The Record of Unusual Creatures

Hao Ren was still wondering who the hell the Holy Father was when the mad female warrior with unkempt hair lunged at him. When he finally realized what happened, his Steel Membrane Shield was already protesting in sparks. The madwoman brandishing a gorgeous single-handed sword that flashed in a lightning hit his Steel Membrane Shield. The force of the impact was so great that he felt as if a train had hit him, sending him flying into the wall at the other end of the corridor.

Though he had gained far more strength than ordinary human after years of training, relying on the brute physical force did not always work. Faced with the thunderous attack of this female warrior, Hao Ren was blown away by before he knew it.

“Intruder! Intruder! Intruder!”

The mad female warrior seemed to be disoriented. While she continued to scream frantically, she brandished her Thunder Sword glowing in a dazzling light and then charged at Hao Ren again. But this time Lily reacted at once. Wielding her Frostfire Claws, the canine maiden intercepted the madwoman.

Hao Ren pulled himself out of the wall, face covered in dust and debris. He ran back up. “What the hell is that?”

As the Frostfire Claws met the Thunder Sword, a thunderstorm formed in the corridor of Valhalla, producing a harsh colliding sound and deafening explosions. Lily and the enemy had totally been locked in a fight as they faded into white and yellow shadows respectively in super-quick movement. Hao Ren could feel a deadly shockwave spread out from the center of the battle. The intensity of the clash was astounding. Hao Ren was as sure as hell that he had never seen Lily exhibiting such a high level of fighting ability!

“Intruders! Intruders! There are more intruders! Destroy all enemies that intrude into the palace!” The mad warrior continued to scream while she fought. Her voice was distorted as if her vocal organ was burning with anger. “Valhalla must not fall!”

“Arf—” Lily roared. There was no real meaning to her roar, it was just the reaction of an angered beast. For a timid husky to display such strength was incredible.

Hao Ren’s eyes were out on stalks. He could not believe that this was the cute husky he knew.

But he soon realized look could be deceiving.

Though Lily was usually skittish, naive, and making a mess out of everything, she had proved herself with the combat strength of an incarnated demon hunter. Her timid personality notwithstanding, she was never a weakling. Lily was the most potent close-quarters combat warrior in the team. Without the use of magic and form shifting, Y’zaks would be no match for Lily. Same goes to the other family members. There were only two reasons why the husky always appeared a weakling in the team. Firstly, close-quarter combat was her only forte. She was basically toasted when it came to anyone that could fly, shoot, and use magic. Secondly, she was naive.

The second reason was the reason why she was easily conned.

Today’s circumstances did not give Lily time to think about whether she should fight or flinch. She had gotten involved in the battle almost immediately that she had to bring out her real combat strength. On the other hand, the enemy was also of the right type. Though the mad warrior had a pair of shiny wings, the confined space in the corridor did not allow the mad warrior to launch into the air. Close combat was the only choice, which was precisely what Lily was good at. Besides that, the enemy also seemed to be a madwoman.

In these circumstances, Lily would be just fine; however credulous she was.

“Mr. Landlord!” Lily shouted amid the fierce battle. “What the hell is happening? Why do I suddenly fight with this thing?”

Hao Ren thought for a while, realizing that Lily had only realized what she was doing after this long while of fighting.

Everyone stood by and watched. In fact, judging from the intensity of the battle, no one could really do anything except grabbing a bucket of popcorn and enjoying the show. But they were all anxious. Surprisingly, despite the fierce battle, Lily still had time to talk. “Mr. Landlord! This crazy woman looks a bit tricky!

“Mr. Landlord! I don’t think I can beat her!

“Mr. Landlord! She just kicked me! She’s got me!

“Mr. Landlord! I think I’m going to lose!

“Mr…”

After watching for a long while, Hao Ren had finally found an opportunity. Perhaps he could not stand the annoying mumbles of Lily, he tucked away his spears, overloaded his Steel Membrane Shield, and then lunged forward with a little light ball in his hand.

“Lily, get out of the way!” he shouted.

The name of the master of close combat was not in vain. Lily’s reaction was quick when she saw Hao Ren was lunging towards them. She left a gap between her and the madwoman, sent the enemy a kick in the waist and with the help of the reverse momentum of that kick, she jumped out of the way. At the same time, Hao Ren had already up to the madwoman and wrapped his arms around her. Almost at the same time, the Thunder Sword was hitting on his Steel Membrane Shield.

The shield burst into sparks, but Hao Ren ignored it. With the flip of his wrist, he pushed the little light ball into the body of the mad women through the gap in her armor, and then quickly stepped back.

A massive swarm of bats came up and carried Hao Ren away.

The entire action happened in just a second.

Boom!

The female warrior was covered up in electric light before entirely devoured by a powerful lightning storm.

“Damn it. Finally.” Hao Ren breathed a sigh of relief. Rubbing the cold sweat off his forehead, he felt a flame burning in his chest, his organs were still churning from the violent shock. The Steel Membrane Shield had taken most of the deadly shockwave. Yet, everything had come too sudden, he was suffering from some internal injuries. But these injuries were healing rapidly. “Which god of Asgard was that? That was fearsome!”

The bats had formed into the figure of Vivian beside him. “Phew… she’s a Valkyrie.”

“Valkyrie?” Hao Ren was shocked. “The chooser of the slain?”

“Yes, that’s her. The Valkyries, the armed maids of Odin, the chooser of the slain nurtured by the god of Asgard to collect souls from the battlefield and turn them into einherjar.” Vivian calmed her breathing and walked towards the light that was dissipating. “But this one seems to have gone crazy.”

“Obviously, she was,” Hao Ren said, exhaling. He took out the Gungnir from his dimensional pocket. “Now I realize; she seems to be attracted by this spear.”

Lily came up from behind. Her hair was as messy as it could get, and her forehead was injured but healing quickly. Holding Hao Ren’s arm, she said in excitement, “Mr. Landlord, am I amazing this time?”

“Of course, you are. Well done.” Hao Ren patted Lily on her head, and then carefully examined her injury. “Are you hurt? Are you okay?”

“I banged into the wall while fleeing. But I’m fine.” Lily’s arms akimbo. “I can still fight ten of them!”

“Well, we will let you meet them when they come again. Valkyries are mass-produced anyway,” Vivian said casually just to scare Lily. She then searched the body of the valkyrie lying on the ground.

Following the scent of blood, she pulled out a dark little thing from under the armor of the Valkyrie. It was a small bat that buried its head in its hands.

This was the true identity of the light ball that Hao Ren just planted into the valkyrie’s armor: Vivian’s split. This unique bat that could only last for a short time, though small, possessed a hell load of highly charged energy.

Only that this tiny bat could only release its energy once and then would lose all its strength. It did not even have the power to come back on its own. Under exceptional circumstances, Vivian would throw the bat as a bomb. And just now, she needed the bat to produce the maximum impact.

So she had asked Hao Ren to plant the little guy directly into the enemy’s armor, which proved to have amazing results.