Yarra’s Adventure Notes
Chapter 766 - 31 The Present Knight and the Past Knight_1

Chapter 766: Chapter 31 The Present Knight and the Past Knight_1

The large Falcon Shield was raised in front of her, and her sharp one-handed sword hidden behind her. After attaining the Legendary Rank, all of Catherine’s skills experienced a considerable leap. The distance for Charge of Fearlessness had also increased from over thirty meters to almost eighty. The chainmail clad knight was like a high-speed war chariot; she activated right outside the range of the Marsh Stalker’s tentacles. In the blink of an eye, she appeared right in front of one of the stalkers, almost pressing against its body. The Falcon Shield forcefully swatted away a tentacle, her Legendary Rank Aggression bursting forth, her right hand carrying the one-handed sword shimmering with faint purple light as it was infused with her body’s energy, and it fiercely stabbed into the polyp at the base of the tentacle. The next moment, the stalker’s recoil transmitted into Catherine’s body through the shield, and using this momentum, she rapidly retreated, the rescuing charge activated, and in an instant, returned to the girls by her side.

Just as Catherine was less than five meters away from leaving the stalker, the polyp that was stabbed by her sword suddenly contracted inward, then abruptly swelled and burst open. A pocket of crimson mist rapidly spread around the site of the explosion, but no matter how fast it was, it could not keep up with the charging knight. Despite having one polyp damaged, for a Marsh Stalker who had hundreds of such protuberances, it was not a matter of significant concern. The stalker merely felt the provocation of a prey as a small as a bug. It angrily waved its tentacles towards the direction where Catherine had retreated, yet remained helpless.

By now, it was clear to everyone, without Pannis’s explanation, what the most lethal weakness of the Marsh Stalkers was. Deprived of their familiar swampy habitat and the silt they relied on for survival, these three Demigod Rank magical beasts struggled to move even an inch on this desert. Their primary advantage was their ability to freely burrow through the marsh. Even if seriously wounded, as long as they could hide back in the swamp, it wouldn’t take long before they were back at their peak. But here, in the projected Alternate Space they stood on, there was no swamp, just an endless desert and piled-up mountains of white bones. They found it impossible to move around as they used to, and given their physical structures, they couldn’t resort to other means of transportation either. Hence, they could only fruitlessly roll around in the sand, venting their fury on the white bones around them.

Although everything so far seems to have proceeded smoothly, and the battle seems surprisingly simple, the girls do not let their guard down. None of them believe that a Demigod Rank demon beast would be so weak, especially the troublesome Marsh Stalkers from the southern swamps. If it were genuinely this simple, the stalkers wouldn’t be causing so much trouble for the lizardmen. But, keeping cautious at heart, Catherine inhales deeply and says to Pannis, "You can start now. We’ll try to hold them off over here. Go and come back quickly, don’t forget that one of them is also yours. If we deal with it before you return, we’re going to charge you."

Be careful they can move." It seems everyone is still alert without being complacent. Pannis takes a deep breath, nods seriously, and finally gives a reminder. Squinting towards the furthest, hence the weakest stalker, he smirks coldly, and murmurs to himself in a voice only he can hear, "We are to fight side by side again, my love. Let’s go and don’t keep your followers waiting."

Obviously, no one can hear his whisper. Nellie’s phantom, too, fights according to his heart’s bidding and does not require verbal command. But Pannis still likes to murmur before a battle; it makes him feel that Nellie is still with him, and she has never left.

Next moment, Pannis and Nellie’s phantoms rushed out simultaneously. Their demi-god level power allowed their speed to achieve the human limit, even outpacing Catherine’s Charge of Fearlessness. One in front and one behind, Nellie’s phantom at the front, tearing through the air obstructing them. Pannis followed closely, as if buoyed by the rush of air Nellie’s phantom charge created, floating behind Nellie as if drawn along by her.

The silver full-body armor emitted a cold light under the moonlight, the sharp tip of the black knight’s lance flickering chillingly. In the girls’ eyes, it appeared as if the two figures before them had crossed the boundaries of time, dashed out from the legends of a hundred years ago, vividly appearing before them, replaying those once heroic battles. For a moment, the girls almost couldn’t distinguish between past and present, staring in a daze.

The knight’s charge was as swift as lightning, ignoring the effects of the terrain, directly charging at the body of the Lurker. In Pannis’ perception, the Lurker’s tentacles seemed to move slowly as if in slow motion, slowly retracting to try to block Nellie’s phantom charge. However, behind the phantom was Pannis, this kind of coordination was something they had used countless times a hundred years ago, and Pannis didn’t find it unusual. Without the slightest hesitation, his one-handed sword swung continuously, seven Aggression Slashes, each almost ten meters long, flew out around him without slowing his speed. Tentacles attempting to block the path were severed and flung aside by the power of the Aggression Slash. In the Demigod’s Inherent Psychic Domain, the owner’s power is almost doubled, so at this time, Pannis was only a step away from his peak strength. His full-powered Aggression Slash severed all obstructing tentacles, causing the Marsh Stalker’s defenses to melt away like snow under the sun.

Nellie’s phantom’s impact was unstoppable, and nothing else tried to stop it. The four-meter-long lance in the knight’s hand, facilitated by the force of the charge, pierced through the main body of the Marsh Stalker as easily as ripping a piece of paper. As the energy of the aggression exploded within the body of the Stalker, Nellie’s phantom slightly pivoted, the Demigod Rank Aggression Shield clung to the inner and outer part of her steel shoulder armor, heavily colliding with the huge body of the Stalker.

Although the body of a Marsh Stalker was shorter than its tentacles, compared to a human, it was gigantic. Even the smallest and weakest lurkers were over ten meters long, with a diameter of five meters. Up close, it was comparable to a wall of flesh. Yet under the collision, what gave way was not the man, but the wall. An intense impact making the massive body of the Stalker fly up, even moving more than ten meters, before crashing back to the ground. It rolled backward countless times before barely stopping itself with its tentacles.

However, as soon as it stopped, the next impact arrived. The one bringing the impact this time was not Nellie’s phantom, but Pannis, who had originally been following behind Nellie. Just as Nellie had to stop due to the reactionary force from the impact, Pannis silently passed Nellie, chasing the lurker’s flying body all the way. As soon as it stopped, Pannis’ one-handed sword was already inserted into the area of the lurker’s body near the ground. Pannis didn’t use much force, but his action of hooking the lower half of the lurker with clever skill was enough. The pitiful lurker wasn’t able to comprehend what had happened and had to fly up in the air again, rolling helplessly. However, this time it wasn’t so lucky to land, while still airborne, the second charge from Nellie’s phantom arrived. It was sent flying even further this time. By the time it landed, it was already more than two hundred meters away from its two species, disappearing behind a protruding Bone Mountain. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets on qidian.com. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)