Chapter 230: Died Again
"Wow, this is just too adorable!"
At this moment, Li Meng couldn't help but want to pull Alisa into his arms for a moment.
"Alisa, this is our hometown language."
"Hometown language? Susan, is this gentleman your fellow countryman?"
"Yes, he is my fellow countryman."
After a while, Li Meng reluctantly withdrew his gaze from Alisa.
If they were in the Goblin Forest, he wouldn't hesitate to snatch Alisa away.
But not now—he had things to do.
"Strive to survive in this world," he said as he turned and walked out.
Watching Li Meng's departing figure, Susan hesitated to speak.
Her eyes revealed a trace of sadness.
Finally meeting someone from Earth, she hadn't expected them to part so quickly.
"Mister, what's your name?"
"Silver Mask!"
Silver Mask?
Susan was speechless. Even now, he didn't want to reveal his real name?
"My name is Susan, my name in this world!"
"Nice name!"
Li Meng waved his hand and disappeared into the crowd outside the alley.
"Oh no!"
At that moment, Alisa exclaimed in alarm.
"What's wrong, Alisa?"
Alisa looked distressed.
"Susan, we didn't even thank him."
Although she didn't know what had happened, it seemed they had been attacked.
And that black-robed figure had saved them.
"There will be a chance in the future, Alisa. Let's go back."
Alisa smiled gently and nodded slightly.
The two exchanged a smile and walked out side by side.
Finally escaping the endless loop, Susan felt relieved.
Today's events had been too strange.
Not only had they been hunted, but they also encountered a transmigrator.
Meanwhile, on the bustling street elsewhere,
Li Meng strolled along, intrigued by the prosperity before him.
Perhaps due to magic, this world's human civilization was relatively advanced.
Of course, advanced in magic, not technology.
The city didn't have the stench typical of medieval human settlements.
The streets were wide, and the ground was paved with stone slabs.
The stone slabs seemed durable, withstanding the passage of beast-drawn carts without much damage.
The streets were straight, and the two-story buildings on both sides were neatly arranged.
The city was clearly meticulously planned.
Occasionally, the sound of running water could be heard underground,
indicating the existence of a sewer system.
The attire of the passersby was vibrant and colorful,
suggesting a flourishing textile industry.
"Let's head to the Adventurer's Guild to register an identity first!"
The future timeline was already in chaos.
In the original timeline, he hadn't come to the main city of the Irisis Principality, Obenlo.
Li Meng didn't dwell on it.
With his current strength, deviating from the timeline posed no danger.
There was still no news from Sandra about the envoy from the Holy Kingdom.
So, before that, Li Meng planned to act freely.
Traveling the world as an adventurer seemed like a good choice.
By afternoon, as the sun was setting,
at Earl Bud's estate—
"Susan, you've been acting strange today!"
"Uh... really? I just think you're a bit chubby and should run more."
"I... I'm not chubby!"
The two girls joked as they entered the outer courtyard of the estate.
Seeing the familiar estate, Susan breathed a sigh of relief.
She was really afraid there were more than one assassin,
or that Silver Mask hadn't dealt with the assassin chasing them.
Thinking of Silver Mask, a hint of regret flashed in Susan's eyes.
She should have asked him more questions.
"Emma!"
As soon as they entered the estate gate,
Alisa screamed in horror.
Lying on the ground at the entrance was a maid dressed in a black-and-white uniform.
She was lying in a pool of blood.
Alisa rushed over to cast healing magic.
Her hands glowed with white magical light.
Susan, standing at the entrance, was dumbfounded.
She had thought they had survived this crisis.
But now it seemed there wasn't just one assassin.
"You've underestimated us. You've returned, which means that guy is already dead, right?"
A chilling voice suddenly echoed from the hall.
It was a woman's voice, tinged with laughter.
A woman appeared at the top of the stairs on the second floor.
She descended the stairs step by step, wearing tight brown leather armor.
Her voluptuous figure was alluring, with ample curves.
She had shoulder-length coffee-colored short hair,
and a beautiful yet cruel, maniacal smile adorned her face.
In her right hand, she held a curved blade.
Her left hand gripped a bloodied head.
"Aya!"
Alisa's face turned deathly pale at the sight of the head.
Emma was dead. Aya was dead too.
What had happened?
"Oh, her name is Aya? Here, take her!"
The woman laughed delightfully and threw the head.
The head soared high and fell towards Alisa and Susan at the entrance.
Alisa instinctively caught the head as it landed in her hands.
The moment she caught it, the woman on the stairs vanished.
In the next instant, a flash of the blade—
two heads flew into the air.
Two headless bodies collapsed into pools of blood.
In her final moments of consciousness, Susan saw the woman.
She was staring at them, licking her blade with an intoxicated expression.
"Died again?"
Susan felt her consciousness fading.
Finally, darkness engulfed everything.
In the Twilight Forest, in Baron Maropura's territory,
deep within the forest along a roadside—
"Hmm, she died again?"
A puzzled voice sounded from atop a tall tree.
Sitting on a tree branch, Li Meng felt exasperated.
The Adventurer's Guild in Obenlo was just ahead.
He had been about to enter the guild when he was sent back three days in time.
"Why does there have to be a tag-along when one savior is enough!"
The repeated time reversals were testing Li Meng's patience.
The inability to accomplish anything was worse than imprisonment.
Even if he acted, it would be futile.
"Master, what's wrong?"
A voice echoed in his mind—it was Xiao Bai.
Li Meng explained the repeated time reversals to Xiao Bai once again.
"Master retaining memories before the time reversals indicates a strong connection with the Divine Child. Perhaps she possesses immense destiny, capable of saving the world. Master, observe her for a while."
"I guess that's all I can do!"
The girl's time reversal was triggered by her death.
Though the limit was unknown, and how many times it could happen remained unclear,
her survival was key to keeping the world moving forward.
Li Meng leapt down from the tree branch, landing steadily on the ground.
In the next moment, a loud noise echoed through the forest.
A figure soared into the sky, vanishing into the distance in an instant.