civilwarnovels Chapter 980 The Last Routine 159
Chapter 980 The Last Routine 159
Chapter 980 The Last Routine 159
"Well, actually I don't mind." Chris... who was also a regular customer at the shop, looked at the soft-looking girl with a bit of a strange expression and asked, "The Crimson Demon Clan has suddenly become serious... is that true?"
“That’s right!” the soft-spoken girl exclaimed loudly. “Studying at your desk every day, fighting without any flair, no sense of crisis after winning, and no striking any cool poses… It’s all very strange, isn’t it? Miss Chris, do you know of any magical items that can make people act strangely?”
"Hmm... I can't think of anything right now." Chris shook his head and said with a smile, "I should say, after hearing what you said, I think it's all good news."
“That’s what I think too,” Kobayashi chimed in, but then shook his head and said, “However, for the Crimson Demon Clan, this is actually a big event.”
"No, this isn't just a problem with the Crimson Demon Clan, because people's personalities have suddenly become completely reversed," Megumin said, indicating that she didn't agree with this view.
“Not only that,” Youyou explained as well. “It happened suddenly from that day on, and now it only happens in the Crimson Demon Village. It wouldn’t be surprising if it happened in other places in the future.”
That's something to be very worried about.
Darkness nodded in agreement, saying, "We still don't know anything, it's really creepy. There's a possibility that the Demon King's army is up to no good."
She said what everyone was worried about.
If it were for some other reason, it would be understandable, but if the Demon King's army is secretly causing trouble, then something might not be so good.
“Because the Crimson Demon Clan only has first-level combat power,” Barnier said, shrugging. “Changing their personalities to prevent them from unleashing their usual strength—that strategy isn’t impossible…”
"I think you should be quite familiar with magical artifacts. Do you know anything about them?"
Kobayashi asked Barnier, Wiz, and Chris. The former two were the owners of a magic item shop, and the latter was a goddess who often went out to collect magical artifacts. Perhaps they were very familiar with such magical artifacts or events.
"God's Fist!!"
Suddenly, Aqua punched Banir, and Banir used his ability at that moment.
"A magnificent molt!" It was first punched, then collapsed and shattered like a broken puppet, but quickly glued itself back together to become the real Banir. It looked at Aqua with disdain and said, "To think that you could take advantage of me like this. The growth of a goddess whose intelligence has reached its limit is truly heartbreaking."
The sarcasm was palpable.
"I would never use the power of a demon!" Aqua glared angrily at Banir and snorted, "You cold-blooded demon!"
"Hey, you two! Please don't cause trouble in the store!"
Wiz was so scared he almost lost his mind.
Every time Aqua and Banir argue and fight, it's always the magical items in the magical item shop that get hurt. Wiz always suffers heavy losses, which is something that can't be ignored.
"Aqua, you better behave yourself!" Kobayashi scolded the stupid goddess who was arguing with Banir, and cursed, "The most important thing right now is to find out why the Crimson Demon Clan is acting strangely. If you get in my way again, I'll kick you out!"
"Hmph!" X2
The two exchanged a glance, snorted at each other in disapproval, and then turned away from each other.
At this moment, Chris pondered for a moment with a strange expression and said, "The personality of the Crimson Demon Clan has become very strange... completely reversed... Come to think of it, it seems that's the only clue left."
"R-Really!?" The soft-spoken girl looked at her excitedly and asked hurriedly, "What is it? What's the clue? Tell me quickly!"
"It's just a rumor..."
"That's alright! Tell me, please! I'll do anything to restore Dongdong Mushroom to its original state!"
It's surprising that something so soft and cuddly could have such determination.
"Whatever?!" Chris, on the contrary, was somewhat nervous and excited, shouting, "How can a young girl say such a thing so easily...! If I were a bad boy, I would use this to ask you to do all sorts of things, but unfortunately..."
"Don't say things like that to scare her, Chris."
"Uh... haha, sorry, sorry, we went a little too far."
Chris, who was being whispered about this, scratched his head somewhat awkwardly.
However, Kobayashi also heard similar things from Megumin. Because she had imagined all sorts of things, she could understand Chris's feelings.
"Ahem, excuse me."
Chris coughed and then said, "Actually, I know about magical artifacts that can reverse personality. Of course, I learned about them from some unknown dungeon, but since it has collapsed, there are no records of them."
It's a lie; it must have been seen in heaven.
"That perfectly reflects the current situation!"
Huihui said this with some excitement.
“But I don’t know if such a thing really exists,” Chris said somewhat uncertainly. “There are several pieces of land that are believed to be its resting place.”
"Amazing...!" Soft and excited, she shouted, "Thank you, knowing this is enough!"
"Chris, please tell us all the places where this magical item might be, so we can split up and look for it," Megumin said. "Okay, Kobayashi, Darkness?"
“Yes,” Darkness nodded and said, “Why don’t we try asking other adventurers for help? Their help will definitely shorten the time considerably.”
“Okay, I understand!” Chris nodded and said, “I’ll go all the way and help too.”
She has always been so kind-hearted.
Of course, some might also want to collect the artifacts to prevent bad guys from getting them and using them for evil.
"Is it alright?" The soft-spoken girl seemed surprised that so many people were willing to help. She looked at everyone with tears in her eyes and said, "Everyone... thank you!"
Then, in order to find the magical item that could reverse the personality, the adventurers who were commissioned searched everywhere.
"Hey Keith! Isn't this the magical item Kobayashi was talking about?!"
"Taylor, that's just a hard, stiff cabbage. It looks like they forgot to harvest it."
Keith and Taylor.
The two arrived near the pre-arranged snow mountain, hoping to find a magical item that could change one's personality—as for why Keith and Taylor were so enthusiastic, it was because Kobayashi had offered tens of millions of Eris as payment.
"Really..." Keith casually tossed the cabbage in his hand onto the ground, complaining, "I can't find any magical items at all, and I'm starving..."
"Hehe, let's call it a day then," Taylor said with a smile. He looked at the cabbage on the ground and suggested, "How about we have stewed cabbage for dinner when we get back? Please ask Lynn to make it."
"Great! That's fantastic! It's been so long since I've had Lynn's stew!"
He cheered.
And the other side that both of them care about.
"Duster, watch out!"
"Wow!"
Hearing Lynn's shout, Duster quickly jumped aside, barely dodging the novice assassin's attack. And in that instant—
"Light of Saber!"
"oh----"
The beginner killer was swiftly and decisively eliminated.
"Phew." Youyou wiped the sweat from her forehead and looked at Duster beside her with concern, asking, "Are you alright, Mr. Duster?"
"Oh... thank you."
Duster, who had been helped by Youyou, didn't know how to thank her. He nodded somewhat awkwardly, then sighed and said, "On the other hand, this job isn't very worthwhile. I can't find any magical items anywhere."
Despite Dust's greed, he's surprisingly pragmatic. He rarely accepts missions with such dubious prospects. However, Lynn couldn't resist the lure of tens of millions of Eris and insisted on bringing him along. If he refused, he'd have to pay back his previous debts, leaving him no choice but to help.
"You're practically useless, and you have the nerve to say that?" Lynn rolled her eyes in annoyance, but after glancing around, she added, "Well, there doesn't seem to be any magical artifact here..."
They had been searching for places like this for a long time, but they hadn't found any trace of the magical artifacts, whether in bushes or other hidden corners. It seemed that the artifacts weren't here.
Let’s talk about the other side.
"--This is completely unacceptable!" Chris complained helplessly. "These treasure chests are all empty. There's not a trace of any magical items."
"Me too... Sigh, I was thinking maybe this ruin would have one."
Her companions who came with her also shrugged.
"Even if we can get the money, searching for unknown magical items is exhausting."
"Never mind, we found some other treasures too, let's just treat it as a normal mission," Chris comforted his companion.
"You're such a nice guy," his companion said, slightly dissatisfied. "It's only natural that we get these things, isn't it? Anyway, it's better to leave this smelly place as soon as possible. All that hard work for nothing. I want to go on vacation after this mission is over."
"Ah ha ha……"
Chris twitched the corner of his mouth.
Let’s talk about the other side.
"watch out!"
"Ah! Miss Clémia, don't throw crabs at me!"
Mikage Hibiki said this with a hint of helplessness, but his teammates didn't seem to care and continued to throw crabs at him.
Wiz smiled slightly upon seeing this and said, "Miss Clémia seems to be getting tired of treasure hunting..."
"How rude!" Clemia retorted, rubbing her chest in displeasure. "I was just trying to ease the tension! Besides, it's so hot today, I bet you're all feeling incredibly anxious because you can't find your magical items!"
"I see." Mikami Hibiki nodded thoughtfully, then said, "It's a gentle personality that considers others... Ouch! This crab... it bit my finger!!"
He cried out in pain because his finger had been pinched by a crab claw.
"Sigh...!" Wiz looked troubled and said, "Where exactly is the target's magical artifact? I hope Mr. Kobayashi and the others can find it."
"I hope..."
As Mikami Hibiki pulled the crab, she said this.
Meanwhile, on Kobayashi's side—
"This isn't right either!" Kobayashi clutched his head in anguish, complaining loudly in frustration, "I really don't think this makes sense! There's this giant toad that swallowed a magical artifact... or something!"
"Speaking of which, if we had it, we would have found it long ago!" the soft-spoken girl complained, equally annoyed. "This place is very close to the Crimson Devil's Village!"
“That’s enough. You’ve been enduring the battle with the giant toad… I said, Megumin, lend me your robe.”
Aqua tearfully reached out to the little red demon girl beside her.
"I don't want to!" Huihui refused decisively, then took several steps back and shouted, "You want to use it to wipe off the giant toad's slime, right!?"
"Why?! I'm the only one who got all slippery! Wouldn't it be better if you were a little more considerate?"
Aqua immediately broke down and screamed.
"Alright, alright, Aqua." Darkness took a towel out of her luggage and handed it to Aqua, then said to Kobayashi, "If you can't find it after searching for so long, maybe there wasn't such a magical item in the first place."
“Chris also said there’s no conclusive evidence,” Kobayashi said, scratching his head in frustration. “For now, there are still unexplored ruins, but…”
"I feel bad for Chris, but we can't rely on places like that." She sighed softly and helplessly, then her eyes hardened with determination as she said, "So, it seems I'll have to resort to hitting him on the head after all..."
Just then, the earth suddenly began to shake violently.
"W-What!?" Aqua patted her chest in fear, looking around in confusion. "The vibration was so strong..."
"It's in the direction of the village!" Megumin pointed to the distant Crimson Village and exclaimed, "It's even smoking... Could it be an enemy attack?!"
The smoke-filled Crimson Devil Village is a bit scary.
"Everyone's out of sorts right now... Damn it!"
I'm quite worried because it's so soft.
After all, the Crimson Demon Clan members are currently in a state of abnormal personality. If anything goes wrong, wouldn't the Demon King's army take advantage of their vulnerability? We need to rush back to their aid as soon as possible.
With that in mind, everyone hurriedly ran towards the Crimson Devil Village.
However, when they returned—
"Everyone, are you alright?!" Huihui shouted excitedly, but then stared blankly at the Crimson Demon Clan members. "W-what's going on...?"
"Wait a minute, could this be...!"
The soft, fluffy creature was equally excited.
"Carefully lift it up!" He skillfully directed the other Crimson Demons. "Move it outside the village!"
"Wow, what are you doing?!" Huihui asked curiously. "That's the rock that seals the Holy Sword... It's a famous tourist attraction in the village!"
"It's alright, it was my instruction."
Yu-Yu's father... The Crimson Demon Clan Chief waved his hand and said, "This village is full of strange tourist attractions, so I plan to remove them and rebuild the whole place."
"What—!?" xN
Everyone was quite taken aback.
(End of this chapter)