with a look of horror on his face, accompanied by a few members of the Herd.

Just now, while Suika was showing off, the feeling of facing death again that he had experienced in the dark last time surged into his heart. So before Suika could utter her last words, he grabbed the Herd member who could teleport and disappeared from the spot with the strongest supplies in his hand.

His intuition was correct. Right after he teleported, Suika's skill not only destroyed the village he thought was impregnable, but also severed his connection with the Herd ahead.

Without Mephisto's control, the Herd at the front line were merely trying to instinctively stop Talulah and Hoshiguma's charge.

But how could instinct alone possibly stop these two?

Although they were surprised by Suika's almost devastating attack, the two did not slow down; in fact, they sped up even more to break through the Herd's obstruction and reunite with Suika more quickly.

After Almighty Push, Suika looked up and saw Mephisto standing on the edge, covered in sweat, and a rare smile appeared on her face.

"You old bastard, you're really hard to kill!"

With a wave of her hand, hundreds of ice spikes reappeared out of thin air and shot directly at Mephisto.

Mephisto snorted coldly, and a person stepped forward, spreading his arms to block the way. A transparent barrier appeared out of thin air, blocking Mephisto's path.

The icicle struck the barrier, which then emitted a creaking sound as if it were about to shatter.

Mephisto's expression changed, and he tapped the man's back with his staff, making the barrier solid again and blocking Suika's probing attack.

"Tsk, is this your territory?!"

Suika looked at the "person," whose face was ashen. The Originium that had broken through the skin on his outstretched hand and exposed face was clearly visible. If it weren't for Mephisto's magical control, he would have already died from the excessive concentration of Originium in his current state.

Chapter 369 Their Own Battles

Seeing that the other party remained silent, Suika waved her hands again, and twice as many ice spikes appeared in the air as before.

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