93: I'm a Good Person, Trust Me!
"Uwah, are these monsters unkillable?" Xia Hongying dodged the attack of a mantis-like monster like a little rabbit.
Lu Siyu on the other side quickly released a wind blade that sliced off the mantis monster's head.
The decapitated monster immediately collapsed into a cloud of mist and merged into the surrounding environment.
But Lu Siyu and Xia Hongying didn't relax at all, because this scene had already happened several times. This mantis monster had been decapitated at least four times.
Every time it was the same—turning into mist and merging with the surroundings, then a few minutes later a new mantis monster would appear again.
It was as if these monsters were immortal.
"Communication equipment has completely failed. Not only can't we contact the Association, we can't even reach Blonde Youth." Lu Siyu listened to the busy tone coming through her earpiece, her expression very grave.
Blonde Youth had gotten separated from them when the monsters first appeared. To avoid the monsters' attacks, they had fled into two different alleys.
Unfortunately, the monsters seemed to prefer the two girls, chasing after Xia Hongying's side almost without hesitation.
"If we can get out alive this time, I'm definitely going to file a complaint against that commander." Xia Hongying covered her right eye and said through gritted teeth.
"Still can't see the future?"
"Can't see it. This time my eyes are truly blinded by the mist." Xia Hongying shook her head. Her superpower, which had almost never failed, had completely lost its effect in this mist.
The originally unclear river of fate was now completely shrouded in mist, preventing Xia Hongying from obtaining any information.
"How exactly did we get trapped in here?" Xia Hongying was very confused. She only remembered receiving orders from the Association to follow the direction the mysterious people had left.
Then they had entered this strange place.
"I don't know... Watch out, the monsters are coming again!" Lu Siyu stared at the reappearing monsters, feeling increasingly overwhelmed by helplessness.
Facing these monsters that revived again and again, she was getting quite irritated.
"No, not just one!" Xia Hongying's mouth twitched slightly. Lu Siyu could indeed easily handle one monster, but now four monsters had appeared behind them.
With just Lu Siyu alone, it would be difficult to easily scatter these monsters while protecting Xia Hongying.
"Tsk, Xia Xia, grab my hand." Lu Siyu also understood that direct confrontation wasn't a good choice. Now their retreat was blocked by monsters—the only way out was forward.
"Take it easy." Xia Hongying's complexion looked rather poor. She had experienced being pulled along by Lu Siyu before.
That experience was roughly equivalent to riding a roller coaster and a drop tower at the same time.
In short, extremely terrifying.
"Better than dying." Lu Siyu took out a rope and firmly tied her wrist to Xia Hongying's wrist. Then cyan wind swirled around her, and the next moment, the two girls disappeared from their original spot.
"Wahhh!!!"
The girl's screams echoed throughout Fog City.
"These monsters seem to be controlling the direction we're going." Shuttling through the alleys, Lu Siyu's thinking didn't stop.
Every time she passed an intersection, some monsters would suddenly appear to block certain routes, as if someone was deliberately guiding her toward some destination.
"There's no choice. We can't force our way through." Xia Hongying's voice was scattered by the airflow as soon as it left her mouth, but her meaning still reached Lu Siyu's ears.
This chase lasted nearly ten minutes. In those ten minutes, Lu Siyu didn't know how many alleys she had run through or how many monsters she had encountered.
After rushing out of the mist-shrouded alley, she saw an ancient street.
It was a scene that would only appear in movies, because such buildings had been destroyed in the flames of war many years ago.
"My god..."
"What the hell is that thing..."
Both girls exclaimed simultaneously.
What did they see? A flame giant dozens of meters tall. The giant wielded a great sword, shattering the monsters that surged toward it like a tide.
The monsters scattered into mist and reappeared after a few breaths. Only then did Lu Siyu understand that these monsters were far more troublesome than she had estimated.
"Magic, this is definitely magic!" Xia Hongying was certain this giant wasn't a product of superpowers.
Which meant there were demons trapped in the mist just like them.
"This magic is called 'Giant That Burns the World,' one of the highest-level fire magics." A clear, cute voice rang out behind the two girls. "You actually came in too. How surprising."
"Eh?!" Xia Hongying turned around in surprise. She was all too familiar with this voice.
"Good evening, Guild Leader." Leticia raised her left hand and waved at Xia Hongying. "Didn't expect to see you under these circumstances."
"You, what exactly is going on here?" Xia Hongying looked at the familiar white robe Leticia was wearing, and the thoughts that popped into her head nearly made her brain freeze.
Qianqian was a demon?!
And she was also the person who put her in the hospital last week?!
What the hell was going on?
"As you can see, I'm a demon, and this is my biological sister." Leticia pointed at Qila and said to the two girls. "As for this place, it's an artifact called 'Fog City.'"
"'Fog City' is an artifact with absolutely no destructive power. These monsters are created by the mastermind behind this." Qila took over, introducing the current situation to her sister's two friends. "It's very difficult to break through 'Fog City' with brute force, but we can go to the center of 'Fog City,' where there are facilities to temporarily shut down 'Fog City.'"
"And the center of 'Fog City' is at the end of this street—that clock tower whose general shape can be seen even in the mist."
"Wait wait wait, let me sort this out first." Xia Hongying quickly interrupted. So much information suddenly crammed into her brain was causing some overload. "Let's not talk about you being a demon for now. You're a bad person, right?"
"No, I've always been a law-abiding citizen." Leticia indicated she had never done anything illegal.
"You put me in the hospital just last week!"
"I was just helping out. You'll have to ask the old folks in your Association for the specific reasons." Leticia indicated she hadn't attacked randomly—she had gotten permission before hitting people.
"Hah?"
"Sigh, to put it simply, I'm actually your instructor, here to give you special training. As for that book, it was purely accidental." Leticia explained.