Chapter 40 Chapter 40: Welt? Yang Still Feels Restless
Chapter 40: Welt? Yang Still Feels Restless
"March 7th has already jumped down, so what should we do now?"
Although she said this, Stelle on the cable car was actually unhurriedly pressing the emergency stop button, curiously leaning her head out to look down at March 7th, who was struggling to "scrape" below.
"There's really no need to rush to label the other party as an enemy. There are still many suspicious points right now. Acting cautiously is the best choice..."
Just as Dan Heng finished expressing his opinion, he saw Stelle pointing downward, but what came out of her mouth were nothing but shocking words: "But, March 7th has already been knocked flying, huh? Oh... so that's how a baseball bat should be used?"
After all, from Kevin's perspective, March 7th's current behavior was exactly like Svarog not long ago—attacking with a weapon without even saying a single nice word.
From a sensory standpoint, he himself certainly advocated for this kind of combat style that gives the opponent no chance. So of course, he had to treat everyone equally; at the very least, he had to incapacitate this person just like he did with Svarog, right?
This was already showing mercy. If Kevin were really the type to show mercy upon discovering even slight suspicions, he would have long since died on the battlefield of the Honkai.
But Kevin had indeed hesitated once before. Unfortunately, that time... the price was paid by tens of thousands of innocent citizens and comrades...
"What?! This little March..."
Although his tone inevitably carried reproach, Dan Heng's body was very honest as he picked up the long spear named Cloud-Piercer. Without another word, he vaulted over the cable car window and jumped down.
"Let's rescue her first!"
After all, whenever this girl caused trouble, wasn't it always up to them to solve it? Dan Heng was almost used to it by now.
"This...?"
Stelle never expected her two companions to perform a complete change of attitude one after another, each faster than the last. She didn't even have time to react before both of them had jumped off the cable car one after the other.
"Little Elysia, you wait right here. Don't run around, okay?"
Since both companions had already gone down, could she just sit there and do nothing?
"Mhm! Go for it, Sister Stelle!" Little Elysia waved her fist vigorously.
It would be best if she could knock that silly ice block who wouldn't make delicious food for her and instead secretly cooked for others flat with two punches!
"Leave it to me with confidence!"
Meanwhile, on the ground below, although their conversation seemed brief, the actual situation was—March 7th, who had jumped down with great ambition, was knocked down even faster.
"Hmph, you! Taste my power!"
Even though her initial attack was easily caught with one hand by the opponent, March 7th still hadn't fully grasped the severity of the situation. She bent down, her slender hand lightly brushing past her leg garter. Another crystalline arrow-like cluster was nocked onto her longbow once more.
This new arrow didn't shoot directly at the opponent like the previous one. Instead, after flying halfway through the air, it exploded with a bang, transforming into numerous smaller arrow clusters... or something else that rained down towards Kevin ahead.
This was a special move she had thought about for a long time and finally figured out. Although using a bow as a weapon didn't quite match her image as a big shot, the truth was, she seemed to really only know how to use this thing?
But even so, in the face of her meticulously prepared ultimate move, no one could...
"Huh?!"
Before March 7th's proud feelings could even fully brew, she saw the opponent not even bothering to dodge. He simply extended a hand horizontally in front of him. Those arrow clusters then clattered against an invisible barrier, shattering and scattering across the ground.
"This... this can't be right? This guy doesn't seem easy to deal with... Where are my teammates?!"
At this moment, March 7th looked up in confusion, her gaze accidentally meeting Stelle's peering down from above. That girl even enthusiastically waved her hand.
"Hey hey! You guys come down already!!"
"Finished attacking? Then it's my turn."
Hearing that icy voice, March 7th subconsciously swallowed her saliva, then focused her gaze on Kevin, who had somehow produced a baseball bat from somewhere.
"I...!"
BANG————!
Before she could even open her mouth, Kevin's figure rushed forward at incredible speed and swung the baseball bat in his hand. The violent impact crashed against the shield March 7th hastily conjured, producing an unusually crisp sound. Along with it, she herself was sent flying backward by this immense force.
Fortunately, just as she was forced to look up at the sky, she happened to see Dan Heng jumping from the cable car. One flying up, the other jumping down—under each other's gaze, they gradually approached... and then passed by each other.
"Ouch!"
March 7th traced a perfect parabolic arc and landed safely on her rear end. Meanwhile, Dan Heng on the other side seemed to merge with the long spear in his hand. Using gravitational acceleration, he plummeted straight down towards Kevin's direction——
————Clang!
The two weapons clashed. However, it was Dan Heng, holding the long spear as he descended, who was violently knocked away by the baseball bat. His entire body spun several times in mid-air before barely managing to land and stabilize himself by plunging his spear into the ground.
"Stop! We have no intention of provoking conflict."
"..."
"Unfortunately, this isn't a friendly spar between friends."
Facing Dan Heng's belated request, Kevin replied indifferently: "I won't stop until one side is completely incapacitated."
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Outside Jarilo-VI, aboard the Astral Express.
"We can no longer see the children's specific situation at all. Aren't you worried in the slightest, Himeko?"
Looking at Himeko sitting elegantly nearby holding coffee, Welt finally couldn't help but ask.
The Astral Express didn't have detectors capable of fully scanning an entire planet. Tracking surface-level footage was already its limit; it couldn't penetrate hundreds of meters underground.
"You've asked this question many times already." Himeko took a gentle sip of coffee and replied with a smile: "They have to learn to stand on their own eventually, not go on so-called adventures under strict supervision every time, right?"
"Besides, even if a truly out-of-spec enemy appears, the detectors on the Express would be able to detect it immediately, wouldn't they?"
Of course, such an existence was highly unlikely on this planet; otherwise, they wouldn't have felt comfortable letting only March 7th and the others go down to explore.
But... why exactly?
Struggling to suppress his increasingly restless emotions, Welt still couldn't figure out where this unease originated from.
This ominous feeling was even more severe than when certain things were discovered by Tesla...
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