NOVEL NEXT Chapter 351: Finishing Things Up?
BANG!
Lillian watched as something shot through the side of the mole's body, piercing through its tough exterior.
Then, she watched as its body ruptured and exploded from the inside out. Fortunately, by the time this happened, Lillian had already used her cloak as cover.
Pulling her cloak to the side, she stared at the remains of the mole and watched as it slowly slid off the roof.
Looking to the side and down, she found a woman standing outside the train. She had long, curly brown hair with a cowboy hat on her head.
Her attire consisted of a brown jacket, jean shorts, and western boots that were completely inspired by the cowboy theme.
She then watched as the woman pushed the rim of her hat up with the barrel of her gun, revealing a pair of green eyes.
It was Viesta.
She then watched as the woman leapt onto the roof of the train and strolled over to her.
"You sure did quite some damage, little lassie."
Viesta then kicked the corpse that Lillian was trying to push, which seemingly did nothing at first before a magical force struck it.
Lillian, watching this happen, pulled out all the information she had on Viesta from her memories.
Viesta was part of a moderately large noble family that held a business in the technology industry.
However, the woman had developed an unhealthy obsession with cowboys at a young age, which led to her disregarding any responsibility for the business.
And if she recalled correctly, the woman had the Unorthodox Element of Echoes.
Lillian dusted her hands and placed them inside her pockets with a casual demeanour.
She then said with a grateful expression:
"Thanks and, uh... It's only a little bit of blood here and there."
"Only here and there? I think you killed about a dozen already, Missy." Shaking her head, Viesta gave a small but impressed smile.
She then added:
"Can't expect any less from someone in a Paragon class, can I?"
Lillian chuckled, "I'm not really that strong. I'm just averagely strong."
Viesta, who was about to comment on something, felt a faint sound echo inside her ears. She pressed down on the hammer of her gun and spun around.
A Barrel Mole, having climbed onto the train, charged towards her.
And as she was about to shoot, something shot past her head, shooting towards the mole—it was a spear made of water.
The Barrel Mole quickly raised its armoured hands, intending to block, but—
Crack-Psht!
—Was ultimately pierced through.
Viesta briefly widened her eyes before smirking. She spun back towards Lillian and aimed her gun at the centre of the smug girl's face.
And right as she was about to press down on the trigger, Lillian quickly ducked—
BANG!
—Dodging a bullet that shot over her head and entered the open maw of a mole.
The Barrel Mole, then suddenly blasted backwards as a force crashed into its body, tearing through its lower half.
Viesta glanced down at Lillian with a smirk, "Quite the reflex you got there, Lillian. You also have some good mastery behind that Natural element of yours."
She then paused before adding:
"Talented, aren't you?"
Lillian gave the woman a wry smile, "Now what would you have done if I wasn't able to dodge that, Miss Viesta?"
"I already gauged that you could dodge before I pressed the trigger. And if you didn't, I wouldn't have aimed at your head, simple." Viesta chuckled before adding:
"And also drop the miss part, I'm not someone special enough for that." She patted Lillian's shoulder and spun her gun with her other hand.
Lillian sighed, nodding tiredly, "Yeah, alright. As for your question, I'm just average, really. I'm not really that talented."
She then went silent and added:
"Just... Slightly on the lucky side."
"Heh. Well, if you really are lucky, then we're going to need it. My gun and the smell here have attracted a bit of those rodents."
Lillian glanced around, finding the walls trembling again and the holes spilling out another wave of moles.
The two then fought on each other's sides, building up the number of bodies. It was also where Viesta had noticed something about Lillian.
"You're not very experienced with fighting with another person, are you?"
Lillian, turning back to Viesta and watching as she reloaded her gun, gave the woman's words a moment of thought before smiling wryly.
"Now that you mention it... I had really only fought alongside a monster. The only time I fought alongside someone, it's either I'm doing most of the work or the opposite."
And when she said that, the image of a certain Assassin flashed through her mind, causing her smile to turn even more depressed.
How was she going to fight beside the woman at this rate?
BANG!
Lillian snapped back into reality, finding a corpse had dropped beside her.
"Then, this will be good practice!" Viesta declared, having pulled out another revolver.
Lillian nodded, kicking off the corpse and continued to decrease the number of monsters trying to climb up.
'I never gave it much thought when it was a game, but damn! Why are there so many?!'
It was only after a little while that the moles had finally ceased exiting from the countless holes around. And was instead blocked by their bodies.
Lillian breathed a sigh of relief, "Was that an entire colony...?
Viesta, watching as Lillian took a seat on the train, decided to join her while pinching the rim of her hat.
Lillian stared at the woman's hat, smirking as she muttered:
"You got a little blood on it."
"Huh? Are you being serious?"
Viesta took off her hat and let out an exasperated groan, finding that it was indeed stained in blood.
Lillian chuckled and looked around, her eyes glazing over the countless corpses strewn on the ground beside the tracks. Then, she looked at the holes.
She couldn't help but mutter:
"It really is a miracle that this place didn't collapse already."
"Hm?" Viesta, who was brushing off the blood with a brown cloth, responded, "Well, you can thank the metal casing around the tunnel. They're built for it."
After finally polishing the leather hat, she said:
"So, never fought alongside anyone but monsters? What, do you have one of those rare kind of Shards?"
"Uh, huh. In the form of a beetle with a human face."
"..."
Lillian watched as Viesta's face morphed into one of disgust. She was undoubtedly creeped out by what the Rabbit had just stated.
"That's... You know what, if it's strong, then it doesn't matter."
Shaking her head, she then muttered:
"Anyway, regardless, try to find a group to fight with in the near future. You'll need it to take on the Trials if you ever want to get stronger."
"Are you perhaps referring to God's Value?"