Whew, I didn't notice that the enemy concentrated on the right side.
This might be a bit hard. Allescar was already on the front side, while there was no fighter on this side. Priestess was tending the injured, she couldn't fight in the first place anyway. I had no more creature cards, and I only had three zaps left.
After all of this, my Void Crystal isn't regenerating. If this is a conventional Battle Trading Card game, then the casting cost required to cast a card is regenerated for every turn. But in Myscreat, the Void Crystal is rechargeable with Mana or Magic Points.
There's also Land Card or some Resource Card that could generate Void Crystal or another color Crystal every turn. But in my Deck, I only got a Gem Fragment. Yes, it could generate colored Crystals, but it only amounts 1/4 with the cost of 1 Void Crystal. That was a huge loss.
My mana was regenerating but it's very slow. I think it regenerated with a speed of one Magic Point per three minutes. Divide it by 180 seconds, It will be 0,005 Magic Point per second. That is not very important, but if I need to change one Void Crystal then I need about thirty minutes.
That's a long time, it's for half an hour! Maybe I get killed before that, or maybe the battle already finished. Whichever it is, I have to try another way to deal with the situation.
"Sister Xinyue ...!"
"Yes, what is it, little brother?"
She looked at me who called her. Her face was like that of expecting something.
Putting a helpless expression, I ask for her help.
"Please protect me, I'm unable to use that lightning strike for the time being."
I have no hobby to be protected by a woman, but this time I really need her power to protect me.
"Oh, you ... did you have a fever or something?"
"No, I think I'm fine. Why?"
"Are you really sure you're fine and not sick?"
"Yeah, check my temperature if you don't believe me."
I grab her hand and place it into my forehead. Her expression is that of startled and terrified. But after the initial fear, she calmed down and look at me with teary eyes.
"See, I'm fine. My body temperature is very normal. Ah, I feel dizzy after slinging those zap strikes though. So, please protect me well."
She looks at me intently before ask.
"Little brother, did you already forgive me?"
Huh ..., ah, come to think of it, sister Xinyue has bad blood with Dian Xianli.
Former Dian Xianli has a bad history of abusing his servant. Far from worse, the former me whipped little girl with a wooden stick until she beat bleed. Dian Xinyue accidentally saw it, which made her mad at him. She scolded him. Dian Xianli cried and then told this matter to his mother.
As an overprotective mother, Liu Beiwei did something behind the scene that I am unaware of. But after that, Dian Xinyue and her mother were ostracized by other family members and even they were treated worse than that of a servant.
I shook my head and said, "You are not the one who needs my forgiveness. I am the one who needs to apologize to you, Sister Xinyue."
I smiled wryly blaming the former soul of this body. Well, how bastard are you really ..., Dian Xianli?
"Did you really forgive me ... for what happened at that time?" She didn't believe what I said.
"As I have said, you didn't do anything wrong. And I'm sorry for what happened in the past. I'm such unruly child, sorry for my mischief If some-"
"F*ck! Do you think we're just air here?"
"This bastard, how dare he flirt with that lass when we attack them! Guys, let's kill that lightning cultivator!"
"Do you don't know how to read books! We're here to ambush you! And yet, you dare flirting in front of us? Unforgivable! I'll rape her in front of your face after this, you hear me, you f*king lightning cultivator!"
There, the bandits disturb my word with their trash talk. Yup, I completely forget them. But they are irritating. Yosh, let's kill them.
But ..., really. Some people just can't read the atmosphere. I'm in the right step to mend my relationship with this beautiful sister Xinyue here, and you guys ..., sigh, for the meantime let's kill them first.
"Shut up!"
But, before I talk or take any moves ... a scream, an angry scream came from sister Xinyue's pale pink lips.
"You, you scum of humanity, lowlife like you dare to interrupt little brother Xianli's word! Know your place!"
She unsheathed her slim sword, the metallic luster of the sharp blade reflecting the light.
"Now, taste your death!"
She leaped with speed albeit inferior to that of Allescar, she still impressively fast. I could only see a shadow passing through me. She slashed and sent them into oblivion. They were at most at the late stage of Minor Warrior. Facing an Intermediate Warrior like sister Xinyue, they weren't her opponent.
She was like a war maiden in berserk. She ran and hit her opponent. Stab, slash, chop ..., she swung her sword gracefully. Her yellow robe now painted in red, with her opponent blood.
If Allescar's fight was a simple but effective move, Xinyue's was more like an art. Like she was doing choreograph for action movies. Brutal historical war movie.
This ..., is this sister Xinyue's true strength?
"..., this power. Don't tell me, Intermediate Warrior?"
"Demon! She's a demon!"
"Run! Run for your life! It's impossible to survive from her."
The remaining bandit tried to run away from Xinyue.
"Do you think you can walk away just like that! You dare to attack us, Dian family, in our own territory?! What a reckless bunch of ignorant scum! This place is where you will die, just receive your death!"
She shouted commanding the soldiers.
"Men! Don't let them run with their life! I want to see them all dead!"
And after that, the bloodbath continues. I also did not remain silent. Because I had no mana to regenerate my Void Crystals, I summon another Iron Sword and advanced to the nearest enemy.
I swing my sword aiming at the throat. But, I underestimated this man's strength. No, I've overestimated myself. I'm only a mere Minor Warrior in the third stage.
My strength was only 7 with an attack power of 15. And my enemy, he was at least peak of the Minor Warrior. If I was comparing it with level, then he would be level 9 while I was a level 3. The differences in stats between me and him were vast.
The sword strike easily deflected and my hands feel numb. The feeling it was not like striking into human flesh but solid rock.
He kicked me and my body flew like a rag doll.
That's hurt, the impact is painful even for me who had revived from the dead. I rolled on the ground and tried to stand up. I felt the nauseating smell of breakfast in my mouth, I could barely bear the vomit but it felt terrible.
"Hahaha ..., f*kin brat! I thought you're some kind of powerhouse, but this attack of yours ... It's only tickle me! Bwahaha, I know it, your lightning power is from that artifact! This is great, I will kill you and take that artifact!" That bandit laughed seeing me powerless.
This is bad, I'm getting cocky after using my card.
But, this world ..., there was another kind of power beside mine. In fact, my Myscreat was something that shouldn't exist in this world in the first place.
In this world, the mortal can gain immortality by cultivating the Heaven and Earth Qi. In another word, they could become God. Literally. No, not a god ..., a deity.
And my game-UI is just something that out off place in this world. If I was reincarnated into easy-mode isekai or something. Maybe I can survive. No, I can easily overpower them!
But in this ruthless and cruel cultivation world which almost everyone thinking about themself. What can I do?
The bandit finished with his laughter and ran toward me, with his ax he attacked.
Am I ..., in this place, will die once again?
No! I won't die! I can't die like this. It's just about three hours since I reincarnated into this world. Damn, and now I have to die again?
F*ck it! I won't accept it. I ..., in this life, I won't die! I'll stay alive until I get bored with it. I will conquer the women in this land, this world. I ..., will get them and make the grandest harem palace filled with ten thousand million beauties.
"Hehe, just die obediently brat!"
He swung his ax, I tried to avoid it but it was no use, my body would not move as it froze. I close my eyes not wanting to see the end of my second life.
Clank!
A metal clashing sound.
Clink, clank ... klunk!
Another sound but fiercer and ended with deep slashes.
"Little brother, back off!"
I opened my eyes to see a young woman in her bloodied and tattered robe. The man with ax now standing without his head. Just now, I was saved from the death gate. But, my attention was not on that. I gazed at this woman with an anxious expression.
"Sister Xinyue. You ..., are you alright?"
"Hehe, wound this much ..., it's nothing." she laughed it off, but I think she was suppressing her pain.
Even if she's at Intermediate Warrior, she's not invincible. Her Qi was also limited. If she exhausted it all, then it would be over. She will be defeated.
"Moreover, what about you! Are you okay?"
Sister Xinyue asks, her attention is still on the bushes waiting for other bandits. In this red afternoon, her visage is just like valiant war maiden.
"I ..., yes, I'm unhurt."
My voice was strange when answering her.
"Then it's fine. Little brother, this battle is dangerous. Our enemies are mostly Minor Warrior at the peak stage. You are just a burden without your lightning power. Don't try to engage in a fight!" She said with a strong tone.
But a deep concern transmitted from her word. It was like that time when she scolded me for whipping some maidservant. Well, that was what this former soul of the body did. I had nothing to do with it. But, his memories of it were very clear. Because that was the first time Dian Xianli get scolded by someone.
"I ..., I understand, sister."
"It's good that you understand, now retreat and take cover. It will end before the sky goes dark."
I obediently step back.
I was standing beside the carriage and observed the minimap. Confirming that there are only a dozen bandits left. Six in front, four in the rear and three people on the side.
In front, Allescar continued his massacre, the red dot kept disappearing until it completely vanishes. While in the rear, the soldier was doing their best effort with Priestess assistance, they finally able to defeat the bandit.
And on the side, Sister Xinyue finished the rest of the bandits hiding in the meadows and bushes. She dragged their dead bodies back to the convoy.
All of the bandits were eliminated.
Allescar returned and knelt down.
"Lord, I've eliminated all of them." his report.
"Good work." I nodded. And say, "you may rise."
Allescar stands up and positioned himself at my side.
At first, when I summoned this old man, I have a feeling I won't lose against those bandits no matter what happens. But, that's wrong. Even if he is strong, he couldn't overwhelm their numbers with his power.
I should reflect on this. The cultivation world is a world of limitless possibilities. Based on this guy's memories, there's an idiot, 'there's another sky above the sky'. Even If Allescar strong, there's always someone stronger than him.
Now I know that I'm powerless in this world even with this card system. I must diligently cultivate to pursue my own personal strength.
I looked at the mess and bloodied ground. Corpse and headless body, brain, and intestine, red blood, and white of the bone. This is the first time I see for myself a deformed human body. I want to vomit what's inside my stomach but somehow managed to stop the feeling.
What a brutal world. I killed six of them, but ... why don't I feel anything? I just killed someone, this is one of the serious crime. Why I don't feel guilty?
"Lord, I've tended their injuries. Most of them have a heavy injury, however, what I cast into them is just basic light spell and not complete recovery spell. If it's possible, please immediately find a Healing Specialist or a doctor to cure them."
Priestess Therese reported. I nodded with a heavy expression. My mind kept thinking about the lives I just took with this hand.
[Victory]
[Battle concludes, calculating Experience Point ... 810 EXP received. Congratulations! You level up to level 5! You gained +6 Stats Point and +2 Skill Point.]
The robotic voice that unusually silent for the whole battle was reading the notification.
'System, why am I in this world?'
[If possible, I also would like to ask that same question to you, Host.]
'I see, so you don't know the reason.'
[For the time being, I can not figure out how and why Host ends up on this planet. Even this system itself ... in other words 'me' is something that shouldn't exist in the world. And host should ponder upon this kind of question on himself, this system is incapable of calculating precise answer on something with numerous possible answers like this.]
'Are you trying to say that my question is a philosophical quiz like 'why men alive?' or 'what is the meaning of my existence?' ... that kind of question?'
[... no.]
I still didn't quite understand this system of mine.