Hunting Mountain is a private mountain forest owned by the royal family of Lane, with an altitude of only about 600 meters, but the woods on the mountain are extremely luxuriant, and even show a primitive ecology. Every year in autumn and winter, the hunting mountain will be closed, and then the mercenaries hired by the royal family will collect some low-level monsters and beasts into the mountain forest, let them fend for themselves on this mountain, until the spring hunt or autumn hunt begins, becoming a proof of the royal family and nobles to show off their exploits and bravery.

Of course, in order to prevent too cunning magical beasts from growing too powerful, every two to three years, when the hunting event is held, the royal family will let the strong go up the mountain to conduct a sweep to ensure that these powerful magical beasts will not affect the next hunt.

In the royal capital, there were also many nobles who used the twice-yearly hunting event as a shortcut to the high-ranking aristocratic circle.

Because every time the spring and autumn hunting events are held, twenty families will be invited. In addition to the royal family and the four old nobles of the royal capital who are frequent visitors, the remaining fifteen invited families are all selected by the king, and the selection criteria are that there are more outstanding members of the family in the last year or half a year. Of course, in terms of the activities of the two hunts, the gold content of autumn hunting is higher than that of spring hunting.

It's a pity that this year's autumn hunt is destined to be in the soup.

Because His Majesty the King began to be unconscious three months ago, there was no mission to catch monsters alive this year - spring hunting is a relatively low-level hunting activity, and they are all new generations of some families, because they are usually not too strong, so the hunting is mainly wild beasts. Occasionally, there will be low-level demonic beasts of the first and second grades; Autumn Hunting, on the other hand, is facing stronger young people, so the object of hunting has changed from beasts to monsters, but it will never exceed level five - which makes many mercenaries who have already gathered in the king and are ready to sell the monsters caught in advance for a good price.

And then came the news of the king's death. It even made the entire royal capital fall into a panic.

This year's hunting mountain is destined to be deserted and lonely.

However, there are still a few fish that have slipped through the net occasionally in the mountains and forests.

Alexis walked in the mountains and forests, and her keen perception allowed her to easily spot several demonic beasts lurking in the mountain forests. These slightly civilized guys obviously know that Alexis is not a guy to be messed with - their natural beast perception gives them an instinctive judgment, so even if Alexis doesn't exude any aura, like a ghost walking in the astral plane, none of the monsters will come out to die.

However, Alexis's original intention was not to come here to hunt these low-level demonic beasts and eat barbecue.

Walk in the mountains and forests. The corners of Alexis' mouth lifted slightly, revealing a light smile.

There was no sound in the quiet mountain forest, let alone the chirping of insects at night. Even the monsters were struggling to suppress the sound of their breathing. If Alexis completely exuded her majesty, then she could understand this effect, but now she did not release her coercive influence, but the mountains and forests were still so peaceful. So much so that it seems a little depressing. As an extremely experienced person, how could Alexis not know the meaning of this?

She slowly drew a slashing blade that she had tied to her waist—Alexis' hand was so steady that when she drew her sword, there was no friction between the blade and the scabbard, not even a sound. This is something that even the most elite killer may struggle to do, after all, there is only a little space between the scabbard and the blade, and it is not easy to draw the sword without making any sound at all.

Holding the slashing blade in his hand, Alexis' face grew even more smiling.

Sean had never seen Alexis use his own weapon. Whether in the game or in the real world, of course, the exaggerated spear doesn't count. And now the spear is stored by Alexis in her own private space. If Sean could see Alexis's slashing blade at this time, he would probably not be able to react for a while, even if he wasn't scared.

This is a slashing blade that is as black as ink, and the blade seems to be coated with matte material, even if it is shrouded in the moonlight shining through the gaps in the branches and leaves of the mountains and forests, this slashing blade is still pitch black and gloomy, as if the sword body is a black hole, swallowing all the light. However, this is not the reason why Sean will be shocked, the real reason for the surprise is that there seems to be something on the sword body that is surging and struggling wildly, as if it wants to break through the sword body and appear in this material world.

The intuitive feeling is that this is a living blade.

Often, only artifacts have a will and soul of their own.

But Sean definitely dared to swear by his "rich" forging experience and skills that the slashing blade in Alexis's hand was by no means an artifact. At best, it is probably half a level higher than the epic, not to mention the real mythical level, not even the quasi-mythical level.

Alexis' right hand was trembling slightly, but it wasn't because she was nervous, it was because she was too excited.

"Dark, bear with me a little longer." Alexis's voice whispered, as if whispering, "I'll make you have a drink right away." ”

As Alexis's words fell, the other blade tied to Alexis's waist trembled slightly, although the amplitude was not large, but it was enough to cause Alexis to perceive. I saw Alexis gently put his right hand on the hilt of the unsheathed sword, and then gently stroked the hilt of the sword, as if caressing the lover's cheek, and the blade immediately quieted down.

"Chi, it's not your time yet, just wait." Alexis whispered, "Let's see if this opponent is worthy of my dual sword technique." ”

As Alexis's almost whispering voice rang out, she raised her right hand holding the blade called Dark, and then waved it casually, as if looking for a feel.

But if you look closely, you can see that the blade is swinging in Alexis' right hand at the same time. More than two-thirds of the sword body disappeared strangely, and except for a ripple in the air, it was impossible to see the sword body at all. But when the blade reappeared in its entirety. There was a slight smell of blood in the air, and there was also a trace of blood on the body of the blade that slid down the outline of the blade from top to bottom.

However, before it could condense to the tip of the blade, the trace of blood had completely disappeared without a trace, as if it had been swallowed by the sword body.

If Sean was present, then he would definitely be able to judge that this chopping blade called Gloomy was definitely a living thing!

Because the breath of living creatures emanating from the air was obviously a little stronger, and there were even faint fluctuations of excitement and anxiety - fluctuations of consciousness of excitement. Naturally, it comes from the darkness that has been unsheathed and seen blood; The fluctuation of the anxiety came from the other flame that had not yet been unsheathed, but Alexis's right hand had been pressed on the hilt of the sword, so this anxiety was quickly suppressed.

Alexis ignored the spread of the swarm. Or the consciousness that came to her senses, she was just walking very casually, looking like a random walk after dinner. It's just that every few steps forward, Alexis's right hand will wave slightly. The action looks very casual. It's like driving away mosquitoes in a dense forest.

But with the advance of Alexis, and this seemingly meaningless casual action, the smell of blood in the dense forest became stronger and stronger.

And those demonic beasts hidden in the forest were even more frightened and trembling on the ground, and they didn't even dare to get up and run away. If they had any foreknowledge, they probably would never have been here at this point in time tonight anyway - or at least it would have been a relief to be killed directly, not to experience the great panic of life worse than death as they do now.

Just a few dozen meters of the road. Alexis waved his hand almost twenty times, but there was an extremely thick bloody smell in the air. There was not a single corpse on the ground, not even on the ground. But anyone who knows Alexis well knows that every move of this so-called forbidden being is definitely not meaningless.

Walking to the side of a tall tree, Alexis finally turned to look at the path she had come, still smiling with a smile on her face.

"What a pleasant walk." Alexis said with a smile, but in an instant, Alexis swung his sword and slashed at the nearby tree that required about three people to hug without warning.

There was no bright sword light, and even the sword shadow on his face did not appear.

And Alexis obviously just swung a sword, but in the next second, the big tree suddenly exploded into sawdust, fluttering and falling from the air, as if it had been impacted by some powerful force and was fundamentally crushed.

It's just that Alexis's face didn't show any lightheartedness, but showed a slight surprise, and his eyes also looked at the right of the big tree that had been shattered into sawdust dozens of meters away. But soon, Alexis's face showed a smile again: "Legendary powerhouse? Well, no wonder you can dodge my blow. …… You sent these Dark Walkers? Were you responsible for the assassinations on that manor? ”

As if because Alexis had seen through his identity, a figure slowly walked out of the woods.

It was a very good-looking woman, and she was wearing a set of emerald green light armor with intricate openwork carvings, which seemed to be an armor that was only considered for fine workmanship and neglected defense. However, for the sake of this woman with a pair of pointed ears, it is not difficult to understand why the other party made this choice, after all, for elves, defense is not their first consideration.

"Those Darkwalkers have nothing to do with me." Staring at Alexis, the female elf spoke, her voice like a yellow warbler's cry, graceful and moving, "I originally wanted to help you, but it looks ......" The female elf glanced at the source of the strong smell of blood, and then returned her gaze to Alexis: "...... It doesn't seem necessary. ”

"Although these Darkwalkers are quite sophisticated and obviously experienced, they are not enough to hide from you." Alexis smiled slightly, "If you really want to help me solve it." Shouldn't they have been dealt with a long time ago? How could they be allowed to come here. ”

"You found me a long time ago?" The female elf frowned slightly, looking a little surprised.

"Pretty much." Alexis shrugged, "Either you. It's still the bed bugs, the smell is so strong, I smell it on the manor. ”

"Huh." The female elf smiled unchanged, obviously not believing Alexis's words, "I originally wanted to come here to sell favors, after all, some things must be done in front of the benefactor to make sense." …… Isn't it? ”

Alexis shrugged noncommittally, "Well, I'm more interested. Do you know who is behind these killers? ”

"I don't know." The female elf said very simply and straightforwardly. "I just wanted to come and observe you, and the master to whom you are allegiant, and by the way to convey a kindness to you on behalf of my master. It will be found that these killers are just accidental behaviors, and they are not solved in the first place. It's also my personal consideration. For you humans, after all. Some things have to be dealt with in person to appear more sincere. ”

"Spreading kindness?" Alexis pursed her lips, looking a little disdainful, this move undoubtedly made the female elf very dissatisfied, "Well, that aside, I haven't fought a strong man for a long time. …… Elven swordsmen are rare, and I'm getting a little itchy on my hands. ”

The female elf's eyebrows raised, and the expression on her face became cold: "It's okay." I also want to personally understand your strength. …… Draw your sword. ”

"Draw your sword?" Alexis was stunned for a moment.

"You're a Twin Sword Warrior, right?" The elf drew her sword at either side of her waist. He whispered to Alexis, "Do you think I can be as easy to deal with as those Dark Walkers?" Then you might as well draw your sword, otherwise you won't have a chance to draw another sword in a while. ”

Hearing the female elf's words, Alexis's confused face finally turned into a smile: "What do you say about this?" Ha ha. Don't worry, if you can get me to use the dual sword technique, then I will definitely be happier. But I'm afraid that you're not my opponent, and it won't be interesting if the battle ends too quickly, so let's use single swordsmanship first. ”

"Good." This time, the elf's face and voice turned cold, "You will pay for your arrogance." ”

"Oh." Alexis nodded, "So are you ready?" I'm going to do it. ”

"Come on." The female elf said coldly, and at the same time suddenly grasped the hilt of the long sword with both hands, and her fighting spirit was high.

It's just that in the next second, the female elf's face suddenly changed.

Because Alexis actually disappeared completely directly from her sight, and even her perception couldn't lock Alexis at all, she could only barely detect a strong aura suddenly appeared in front of her, and the strong air flow that erupted due to the excessive speed was even like the wind blade magic of a magician, blowing her cheeks with a tingling pain, if it weren't for the protection of the Gang Qi as a legendary powerhouse, I'm afraid she would have broken her phase by now!

In this case, the female elf didn't have time to make any responses and counterattacks, and could only rely on her combat instinct and experience to block - the two swords were directly crossed in front of her, and at the same time, the fighting spirit completely burst out, and even the realm was directly unfolded at this moment.

There was no roaring popping sound.

Some of them were just a heavy force that instantly reverberated back from the twin swords erected by the female elf, almost shaking the two long swords out of her hands.

A stream of air centered on the two people in the confrontation, swirling and radiating out to the surroundings - the ground was obviously not affected in any way, but everything that was swept up by this air current, whether it was trees or those trembling demonic beasts that were crawling on the ground and did not dare to move, all turned into sawdust, powder, and blood mist in an instant. In the blink of an eye, everything within a radius of 100 meters disappeared completely, leaving only the bare earth.

And the female elf's pupils also revealed a hint of horror.

She found that her realm had lost contact with her the moment it unfolded, as if it had never existed—or that she had never unfolded, and that everything had been silent as if it had never been. And because the surrounding woods were completely destroyed, as a forest elf, she even completely lost her racial talent advantage, and could not use the particularity of the forest environment to fight.

But all this was not the reason for the horror in the female elf's eyes. What really shocked her was that she found that the sword that the woman in front of her had just slashed out did not use the power of Dou Qi at all, it was purely a blow she made with her own strength!

"This ......" The female elf lost her mind for a moment because of the impact of this terrifying feeling.

Alexis's eyes showed a hint of disappointment, and the strength in his hand increased again, completely suppressing the female elf's parry. However, she did not have the habit of teasing her opponent, and she slashed down with a straight and sudden force, and the powerful impact force shook the female elf out, and after sliding out of dozens of meters, the female elf finally unloaded the force emitted by Alexis, but even so, she staggered back more than ten steps before she was finally able to stabilize her body.

"You can't even hold my single sword technique, and you still want to teach me double sword skills?" Alexis said lightly, "I advise you, don't think about relying on the realm to fight tricks, the realm is useless to me." So...... If you don't give it your all, you're probably not going to be able to get out of here. ”

Hearing Alexis's words, this time the female elf no longer dared to underestimate her, and instead had a serious and solemn expression: "I understand." …… So, let me show you what I'm really capable of. (To be continued......)