509: Chapter 73: The Blood of the Innocent_1 509: Chapter 73: The Blood of the Innocent_1 PS: The previous chapter number was incorrect and it’s cumberso to change it, so let’s leave it as is, as readers should still be able to understand the context.
“Sis, watch out!” Lina suddenly yelled with urgency.
“Move back, from above!”
Without giving it a second thought, Catherine gracefully leapt back a few steps, just as a shadow descended from the sky and landed heavily where she had been standing.
The shadow was a giant almost three ters in height, with a muscular physique and oily, shimring black skin that reflected a silver glow under the moonlight.
The giant had a humanoid form, but no one would mistake him for an ordinary human, for he had a turtle shell on his back that was so large it almost completely covered his body.
Judging by the thickness along the edge of this shell, it was obviously extrely hard and provided considerable defense.
In the sea race, only the rfolk could perfectly transform into a human form, other species retained certain racial characteristics to a greater or lesser extent.
Of course, if the transford individual wished, they could further hide these characteristics, but not many would choose to do so.
These were usually the most powerful body parts of their species and hiding them would risk losing their ability to adapt promptly.
To manifest them again in human form would take a considerable amount of ti, and they would likely miss valuable opportunities in combat.
Clearly, the turtle clan mber before them was no exception, their greatest strength lying in their hard shell, which provided trendous defense.
In deep-sea battles, a few legendary rank mbers of the turtle clan could sotis even cause headaches for demigods.
The turtle clan mber leapt down from above, only to have Catherine cleverly evade him.
His hard-shell belly pumled into the rocky surface, sending sparks flying and making a loud crash.
This impact, which would have been painful for any observer to watch, seed to have no effect on him.
Without the slightest pause in his movents, he landed on the ground in a four-legged stance, hiding his head under the protruding part at the back of his shell.
He moved swiftly across the ground, much like a war chariot launching an assault on the girls.
The girls moved sideways in unison, just managing to avoid the attack.
But imdiately afterward, several compressed water bullets soared up from beneath them.
The timing of the water bullets was perfect; the girls had just evaded the attack and were preparing to sprint forward, only to be confronted with the water bullets.
Though Catherine managed to block most of them with her shield, a few still hit the shields of Lina and Freya, forcing them to stop their advance.
As soon as the girls stopped, the turtle clan mber was back on them, sticking to the ground but spinning rapidly this ti around.
Any object making contact with him would likely be sent flying due to the powerful centrifugal force.
Left with no other choice, the girls dodged again, missing their chance to make a break for it in the process.
Several sea race mbers of an unknown species blocked their path ahead, holding up their shells.
“Elent, triple explosive fla spell.” Vivian, resting on Catherine’s back, raised her hand at the right mont and launched a three-fold compressed explosive fireball.
The fireball flew over thirty ters and exploded upon hitting the lined-up shells.
However, the shockwave that had worked so well before failed this ti.
After the fires faded away, the shells were left charred but the sea race mbers were not sent flying.
Though they retreated a few steps back, they maintained their positions and started moving forward again, slow but steady.
“This is getting troubleso, Vivian, switch with .” Freya gritted her teeth in exasperation.
“Handle the one nearby.
I’ll deal with the ones farther away.
We can’t hold back anymore.
We need to push through as fast as we can.”
“Alright.” Without the need for much discussion about the tactical approach, the girls coordinated their attacks based on their understanding of each other’s capabilities.
Vivian acknowledged and lightly touched Catherine’s shoulder.
Seemingly without thinking, Catherine moved sideways with Vivian on her back, positioning herself towards the turtle-clan mber and away from the foot of the mountain.
At the sa ti, Lina moved to stand parallel to Catherine, two ters apart.
Between Freya, who was leaning against the rocks, and the other three with their backs in the open, the turtle clan mber unsurprisingly chose the latter.
Whether judging by numbers or position, the trouble caused by charging at three people would certainly be greater than charging at one.
The controlled sea race mbers had only such simple judgent capabilities.
Of course, the three weren’t standing at the edge of the rock, and there were seven or eight ters between them and the edge, so even if charged at, there was no danger of the turtle mber falling off, hence why the turtle clan decided to charge.
The spinning attack erged once more, causing an illusion of a tornado on the rock where the girls were standing.
The spinning turtle shell charged at the girls, producing a grating sound.
“Hmph.” Although Vivian was lying on Catherine’s back, the magic staff in her hand could still touch the ground.
She snorted coldly, and stabbed her magic staff into the ground.
Catherine quickly shifted Vivian from her back to her arms and started rolling in a diagonal direction.
At the sa ti, Lina also started to roll to the other side, allowing the Turtle Clan rfolk to rush between them.
While rolling, she casually tossed out a bottle in Vivian’s unique style.
Hence, the Turtle Clan rfolk encountered the greatest trouble of the day.
Just as he rushed past the original position of the trio and aid to adjust his rotating collision course as before, he found that the ground had once again been covered by a thin layer of ice.
To make matters worse, a layer of water was added on top, making the mirror-like ice surface even slipperier.
The thod he initially used to control speed and direction did not work on the icy surface, so his body uncontrollably slid towards the rocky edge.
Desperate, the Turtle Clan rfolk struggled with both hands and feet, trying to lift his shell off the ice, but the water on the ice nullified his efforts, slipping repeatedly.
However, the Turtle Clan rfolk’s struggles were not in vain.
Judging by his current slowing speed, he would be able to stop just over a ter away from the rocky edge.
But then, the bottle thrown by Lina arrived.
The bottle smashed onto the ground without a second’s delay, caused a violent explosion.
The strong shock from the explosion unexpectedly increased his already slowing speed as if soone had given him a hard kick from behind.
Like a spinning disc, he scread and flew off the rock into the boundless night.
“Boom, boom, boom.” At the mont of the bottle explosion, Freya’s crystal energy gun also fired, echoing three gunshots across the island.
Hearing the gunshots, the frontline rfolk instinctively tightened their grip on their shells.
But the expected impact did not co, as Freya’s crystal energy gun was not aid at them.
Freya was shooting at the slope above the enemies, and three explosive energy bullets precisely hit three small rocks on the slope thirty ters away.
Under the high explosive energy bullet attack of the Legendary Rank gunner, the rocks shattered without a doubt.
Theoretically, such shrapnel could not cause any effective injury, but the other three girls all frowned.
Lina even closed her eyes and turned her head away.
After the three small rocks shattered, a giant rock about forty ters long suddenly lost its support.
This already unstable rock, due to weathering, slowly left its original position under the pressure of its own weight and started rolling down the slope.
Tens or even hundreds of tons of rocks rolling down is not sothing human strength can withstand.
Perhaps so of the rfolk in their aquatic forms could withstand the attack of the rock, but their minds were being controlled and they did not know to transform into aquatic forms.
Ti also did not permit them to transform.
All the controlled rfolk within the area could only watch helplessly as the giant rock kept bouncing down the slope, and all the rfolk encountered along the way were devastated.
The weaker ones were directly smashed into a blur of blood and flesh, while the stronger ones were seriously injured by the impact and were entrapped by the giant rock, rolling all the way down the slope.
The falling of the giant rock triggered a mini landslide, but the position where the girls were standing was protected by the divine power of the Earth Goddess, unaffected by it.
“God loves all.” Lina made a square symbol on her chest that represented the earth and prayed softly, “Under the watchful eyes of the rciful God, all living things can receive rcy, and all the dead will eventually be forgiven.
In the na of my Lord Denia, let all the lost souls return to their eternal resting place.”
“Let’s go.” Catherine stared at the blood and flesh corridor tens of ters wide for a few seconds, sighed imperceptibly, hoisted Vivian on her back again, waved her hand and said while taking a step, “Don’t waste ti, keep charging.”
“You don’t have to feel sad.
Our mission, if completed, will save the majority of the controlled rfolk, so it’s worth it for a small portion of the rfolk to sacrifice.” Freya said softly, following behind Catherine, “There is no gain without sacrifice.”
“That’s the way of thinking of those in power, isn’t it?
I almost forgot, you are the daughter of the city lord after all.” Catherine smiled bitterly, “But, these sacrifices, they were all innocent.”
“Yes, this is the mindset of those in power, a remnant left by my father.
I don’t think this kind of thinking is wrong, that’s why I chose this tactic.” Freya also shook her head with a bitter smile, “But you don’t have to worry, Catherine.
It was my choice to do this.
Your hands are not stained with the blood of these innocents, you don’t need to carry the burden.
I don’t consider it a burden, and that’s why I chose this path.”
Catherine paused, turned around and stared into Freya’s eyes, quickly reaching out to grab Freya’s hand.
At the sa ti, Lina and Vivian also reached out, and the four hands piled up together.
“See, now our hands are all stained as well.” After stacking their hands for a mont, Catherine turned around and walked off, speaking over her shoulder to Freya, “We’re all in this together, innocent blood and all.
If this choice is a sin, if we have to bear the grudge of the innocents, then let’s bear it together.” (To be continued.
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