"Freeze! WHAT MAN!!!"
Jared breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the question from the other side. It seemed that the other side was not the Sand Pirates, and it was not like them to ask questions after they had made the first move. So for a moment, Jared's avatar shifted and disappeared, and then he himself appeared. But they didn't see the problem. Because Jared was standing just centimeters away from the image of his own body, even if he was seen, he would only think that he had misjudged the distance for a moment.
Deadly enough misdirection for a warrior.
Jared was still dragging his blades upside down, looking at the large mass of black shadows not far away, one of them separating and coming toward him.
"I'm a traveler. My companion and I were resting up there and noticed someone here, so I came to take a look. Please believe me, we mean no harm."
Jared's actions were rather non-threatening, not looking like he was going to make an immediate move no matter who was watching, and his wording was mildly courteous; after all, in his previous role as team leader, he'd done almost all of the interactions with the outside world.
"Traveler?"
The black shadow had already passed through the sand and fog to Jared's face, it was a slim female warrior, like others who were used to traveling in the desert, she wrapped her face in a thick scarf, revealing only a pair of sharp eyes to look up and down at Jared. She had one hand on the hilt of the sword at her waist, but she was not very nervous, perhaps Jared's characteristic posture of holding the sword made the other party feel weak, according to experience, holding the sword in such a lazy posture, even if she wanted to launch a surprise attack, the preparatory movements would be particularly obvious. However, her eyes were still alert, and she didn't lose her vigilance.
"This is the caravan of the Scott Chamber of Commerce, if there's nothing else you can go."
"Of course ... I understand the wariness of outsiders ."
Jared had made it very clear, and it made the woman's eyes contract.
"But since it's not a sand pirate then it's great, if possible ... I wonder if we could travel together?"
"Peers?"
The woman's voice exuded a trace of doubt, the request made by this teenager in front of her was not very out of the ordinary, but he suddenly made such a request, it was inevitable that he would not be thought that there was not some kind of conspiracy or trap in it. This Jared obviously very clear, he shrugged his shoulders, made a helpless gesture." That's right, I think you should also have a headache of those abominable sand pirates, the so-called more people power, if we can join forces, then deal with the sand pirates is not more easy?"
Jared's tone of voice and expression did not have a submissive attitude, because he knew that if he showed weakness, the other party would definitely ask for a lot of money. In fact, although he and Caroline alone can protect Florence safely out of the desert, but if we can find a large group of people with the same purpose, at least it will be a kind of deterrent to the sand pirates, and in the rest of the journey they will have less trouble.
"But then we'd have a lot more to protect, and we can't spare that kind of energy."
"But it's also more powerful, isn't it? I think ..."
（Jared! Enemy attack!)
Before Jared finished his words, Caroline's voice suddenly rang in his head, which made Jared suddenly froze, and then he no longer cared about what to say to the female warrior in front of him, turned around and quickly ran towards the dunes. A few moments later, he disappeared into the sand and fog, this sudden change made the female warrior freeze in place, until Jared's figure disappeared, she seemed to come back to her senses.
"What's wrong? Jelena? Did the sand pirates who pretended to be refugees ask you for water and you scared them away?"
Not far from the dark shadows of the caravan came a loud, booming voice that gave the illusion of being able to cover the entire desert.
"No, something's not right ..."
The female warrior named Jelena didn't answer the other party's question, but murmured in a low voice. In her opinion, the expression of that teenager just now was not at all like those disguised sand pirates, his expression did not have the slightest panic that he had seen through something. And as if sensing what happened as hurriedly left ... perhaps she should go to see, and then ... and then say then.
By the time Jared raced back to the camel caravan, the situation was bleak. Caroline held her sword in her hand, protecting Florence behind her, her graceful movements unchanged even in this life-and-death situation. Two more Sand Pirates on four-legged sand beasts charged at Caroline from left to right. But Caroline's body spun in a perfect circle, and her sword, which had changed into a long whip, once again sent those unlucky ones flying. After spinning in a perfect circle, Caroline didn't stop moving, but stayed close to Florence's side, while her sword spun in an arc, and from the crisp sound of the clash and the light of the fire, it appeared that in a split second, she had once again flicked away the five crossbow arrows fired by her opponent.
Caroline's face could not see any change, even such intense exercise did not let her shed a little bead of sweat, the ability of "tectonic coordination" has already played her body functions to the limit of human beings, it can be said that the current Caroline has already been considered inhuman is not an exaggeration. Whether it's physical strength, balance, five senses, reaction ability and mechanical power have far exceeded the normal human, even Jared, I am afraid that it can only be comparable to the current her.
But unexpectedly, this time the sand pirates do not seem to be so heartbroken manpower, those people are almost like a death like rushing down the dune, towards Caroline to kill. I don't know if they are going to use human warfare to drag Caroline down,... For them who don't know Caroline's ability, this is really ironic self-sacrificing behavior.
A bolt of black lightning nailed her foe in the chest before Caroline could, and she stared back, then smiled reassuringly.
Jared's movements were fast, but also illusory. Not to mention the visual obstacles brought about by the wind and sand, just by virtue of the refraction of the light around him, has already made many people even if they see him can not grasp the position of this teenager. Jared did not have the intention and time to talk nonsense, at this moment he had already casually pulled up the body of the green air double blade, turned into a whirlwind rushed into the sand pirates.
The sand pirates didn't have the time to use their most proud wolf tactics, and couldn't even run away, the double-bladed longsword in Jared's hand had already begun to rotate rapidly, transforming into a black disk that followed a strange orbit to harvest the lives of these people. Splitting them into several pieces, human and animal alike. It's no wonder those sand pirates, under Jared's deliberate manipulation, the illusion he created made the sand pirates see in the eyes thought that the enemy is far away from them for some distance, but who knows in the blink of an eye the other party has actually rushed to their side!
Jared pulled his blades out of the sand pirate's body and breathed a long sigh of relief. Although the smell of blood made him a little nauseous, but fortunately this world does not seem so developed, if in his own world, then Jared this hand is useless. Infrared detectors, life detectors, X-rays ... were able to poke holes in his tricks in more ways than one, and mankind had learned over the course of its long evolution not to trust its own eyes, but rather inanimate objects. This could be a blow to a psychic like Jared.
"Swish!!!"
A scimitar came down, grazing Jared's nose. Before the Sand Pirate could recover, the sharp blade of the sword pierced his heart. Jared didn't waste any more time, and after gripping Aozora and slamming it into a roundhouse to knock the other man down, his figure once again turned into a jumping blur. The last thought that flashed through the poor guy's mind as he fell to the ground was: "Strange, didn't I hit him?
Jared was not able to rush back to Caroline's side, because at this moment, a short, thin man leaped out of the sand, hehehe sneered and waved a blue-light poison dagger, blocking Jared's way. Jared and the other side of the stare for a moment, then, his phantom shook and disappeared, Jared reversed the double blades, and then from the bottom to the top of the diagonal pick out, as if out of the hole of the serpent against the other side of the fierce attack.
While Jared was at it, Caroline was not idle as a bearded man, twice the size of the other bandits, stalked her. At the moment, this man didn't seem to care about the victory or the total defeat of the bandits. He just drooled and laughed as he wielded two strong, heavy scimitars in his hands, which by their mere appearance would be enough to cut Caroline's sword and her slender body in two with a single blow.
But this was not the case, under the man's fierce attacks, Caroline was like a flexible kitten, proudly weaving through the opponent's attacks. Regardless of whether the opponent was slashing or chopping, the white sword was always able to find an opening, and then pressed up against the back of the blade, forcing the man to change the direction of his attack. In the midst of the stormy light of the sword like a leisurely and elegant movements as if walking in the backyard, even made Florence at the side of the eye, even should protect themselves or go up to help did not even think about it.
"Little girl, you've got a nice body. How about it? How about playing with me a little longer?"
(...)
Caroline wasn't interested in getting involved, in fact, like Jared, she needed to familiarize herself with the fighting styles of the people of this world, but as of now, Caroline herself hadn't gotten any information that was too useful. Not to mention, the man in front of her was smelly and dirty, and the odor alone was too much for the young girl to handle. So Caroline canceled the idea of practicing with her opponent, and changed to a quick battle.
"Crack."
The trumpet of death sounded again, the white thin sword that had been entangled with the twin daggers suddenly lengthened and attacked the man in front of him like lightning. The man, who had focused all his attention on his desperate attack, had not taken enough precautions, but he reacted quickly enough. He let out a cry, and immediately closed his head and chest with two large swords, while jumping backward. But just at this moment, white lightning followed like a shadow, just through the gap between the two knives crossed, piercing into the man's fat throat. Then it whirled around and pulled away, returning deftly to its original position. Caroline, on the other hand, had taken out a white handkerchief and covered her mouth and nose.