our family is gone

"The owner of this necklace, due to his love for Miller, has retained a little consciousness in his soul and has not fallen. It is guiding us."

Lance passed it to others to look at, saying something that others didn't understand. Finally, he passed it back to him and added, "This is a piece of equipment filled with love, but now it's just an obsession."

The others were a little confused, and they didn't know who Miller was, but they still had some ability to make inferences.

"So this is a strange area formed because of Miller's obsession?"

"Perhaps finding this Miller can help solve the problem here."

"But where is this Miller?"

Everyone started thinking, while Lance searched the place briefly to make sure nothing was missed, then immediately picked up his sword and walked outside.

"You'll find out after you fight."

Everyone followed him out without a doubt. Sure enough, the scene outside changed again. They were not thrown into a chaotic space. Although they were still on the farm, they were one step closer to the mill in the center and were even right in front of them.

Finally, I could see clearly that the mill seemed to have been pierced by something, and a large area of ​​the upper part was reduced to ruins. The windmill was also torn to pieces, and the wreckage was flying everywhere.

Looking inside from the damaged areas, a large number of thick crystal clusters grew among the collapsed buildings, casting a strong and weird color on the entire dilapidated mill.

Under the power of the crystal, a large number of bricks, beams and even broken parts of windmill blades were suspended in the air, as if the moment when the comet hit the mill was preserved.

Originally they should have been some distance away from the mill, but after walking out of that place they appeared directly here. The difference was too great.

However, the bigger surprise was yet to come. The rubble outside the mill was suddenly pulled and soon pieced together into a very exaggerated monster.

This guy is over two meters tall, wearing a broken tall hat, with white hair and a long beard. His body is petrified like a shrunken monster, with many signs of damage. The flesh and blood have disappeared, leaving only petrified bones.

In its hand was a large sickle for harvesting grain. Although it had been broken long ago, it was now glued together again by the power of the crystal. Its body emitted a more condensed fluorescence, and the light shining through its empty eye sockets seemed as if it was really staring at the enemy in front of it.

If one judges his strength by the power emitted by the crystal, then this guy is more terrifying than all the monsters encountered before.

"Is it Miller?"

"It has the same necklace around its neck!"

Their emotions were not panicked by the appearance of the monster, but rather excited, because everyone had just seen the photo of the necklace and instantly recognized the origin of the tall figure holding the scythe.

Perhaps ending its obsession is the key to solving the weirdness here.

Unlike the silent Mildred in the barn, the miller appeared full of hostility. He raised his hand and a brilliant light emerged from him.

Master calling!

Under the power of the crystal, an ordinary farm worker soon appeared in front of the miller as obediently as if he had been called in his lifetime.

As soon as this farm worker appeared, he raised his hand and scattered tiny crystal fragments in the direction of the crowd.

sowing!

And now the one leading the group is Lance. He directly raised a large shield in front of him to block the strange aura. He took a look at the tiny crystals growing on the shield and realized that these "seeds" would "sprout" if they fell on flesh and blood.

“waaagh!!!”

With a roar, Boudica rushed up from the other side impatiently, pointing her spear at the miller.

However, the miller waved his hand again, summoning the second farm worker in front of him, who came out and swung a hoe at the attacking Boudica.

Work tirelessly!

Faced with this sudden move, Boudica did not dodge, but hurriedly swung the axe and hoe, causing them to collide with each other, making a sound of metal clashing.

Alhazred used the [Hand of the Abyss] to try to control the miller, but its power was so bright that it could easily eliminate the shadows.

The flying knife thrown by Amanda was also blocked by it by casually swinging its sickle. Its reaction speed was completely different from the stiffness of other shrunken monsters. It was extremely fast and its power was also very strong.

Maybe the continuous attacks made it feel a sense of crisis. After blocking the flying knife, it opened its mouth and blew towards the first farm worker it summoned in front of it.

A breath of winter!

The tiny crystal fragments that spewed out of the miller's mouth fell on the farm worker like snow, and crystals began to grow on his body the next second.

From the chest to the eye sockets, even the brain was stretched out, and he could not even stand steadily. He was supported entirely by the growth of crystals. The farm worker who could have been still moved just stood there like a corpse frozen by the wind and snow.

"What is it doing?"

This scene was difficult for everyone to understand, but the attack did not stop. Lance retracted his shield and raised his sword. His speed was no slower than the miller, but his target was the worker who seemed to be frozen in ice.

The crystal distortion was too strange and no one knew what it was, so destroying it first was the best option.

However, he didn't expect that the moment he got close, it was as if he had touched a trap. The Frozen Worker moved without any warning. The rapidly growing crystals rubbed and collided with each other, and the mixed sound of the shell stretching out sounded like crying.

Hollow wailing!
The crystal that had been sticking out from the eye socket actually completely broke through the skull at this moment. Not only crystal clusters emerged from the cracked head, but also mucus-like fluorescent fluid spurted out.

Seeing that it was about to fall on him, Lance used his left hand and a large shield appeared out of thin air to protect himself and block most of the mucus.

Although I don't know what the effect will be, you have to know that Lance has a mild mysophobia. If that thing falls on him, it will drive him crazy.

Fortunately, Lance was prepared for its explosion at any time, otherwise he would have been hit.

He flashed closer and swung his sword down. The crystal that the sword blade touched quickly shattered, and in the blink of an eye it was like shattered glass on the ground, directly cutting the frozen worker in half.

Lance didn't even stop, and he stabbed the miller with his sword. Unexpectedly, the miller reacted quickly and swung his sickle to block the blow. The broken sickle was condensed by the power of the crystal, and it was not at all inferior to the demon sword. On the contrary, it revealed a solid collision sound.

But the gap between the owners of the weapons has already been revealed. How can a miller who grows crops compare to a war lord who has experienced many battles?

The miller was fast, but Lance was faster than him. He knocked the sickle's blade away and swung his sword. Although he couldn't use any skills after absorbing the Deep Diver's thin blood, the blood-stained scarlet blade had a unique charm. It was craving for more blood!

It's just a pity that it has been having a hard time since it followed Lance. It can be said that it has never eaten anything good. It's either the Deep Diver or the Crystal. One doesn't have much blood, and the other is more abstract. It's good enough that it didn't get a stomachache.

Therefore, the collision of the sword was unable to tear the miller's body apart, but only broke a small piece. However, the next second it gathered again under the power of the crystal, and its only effect was the incidental force that pushed it back a few steps.

But only Lance could feel from the feel just now that the sword blade just approached and he could feel a resistance repelling him. The force field made the attacks on the miller weaker, and it had nothing to do with the weapon.

However, this sword also made the miller swing the sickle without stopping.

Harvest!

As the sickle was swung, a blade-like fluorescent light swept through the air. However, the terrifying thing was that the sickle tore through the space. Under the influence of the strange force, Boudica and others who were dealing with the summoned farm workers were hit by this blow beyond time and space.

This method of ignoring space forced everyone to endure the damage of the sickle before they could react.

Fortunately, they were not ordinary people. When the sickle appeared out of thin air, Boudica's fighting instinct took over her body. Her muscles reacted instantly and she swung her axe to block the most fatal blow.

Amanda also seemed to sense the turbulence of time and space. Even though it was sudden, she still turned around to avoid the most fatal blow. Only the tip scratched her back. The broken blade cut an exaggerated wound, with flesh turned inside out and blood gushing out.

Spellcasters like Alhazred are the most unlucky and have no chance of reacting at all, but he has a lot of things on him. Lance gave him the purifying coral and also gave these spellcasters a gift from the fishman [Deep Sea Fish Scales].

It was activated at this time, and the deep-sea power condensed into scales to block the attack, but it was shattered in an instant and was knocked down by the force. At the same time, it lost a prop that could save its life.

Lance was about to raise his sword to block, but the strange thing was that the necklace in his pocket seemed to be affected by something, and a force blurred the space and blocked the attack.

In other words, in the end, it was Lance who was closest to the enemy who was not harmed by the Harvest!
However, Lance did not care about so much. He activated his flesh and blood reconstruction to heal the injuries of the other three people. However, the breath just now stimulated the miller, and he suddenly accelerated and swung the sickle at Lance's head.

reward!

Under the power of the crystal, the huge body moved at an incredibly fast speed and was full of oppression. The sickle chopped down as if Lance's head was the crop he had worked hard to cultivate and was waiting to be harvested. However, even if he was distracted to heal his teammates, Lance could still block it with one hand and the sword.

The sword blade collided with the sickle, and a string of sparks flew over Lance's head as the tilted sword body, but the miller still couldn't harvest this "pumpkin".

Instead, Lance, who had just saved the people, started to fight back. Even if the power of his sword could not kill it instantly, he could at least suppress it. The brutal force attached to the sword knocked open the miller's already broken body. Even though the power of the crystal was constantly re-condensing, the broken parts were still broken.

It was of no avail whether it swung its sickle or summoned those shrunken monsters. On the contrary, as Boudica and the others reacted, they also joined the hunt.

Alhazred did not attack either. He just summoned tentacles to entangle it or cursed it to weaken its strength. Amanda had the same idea. She continued to weaken it further by throwing weapons with rituals, thus weakening the force field held up by the crystal.

The battle between extraordinary people is based on information gap. As long as they know their abilities, they will be prepared, and the effect will naturally be poor.

Lance rushed to the miller, but he didn't swing his sword. Instead, he took out Mildred's necklace and pointed it at him.

Sure enough, a woman's shadow appeared out of thin air, and the miller's action of raising the sickle paused inexplicably, and his petrified face gave people an inexplicable feeling.

Love is mutual. Mildred's love for Miller allowed her to endure endless pain while still maintaining her sanity and not collapse. Similarly, Miller's love for his wife allowed his corrupted soul to briefly break free from the control of the crystal.

To outsiders, it seemed that the miller stopped inexplicably after seeing the necklace. The fluorescence on his body flickered, and it seemed that he was fighting for something inside his huge body.

Immortal true love!

The next second, he fell to his knees as if he had lost control. Sadness seemed to be seen in his empty eye sockets, and the way he raised his head and wailed but could not make a sound was full of tragedy.

But Lance has no habit of appreciating other people's sadness. All he can do now is to fulfill his promise to Mildred and give Miller a quick death so that he can be relieved and reunite with him as soon as possible.

He finally grasped the hilt of the sword with both hands, risking his life and swinging it with all his might. The sword blade was so swift that it was invisible to the public. Only Lance felt the repulsive force field that had originally enveloped the miller disappear.

This made the slash show even greater lethality. It was not a destructive blow with flying fragments, but extremely smooth, without even shaking the whole thing.

Because the sword blade encountered no obstruction at the moment it passed, both the body and the crystal were turned into powder, leaving an arc of light, which revealed the trajectory of the slash.

Lance also passed by the miller with his back to him, but before everyone could react, he turned around and swung his sword again.

This time everyone finally reacted and saw that the miller was cut in half from the head. Under this force, the effect of the first sword began to show, and he was directly split into four pieces.

Even the miller could not withstand the power of the cross sword. The fluorescence dimmed, and after losing that power, his entire body began to disintegrate and dissipate.

Lance stood with a sword in his hand and put away Mildred's necklace, as if to prove that he had completed the task entrusted to him.

Sure enough, a similar necklace was picked up from the place where the miller disappeared. When he opened it, he saw a photo of a woman and a name engraved on the lid - Mildred.

Finally, they found eternal rest on this land where they had worked so hard but to no avail...

"Why isn't there any movement, Boss?"

Boudica's voice brought Lance back to reality. He looked around and saw the brilliant light still.

It was not as imagined that the miller was killed, his obsession was eliminated, and then the illusion was broken and he returned to reality. Instead, he was still here.

"Have you noticed that after we kill a certain number of monsters, the green crystal will disrupt time and space, and we will enter another space to continue the cycle, but every time we come out, our position will be closer to the center.

To put it simply, this piece of time and space is in chaos, and the miller is also a victim affected. The real core is here."

Lance said as he looked towards the mill just ahead... (End of this chapter)