The Fate of the Gunman

"you guys……"

"Wake up? Good morning~"

Lancer, who was sitting at the dining table, said hello to Heng while flipping through a strange book, but he smiled when he saw the other's awkward expression.

"What's the matter? Do you think I will leave without saying goodbye?"

"Yes……"

Lancer's rhetorical question caused Henry, who was a little embarrassed, to pull the chair away and sit opposite him.

"Although it's cool to say goodbye without saying goodbye, I'm still used to saying goodbye to my friends before leaving."

Lancer, who has traveled to several worlds, has naturally experienced several goodbyes. From the initial reluctance to the later accustomedness, this does not mean that he no longer values ​​them, but that he has learned the correct way to get along with others. He has matured.

The farewell between the two parties was not too exaggerated. The girl named Nana made breakfast with Tiger. After breakfast, they hugged each other and Lancer smiled and waved to each other. Hesitatingly turned and left.

And Heng didn't put down his right hand in a daze until Lancer and the others completely disappeared from sight.

At this moment, the right hand that he slowly put down was suddenly hugged.

"Nana?"

"It's okay, Heng, although you don't know what your friends are going to do, but your friends are so great, there must be no problem!"

Because of Lancer's permission, Heng also asked Nana to briefly explain what happened during the time he disappeared during breakfast. At this time, her words also gradually relaxed Heng's originally worried mood.

"Yeah, Lancer is so strong, he will definitely be fine, although I don't know where he is going, but I can't relax, after all, he said that the'present' he gave me is still waiting for me in Xiuret City. Yeah!"

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Lancer and the others moved faster because of Heng's absence, but the only thing that entangled Lancer was... Recently he wondered if he had become a cat climbing frame?

Although the three cats have become so-called "Kings of War Individuals" in the personal information column, their size has not changed, but they have become more attached to him than before. Lancer is actually discovering Jack. After being not arrogant, he deliberately took a shower several times, because he wondered if he had the smell of Polygonum indicum.

Later he discovered that it might be the reason for the'old dragon energy' left by the killing of the blue dragon, but——————

"Haha~~"

The kid lying on his head...No, it was LOLI who yawned.

Since discovering that the suitcase he had been using before could not fit, Zero has spontaneously leaned on Lancer's shoulder.

According to her own statement,'in order to ensure that Lancer can be supported at any time during the battle, so she stayed on Lancer's body', but Lancer always felt that she was too lazy to move.

However, Lancer and his party who were planning to go directly to the'Seuret City' stopped temporarily at a place still some distance away from the'Seuret City', because he found a'camp' here.

Looking at the structure of the camp, it should be a destroyed village. Unsurprisingly, it should be because it was too close to the city of Seuret and was involved in the battle where the city of Seuret was besieged before.

Considering that time was running out, Lancer did not take Olga Marie and the others in, but went in alone to gather information.

When Lancer returned a few hours later Olga Marie saw Lancer's serious expression.

"what happened?"

"We said as we walked, the situation in Seuret City is a bit complicated."

After Lancer’s explanation, Olga Marie’s expression became serious, because according to the information Lancer collected, he actually ignored one thing when he learned that "No one escaped from Seuret City". , That is, no one escaped does not mean that the situation inside is clear.

"All the five ancient dragons that were witnessed left separately, and the large number of dragons that originally surrounded the city also disappeared. But one thing we didn’t know was that they did not actually break the city when they left. None of the people who were breached inside, even those who went to search inside the city later, did not come out alive. This city... is very strange."

Anyone with a bit of common sense can understand the anomaly in the city from this information. In fact, this time the camp was divided into several camps because of this anomaly.

The first category is to continue to send personnel to investigate. If you don't figure out why the city of Xiuret was destroyed, then the other surviving villages will not know when they will be attacked.

In the second category, everyone evacuated directly. The situation in the city is too weird. At least wait until preparations are complete before considering

In the third category, let's play cards...cough cough, in short, it is at a loss.

Like most things, there are radicals, conservatives, and neutrals. The mood in the camp is basically the same, but the only disturbing thing is that the vast majority of people are conservatives and face the strongest country ever. Everyone seemed overwhelmed by the destruction of their capital.

"But shouldn't you give up?"

Facing Olga Marie's complaint, Lancer smiled.

"Or you know me~ I certainly won't give up. After all, they can't handle it. It doesn't mean I can't handle it. What's more, I am also curious about what destroyed this city?"

If it were in the past, Olga Marie would have complained about Lancer's death spirit, but this time she was blushing and lowered her head, not knowing what she was thinking.

Although the intelligence investigation did not seem to have obtained any substantive information this time, Lancer raised his vigilance to the highest level.

After several missing flying Lancers, they finally saw the huge city.

There are various huge gaps on the outer wall. It looks like it was caused by other dragon attacks, but Lancer was even more surprised by the huge heavy crossbow on the wall and various defense weapons that Lancer could not name. .

'No wonder I can persist under the siege of five ancient dragons and a large number of dragons, but...'

It is precisely because of the strong defense of the city that Lancer is more vigilant, after all, the city has been breached.

But when he tried to drive the sitting male fire dragon close to the city wall, it shook its body madly. Even if Lancer threatened it with death, it was still unwilling to approach the city that had been breached.

In the end, Lancer had no choice but to let him go. Then he saw that the male fire dragon fell while fleeing and took off. Finally, he almost finished the takeoff with his body close to the ground.

The unbearable performance of the opponent is also sufficient to show that there may be a strong enemy in the city.

"Let's go."

It wasn't until the opponent flew away that Lancer gave orders to Olga Marie and Zero.

Olga Marie took out his staff, and Zero no longer lay on Lancer's back but watched the surroundings vigilantly...

Chapter 22 The Way That Is Not Way

If Lancer didn't feel anything before entering the city, then when he jumped up the tower, he unconsciously fought a cold war---the atmosphere of horror permeated the entire city.

If Lancer felt more weird when looking at a city whose appearance was basically preserved before, then when he really stepped into the city, he felt something familiar.

'Malicious'

What pervades the city is extremely strong malice. Although it is not as exaggerated as the collapse of the'Witch's Night' encountered before, it is still very terrifying. Lancer can even guess how the city was destroyed.

With the spread of malice and the promotion of fear, ordinary people who fell into hysteria killed each other until the last survivor was swallowed by this malicious master.

"Olga, be careful. Although you have the entity, you are more likely to attract'malicious' as a soul, so don't be affected by them."

Lancer's sudden warning made Olga Marie nod her head unconsciously, but when she was about to say something, Lancer had already turned around to observe the destroyed city again.

It’s less than a month since the city was destroyed, but there is no trace of human existence. The most common thing besides the destroyed buildings is the strange dried blood on the ground.