Warhammer 40 A New Hope

"Hmph, idiot."

Kro took a sip of his wine, looked at the happy Ruby and the others, and continued speaking.

"Hunters in the safe haven have been dying or missing in recent times..."

"Reinhardt is dead too. Salem has already taken action."

"so?"

"I still don't trust you, even though you do exist in the hunter's registry..."

As he said this, Kro pointed at Ruby and the others who were happy about the reunion.

"But they trust you, especially the girls in my family..."

“Don’t let them down.”

At this time, Yang walked up to Zhang Yi, grabbed his arm and walked towards Ruby and the others.

“What the hell?!”

"Show them the golden giant one."

"No, I'm not a TV. Wait! Stop it!"

Kro consciously made way, stood next to the kitten, and took another sip of wine.

"...are you just going to watch your daughter suffer?" (Kitten)

"Do you think I can control it?" (Crow)

"... Is one planet enough?" (Kitten)

"Huh?" (Crow)

"Nothing..." (Kitten)

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A few days later, in the unknown woods

Kro led the team, leading Yang, Ruby, Black and Zhang Yi towards Raven's camp in the information, while the rest of the people stayed in the safe haven.

"So, why would mother..."

"She has always been the best and the most hardworking." Kro said while holding the wine flask. "But after one mission, she started to run away..."

"It seems to be because of Seren. I asked Ozpin, but he didn't answer me."

Everyone fell silent about Kro's explanation... except Zhang Yi.

As someone who knew what was going on, Zhang Yi was trying hard to keep himself calm. He knew the real reason why a certain 'Spring Aunt' escaped - it was simply the truth that Seren could not be killed.

"So, Ozpin, you have really done a lot of harm to people..." Zhang Yi murmured in a low voice.

"We are approaching Raven's camp. I hope everything is OK..."

A huge black shadow passed through the air, and then a large number of flying beasts, led by several shadow crows, flew past Kro and the others and flew forward.

"Damn it!" Looking at the numerous beasts in the sky, Kro immediately realized that something was wrong. "Speed ​​up, we have to hurry!"

At his urging, everyone immediately sped up their pace towards the target direction. At the same time, on Zhang Yi's left arm, the mark symbolizing Tzeentch was glowing slightly.

. . . . . .

Raven's Camp

No reason, no sign

A large number of killing beasts suddenly attacked them.

This sudden attack caught them off guard for a moment, even though all the people in Raven's camp were skilled fighters hired by him.

Then, she discovered that some of the beasts seemed to have intelligence?! They were directing the beasts' attacks?!

The reason was that at least three shadow crows were circling above her, and from time to time they shot a few black feathers at her to restrict herself and separate her from the others.

Moreover, a large number of griffins and spear bees completely ignored the others and stared at her closely, surrounding the shadow crows.

Swinging her sword to kill an attacking tusk boar, Raven activated her outward force and created a spatial rift in the air.

After entering the rift, Raven appeared in the air, near the shadow crows. But the moment she appeared in the air, several griffin-type beasts directly crashed into her.

Yes, they came straight at us with almost no hesitation.

She swung her sword to kill the griffins that rushed towards her. The huge shadow crows flapped their wings at her at the same time, and dozens of feathers attacked her, forcing her to activate her outward force again and return to the ground.

"We have to retreat boss!" One of Raven's men came to her side at this time. "We can't handle so many!"

quack--!

One of the huge shadow crows in the sky landed on the ground at this time, stood in front of Raven, and spread its wings, as if to stop them.

"Spring...girl..."

Unclear words came out of the Shadow Demon Crow's mouth, and then it flapped its wings violently, stirring up a strong wind.

"Saren!"

Bang bang bang－－!

Suddenly, different gunshots were heard from nearby, followed by a golden shadow that attacked at high speed, shooting down the beasts in the air one after another.

"Kro?"

Holding a huge sword, Kro cut a swooping griffin in half with one sword, and then looked at Raven.

"Now is not the time to reminisce about the past, let's solve the problem at hand first!"

Bang--!

A shadow crow was hit on the head by a golden shadow and fell to the ground, smashing down a large section of the wooden wall.

"I remember..." Zhang Yi muttered as he looked at the fallen wall. "Was Xiaobai also here?"

"It shouldn't have been hit, right?"

348. Salem doesn’t know the seriousness of the matter

The surprise attack by Zhang Yi and others disrupted the attack of the beast-killing beast to a certain extent, but it also caused greater chaos.

The fall of a shadow crow caused the remaining flying beasts to increase their flying altitude.

In this chaotic situation, Zhang Yi was searching everywhere for Weiss.

"There's a tusk boar over here, a griffin over there, and a king snake over here..."

Zhang Yi knocked down the swooping griffin-like beast with a brick, and then he used his sword to cut the tusk boar rushing towards him in two.

"Cage, cage... found it!"

Without the support of her own weapon, and not being familiar with the abilities of this family, Weiss was unable to quickly summon a normal-sized 'knight' in such a chaotic and tense situation. She could only summon a palm-sized being to help her break free from the ropes, and then think of other ways to leave here.

This was originally the plan, but the attack of the slayer put her in trouble.

The violent Beowolf overturned the wooden cage she was in, breaking the weak railings directly, and the unarmed Weiss became its next target.

The small light blue knight leaped towards the killing beast to buy time for its master, but it was too weak to hold on for long.

Soon it was smashed to pieces, and the Beowolf turned its attention to the fleeing Weiss.

Under normal circumstances, humans cannot outrun wolves, and this is also true in the world of Shubuzi, not to mention that Weiss is wearing high heels.

Putting aside the question of why a combatant would wear inconvenient shoes, Weiss was caught up by the Beowolf in seconds and knocked to the ground, with its bloodshot teeth just within reach.

Bang--!

Zhang Yi grabbed the high-speed flying metal brick to save the situation. The Beowolf, who was not very strong, was knocked away, and Zhang Yi landed steadily in front of her.

"Hmm... Can the French units really operate properly wearing these shoes?"

"That's not the right thing to say after saving a girl, uncle."

"Curious..."

quack--!

Another Shadow Crow fell, and the killing beasts, which were not numerous to begin with, began to be cleared one by one. After all, the Shadow Crow, which had a certain amount of Tzeentch's thinking and strength, had never thought about success. Even if Zhang Yi and the others did not come to help, the possibility of a successful raid was not great. Raven's outward force allowed her to escape even if she could not win.

But it doesn't matter, its purpose is just to make Seren believe it.

quack--!

With the sharp cry of the only remaining shadow crow, the only remaining beast in the air began to dive towards the humans on the ground until it crashed to the ground.

This unexpected change caused serious losses to Raven's people. On the other hand, the only remaining adult Shadow Crow took this opportunity to spread its wings and fly away from the battlefield.

Seeing this, Zhang Yi did want to chase after the beast that seemed to have high intelligence, but he didn't know if it was an illusion. The beast that fell from the sky at high speed like a missile seemed to be paying special attention to Ruby and the others - so he could only protect their safety first and let the strange beast go.

The two fallen shadow crows were killed by Kro and Raven, and the remaining beasts were also gradually cleared out.

Soon, all the beasts were killed, but the situation did not ease.

"Raven." The situation was a little tense. Kro took the lead in putting away his weapon in front of his sister and raised his hands and said, "We need to talk..."

"..." Raven obviously didn't want to say anything to her brother, but looking at Yang, Ruby and Zhang Yi behind him, she finally put down her weapon and sheathed her sword. "Everyone, prepare to move..."

"Come with me..."

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"Raven, we need you."

"What do you need me to do? Go and die? We are not that monster Ozpin. We only have one life."

"Look, I don't know why you left, but now..."

"Since you don't know what happened to me, you have no right to lecture me, Crowe!"

The scene was very awkward, just like when Kro and Raven met in that nameless tavern.

Clay who knows more, Crowe who is still kept in the dark by Ozpin, and Zhang Yi who knows everything but just sits and watches the show.

"This is a battle that cannot be won! I will not go and die!"

"I know Seren is very strong, but that's no reason to give up!" said Crowe. "You have always been the hardest-working and strongest. What made you run away?"

"Because I saw more, our enemies are strong!" Raven said. "Give up, I won't go back..."

As she spoke, Raven looked past Crow in front of her and towards Yang and the others behind them.

"Yang, Ruby." Raven said to her two daughters. "You can come with me. You don't have to get stuck in that quagmire..."

Facing her mother, Ruby was a little overwhelmed, and her elder sister Yang stood in front of her.

"I won't answer you unless you tell us what happened." Yang said. "You left without saying a word, and then suddenly appeared again, telling us to give up, and you even kidnapped my friend (referring to Weiss)!"

"You must give me an explanation!"

"...Your bad temper is exactly the same as mine." Raven said helplessly.

"So, can I speak now?" Zhang Yi, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said. "I can't get a word in when your family is quarreling..."

Looking at Zhang Yi who seemed a little out of character, Raven just regarded him as another hunter who didn't know the truth and was brainwashed by Ozpin. She didn't want to have too much contact with him.

"【Lamp of Knowledge】, her ability is to answer the holder's questions based on existing and past events. She can answer one question every hundred years..."

Hearing this, Raven, who was about to leave, stopped and looked at Zhang Yi.

"Since you think you are right, why don't you use the Hallows to show them what you know, and what Ozpin has hidden from you?"

"You think this is a battle that cannot be won, and you can't convince us, so... why not use more facts to prove your theory..."

"Ozpin's gone now anyway, isn't he?"

Zhang Yi's words successfully made Raven stop. She looked at Zhang Yi and fell into deep thought.

"You convinced me." After a long while, Raven said, "I am happy to expose the lies of that old liar."

Then she looked at Kro.

"I will help you get the holy artifact out, but only after I have arranged my people..."

"Then you'll understand why I chose to leave, and you'll also know that I was right."

After saying that, Raven put on her beast-killing mask, cut open a space crack, and walked in.