Chapter 452

Chapter 452: Surprise

The appearance of the Meat Mountain monster startled Lin Yu, but since it appeared within the empire, she did not pay much attention to it.

No matter how much trouble this monster caused, it was still causing trouble on the empire’s side, and the lives of the human race had nothing to do with her, especially those humans in the empire.

Moreover, if the Meat Mountain monster caused enough fuss, it might even draw out certain individuals.

For example, those rarely seen S-class adventurers among the human race, or even other reincarnators like herself!

Well, the safest way to deal with this right now was to have the Stealth Ant daughters keep an eye on that creature from a distance to gather information and then wait for the strong ones in the empire to take action.

Thinking of this, Lin Yu couldn’t help but picture the sister duo, Stealth Seventeen and Stealth Eighteen, in her mind.

The three bodies of Class A adventurers brought back by the two girls were handed over to Ji Qiao.

The body of a high-ranking Class A human, especially one of a famous Class A adventurer, was very hard to obtain without attracting unwanted attention, let alone within the empire.

Since the two daughters achieved significant merits, they received a reward.

As for the details of the reward, they were not easy to explain, hehe…

Being with such a delightful pair of sisters—oh, I mean, should I say a pair of lovely sisters? Anyway, the experience was quite nice.

Although Stealth Seventeen, the “daughter” in the “mother-daughter duo,” looked very young, her previous experience with Little Pupil meant that as long as the approach was a bit gentler… it shouldn’t be a problem!

Hmm, speaking of rewards for them, why did it feel like I had rewarded myself instead? Well…

Ah, I had strayed off topic.

Speaking of which… the strong ones in the empire should be able to deal with that meat mountain monster, right?

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Later, when Stealth Eighteen, looking very satisfied, returned to the place where the meat mountain had been with Stealth Seventeen, who also wore a satisfied expression, they found that most of the town had turned into ruins, and a strong smell of blood filled the air, while the meat mountain had completely vanished.

The two girls were not very surprised; after all, it had been over a day, and it was possible that the meat mountain had left this small town to attack other human race towns.

At this moment, most of the surviving villagers were still trembling with fear, hiding in their homes and not daring to go outside. They were not only afraid of the returning meat mountain that might hunt them, but also feared that other monsters, attracted by the smell of blood after the town walls were destroyed, would come.

The two girls revealed their human forms and, as fellow surviving citizens, asked others for information.

Once they learned the general direction the meat mountain had taken after leaving, they began their pursuit.

However, the more they searched, the more astonished the two girls became.

The Meat Mountain seemed to be… moving towards Rollo Kingdom? Was it a coincidence? Or was it…

Stealth Seventeen remembered the imperial guards who had watched young Hugue die and fled without even fighting the Meat Mountain.

The little girl’s eyes narrowed slightly.

By the time the two girls finally found the Meat Mountain, it had already reached Rollo Kingdom.

They did not see the imperial guards, but they did come across many places along the way covered in blood and fragments of weapons or armor.

The Meat Mountain was currently located in the Duchy of Donelas, under the kingdom’s rule.

Two villages in the Duchy of Donelas had already been attacked by the Meat Mountain, and the entire villages had been utterly destroyed, with its next target being Tarkawano City, one of the three major cities in the kingdom.

If this city was captured, it would result in unimaginable loss of life and economic damage.

After several days of ‘feeding,’ the mountain of meat, which had originally been twenty meters tall, had grown to a terrifying height of around thirty meters; if you included the thick legs underneath, its height even reached forty meters!

This height was even taller than the tallest Earth Dragon Aier after using the skill “Tower.”

Since the height had increased to this level, its strength must have improved as well.

Moreover, since this mountain of meat had entered the kingdom, Mom must have received the news by now, right?

But anyway, I also needed to report the situation…

“You sisters go back and report the situation while Eighteen and I continue to follow it.”

Stealth Seventeen said to her shadow. This time, besides Stealth Eighteen, she had also brought several sisters who were staying in Foggy Castle.

As soon as she finished speaking, several shadows detached from her own shadow and swiftly flew away.

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When following the Devouring Demon Mountain to the front of Tarkawano City, Stealth Seventeen found that Tarkawano City was fully prepared for battle.

The infantry, cavalry, and mage troops all lined up, creating a dark mass. Just by looking at their numbers, there seemed to be more than ten thousand.

However, after seeing Tarkawano’s military strength, the mountain of meat was not intimidated at all. Instead, it let out a strange cry that sounded almost excited, and with its powerful legs, it thunderously rushed toward the army.

“Even if there are many low-level human soldiers, it won’t matter. Those soldiers are just walking to their death.”

Stealth Seventeen shook her head.

“But they haven’t seen the meat mountain attacking the town, so they don’t understand the gap in strength, right? Well, after all, they don’t have a choice; the city they need to protect is right behind them.”

Seeing that the meat mountain was getting close to the army, Stealth Seventeen quickly chased after it with Stealth Eighteen.

“Fire the arrows!!”

Among the army, a commander dressed in golden armor waved his hand.

The archers released their tightly drawn bows at the command, and countless sharp arrows immediately cut through the sky, whistling towards the mountain of meat.

Unfortunately, most of the arrows couldn’t even pierce the surface of the Devouring Demon Mountain. The few arrows that managed to break through the surface had little effect; even when they entered the mountain’s body, it seemed completely unaffected, and its legs continued to move without hesitation.

“Magic!!”

The commander’s face looked grim, but he continued to give orders.

In the next moment, various colorful offensive spells, closer than the arrows, bombarded the Devouring Demon Mountain.

The spells exploded on the surface of the mountain, and although their power was much stronger than the arrows, their effect was still not very noticeable to the mountain.

After spilling a little blood and pausing for a moment, the mountain of meat charged toward the army once more.

“Draw, draw your swords!!”

The commander was already pale, but he issued the final command.

However, to his surprise, the Devouring Demon Mountain, which could have crushed the soldiers like ants with its massive body, stopped its advance, retracted its moving legs, and suddenly sat down heavily.

Boom!!!

As the mountain of meat fell, the shockwave it created sent nearby soldiers flying.

“Don’t you want to squash the ‘food’?”

Stealth Seventeen guessed.

Just as she focused her attention on the mountain of meat, Stealth Eighteen, who was holding her, happily pointed at a small group of people in different outfits within the army.

“Seventeen, look, look! It’s my sisters!”