Chapter 264: Battered Campers
"Ha!" Ariel made her spear as an axis. She spun around to deliver a powerful kick to the lizard in front of her and sent the most giant lizard flying.
*Bam!*
"Squak!" The large lizard was shocked and could not do anything before splashing into the river.
*Splash!*
"Holy moly, a golden valkyrie descended from the sky to help humanity!" Jordan became the first to come out of the double shock. He cried out in surprise when he saw the big lizard bounce and fall into the river with just a kick from the valkyrie.
Ariel completely ignored the commotion. She immediately rushed to the large lizard on the side then pulled the tail of the impressive scaly beast without further ado.
The Spirit Beast was still a little stunned because its partner was thrown into the river with ease by such a small human. Yet, the lizard felt its tail being pulled, and it suddenly felt like spinning around, round-round, then thrown into the air.
"Squak!" The earthen lizard could not fight back and could only cry out before plunging into the river helplessly.
*Splash!*
"Hmph." Ariel gave a small snort and returned to her spear to draw her weapon from the ground. She glanced at the camper"s group for a moment to see the injured victims, then turned towards the large river.
"Holy! AHem, beautiful valkyrie, thank you so much for saving us from those two rampaging lizards." Jordan immediately approached with a warm smile and a respectful att.i.tude.
"The two Spirit Beasts are moving to the surface again. Why was your group being attacked by them in the first place?" Arial gave the man an accusing look. She was only willing to help in the name of justice with the Holy Princess"s permission, so she didn"t want to help the guilty party.
"Ah-uh, that, we were having a little party after being out of the underground mining for a week. However, the two big lizards suddenly attacked our camp." Jordan put his hand on the back of his head awkwardly.
"Is that so? Here they come." Ariel muttered, and the two lizards slowly made their way to the river bank.
"Uhm, beautiful valkyrie, why don"t you eliminate those two big lizards for the good of the world? As you can see, dozens of people are injured and some of them are seriously injured." Jordan tried to persuade the beautiful and mighty lady in front of him.
"Why do I have to do it for you when I don"t know what happened? I want to talk to the two Spirit Beasts first before deciding on anything." Ariel answered without turning or glancing at the man beside her. She knew this man was covering something up on purpose because she smelled an aura of dishonesty based on a hunch.
"Graa!" The most giant earthen lizard whipped its scaly tail with a roar of anger.
Several earthen thorns and stones shot up from the ground to attack Ariel and anyone around her, an area of effect magic.
"Beautiful valkyria, let me help you." Jordan immediately prepared for the attack.
"Hum." Ariel paid no heed to it and just swung her golden spear in a graceful motion.
The potent shock wave followed the spear"s movement. It destroyed all the earthen projectiles, like smacking the mosquitoes with an invisible hand swing.
Ariel didn"t wait for the Spirit Beasts" follow-up attack. She jumped high and used her fists to hit the rampaging lizards.
*Bonk* *Bonk*
"Squack!" The earthen lizards screamed in pain while clutching their bruised heads.
Although their bodies were covered with tough earth scales, the shockwave coming from Ariel"s punch could penetrate them without any effort. It wasn"t an attack to kill but merely to give these beasts a bit of clarity from their sea of rage.
"Calm yourselves, I have come to speak as a court party on the neutral side. You two are Spirit Beasts with intelligence, please act with a little clarity. Male and female, I see... Bhai, Didi, may I know your name?" Ariel walked back a little and kept her spear in a standby position in case something unexpected happened.
"Human Saint, you in-beast-ely bully the weak! You don"t know we are both victims who demand justice for the actions of those humans without conscience and humanity." The most giant earthen lizard pointed at the crowd of humans with a look of injustice.
Those humans who were evil, and they were also the ones protected by this Human Saint? He hated it very much, and again this area was their territory!
"Then tell me what happened. All came for a cause, and the Holy Church only defends the righteousness. But, before that, introduce yourselves." Ariel didn"t in the slightest change her facial expression, which was a little cold in a.s.sertiveness.
"We are the Giant Grizzly Newts, the overlord of this territory. I am Nuna, and she is my husband, Roger. While we were fishing in the river, this bunch of people came and made many cloth houses by the river. Not only that, they are eating my egg! Our future baby! Our wrath can be justified, and we will give our baby justice by eating them. Holy Church, Human Saint, you better not have to interfere in this matter! Grr!" The smaller lizard explained with tears in her eyes but still filled with rage.
"What, you two want to eat us!? There"s a reason why we didn"t kill you, but-" Jordan exclaimed in displeasure. He was worried the beautiful valkyrie would turn around and judge him. However, he couldn"t continue his words because it was cut off just like that.
"Is that true? So, the party celebration you talked about earlier... You feast on an egg, their future baby as food?" Ariel turned around and scrutinized the man who seemed to be the leader of this group of campers.
"If so, why? We are still adhere to the Holy Church"s rules about not attacking or killing un.o.btrusive Spirit Beast or above on purpose for personal gain. The two lizards attacked us all of a sudden, and we were just doing self-defense. After all, how do we know it"s their egg when no one is guarding the egg around? So, it"s not our fault." Jordan defended the actions of his people sternly with self-justification.
"You insolent human! Don"t you know how hard it is for me to make an egg?" Nuna gasped and wanted to attack the hateful man, but she held back because of this Human Saint.
"That"s all already done, just make another egg again. You beasts can easily breed, right?" Jordan"s whole face lit up with a solution.
"Then be our food for our future baby!" Roger growled with a counterclaim. It managed to make a vein popped out in Jordan"s face.
"I see... Bhai Roger, Didi Nuna, you are the Spirit Beasts resident of the Human Continent with a territory. However, the Holy Church will not remain silent for this kind of situation. If that can be judged, is there anything these campers can compensate for your loss?" Ariel put her hand on her chin and decided on a more peaceful solution. It sounded a bit unfair to the beasts, but this was the Human Continent, after all.
"Right-right, just tell me what compensation I need to pay? All by accident, you know? You can"t put all the blame on us." Jordan folded his arms across his chest. If so, it would be easy to solve the problem.
Nuna and Roger discussed for a moment, then Nuna decided with a heavy heart. "Grr! Half of their treasure, and their blood!"
"What!? Then, what"s the difference with killing us and then robbing us? Come here, fight me and my group to the death!" Roger"s face twisted with anger. He prepared his gauntlet with a stance to attack. His men also got ready behind him.
"Very well, half of their treasure and their blood. However, there shall be no loss of life in my care. May G.o.ddess bless upon the righteousness, heal. Go ahead." Ariel nodded in agreement and healed the wounds of the two Spirit Beasts. She walked aside and just became a spectator without prior notice.
The two high-level Spirit Beasts grinned as they recovered, but not the group of campers. Terror and fear overtook the campers" faces.
"Roar!" Nuna and Roger attacked the campers, who were about to run away. Well, the two of them just beat the humans to black and blue with the lizard techniques.
"Are you out of your mind, beautiful valkyrie!? You are a Saint for the sake of the world. Uah! Help, mommy--" Jordan screamed in pain, and that was followed by the screams of his exhausted men.
Ariel just watched with a poker expression, and everyone on the Gravy Ark became dumbfounded. It was an unexpected result.
It only took a few minutes, more than 100 humans against the two vigorous large lizards with quite ridiculous results. The strongest of the campers, Jordan, the rookie Spirit Warrior was already beaten, and the others were already exhausted. So, the outcome was predictable.
"Noo! My treasure! Hu-hu-hua..." The only man who was not battered screamed in anguish as his precious materials were forcibly taken away.
Roger took out half of all the s.p.a.ce Bag in the wagon and took it all away with his wife"s help. The only thing they wanted was the contents of the s.p.a.ce Bag, not the s.p.a.ce Bag itself. So, they threw the s.p.a.ce Bags after taking all the materials inside.
"Hmph!" Nuna snorted at the battered campers before leaving.
"Insane, are you a Human Saint or a Devil Saint? Now I doubt your accreditation in the Holy Church." Jordan muttered somewhat indistinctly with many bruises on his face. He was half-buried in the ground.
"I"m sorry, but you are on the guilty side. Be thankful that there are no casualties on your side. That"s all I can do as a representative of the Holy Church. Heal." Ariel healed Jordan with her healing magic.
"Be thankful, huh? Thank you for healing me after letting my men and I be battered. Not only that, half of our treasure was seized by the two big lizards." Jordan grumbled and stretched his way out of the ground.
"Greater Heal." Ariel used large-scale healing magic to heal everyone who was injured.
"Whatever, at least, no casualties. Tsk, one of those lizards is one more step before? Saint-level, I think." Jordan complained, but he didn"t feel so lost in his mind. He and his men just needed to mine another day again.
"Anyway, beautiful valkyrie, where did you come from and how did you get here?" Jordan ran his hand through his hair with a charming smile. He was more interested in this powerful, stunning lady than anything else.
"I am of the side of righteousness and justice. I have come from above." Ariel pointed up, but Jordan laughed because he thought it was a joke.