Life as a mercenary turned into a girl is a bit difficult

Not dodging the shield walls blocking the front, the flames on the body's surface and the black liquid stained with it continued to wear away each other. Facing the continuous stream of flames in the harsh sizzling sound, the only remaining black mud was at the end. It can only scream as it is forced to evaporate.

"boom!"

Breaking through the defense line of black mud, Heat Death's fist hit hard on the defense where Hiiragi's arms were crossed. Even if the black liquid was weird, it could not change her absolute strength advantage. Hiiragi also felt the impact of Irene and Bo from this blow. Luke felt that the body that was thrown away had almost no time to react due to the weightlessness.

It was obvious that the black liquid had been mobilized to wrap her up immediately, but Heat Death was already chasing her.

"Come again!"

"boom!"

It was another powerful punch. The black liquid that had no time to form could not block the physical output. The crossed arms had lost consciousness due to numbness. Hiiragi flew out again and could not even adjust his posture. Heat Death still had the energy to pursue at this time.

"Chong--!"

In an instant, a huge scythe fell from the sky, and the black smoke gradually condensed into a human shape on her side. She threw the scythe behind her in a half-kneeling position, and the next second a waving moon wheel hit her.

"How are you..." She lowered her waist to avoid Irene's sneak attack. Heat Death, who was about to fight back, found that Irene did not seem to be exhausted at this time, and her energy seemed to be more abundant than before the war. She suddenly woke up in the middle of her words. She hurriedly looked in the direction of the carriage. A large square hole with neat cuts in it was the sharpest mockery to her.

Chapter 44 The Witch of the First Empire

He tried several times to raise the corners of his mouth, but in the end he couldn't even maintain his apparent calmness. This time, Heat Death was completely irritated.

"You dare to play tricks on me?!!!"

What responded to her was Irene's pursuit. The giant scythe on her back continued to gain momentum after being swung, and Irene's spinning and sharp blade struck for the second time.

So fast!

This time it was Heat Death's turn to be surprised by Irene's swiftness. Her flying body caused the dance of the giant scythe, and it was almost impossible to identify the true body in the afterimage. In the blink of an eye, there were several sharp blades coming from different directions approaching her.

"Boom boom boom..."

The flames in his mouth exhaled and annihilated everything in front of him. The afterimages disintegrated one after another, but the true body of Irene was not found. The heat suddenly retreated and passed by a flash of cold light. Half of her body protruded from the black smoke, and Eileen was hanging upside down directly above her head.

"What's wrong? Can't you laugh?"

During the brief exchange of glances, Irene suddenly spoke. The ridicule in her words and the fact that she was stealing a house in reality made the veins on Reji's forehead suddenly protrude.

But she did not continue to entangle with Irene but continued to retreat away from the battlefield. She was angry, but Heat Death was not blinded by anger. The seeds had been taken away, and there was no point in continuing to fight. In addition, she had suffered huge losses, but the enemy was stronger than before. No matter how confident she was, she knew that the situation she faced could already be described as bad.

"You guys did a great job. It won't be that simple next time we meet..."

Before running away, she didn't forget to say a harsh word. After completing the standard procedure, Heat Death quickly escaped. She wanted to escape, but Hiiragi and the others couldn't stop her. Seeing Heat Death's figure disappear in the dense forest, After being vigilant for a long time to confirm that he had no intention of returning, Hiiragi had no choice but to remove the black liquid hidden deep in the soil. He originally wanted to arrange a more dense and airtight siege during the battle between Heat Death and Irene, but the reality was not what he imagined. Simple.

These black liquids...

Hiiragi glanced at the palm of her hand, where a small group of black liquid was slowly squirming. Now she could control the liquid. Although she was not yet masterful at controlling it, it was not as difficult as before. A transfer situation occurs.

The professor's experience with heat death also allowed her to figure out some information about these black liquids. They looked sticky and slippery and full of impurities, but in terms of quality, they were no different from water. Maybe they were lighter than water?Without accurate weighing equipment, she did not dare to make a direct judgment. The total mass of all the night liquid that could be mobilized was about twice her own weight. However, when the liquid was submerged into the body surface, there was no change in her weight. I really don’t know where these things are hidden?

Hiiragi immediately thought of the independent space created by Custer. Perhaps her body was just a medium for spatial transmission, and the storage of the black liquid was not in the real world.

"Hiiragi Jing..." After removing the black smoke and giant scythe, Irene slowly walked to Hiiragi Jing's side.

"Eileen? By the way, that seed..."

"Help me."

I originally wanted to ask Irene for information about the seed, but in the middle of the question, Irene suddenly said this, and then her body fell forward as if she had lost all her strength.

Hiiragi hurriedly helped Irene's body, and the part in contact with the skin immediately made her relaxed nerves tense...it was so hot.

The flames of heat death are very special. This can be seen from the fact that she set fires wantonly in the dense forest without triggering a mountain fire. Even if she was not directly burned by the flames, the scalding high temperatures must have caused the surrounding dry vegetation to reach It was igniting, but the reality is that after she left, not only the flames were extinguished, but the high temperature also cooled down quickly. Therefore, the temperature of Irene's body was unlikely to be residual but her own body temperature.

This kind of temperature is not normal even for a witch.

Is it because of that seed?

"What happened to Erin?"

Castor was the first to arrive at Hiiragi Jing's side. After this battle, she was considered to be in the best condition among the witches. Heat Death's weird method of absorbing power was suddenly interrupted by Hiiragi Jing. Now she is in addition to There was no obvious discomfort other than some distress.

"I don't know, it seems to be the seed..."

"It's overload."

"Ugh?"

Just when Hiiragi interrupted to express his speculation, Custer, who glanced at Irene, suddenly spoke as if to give the reason: "Don't worry, it will be fine. She just needs to rest for a while."

Seeing Custer's determined expression, Jingjing gradually let go of her worries about Irene. At the same time, she also had a new suspicion: "Did you remember anything again?"

"Yes..." Castor's brows frowned slightly. She didn't show much positive emotion towards the emergence of new memories. These fragments seemed like clues that could be further explored, but every time she wanted to explore further, she couldn't. It was hazy, just like... that sneeze that was about to come out always suddenly disappeared at the critical moment...

"Hey! Hey! Is this guy going to die? I haven't fought against Quan Sheng yet."

"Poluke, please keep your voice down, Irene needs to rest now."

Poluk and Ruoxiang gathered around one after another, and they all saw the scene where Irene suddenly collapsed. Although the relationship was not good, Poluk still showed his concern in a different way, and then in After meeting Ruoxiang's meaningful eyes, he hurriedly avoided: "Humph! I don't care if something happens to her, but it would be a pity to be defeated by me before I had time."

As the few people spoke, white mist slowly rose from Custer's feet and encompassed everyone. The surrounding scene was gradually distorted by the white mist, and the scene of the dense forest turned into a familiar room for them.

After a few days of living in the room, it was no longer as simple as it was at the beginning. The necessary furniture was fully prepared, but it was only maintained within the most economical range. After all, the load relationship of this space had to be considered. After a few days of experiments, they basically We came to the conclusion that the space load is related to the volume and quality of the items in the space and even the familiarity. In order not to exceed the upper limit of the load, all furniture styles adopt the simplest geometric structure.

After all, the quality of life requirements of several witches are not high. A clean and safe residence anytime and anywhere in the wasteland is enough to be called a luxury.

Putting Irene on the bed made of rectangular cubes, looking at her face that had fallen asleep, the remaining people sat down around a small round coffee table in tacit agreement. In the battle with Heat Death, several people were in varying degrees. Injury, after the battle, the body felt relaxed for a long time, and fatigue and pain also hit him immediately.

"Ahem..." Seeing that the others had no strength to speak, Castor cleared his throat and spoke first, "I may know some information about the heat death..."

Her words immediately attracted the attention of Ruoxiang and Poluk. Hiiragi had already looked at Custer because she had guessed that Custer's new memories were related to the powerful witch.

"If I remember correctly, she was a witch during the First Empire."

"What is the First Empire?" Ruoxiang was the first to ask. It was not that she had too many responses but that Hiiragi Jing and Poluk didn't even have the energy to ask questions at this time.

"According to the explanation given by my memory: it was 800 years ago, oh no..." Custer suddenly paused and corrected, "That time period was based on the era I lived in. As for today's wasteland, I don’t know how far it is from that time..."

Unless the human order is restored to stability, and there is a political entity with certain strength that is willing to spend a lot of financial and manpower investment, it will be difficult to sort out the chaotic time line. In fact, even the New Era in the New Era Calendar circulated in the Southern Federation The year also commemorates the establishment of the first large-scale urban human base in the Southern Federation.

"None of these are important. We only need that the First Empire was the first country in human history to almost unify the entire continent. It was the heyday of mankind, also called the Golden Age."

First Empire?Unified the entire continent?

Hiiragi Jing murmured unconsciously. It has to be said that the fault lines in human history are really serious. As Han Nianling's personal operator, the education she received can be said to be the highest standard in the Newborn City. The knowledge she has been exposed to is similar to The level is not comparable to that of ordinary people, but she has never heard of the name of the 'First Empire'. Of course, she does not rule out the possibility that Han Nianling has reservations about her education.

"Are the witches during the First Empire very strong?"

Poluk, who had gathered enough energy, also asked a second question. She didn't care about the first or second level of historical knowledge. Her most profound impression of Heat Death was its terrifying strength.

"Very strong..." Custer showed a trace of hesitation at this description. "It's not accurate to say that. Specifically, witches during the First Empire can have a great impact, and this impact does not only refer to the level of strength. .”

"What about us?" Ruoxiang seemed impatient at this time, "Aren't we also witches? What's the difference between us?"

"I don't know about this either..." Custer shook his head, "The collapse of the First Empire created a period of extreme chaos. That chaos created many faults... I don't know if it's my memory loss or the situation I'm in. My understanding of the era is also limited, and that’s all I know.”

"In addition..." Castor suddenly took a deep breath. This time the hesitation lasted for a long time, and then just before Poluk couldn't wait to speak and urged, she seemed to have made up her mind, and looked at Hiiragi. Jinglian, Poluk and Ruoxiang also followed her gaze. Jingjing felt inexplicable for a moment and didn't know why Custer's memory suddenly involved her.

"According to my memory... the witches during the First Empire all had the same characteristics: their hair was all snow-white..."

Chapter 45 Post-war seminar

Snow white color...

The room suddenly fell into a dead silence. Not only Ruoxiang and Poluk, but also Castor's words made Hiiragi couldn't help but look at the strand of hair held up by the fingertips of his left hand. All the melanin in the impurities' snow-white color has disappeared without a trace, not just the hair, but also the eyebrows and eyelashes...

"Well..." After a brief hesitation, Ruoxiang raised her hand like a student in class, "Even so...it doesn't mean that Hiiragi Jing is the witch from the First Empire period, right? Look at my hair. It’s this kind of lavender, it’s rare, right… So that means ordinary witches also have hair of different colors, so it’s not surprising that it’s white…”

"And... there is a witch in the Southern Federation that Hiiragi and I both know called Lingjiu. Although she is not as white as snow, her silver-gray hair color is very similar."

"That's true... we can't rule out the possibility that ordinary witches have similar hair colors." Castor did not deny Ruoxiang's speculation, because she only knew so much about witches during the First Empire, and she added He looked at Hiiragi Jing again and examined it, "What exactly have you experienced? Not only the hair, but also the eyelashes...it seems that the melanin in the pupils has been reduced a lot. What about the hair in other parts of the body? Have you checked it?" "

Hiiragi Jing was stunned for a moment, and then she was no longer a novice with no physiological knowledge. She immediately realized where Custer's gaze was pointing, her face turned red and she quickly shook her head: "No... no, there is no... there... …”

"No color change?"

"No...just...no..."

"..."

Castor did not talk but leaned back on the chair and muttered to himself: "I thought it was a genetic problem of the Windsors... Could it be that having less body hair is actually a characteristic of all witches..."

Although he was mumbling to himself, the distance between everyone sitting around and the quiet environment were enough for everyone to hear the words clearly. Ruoxiang and Poluk also joined the queue with red faces, and Hiiragi responded in time. He opened his mouth to extinguish the increasingly awkward atmosphere: "Well, by the way, I had a dream when I was wrapped in flames."

"Dream?"

"What dream?"

Hiiragi's speech successfully changed the topic. Poluk and Ruoxiang were eager to escape from the topic, while Caster was really curious about Hiiragi's experience.

"I dreamed that I was lying in the deep sea. There was no light there, and there was a bottomless abyss below..." As Hiiragi's story, several people gradually became quiet and listened carefully. "At that time, my consciousness was very hazy and there was nothing I could do. I was thinking but suddenly someone woke me up, I felt that person... seemed to be my sister..."

"Sister? You have a sister?" Among all the people, Ruoxiang was the most surprised. After all, she and Hiiragi spent the longest time together among them. "Why haven't I heard you mention her? She is still in the Southern Federation. Really? Is she also a witch?"

"We are not related by blood, and she and I were separated a long time ago when we fled south..." Hiiragi covered her head and shook her head, frowning deeply because of the confusion that could not be resolved, "Actually, I seem to have forgotten her..."

"forgotten?"

"Many times I don't remember her existence, and I don't remember the memories and experiences I had with her, but I remember from time to time that I had a sister..." Hiiragi scratched her head in distress. , "After I was awakened, I found that I had some kind of connection with the black liquid, and then there was the next battle with heat death."

"It must be that the memory is damaged..." Castle said with relief, "Our witch's memory since waking up is incomplete. This is normal."

But it was too abnormal for her... It was hard for Hiiragi to speak, because she was originally a real human being, and she was also a male human. However, Hiiragi had no intention of explaining this yet. Ruoxiang could say it better, However, Kasterpoluk and Irene's attitude towards humans is very subtle. Once informed, the relationship between them may develop in an uncontrollable direction, so for now they will continue to maintain the status quo.

"Where's the black mud? Can I take a look?" After being sent flying, Poluk returned to the battlefield and the battle was almost over. Poluk hadn't had time to see the black liquid that everyone described.

Of course, Hiiragi would not refuse this request. She raised her hand and soon a black liquid the size of a fingernail floated out from her palm and floated swayingly in front of Poluk, staring closely in front of her eyes. The weird black droplet Poluk said bluntly: "It feels a bit disgusting."

"Poluk." Although he agreed with Poluk's evaluation, Custer still criticized, "This is very rude..."

"It's okay, it's okay..."

Hiiragi Jing laughed a few times. She knew that the appearance of this thing was not very good, but Hiiragi Jing would not hate these black mud because of this. Apart from the fact that as a manipulator, she may have a natural affinity for it, which is Irene. She had been told about the special ability of this substance: weakening witches.And this ability has been proven to be equally effective even when faced with heat death that is different from ordinary witches.

With such a powerful ability, what else could she ask for?It would be better to say that with such powerful abilities, these black liquids already looked a bit cute to Hiiragi Jing.

Although curiosity caused Poluk to have the urge to touch her, the instinct of resistance still persuaded her. When she saw the black droplet being recalled by Hiiragi and submerged into her body, Poluk quietly relaxed. tone.

There is nothing to talk about about the battle itself, so the next topic will face some real-life problems. This small room in the abnormal space is just a place for them to rest temporarily.

"Then it's time to think about what to say to the intelligence team."

Custer, who dominated the topic, raised a key question, but this question was not difficult. After the whole battle, there was no spying from the intelligence team in their perception. Since they were the only informed parties, it was natural to say something. They decided unilaterally, and Hiiragi Jing, who thought for a while, immediately had the answer: "He Xiaoyu already knew that the attacker who attacked the army was a witch, and Poluk was also a witch on the surface. They didn't know what was special about the witches during the First Empire. It is enough to say that it was Poluk who fought with him and successfully repelled him."

"Not bad..." Custer nodded lightly.

What is surprising is that this proposal was opposed by Poluk himself: "I don't agree."

This sudden statement made everyone look at Poluk in surprise, while Poluk was lying on the table with his arms folded and a muffled voice came from behind his arms: "It wasn't me who fought off that guy. , I wasn’t even involved, I was already kicked out at that time..."

When Poluk said this, the other three people immediately understood: Poluk was too competitive, and the crushing strength displayed by Heat Death this time caused a strong sense of frustration to Poluk, so he was severely hit. When Poluk arrived, he started to show off his skills. It seems that among all the witches, Poluk behaved the most in line with her age...

"Well..." Ruoxiang gesticulated hurriedly while trying to comfort her, "That is the witch from the First Empire period... Poluk has performed very well. You, look: I didn't help either. ?"

"..." Poluk glanced at Ruoxiang and mumbled something vaguely before stopping to speak. Ruoxiang's comfort seemed to have no effect.

"Poluk..." At this time, it is most appropriate for Custer, as the eldest sister, to step in. "You are right, you did not fight off the heat death."

"What defeated her was the result of the joint efforts of everyone here. No one can take advantage of this achievement alone, and no one will be excluded." Custer reached out and touched Poluk's head and said slowly, " We are still weak compared to Heat Death. This is an undoubted fact. There is nothing wrong with admitting it. The witches from the First Empire period are a huge threat in any era."

"The scary thing is not failure but standing still, but fortunately we are all growing. We can learn more combat skills and become more skillful in using abilities. We are all getting stronger and can always surpass ourselves in the past. Isn’t it enough to surpass those once undefeatable enemies?”

Although the comfort for a period of time did not make Poluke feel relieved immediately, it finally made her nod and agree to take on the role of 'the main force that defeats the witch'. After unifying the rhetoric and adding some details, the plan to deal with the intelligence team was basically It’s a done deal.

"As for my hair..." It's a troublesome thing. Hiiragi really can't think of any credible excuse for this. Not only the intelligence team, such conspicuous white hair will be troublesome in the future, and besides Custer is definitely not the only one who is aware of the "characteristics of witches during the First Empire".

"Why don't we see if we can use those black liquids to disguise it." Ruoxiang suddenly said and gave a way.

Ruoxiang's method made Hiiragi's eyes light up. As she thought, countless black liquids poured out from her hair and adhered to it. The whites were quickly completely covered up by the black liquid. In the blink of an eye, Hiiragi's head returned to its original black hair. .

"Is the color too dark?"

"You shouldn't be able to tell unless you look carefully, right?"

Hiiragi's control ability is not enough to evenly apply color to each hair strand, which is only a few tens of microns thick. He can only make strands one by one and wrap them in black liquid. The slightly rough camouflage looks like it is stained with mud. , anyway, it is enough to wrap it up with a scarf or hood later.

All the issues that should be considered have been solved, but they are not in a hurry to go out. Now they all look weak. Even with the recovery ability of the witch, it is impossible for them to recover in a short time.