Chapter 141: "What?! That annoying goddess appeared again?"
Searching for the guildmaster is not difficult at all.
Even in the deep darkness of the night, even in the vast forest near the empire's border, Loria could still see the commotion caused by the battle from afar.
She ran all the way towards the place of turmoil and soon succeeded in finding the guildmaster.
Contrary to what she imagined, only the guildmaster and Liya were left in the forest, entangled with the finance minister and others. Everyone else was gone.
"Stay calm, they are fine, just hiding temporarily."
The guildmaster could tell that Loria had come even without turning her head.
Loria felt relieved when she heard those words. As long as she was safe, everything was fine. Since she had already arrived, it was time for her to fight back!
Miss Knight's eyes sparkled. On her way here, she had asked Doris to "recharge" her.
Therefore, even though she had recently experienced a great battle, she now felt energized as if she had just had a good sleep!
"Three more people have come?"
The bodyguards brought by the finance minister had a different reaction from Loria.
They had already expended a lot of energy when dealing with the woman with beautiful golden hair earlier. Now, three more opponents had appeared, and their expressions couldn't help but become serious.
"Hidden Leader really put in a lot of effort."
"Everyone, don't panic. Just continue with the plan."
After a brief commotion, both sides took their positions and started fighting directly.
Loria didn't have anything to say to these bodyguards who take money to do things.
She saw the Minister of Finance being protected from a distance. In order to prevent the evil beast from escaping, the most urgent task was to break through the front line in front of her.
So, as soon as she started, she had Doris cast a "romance" buff on herself.
With the blessing of high attributes, Loria rushed into the crowd ahead.
"What are you doing?"
The guildmaster was scared by Loria's reckless behavior.
In her understanding, Loria's strength was not bad, even comparable to her own. But it was precisely because of this that she felt uneasy.
The Minister of Finance is rich and powerful. The bodyguards he hired are not ordinary people, not to mention those highly skilled Class C adventurers. Even the slightly inferior Class D adventurers have extremely rich battle experience.
Faced with such opponents, she can only keep circling them. It's completely suicidal to charge into the enemy's formation like Loria did.
The guildmaster was really anxious and was about to rush up to help, but she was stopped by the sudden appearance of Doris.
"the guildmaster, don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
Miss Loria, who used to be clumsy, was now moving swiftly like a graceful cat in the crowd.
Loria isn't clever, but she's not foolish either.
When a person is killed, they die. She understood this simple truth very well.
She didn't want to do anything that would lead to her death. She was still innocent, having never experienced the real world and its indecent moments. If she died like this, it would be a shame to her absurd existence.
The reason she dared to be so impulsive was partly because her own strength had increased significantly recently, and partly because she had weakened the strength of her opponents.
With Doris's assistance and her locking blood ability, she had full confidence in temporarily restraining these people.
They say that human strength has its limits, and that's true. But her limits were much higher than the average person would imagine. It was thanks to this that she was able to defeat powerful enemies again and again.
"Someone can turn sadness and anger into power, but I'm different, I can turn desire into power!"
The spinning sword suddenly stopped.
A fleeting glimpse of a red heart flashed in Loria's eyes as someone who tried to sneak attack her was suddenly held back.
In that moment, after consuming two mating buffs within half an hour, Loria finally accumulated full energy.
"succubus shockwave!"
Splash--
A silent wave surged along with the waves of trees in the forest.
Invisible internal force swept out alongside the soaring sword energy.
When everyone was still unaware, the succubus shockwave hidden within the Coagulated Blood Blade directly broke the neck of the immobilized person.
"One!"
Loria took a slight breath.
The impact wave from the succubus attack was still quite weakening, so she had prepared herself for full defense during this short period of weakness.
However, the development of the situation was somewhat unexpected for her.
The guildmaster took the initiative to attack.
The golden sword light pierced through the calmness, catching the attention of those bodyguards and buying her enough time.
As soon as those bodyguards turned their heads, they were greeted by a massive stream of spray from Miss Plump Sheep.
Several weaker individuals were directly knocked down to the ground, and the powerful white tiger girl, Liya, pounced right away.
Great teamwork!
Loria's eyes lit up.
"Doris, give them a buff!"
Loria swiftly dodged out of the surround.
Lowering their stamina debuff not only affects her but also her opponents. Since the battle has just begun, there's no need to worry about the success of the magic and giving opponents extra stamina.
Everyone's stamina is already full, so adding more is pointless.
Loria originally thought that she would have to push herself to the limit to have a chance at winning today.
But the development of the battle completely caught her off guard.
With her and the guildmaster's coordination, the imposing bodyguard group was unexpectedly beaten badly.
"Hey, there's no need to use the Coagulated Blood Blade to cover the succubus shockwave for a sneak attack."
Loria scratched the cat tail on her battle suit, she felt more tired dealing with another group of bodyguards with Doris earlier.
At least back then, she had many bruises on her body, and almost got attacked by someone.
Now, besides a minor hit on her arm, she didn't have any injuries and felt no pain. She just felt a bit uncomfortable with the pure joy brought by the effect of being in heat.
"Ugh, happiness is enough, why would I want to experience any pain? I'm not that kind of weirdo who seeks extreme challenges even with toys."
Loria continued to attract firepower with her body. As the battle went on, she felt easier and easier using the Spiral Sword, Coagulated Blood Blade, and Energy Vampire alternately.
When she used the Spiral Sword, reinforced by the Shameful Strike, to strike down a D-rank adventurer, the guildmaster, who was not far away from her, suddenly stopped.
"Something's not right."
"What's wrong?"
Loria turned her head.
The guildmaster didn't answer right away, but quickly looked around before speaking:
"There's one person missing."
Loria blinked in surprise.
She arrived later, so she wasn't sure how many people were originally here.
But the guildmaster was different. She had been following behind, and she had already fought with these people before Loria arrived.
"Only one person is missing?"
Loria noticed that there was no movement where the treasurer was hiding, but she didn't let her guard down. Instead, she changed her strategy and rushed towards the hiding place with force instead of engaging her opponents.
But at that moment, the bodyguards didn't take the opportunity to attack the guildmaster and her group. Instead, they swarmed towards her.
"There is definitely a problem."
Loria had a slightly gloomy expression.
Time was running out, so she naturally used whatever cards she had.
In the moment when those people rushed towards her, she shouted to quickly move away while scattering all the medicine she had gotten from Dr. Mara.
Red, yellow, white...
Various colors of smoke and liquid spread out. Although the bodyguards realized something was wrong, it was too late for them to dodge.
"What is this?"
"Oh, damn it!"
"Poison?"
The sound of cursing was ceaseless, making the forest a mess.
Miss Plump Sheep was about to spray a big stream of water. At this moment, she hesitated and couldn't decide whether to spray or not.
Loria swung her sword and knocked out two of the bodyguards whose eyes were already showing signs of trouble. Despite being injured, she bravely fought her way to the hiding place of the Treasury Secretary.
Clang!
The carriage exploded, revealing the Treasury Secretary inside.
As long as the person is still alive, it's good.
Just as Loria was about to breathe a sigh of relief, the message from Insightful Perception left her stunned.
[Name]: De Foster
[Occupation]: Dual Sword Warrior (D)
If she remembered correctly, the Treasury Secretary didn't have this name, but this person's face looked exactly the same as the Treasury Secretary.
"Oh no, it's a substitute!"
Loria's face changed drastically.
The real finance minister must have escaped from the group not long ago, and this forest even stretched all the way to the empire's border. It's like finding a needle in a haystack to try to locate him in a place like this.
However, just because it's difficult doesn't mean we shouldn't search. Loria understood the importance of getting rid of evil.
She didn't want to wait several years only to have the finance minister suddenly appear and disgust people.
Disgusting someone is a small matter, but if someone she cared about died because of it, then it would be a big problem.
"Oh no, you stupid jerk!"
Loria couldn't help but curse, and she swung her sword towards the substitute.
Faced with her greatly increased strength, this so-called dual-blade swordsman was no match for her at all. One swing of her sword deformed his chest.
But instead of feeling scared when you fell to the ground with that level of injury, it was as if you went crazy and shouted on the ground.
"You inferior people will never be able to kill me!"
"Inferior people, that's right!"
Loria went up and kicked him with her heels. The power of high heels was evident at this moment. The fake finance minister's face was stomped to pieces, his nose collapsed, and there was a pit on one side of his cheek.
It's just that time is running out now, otherwise angry Loria would give him a taste of humiliation.
She turned around to chase the finance minister, but then she suddenly realized that her shoe was stuck.
When she looked back, she found that the badly beaten bodyguard she had stepped on was still firmly holding onto her heel.
"Is this all you've got?"
Loria's pupils contracted, not so much because she was amazed by the dedication of this substitute, but mainly because she noticed that the dent on this substitute's face was slowly healing!
Though the night was dark, she could still see tiny red sprouts wriggling in the scar.
"Goddess of Madness and Indulgence！"
How frustrating!
That cult has been eliminated, but she never expected to still encounter people infected by it here.
Loria began to doubt whether this impostor's words were meant to please the Minister of Finance or truly represented the intentions of the Goddess of Madness and Indulgence.
Regardless of the truth, infected individuals like this person cannot be allowed to remain.
With a swift motion, Loria raised her sword and shattered the impostor into pieces.
She didn't intend for it to be so gruesome, but the followers of the Goddess of Madness and Indulgence possess terrifying regenerative abilities. Even with their head severed, they could potentially reattach it.
Just to be safe, it was better to completely shatter them.
The girl turned around, blood sticking to her shoes, and the ground behind her was dyed a bright red.
This fierce scene made the bodyguards in the distance inexplicably fearful.
Loria didn't rush to take action. She looked around, carefully examining the wounds on the bodyguards, but she didn't see any red flesh sprouting this time.
"It seems like only this substitute has been infected, right?"
With this, Loria felt relieved.
She can be considered as being at rock bottom now.
She had already angered the Goddess of Madness and Indulgence. What's the use of being scared and retreating? Even if she went begging for mercy, she would be rejected, right?
In that case, it's better to just start killing directly!
What a ridiculous goddess! From now on, I'll mess with your followers one by one.
Wash the ones that can be brainwashed, chop the ones that can't. I want to completely turn you into a lonely person.
Loria believes that these "gods" must have chains on them, otherwise the Ozel continent would be full of evil gods and lewd temples.
"Let's go back and worship the goddess again."
Loria signaled the guildmaster and the others to launch another attack.
Although it is important to find the Minister of Finance, it is even more important to make these people lose their fighting power, otherwise they will definitely be harassed continuously.
Within ten minutes, Loria, who was injured in multiple places, carried Doris on her back and prepared to run.
"Your injury?"
The guildmaster frowned.
"It's not a big deal."
Loria wore a radiant smile, with the power of Healing Through Breathing in her. If she could just endure the pain for a little while, her wound would heal.
Even if she couldn't recover, she wasn't afraid. It was just about enduring the pain, and she was the best at it.
"This time, we must kill the Minister of Finance, otherwise we will have endless troubles."
The guildmaster remained silent.
Leading the group, she swiftly ran towards the path she had previously taken with her bodyguards in circles.
The missing person was most likely to have disappeared halfway.
"By the way, where is Mr. Coleridge?" Loria suddenly asked.
This time, Coleridge also joined them, otherwise she wouldn't feel at ease with the guildmaster and the others.
The guildmaster said, "He is working with the others."
Loria nodded.
She didn't have much hope of finding the target immediately. Her plan now was to wait until midnight and then take action in the simulation.
However, the development of the situation this time was a bit unexpected.
"Loria, Loria, there's something happening over there!"
Doris, who was crouching on Loria's back, tightened her legs. Loria immediately straightened her back and looked in the direction she was pointing.
Suddenly, a terrifying deep blue light fell from the originally dark sky.
Boom!
The intense explosion seemed to make the entire forest tremble.
"This is Dad's magic!"
Miss Plump Sheep shouted loudly.
Loria immediately put Doris down and said, "I'll go ahead and check the road, don't wander around here."
She entered the woods very quickly.
But when she turned her head, she realized that the guildmaster was keeping pace with her.
"the guildmaster, are your feet okay?"
"No problem."
Loria didn't have time to think about it, and about two minutes later, she successfully reached the explosion site.
The once dense forest now had a huge pit after the explosion.
Beside the pit, tall trees, several meters high, were cut in half.
In the center of the pit, Coleridge solemnly faced a knight.
Loria shouted, "Mr. Coleridge, are you okay?"
Coleridge shook his head, "I'm fine."
"What about the finance minister?"
"He ran away."
"Oh?"
"Don't worry, he's just an ordinary person. He won't get far. We can go find him after dealing with this person."
Although Coleridge spoke lightly, he remained on guard.
Ordinary person?
Wow.
Loria was surprised.
So it turns out even his strength was just a disguise.
But it's also good this way. An ordinary person would definitely not be able to run far in such a dense forest. As long as she can deal with the knight in front of her, everything will be fine!
