Time in a collapsing world

"Are you collaborating with the monster?"

Leaping down from the tree, Yaeli squinted her eyes and clearly saw the purple crystal fragments exuding alluring energy in the middle-aged man's hand. They were not the ordinary crystals in the monster's body, but the ones in the jar before...

"Haha, it's also thanks to you, Mr. Li, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to pick up so many energy bodies to nourish this thing in my hand."

Emon Shingen, that is, the name of the father of the Emon family, had a smile on his terminally ill face, and raised the purple crystal fragment in his hand. The wolf monsters around him looked at it longingly, with their eyes wide open. There was a hint of laughter in his mouth involuntarily, even the bear demon who was called back to him by Emon Shingen did the same.

It felt good to be surrendered by the monster beasts, but Emon Shingen was not at all proud. He just stared at Yae Ri, who naturally stared at him unwilling to be outdone.

"Haha, Lord Li is indeed the son of the Fox God. With such a powerful fighting ability, even the most powerful miko in the history of the Yae Clan cannot match you, right?"

Emon Shingen, who had been following Yaeri from a distance, was severely frightened when he saw Yaeri's inhuman combat power. If he hadn't coveted the energy body in the corpses left behind when the opponent slaughtered those monsters, He didn't dare to continue to follow.

"Carol...where is that Westerner?"

Yae Ri squinted her eyes, thinking that Emon Shingen was the guy who captured or killed Carol.

"Westerners? Master Li, you have misunderstood me. The targets of my revenge are only you in the village. I am too lazy to take action against those guys."

Emon Shingen spread his hands.

"That……"

"Xiao Li..."

Before Yaeli could continue asking questions, the grass around him made a rustling sound, and then a head of blond hair, which was still dazzling in the dark, emerged from it.

It was Carol who had been missing for some time.

At this time, her whole body was covered with wounds, the most serious one being the penetrating injury on the right side of her abdomen. Fortunately, she was bandaged temporarily by herself, so it didn't look like her life was in danger.

"Who hurt you?"

Yaeli supported the other party and pulled her to his side, ready to escape at any time.

"..."

Carol didn't have the energy to speak for the time being, so he just pointed at the bear demon next to Emon Shingen.

"You still said it wasn't you?!"

Yaeli slashed the tree next to him with his knife, cutting it in half.

Emon Shingen narrowed his eyes, a little frightened, so he took a few steps back with the monster beside him, and innocently said to Yae Ri: "Master Ri, this is really none of my business, this bear monster is also mine. It was just tamed today, and I haven’t had time to order it to do anything..."

"Oh? You mean to say that it wasn't your order for this guy to ambush me in the tree just now? Are you a liar?"

Yaeli sneered.

"Haha, it's just this time...I promise, the injuries on that Western lady were only caused by the beast himself!"

"..."

Yaeri didn't bother to care whether the truth was like this. In any case, it was a fact that Emon Shingen had evil intentions against him. Even without Carol, he would still find a way to deal with him.

Just when Yaeri took a few steps forward, Emon Shingen took a few steps back with the monster beside him. The guy was obviously afraid of him and wouldn't give him a chance to get close.

That's fine, otherwise Yaeli wouldn't be able to take care of her while fighting with the injured Carol.

Yaeri glanced at the monsters that were quietly surrounding Emon Shingen, "How did you tame them? What's the trick? Relying on the crystal in your hand? Or do you need more other steps? Share a little bit?"

"Ah……"

How could Emon Shingen share this kind of information with Yae Ri? He just said: "Ri Ri-sama, since you found your Western friend tonight and I got what I wanted, why don't we separate, you don't want to Let your two lovely sisters worry at home?"

"..."

When Yaeli heard the other party mention her sister, her heart tightened, but she quickly relaxed herself by taking a deep breath.

Neither Yaeri nor Emon Shingen wanted to fight for the time being, so the final result was naturally that Yaeri watched the other party leave, while he took Carol out of the woods in another direction.

"Sorry, Xiaoli..."

An arm was put on Yaeli's shoulder, and Carol, who was seriously injured, struggled to say these words.

Obviously he was helping, but he brought more trouble to Yaeli, which made Carol feel particularly guilty.

"It's okay, I don't blame you."

Yaeji shook his head to dissipate the annoyance in his heart. The former father-like image of Emon Shingen next door collapsed, leaving only the appearance of a lunatic who fell into madness due to the loss of his daughter.

It's a bit troublesome. Somehow this guy has tamed those monster beasts that should regard humans as food. The threat to Yaeli and his family has skyrocketed.

We must find a way to solve it...

At least...put him in a dungeon.

After returning to the village, Yaeli bypassed the main entrance of the shrine, climbed over the wall, hugged Carol, and sneaked into the shrine.

Arriving at the room where the medicine was stored, Yaeli gently put Carol aside, while he found a few royal herbs, mashed them, squeezed out the green liquid, and applied it to Carol's wound.

"elder brother?"

Yae Sakura, who ran out after hearing the noise, immediately widened her eyes and covered her mouth when she saw the two of them covered in blood.

"She's injured. I'm fine. Sakura, you're here just in time. Please help. You are more familiar with these medicinal materials than I am."

Yaeli called his sister over to help, while he took action.

After a while, except for the abdominal wound, Yae Sakura carefully wrapped up the other parts of Carol's body that were leaking blood with gauze.

"Brother, where did you go? Why did you do this?"

While sorting out the medicine supplies, Yae Sakura looked at her brother complainingly, but there was also concern and worry in her eyes, wondering whether she should watch her brother more closely in the future.

Otherwise, who knows if he will be injured next time?

"I went outside to save people. Well, it's her... Oh, don't look at me like that. Isn't there nothing wrong? And if you want to blame Sakura, you have to blame Sister Carol. She didn't run away. Go out, why do I need to follow you out so late? Don’t worry, there won’t be a next time!”

Yae Li argued hard.

Carol glanced at him silently while resting, as if Xiaoli had said he didn't blame her on the way just now?

But it was just a complaint in her heart. Carol knew that this was what Yaeli used to coax her sister. After closing her eyes completely and escaping from death, the pressure that had been accumulated before was finally released. Now she felt extremely relaxed all over her body. , just want to have a good sleep.