"Boom!"
The wooden shack, engulfed in flames, finally buckled under the strain. Amidst a shower of sparks, the main beam of the house completely snapped.
The already precarious wooden house instantly collapsed, and the Burning wooden pillars from the roof tumbled down, sealing off the villagers' last escape route inside.
"Wait!"
Seeing the interior completely consumed by flames, the villager immediately stopped. Feeling the heat from above, he couldn't help but close his eyes in despair.
The house had now become a furnace, and he knew he likely wouldn't make it out this time.
But after closing his eyes for a long time, the expected scene of flaming wooden pillars crashing down never occurred.
On the contrary, the omnipresent scorching heat even seemed to diminish. The villager could even feel a cool breeze blowing past him.
Opening his eyes in confusion, a familiar figure appeared before him, one that had left a deep impression.
With his giant-like physique and that yellowish-brown cloak, who else could it be but Morgott?
"You are..."
"You're not very skilled at using the power within yourselves."
Morgott exerted force with his arm, pushing aside the Burning building materials in front of him. He turned and extended his hand, his furry palm already a fiery red.
The skin on Morgott's palm had turned reddish-white, looking like molten glass.
However, the faintly visible blue veins within told the villager before him that this was not molten glass, but a human hand.
"This thing, you call it a 'Whopperflower' here, right?" Morgott's palm wiggled, and the reddish-white skin returned to its original grayish-blue.
"Observe other life forms more. It will make your future life and battles easier," Morgott advised, then walked out through the gaping hole he had created.
"Observe other life forms?"
The villager looked at his own furry palm, deep in thought... "Ah!"
"Hiss—"
"Pfft..."
Not everyone was a skilled fighter like Washizu and his companions.
Many villagers who joined the battle were just ordinary villagers; they had no armor, no proper weapons, only common farm tools or mining picks in their hands.
The only difference between them and villagers from other villages was that they were a bit stronger and more resilient.
"Brother, how are you?" Jiangxia Erciro threw away the hoe in his hand and helped up his elder brother, who was lying on the ground, asking with lingering fear.
If he hadn't reacted quickly just now, he would probably have taken a blow.
"I... I'm fine. Check on Third Brother, he was at the very front," Jiangxia Taro said, clutching his bleeding abdomen, using his other hand to lean on an iron pick as a crutch, struggling to get up from the ground.
"I... I'm fine too, it's just that the new iron pot forged yesterday at home is now useless," Jiangxia Sanjiro also climbed up from the ground.
He held up the iron pot, which had a large hole in it and was constantly emitting electricity, and said regretfully.
This pot was newly made by their family; it hadn't even cooked a few meals before a large hole was forcibly made in it. It was impossible not to feel heartbroken.
The Sergeant at the head saw the three lively villagers and immediately frowned. He turned to the soldier next to him, who had just used a Delusion, and said irritably, "Finish them quickly! No more surprises!"
Then, he led the others away without looking back. The Sergeant believed that all his soldiers were top-notch fighters.
Dealing with three ordinary villagers would be easy even without a Delusion, not to mention that the soldier had already used a Delusion.
As for why those three villagers survived just now, it was probably because the soldier was using element power for the first time and was unfamiliar with it.
Jiangxia Sanjiro saw the purple lightning flashing in the soldier's hand and panicked. Their own pot was shattered by that very move. Now that the pot was gone, what would they use to block?
"Brother, what should we do?" Jiangxia Erciro, supporting Jiangxia Taro, pursed his lips.
Jiangxia Taro had a cut on his abdomen and couldn't run fast at all. If they wanted to dodge the soldier's attack, they would definitely have to abandon their elder brother.
"You... you two go quickly, don't mind me." Jiangxia Taro clearly knew he was a burden. He reached out and pushed Jiangxia Erciro away, then stepped forward a few paces, blocking in front of his two younger brothers.
"No..." Jiangxia Erciro and Jiangxia Sanjiro shook their heads, grabbing Jiangxia Taro's arm, looking as if they would die before letting go.
"Hehehe, in that case, then all of you die!" The soldier let out a chilling sneer, and the lightning in his hand grew thicker.
He was somewhat worried that the previous amount of power would not be enough to kill these three strange guys in front of him.
Because before, he had attacked with that level of power, and only shattered an iron pot, while the three people themselves had no injuries.
Actually, it wasn't a complete lack of results; the bleeding wound on the fattest guy's abdomen was his masterpiece.
But the soldier was very curious, could lightning cause a bleeding wound? He didn't know, he had never been struck by lightning.
"Die!"
"Sizzle sizzle sizzle!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The soldier's movements froze. The Sky suddenly brightened, and several golden lightning bolts descended from the Sky, dispelling a large area of darkness.
The light only fell on the soldier; in the golden glow, it was impossible to see what was happening.
When the light dissipated, darkness once again enveloped the land. And the soldier's figure had also vanished into the darkness.
"Bang!"
The dull thud of a heavy object falling reached them. Jiangxia Erciro trembling poked the charred, carbon-like object not far in front of him with his hoe.
"Crunch!"
"B-Brother, this guy turned into carbon." Jiangxia Erciro then looked at the surrounding ground, where many similar carbon-like objects had appeared.
"And others too."
Seeing this, Jiangxia Erciro added.
"Don't dawdle during battle, neither you nor them."
Just as Jiangxia Erciro was still shaken, a huge figure appeared in front of the three brothers.
"Lord Mon... Morgott?"
Jiangxia Taro recognized the familiar figure immediately. For no other reason than Morgott's features were too distinctive.
"Just call me by my name." Morgott walked up to Jiangxia Taro, lifted his shirt, and examined his wound.
"A scratch from a fragment, only skin deep, nothing serious. Your weapons aren't very good, poorly designed."
Morgott shook his head. The tendency of blades to fly off when a weapon breaks is also an important indicator of a weapon's quality.
"This... you're right," Jiangxia Taro said, first sighing in relief, then scratching his head awkwardly.
Weapons? Could a hoe, an iron pick, and a large pot be called weapons?
Morgott saw Dairo's subtle expression and re-examined the three of them.
"..."
"Take back what I just said, the pot is good." Morgott twitched the corner of his mouth. As a weapon, this pot was very unqualified, but in terms of quality, it was among the best of pots.
"That's natural. For something you eat with, you have to be careful," Jiangxia Taro chuckled, hearing Morgott's praise.
Although it was a shame the iron pot was broken, its ability to block an element-filled attack was enough to prove its reliable quality.
Next time, I'll buy this kind of pot again!
"Heh." Morgott smiled helplessly, "If you don't have fighting skills, don't engage in fighting. If it weren't for me just now, you would have already lost your lives."
With that, Morgott moved away from the area.
It seems Higi Village still has many areas that need improvement.
"Hmm..." Seeing Morgott's rapidly disappearing back, Jiangxia Taro pondered for a moment before belatedly responding, "If he doesn't want me to live, I'll fight for my life even if I don't know how!"
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