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"This is getting stranger and stranger..."
"Now that the door is open, you lead the way. I advise you again not to try any tricks."
"Of course not... of course not, it's just that there have been too many strange things happening tonight..."
Now the man seemed completely bewildered, so he simply led Niu Zida and his group through the secret door and into the cave to investigate...
Chapter 108 The Mysterious Cave
Chapter 108.
Upon entering the cave, a bloody stench filled the dark interior, and the sounds of fighting seemed to echo from afar. After only a few steps, several corpses lay scattered on the ground. Niu Zida, finding this strange, said to the captured man:
"What's going on? Are you playing some kind of trick?"
"I...I don't know either...It wasn't like this when we left. This is our secret base, so the security here should be very tight. Now it feels like we've been ambushed."
Niu Zida couldn't tell whether the man was telling the truth or not, but the corpses on the ground all looked real. It was unlikely that they would have found corpses and placed them here just to ambush him. Besides, his maid's combat power should be overwhelming against these people, so it seemed that they could continue to explore ahead without worrying too much.
After alerting Shizuku Misato and Yoru, Ushida led his men forward, slowly advancing along the cave wall. The sounds of fighting grew clearer as they went further, indicating that a real battle was taking place ahead, rather than an ambush.
Niu Zida was basically certain that what the man said was true, so he told his maid to go forward and check the situation. This time, Joel and Sanxiang Shizuku acted quickly. The man holding the prisoner was asked to lead the way, and they quickly advanced along the dark cave. A section of the cave suddenly opened up ahead.
Further into the cave, a large, half-open iron gate stood before the group. According to the prisoners, this was the entrance to the workshop of the Evil Eye Factory's production base.
There were many corpses lying haphazardly outside, some of them still bleeding profusely, all seemingly fallen in the recent battle.
Niu Zida couldn't care less about the prisoners at this point. He had Joel enter stealth mode and approach again. Once inside the factory, they found that it had already become a fierce battlefield, with nearly a hundred people fighting each other.
"What should the master do?"
"Let's talk about it later, there's no rush."
Misato Shizuku, escorting the captured man, followed. Seeing the chaotic scene before them, the group leaned against the doorway, carefully observing the situation as Niu Zida had suggested. Meanwhile, Niu Zida quickly questioned the captured man, finally understanding that at least some of the people engaged in the fierce battle were guards from their Abyss Order.
"Another group... I can't tell where they're from..."
"You don't need to tell me, I already know."
Niu Zida observed carefully for a while, and when he saw a silver-haired beauty wearing a light blue dress, white stockings, and a braided pigtail fighting against the enemy with dazzling swordsmanship, he immediately recognized her as Ayaka Kamisato from Genshin Impact.
"Huh? It's Ayaka? It's actually from the Kamisato family... Oh, I see, these people are from the Kamisato family, a noble family in the capital..."
The captured man squinted and observed for a while, seemingly recognizing Linghua. Eager to make a contribution, he quickly told Niu Zida about it. Judging from his tone, it seemed that Linghua was still a noblewoman from Altaïr in this world. This seemingly innocent but actually cunning girl seemed destined to be a noble lady wherever she went. Thinking of this, Niu Zida felt a little jealous. It's true that some people are born in Rome, while others are born as mules and horses.
It seems that Ayaka is leading her subordinates to attack this group? Niu Zida carefully observed the battle situation and found that although Ayaka's individual abilities were still outstanding, her group seemed to be outmatched by the enemy.
Chapter 121
They have gradually fallen into a disadvantageous position.
Niu Zida paid special attention and noticed that Ayaka couldn't use the Scatter Step and Ice Element skills. It seemed that her abilities in this world were not yet fully developed. Of course, this was not surprising. If Ayaka had full abilities and used her own elemental power, she could probably take care of the guards here by herself and wouldn't have to fight so hard.
"Master, who should we help?"
"Do you even need to ask? It's obviously to help that girl named Ayaka. Can't you tell just by looking at how cute she is?"
"Hehe, Shizuku Misato understands me best."
"It's just that I saw through my master's perverted nature."
When facing Niu Zida, Sanxiang Shizuku made a blunt remark, which made Yoel smile, leaving Niu Zida extremely embarrassed.
"Ahem, alright, enough with the chit-chat. This is a tense moment. Now that everyone knows our objective, let's begin the battle."
"Which one...me?"
"get out."
Having completed his task of guiding the way, Niu Zida didn't bother with the prisoner and let him go. Although Niu Zida wasn't a pushover and had no intention of being a great philanthropist, he wasn't a bloodthirsty person either. Even in this other world, he wouldn't pursue excessive killing.
Niu Zida rode on Joel's beautiful back, commanding his two maids to join the battle. In an instant, Ayaka Kamisato, who was originally at a disadvantage, took the lead and turned the tide. However, Ayaka found it a bit strange that two beautiful women with such strong fighting power had come from nowhere and instantly helped her turn the tide. She didn't even know them.
With Niu Zida's arrival, the guards at the Evil Eye Factory gradually became overwhelmed. Yoel, Misato Shizuku, and Ayaka together suppressed the guards, giving Ayaka a chance to come and thank Yoel and Misato Shizuku.
"I am Ayaka Kamisato, the head of the Kamisato family. Thank you both for your help."
"Well, actually it's what my master meant... If you want to thank someone, please thank my master instead."
"May I ask who your master is?"
Linghua asked Yoel, at which point Yoel took out Niu Zida, which startled Linghua. She had thought that the owner of two beautiful women with such strong fighting power must be some kind of great hero, but she never expected that it would be an ugly and short goblin.
"So this is...this person...may I ask your name?"
Linghua, being a lady of high birth, recovered from her initial shock and greeted Niu Zida politely. After all, she had just been in danger, and if Niu Zida hadn't joined the battle with his men, she would have been in real trouble. If Linghua, being of noble birth, could shed her arrogance, she would be far more adept at calculating interests than the average person. Having been exposed to political struggles since childhood, she had a keen understanding of many things.
"My name is Niu Zida."
"So it's Mr. Niu Zida. Thank you for your help."
Linghua bowed her head in thanks, her graceful movements captivating. As she lowered her head, her long eyelashes slightly obscured her beautiful eyes, leaving Niu Zida somewhat stunned. He couldn't help but think to himself, "Linghua is truly a lovely girl..."
Chapter 109 Saving Chiori
Chapter 109.
"Not at all, Miss Linghua, you're too kind. I was just accidentally dragged into this conflict."
Niu Zida briefly recounted what had happened at the Senori-ya, and Ayaka nodded in agreement.
"So that's how it is. We're here to rescue people too. Miss Chiori was kidnapped here. We shouldn't have been so reckless, but rescuing her is the priority. I had no choice but to force my way in without proper preparation, which almost led to a disaster. If it weren't for Mr. Niu Zida's unexpected appearance to help, I really didn't expect the other side to be so strong. As the head of the family, I still have a lot of shortcomings."
"Not at all, Miss did a very good job."
"Yes, we are all willing to follow Miss."
Unexpectedly, when the attendants around her saw Ayaka blaming herself like this, they all came out to defend her. It seems that Ayaka has a high reputation in the family. She is so young, yet she can control the family to this extent. Indeed, the political ability of the Kamisato family should not be underestimated.
"Um... thank you all for your support, but now is not the time for idle chatter. We still need to move forward and rescue Miss Chiori."
Although there were still many questions to ask Ayaka, such as her relationship with Chiori, saving lives was the priority at the moment. Tatsuya Ushiko and Ayaka, along with their subordinates, continued to walk inside. It was likely that the main guard force of the enemy had been engaged in a fierce battle outside the Evil Eye Factory, so there was not much strong resistance after entering the factory.
Ayaka seemed to have a good grasp of the information here, and led Niu Zida through the area with ease. Soon they arrived at a spacious workshop, where they found Chiori as expected.
At this moment, Chiori was tied to a chair, but she looked listless, as if she were asleep, or as if she had been hypnotized.
"I never expected you to find this place, Ayaka Kamisato. I really underestimated your abilities."
Just as the group was about to rescue Chiori, an Abyss Apostle suddenly appeared in front of them. Everyone was on high alert, especially Niu Zida, whose memories from his past Genshin Impact days of exploring the Abyss were now attacking him relentlessly.
"Release Miss Chiori immediately."
"I'll let her go, but are we just going to forget about the previous agreement?"
"I would never associate with the Abyss Cult"
Chapter 122
The group made an agreement.
"Hahaha, saying this now... Ah, the person beside you... is actually a goblin? You've actually turned around and cooperated with goblins? Hahaha, goblin..."
"Although this person is a pervert, he is still my master. If you continue to speak like this, don't blame me for being impolite."
Hearing the apostle's words, Niu Zida was not angry yet, but Sanxiang Shizuku warned him first. It seems that although this little girl always looks cold to him, she has already accepted him in her heart, Niu Zida thought.
"No, you've misunderstood. I wasn't mocking goblins. I just think that the young lady of the Kamisato family, the current head of the family, Kamisato Ayaka, is a really strange person. It seems like she doesn't care who she cooperates with for profit... It feels like you're..."
"That's enough. In short, you need to release Ms. Chiori now and make sure she's safe before I can consider forgiving your kidnapping."
Linghua interrupted the apostle before he could finish speaking, demanding the person directly. Seeing Linghua's impatient manner, the apostle sneered:
"Although you violated our agreement by attacking us and even brought in reinforcements, you don't think you're so stupid as to leave no backup plan, do you?"
"I advise you to release her as soon as possible. If you dare to hurt Miss Chiori, don't blame me for being impolite."
Linghua seemed to be deliberately avoiding the topic, completely ignoring what the apostle was saying, and just kept demanding the person from him. Seeing that he couldn't communicate with Linghua, the apostle simply stopped answering and said:
“Miss Chiori is inside. As long as you have the power to defeat me, you can go in. Don’t worry, I didn’t hurt her. It wasn’t my purpose to hurt her anyway. I just want to use her to urge Miss Ayaka to fulfill your contract.”
"I have nothing to talk to someone like you."
After finishing her sentence, Ayaka rushed forward, completely unwilling to talk to the other party anymore. However, unable to use the power of ice element, Ayaka's swordsmanship was still insufficient to deal with ordinary people, but it was still a bit lacking when dealing with Abyss Apostles. Seeing that Ayaka was in a predicament after fighting the other party for a few moves, Niu Zida naturally sent his two maids to help him fight.
Dealing with Ayaka was more than enough, but dealing with Misato Shizuku and Yoru was not so easy, especially since their speed and strength were far beyond Ayaka's. The apostle quickly fell into a disadvantageous position. However, this was also because the opponents could not use elemental power. It seems that the Abyss Order also does not have the ability to use elemental power in this world, which is why they thought of the Fatui's technology to create evil eyes. But where exactly did they get this technology and equipment to create evil eyes? That is still a mystery.
The Apostles were quickly overwhelmed and defeated. Without elemental power, they were no match for Yoel and Misato Shizuku based solely on physical abilities. Even with elemental power, Niu Zida felt that if his maid's stats were strong enough, defeating them wouldn't be a problem, since physical attacks could be considered an element. (This is based on playing Genshin Impact.)
"As expected, without elemental power, it's still too difficult to fight against the experts in this world."
After being defeated, the apostle knelt on the ground, panting heavily, clearly unable to fight any longer.
"Good to know. If you surrender obediently and release the people, you'll suffer less."
"Hmph, I originally took hostages to urge Ayaka Kamisato to fulfill the agreement. Now that they intend to break the agreement, there's no point in me keeping the hostages."
After the apostle finished speaking, a portal with eerie dark flames suddenly opened behind him, and he entered it on his own initiative. Niu Zida, who was confused about the situation, naturally did not dare to order his maid to give chase. He could only watch helplessly as the apostle teleported away. Oh well, his goal in this world was not to deal with the Abyss Order anyway. Letting them go was fine. It was good to have fewer enemies. There was no need to fight them here.
After the apostle left, the group rushed inside and found the kidnapped Chiori. Ayaka quickly checked on her and, finding that Chiori was indeed unharmed, breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's so good that Ms. Chiori wasn't hurt."
"Master, thank you for saving me."
Although her tone was still somewhat cold, the fact that the usually proud Chiori took the initiative to thank someone suggests that she and Ayaka have a really good relationship.
Chapter 110 Ayaka Chiori and Nel
Chapter 110.
"It wasn't just me this time. If it weren't for Mr. Niu Zida's help, things probably wouldn't have gone so smoothly."
After untying Chiori, Ayaka recounted the events to her in detail. Upon hearing that the Kamisato family had also lost many followers in the rescue, the proud Chiori was clearly flattered and thanked her again.
"So many people were lost because of me..."
"No, it's my fault. I'm the one who led Chiori into this trap..."
"Well, let's not chat here anymore. Let's leave and talk about it later."
Seeing the two beautiful girls dawdling around apologizing to each other for who knows how long, Niu Zida reminded them, and Linghua quickly said, feeling guilty:
"Yes, this is not the place to talk. Let's get the wounded and the dead out of here as soon as possible."
Ayaka quickly led her people to clean up the area, and then took away the wounded and the bodies of the fallen from her side. As the people who had helped Ayaka a lot this time, Niu Zida and his group were naturally invited to rest at the Kamisato family's house.
The Kamiri family is an important family in the Kingdom of Altaïr.
Chapter 123
As one of the noble families, they not only had a manor in the city, but also a large estate outside the city. Ayaka had sent many of her entourage on this mission, and many people had been killed. So it was not appropriate for her to go directly back to the manor in the city. Therefore, she took Ushikoda to the estate outside the city. Ushikoda also asked Ayaka to send someone to the city to inform Kuroyukihime, who was protecting Nel, as well as Haruyuki and others, to meet at the Kamisato family's estate outside the city.
Upon arriving at the Shinri family's manor, Niu Zida exclaimed that nobles were indeed nobles. This manor alone covered at least twenty or thirty hectares, and Niu Zida couldn't even begin to calculate the surrounding land, which must have been at least a thousand hectares of fertile land.
Upon arriving at the Kamisato family's manor, Ayaka settled Ushio Tatsu and his group in and allowed them to rest for a day. The following day, to express her gratitude, she hosted a banquet for Ushio Tatsu and his group in the manor's Japanese-style living room.
Led by his attendant, on the way from his room to the Japanese-style living room, Ushida saw many servants, guards, attendants, gardeners, servants, and handymen. It seemed that the Kamisato family was really powerful, able to support so many servants. Ushida thought that there were at least several hundred people working outside during the day.
Upon arriving at the living room, Ayaka did not wear her previous Fontaine-style clothes. Instead, she changed into a long dress covered with armor plates from the Inazuma era, revealing her slender calves. This made Ayaka appear playful and cute, yet also exuding the gentle and refined air of a well-bred lady.
Besides Ayaka, Chiori was also there to keep her company. She wore a brightly colored kimono and double-layered black stockings that hugged her slender, straight figure, making her even more alluring. Especially when she was sitting in a chair, you could see her lower buttocks by following the curves of her rounded black stockings. Chiori's delicate, snow-white face always wore a cold expression, which added a unique charm to her.
Upon seeing Ushiko Tatsu enter the Japanese-style room, Ayaka and Chiori bowed deeply to express their gratitude.
"Thank you for your help this time."
"Not at all, we were just trying to help those in need. Come to think of it, we've encountered quite a few things along the way."
“Mr. Niu Zida is too modest. Our situation was very dangerous at the time. If it weren’t for Mr. Niu Zida’s great help, it would have been very dangerous.”
"It seems that the Kamiri family is indeed a great noble family in the Kingdom of Altaïr."
"Not at all, that's too kind."
"The Kamisato family is an ancient family here, and they have always been in charge of cultural and educational work..."
Chiori, standing to one side, began introducing the Kamisato family to Ushio Tatsu. Although Ushio Tatsu already knew about the Kamisato family's background from the game, this wasn't Genshin Impact but a completely new world, so he pretended not to know anything and listened attentively to Chiori's detailed explanation of the Kamisato family:
"Miss Linghua is so young yet she can manage such a family with such a long history. Her abilities are truly extraordinary."