Chapter 539: Lineup

The pitch-black sword blade was raised high, tearing through the darkness, and swung towards Mary.

But the sword failed to hit the target. As Charlie moved, the Golden Eyes had already captured the trajectory of the sword. Almost at the same time, Mary's body began to move involuntarily. She turned her whole body in an arc to the left, and naturally took a step forward with her left foot, avoiding Charlie's attack.

"Charlie! Stop!!"

Mary's screams didn't seem to make Charlie stop. She gripped the black sword again and stabbed forward. At this moment, Mary's right hand also reached into the void, and then she felt a hot feeling coming from her fingers. At the same time, a pure white blade that was almost opposite to Charlie emerged from the void and was held in Mary's hand.

"This is……………?"

Looking at the pure white blade in her hand that looked like a new bud, Mary was also shocked, but soon she noticed the ring on the finger of her right hand - it was an evil-proof tool that Duanmu Huai once gave her, and Right now, this ring is radiating dazzling light.

"Clang clang clang!!!"

Black and white swords collided with each other, but no one could get a break.

"Please, Charlie! Throw away that sword and don't come near me!"

Although Mary was wailing and resisting, the Golden Eyes seemed to have completely controlled her body at this moment. Under the influence of the Golden Eyes, Mary dodged Charlie's attacks again and again, and at the same time instinctively waved her sword to counterattack. But this was not what she expected to see. She didn't want to use this sword to pierce her friend, she just wanted to take Charlie out of here!

"Charlie————!"

However, Mary's pleading had no effect, and Charlie's voice became sharper at this moment.

"Don't point your sword at me!"

Xia Li's movements began to accelerate, and she launched another attack at a speed that ordinary people could not see clearly. However, none of this escaped the capture of the Golden Eyes. The two swords intersected and collided, and in the trajectory of this collision, nameless laughter also arose.

"Hahahahahaha! Sword against sword, man against man. How funny, how ridiculous."

At the apex of supreme darkness, a man wearing a French court jester costume and a mask was standing there. He raised his hands and looked at the fight of the girls below with interest.

"Eventually, darkness is coming, and the dark Shernos will engulf the world! Let this great drama of girls come to an end!"

However, at this moment, suddenly, a cold, deep voice sounded.

"To be honest, it's a bit underhanded for a foreign god to play with a little girl's feelings."

As soon as the words fell, the next moment, a cold, sharp cane suddenly appeared from behind the court clown and hooked it towards the clown's neck. The clown turned around, turned into the breeze and disappeared into the dark shadows, and then reappeared. Then on the other side, Duanmu Huai held a cane in his hand and strode out, staring at the clown in front of him with cold and indifferent eyes.

"It's just a devilish bastard, why don't you go and seduce those idiot scholars, madmen, warlocks and psychotic artists? You said you have to torment a teenage girl, so the situation is a little too small."

Duanmuhuai fiddled with the cane in his hand and looked at the clown again. The latter just made an exaggerated pose under his gaze.

"The girl twisted the darkness, came to the Tartar Gate, and made a contract with me. The girl made her choice, and that is enough."

"Well, that makes sense, but it's none of my business."

Duanmu Huai clenched his cane and hit the ground hard again. With his movement, the whole space seemed to shake at this moment.

"Listen up, bastard, the Tribunal doesn't accept this. Rules? Orders? Deals? Sorry, it doesn't matter what you say, what we say counts. People like you who deceive future people who don't have full independent criminal liability are The behavior of an adult girl...Sorry, the Inquisition considers your transaction invalid!"

Looking at the clown in front of him, Duanmu Huai looked disgusted. To be honest, he felt that such evil behavior of deceiving children was unscrupulous. For a girl of Xia Li's age, isn't it normal for her to have a little bit of middle school and a lot of fantasy? Didn't I also hold a wooden stick as thick as my arm and shout "The key full of dark power..." or something?

Then there are two more silly lines like "The world is about to be destroyed, and I will live forever" and so on.

If you insist on taking advantage of this, then you are a really disgusting person. You clearly think you can't beat someone who is a swindler.

This is the same as if you had to conduct a survey among middle school teenagers all over the world and ask them if they would like to see the end of the world. Then after a survey, 90% of them were willing, and you would happily use this as evidence to show that all human beings want to see the end of the world. Suicide——isn’t this nonsense?

"Oh? Is that so? It really surprises me. So what are you going to do?"

"you still need to ask?"

Facing the clown's question, Duanmuhuai chuckled.

"You will soon find out, go to hell, heretic!"

The next moment, he clenched his cane and blasted it at the clown.

The battle is still going on.

"Clang clang clang clang!!!"

Facing Mary, Charlie pressed forward step by step, giving her no chance to breathe. Although Mary relied on her golden eyes to block Charlie's fast attacks that were almost impossible to see directly, she could not find a chance to change the situation.

"Charlie! Listen to me...Charlie...!"

Several times, Mary wanted to open her mouth to remind Charlie and go back to the beautiful daily life they once had. There is also Ashay waiting for them, and they are all going to stay at Mary's house, have dinner, take a bath together, and chat. But every time she just opened her mouth, Charlie would directly stop Mary's words with a storm of attacks, not giving her a chance to speak at all.

"Don't hinder me, my dear Mary Clarissa! Why? The two of us together... obviously we will no longer be afraid, we will no longer cry, and we will never fall into sadness again! As long as we are with you... …Mary!”

"clang-----!!!!"

The sword edges met again, and then moved away, the sword blades facing each other trembling violently.

"No, Charlie, I told you, it won't work with just two people."

Mary stared at Charlie and said.

"Didn't I make an appointment with you? Me, you, and Axie, the three of us together..."

However, Mary's pleas did not make Charlie put down her arms.

"...I have given up, Mary, and everything except you. So, you should also...give up!"

"No, I won't give up, I won't give up on anyone! So do you, and so does Axie, and so do everyone. I also relied on so many people to get here...and Mr. Duanmu..."

"…………………gentlemen?"

Hearing the name, Charlie's eyes moved slightly.

"Mary, who is that?"

"Why?"

For some reason, at this moment, Mary suddenly felt a different sense of oppression from Charlie than before, as if some kind of demon was awakening.

"Have you... been entangled by a man I don't know in a place I don't know? Isn't it Mr. Howard?"

"No, that...Charlie???"

Looking at Charlie who lowered her head and muttered to herself, Mary was a little panicked for a moment. At the same time, Charlie raised her head again and looked at Mary.

"Sure enough, you should stay with me, Mary. The two of us will stay here forever...!!"

"Hey hey hey?!!!!!!"

However, before Mary could recover, Charlie launched another attack, and unlike before, it was as fierce as a storm!

Facing Xia Li's attack, Mary blocked it while trying to explain.

"Charlie, Charlie, wait a minute, it's not like that. Mr. Duanmu is a very good man!"

"Clang clang clang!"

"He has been helping me and you, and it is thanks to him that I came here. Also, although Mr. Duanmu looks fierce, he is actually a very gentle person..."

"Clang clang clang clang!!"

"Ah, actually you have seen it. He was the one who saved me when I almost drowned when I rescued the kitten in the river..."

"Clang clang clang clang clang!!!"

Originally, Mary thought that Charlie would understand as long as she explained it clearly, but she didn't expect that the more she spoke, the more aggressive Charlie would become?

why is that? ? ?

If Duanmu Huai knew what Mary was thinking, he would be speechless. This is really a Cthulhu version of Kannazuki. When he goes back, he must find a whole set of comics for Mary to make up for. Are you giving this to Charlie? Persuasion, or inflicting violence on the other party?

Fortunately, Xia Li's offensive became violent, which also showed that she finally exposed her flaw!

"clang!!"

Finally, the black and white swords intertwined and collided again. Mary raised her right hand forcefully and bounced the edge of Charlie's sword high. At this moment, her right eye clearly captured Xia Li's movements. At this time, she only needed to hold the sword in her hand tightly, swing it hard at Xia Li, and then...

"Mary..."

At this moment, Charlie seemed to be aware of her defeat. Her emerald green eyes looked at her friend, and a tear appeared in the corner of her eye.

At this moment, Mary also made a decision.

"Charlie!!!"

Looking at her friend in front of her, Mary raised her right hand and threw the white sharp blade tightly in her hand far away - then she rushed over and hugged Charlie tightly in her arms.

At that moment, Mary recalled a conversation she had had with Charlie as a child at the Brontë home. At that time, the two of them talked a lot about love, mother, school, future, and...the agreement.

"Charlie, don't worry, it's okay. Even if there are only two of us left in the world, it will be okay. I will protect Charlie, because I am very strong. Strong enough to replace the prince, Even if there are boys, I won’t lose to them, and I won’t cry even if my mother is not there, so it’s okay, Charlie.”

That's right, Charlie has always been afraid of something since she was a child. At this time, Mary would hold Charlie's hand.

"As long as we are together, there is nothing to worry about. We will do many happy things together, study together, and eat a lot of snacks together. Then, we will grow up together and realize our dreams."

"dream?"

"That's right, I want to become an excellent lady, become as beautiful as my mother, fall in love with an excellent prince, eat a lot of delicious food, get married, have four children, and..."

"But...if something terrible happens..."

"It's okay. When the time comes, Mary will clean up all the terrible things! Charlie, Mary will protect you!"

That was the oath between the young girls.

"It's a promise, Charlie, I will protect you."

Holding the familiar, warm body tightly in her arms, Mary whispered. The breath, hair and body temperature of her friend seemed to be back in her hands at this moment.

"Why...Mary? Why...throw away the sword?"

"We don't need to swing the sword like that, because...we are friends."

"...Friends."

"Right, so we can't be here alone. We can't do anything here. You, me and Ah Xie haven't had tea, eaten together, or gone to the theater, right? We need to read lots of books we like and chat non-stop...okay, Charlie?"

"But...Mary, I've given up everything and signed a contract with him..."

"It doesn't matter, Charlie, come back, being together is more important than anything else."

"Mary..."

Hearing this, Charlie's body seemed to have finally lost its strength. The black dress on her body began to melt gradually, and she closed her eyes and fell asleep in Mary's arms.

"Boom boom boom!!!"

The earth began to tremble, and the next moment, with a "bang", a huge object fell from the sky and landed beside Mary, scaring her. She turned her head and saw that Duanmu Huai had come not far behind her at some point, and under his feet was a pile of things that looked like stone fragments.

"Mr. Duanmu? This..."

"Okay, congratulations on getting it done, give me the people, we should leave, it's too late to leave."

"Hey?"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, Mary was stunned for a moment, and at this moment, Lorena also jumped up from the other side.

"Sir Knight, Miss Mary, there are too many, I can't stop them!"

"I know, don't worry."

Duanmu Huai waved his hand and looked at the sky.

"Okay, come and hold me tight."

"Hey?"

"Quick!!"

Although she didn't know why she did this, Mary still brought the unconscious Xia Li to Duanmu Huai's side, and saw him hugging the two of them like hugging cats. And Lorena on the other side also lay on his shoulder familiarly.

"Excuse me, what on earth is this......"

"Don't talk, close your eyes, and bite your lips tightly!"

The moment Duanmu Huai finished speaking, Mary felt a strong impact coming from under her body, and in just a blink of an eye, it took her straight into the sky!