Darius and Annie are undergoing the Blood Moon Trial. The incisions are brand new, so they should be in this trial now.

If the enemy is not killed, it means that the trial is probably not over yet. Maybe Darius can be asked to help deal with this guy.

It's just...it's three kilometers away, do we still need to go upstream three kilometers?

Strange, if Darius encountered this thing, it shouldn't still be alive.

"Let's try it..."

Balliard swam upward. Although the monster was unlikely to watch him escape, he might not be able to dodge the attack of the eighth-level monster.

Yes, he was indeed hit before, but that was because Valliard didn't think it was necessary to dodge, and it wouldn't cause him any harm anyway.

But now, if he doesn't hide, he won't be able to swim up.

"coming."

When Valliard was about to hit him with the tentacle, he changed the shape of his body and narrowly avoided the attack.

"The speed has increased. Is it because it is not using its full strength, or is it using its own strength based on the strength of the tester? This monster doesn't seem... that smart."

Balliard once again changed his body shape to avoid the potted monster's attack. The attack method was very single and the route was simple and direct. If you were willing to avoid it, as long as you were not blind, there would be no problem.

Moreover, Baliard left Yasuo there, and this monster did not regard Yasuo as its prey at all.

While dodging the attack, Balliard swam upwards. The speed of the potted monster had indeed become faster, and it was getting faster and faster.

However, the speed increase is very limited, and it seems that it just makes me angry because I can't hit anyone all the time.

"Dong——"

Valyard hit a wall, and at this moment he was less than 300 meters away from Darius.

"Darius! Can you hear me, Darius?"

Valyard headed in a direction that could shorten the distance, and kept calling Darius's name.

However, there was never a response from Darius.

"Bang——"

The tentacle that Valyard dodged hit the wall.

"Is it another kind of barrier? But how did Darius cut off these tentacles outside the barrier?"

Balliard was groping around on the barrier, and suddenly, he found a crack that only allowed suitable people to get out?

"Boss, I may need your help."

Valyard initiated a communication with Darius. He had a way to deal with this monster, but the way he dealt with it might not be friendly.

"help?"

Darius was still underwater, and they were still a little away from the gate.

"Ballyard?"

Annie came closer and looked at Darius' ID card.

"Yes, that guy should be here soon."

Darius' mission is almost over, soon...

"Annie?"

Darius was a little confused as he watched Anne stretch out her little hand and hang up the communication with Balliard.

"I don't like him and don't want him to accompany me through the trial."

Annie tilted her head and made a fuss.

"……Why?"

Darius couldn't figure out why Anne said this. He saw that there didn't seem to be much of a barrier between Anne and Balliard.

Besides, the old bald man takes such good care of Anne that it is impossible to assign a captain to Anne who cannot take good care of Anne.

Moreover, with Balliard's character, he wouldn't dare to bully Anne.

"He is not like you. You are a person, but he is not. Although many of the things he did are correct, but...those actions...are too cruel."

Anne was actually a little afraid of Valliard, although she did not show her fear in front of him.

The first time was when Balliard faced the bloody scenes outside the Jin capital without changing his expression. The second time was when Balliard beat hundreds of humans alive and still acted as if nothing had happened.

The third time was outside the City of the Sun, when Balliard executed 30,000 soldiers who had no intention of fighting. No matter how reluctant Balliard was at the time, he never hesitated with every sword strike.

Even after executing those 30,000 people, he could come over and joke with her.

It's so terrifying. How could Valliard kill so many people?

And after Balliard abandoned her in the City of the Sun and left alone to conquer the surrounding cities, how much blood did Balliard get on his hands?

She was not angry because Baliard left her in the City of the Sun, but because she was afraid of Baliard's desire to kill and she didn't know how to face Baliard.

"...Do you hate killing?"

Darius really didn't expect that this was the reason why Anne didn't like Valliard. Fortunately, he didn't kill those old people in front of Anne, otherwise... Anne probably wouldn't tell him.

Such words.

"I... just hate indiscriminate killing. He can obviously accept surrender."

Annie also has blood on her hands, but she generally won't kill enemies directly with whom she can communicate.

Unless it is on the battlefield... But on the battlefield among the stars, the concept of "killing" does not appear at all.

Only those at the top can know an exact number of the casualties of the war.

As for other people, if they had not lost contact with their relatives and friends on other ships, they would not have known about those people who disappeared without a trace.

"Then you can tell him and let him know your thoughts. With his courage, he will definitely consider your suggestions."

Darius didn't know what kind of power Baliard hid, but even if Baliard was beaten violently by others, he would not show his true strength.

strength, then the possibility of Balliard following Anne's advice is very high.

Compared with the humiliation of being beaten by others, sparing a mortal life is really a small thing.

"……Really?"

Anne still remembers Balliard's initial fear of her...even though it was just a performative fear.

Since it's all a performance, is it really Balliard's true nature?

"You can try it. No matter what, he won't hurt you."

Although Darius doesn't like Valliard very much, especially he doesn't like Baliard's cowardice in hiding his strength.

However, as he is temporarily taking care of Anne on behalf of Balliard, he cannot sow discord between Anne and Balliard.

Besides, he only needs to make a suggestion to Anne. It is up to Anne to decide whether to adopt this suggestion.

"Oh well……"

Anne buried her head in frustration. She thought Darius would say something like "As long as Valyard doesn't listen to you, I will beat him."

It's better to give her a guarantee than to let her try it on her own.

"Ballyard..."

After comforting Anne, Darius started talking to Balliard again.

"What did you want from me just now?"

"Actually, I'm asking you to do a favor and kill a monster."

Valyard didn't know what happened on Darius' side, but since the call there was hung up, in order not to cause trouble to the people over there, he did not take the initiative to call and inquire about the situation.

Now it seems that nothing happened, so there is no need to ask.

Compared to that, the potted plant monster that has been unable to hit the fly like him is already constantly bombarding the barrier above.

If it were delayed for a while longer, the monster might go crazy. By then, it would be difficult for Valyard to save Yasuo from such a long distance away.

"monster?"

Darius didn't remember that there were monsters at the entrance. Could it be... that something had happened to the corpses of those old people?

"Yes, a monster that looks like a potted plant with many tentacles on it."

Balliard told the information about this monster, but he didn't know whether Darius knew this monster.

"Tentacles...the kind with scorpion stings?"

Darius looked at the sand under his feet. If what Balliard said was true, wouldn't Balliard be right down here?

"How did you get there?"

"It's a long story, so I won't go into it."

Valyard thought about Darius's inexplicable competitiveness and didn't intend to let him know what a crazy thing Yasuo had done.

In this temporary team, one madman is enough, two madmen... a third madman will appear.
To be continued...