Jared leaned his back against a nearby tree, eyes slightly closed.
It was already late at night, and the moonlight was spreading through the cracks of the leaves, which made it look very beautiful. The two fires were only remaining ashes and had long been extinguished. Only the faint flickering of the dark red fire was still there, not far from extinguishing. A figure stepped quietly out of the wagon, looking around and then cautiously approaching Jared.
"Kylie, it's late and you're not in the mood to sleep or watch the moon?"
Jared opened his eyes and gazed at the dark figure.
"You're so perceptive, I even wonder if you're a wizard too."
The dark figure paused for a moment, and then Kylie slowly walked over to her. She looked around for a moment and asked curiously.
"Where's Miss Caroline?"
"Caroline, for one, is over there washing her own clothes ... Well, it's just her little quirk, don't worry about it."
"Well ..."
Kylie let out a long breath, and she didn't know why she'd settled down herself. Still, she sat beside Jared and wrapped her arms around her knees. The wound on her shoulder hadn't healed, which made her movements a little unusual. It was a wound that would have healed quickly with healing magic or Caroline's powers, but Kelly was very insistent on waiting for it to heal naturally, which certainly included some kind of reluctance or remembrance, and I'm afraid that there was a similar meaning of self-mutilation. But that wasn't something Jared should have asked about, and he didn't care.
Kelly raised her head, looked at Jared, whose eyes were still closed, and bit her lower lip tightly before she asked.
"Does ... already have a clue who attacked me?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Intuition."
Kelly gave a bitter laugh .
"That's what I feel when I look at you and Ms. Caroline. You seem to have no goal and go with the flow, but you feel like the helmsman who already knows the hidden reef under the dark current and is just waiting for the other party to take the initiative to show the water. So ..."
"Trade secrets..."
Jared then blocked Kelly's question with this.
"It's not confirmed just yet."
"Can you give me some hints?"
"Can't."
Jared shook his head firmly, and even if he'd recognized it in his heart, it definitely wasn't something he could talk to Kylie about. Not even if she was looking for the second best, hoping to get some hints. Vague hints were more confusing than clear answers. The same statement can be interpreted in hundreds of ways, and smart people like Kylie are more likely to get more and more complicated, because smart people are conceited, and one of the most obvious things is that they don't think that "simple" tricks can fool them. So when they get into a situation, they think in the most complicated and uncontrollable direction, because that's the only way to explain the fact that their intelligence can be deceived. This is of course more than a little self-congratulatory, as the saying goes, "Smart is as smart as it gets".
Kelly just looked at Jared, and then she suddenly spoke.
"I don't really want to be a chanting envoy."
"..."
"Yet I had to become an aria envoy ."
"That's the way the world works."
Jared waved his hand.
"It's impossible to have everything go your way, and in fact it would be hell to have everything go your way, and from that point of view, frustration is still good."
"Is this your experience?"
"There's joy in suffering, after all, for us, things don't go our way far more often than they do."
Jared didn't seem inclined to say anything more, but gestured at Kelly.
"Go back to the wagon and get some sleep, it would be funny if a wizard yawned while chanting."
Kelly didn't say anything else, but silently stood up and went back to the carriage.
(Lying to little girls with fancy words again?)
Caroline stepped out of the shadows of the grove and regarded Jared with a teasing gaze, to which Jared showed great relief.
"You know, a generous man like me never minds having more women in his bed."
（So you're saying I'd mind?)
Caroline laughed softly as she walked over to Jared's side and leaned against the tree trunk as well.
"How do I know."
Jared scratched his head and wisely decided to give up his search for the needle at the bottom of the ocean.
(You can guess. If you're right, you'll be rewarded.)
Caroline's soft body leaned on Jared's shoulder, she closed her eyes, the corners of her mouth seemed to smile. Jared caressed the smooth white face, then lowered his head and touched Caroline's lips lightly." This is what I owe you for last time." He said triumphantly, but then Jared's voice suddenly became much more sinister." But I don't want any prying eyes on what's coming up!"
Jared reached over to Caroline, and at that moment, something suddenly jumped out of the dark shadows on the ground, screaming and lunging at Caroline, who had her back turned, but was instead pinched in the head by Jared. At that moment, Caroline turned around and gazed at the creature with curiosity. Apparently, she wasn't surprised by the attack at all. Of course, in the tense atmosphere of the original world, it was not uncommon for them to be in the middle of a sweet talk to relax, and then the next moment they were fighting with the Special Forces soldiers. Under these circumstances, the two had long ago learned to adjust and relax within a limited time, and then do what they had to do next.
(What's this?)
Jared grasped in the palm of his hand, is like a thin monkey looks like the body of a small animal, but unlike monkeys, its fingers have long sharp and thin nails, at the moment this small thing desperately shaking his body, the movement of the ups and downs of the intensity of the even not afraid to break its thin and weak neck. Although it seems to be small, but the wrinkled face like an 80 year old man and the sharp teeth from the mouth are a clear indication that this is definitely not a suitable existence to be used as a house pet. With its pitch-black body, it's no wonder it can lurk in the shadows and sneak up on you.
"Hmph."
Jared did not say anything, after a cold grunt, he broke the animal's neck and threw it to the ground. At this moment, in the dark shadows in the distance, there were also some stupid movements. Although we don't know what this kind of monster is, but now it seems that there are quite a lot of them, and they don't have any good intentions at all.
(You go? Or should I?)
Confronted with those creepy eyes in the pitch black, Caroline calmly inquired.
"I'll go, that thing of yours makes too much noise ... After all, all the ladies here are still resting."
Jared said casually, while a huge black scythe had appeared on his shoulder.
Just as the sky can be used to throw vibrations and generate whirlwinds, and clouds can be resonated to destroy everything, the third form of Jared's Rune Armor, the "Vault", also has a special ability that can only be generated in this form, and for the large-scale battle that is about to begin, this ability can be said to be a very suitable one! The third form, "Vault", also has a special ability that can only be generated in this form, and for the large-scale battle that is about to begin, this ability is very suitable.
That's "parallel overlap".
If there's a simple explanation, it's that when Jared swings his scythe, a normal human can only choose to do one action. A chop, a sweep, a slash. Humans can only choose one move to continue their attack. But once the "Vault" power is activated, Jared's next move is no longer just "one" when he attacks his opponent. Vertical slashes, horizontal sweeps, diagonal slashes, upward slashes, dashes - several possibilities will appear in the same time and space at the same time, that is to say, when Jared wielded his scythe, the enemy was not only facing a single attack, but several simultaneous, all-round, three-dimensional attacks. For the enemy, Jared's attack with the "Vault" in his hand doesn't need to guess what's next, because no matter which one he guesses, it will surely be realized, along with multiple attacks from the rest of the angles.
This is the special ability of the Rune Armament, the Holy Sword "Vault" itself, to reproduce the attack tracks of multiple parallel worlds in the same space, a parallel overlap.
(Be careful.)
Caroline watched Jared walk towards the dark figures on his own accord, but didn't worry about him.
(Don't kill too hard.)
"Don't worry."
Jared waved his hand without looking back, and then the darkness swept over him like a life-giving tide. But Caroline knew that was the beginning of the end. When the dark current was broken, and a hoarse, helpless scream arose, the end was never in doubt.
The sun shines.
Kelly and the others finally woke up from their sleep, they could not help but sit up and stretch their aching bodies at the same time. After all, sleeping in the carriage was not an easy task for these pampered ladies. They all left the carriage, trying to move their bodies, but soon, everyone was stunned by the scene in front of them.