Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 186 Mission: 03-6 Cang Yan
“Ah hehehe…”

Outside the game area, a pumpkin demon with will-o'-the-wisp eyes let out a brisk laugh.

On the large screen overhead, Aisha created an underground explosion, destroying the tree roots that had entangled her. Then, with another snap of her fingers, she vanished in a flash of flame, dodging Nero's bullets. The demon "Pumpkin Head Jack" sighed, using the same linen-like pockets that formed his body to collect the white flowers that drifted away on the water. "We've only been fighting for a few seconds, and you've already used it twice? Really immature!"

Although the community [Wilson's Fire] has a leader who is known as the strongest among the lower class in the North District, this leader is too socially anxious and unwilling to participate in the Gift Game. Therefore, they are not actually a fighting faction, but a workshop-type community that relies on special flames to create various gift props.

Aisha's ability to leap back and forth in flames comes from a ring forged by Jack. This ring contains the power of the "realm" of the community leader, the great demon known as the "Blue Flame Demon", who can travel between the realms of life and death.

Because it was just a casually crafted self-defense item, it could only be used ten times. Aisha hadn't used it against the two enemies she'd encountered before, but she'd used it twice against Nero—and it was clear that Aisha was still at a disadvantage.

As Jack said, she wasn't mature enough. Jumping right in front of her opponent after a failed attempt now seemed unwise.

Aisha vanished, and Nero's first bullet missed. She immediately and cautiously searched for any trace of her enemy. The explosion Aisha had created underground shattered the roots of most of the nearby plants, and the tree Nero was perched on top of collapsed. The fallen plants were already ablaze by the remaining pale blue flames. Nero stood in the center of the blaze, his already white skin appearing even paler under the blue flames.

Nero knew the nearby clusters of flames could be the site of Aisha's reappearance at any moment, so he didn't dare relax for a moment. The good news was that any gas in the fire would only intensify it, making it impossible for Aisha to continue trying to directly interfere with Nero with poison gas.

This was good news for Aisha. Because Aisha couldn't produce the amount of poison gas needed to take down Nero in a short period of time, not being able to try it actually helped her eliminate a wrong answer.

A cluster of flames behind Nero instantly rose to a man's height. Aisha emerged from it, reaching out and creating a large amount of gas directly from Nero's feet. This gas was instantly ignited by the surrounding blue flames, forming two slender fire tornadoes that pounced on Nero.

Nero was startled and quickly dodged. She waved the serpent sword in her hand, stirring up air currents, trying to tear apart the tornado formed by the gas.

The ordinary flames formed by these burning gases were not very threatening. They were completely different from the flames of the Demon Pillar that Nero had once endured. However, Nero had already had her clothes burned by the flames, and she did not want to go through a similar experience again.

This swimsuit is just ordinary clothes and can't withstand any abuse.

Fortunately, Nero succeeded. Since the fire tornado Aisha had created was essentially just a gas stream, countering it with air currents would undoubtedly disperse it. After her attack failed, Aisha vanished again, and then a stream of bubbles emerged from the riverbed not far away.

Nero did not notice this, and a moment later, a loud explosion was heard from the bottom of the river.

The explosion sent a massive wave flying. Aisha, hiding a large net beneath the waves, emerged from the river in a dazzling display. At the sound, Nero spun, aiming his gun at Aisha once again and pulling the trigger. The entire process was natural and graceful. But Aisha, at the exact moment the bullet was fired, activated the power of her ring again, vanishing in a ball of flame, leaving only a wall of water and the net within it to pounce upon Nero.

Amidst the pure white waves, Nero couldn't see the net Asia had hidden within. But instinct told her there couldn't be a conspiracy hidden within the waves. So Nero pulled Echidna back, and facing the wave crashing towards her, she instantly drew her sword from her chest and slashed forward. A brilliant arc of light shot from the tip of the blade, splitting the wave in two. In that instant, Nero finally saw the trap net hidden in the river and swiftly stepped back to avoid it.

The burning blue flames were mostly extinguished by this huge wave. Nero calmly stretched out his foot to stomp out a nearby flame that was still trying to reignite. He also crushed the ground with his toes twice, carefully observing the few remaining flames, waiting for Aisha to reappear.

Seeing this, Pumpkinhead Jack knew that Aisha was doomed. Triggering a gas explosion in the river was an interesting idea, but it was ill-considered. With the soil saturated by the immense volume of water, not only would the fire jump ability have fewer locations to choose from, but Aisha would also be discovered early on by the bubbles she created no matter where she created the gas. It was practically digging her own grave.

Nero had clearly thought of this. She began to move slowly, stamping out the few remaining flames one by one. Her feet, protected by the mud, felt almost nothing even from direct contact with the flames, so Nero didn't even bother to move her hands.

Although both her paralysis and hallucination bullets had missed their targets and she hadn't finished reloading, Nero still had a backup, the parasitic bullet. The tentacle created with this bullet could absorb the enemy's vitality while restricting their movements. Combined with her other abilities, she was still confident of defeating the enemy.

After stamping out another flame, only two remained. Nero couldn't help but wonder if she had escaped—after all, she didn't seem to have any signs of jumping back, and using this spatial leaping ability to escape, Nero couldn't possibly catch up to her without marking her in advance.

However, just as Nero was approaching the last two flames, the faint sound of bubbles bursting could be heard from behind her. Nero, who had been concentrating on noticing any movement, did not turn around, but quietly turned the wheel of her revolver.

three.

two.

One.

The moment the flames ignited, Nero turned and pulled the trigger. The magic bullet penetrated the flames, hitting Asia Ignefast directly within them.

"Eh?!"

Before she could even react with surprise, Nero's Asmodeus bullet struck her in the chest. Instantly, a pale pink, rubbery tentacle tore a slit in the fabric, rapidly growing from that point and tightly entangling Aisha's arms and legs.

Aisha lost her balance and fell to the ground. Nero immediately held her down and put her into the trap next to him.

(End of this chapter)