Chapter 122: A Shocking Arrow

“Lightning? Wait… Did that guy come?”

For some reason, Bertlem’s expression relaxed significantly, and a rare smile even crossed his face.

“【Lightning】, your timing is perfect!”

High above the battlefield.

“Haha! What nonsense abyss worm, the intel made it sound terrifying, but it looks like nothing to me!”

With a flair, the legendary adventurer known as 【Lightning】, Furnal Stephens, arguably the strongest genius of the United Kingdom, let go of his longbow after just firing an arrow, and a crackling sound echoed from the wings of lightning formed behind him.

“Don’t let your guard down… idiot, can’t you see that thing is rising again?”

Another legendary adventurer of the kingdom, the beautiful ranger 【Fiery Blossom】, her flame-like red hair flowing as she sat on her griffon, gazed impassively at the enormous silhouette that had just been struck by Furnal’s lightning arrow but showed little signs of damage.

Since the cataclysm on the Island of Spris, adventurers had been urgently mobilized under the Queen’s orders, gathering elite forces to support the frontlines, marching day and night alongside the armies from the capital and nearby regions, now reaching into the territory of the Kingdom of Kwei.

The importance of this operation was beyond doubt; other than Herbert, who stayed behind to guard the home front, the other two legendary adventurers, 【Lightning】 and 【Fiery Blossom】, had left the City of Courage.

Given the ongoing emergency at the front, the most mobile elite group, including the two legends, had abandoned the main forces and rushed here on griffons, coincidentally colliding with the abyss worm’s rampage.

The other accompanying experts had already gone to stabilize the front, leaving only the two legends to confront the most troublesome enemy.

The red-haired girl clad in 【Rose’s Veil】 placed her hand on the short bow on her back. Although Furnal possessed the outrageous talent of 【Weapon Mastery】 and could wield any equipment to masterful effect, when it came to archery, it still depended on her skills.

“Hey, is our kingdom’s top marksman feeling itchy?”

Furnal whistled, but the flower didn’t respond to him; just like every time she released an arrow, the target was all that filled her gaze.

Drawing the bowstring, the crimson fire blazed on the arrow.

“String pulled!”

The thoroughly honed 【Fiery Blossom】, shining with vibrant flames, shot forth like a shooting star, aimed at the enormous worm that had been drawn in by Furnal’s distraction and was hurtling toward them.

It attempted to dodge, but could an arrow from Fiery Blossom be so easily evaded? The red lotus flame pierced through its head like a hot knife through butter.

Then, the abyss worm’s colossal body suddenly stiffened.

Immediately afterward, under the wide-eyed gaze of Furnal, who nearly had his eyes pop out, the nearly thousand-meter-long segmented body began to break apart in mid-air, crashing down with a tremendous noise and a cloud of dust.

Not just him, all the soldiers of the United Kingdom’s army, including Bertlem in the command room, noticed this incredible sight.

After a brief silence, the military formation erupted with earth-shattering cheers, morale surged!

Thanks to the timely arrival of elite fighters, they had managed to repel the enemy’s assault without any magical fire support!

Probably because of the abyss worm’s sudden demise, the abyss beasts temporarily ceased their fearless charge and began to retreat—this was a first since the eruption of the abyss tides on the battlefield.

“What the… What happened to Flower? That’s ridiculous! That’s a legendary abyss beast, said to even have a second form, and it didn’t even get to transform before you killed it?!”

Furnal stared, dumbfounded, his expression one of sheer disbelief, even considering reaching out to pinch Miss Fiery Blossom’s cheek to see if his longtime comrade had been possessed by something strange.

The red-haired girl lazily swatted his hand away, her expression somewhat unusual.

To be honest, even she hadn’t anticipated that arrow would be capable of killing a legendary abyss worm; according to intel, such a massive creature had an extremely rich life force. Even a direct hit to the head shouldn’t have been enough for an instant kill.

After all, she had only used the first form of 【Fiery Blossom】, not the strongest later variants.

At that moment, a possibility struck her.

She had become increasingly adept at applying the simulated law named 【Void】, and even without intentionally employing it, the familiar 【Fiery Blossom】 would now mix in that specific power targeting spiritual entities.

Could that be the reason?

But the abyss worm was clearly a tangible creature; how could it be…

“Furnal, let’s go.”

“Huh? Where to?”

“To investigate the condition of that worm. This might provide us with groundbreaking assistance in combating the abyss!”

“No way… That’s right in the monster pile! Hey, wait for me, Miss!!”

…

“What on earth is that…?”

Floating in the air, looking at the floating island in the distance, completely shrouded in gray mist, Vilyric couldn’t help but mutter under her breath.

She had indeed seen such a thing in the fragmented footage from the battlefield, but viewing it up close felt entirely different.

For instance, upon witnessing the real thing, the Priestess could use her exceptional eyesight to penetrate the misty exterior and clearly see what lay within the island.

So many plants.

Not the usual kind of vegetation, but twisted, grayish vines resembling something born of 【Disaster】, crawling all over the ground.

There were no buildings on the island; instead, there were bizarre huge protrusions made of the vine-like material, from which the gray mist blanketing the floating island continuously surged forth. Vilyric even saw abyss beasts hatching from within, flying out of the island.

Undoubtedly, this was the primary production site for those abyss beasts, with the abyss worm’s emergence being just a minor occurrence.

“Vilyric, what did you see?”

Sigrid also curiously and solemnly observed the eerie magical island. She had heard how dangerous this thing was from the intel; even from such a distance, the girl could see several enormous abyss worms flying around the island.

“It’s fascinating, this thing…”

The Priestess shared what she had observed with the nearby members, and aside from the Little Dragon Daughter, who already knew this information due to her superior eyesight, the others showed astonishment.

“Massive… plant-like **? Uh… why does that sound so odd?”

“Odd? What do you mean? Hey, why are you suddenly blushing… Oh my god! Sigrid, what kind of thoughts do you have in that head of yours?”

“Shut it! It’s none of your business!”

Perhaps the close interaction between the two had made a certain Giant Dragon Miss a little jealous, as the Blonde Girl deliberately tugged on Vilyric’s sleeve, interrupting the conversation under the guise of asking.

“Master, there are many of those bugs over there. Should we engage them directly now?”

   

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