Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 683 - 341: The Girl Flandre_2
[The head of the guards has gathered nearly one hundred guards.]
[However, the head guard didn’t fully execute your command and kept a dozen on guard at the castle, who remained unmoved regardless of your orders.]
[You know this is the maximum number of guards you can mobilize.]
[The head of the guards, following you out of the castle, calls forth a massive ’Military Mole Cricket’.]
[This mole cricket is several times larger than the one you previously rode, ’the delivery mole cricket’. It digs faster and can accommodate a hundred people in its belly at a time.]
[...]
[You and many guards rode the ’Military Mole Cricket’ to the ’Square below the castle’...]
[The square is deserted without a soul in sight.]
[You pull out the ’Firefly Stone’ given to you by Jinmu and hold it high...]
[Soon, a vague silhouette of a human appears in the distance. It uncloaks to reveal the slender figure of ’Missionary Jinmu’, dressed as a maid.]
[You point at Jinmu and loudly order the many guards behind you to capture the assassin who dared to infiltrate the castle alive! Remember, capture alive!]
[Whoever catches the assassin first gets to employ the ’rigorous torture’ first, and the master will undoubtedly reward generously!]
[Jinmu looks at you dumbfounded, his gaze somewhat complicated.]
[At the command of the head of the guards, the guards swarm menacingly towards Jinmu ...]
[The head of the guards looks at Jinmu, who is now trapped, and after giving him a once over, turns to you saying, "Please wait here, steward. After we capture the assassin alive, we will surely coerce the information you wish to know out of him."]
[Finished speaking, he chuckles and strides forward...]
[You’re inhabiting the body of ’the Fire Worshiping Ninja Master’!]
[You swiftly draw your sword, chopping off the head of the head guard in one swift strike, with blood splattering everywhere.]
[You’ve defeated the ’Feathered Castle Head Guard’, your experience points increased slightly.]
[You obtained ’Enlightening Piece of Spirit’ *1]
[You obtained ’Military Mole Cricket’s Calling Flute’ (Special Item)!]
[Surrounded by many guards, Jinmu, with slender figure dodges elegantly, her stinger sword swaying back and forth, leaving one corpse after another.]
[You notice a guard on the outer layer of the encirclement, holding a short needle gun, twisting his body to muster strength, eyes firmly staring at Jinmu...]
[Just as you were about to step forward and assist Jinmu...]
[Suddenly, Jinmu within the encirclement flaps her membrane wings, her stinger sword shoots out accurately and viciously, killing the guard who was about to throw the short needle gun.]
[Jinmu beckons and the stinger sword comes back to her hands.]
[You look closely and see a thin line as dark as an inky black thread connected to the hilt of the stinger sword, Jinmu yanks the line, the weapon returns to her control just like a guided sword...]
[A few guards, noticing things aren’t looking good, tried to run away, but were unable to evade attacks from behind.]
[Soon, with your combined efforts with Jinmu, the many guards on the battlefield were turned into a splay of corpses...]
[Jinmu shakes the blood off her stinger sword asking you why did you summon so many guards, won’t, ’Nightmare Yuri’ do something about it?]
[You explain your reasons to Jinmu...]
The mission to capture the maid assassin had failed, and many guards unfortunately fell in this battle.
Lin Xun, estimating that Nightmare Yuri was about to complete the ritual, left helper Jinmu behind and headed for the castle.
The Military Mole Cricket travels at an extreme speed but consumes far more than the ’delivery mole cricket’. It requires feeding five ’Milk Mushrooms’ every ride, or it costs fifty thousand spirit points.
This creature doesn’t really count as a mount but more like a temporary means of transportation, it can only be used in this Chapter, unlike his real mount, the ’Three-Headed Lion’.
Therefore, every ride requires a fare. The exploitative behaviour of wanting the horse to run without feeding it has temporarily failed.
"This sort of delivery mole cricket is obviously a standard creature that’s been conditioned, I might get a chance to get one in the future, that way I can save on the fare..."
Upon reaching the castle, Lin Xun continued to enter the dungeon using the body of the steward.
The dungeon was completely empty, neither ’Nightmare Yuri’ nor ’Extreme Evil Mutant Maggot Man’ was there.
He left the dungeon, and was reminded by the maid in the first-floor hall that the master was waiting for him on the third floor and looked furious...
[...]
[You rush into the third floor living room, limping and clutching your bloody wounds.]
[’Nightmare Yuri’ stands there with his arms crossed, glaring unfavourably at you...]
[Before he can speak, you yell out that there is an assassin planning to strike during the master’s sac...rificial ceremony!]
[The person is surely a spy placed by ’Flandre’, you saw through the assassin’s ploy at a glance, and mobilized many guards to capture the assassin...]
[Now the assassin is surrounded by numerous guards in the ’Square under the Castle’, but the assassin is so powerful, the guards can’t delay him for long. The master himself must go to the ’Square under the Castle’ with you to personally capture the assassin!]
[Otherwise, if the master’s recourse to court favor from the wet nurse behind Flandre’s back is exposed, I fear...]
[You assumed that ’Nightmare Yuri’ would be shocked and immediately follow you out of the castle to the ’Square under the castle’.]
[Unexpectedly, ’Nightmare Yuri’ still stands where he is, arms crossed, looking at you coldly, with a scornful look in his eyes.]
"Damn, this BOSS is not as gullible as those minions."
According to the information Jinmu had stolen, after Nightmare Yuri moved into the castle, he could call upon the power ’Belatu’ had left behind. It is not realistic to want to kill the BOSS in the castle area.
