Chapter 194
Just because Spider Zi showed great strength, she subconsciously regarded it as an old antique that had been born for many years, so she adopted normal verbal communication methods and regarded those impolite or even weird behaviors as provocations.
Wait, think about it this way, is it still my fault? ——Ariel's face suddenly turned green and red, and her heart was full of mixed feelings.
On the one hand, she was unwilling to admit that she was wrong; on the other hand, the facts seemed to be moving in this direction, which made her feel as if she had been beaten unjustly for no reason.
Although she relies on the title of "Gluttony" and can eat anything to restore health and heal injuries, she is still unscathed on the surface; but in fact, under Ash's series of fierce attacks, her body has also been damaged. suffered heavy losses.
This fight was originally due to a misunderstanding. If it continued...it would obviously be irrational, especially when the opponent was a formidable enemy.
After all, what she is good at is melee combat. The opponent can directly attack from the air, and she can also restrain her own jumping. This is no fun at all. The restraint is too obvious.
This made her hesitate, and the anger in her heart was gradually suppressed by reason, but she felt very disadvantaged after forgetting it like this.
Ash saw Ariel's wavering and hesitation, smiled slightly, and then fell from the sky, landing lightly in front of Ariel.
Seeing this, Ariel subconsciously took a step back and looked at Ash warily, with obvious wariness still in her eyes.
"Don't be nervous. I am a wounded person, and I am also a professional mage. Melee combat is not my strong point, so...is this a sign of sincerity?"
Ash smiled and took off his shirt, shirtless, revealing the wounds on his body that had partially recovered but were still hideous.
Although the healing magic here is very advanced, unlike the world he lives in which can only treat trauma, or even directly treat diseases, the origin of his injuries is also unusual, and it still takes a certain amount of time to overcome.
"...Is this?" Ariel was slightly startled and couldn't help but be surprised. Although he was a mage, he was still injured and could still display such combat power. Her fear of him also increased a bit. So he nodded slowly and asked tentatively: "....Aren't you afraid that I will take the opportunity to kill you?"
In fact, I am a melee mage, so even at close range it is not a problem at all! ——He did not say these words, and in order to avoid meaningless disputes, he calmly spread his hands and said: "I believe you are not that kind of person."
"....You are obviously a devil, but you are still pretending to be a hot-blooded boy?" Ariel looked at Ash, the corners of her mouth raised slightly, revealing a sarcastic smile.
"Again, can't demons be passionate?"
"...Did I suffer so many blows from you in vain? And you killed all my family members, right?" Ariel's face was gloomy. Although she had begun to understand this misunderstanding, the lives she lost still made her feel sad. Can't let go.
"Don't say that. It's your own fault for restricting others from going out."
"Ha?!" Ariel's eyes were fixed, as ferocious as if she could kill someone, causing him to silently clear his throat and change his words: "Ahem, I mean, it's not easy to make enemies. It seems like you... There must be some trouble, right?”
"It's not all your spider's fault!"
"l...i. I don't know this at all. Anyway, shake hands first and make peace with her, right? I'll know how to teach her well when I get back later." ”
With a hearty smile, Ash stretched out his hand to her seemingly unprepared, leaving Alice completely shaken.
Although the two had already begun to fight, Ya Xiu stood in front of Ling herself after returning the favor, but she knew Ling's dream better than anyone else... This guy was obviously not as simple as he appeared before.
He was not really like a passionate young man who would easily hand over his life to others. Ariel was very sure of this, but his sincerity was also very obvious.
If it were in the sky, he would obviously not be an opponent. On the ground...the opponent would be condescending and highly maneuverable, with a three-dimensional dodge space. On the ground, he would be passively beaten.
Even if you can rely on gluttony to survive, it is difficult to kill the opponent no matter how you think about it.
After fully realizing this, she sighed heavily.
What an incredible monster. How could you possibly kill this guy? ——There are only risks in being an enemy of him, not even any benefits. Ariel, who realized this, was vigilant and did not want to provoke more powerful enemies, so she extended her hand in her complicated mood:
"...If you can solve it, those people are chirping in my head... Huh?"
When Ariel, whose thoughts were as complicated as a tangle, slowly stretched out her hand, Ash also opened his mouth and before he could say some words to ease the atmosphere, he was shocked to see the broken black cloth that had lost its pressure and followed her. The movement of reaching out slid down naturally like a light feather.
At this moment, time seemed to have been pressed on the pause button, and the whole world fell into a strange silence.
The two figures seemed to have been cast under a restraining spell, and both lost their voices.
Ash's eyes uncontrollably fell on the skin that was like the first snow in winter, illuminated by the afterglow of the setting sun, exuding a charming luster.
His eyes stayed on it for a long time, and then he quietly looked away as if waking up from a dream: "Today's sunset is so white... Uh, I mean, it's really dazzling."
I'd better pretend that I didn't see anything else. This is what is called tenderness. (?-6-Ash=4) I looked up at the sunset in the distance at an angle of 75 degrees and couldn't help sighing. I hope this episode can be skipped, but...
"--You, you bastard... Is this also... your conspiracy!?"
Ariel, who came back to her senses, instantly flushed, but her clenched fingers turned white due to excessive force, as if she was trying her best to suppress the anger in her heart.
A demon king of a generation, but was plotted against to such an extent, which almost burned out her sanity: "You——plotted against me!"
"Who do you think I am? Can I have such bad intentions?" Ash waved his hands repeatedly with an innocent look, his eyes full of sincerity, trying to explain to Ariel that this was just an accident:
"Why do you think I am that kind of pervert? Would I risk my reputation and plot such a thing just to see the smallness of all the mountains?"
"See, the smallness of all the mountains...?" Ariel was stunned at first, and then she realized the meaning of Ash's words, and her anger was ignited again, burning more vigorously.
"Ah, speaking of it..."
"——Go to hell!!"
Without waiting for Ash to continue to change the subject, Ariel, who was almost angry, raised her leg and kicked the ground.
The exploding ground, along with the strong shock wave, swept over immediately.
But he had to dodge, and then stepped lightly on the ground, so that the repulsive force spreading outward instantly offset it.
But Ariel opened her mouth after missing the attack, and another beam of light flew out.
Seeing this, Ash immediately relied on his agility to dodge the fatal beam of light that was coming straight at his face.
The beam of light flew past his cheek, and the strong wind it brought passed through his cheek like a sharp blade, causing a slight sting on his face.
He did not dare to stop for a moment, and in the next moment he exerted force suddenly, and the whole person rose from the ground like a rocket, and quickly escaped into the blue sky.
Seeing Ash dodge, Ariel was so angry that she kept throwing various magic and breath at the figure in the sky on the ground.
The colorful magic lights intertwined in the sky, like colorful fireworks, but each light contained deadly power.
She launched an attack regardless of everything, just wanting to knock Ash down from the sky and teach him a lesson.
In the process of venting her shame and anger, Ariel's mind involuntarily emerged with the queen's subordinates who were killed by him.
They were all her followers, but now they died in the sudden battle. Now not only did she fail to avenge them, but she was also played by the enemy here, and even had to accept the proposal of reconciliation.
This made her heart full of guilt and pain.
"Please forgive me for abandoning you in pursuit of efficiency like Dustin. I'm really sorry... I'm a useless parent who can't even help my children get revenge..."
Although she was venting, Ariel couldn't achieve her goal at all. Her voice gradually became lower, and in this mumbling apology, she couldn't help but offer a pious prayer to the goddess.
I hope the goddess can give peace after death to those followers who died tragically.
Although she knew better than anyone how empty and powerless this wish was, now she couldn't take down the hateful figure in the sky, so she could only pray like this.
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When the sun completely sank and disappeared below the horizon, the bright moons in the other world emerged one by one from the sky like bright pearls, casting soft moonlight on the devastated land.
After a long period of venting, Ariel's emotions gradually receded like a tide, and she finally calmed down.
At this time, the anger in her eyes had been extinguished, replaced by a trace of fatigue and complex expression.
Ash quietly observed in the air for a while, and when he saw that Ariel had regained her composure, he silently fell from the air.
Unscathed, he calmly walked to Ariel, took off his coat, and put it on her. He patted her head like a child and said earnestly:
"You are a girl after all, so don't wear revealing clothes in the wild. You will encounter danger...especially attracting strange people."
His eyes were full of concern, and his voice was gentle and sincere, without the tit-for-tat in the previous battle, but it sounded quite harsh to Ariel.
"Didn't you ruin my clothes? And there shouldn't be any weirder guy than you in this world." Ariel slapped his hand away mercilessly and retorted coldly.
However, although she was not forgiving, she still accepted the coat and wrapped her body in it.
It's not that she has any special affection for Ash, it's purely helpless.
She doesn't know space magic at all, and there is no way to get clothes from other places. In this case, if she doesn't wear Ash's coat, is she really going to run naked?
Ash didn't care about Ariel's cold attitude, he stood aside, his eyes inadvertently falling on Ariel.
At this moment, the ragged Ariel was basically wearing only black silk stockings and shoes. Wearing his coat, she actually had a different kind of charm.
That picture is very alluring in every sense of the word, and even carries an indescribable—sexy...aura!
But it would be disrespectful to look too much, and there was quite a bit of conflict between them at the beginning. Naturally, he quickly looked away and looked in the direction of the town: "Anyway, let's go back first and communicate with... um, Xiaobai, right?"
"Xiaobai?" Ariel asked doubtfully.
"That's my spider. This is the name I just thought of."
"....Is it because you're wearing white? Isn't it too casual?"
"If I get serious, even I will be scared." Even after thinking about it for a moment, he could only think of Elizabeth I. He even thought that this might be more appropriate, but he felt that Spider Zi might not accept it.
"What is this?" Ariel clicked her tongue in confusion, but didn't care much about it and asked instead: "By the way, how long have you known each other? Why are you just thinking of a name now?"
"In the past, in the underground maze, there was no need to use names at all~"
Ya'xiu seemed to be following Lin's will for a long time. He returned the umbrella to his wife, said "y", took her away together, and instantly returned to the lord's house through teleportation magic.
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When I returned to the house, the initial teleportation location was the living room...
At this moment, Spider Zi was nowhere to be found. He probably ran outside. Sophia and her mother were the only ones in the living room.
"Ara? This child is...?" Madam was already not surprised by his spatial ability. Instead, she looked at Ariel in surprise, who was not so much ragged, but actually had almost no clothes, with a trace of surprise in her eyes.
But when she turned her eyes to Ash, she showed an expression of "I understand". She raised the corners of her mouth slightly, clasped her hands on the side of her face, tilted her head and said:
"It's great to be young, but no matter what you say in the wild, you should pay attention to the impact. Isn't it dangerous if someone sees you?"
"No...she encountered banditry, and then I happened to pass by and rescued her."
"Are they bandits again? It's been really rough lately, but Mr. Ash is really a good person." After Ash's explanation, the lady suddenly showed a guilty expression.
Mom doesn’t really believe it, does she? This girl doesn't look like she was attacked by bandits. If she was really attacked until her clothes were gone, she wouldn't be so calm, right? Ah~ The Middle Ages were really barbaric. This person didn't even spare junior high school students - he didn't understand at all. Sophia, who was the actual age of the Demon King, was shaking her head beside her.
But in fact... when Madam turned her back and looked for clothes for Ariel, a smile appeared on her face again, and that smile was completely tolerant and understanding of the young man.
It was obvious that she was not really fooled by Ash's explanation. She just felt that things between young people sometimes did not need to be taken too seriously, and she did not want Ash and Ariel to feel embarrassed.
"...I always feel that the look in that human's eyes is quite irritating."
Ariel, who had remained silent, frowned and said with an unhappy look on her face after the lady left.
She could feel that behind Madam's seemingly friendly eyes, there was a meaning that made her uncomfortable.
"I don't even care, what do you care about?" Ash shrugged, looking indifferent.
"Are you complacent?" Ariel looked contemptuous.
"There's nothing to be complacent about. Although the person I like now includes Loli, but ah! That's just because the person I like happens to be Loli, not because of Loli!"
Asher defended himself righteously, but unfortunately... Ariel didn't want to listen at all and didn't believe it at all. She even silently took half a step to the side, her eyes full of vigilance, and warned:
"Needless to say, I have no interest in your sexual fetishes, but please keep at least two meters away from me."
"Uh, don't hide from me? You may not know me well now, but I have to tell you that in my hometown, I actually... well, forget it."
He doesn't seem to have a very good reputation in his hometown. After all, he has always been behind the scenes and feels like a mastermind behind the scenes... although it's probably not as simple as "feeling".
And this kind of thing is getting darker and darker, which makes him not want to continue this topic, especially when Sophia looks at him with wary eyes. While he marvels that babies can have so many emotions, he actually feels quite happy in his heart. Depressing.
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Spider Zi had been staying in the courtyard worriedly, observing the place in the distance that had just experienced a fierce confrontation.
Previously, Ariel's venting behavior seemed to Spider-Man to be a life-and-death battle scene.
Her little heart was beating nervously in her chest, and every beat seemed to tell her concern for Ash's safety.
When he noticed the spatial fluctuations in the building behind him, Spiderzi took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.
After silently preparing herself mentally, she mustered up her courage and leaped, landing lightly on the windowsill.
However, when her eyes fell on the three people in front of her, especially Ariel's figure, her pupils suddenly trembled violently.
Her body subconsciously tensed up, and she instinctively wanted to attack Ariel.
But at this critical moment, Ash rushed up and quickly pressed down the spider's head:
"Wait, wait! We have reconciled!"
"What? This is...?"
Spider-girl was confused by Ash's sudden move, and her small eyes, which were originally full of anger, were now full of confusion.
Ash sighed helplessly, and could only patiently explain to Spider-girl bit by bit.