Legend of the Devil Fox
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Maybe I should be willing to get caught and exert all abilities as a fog? But I can't decide. Especially when there was still a drone watching me from outside my attack range until now.
A giant shark attacked me on the street. I kept my pace, froze the animal and then it went down.
six days of time left.
I finally saw the beach. The area around the World Tree and tillers generally had a mild climate and plenty of greenery, but the mountains here had nothing but sheer cliffs, the surface of the rock making life impossible.
"Damn it!"
So this is why the military examiners didn't attack me at sea. They're setting up an ambush here! More than forty cricket spiders occupied a relatively flatter area of the coastline, awaiting my arrival.
The ten leading spiders fired their wind bullets simultaneously. I immediately stopped making fog and dove into the sea.
With the full power of my magic, I turned most of the waves of the frozen sea to be thrown towards them. They immediately destroyed it. I completely turned into fog, blowing up the ice shards and ambushing them. I left behind some frozen spiders and then started climbing the mountain.
But there was a surprise waiting for me. A surprise that, I'm sure, is also unknown to military testers.
There was a reason why no one had ever reached the World Tree without following the official path. The mountains themselves resist all intruders.
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Secret labs.
From the alpha testers, the child who survived the psychiatric disorder is stored and monitored differently facilitated. The comatose children lay quietly in twenty capsules in a coma. Audrey is in front of them, connected to her audio-visual VR device. He was on the phone with Jhon, who was still living at the 7th research center.
“Hahahaha, unbelievable! So he really connected with No. 13! I just saw our little fox turn into a fog monster, hahahahaaah! Audrey, what about your side ?! ”
He coldly started his report.
"No. 13 still hasn't shown any response, and the other subjects haven't. Also, the orphanage supervisor who used to live in No. 13 has arrived at your invitation. How will we proceed?”
“Oh, is he already there? He should be quite familiar with No. 13, so I invited him for another point of view. Do not hesitate to talk to him. Let's see, so No. 13 is still unresponsive.
“Then I will continue my observation.”
Audrey cut the visual connection and returned her gaze again to the beginning. Turning around, he saw a woman in her fifties with thick makeup sipping coffee, while making herself very comfortable. He turned his grin to Audrey.
“It's done with the Deputy Director's call? Yeah, right, no one in the world knows that girl better than me! 'The devil' boy used to be very naughty when he first came. But a few blows can make him obey, heheheh. ” The watchwoman said, sounding very proud of what she did.
"So so…"
"Yes! And if he doesn't show any response, then we can get him out of the capsule and give him the all-electric shock I used to do! even the boy was scared to the point of screaming and shouting every time I did it, it should have worked”
Even among the established research orphanages around the world, this woman was still one of the best in terms of getting results. The company rates him highly. And in orphanages that were also high achievers, such cruelty happened every day.
“...We need to ask Vice Director's permission.” Audrey replied.
The policy requires children who are forcibly logged out due to mental disorders to stay alive in the collection facility for exactly thirty days. Their functions will be drawn in sequence.
Final processing will only begin once the live help is stopped for all alpha testers . As of now, about seventy percent had reached the end of their time period. Their deaths have been confirmed. The last examiner, No. 13, is four days away.
Even if this observation really revealed the relationship between No. 13 and the Fox beastman girl, only organ surgery awaited her .
With how reckless his life was, it would be much better to let him die quietly, Audrey thought.
Suddenly, a cry of Jhon sounded from the VR device.
“What are those monsters?!”
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Pov anza:
Being a fog, I practically ran up the mountain. Once it reached a fifth of the way, the cicada spider finally realized that the fog monster was me. They opened fire.
I had more surface area like fog, so dodging was difficult. However, with the distance I gained, just a slight evasion of movement was enough to make it out of most bullets. Only a few are affected.
But when the projectile hit the surface of the rock, a large amount of magical signals appeared on my radar. Here and there, Clumps made of rocks and rocks began to appear. They attacked me and the cicada spider.
What exactly are they?!
[Stone Monster x is a lot]
[Which points: 500~700]
[Total Combat Power: 530~780]
I don't see their hit points, so are they spiritual beings? If they are not demons?
Their magic power was almost the same as mine when I had just become a lower demon. However, their numbers are worrying. Hundreds of? No, maybe even thousands.
I have no time to worry about them here. If they were truly elemental, then perhaps their goal was to eliminate anyone who tried to reach the World Tree without using an approved path.
About a thousand of them started moving towards me. I wasn't sure if it was because I was trying to cross a mountain, or because I was a demon, but they looked very hostile.
I was unable to fight them head on. With all my strength, I blasted the frozen air into the elementals above me. The frozen boulders became a hindrance to the ascending elementals chasing me, and I continued my journey to the top.
From time to time, a barrage of rocks attacked 'em, and I'll avoid it. Sometimes I ignore the newly formed elementals, and sometimes I will kill them. After a full day, I finally reached the top of the mountain, battered and bruised.
[Anza] lv50 max
[Bags: Mistral Neige] [Big Devil (High Rank)]
[Which Points: 1370/5220] 600↑
[Total Combat Power: 1890/5740] 660↑
Having more than 5000 magic was still not enough for evolution or ranking enhancement.
Was there something above [The Big Devil] from the beginning...? Well, the stronger one, especially since the elementals are still following me.
The World Tree was so close that its trunk was clearly visible, but only its trunk. Its higher branches loomed high behind the cloud fog.
Surrounded by the sea on the central island, which I thought was big enough. But with how big the space occupied by the World Tree trunk. I could barely see the land.
Three days of time left. More stone elements formed around me.
Damage again and I'll seriously risk death here. I flew off the cliff that was sloping down, receiving several attacks from the elementals below me while avoiding the projectiles from behind. Eventually, I managed to escape to the inland sea.
The stone elementals stopped chasing me on the shoreline. They didn't even shoot, despite the straight flight path I took over the sea.
Do they not consider waters as their jurisdiction because they are land type? Then who…
“GGRAAARGHH!!”
From under the sea came the water snake, with its fins and everything. They looked like dragons without wings.
[Water Dragon?]lv50
[Mana Points: 2065/2080] [Hit Points: 3280/3280]
[Total Combat Power: 4950]
Wait, what's with that power?! And there was not only one of them; hundreds of water dragons patrolled around the Central Island, as if guarding the World Tree.
Damn, considering how much combat power I currently have, I can die in just one hit if not careful. Hesitation almost made me despair for a moment, but I pushed myself forward.
Some of them are watching me. They opened their mouths, firing bursts of water.
-430 Hits!
[Anza] [Ras: Fox Mistral Neige] [Big Devil (High Rank)]
[Which Points: 940/5220]
[Total Combat Strength: 1460/5740]
No, no, too much damage! And that was just one hit!
I tried to freeze the water to stop further attacks, but with how low my strength was, it could only create a thin layer of surface ice.
I dodged, dodged a direct blow, and twisted through a beam of water. At least I have an advantage in flight speed . The water dragon that swam a little slower than me.
I meandered to avoid the dragons, sometimes approaching, sometimes away from the island. After a long time, I finally landed on the beach.
[Anza] [Ras: Fox Mistral Neige] [Big Devil (High Rank)]
[Which Points: 330/5220]
[Total Combat Strength: 850/5740]
I could really die from a scratch. Fortunately, the water dragon no longer chased after me. Again, is land not their jurisdiction? I think they will still continue to attack because they are not elementals. How confusing. But once I tried to go inland, I understood why.
An invisible wall blocked my path.
Is this ... barrier? That can't be true! Are monsters not allowed to approach? I came all the way here, what should I do now?!.