I really only stop

Although she was extremely unsuited to face a villainous gangster with a naturally fierce appearance like the Balrog, the soft girl who suddenly ran over still mustered up the courage to open her arms and resolutely stopped him from moving forward:

"No, no!"

"—Oh? Miss, are you trying to stop Yu from walking?"

Heleye, who has experienced many battles, naturally can't fail to see the fear of the girl in front of him. He stared at him, even more fierce than before, pouring out as if he didn't want money:

"Are you sure, yourself, you want to stop [Yu]'s pace?"

"I, I'm sure!!!"

Although her legs trembled uncontrollably, Nana's response was unexpectedly firm, making it impossible to recognize that she was the usual soft girl who trembled even when talking to strangers:

"The tombstone is a very, very important thing that entrusts the living to the dead, and it is also the only bridge that connects the dead to the land they once lived in! I cannot allow Mr. Heleyer to destroy and insult them! "

"...This is really interesting."

Inexplicably feeling an unprecedented sense of oppression from this soft girl with tears in her eyes, Hleyye secretly raised her vigilance.Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly felt countless Dao Senhan's eyes piercing his heart.

【…】

This is not just a sense of crisis brought about by the hostility of a powerful existence. If Heleye judges it by himself, the feeling at this time is a bit like the oppression he felt when facing the thousands of troops of the human coalition alone. It is also a bit like [Fear] when he is not [Officer · Fury], but just [Herleyer] when he faces an invisible abyss.

Yes, [fear].

It's not any other negative emotions, just the [fear] that will grow in the bottom of the heart when any life is facing the inevitable ending.

The so-called [Immortal Flame of Anger], who can still ignite the flames without fear even in desperate situations, actually felt fear from the ordinary girl in front of him?

Thinking of this, Heleye clenched his teeth tightly and forced himself to wake up from that trembling feeling. At the same time, the flames on his body also burned more violently because of the humiliated anger in his heart:

"—impossible! No one can stop Yu, and no one can make Yu take the initiative to back down! Yu Nai is the only holder of [Magic·Fury], the girl who dares to block Yu's way, your body In the end, under Yu Zhi's wrath—”

【…】

Heleyer's declaration of anger hadn't been fully recited yet, and a sense of oppression ten times stronger than before suddenly enveloped him.

Not letting go of this opportunity, Heleye, who instantly locked onto the source of the sense of oppression, looked at the tool bag on the soft girl's waist like lightning, but the sight he saw made him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave——

The gaze, cold, without a trace of emotion.

Without making a single movement, in the bottomless hole where the tool bag quietly split open, countless pairs of calm or round eyes met Balrog's gaze.

Then the abyss, deeper than the deepest, paused for a moment, and silently shouted an irresistible declaration:

【climb】.

"hiss--"

It's over, it's over!What should I do now? !

The fire of rage ignited by being slighted in his heart was instantly extinguished, and a drop of cold sweat slowly dripped from Heleyer's forehead.

The concept of [Life] has meaning precisely because of the fear of [Death]. Under such oppression from [End Yan], even the former cadres of the Demon King Army could not resist the slightest bit.

Because of the abrupt pause just now, the soft girl who was trying to cover her head with her hands had already sensed something was wrong with Helaiye, and opened her eyes slightly to stare at him suspiciously.

Can't be cowardly!Yu Ke Helaiye!Absolutely not to be cowardly!

"Be, under Yu's anger, under Yu's anger... ah! Yu is worried that it's too dark here at night, and it would be too bad if you accidentally trip over the fallen tombstone, miss, so I specially lighted it up for you."

He changed his words in an instant, and with Hleyer snapping his fingers eagerly, a row of warm red flames suddenly lit up in the originally slightly gloomy air of the cemetery.While dispelling the darkness, it made the cemetery look as bright and lively as the scene of the festival for a while:

"As for the tombstone behind you, Yu misread it just now. This is the kind that doesn't need to be kicked. Let the owner of the tombstone sleep peacefully—well, that's it. I've finished what I have to do, Miss, please hurry up Go back to the small town and rest, it's okay for a girl not to sleep peacefully at night!"

"……Eh?"

Originally ready to face the battle, Nana suddenly saw the enemy's vicious gangster turning around the appearance of Little Sun Nuannan. Nana, who didn't know what happened, blinked in confusion, and looked at the other party tentatively:

"Thank you, thank you?"

"Where is there! Miss, you have worked hard tonight, you should go back and rest as soon as possible~"

Encouraged in a gentle tone that I couldn't even believe, Heleye's originally fierce face was forced to pull out a bright, warm and sunny smile under the pressure of [True Death]:

"Be careful on the road, watch your step~"

"Okay, okay..."

Chapter 431 Behind the Tombstone

"Ah, run away."

"Well, it's still a very cowardly kind."

"Nai Nai! How could you run out so suddenly just now! That demon is very dangerous!"

Seeing the back of Miss Saintess who ran over to comfort + lecture the soft girl who was still in place, Lu Xi and Zelika looked at each other, and at the same time read shock from each other's eyes.

That Heleyer, who seemed extremely powerful, actually ran away in fright within a few minutes after appearing on the stage?

This is something that even Yuxiya, who can kill him head-on, can't do it!What did Nana say to Hleyer just now?

Watching the fiercely burning flames on the giant tree gradually dissipate into the air little by little, revealing the intact trunk, Lu Xi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief:

"—In any case, tonight is sure to pass without incident."

"However, the investigation still hasn't made any progress. What should we do tomorrow night?"

Immediately thinking of this question, Celica's face almost turned into a bun:

"Even if we can ask Nana to deter that Balrog ghost, we still don't know what is the source of his anger. Is it possible to stay in this small town forever? I will be bored to death!"

Although the life in the small town is peaceful and comfortable, it is still not as lively as the lively environment in the Adventurer's Guild of Rhine City.For Celica, performing tasks here is tantamount to stepping directly into retirement life.

"Zarika, who said our investigation [hasn't made any progress]?"

Knocking on Celica's head angrily and funny, Lu Xi pointed at the scattered tombstones on the ground:

"Isn't this a ready-made clue? Before tonight, did you know that Hleyer [what needs to be done] every night refers to kicking down these tombstones?"

"Idiot, weak and weak! Isn't this an obvious fact!"

After giving Lu Xi's smiling face a hard look, Celica puffed up her chest in a very remarkable manner:

"The tombstone that fell on the ground has not been moved. Isn't this kind of thing that you can understand when you come to the cemetery?"

"Wrong. Our initial cognition was that [the ghost in the cemetery intends to destroy the cemetery and make trouble in it], but after the incident just now, smart people can probably find that Heleyer's attack is just [ Specifically] for these tombstones, as for other things, not even a single leaf was burned."

When talking about "smart people", he subtly accentuated his tone, and a smirk appeared on the corner of Lu Xi's mouth:

"So, the object of our investigation the next day should be the stories behind these tombstones and their owners."

"Oh! So that's how it is!!"

Celica just cheered because the matter moved forward, and when she rolled her eyes, she noticed the jumping face that Lu Xi had hidden in the speech just now:

"Hey! Did Ruoweixi just beat around the bush and say that my brain is not working? Bite you!"

Lu Xi silently stretched his hand to Celica's mouth.

Celica hesitated for a moment, recalled his smirk and made up her mind, opened her mouth wide, and then bit down neatly——

"Idiot, idiot! I can teleport, you little Lika needs to practice for 100 years to bite me—eh?"

Lucy stepped aside when he saw the opportunity, just wanted to see Celica bite hard but it was empty, but when he looked at her expression, he couldn't help being slightly stunned:

"Why is there no sound of teeth touching? Could it be that you didn't force yourself just now?"

"...Hmph~ I knew Ruoqiangxi's plan a long time ago, so this is my prediction!"

After a subtle pause, Celica turned her head away on purpose, leaving only the red tip of Lucy's ear:

"If you want to fool me, you have to practice for at least 300 years! Wow, wow, wow, wow!"

"..."

Why on earth did the childish girl not bite down as hard as Lu Xi thought?

"……Fool."

A gust of wind blew by, just enough to disperse the girl's subtle complaints in the night sky.

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"That... Excuse me!"

"?"

Looking back at the soft girl who was hesitant to speak with some doubts, the townspeople who were stopped by her tried to show a soothing smile:

"Miss Adventurer, are you calling me?"

"Yes!"

Seeing that the other party really responded to her, Nana's originally tense expression suddenly relaxed a little:

"I have something I want to give you, please accept it."

"No, that's not good. Let's not say that you and your teammates are here to help our town solve problems. It is not in accordance with the etiquette to accept a gift when we first meet... Eh?! This, this music box, where did you come from? Where did you find it?!"

The townsman just wanted to politely refuse, but when she saw what Ruanmei was holding in her hand, she couldn't help but exclaimed:

"This is my grandfather's favorite item. I always played with him when I was a child—but, this item should have been lost long ago?"

"I was commissioned by an old gentleman I knew and found it from the attic of an old house."

Hearing the surprise in the other party's words, Nana's mood also became happier:

"Because it was quite old when I found it, so I repaired it on my own initiative, and now it can start smoothly~"

"This, this is really..."

Taking the brand-new music box from Ruanmei tremblingly, the voice of the middle-aged woman in the small town was choked with sobs:

"This music box carries a lot of good memories with my grandpa. After I accidentally lost it, I have always regretted it in my heart... I really don't know what to say if you can send it to me like this today. What is it—is there anything I can do for you? Is it okay to pay some gold coins?"

"No, no, no! I don't do this to make money! As for the reward..."

Shaking her hands in a panic, Nana thought hard, and then she showed a bright, angelic smile on her lips:

"Please treat this music box with precious memories well, and live optimistically with this beauty! The relationship with grandpa should always be as good as it was when I was a child~"

"Thank you very much!"

Bowing deeply at the back of the soft girl who ran away shyly, Mosuo held the bright as new music box in her hand, the town woman suddenly paused:

"The kid said he wanted me to maintain a good relationship with grandpa? But grandpa passed away when I was young..."

"Also, where did she hear that this music box was related to me? Except for grandpa and me, this matter should be an impossible secret for others, right?"

"...Forget it, anyway, the young lady just now is definitely a super good child! While she is still in the small town, let's make some bread every day and go see her!"

Shaking her head in relief, the town woman took her precious music box and walked slowly towards home.

Chapter 432 A Centennial Cemetery

"Huh? About the history of the [cemetery] itself?"

Sitting in the office, looking at Miss Saintess and Lu Xi who came to the door again, Mr. Mayor pondered for a while, then took a notebook-like thing from the bookshelf behind him and handed it to Lu Xi:

"If I remember correctly, this cemetery should have been built about a hundred years ago. At that time, the trauma caused by the war between humans and demons had not yet passed away. In order to express mourning for the dead and make the living realize the preciousness of life, the people at that time A doctor organized fundraising, and eventually built this public cemetery."

"Nandin Hill Cemetery?"

Seeing the records in the notebook, Lu Xi pondered for a while:

"Is this the name of the doctor who presided over the fundraising?"

"Exactly. Speaking of Dr. Nanding, she is the glory of our town."

Picking up the teacup on the table and taking a sip, the mayor's tone of voice when he mentioned this matter was full of admiration:

"She graduated with honors from the Imperial Higher Medical College at the age of 17, and later saved the lives of a large number of soldiers on the battlefield without relying on holy light and only relying on medical skills. After the end of the last human-devil war, She returned to this small town, opened a clinic at a price not inferior to that of the Holy See, and continued to help people in need."

"Save the sick independently without relying on the Holy Light?"

As a natural saint, Yuxia, who has super omnipotence, can do anything, and holy light, was a little surprised when she heard the news:

"Traditional medicine is said to be the main force in curing diseases and saving lives in ancient times, but with the lack of information and the emergence of the more convenient and universal Holy Light, this kind of medicine that requires a lot of knowledge accumulation and the deployment of complex reagents in clinical practice should be rarely used. Already?"