Chapter 583: The World with 78% Distortion
The smell of blood, the stench of decay, as if the soil was filled with human flesh, blood, and remains.
There was a burnt smell in the air.
In the endless void, smell and sound always return a step ahead, followed by vision slowly coming into focus.
The Professor had once again turned into that female figure with medium-long hair and black-rimmed glasses. She gasped for air once, as if she had been consciously holding her breath during the deployment process.
He subconsciously lowered his body, all the muscles in his body tense. A gemstone in his right hand had already been crushed, and mysterious whispers sounded by his ear.
He immediately obtained a lot of extra information.
"Is that the ability of the Tarot sequence? Quite interesting~"
A frivolous voice sounded from behind his ear. The hairs on the Professor's back instantly stood up. He hadn't perceived Mercenary Tao's aura at all. Turning around, he only saw Mercenary Tao, similarly restored to his pink robe attire, floating in the air.
He was gently swaying under that huge tree along with the green smoke in the breeze.
And if one closed their eyes, Mercenary Tao's presence would be completely eliminated. Merely floating in the air, the other party had already integrated with the surrounding aura.
Heart still as water, following the way of nature...
The Professor knew very well that this was the clear proof that Mercenary Tao's martial arts techniques had already reached the [Peak of Technique].
He also relaxed a bit. At least, in this world, a monster like Mercenary Tao would be his most reliable ally.
"Be careful, Your Excellency Mercenary Tao. This world is very dangerous. Even you shouldn't be careless."
Kaito Shirogane suddenly turned his head. A strange wind generated out of thin air, and a leaf twirled and flew over the vast grassland.
He reached out his hand and lightly grabbed it. Invisible and ingenious force brought it into his palm.
The pattern on the front of the leaf was clear and complex, like an Ouroboros. That iconic pattern represented the Infinite Dimensional Space.
He turned the leaf over, only to see golden characters rapidly begin to appear on the back of the leaf, like boiling gold water, leaving pitch-black writing.
[World Loading Complete: Secondary World D45 (World Distortion 78%)]
[Mission Type: Team Survival]
[World Difficulty: Medium ~ Purgatory] (Reincarnators are advised to carefully explore while ensuring their own survival)
[Hearthstone Charge: 1/30]
[Note: Based on the effect of the Proof of Sin and Karma, your appearance and identity information have been modified (Appearance and identity will be subjected to hidden 3D correction)]
[Note: You have been permanently granted Language Comprehension in this world]
[In this world, you can obtain and unlock the following milestones. Milestones will impact mission ratings and title acquisition]
[Dragon Hunter (Rare): Hunt down at least one secondary generation Dragon]
[Hybrid Killer: Kill over 100 Hybrids]
[Beast Kind (Rare): Beastification degree exceeds 50% and successfully return]
[Scion of the Old Gods (Incomparably Rare): Obtain over 3 portions of Old God Blood]
[Legendary Investigator (Incomparably Rare): Make contact with an Outer God and successfully return]
...
A large number of milestones appeared at once. The number of milestones that could be triggered in this world was beyond imagination, and their high levels similarly far exceeded the past.
Just the milestones at the Incomparably Rare level had over five appear.
And...
Kaito Shirogane looked at the distortion of this world, actually as high as 78%. That Secondary World B711 he experienced before should have only had a distortion of over thirty percent.
From this perspective, this world is indeed quite special, and... full of danger.
Kaito Shirogane looked at the descriptions of Old Gods and Outer Gods. Obviously, this world, different from those derivative worlds of Dragon Raja, is already no longer just the world of Dragon Kings.
"Ah!"
As if waiting for them to have just accepted the world information, and also because they entered using a Hearthstone and didn't trigger a main mission, a mournful scream came from below a cliff in the distance at this moment.
Hum~
The air twisted slightly. Artoria, who had originally used magical energy to hide her figure, revealed herself.
At this time, she was equivalent to Kaito Shirogane's creation and not considered an independent Reincarnator. Therefore, even though she wasn't added to the temporary team, she similarly entered this world along with Kaito Shirogane's teleportation.
She looked at the familiar yet strange scenery around her. Wildly growing weeds had already covered her knees. The surroundings were full of grasslands and hills. The so-called cliff was nothing more than a rock face less than a hundred meters high.
Exposing black rocks. Among the huge grassland below, a group of soldiers wearing tattered armor was constantly retreating.
And in front of them, there was only a single figure with its head lowered, swaying its body and walking towards the soldiers unhurriedly.
Behind the figure, over a dozen corpses were already lying scattered.
Seeing this scene, a flash of light in the Professor's hand, and a hand cannon appeared.
Kaito Shirogane had no intention of making a move. With his perception ability, he could easily detect that this group of soldiers below completely possessed no special power.
Probably completely at the level of ordinary farmers. The armor on their bodies and the weapons in their hands were all shoddily made.
Highly likely some miscellaneous soldiers used as cannon fodder on the battlefield. At this time, it would be more fitting to describe them as routed troops.
And the one pursuing them was a human radiating a peculiar aura, the muscular development of its four limbs far exceeding ordinary humans. That was strength capable of tearing apart a human body relying solely on bare hands.
"Should we make a move?"
The Professor asked subconsciously, but received no reply. He looked at Mercenary Tao, who merely maintained a noncommittal posture.
The Professor pursed her lips, about to act, but only saw a flash of black-red sword light light up.
Boom!
A huge trench directly tore through these hills. Terrifying magical energy directly slashed that mutated special human apart from the middle.
The four limbs and head scattered in all directions.
After the routed soldiers subconsciously screamed in fear, a while passed before they realized they were saved. They turned their heads and saw a female knight in black-red armor on the hillside.
"Thank you, Lord Knight!"
"We... are saved!"
The exclamations of this group of people hadn't lasted long before Artoria had already arrived in front of them.
"Tell me, time, location?"
Her voice was cold, raising the edge of her sword. A group of routed soldiers understood the meaning and spoke in a cacophony.
The Professor, however, frowned, as if detecting some special things, and said to Mercenary Tao:
"It is now 1435, and this place is probably... Artoria's homeland..."
A King of Britain, coming to her homeland nearly a thousand years later, it is normal to have some special reactions.
He looked up at the sky. There, in one place, the clouds twisted like a vortex. And on these hills and grasslands, there were traces of being ignited by fire everywhere.
At first, he only thought it was arson during the war, but looking at it now, it seemed to be signs of that Dragon King reviving.
Sizzle~
On Kaito Shirogane's body surface, blue-white electric light flickered slightly. Mantra had been fully deployed. Within the huge domain, there actually wasn't much human sound appearing.
Corpses were everywhere, death was everywhere. In a village in the distance, someone was piling up a large number of corpses and burning them.
In the next moment, the sound of horse hooves rang out. A group of knights wearing white cloaks rushed over from the distance. Seeing these people, the routed soldiers immediately relaxed their expressions.
"Great, it's the Healing Church!"
"Lord Laurence heard our prayers. Our war... is over!"
This group of people no longer paid attention to that black-armored female knight, ignoring the injuries on their bodies, and ran towards that group of knights.
As long as they had that kind of [Blood Potion], even if they contracted that damn plague on the battlefield, they could still survive. They only needed... to be pious enough themselves!
The Professor lowered his head and spoke to Kaito Shirogane:
"It's the people of the Healing Church. They are probably exactly another element twisting this world. How about it, should we make contact?"
Kaito Shirogane merely watched that group of knights distribute some kind of potion to this group of routed soldiers, and subsequently walk towards him and the others.
And that group of routed soldiers who took the potion also took some grayish-white cloth from the horses one after another and draped it over their shoulders. This meant they had already joined the Healing Church, were no longer soldiers, and had officially withdrawn from the war.
One of them suddenly clutched his head. He felt his brain become very dizzy, as if some kind of sound was constantly appearing in his brain.
His body also became lighter and lighter, his arm incomparably itchy. He felt vexed in his heart and suddenly grabbed fiercely.
Pfft!
Warm blood sprayed all over him.
Beneath his completely alienated arm, a headless corpse slowly fell.
"Ah! Duncan was not pious, he turned into a beast!"
Duncan shook his head, those sounds growing louder and softer.
I am not pious?
No, I was clearly the most pious. I even... dedicated my own sister to the Church!
The group of people around was still shouting. Duncan became even more irritable. He wanted to speak and refute, but instead let out a bizarre roar.
Roar!
Kaito Shirogane watched this scene, revealing a smile.
Blood Potion... To him, it actually counts as a pretty good thing.
"Go, Artoria, kill all these filthy people who trampled on your land~"
"Uh, leave that guy alive."
The one he pointed at was astonishingly the already mutated Duncan.
(End of Chapter)
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