Chapter 210
Turning my head, I saw Maria standing firmly over there.
"Bring it on..."
Maria said softly.
"My training methods are quite different from what you're used to, and I hope you're fully prepared mentally..."
Maria spoke, her eyes calm.
These words were less spoken to two people and more a reminder from Maria to Lappland.
After all, Texas has gone through this several times already, and their mindset is gradually changing.
Having anticipated what would happen next, Celinina frowned slightly. After thinking for a while, she still chose to approach Lappland.
Be careful...
"Um?"
"Ms. Maria's training methods... are very dangerous..."
Celinina warned Lappland... These words were her heartfelt sentiments.
Maria's training methods are truly beyond the reach of most people.
Although she never stated it, Celinina was somewhat proud.
Few people can experience the agonizing reality of being killed every day like she did.
To her surprise, Lappland merely turned and glanced at her after hearing her warning.
Is that all?
"Um?"
How long did it take you to adapt?
"... I still haven't gotten used to it."
"That's it?" Lappland's lips curled into a mocking smile, then she turned to stare at Maria in front of her, her eyes slowly filling with fighting spirit.
"Then you're going to lose... I'm sure I'll be better than you!"
After saying that, Lappland ignored Celinina and turned to dash off towards Maria!
They didn't even give Celinina any more time to warn her.
But...
The gap between Maria and these two little ones is still too big.
Maria didn't even move her body; she simply threw a punch that sent Lappland flying.
The sight of her flying backwards and the blood made Celinina's brow twitch violently.
Finally, it fell heavily to the ground without making a sound.
Seeing this, Celinina wore a helpless expression.
She really didn't understand Lappland's thinking... She was just trying to give a friendly reminder, but the other party kept refusing.
After glancing at Maria again and finding that she wasn't making any move to help, Celinina quickly ran to Lappland's side to try and save her.
To her astonishment, Lappland, despite not having undergone the same death-experiencing training she had received, still maintained her clear consciousness.
Seeing Celinina's offer of support, she resolutely refused, and at the same time pulled out the potion from her body and forcefully stuffed it into her mouth.
As the medicine went down, her eyes once again emitted an eerie white-silver light.
A moment later, she stood up again, full of energy!
"This feeling..."
Lappland tried clenching her hands, and felt her body becoming increasingly relaxed.
She glanced at Celinina, who was standing there stunned, and smiled.
"I told you, I will be better than you."
After saying that, she gritted her teeth again.
Even though her body was still trembling from the intense pain, and even though her body was still somewhat stiff, she still rushed forward.
This time, however, she did not rush forward rashly. Instead, she used her superior mobility to move her body at high speed, trying to find an opening in Maria's defenses.
Maria was pleased with how quickly Lappland could make tactical changes.
But she still managed to punch the girl, sending her flying.
But Lappland stood up even faster.
This time, she didn't even have the same recovery time as before after landing.
This remarkable adaptability left Celinina, who was standing to the side, completely astonished.
Without realizing it, she couldn't help but clench her fists.
Although Lappland is annoying, there's one thing she's right about.
At least in terms of adaptability, Lappland far surpasses itself...
Even now, she still can't overcome her fear of death... Every time Maria knocks her to the ground, her body stiffens completely, rendering her unable to move...
And Lappland... this was only her first training session, yet she already demonstrated an amazing ability to adapt.
Especially after seeing Maria, who had just been holding her, look at Lappland with a changed gaze, a strong sense of resentment filled her heart.
Gritting her teeth, she no longer hesitated.
In an instant, she caught up with him!
The two little ones launched their first attack on Maria!
And Maria...
I just quietly watched all of this...
"Lappland is very talented... at least in combat, she is far superior to Celinina."
"Perhaps the previous encounter and the absorption of the Great Ones's power have distorted her thinking... She did adapt to the Hunter's rhythm quickly, but... that's not enough... She's losing her reverence for life; she's becoming too impulsive."
"If this continues, perhaps one day she too will succumb to Beastification? But for now, she still seems rather docile in my presence..."
"Celinina's thinking, however, was clearly a different story... She made little progress with each death, but these experiences instilled in her a deep reverence for life..."
"If their personalities were balanced, perhaps two excellent Hunter could emerge... but unfortunately, such things are ultimately incompatible."
After taking the two little ones, who were panting heavily after their training, back to their room, Maria studied the files brought by the Saluzzo Family while pondering how to train them.
"Perhaps... I should teach them combat skills beforehand... or... I should let them experience real combat earlier?"
Maria.
Meanwhile, the idle Sankta woman was dozing off.
Lavinia was trying hard to read her book in the corner, but her absent-mindedness showed that she was still preoccupied with her last conversation with Celinina.
She was questioning the correctness of her learning.
Time slips away, little by little, in corners like these.
Soon, Maria gleaned what she wanted from these scrolls.
"Wolf Lord..."
Maria put down her book and clenched her hands slightly.
Maria suddenly discovered something.
In the early scrolls and accounts of the Siracusa story, there is absolutely no trace of the Wolf Lord...
It was about three or four hundred years ago that the Wolf Lord began to participate in the various families of Siracusa.
So... it was only after the clan appeared that the Wolf Lord discovered this place?
No... no.
Maria lowered the brim of her hat.
She had previously questioned the Wolf Lord named Zaro, and it was from him that Maria learned that, in the Wolf Pack's memory, the family only appeared in Siracusa after the arrival of the Wolf Lord...
It displays like a game.
Each family is a character... This character only becomes available after a player named Wolf Lord enters the game... It's not that the Wolf Lord only comes to play after a character has already been created.
This puzzled Maria greatly.
Clearly, no one in the family could be unaware of the Wolf Lord's existence.
And Zaro has no need to deceive himself.
In other words...
What other problems exist?
Soon, Maria noticed another word that appeared frequently in these scrolls.
"Rottish."
Maria narrowed her eyes slightly, then gently patted the Sankta woman beside her.
"Huh? What's wrong?"
"What is Rottish?"
"Rottish?"
The Sankta woman looked puzzled... clearly, she didn't quite understand what Maria's sudden question meant.
Lavinia, a native of Siracusa, was the one who came to her senses and provided the answer.
"Rottish... is a calamity for Siracusa."
"Um?"
"Due to its location, Siracusa is subjected to an extremely terrible disaster every so often..."
Lavinia spoke, slowly tilting her head back.
"It is said that due to the special geographical environment and the fact that Siracusa is the main Lupo population, the Terra's Moon will approach Siracusa once every once in a while... and it is at that time that strong physiological reactions will greatly affect the mental state of the Lupo people, and many people will go insane as a result."
"Crazy? The moon?"
Maria frowned, astutely grasping two key words in the girl's words.
"Um."
Although Lavinia found it strange that Maria was suddenly asking this, she still answered seriously.
"Currently, the academic community does not have a unified understanding of such news, and the intervals between Rottish have not yet been figured out, leading outsiders to tend to regard these events as some kind of lie."
"In fact, most Siracusa also regard these things as legends..."
"By now, apart from a few curious individuals, no one has researched this matter anymore. The most prevalent rumor is that the appearance of 'Rottish' was a large-scale operation carried out by the Siracusa Family for their own benefit."
At this point, Lavinia also looked at Maria, who was deep in thought, and tilted her head.
Are you... curious about this?
"... Um."
Maria did not deny it; she simply narrowed her eyes slowly.
After a moment, she turned around and looked at the girl.
"Do you know how long it's been since the last time Rottish?"
"Last time?"
Lavinia paused for a moment, somewhat hesitant.
"The last time this happened, it seems... was fifty years ago."
"Fifty years ago?"
"Um."