Let them live with that regret for the rest of their lives!

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The abandoned street was still in complete chaos. Even on the outskirts, there were already quite a few people keeping watch and looking for targets.

However, everyone ignored Elise, and the two successfully arrived deep into the abandoned street.

Elise casually activated the air purification effect of her earrings, then complained, "The smell in this abandoned street is still as disgusting as ever."

"You talk as if you've been here for a long time."

"Maybe I really did stay there."

When she was being chased by Elena, she spent a long time hiding in the abandoned streets. Although Elena grew up in the abandoned streets, as a gamer, she was just as familiar with them as Elena was.

To survive, she even hid in dark, damp, and smelly sewers, not daring to make a sound even as rats crawled over her legs.

She even hid in piles of corpses, feeling the rotting bodily fluids flow down her cheeks...

Even though she had gone to such lengths, she still couldn't escape being killed.

Elena was about to say, "How could a noble lady like you be in a place like this?" when she noticed that Elise seemed a little off.

She instinctively grabbed Elise's hand, but Elise seemed to have been provoked and suddenly shook her hand off.

In that instant, Elena saw a hint of fear in her eyes.

"Are you okay?"

Elise took a deep breath, and then that familiar smile bloomed on her face again: "It's nothing, how could I be hurt? I was just accidentally startled by a mouse."

Before Elena could even speak, Elise had already wrapped her arms tightly around her and said in a soft, sweet voice, "There are so many rats here, you have to protect me!"

"I see."

Elena responded softly, but the scene from just now still lingered in her mind.

Is it really possible that Elise would be frightened by a rat?

That reaction just now, no matter how you look at it, doesn't seem right. It's more like I was... scared of myself.

Before she could think any further, the two of them arrived at the entrance of a small alley. This was the entrance to the Gray Hands' stronghold, which was also a small black market used to sell stolen goods.

However, you need to know Gray Hand's secret code to enter.

Both Elise and Elena knew what the so-called secret code was, so the two quickly made their way through the alley to the Gray Hand's stronghold.

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"Elena, it's been a long time! I heard you went to work as a bodyguard for a noble lady? I wonder what you're thinking? Don't you ever consider working for me?"

As soon as they entered Gray Hand's stronghold, they heard a slightly frivolous voice.

Elena turned to a flamboyantly dressed man and said calmly, "Pyro, I need your help with something."

"Although we know each other, don't expect me to do it for free. At most, I'll give you a discount."

"This is yours, isn't it?" Elena tossed the gray gloves over.

The flamboyant man named Pello took the gloves and examined them carefully before saying, "These are Jenny's gloves. She went out the day before yesterday and hasn't come back. Where did you find them?"

“She’s dead. Her death is related to the person I’m looking for, so I need information about her whereabouts.”

After a moment of silence, Pello said, "Golden Leaf Street, that's where she often hangs out. If you want to look for clues, go there. I won't charge you this time."

"Thanks then."

Elena simply greeted them and then left with Iris.

After leaving Gray Hand's stronghold, Elise finally spoke up, saying, "If I remember correctly, Gray Hand seems to have a very special ancient relic. Using that ancient relic, you can steal things from other people's spatial rings."

Hearing Elise's words, Elena was also a little surprised. She had quite a few interactions with Grey Hands, but this was the first time she had heard such information.

"That special ancient relic can only be obtained after becoming the leader of the Gray Hand. It's useless to you, but it might be of some use to Sally."

The Gray Hands are a faction you can join in the game. As long as you complete the Gray Hands' questline and have enough reputation, you can become the leader of the Gray Hands and obtain the ancient relic.

But that's a game. Now, if Elise wants, she can obtain that ancient relic through other means.

"We're going to Jinye Street now."

"it is good."

Just as the two were about to leave the abandoned street, a rat suddenly darted out from a corner, but before it could get close, it was blasted against the wall by a magical impact and became two.

"That's a bit of an exaggeration."

Didn't you say you were afraid of mice?

"Oh right, I had forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it~" Elise tapped her head cutely.

Elena twitched the corners of her mouth, said nothing more, and led Elise toward the exit of the abandoned street.

Before the two had even left the abandoned street, they heard a commotion ahead, just like in a zombie movie from Elise's hometown. Suddenly, someone rushed out, tackled the other to the ground, and started tearing at him.

But this was an abandoned street, and as soon as this situation occurred, the man was blasted into a pile of mangled flesh by all sorts of attacks.

After discovering that the person who was attacked also seemed to be acting strangely, that person was quickly finished off and the body was disposed of.

“It seems the pollution from the Crimson Meteor is quite severe.” Elise and Elena continued walking forward. After eliminating the source of the chaos, the abandoned street quickly returned to its original state.

Similar situations are not uncommon in abandoned streets. People here have become accustomed to it and are even adept at handling various matters.

"Yes, we need to find the Crimson Meteor quickly."

After leaving the abandoned street, the two took a carriage directly to Golden Leaf Street. On the way, they noticed that there were many more patrol teams in the city.

It seems that the imperial authorities have also realized the seriousness of the situation.

Golden Leaf Street is located near the Adventurers' Guild and is a commercial street mainly catering to adventurers.

This place is always bustling and lively, but it's also more chaotic than ordinary streets.

There's even an arena here, so if any conflicts arise between adventurers, they can go directly to the arena to resolve them.

As a veteran adventurer, Elena was very familiar with the situation in Golden Leaf Street, but she had come here less often since she got together with Iris.

Seeing Elena's wistful expression, Elise chuckled softly and said, "Recalling your past adventures?"

"It's just that I haven't been here for a long time, and it feels like there have been quite a few changes."

"With so many people, how are we supposed to find them?" Elena looked at the bustling street in front of her with some distress. Even if the person who possessed the Crimson Meteor might be active in this area, finding so many people would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"We can take our time finding that person. Since you're all here, why don't you come shopping with me?"

"Can't we do the important work first?"

"Since you don't have any clues right now, why don't you go shopping and look for clues? What if a clue just comes to you?"

After hearing what Elise had said, Elena hesitated for a moment but then nodded and said, "Alright, let's do it your way."

After getting the answer she wanted, Elise immediately took Elena's hand and said, "There are a lot of people here, so you have to protect me."

"Know it."

Elena, somewhat helplessly, pulled Elise along and started shopping.

She had initially thought that she was more familiar with the street than the noblewoman Elise, but after walking around for a while, she discovered that Elise was just as familiar with the place as she was.

But the thought that Elise might have been reborn many times made her feel better, and besides, this wasn't the first time something like this had happened.

It was at this moment that Elena, who had been reborn many times, couldn't help but recall the scene when she tried to grab Elena's hand in the abandoned street but was shaken off.

She couldn't help but feel a little dazed. Elena wondered if Elise's reaction was related to some kind of rebirth.

She even thought of the illusory scene she had seen in the territory of Noys, the scene where she pointed her weapon at Elise.

Just as Elena was feeling uneasy, she suddenly felt Iris squeeze her hand. Realizing what was wrong, she instinctively looked at Iris and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Is shopping with me such a boring thing? You're even spacing out."

Elena opened her mouth, wanting to explain but not knowing how. If she really asked Elise, given her personality, she definitely wouldn't tell her the truth, right?

1. "Sorry, I just thought of something."

Zero: "I'll forgive you if you just buy me a gift."

"it is good."

Just as Elena was about to ask Elise what gift she wanted, she noticed that Elise was staring straight in a certain direction.

Lu: "It seems we'll have to wait a bit before buying the gift; the person we're looking for has appeared."

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"where?"

4. Elena followed Elise's gaze, but all she saw was a crowded sea of ​​people. In the throng, she couldn't find the one who seemed special.

"That blond boy with a cheerful and sunny smile."

6. After hearing what Elise said, she quickly spotted the blond boy she had mentioned in the crowd. In her opinion, the boy didn't seem to have anything special about him, but since Elise had mentioned him, there must be something wrong with him.

There are problems even if there are none.

"There are too many people here, it's not convenient for us to take action."

"Let's follow him for now, and make our move when the time is right. We can also see what he's planning to do."

"it is good."

Elena responded softly, and then followed the blond boy at a distance with Iris.

However, perhaps noticing that they were secretly observing him, the blond boy suddenly quickened his pace and began to weave through the crowd.

Elena initially wanted to chase after her, but seeing Elise's calm demeanor, she gave up.

The blond boy didn't disappear into alleyways or other secluded places, but instead mingled in the crowd until the feeling of being watched disappeared, at which point he gradually slowed down.

But at that moment, the space around the blond boy suddenly distorted, and then his figure disappeared from the spot.

In the instant before he disappeared, you could still see the astonishment on his face.

At the same time, a spatial rift suddenly appeared in Elise's manor, and the blond boy who had just disappeared was directly teleported there.

Before he could react, he saw the giant axe coming straight at him.

Although she had reacted and prepared to defend herself, Sally's attack, which had been building up for a long time, was not so easy to block.

The giant axe sliced ​​the blond boy in two from top to bottom.

Although she landed a successful blow, Sally, being cautious by nature, didn't linger. She vanished from the blond boy's sight and teleported to a corner to continue charging up her power.

The blond boy, split in two, did not fall. Countless blood-red crystals emerged from his wounds, and in an instant, the blond boy transformed into a deformed and twisted monster.

Seeing this, Sally breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, she was cautious enough. If she had stayed where she was just now... it seems that it wouldn't have affected her at all. Now she can teleport away before the other party releases an attack.

Just as Sally finished charging up and teleported back to the deformed monster to swing her giant axe, she also felt an extremely strange energy eroding her. This made her feel somewhat agitated, and it also felt like something was about to burst out of her body.

Without the slightest hesitation, she teleported away from the monster and began using spatial power to eliminate the pollution from her body. As for the mental pollution, she figured only Elise could help with that.

"If you don't step in soon, I'm going to break down!" Sally shouted irritably.

This kind of monster that corrodes its surroundings is a bit troublesome for her to deal with, and the deformed monster seems to be resistant to spatial power, otherwise she would have already teleported some magical bombs into the monster's body.

Although it's temporarily impossible to penetrate the monster's body, sending bombs near the monster shouldn't be a problem.

A dozen or so Flora-made magical bombs were teleported to the monster's side, followed by a violent roar and a dazzling magical glow.

In the violent explosion, many blood-red crystals were also blown away.

However, all the blood-red crystals that were blasted away were swallowed by the invisible maw, giving it no chance to pollute the surrounding environment.

"It seems this monster can't be fought at close range." Elena stood on her flying sword, holding Iris, silently looking at the monster below, pondering the best solution.

“It’s not that it’s impossible to get close, but there’s no need for it.” Elise said as she summoned the Eloise Longbow.

Arrows, imbued with the power of gluttony, rained down, leaving wound after wound on the deformed monster.

The power of gluttony seems to have a restraining effect on this kind of monster, and the trash can really likes to eat this kind of garbage, so Elise certainly won't let this opportunity pass her by.

Under her control, the rain of arrows narrowed its range and began to strike the monster with precision.

"When did you become so strong?" Elena asked, somewhat surprised.

This monster's aura had reached the seventh level, but it seemed to have no power to fight back against Elise.

In the blink of an eye, he was worn down by the rain of arrows, leaving only a messy and broken body.

"It's just that it happens to be restrained by the power of Gluttony. If you want, you can join my Gluttony Church."

"When did gluttony churches start appearing?"