Chapter 467

Chapter 467: When You’re in a Hurry, It’s Easy to Make Mistakes

At the same time, Jilly finally remembered her hometown—Western Village One.

The village was not far east of Granville Monster Forest, and those humanoid monsters might invade the village. Even… the blood and flesh that exploded from Meat Mountain could fall into Western Village One! If that happened, the village might already be…

No, no…

Remembering the villagers who had been familiar with each other in the village, who even helped her when her mother passed away, and the little house that held her and her mother’s memories from the past years, Jilly’s face suddenly turned grim.

She could not let everyone in the village be killed, nor could she forget the little house from the past…

The more she thought, the more anxious she became.

The girl did not care about the commotion caused by the humanoid monsters that emerged from underground, nor did she remember her companions Lvzi, Army Lady, and the others. Feeling desperate, she drew her sword and rushed outside.

Without getting too entangled with the humanoid monsters that came with the noise, the girl lifted her sword and pushed aside the bone blade of the humanoid monster that attacked her with full force. This not only reduced its strength by half but also made the humanoid monsters lose control, sending themselves flying behind.

Using the least amount of effort to dodge the enemy’s attacks was a skill that Jilly had gained from spending most of her years in battle.

Besides this, she had been paying attention to the number of these humanoid monsters ever since they fell from the sky.

Therefore, after she rushed out, she instinctively chose the route where she had calculated there were fewer humanoid monsters.

All these factors combined led to Lvzi and the other two girls, who were momentarily distracted by the humanoid monsters suddenly appearing from the ground, not reacting quickly to Jilly’s “escape.”

They also did not expect this to happen.

At this moment, anyone among the adventurers and soldiers present knew that trying to escape now would only lead to a quicker death… let alone escaping alone.

So by the time they realized what was happening, Jilly had already dashed out several dozen meters.

“Ah, Little Jilly!”

After a moment of surprise, Lvzi quickly chased after her.

The other two, Army Lady and Stealth One, also changed their expressions and hurried to follow behind Lvzi.

Even though Jilly was an old acquaintance of her mother, they had to consider that Jilly once helped the Ant Clan gain access to the underground maze.

Jilly could be said to have a significant favor with the Ant Clan.

Just as they rushed out, the three girls were confronted by a dozen humanoid monsters.

“Don’t block the way.”

Army Lady, holding a longsword, swiftly struck down the humanoid monsters in front of her, turning them into smooth chunks of meat. Only after she took a few steps did the pieces fall to the ground with a thud.

Lvzi glanced at the chunks of meat that Army Lady had cut and casually threw a dagger covered in acidic liquid to corrode them away.

Stealth One assisted by clearing the path.

They had just dealt with a dozen of these humanoid monsters, but now more were coming at them, as if there were no end.

These humanoid monsters had turned their attention to them after Jilly had dodged them earlier.

On top of that, sometimes humanoid monsters would burst up from the ground, causing them trouble.

It seemed that Jilly’s cries of distress could be heard from up ahead.

If they stayed any longer, it would be disastrous.

“Little Rainbow!”

In a moment of urgency, Lvzi shouted to Magic Rainbow, who was far away in the sky, without caring about anything else.

“Got it, leave it to me.”

Magic Rainbow sensed something unusual happening over here, but just as she was about to act, she felt something and looked up.

The white-haired beauty suddenly showed a smile on her face.

“It seems I don’t need to take action after all.”

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…

Time moved forward a little.

Perhaps because she was fully focused, Jilly’s mind was more concentrated than ever before.

Only paths weaving between the humanoid monsters remained in front of her.

Besides the sound of her footsteps and her heartbeat, all other sounds faded away, almost inaudible.

The humanoid monsters couldn’t harm her at all; even with many monsters blocking her way, she could always find a way to escape them in the shortest time.

Just being too focused on the present made it easy to overlook other dangers.

Just as the brown-haired girl jumped over the heads of several humanoid monsters and landed on the ground, ready to run again—

Thud!

There was a sound from beneath her feet as the ground cracked open.

“Oh no!”

After hearing this sound, Jilly finally snapped back to reality. The sounds around her suddenly became clear, and she could even hear Lvzi and Army Lady’s voices behind her.

But right now, she had no time to think about that, because at this moment her foot was being grabbed by a large hand made of flesh and blood, with no skin.

The girl struggled to break free from the grip of the giant hand, but she couldn’t succeed.

This strength…

I’m afraid it’s a humanoid monster with a high level of strength from Class A!

“Ah!”

Perhaps because she was struggling, that huge hand suddenly applied more force, and under its immense strength, Jilly couldn’t help but scream.

She felt her ankle crack loudly under that grip.

It seemed like her bone had broken; no… it wasn’t just regular pain; was it crushed to pieces?

The intense pain made her forehead break out in cold sweat; if she hadn’t experienced many battles and developed a stronger will than most, she might not have been able to stand after that hit.

Jilly gritted her teeth against the pain, changing from one hand to using both hands as she trembled and gripped her sword.

After taking a deep breath, the sword in her hand stopped shaking and came down with all her strength!

Clang!!

When the long sword came down, that bloody hand suddenly grew skin!

The skin that appeared was not ordinary; it was as pale as bone, seeming to have the same structure as the bone blade. When the long sword and the big hand clashed, it made a sound like metal hitting metal.

“How is this possible!”

Seeing that her strongest sword strike could not easily slice into the body of these humanoid monsters like before, the girl was surprised, and her face also turned pale.

However, the monster below did not give her time to be surprised.

Suddenly, there was another sound of something breaking through the ground as a humanoid monster, much larger than the others, leaped out from the ground and landed steadily.

Even as he jumped out, his right hand still held Jilly tightly.

The action of the humanoid monster jumping out made Jilly’s face grow even paler, but she gritted her teeth and did not scream again.

The brown-haired girl was held by the humanoid monster, lifted into the air like a little beast.

“Aaaah!!!”

The monster stood still and let out a terrifying roar.

After it roared as if to express its anger, it followed its instinct to kill and opened its toothy mouth wide, aiming to bite Jilly at her waist.