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Accompanied by Joan of Arc's rebuke and Abigail's slightly manic and unexpected laughter, the violent force directly cut off the inner road of the park.

Having endured three times the "MAX level of mental pollution," Lin Yi took advantage of this break to observe the headless knight.

In terms of general appearance, the headless horseman is similar to the blind giant and the tongue-severing giant encountered before, except that it no longer has a single sense, but its entire head. However, its actions of riding its warhorse and wielding its weapons show no signs of being affected in any way. At least, it is certain that the lack of "sight" and "hearing" has not had any impact on the headless horseman.

In addition, the Headless Horseman's other component is quite unique—the knight. A knight, of course, has a mount. And the Headless Horseman's mount is, in some ways, even more eye-catching than the Headless Horseman himself.

Its fur, as black as if it had been immersed in the night, and the flames that burned constantly in its eyes and on its four hooves, almost instantly made one associate it with some kind of fantastical creature: a nightmare.

……

Similar to the two "humanoid creatures" they had encountered before, the headless horseman attacked Lin Yi and his group almost instantly upon their encounter, without any intention of communication whatsoever... Of course, given its current state, it probably didn't have any means of communication. However, Lin Yi was no longer alone as he had been at the beginning. Although he had endured several times the mental pollution, the heroic spirits he had summoned possessed the ability to fight him head-on, and even defeat him.

After an initial period of discomfort (like everything else in this otherworld, the Headless Horseman also brought with him "mental pollution," though it was still within the range that the Heroic Spirits could tolerate), Jeanne d'Arc (Lily) and Abigail gradually adapted to the way they fought this alien creature. Relying on their cooperation, they slowly shifted the battlefield away from Lin Yi and attempted to capture it by "defeating" rather than "killing" it—this was Lin Yi's request before they entered the park. Although they didn't know what these terrifying-looking things were for, their status as Heroic Spirits made them unconditionally accept Lin Yi's request.

Just as the battle was gradually shifting in their favor, an "accident" occurred in an unexpected moment.

"Cuckoo..."

laughter.

A clear, childlike laugh, full of innocence.

The sound itself is not strange; what is strange is the location where it appears.

This is a park, an area "divided" like the "alleyways" and the "tower." Within these areas, only three types of "creatures" will appear: oneself and heroic spirits, humanoid giants, and...

"Big brother, are you looking for me?"

She turned around and looked at the dress that had somehow ended up standing in the middle of the street.

—The girl in the dress who was suspected of being swallowed

"..."

The silence seemed to arouse her unease. A hesitant expression appeared on her face as she asked again, "Big brother, weren't you looking for me?"

This time, Lin Yi did not remain silent. Instead, he took a step forward and answered, "Yes."

Perhaps unaware, or perhaps indifferent, the girl made no response to the "stranger's" approach, remaining standing in place: "Why is the big brother looking for me?"

The second step was: "I have something I want to ask you."

"Hmm~ But Saya doesn't know much about it, does she?"

Saya, that's her... or rather, its name.

As Lin Yi took the third step, he continuously organized the information in his mind. However, compared to that, he had to focus more on suppressing his body, which was beginning to go out of control. The reason for this was none other than the "girl" in front of him.

As most of the time, Lin Yi still uses two eyes—maintaining two different perspectives—to observe the things in front of him. As a result, the scenes he sees are naturally quite different. However, this time, it is not his right eye that is "mutated," but his left eye.

If the girl seen through the right eye is so pure and innocent, then the "girl" projected into the left eye is so ugly and distorted.

It had no human outline; to be precise, it didn't even have separate limbs. All it had was a mass, or perhaps a lump? A mass of flesh lying on the ground, writhing incessantly. To the left eye, it was the only "abnormal" twisted thing in the "normal" world.

But at the same time, this lump of "meat paste" appears in the right eye in the purest form, the only thing that still retains the concept of "beauty" in this world full of distortion and chaos.

One thing is certain: whether in the "normal" or "real" viewpoint, her (its) existence is out of place with her surroundings.

By the time the fifth step was taken, the distance between them had closed considerably. The girl who called herself Saya (?) seemed to have noticed the anomaly, and with a hesitant expression on her face, she took a slight step back (the fleshy mass writhed backward—more like a build-up of energy before a predator could attack than a retreat): "Big brother?"

You discovered an unknown creature, and your spirit was deeply shaken.

[Rationality: 31/70]

You heard an unknown language, and your spirit was greatly shaken.

[Rationality: 20/70]

……

Controlling his body, which was beginning to tremble unconsciously, Lin Yi tried his best to put on what he thought was a gentle smile: "Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person, I'm just asking about something."

Naturally, such words only made people more uneasy. The girl who called herself Saya (?) turned around and ran away. Despite being a petite girl (?), she ran with a speed that even adults might not be able to match, and quickly disappeared from sight by using the various plants in the park as cover.

However, from the left eye's perspective, it appears as a mass of flesh that has been pushed out in an almost "flat" manner, leaving a trail of slime that is hard to ignore.

—It's more like enticement than escape.

"……interesting."

Narrowing his right eye, a triumphant wolf howl echoed beside him as the Root surged. After kicking the "headless knight" riding on its back into Valhalla, Lin Yi directly mounted the wolf-shaped "heroic spirit," ignoring its resistance and activating his Command Spell—

"Follow me."

The Great Old Ones: Chapter 934 Saya's Song (9)

Since even an "outer-world evil god" like Abigail Williams can exist among the Heroic Spirits, it is not surprising that one or two non-humanoid beings would appear.

Rob the Wolf King was born from a story called "Rob the Wolf King". In essence, he is just a fictional heroic spirit who was summoned to the Hall of Heroes in his heroic spirit form due to an "accident" in a singularity. These things are irrelevant to Lin Yi. As long as it can fulfill its duty as a "means of transportation", that is enough. Lin Yi does not ask for more.

Following in Saya's footsteps, the Heroic Spirits rushed out of the park area in less than half a minute and returned to "normal vision." Naturally, the "passersby" around also noticed the giant wolf, which was more than a person tall, and the "knight" on its back.

I must say, this was a vivid experience.

To the left eye, this was a scene of a powerful alien creature suddenly intruding into human society and causing great panic. The wolf king, controlled by the Command Seal and forced to move at top speed in the direction where "Saya" disappeared, did not care about the pedestrians and vehicles around it. With its huge size and the power of a Heroic Spirit, there was nothing on the street that could withstand its charge, which naturally led to the scene that looked like a monster rampaging.

But from the right eye's perspective, this massive, chaotic scene takes on a completely different appearance.

The creature, its flesh and blood stitched together, emitted a piercing, disturbing scream. Those that were knocked away were nothing but objects covered in twisted flesh and blood. Even the ground beneath the wolf king's feet, which had been trampled, was nothing but torn flesh and splattered blood...

Faced with this distorted and chaotic scene, Lin Yi simply and calmly used the second Command Seal—

"accelerate."

"Awooo————————"

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In a daze, Niosaka Ikuki was awakened by a commotion in the distance.

"what is that?"

He drew back the curtains beside the hospital bed and strained to look out at a street in the distance from the hospital.

He didn't notice that his vision, which had deteriorated due to reading and surgery, had recovered, even reaching a level that humans shouldn't be able to reach—from a distance of over a thousand meters, Niosaka Ikuki clearly saw the panicked expressions on the faces of people on that street, and heard the sounds of people fleeing in all directions, not from colliding vehicles.

Their actions all indicated that they had encountered some kind of "disaster" and were doing everything they could to escape.

Without warning, a sense of unease arose in Niozaka Ikuki's heart.

"Saya!"

This makes absolutely no sense. First, it's impossible for Saya to appear in front of others in public—Niosaka Ikuki has some awareness of what's happening to her and Saya's abnormalities. Second, it's impossible for Saya to appear in such a far place for no reason. After all, until today, Saya's activities were the same as hers—searching for her missing "father" in this hospital.

But this inexplicable unease, in less than a few seconds, overwhelmed all of Niozaka Ikuki's reason in a way that expanded rapidly. He didn't even have time to think. He reached out and ripped off the tube that was still delivering the medicine, and got up from the hospital bed with a crazy and distorted expression on his face—completely lacking the weak posture that a patient who had been lying in a hospital bed for a long time should have.

"Saya, I will protect you..."

As he made his way down to the lower levels of the hospital, Niosaka Ikuki didn't notice that the hands he had used to touch that "girl" were slowly disappearing.

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"Awooo————————"

A giant wolf, taller than a person, crashed headfirst into the bus blocking its path. It might have been an obstacle used by "people" to stop it, or it might have just been abandoned there by refugees, but it made no difference.

With the combined power of the two Command Seals and the strength of the Heroic Spirit's body, the bus was sent flying with a creaking sound, sending several parked cars crashing into the hospital fence.

With a muffled boom, the last of the four "singularities" that Lin Yi had searched for appeared before him, which was also the end point of "Saya's" escape.

By this point, even a fool would know that she wasn't running away but luring someone. Not only that, but the same thing happened in the alleyway at the beginning of the semester. It wasn't that Lin Yi discovered her; it was simply to get Lin Yi's attention.

He crouched down from behind the giant wolf, patted the panting wolf beside him, and amidst the wolf's low growls, activated his final Command Spell—

"Go in."

"Woo..."

With the cruelty and cunning characteristic of wolves, the giant wolf stared intently at the fragile human before it, whom it could easily kill with a single slap. However, unlike its anticipated outcome, this human did not show any fear or retreat like the other fragile creatures it had easily killed before. Instead, the human was remarkably decisive—

"Snapped"

I kicked it.

The giant wolf, almost driven mad, abandoned all reason and roared as it stumbled into the hospital: it also wanted to bite to death this damned "human" who had used it as a mount, but the problem was that it had been summoned as a Heroic Spirit and was completely unable to disobey the Command Seals at the Root level.

Following the gap created by the wolf king, we entered the inner part of the hospital. Just like before, once we stepped into the hospital grounds, it was completely separated from the chaos outside. Not only were there no figures running and fleeing, but not even a sound could be heard.

Lin Yi ran his fingertips across the table, rubbing off the thick layer of dust, and roughly calculated how long the place had been idle.

"Ouch————"

The howl of the wolf king came from not far away. Lin Yi raised an eyebrow and quickened his pace.

Almost at the same time Lin Yi arrived, the battle was already coming to an end.

With a reluctant growl, the giant wolf's heavy body slowly collapsed to the ground. A standing figure appeared behind it, and as if noticing approaching footsteps, it twisted its blood-stained brain toward them—

"Heh...heh...sha...yeah..."

Ignoring what the "humanoid creature" was saying, Lin Yi's gaze was immediately drawn to its "singularity" the moment he released it.

"...This time, there are no hands?"

What came into view was an armless figure wearing a hospital gown. Combined with the previously discovered blindness, cut-out tongue, and headlessness, an answer seemed to be about to be uttered, but before that, the "armless person" in front of them had to be dealt with first.

He exhaled and his right eye, which connects to the root of the problem, narrowed slightly.

The Great Old Ones: Chapter 935 Saya's Song (10)

The armless creature, uttering incoherent shouts, charged towards Lin Yi but failed to reach its target—a sword blade blocked its path and sent it flying, crashing through the hospital wall from the inside to the outside.

Without giving the newly summoned heroic spirit time to complain or ask questions, Lin Yi immediately activated a command spell: "Destroy it."

Yes, destroy, not kill. After all, given the armless creature's current state, it's hard to say whether it's "alive." To be on the safe side, a more specific "Command Spell" would be more effective.

Controlled by the Command Spell, the Heroic Spirit had to suppress the complaints that were about to be uttered. After clicking his tongue, he rushed towards the "armless one" who had gotten up again outside the hospital.

As the tremors receded into the distance, Lin Yi followed the trail left by the "armless man" and explored deeper into the hospital.

……

You have entered a semi-enclosed area.

It was very quiet around us, as if we were cut off from the world.

You feel somewhat uneasy, but the repeated unusual experiences have strengthened your will, and you have not wavered because of these minor anomalies.

In the silent, deserted hospital, even the sounds of the fierce battle between heroic spirits and other beings seemed to be masked, with only the echo of footsteps reverberating... Perhaps a "narrator" providing support in his own "unique" way should also be added?

You notice that this hospital seems to have been deserted for a long time, with the floor covered in accumulated dust, but this undoubtedly contradicts what you just saw.

[Whether it's the clues we've been following about the girl, or the armless man we just saw, they all seem to be staying in this hospital...]

The exploration of the first level has ended, but nothing of great significance has been discovered.

Meanwhile, through his connection with the "Root," Lin Yi noticed that Joan of Arc and Abigail's battle against the "Headless Horseman" in the park had ended and they were currently heading towards the hospital.

Naturally, it was a two-on-one situation, and one of them was being favored by the evil god with a "strengthening buff." In addition, Lin Yi had already withstood the biggest "debuff," mental pollution. If they were to lose under these circumstances, they might as well just give up and go to sleep.

However, their two legs were clearly no match for the wolf king's four legs, and by the time they arrived, it would probably all be over...

After roughly determining the outcome of the battle in the park, Lin Yi turned his attention back to the scene before him.

Two footprints, one large and one small, are clearly visible on the stairs leading to the second floor.

The footprints were very fresh, looking almost identical to those Lin Yi left after entering the hospital, except that the two footprints led in completely different directions.

The larger one is moving downstairs—most likely the "armless one" from before—while the smaller one is moving upwards. Combined with the fact that the girl who called herself "Saya" disappeared in the hospital, it's almost like an invitation to follow.

He narrowed his right eye and activated a Command Spell as the Heroic Spirit manifested before him—

"Use the Noble Phantasm."

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Outside the hospital.

The knight's sword slashed fiercely at the "armless one's" body. The power that could easily cut down a wyvern only made the alien stagger, and it couldn't even tear its skin.

The knight, noticing this, spoke again with impatience: "Tsk, even Gawain isn't this hard."

Just then, the heavily armored knight seemed to notice something and involuntarily turned his gaze toward the hospital.