Alpha is 18 years old this year, Beta is 18 years old this year, Gamma is 18 years old this year, Delta is 18 years old this year, Epsilon is 18 years old this year, Zeta is 18 years old this year, and Eta is 18 years old this year.
Xi Nuo, Alpha, Beta, and Delta arrived at Gamma's location.
Xi Nuo wrapped one billion Zeny in magic power and placed it on the carriage.
"Alpha, Beta, Gamma, the three of you go first. Delta and I will stay behind to cover your retreat!"
"Since they made the first move, don't blame us for retaliating!"
Xi Nuo didn't want to steal money, but since the other party actively tried to steal his money, he couldn't be blamed for being impolite.
"Phantom, I will protect this one billion Zeny!"
Alpha pledged solemnly.
After Alpha and the other two left with the one billion Zeny, Xi Nuo did not remove the barrier.
"Delta, go sniff around and see if there are any survivors."
Delta sniffed.
"There really is a survivor! Master, you're amazing, you already guessed there would be one!"
Delta led Xi Nuo to the densest pile of bodies.
Just as Delta was about to kill the one playing dead, Xi Nuo stopped her.
"Delta should be more obedient; you're not allowed to kill people without orders!"
"Understood!"
"Remember what I said today. If you don't follow orders, Delta will be punished by not eating for a day!"
"Ah! Can I change the punishment? Punish Delta by having her bear children for Master!"
Xi Nuo directly flicked Delta on the head.
"You wish!"
Delta clutched her head, looking like she was in pain.
"When Delta was in her pack, women who made mistakes would be punished by being sent to bear children for others!" Delta explained, feeling wronged.
"But this pack is not Delta's original pack. My words are the rules!"
"Master, understood!"
Xi Nuo looked at the body on the ground, beneath several other corpses.
"How long do you plan to play dead?"
Xi Nuo took out his slime sword and prodded the nearby bodies.
The survivor Delta mentioned had a huge wound in his heart area, completely piercing through his body.
"Still playing dead? I'll kill you then!"
Xi Nuo watched, but the other party still didn't react.
"Could Delta have been mistaken? Forget it, I'll just chop him!"
Xi Nuo swung his sword down.
The 'corpse' felt the killing intent and began to stir.
Xi Nuo carefully examined this guy.
"This guy seems to be the first person Delta killed. Delta remembered piercing his heart! Why is he still alive?"
"That's because my heart is on my right side!"
The Royal Knights Captain glared at Xi Nuo and Delta.
Suddenly, he heard the sound of hooves.
"You're all dead!"
As the Royal Knights Captain's words fell, all the birds in the distant forest flew away.
Xi Nuo looked into the distance.
Thousands of soldiers, riding horses and clad in armor, were chasing after them.
Xi Nuo snapped his fingers, dispelling the magic barrier.
The thousands of soldiers charged directly, surrounding Xi Nuo and Delta.
"These are our country's Magic Armored Knights, they have strong resistance to Magic Swordsman attacks!" the Royal Knights Captain said.
Xi Nuo snapped his fingers!
The magic barrier reappeared, covering everyone.
"Delta, the slaughter feast has begun. Don't kill the half-crippled guy lying on the ground, but kill everyone else!"
"Delta understands!"
Xi Nuo temporarily left the area.
He didn't like the strong smell of blood.
What followed was a one-sided massacre.
Magic Armored Knights were indeed difficult for Magic Swordsmen to handle, but that was only for ordinary Magic Swordsmen.
They were completely useless against Delta.
With every attack, Delta would tear apart a person's armor, including their body. And the attacks from the other soldiers couldn't even hit Delta.
Delta was like a wolf among sheep; this was Delta's one-sided hunt.
Half an hour later, Delta, covered in blood, came to Xi Nuo's side.
"Master, everyone is dealt with, except for that guy!"
"Drag him over, I have some questions to ask!"
"Alright!"
After Delta dragged the Royal Knights Captain over, the man had already gone mad.
"It's all fake, all fake! Fake, fake, fake!"
He repeated this sentence like a broken record.
"If you keep playing crazy, I'll kill you!"
The other party showed no reaction.
Xi Nuo cut off his limbs, but he remained in the same state.
Originally, Xi Nuo had wanted to ask who was trying to double-cross them and steal the Zeny.
Since things had come to this, it didn't matter if he didn't know.
"Delta, after you dispose of him, go wash up by the river and then catch up!"
Delta was very dirty now.
"Understood!"
Delta used her nose to find the nearest river and went to clean herself.
Xi Nuo, meanwhile, destroyed the traces of the carriage's path, eliminating all evidence of the carriage along the route Alpha and the others had taken.
He did this to avoid trouble.
Although Xi Nuo wasn't afraid of trouble, he also didn't like it. It was better to avoid it if possible.
Soon, Xi Nuo and Delta caught up with Alpha.
On the way back, they only encountered bandits three times. Because they had cleared out the bandits on the way there, their numbers were much smaller.