"Erica, be careful down here!"

I hugged the unconscious Liz and quickly hid behind Klande who was setting up a shield, and loudly warned Erica, who was bombarding humanoid monsters, to pay attention to the large monster buried under her feet, because I noticed that monster.

The tentacles are slowly squirming.

"Hannah, how is she?"

"This...what are these things?"

Hannah worriedly pointed at the tentacles that were still squirming slightly on Liz's face and didn't dare to get close, but I couldn't answer this answer because I didn't know what these things were.

I felt some subtle spiritual energy residue from these tentacles, which is a concept similar to magic but completely different. The only thing I can think of at the moment is that the big monster just invaded Liz's brain and was not doing damage.

, it is also possible that he intends to connect to Liz’s brain, perhaps to control it, or perhaps to...steal memories?

I tried to use detection magic to see through Liz's brain structure, and found that the tiny tentacle threads in her brain were almost all over every area of ​​her brain, with varying degrees of penetration, almost all of them connecting Liz.

This is my brain. This is the first time I have encountered this situation. Even the superficial medical knowledge in my previous life is enough for me to understand how bad the current situation is, but even so, I am not willing to give up on Liz.

"Her current coma should be due to a brain problem. You first try to use "White Light" to heal some of the damage to her body..." Even though I said this, it was a completely unconfirmed speculation, but at least I had to

Give it a try.

Hannah immediately followed my instructions and used the basic magic "White Light" for wound healing to heal Liz's physical wounds. Soon after the magic was finished, I noticed Liz's palm twitching.

"Liz? Liz?!"

My shouting was in vain, Liz was still in an unconscious coma, and I suddenly felt a hint of despair.

"Ms. Agil, her heartbeat is normal and her consciousness has not completely disappeared. Do you want to try some mental auxiliary magic to enhance her consciousness?"

"May I?"

"I can't guarantee..."

Hannah's worries made me helpless, because I couldn't find a reason to refute it, but I didn't dare to completely agree. After all, in my opinion, these tiny tentacles have almost become a part of Liz's brain. If Liz's mental consciousness can be enhanced,

Maybe these tentacles will become active. This completely unknown consequence makes my despair increase again.

At this moment, the big monster outside has completely emerged from the ruins, and Erica is also suppressing it with fierce firepower. The sound of her machine gun fire has not stopped since just now, and I also noticed the nearby monster.

The humanoid monsters also began to try to break free from the ruins and began to besiege Erica. Although she still had the advantage, in the face of this increasingly fierce battle situation, Erica simply could not hold on alone for too long, that is,

He said there was not much time left for me to make a decision.

"Try...let's try." I gritted my teeth and made a difficult decision.

Hannah did not hesitate and cast "Spiritual Strengthening" directly on the back of Liz's head where there were fewer tentacles. But in the final analysis, the original function of this magic was to resist the gain effect of illusion magic, but at the same time

It is also a special emergency method used to wake up the unconscious wounded. In essence, it is not considered a magic spell, and

If it fails, there is a certain chance that the injured will suffer permanent mental damage, and in severe cases, they may not be able to wake up for the rest of their lives. So now Hannah is also very careful in building magic structures, and the magic structures she builds are also very careful.

The tiny output is also very low, but this cautious magic doesn't make me feel much at ease.

At this moment, the battle situation outside suddenly changed. I heard the big monster let out an extremely sharp cry. This harsh sound almost tore the eardrums of all of us, but fortunately I used it quickly.

The soundproofing magic blocked most of the sound from spreading here. Unfortunately, because the magic I used in desperation did not calculate the range of use, Erica, who was far away, was not protected.

I anxiously looked up at her position, and only saw Erica. She was still standing there firmly, holding a gun and shooting at the roaring monster, but it was a pity that the humanoid monsters were blocking the big monster.

The front blocked the explosive attack of the bullet, and the one beside

A certain humanoid monster rushed directly to attack her. Although Erica dodged the attack keenly, the moment of neutrality put her at the disadvantage of being surrounded by other monsters, and that is when Erica dodged.

In an instant, I clearly saw tiny traces of blood on her auricles.

Faced with this situation, I hurriedly got up and went to replace her and let her come back for treatment. But just when I was about to get up, Liz suddenly grabbed my arm.

"Liz?!"

"A...Jil..."

"That's great...you..."

Before I could speak, Liz suddenly pulled my arm hard again. I guessed that she wanted to say something, so I squatted down and got in front of her again. I didn't plan to get too close, because just like

As I expected, although Liz's consciousness returned, the tentacles on her face also became extremely active.

"Stop...stop...Toller...the Viscount's treasury...the statue...is a sacred object...must be destroyed..."

Liz mumbled a few words and then fell into coma again. These trivial words allowed me to keenly capture some key points. Although I didn't know who Toller she was talking about, she was

It talks about destroying something.

"How is she?"

"It's not stable. Her state of consciousness is very poor. She may have..."

"No!"

"Ms. Argyle, I suggest taking her away from here now..."

I laid Liz flat on the ground and let Hannah take care of me. Then I stood up and unleashed two "Fire Arrows" on several nearby monsters to pin them to the ground.

"I know...but...where is the 'Viscount's vault' she just mentioned? Is there a Viscount in Lavender City?"

"The current owner of Lavender City is a viscount, Viscount Larry Greville. He was assigned here two years ago...but..."

"That's him."

My affirmation is not unfounded. At least in my opinion, it is unlikely that Liz would mention a distant and unfamiliar noble at this time, and based on her few words, it can be inferred that there is a person in the viscount's treasury.

The statue is called a "holy object", but this thing must be destroyed. Based on the current situation, it can be seen that this so-called "holy object" must be related to the cult, and perhaps also has some involvement with the local nobles.

"Take care of her!" I said these words and rushed forward to fight with Erica.

The current battle situation is not optimistic, because since the big monster roared, some new humanoid monsters have emerged from the nearby passage. It can be seen that the roar just now was calling them. Since the four of us are relatively scattered,

So I didn't dare to use full-range attack magic, and I could only rely on some fire or thunder magic to kill these monsters. The situation on Erica's side was not very good either, because I noticed that the barrel of the machine gun in her hand started to

It's smoking. At least for now, she needs to switch weapons.

"Erica! You go back and treat your ears first!"

"Ah? What's wrong with my ears?" Erica said as she stopped attacking and reached out to touch her ears. Then she found some blood on her fingers and cursed a few times.

"Get out of here!"

"It's okay, it's just a minor injury."

After speaking, Erica took out a grenade from her waist, pulled out the safety, and threw it towards the entrance where a humanoid monster was nearby. With a strong explosion and roar, the entrance appeared.

It collapsed slightly. Although it could not completely block the passage, it at least prevented the monsters from supporting it and relieved some pressure.

I also took advantage of the gap between the explosion and took Erica back to the vicinity of Kland. He was also attacked by several monsters when he was guarding Hannah and Liz in place, but this guy only relied on his hands.

The battle ax and shield, as well as some of Hannah's magic support, killed one humanoid monster, and Erica and I eliminated the remaining ones.

"Liz...how is she?" Erica asked worriedly, looking at the squirming tentacles on Liz's face.

"It's not good... We don't seem to have any solutions to these things."

"Really... don't worry, if it doesn't work, you can take her back. I'll ask Severna to see if she can do anything... eh?"

Just when Erica was close to Liz, we suddenly found that those active tentacles suddenly became limp. At first, I thought it was because the effectiveness of the magic had ended, which caused this situation, but when Erica left Liz again

When I went to kill a charging monster nearby, those tentacles actually started moving again.

"Erica! Come here!"

"What's going on?"

"You just..." I took advantage of the opportunity to pull Erica back, and when she stood next to Liz again, those tentacles stopped moving again.

None of us knew what was going on, but just when we were all surprised by this situation, we suddenly found that the monsters around us stopped attacking and began to move closer to the big monster. And right there

At this time, the big monster not far away actually spoke.

"Who are you!"

The sharp voice of the monster made people very uncomfortable, especially Erica, whose ears were still injured. When she heard this voice, she subconsciously covered her ears. I also took the opportunity to ask Hannah to treat her, and then

We stood up and stood in front, but due to the smoke and dust generated by the battle just now flying in the sky and the dim light nearby, we could not clearly see the specific appearance of the big monster.

"What are you?"

"Hehehe, mortal, you actually asked me 'what'? Hehehehe..." The big monster became inexplicably arrogant, and slowly walked out of the smoke under the cover of other monsters.

When we saw the true face of the monster clearly, we were really frightened by its astonishing appearance. Even Erica, who was receiving treatment at the back, hurriedly picked up a machine gun and wanted to rush in front of me to protect me. Although I

Hannah stopped her and dragged her back to continue the treatment.

When I looked at the monster again, I found that this guy was looking at us with a horrified look on his face, and all its tentacles were shaking abnormally. This strange feeling made me subconsciously start to quietly prepare a magic counterattack.

"You... you..."

The big monster's tentacles suddenly raised up and made a gesture of attacking, but unfortunately, I was surprised to feel that it didn't dare to act rashly at all. Because a special intuition made me think that this monster was actually afraid of us, although

Can't tell why.

"You...Diana...the Chosen One..."

"Oh? So I'm so famous? I can actually be known by an ugly monster like you hiding underground." Although I answered like this, there were more and more questions in my heart, but I couldn't show my weakness, so
To be continued...