ALL NOVEL Chapter 49 : Alice vs 300 Cult Member (1)
Alice and Arina are currently on the roof of Mansion Marquess Reinhard, engaged in a serious conversation. Arina is kneeling with her head lifted.
"Arina," Alice calls softly.
"Yes, Alice-sama?" Arina asks, intrigued.
"I've placed a tracker on Marquess Reinhard's shadow, and it seems he's heading to a suspicious location."
"It seems he's betraying you, Alice-sama; he must be eliminated," Arina's expression shows anger as she clenches her fists.
"I can't casually kill someone crucial in the kingdom; I'll follow him first," Alice explains.
"I understand, Alice-sama."
Alice then turns around, gazing at the beautifully lit sky. The bright moon is surrounded by numerous stars, resembling grains of sand on a beach.
"I'm reminded of my first day here," Alice says, a hint of sadness in her voice.
Her memories of her previous life's family linger, challenging to erase. Arina remains silent, unable to respond to Alice's words.
"Thank you, Arina. I want to give you a new task."
Arina is surprised as Alice suddenly expresses gratitude.
"No... As the Servant you created, trained, and empowered, it's my duty to fulfill all your wishes, Alice-sama."
"Well, maybe I consider you more than just a subordinate."
(More like family... My family is gone, friends too. I have no one else but my subordinates.)
(If my subordinates are still in the game, like robots, then I might truly be lonely.)
"Alice-sama..." Arina is moved by Alice's words.
"I'll follow Marquess Reinhard; I have a hypothesis he's heading to the cult's location. I noticed an unusual expression on his face."
"So, Alice-sama means... you want to go to the cult's place?"
"Yes, Marquess Reinhard's movements suddenly became very fast; there's a possibility he's using an item. I must not lose track."
"Alright, so is my task to guard Alice-sama?"
Alice turns back, smiling gently at Arina.
"No, your task is to watch the surrounding area to ensure no disturbances."
"But Alice-sama... it'll be dangerous if you go alone."
"Don't worry; I have two God Items, and trust in your creator," Alice reassures with a soft voice and smile.
"Understood!" Arina responds energetically.
"I'll go ahead, Yukikaze!"
"Fuhuhhhh!!!" The White Fox emits its unique sound.
A nine-tailed White Fox appears from the sky, running through the air as if on land, it approaches Alice. After that, Alice jumps and stands on its back. The White Fox runs through the air with Alice on its back.
Through [Pet Telepathy], Alice communicates the destination to the White Fox.
After a while, Alice arrives at the destination. Currently airborne, Alice and the White Fox are 600 meters above ground. Confidently, Alice jumps from the White Fox's back, effectively leaping from a height of 600 meters. After a few seconds, she successfully lands, enhancing her descent speed to save time.
Now, Alice is at the front entrance of a ruined building. She surveys the surroundings, sensing that this is an abandoned area.
"An abandoned place... I wonder why Marquess Reinhard came here."
Alice steps cautiously and enters the ruins of a building. She finds herself in a closed room, sensing the presence of two individuals ready to ambush her.
"Hooooooo... Time to have some fun!"
Two men, cult members in black robes, attempt to kick Alice from above. They kick from both sides, flames emerging from their kicks.
Exactly 0.2 seconds before the kicks land, Alice quickly assumes a horse stance, tightly gripping the legs of the cult members. The fire from the kicks hits Alice, but it does not affect her.
Of course, the cult members, whose legs Alice is holding, panic as they can't move.
"What the hell is this!?"
"Fuckkk, let me go!"
With a wide grin and glowing red eyes, Alice decisively severs both legs, causing their blood to splatter in all directions. Without hesitation, she hurls the severed legs into their faces, ensuring a swift demise.
"Well, it seems I'm too strong. I'll dial down my power."
No blood stains on Alice's clothes, as her entire attire has anti-dirt features. Despite dust, blood, or anything else, Alice's clothes remain unaffected.
The impact from throwing the cult members' legs causes the building to tremble, revealing a secret passage leading underground.
"Just like a game, a path appears after defeating enemies."
Alice enters the secret passage and descends the stairs casually. At the bottom, there's a large iron door, and Alice knocks on it.
"It's ironnnn."
Alice stops walking and ponders for a moment.
"Do I break this door by kicking it directly?"
"Or do I freeze the door and then shatter it?"
"Ah, it's all the same."
After a brief thought, Alice places both her hands on the door. With ease, she begins tearing the door apart as if ripping a piece of paper. Alice then enters the room and is quite surprised.
300 people are ready for battle right in front of her. The room is square and spacious, with only two large iron doors, one of which Alice has damaged. Alice smiles, contemplating for a moment.
(Do those two have communication skills or magic?)
[Ultimate Skill: Room Lock]
Alice activates a skill that completely locks the room, making communication impossible between those inside and anyone outside. Even those outside can't hear what's happening inside.
The distance between Alice and the 300 people is around 30 meters, making the room quite large for a battle arena.
"Nice to meet you... Im -"
Before Alice could finish speaking, cult members immediately cut her off.
"Silence, you intruder!"
"You infiltrator!"
"We'll kill you!"
Naturally, Alice becomes irritated, and she quickly forms a magical circle in her mouth.
"Tier A Magic: ICE TSUNAMI!!!"
Alice spews out a massive amount of ice, forming an ice tsunami about 10 meters high. The room's temperature drops instantly after Alice releases the ice tsunami from her mouth.
Seeing the ice tsunami, 200 cult members swiftly organized into four horizontal lines, each line consisting of 50 people. Simultaneously, they all create magical circles in their mouths.
"Tier C Magic: FIRE BREATH!!!!"
200 cult members immediately exhale fire from their mouths, forming a wave of fire equal in size to Alice's. In both this world and the Monsterland game, battling with elemental magic is common, but unleashing the same elemental magic simultaneously and performed by hundreds of people is a rare occurrence, usually happening only during wars.
After three seconds, the large ice tsunami and fire wave collide, creating vapor that spreads throughout the room. The ice that collides with the fire instantly melts into water and evaporates.
The elemental clash lasts for 15 seconds, covering the entire room with vapor. After 15 seconds, Alice and the cult members cease their elemental attacks. Now, the 300 cult members must be cautious as visibility is severely limited, and they don't want to act recklessly by advancing.
The room is filled with a 10 cm-deep water puddle due to the melted ice.
[Tier B Magic: Massive Ice Spike!!]
Dozens of ice spikes, each 2 meters long, appear on the room's ceiling and rain down on the cult members.
"Arrggghhhg!!!!!"
"Nnngrrrggghh!!!"
"Akkkhhhhhrgg!!!"
The cries of pain from the cult members pierced by the ice spikes are vividly heard. About 37 cult members immediately die from the ice spikes shot by Alice. The vapor slowly dissipates, restoring the cult members' normal vision.
Before the vapor completely vanishes, Alice swiftly runs at high speed toward the cult members. When the vapor clears, they are shocked to find Alice suddenly in front of them.
"Hiiiiii!!!!!"
Alice instantly smashes the head of a cult member in front of her into pieces in less than a second. 0.6 seconds later, six cult members surround Alice, attempting to strike her with their swords.
On the other side, Alice's pupils move left and right, as if reading the movements of the cult members. Realizing that six cult members are about to strike her simultaneously, Alice activates magic precisely 0.3 seconds before their numerous slashes hit her body.
"Tier C & D Combine Magic: Ice Dome and Minor Freeze"
Instantly, Alice's body is coated in an ice dome, and the slashes directly hit Alice's ice dome. After the slashes from the six cult members hit Alice's ice dome, their hands and legs instantly freeze, as does the water around Alice.
"What the...?"
The cult members are confused. Alice then promptly shatters her ice dome, takes one of the cult members' swords, and swiftly beheads the six cult members until the sword cracks. Naturally, the six cult members die in confusion, unaware of their demise.
Alice glances briefly at the cracked sword she used and throws it towards a cult member, impaling the member's head, and causing their demise. The entire sequence of Alice striking one cult member to beheading six cult members lasts only two seconds.
With incredibly fast eye movements, Alice looks at the room's ceiling, spotting 30 cult members with bows and arrows attached to the ceiling. They all carry poisoned arrows and are ready to shoot three arrows each.
"THIS IS GETTING MORE INTERESTING, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!" Alice laughs loudly, indirectly intimidating the cult members.
90 poison-coated arrows fly towards Alice at high speed. The arrows' speed is exceptionally high due to wind-element magic.
On the other side, Alice immediately stomps her right foot, creating a 60°-inclined ice wall. Dozens of arrows hit the ice wall created by Alice.
Alice can still see the movement of the arrows, and when there are only 8 arrows left, Alice jumps and uses her inclined ice wall as a support, then jumps again. With highly precise movements, Alice successfully catches all 8 arrows between the fingers of both hands.
"How is this possible?"
The cult archers are astonished to see Alice flawlessly catching their arrows. Alice leaps into the air, now in an inverted position with her head below.
In the inverted position, Alice throws the 8 arrows at high speed toward the cult members on the room's ceiling, hitting 8 cult members who immediately die.
The remaining 22 cult members on the ceiling shoot dozens of arrows back at Alice, confident that they can hit her since Alice is in an unfavorable position.
