Foreigner's Journey

On the side, Alice 'kindly' explained: "Tifa is Teacher Heather's junior sister, it's normal to have a good relationship."

"Oh--"

Yuffie suddenly realized and nodded, looking at Alice became more intimate: "Are you Heather's apprentice? Then we are about the same generation, you can call me Yuffie."

"My name is Alice, please give me your advice." Alice said with a smile, and the relationship between the two quickly heated up.

Not far away, Claude, who was leaning against the door, rubbed his eyebrows: "It always feels like it's getting noisy all of a sudden..."

Barrett didn't mind, and laughed loudly: "Wouldn't it be great if the atmosphere in the team was a little more cheerful?"

Although it was a bit noisy, the addition of Yuffie made the atmosphere in the team more active.The din continued until after dinner, when Bill Sr. vacated two larger guest rooms, three gentlemen in one and four ladies in the other.

Because Yuffie was too noisy at dinner, Heather originally planned to drive Yuffie directly to the bird stable and let her sleep with Chocobo, but Yuffie was crying and quarreling and refused to go, plus Tifa and Alice begged for mercy, and then she gave up.

Not to mention the girls' dormitory, the boys' dormitory was arranged in a guest room on the second floor of the residence.The room is fairly spacious, with three single beds covered with freshly laundered fluffy sheets.

"Go to bed early, and leave early tomorrow morning for the direction of the earthly swamp. Believe me, this journey will not be easy." Heather patted the pillow and lay down on the bed.

Claude stood the giant sword by the wall and was secretly arranging his hair in the mirror in front of the cabinet.It's different to have a girlfriend, even a dull gourd like Claude knows that he is not careful.

The single bed was a little narrow for Barrett, but it was fine.The machine gun on his arm was placed on the table, with one hand resting on the back of his head, apparently still unable to fall asleep for a while, and asked curiously, "Heather, that girl named Yuffie seems a little afraid of you?"

"...she was only ten years old when I met her. Because of some misunderstandings, she was very hostile to me and Zangan at the time, and she always caused us trouble from time to time."

Heather recalled: "Zangan likes children, so he just smiled and didn't care, but I hate noisy children, so I caught her and gave her a profound lesson, so I got to know her father Goduo .”

"Gotuo, Lord of Wutai City, I have also heard of his name."

Claude, standing in front of the cabinet, turned around:

"It is said that he is an extremely powerful martial arts master, and caused a lot of trouble for the Shinra Army during the war."

"Oh? Claude, you have also participated in the Shinra Army, have you participated in the battle against Wutai?" Barrett only remembered Claude's former 1st fighter status at this time.

"No, when I joined the army, it coincided with the end of the Wutai campaign. When I was promoted to 1st, the impression of the special forces in the outside world was no longer a 'war hero', but a 'Shinra's loyal dog'." Claude Shrugged helplessly.

Barrett sighed: "The war between Wutai and Shinra has lasted for so many years, and it ended in defeat in the end. Alas, if Wutai worked hard at that time and put Shinra on the ground, there would not be so many troubles now. .”

"There are many reasons for the defeat of Wutai, and the reasons are not as simple as you imagine. Zangan and I also broke up because of a series of incidents in Wutai. He continued to tour the world, while I We went round and round all the way and finally went to Midgar."

Heather didn't say much about herself:

"In short, be careful about the magic spar on your body. Yuffie has had a special fascination with magic spar since she was a child, and her stealing techniques are top-notch."

"Uh……"

Barrett and Claude looked at each other, and subconsciously moved their weapons inlaid with magic crystals closer towards them.

"Okay, go to sleep now."

"Okay, okay... But let me say in advance, I snore."

"It's okay, I lived in a dormitory when I joined the army, so I can adapt."

"Ah, I'm fine too."

"Oh, all right."

So, that night, Claude and Heather saw just how loud a person's snoring can be.

The next morning, the girls' dormitory opened the door talking and laughing. They were surprised to find that Claude and Heather had tired faces, but Barrett looked refreshed.

After washing up and having breakfast, the convoy set off in a mighty way.

Alice gripped the steering wheel of the light truck with both hands excitedly, while Barrett was watching over her.This SA-37 has a light body and is suitable for people with little strength to drive. In addition, Barrett, an old driver, is always paying attention, so he is not afraid that Alice will overturn the car.Claude and Heather were sitting in the back of the car, huddled together with Red Comet, hanging their heads to catch up on sleep.

On the other side, Jesse is driving Crowder's Hardy Daytona, and Yuffie is sitting behind her yelling and getting excited.Tifa followed closely behind in the Lightning Thunder that changed from Thunder Wolf Dragon. Although Tifa is not very good at driving motorcycles, Thunder Wolf Dragon has turned on the autopilot mode intimately, and she only needs to put on a show.

Old Bill was driving a truck specially used to transport chocobos, and Billy and Ale sat in the co-pilot with nervous expressions.

Traveling south along the road, the surrounding environment changed from lush greenery to gradually deserted.The closer you get to the earthly swamp, the more fog will appear around you.

Three hours later, they reached the border of the earthly swamp in the pasture area.

At this time, the surrounding fog was already very thick, and the air was filled with a strange smell. The road stretched into the fog like a road leading to hell, and there were endless muddy fields and dead trees on both sides of the road.

"Is it near here?" Claude jumped out of the car holding the hilt of his sword, and looked around vigilantly: "I always feel that there is something staring at us in the fog."

"That should be [Midgar python]. It is said that adults can reach 20 meters in length. They are always lurking in the fog, waiting for the best time to hunt."

Heather also jumped out of the car, her gaze seemed to penetrate the fog:

"Although the purpose of our trip is not them, if they don't know how to praise them, it will be a matter of cutting two more swords. Let's go, keep going, the distance between the earthly swamp and the Mithril mine is quite long."

###Chapter 84 Battle on the Highway###

The vehicle was driving in the thick fog, surrounded by shadowy dead wood remains.

The pavement of the road is full of gravel and dust. Obviously, no vehicles or pedestrians have passed here for a long time.The surroundings are quiet, except for the roar of the engine and the sound of the wheels rolling on the gravel, only the occasional chirping of insects and birds.

Alice looked around through the car window, her tone seemed anxious: "The atmosphere is so depressing...It feels like a scene that often appears in horror movies."

"That's because most of the scenes in similar movies are taken from the earthly swamp, so of course they look familiar." Jesse, a former actor, explained.

Heather was driving the Thunderbolt, and Tifa was sitting on the back seat holding his waist. Neither [Knowledge Color] nor [Yuan] noticed any suspicious sounds or breaths.

It doesn't matter that the demon wolf is highly vigilant, why didn't even the Midgar python make a sneak attack?Is this still a worldly swamp known for its dangers? Heather felt that the group of her was on a spring outing.

At the beginning, the strange sense of voyeurism disappeared. Except for the thicker fog and unpleasant smell, the earthly swamp seemed like an undisputed paradise.

After driving for about 10 minutes, the surrounding fog gradually dissipated, and the muddy swamps on both sides of the road gradually turned into solid rock.

"Is that how you came here? Is this really the worldly swamp that claims to be inhabited by the Midgar python?" Jessie seemed unbelievable. She had heard many scary rumors about the worldly swamp in the troupe back then.

Barrett folded his arms in a serious manner and nodded: "It seems that those Midgar pythons are also afraid of our avalanche! Hmm!"

"No, someone took the lead to solve these troubles for us."

Saying this, Heather pointed forward.

The road ahead flanked solid rocky mountains, surrounded by many dead giant trees.On the tall and huge branches of dead trees, there are many strange giant pythons with unusually large statures hanging upside down. This kind of giant python has a deformed one-horn on the top of its head, and the structure of its mouth is different from that of ordinary pythons. From a distance, dense forest white Sharp teeth, the scales on the body surface are said to be difficult to penetrate even bullets.

But such a powerful giant python has deep knife marks that almost cut it off all over its body, and the stench of blood stains the ground and dead wood red.These giant pythons were either hanging upside down from the trees, or were cut into several pieces and scattered on the ground, rendering the dead forest into a forest of blood-red dead snakes.

Ale screamed in fright, and Old Bill covered her eyes, his beard trembling constantly.

Yuffie and Alice on Heather's side were also pale, because the scene in front of them was too shocking.

"This kind of knife wound...is Sephiroth!" Claude said with certainty, there will be no one in this world who can slash such a terrible slash except for Heather and Sephiroth.

Heather made a little calculation: "About fifteen Midgar pythons were killed here, and the largest was 42 meters long. It seems that monsters of this level can no longer stop Sephiroth's pace. But That’s good, at least it’s confirmed that we’re on the same path as him.”

"Indeed, just follow this route and continue to pursue." Claude nodded.

At this moment, Heather suddenly raised her hand to signal everyone to stop: "Well... I have found the goal of this trip."

Following his gaze, everyone found black shadows swaying beside the giant python corpses, and countless green light spots swaying.Then, calf-shaped magic wolves slowly came out with the flesh and blood of giant pythons in their mouths, staring at Heather and his party.

Barrett held the rotating machine gun on his right arm with his left hand: "These cunning beasts sneaked over to devour the corpse of the giant python after Sephiroth killed it, but obviously our fresh flesh and blood are more in line with their taste. .”

"Maybe they also know how to store food? More food is always good." Alice tilted her head and offered her own opinion.

"It doesn't matter what the reason is, am I the only one who finds that they block all the way out?" Yuffie screamed in fright.

I don't know when, there are demon wolves everywhere around, and there are more than three hundred demon wolves all over the mountains and plains.

Heather looked around leisurely, with a nostalgic tone: "Ah, it reminds me of the night when I met Barrett and Jesse. There were not as many magic wolves that night as there are now."

"Now that I think about it, I thought Tifa was Mrs. Yazhai who was forcibly taken by Heather. Now that I think about it, it's not too bad." Jesse directed the red comet to get off the truck While joking.

Tifa blushed: "Jessie! Don't talk nonsense!"

"That's right, don't talk nonsense, Jesse." Alice, who was inspecting the magic spar inlaid on the metal staff, chimed in.

"This time I won't sit and wait like I did back then." Barrett laughed and raised his arm machine gun, aiming at the approaching demon wolves in front of him.

"Once and for all?" Claude looked at Heather, holding the hilt of the sword behind him.

"of course."

Heather's hand turned into a golden cross sword, and her tone was relaxed.To deal with such a low-level demon wolf, there is no need to use such powerful weapons as 'Na Luochuan' and 'Shao Shao Fruit'.

Only the newly joined Yuffie anxiously grasped the huge crossed shuriken: "Are you really going to fight? The number is a bit short, right?"

"Get in the car if you're scared." Heather didn't bother to continue talking nonsense with her.

"Who, who's afraid! I'm Yuffie-sama, a beautiful girl ninja!" After being provoked by Heather, Yuffie became less afraid.

Everyone surrounded the truck of Old Bill's family in the center, all ready to go.

There was a mournful howl of wolves in the distance, and all the magic wolves seemed to have heard the order, and they all rushed towards the convoy at the same time.

"That's right, let me also experience the feeling of Mowing Wushuang!"

Heather laughed loudly, and threw the absolute kingship in her hand.The golden cross sword turned into a stream of light and instantly blasted the nearest demon wolf into pieces, and then the second, third... After crushing eleven demon wolves, they suddenly stopped casting.Heather tightly shook the thin golden chain connected to the end of the distant sword hilt and swung it horizontally. Absolute kingship immediately turned into a terrifying sickle blade and swept across the wolf pack in a wide range.

In the distance, Alice's high-ranking spell [Big Thunder] bombarded the pack of wolves one after another, continuously blasting the scattered limbs, and the smell of burnt meat permeated the air.And Barrett and the red comet formed a dense firepower network, and the storm of bullets forced the wolves in front of them to be unable to approach at all, and the flying bullet casings kept hitting the road ground.

Even if there are occasional powerful elite demon wolves breaking through the rain of bullets and rushing nearby, they will be split in two by Cloud's epee, or blasted into ice shards by Tifa's heavy punch. Their duty is to protect the long-range Department of teammates.

Yuffie jumped onto the top of the truck, and the huge crossed shuriken she hurled vigorously turned into a whirlwind of death, constantly harvesting the demon wolves who tried to attack the truck.The throwing technique of the huge cross shuriken is very ingenious, and it will always return to Yuffie's hand after a graceful arc.

When the battle was at a stalemate, the miserable howl of wolves sounded again, but this time it was obviously much closer.

The Demon Wolf King is about to go out in person.

###Chapter 85 The Seventh Round of Martial Arts###

Hearing the fierce howling of wolves getting closer, the attack of the wolves became more ferocious, as if they had found their backbone.

"Tifa! Yuffie! Go find the wolf king and kill him! Alice, cover them!"

Heather's voice overwhelmed the howling and gunshots one after another, and she threw out the sickle blade again while speaking, sweeping away a large number of demon wolves like cutting wheat.

Hearing this, Tifa immediately fit into the body and knocked over the pounced demon wolf, and punched the demon wolf with two clean punches.Under the action of the magic spar, the wolf skin and even the bones and flesh were all turned into ice balls, and then smashed to pieces by the hammer.

After Heather's deployment, the magic spar on Tifa's glove is combined into [Cold Air] + [Attribute] with a growth length of MAX, and a single slot of [Qi Gua], and the one on the wrist is inlaid with [Shiva Summoning stone] bracelet.Every time she punches, she will pry the flow of life around her, and deal a cold attack matching the attack power to the hit enemy.

Buried to avoid the claws of two demon wolves, Tifa used her super high speed to plunge into the pack of wolves like a swallow, and swam quickly towards the direction where the howling wolves came from.

And Yuffie jumped from the roof of the car into the air with a front flip, and the huge cross shuriken thrown at high speed accurately cut off the heads of several wolves that wanted to attack Tifa. She jumped up again, caught the shuriken flying back in the air, and chopped down the magic wolf that jumped up and bit her.

Two dazzling magical rays of light shone on Tifa and Yuffie. It was a buff spell released by Alice in time to increase their speed and defense.Immediately afterwards, two dazzling thunderbolts as thick as a python bombarded the pack of wolves, clearing the way for Yuffie and Tifa.