Shrouded Corpse Deathsoldiers / A Battle of Deception and Counterdeception

However, the other party was quite determined, and their refusal to budge Suika helpless.

"Okay, okay, I won't poke you anymore."

Let's go play!

With Suika's clone released its grip and plopped down on the ground.

After getting up, she patted her skirt and swaggered at Suika until Suika said she was going to make her disappear. Only then did she happily run back to the crowd to continue singing and spinning around with everyone.

The three children who witnessed what happened here wanted to laugh but dared not, and could only hold it in with their faces turning red.

"What are you laughing at? We'll leave as soon as we're done!"

With her hands on her hips and pointing at the three little ones, Suika declared that even if she couldn't control these clones, she could certainly control these three little guys.

Seeing this, the three quickly indicated that they were ready and then shouldered their packs to set off again.

What will happen to them?

Whitemane pointed to the clones still surrounding the Needle Flea nest and asked in a low voice.

"Don't worry about them, they'll disappear once they've had their fun."

When Suika acquired this skill, she also received information about clones.

These clones will disappear once they are defeated, their energy is depleted, they dispel themselves, or they get tired of playing and don't want to stay there anymore.

Seeing how much fun they were having, Suika ignored the little ones and let them run wild. After all, the energy in these clones was only enough for them to stay here for one day.

Just as Suika had predicted, after the four left, the Little Suika played there until dark before disappearing one by one with "bang bang bang" sounds.

In the end, apart from Needle Flea who was stuck at his doorstep listening to all sorts of nonsensical songs all afternoon, no one was harmed.

"Sister Suika, how many of those little Suika can you tell apart?"

It wasn't until evening, when everyone was chatting around the fire, that Leite asked with a curious expression.

"How many? I haven't counted. I can keep doing them as long as I want!"

And why bother counting these things? It's all about crowd control tactics anyway!

Suika touched the long horn and took off the bow on it.

"Those little Suika sisters seem really strong; those Needle Flea couldn't even beat them!"

Mograine waved his little fists excitedly as he spoke.

"Of course, each of these clones is probably a tiny bit as capable as me. Putting aside everything else, beating up these Needle Flea is a piece of cake."

A single Needle Flea is not strong; if you don't worry about getting injured, an ordinary person with bare hands could easily kill it.

The problem is that Needle Flea never act alone, and they are poisonous, and quite poisonous at that.

Although the venom of Needle Flea is a paralyzing neurotoxin and not actually fatal, once poisoned and surrounded by Needle Flea, the consequences are dire...

Despite being only the size of dolls, Suika's clones can hold their own against a fully armed soldier in a real fight, thanks to their strength and speed.

Not to mention that these clones can also use the skills of the Suika Society.

Whether it's the long-range suppression of the Mount Oe Tempest, the mid-range ice spell "Ice Burst," or the close-range Three-Step Ruin, these clones can use them all.

It's hard to say how many people would be needed to deal with a Suika clone if a real fight broke out.

"How did Sister Suika discover the problem there today?"

Whitemane asked a question that had been puzzling her.

"Experience and judgment..."

After we climbed over that hill, there was not only a river in front of us, but also a large area along the river that was shaded, forming a natural shady spot.

In this weather, wild animals should frequently linger in such a place, but the area is overgrown with weeds.

It was obvious that the area hadn't been trampled by wild animals for a long time.

So why is there no wild animal, not even Originium Bug, in such a perfectly suitable place to cool off? There must be some dangerous predator in the vicinity that has turned this place into a natural hunting ground.

So even if they don't know who the hunter is, there's absolutely no problem in them calling you over first since there's danger."

Don't be fooled by Suika's eloquent speech; everything she's saying is something she's learned from reading books recently.

While in Karaton, she bought a wilderness survival guide, which detailed various dangerous situations encountered in the wild.

She only instinctively sensed something was wrong and called out to the three of them. Only after that did she match the environment there with the records in the book, which led to her eloquent speech.

Chapter 137 The Corpse-Wrapped Deathsworn

"Wow!"

As Suika accepted the adoring gazes of the three little ones with a clear conscience, Suika suddenly felt a gentle breeze around her.

She narrowed her eyes slightly and sighed, "I didn't encounter anything when I came here, but why do I keep running into all sorts of strange things when I go in the opposite direction?"

If this were a scene from a story, it would probably be met with a barrage of criticism.

However, trouble was right in front of them. As the only fighting force among the four, Suika could only stand in front of the three little ones.

"I wonder which friend is nearby. I have a bunch of kids here who don't have much money, and we don't have much to eat."

Of course, if you just want a bite to eat, that's no problem. Sharing a whole roasted meat with you wouldn't be an issue either...

Amidst the astonished gazes of the three children, Suika stood up and looked around.

"Cough cough, not bad perception..." A dry voice came from the reeds not far away, startling the three little ones who hurriedly ran behind Suika.

Then a person staggered out from inside.

Suika's pupils contracted when she saw the other person's appearance.

The man looked extremely disheveled, with hardly a good spot on his body, especially the two slightly raised areas on his head, which were clearly originally a pair of horns, but had now been erased.

Moreover, there was no trace on his body that could reveal his race or identity. Apart from his voice, which indicated that he was a man, most people could not tell which race he came from.

Wrapped tightly in strips of cloth, his first impression was that of a living mummy.

Of all the people like this in Terra, Suika only knows one kind, and happens to know one: Theresis's assassins, those assassins who erased their identities and names in order to kill the Demon King Theresa — the Corpse-Wrapped Deathsworn.

At this moment, Suika just wanted to spit out her bad luck, after all, every Corpse-Wrapped Deathsworn was once a hero of Sarkaz, and their strength was naturally not bad.

Since arriving in Terra, Suika has never faced a high-level combatant, and she is unsure whether she can defeat her opponent while protecting the three children behind her.

"Excuse me, ma'am, could you please bring me a piece of roast meat?"

I noticed your younger siblings seem a bit afraid of me, so I won't go over...

"Of course, it would be best if you could also have a cup of hot broth."

After seeing the fear the three children felt because of his appearance, the man stood still and spoke sincerely.

"Of course, Leite, could you please bring me a bowl of meat soup... and then get me a roasted Fowlbeast?"

Suika stretched out her hand, her gaze fixed on the person not far away.

She wasn't sure of the opponent's strength, but someone who had survived this long was certainly no pushover.

After all, W has been relentlessly hunting down those who participated in the assassinations and survived. Now, a year has passed since Theresa's death, and it's impossible to say that any assassin who survived must not have any skill.

The two sides were less than ten meters apart. At that distance, the Reunion Movement fighters could rush to their opponents in the blink of an eye, so she dared not easily look away.

If the other party has malicious intentions, a moment's inattention could leave us all stranded here.

"Oh my god..." Leite felt a little guilty after seeing the other person's battered and bruised appearance. How could he be afraid of someone covered in injuries? So he volunteered to deliver food, but Suika grabbed him.

"Sit here and eat, don't move around."

Before he could say anything, Suika snatched the soup bowl and grilled meat from his hands and walked to the other side.

"Uncle, this soup is very hot, please be careful!" Suika said with a smile as she handed over the soup, her expression one of understanding.

"Oh, really? I'm not afraid..."

The man also reached out his hand as if to take it.

But the next second, Suika flicked her wrist, and the scalding hot broth splashed directly onto the other person's face.

With his other hand, the skewer of roasted Fowlbeast, like a sharp sword, viciously stabbed towards the opponent's waist from below.

Although it's just a wooden branch, the tip was specially sharpened to be used to string the Fowlbeast. With Suika's strength and speed, this thrust would surely bring out at least a string of kidneys.

As Suika made her move, the man, who had been keeping his other hand behind his back, raised a dagger about thirty centimeters long and drew a scarlet streak in the air as he stabbed it toward Suika's neck.

"Clang! Clang!" Two crisp sounds rang out, and the two men simultaneously took a few steps back, dodging each other's deadly attack.

Then, Suika threw the roasted Fowlbeast in her hand, and as she swung her fist, a terrifying gust of wind swept directly towards the opponent's location and the surrounding dozens of meters.

The man's dark, scarred face remained expressionless. Facing Suika's imposing and oppressive attack, the dagger in his hand glowed red once more, and he swung it to slash at the oncoming gale.

After the red light faded, the terrifying gale seemed to split in two, spreading out from both sides and destroying the reed beds on both sides.

Suika stared at the dagger in the other person's hand with suspicion and uncertainty, a fine layer of sweat forming on her forehead. After these two tests, she was pretty sure that the weapon in the other person's hand was not simple.

She had originally planned to use Density and Sparsity ability to block his attack head-on, but after seeing the red light, she felt a chill run down her spine. Her sixth sense was frantically warning her not to take the attack head-on, so at the last moment, she raised her arm and used the chains wrapped around her hand to block the attack.

Judging from his ability to cleave a hurricane in two with a single strike, his original skills and the dagger in his hand likely have a special enhancement to the "severing" effect.

This explains why she felt her body couldn't withstand the dagger's attack.

The chains binding her, though seemingly just ordinary iron chains, were actually far stronger than she had imagined, possessing an almost indestructible quality, which was why they weren't severed by the dagger in one strike.

Just as Suika was feeling troubled by the fact that her opponent's strength far exceeded her expectations, the person opposite her was also filled with regret.

His condition was indeed very poor. Before he came here, he had been hunted by that crazy woman W for almost half a month. During those two weeks, he couldn't eat or sleep well, and there was always the possibility of a bomb appearing around him, which forced him to flee Kazdel in a sorry state.

But W's pursuit showed no signs of stopping, even after they had traveled all the way from Kazdel to Victoria.

He had only seen the firelight tonight and wanted to try and get some food, because if he made too much noise while fleeing, that damned mercenary might notice. But when he met Suika behavior made him wary.

Chapter 138 A Battle of Deceit and Treachery

It is true that one needs to be quite vigilant when encountering a stranger in the middle of nowhere.

But the woman opposite him was too wary, unwilling to let him out of her sight for even a second.

This gave him a bad feeling.

As he got closer, the murderous intent emanating from the girl seemed to sting his wounds even more.

So when Suika handed him the broth, he didn't hesitate to eat it.

But to his surprise, his sure-kill attack was blocked.

This left her completely taken aback.

You should know that although the dagger in your hand is a bit short, it is no ordinary weapon.

With the enhancement of Originium Arts, it can easily destroy gold and jade.

He could easily pierce even the thick armor of Steam Knight, and he was a Sarkaz hero who had used this weapon to kill Steam Knight on the battlefield.

But even with such a powerful weapon, it failed to sever the iron chain on the girl's wrist.

It wasn't even a severance, let alone a gap; how could this not surprise him?

At this moment, Suika raised the chain on her wrist, shook it, and the chain suddenly stretched out considerably.

Then he swung the iron chain at his opponent, and at the same time, he waved his other hand, sending a gust of wind mixed with piercing ice spikes rushing towards his opponent.

At that moment, the man intended to use his weapon to block the oncoming attack, as he was charging towards Suika.

After all, his fighting style and weapons were designed for close combat, and the Originium Arts that Suika, which brought a violent gust of wind, was telling him that the farther he ran, the more gruesome his death would be.

On the contrary, from that brief exchange, he discovered that the girl in front of him was extremely inexperienced in close combat, or rather, she simply didn't know how to fight in close combat.

Therefore, he was certain that once he got close, he could easily kill him.

Now, all he needs to do is dodge the opponent's attacks and get closer.

However, the ice spikes covered a large area, and with the help of the strong winds, their power was no less than that of cannonballs. Therefore, he had no choice but to avoid the area covered by the ice spikes and choose the straight path in the middle.

On this straight road, what came straight at you was an iron chain that lashed out with a piercing shriek.

In an instant, he realized he couldn't withstand the attack, and quickly rolled away to the side.

The next second, the iron chain lashed the ground, smashing a terrifying deep crater, and the resulting shockwave sent surrounding soil flying and hitting the man's face.

He rolled away and hid in the reeds nearby.

After all, he was an assassin, and after several exchanges, he had pretty much figured out the girl's three main moves. Her Originium Arts focused on a powerful, brick-throwing attack, which was indeed very effective on large battlefields, but in a one-on-one situation, especially when he was an assassin, she seemed incredibly clumsy.