Girl in the Box: Please tell me why I was reincarnated as a mimic monster!

"Yes."

The few "Punishers" who remained here also began to head to other battlefields, while others headed directly towards the duchy. Serik was confident in their strength and didn't say much.

Peter Pan, a blond, blue-eyed youth dressed in travel clothes, walked to the bow of the ship. A large amount of starlight from the sky began to gather in his hands, turning into seven different weapons that floated around him. He gripped the starlight spear, then aimed at the duchy with a cold smile.

"Ha, accept your punishment! Heretic—!"

Ding--!

A beam of starlight shot out from the mothership, shattering the duchy's last line of defense. The transparent barrier shattered like glass under the attack of the holy sword.

Peter Pan stood silently at the bow of the mothership, gazing indifferently at the principality's capital city, surrounded by twinkling starlight. He delivered a final blow to the already crumbling barrier, a blow imbued with immense power, shattering the entire barrier in its blast.

The longsword flew to his feet, and Peter Pan stepped onto it, flying towards the duchy's capital city, now completely undefended after the barrier shattered. Several people in white armor surrounded him to stop his advance, but were all shot down by the other six weapons.

“‘Seven Stars,’ Peter Pan, remember this: these are the ones who will bring you divine punishment.” Peter Pan coldly watched the four people who were falling into depravity.

Serik nodded, quite satisfied with Peter Pan's work. Holding the petite Elan in his arms, he pondered his next move. Elan watched her king, lost in thought, her heart pounding. A strange feeling, like a faint electric current, coursed through her body, and her lower body was already incredibly wet.

Ah... Your Majesty...

"Ambassador——! Ambassador——!"

"Don't panic! Let's take the ambassador back quickly!"

"Come on! Help me carry the ambassador!"

"Little Sa! The front line is in your hands now! We'll take the ambassador back immediately!"

"You guys go back! Hey! Dega! Aldin! We're going up with Little Sa! We absolutely have to seize a ship to show the ambassador!"

"Little Sa! Let's go! Let's grab one and climb aboard ourselves!"

"Okay, hold on tight!"

Just as the barrier was shattered, Li's magical dragon transformation was dispelled and he fell unconscious. If Salid hadn't caught them in time, they would probably have been seriously injured if they had fallen to the ground like that.

After bringing everyone back to the ground, the dragon riders split into two groups. One group was responsible for taking the unconscious Ri back, while the other group followed Salid in the assault to seize the ship. Just now, the barrier had been shattered. Although they didn't yet know that Ri was the one who provided the magic power to the barrier, they knew they had to move now.

The mothership raised its guns to a higher angle and fired several shots vertically into the sky. Starting with these shots, the warships began to forcefully advance the battle line, employing every means of attack without regard for consequences.

"Withdraw! Everyone, get out of here!" "Tsk! These lunatics in the kingdom!" "Someone's injured here! Help!" "I'll cover you! Get out of here!"

Under such overwhelming firepower, even the strongest residents of Akihabara had no choice but to retreat. At this point, they could no longer maintain their battle lines. Furthermore, with the loss of Finoir, Akatsuki, and even Rin, these three powerful fighters, Chu Chu could not fill the gap left by them no matter how hard she tried.

"Everyone! Go help! If you really can't manage, come back first!"

Finoer desperately directed the people gathered there, urging some to quickly help the frontline troops retreat. Without magic, she was of no help whatsoever. She desperately wanted to stop Salid, who was recklessly charging into the enemy lines, but if Salid didn't go, the battle line would quickly be pushed back to her side.

Chu Chu maintained her powers to provide support and reinforcements to all allies on the battlefield, but the intensity was too great, and she was about to give up.

"Fino Ersan! Fino Ersan!"

Several people ran over carrying a familiar box, then carefully placed it on the ground. They were panting and seemed about to say something, but they couldn't catch their breath; it was clear they were in a hurry. Finoer also realized the problem: the box contained Li.

"Chuchu, quick! Come help!"

Fino called Chuchu over and knelt down to examine her. She was definitely unconscious; she couldn't sense any magic, but there were no other problems.

"What's wrong? Let me see." Chu Chu knelt down in front of the box and scanned it with her magic. "Oh my god... Is she that little sister...? Her magic was drained by something, and a lot of her life force was taken away in its place. Sister, do you have any clues?"

"...This silly child..."

Fino could only think of one possibility: the barrier that had just shattered. Rin must have subconsciously increased her magic output to block the sudden beam of light, because the barrier's main source of magic was Rin. This attack instantly drained all of her remaining magic, and the lack of magic even drained some of her life force.

"Ambassador—is the ambassador alright?!" someone asked, finally managing to catch their breath.

"It's alright, you should go inside and take refuge." Finoer reassured them first.

"No, we have to go back now!" another man straightened up. "Seize the ship! This is the mission the ambassador gave us, and we must capture one!"

As soon as they finished speaking, they turned and ran back to the battlefield, calling out Salid's nickname, running fearlessly. Truly, they're the kind of people Li raised; their actions based on sheer force are exactly the same. Is stupidity contagious?

There were many like them on the front lines, but they all considered the bigger picture and, once they felt it was time, they began to retreat back into the city. Chu Chu treated Li while also looking after the others.

"Sister Li...?"

Xiao, who had somehow recovered, stared blankly at the box in front of her. She couldn't mistake the familiar scent and appearance, but Li didn't respond at all.

“Xiao?” Fino looked at Xiao in surprise.

Chapter 20 Peter Pan, "The Seven Stars"

"Sister Li, what's wrong?" Xiao looked at Finoer, seeking an answer.

“She’s alright, calm down.” Finoer held her hand. “Don’t be impulsive, impulsiveness won’t solve anything, right?”

Her small fists trembled slightly, a result of clenching them tightly. One of her beloved knives was missing after the shelling—the white one, the one Ning had given her. With Ning not around, and Li Jie now in this state, she felt very uneasy.

She considered Bai Dao to be Ning's alter ego, but now that Bai Dao wasn't here, she was genuinely a little scared. With her closest family members absent, her mental state was somewhat unstable, but not to the point of suddenly impulsively running away.

Since the shelling, Winsor has been silent. Xiao really doesn't know what to do now, so she can only sob into Finoer's arms, because Finoer is the only one she can rely on now.

While gently patting Xiao's back to comfort her, Finoer observed the retreat. Among the retreating crowd, someone stopped in front of the stick figure ice sculpture. He was blond, blue-eyed, dressed in white and wearing a green hat... but there was a bad feeling about him.

The blond, blue-eyed youth walked leisurely into the ice sculpture and then reached out his hand towards it. Finoer remembered what the man's clothes signified; she wanted to stop him, but it was too late…

Hey!

Without hesitation, the girl in her arms rushed out. Six beams of starlight tried to stop Xiao one after another, but Xiao was faster than them. After reaching the young man's side, she swung her black sword and slashed at him.

Clang!

The seventh starlight blocked the lightning-fast strike. Finoer had barely reacted when Akatsuki had already rushed out of her arms—it was too fast. The other six starlight beams were embedded in the ground; they were starlight beams shaped like weapons: a sickle, a spear, a dagger, a bow, a large shield, and a cross.

On the youth's side, there was a long sword.

Xiao, whose attack had been blocked, used the momentum to slide down, diving into the young man's lower body with his sword in hand, and then slashing again with both hands. But the young man was prepared, jumping up and clamping his legs together to trap Xiao's head, then grabbing the sword floating in mid-air, spinning it once in the air before plunging it into the ground, and then violently kicking Xiao away.

He deftly returned to the ground, guiding the six weapons with his fingers in pursuit, while simultaneously drawing his bow and arrow, gathering starlight, and firing the arrow in one fluid motion.

After finally managing to stop herself by scraping the ground, Xiao forced herself to use her sword to deflect the first three beams of starlight while maintaining a posture that allowed her to exert no effort. Then, she took the fourth beam head-on with her body, trading the damage for time to regain her footing. She then swung her sword three times in quick succession to disperse the remaining attacks.

Xiao didn't notice that the other party rushed over directly and then slashed down at Xiao's neck with a bow-shaped blade, leaving Xiao no time to dodge.

"Ok?"

For some unknown reason, the young man suddenly withdrew his blade, then recalled several of his weapons, using them as a fulcrum to kick backward. Immediately afterward, a huge ice coffin crashed onto the ground in front of Li, ominous runes flashing on the ice.

Curse Ice.

"Tch, what a waste of your time," the young man clicked his tongue. "Why are you here too?"

"Where else can I go as one of the demon race's generals?"

The night elf folded its crimson bat wings and landed lightly on top of the ice coffin, glaring at the young man who stood in mid-air leaning against his longsword—Aye, the patriarch of the vampire clan.

Aye ignored the young man and turned to Xiao with an apologetic smile: "Sorry, Xiao, we're late."

The iconic bat calls and the flapping of bat wings drowned out the sound of the warship's propellers as a new and powerful reinforcement appeared over the duchy: the vampire race.

Aye arrived here with all her vampire forces. This was an order given to her by the Demon King Xuanze: no matter what, Akihabara must be protected, and they must hold out until the princess and the slime finish what they need to do, at which point they can launch their counterattack.

The sudden appearance of a large number of vampires over the kingdom caused a stir among the residents of Akihabara, but there was no need to worry about them turning against the vampires, as their faces were filled with excitement.

"Hey, did you see that?" "Oh, oh, is that the vampire clan leader? He really is just like the rumors." "So erotic, just my type." "Hey, the other vampires are pretty good too." "Look, that vampire is so handsome!" "Aaaaaah! Vampire sir, please come and suck my blood!!!"

Regardless of which one is problematic, and there are some very dangerous declarations mixed in, but putting those aside for now, their cooperation with the vampires is definitely not a problem.

“You’ll just have to play it by ear from now on,” Aye said, dispersing the ice coffin and jumping to Xiao’s side. “In a little while, I might not have the strength to command anymore. Xiao, let’s defeat him together.”

“…Hmm.” Xiao hesitated for a moment, but still prepared to draw her knife.

The defenses are being breached repeatedly, and the residents of Akihabara alone cannot hold out. The Demon King's dispatch of the entire Vampire Squad has been a great help. Now, an elite ghost has even appeared here. If Akatsuki were alone, he really wouldn't know what to do.

Aye had fought this young man before; his name was Peter Pan, a ghost among the kingdom's elite warriors, wielding a holy sword. The effect was unknown, but it was known that the holy sword had seven parts. Aye had a way to deal with him; it was truly fortunate that he hadn't encountered anything else.

Of course, she also noticed the ice sculpture, the stick figure the Demon King had mentioned. She unleashed a magical circle beneath the sculpture, constructing a cursed ice coffin to imprison it. She didn't know how effective this would be in resisting the Holy Sword's destruction, but something was better than nothing.

"Hmph, vampire, do you think your tricks will work on me?" Peter Pan pointed his sword at her. "God will punish you, and of course, I will do it in your place!"

“Ha, that’s what men are all about…” Aye ignored him. “Xiao, get ready to go, I’ll cover you—hey!?”

Before Aye could finish speaking, Xiao had already rushed out in one stride, his black blade leaving three black shadows in its wake, Zhou Tai's triple slash technique reappearing.

"Dragon Sparrow - Absolute Wind!"

The godlike speed triple slash, accompanied by three perfect black arcs of light, slashed towards Peter Pan. Peter Pan did not move, but merely glanced at it coldly. The Star Shield blocked his way, and the interplay of black and starlight burst forth with sparks and a powerful tremor.

The second slash struck the Star Shield, which was pushed back by the sudden surge of force, crashing into Peter Pan. The third slash, however, showed no black light; instead, Akatsuki focused intently as he swung his sword.

Slash— "—?!"

The Star Shield was cleaved in two by the sharp slash, and the force of the blow traveled through Peter Pan's body and directly to his soul. His soul told him that the slash was fatal, forcing him to use all his other weapons for defense in order to prevent it from hitting him.

He seemed to see the man's figure in Xiao, the man who single-handedly slaughtered nearly half of the ghosts in the labyrinth, and now he seemed to have reappeared as if possessing this girl.

"Looks like I have to get serious...!"

Peter Pan, determined not to die at the hands of that man's reappearance, began his counterattack.

Chapter 21 "The Coffin" by Hevia

boom! boom! boom!

"Tsk!?"

Wearing the Black Knight α-type magical armor, Ister dodged the dense three-round burst of fire fired at her. The thrusters installed on both sides of her back and waist emitted intense magical light, allowing her to dodge the three bullets at an extremely high speed.

She quickly located the sniper, a young girl wearing a small crown and holding a musket. The girl looked at Esther coldly, without any intention of dodging, as if the previous attacks were merely an invitation for Esther to come and fight one-on-one.

She neither hid nor concealed herself, but stood on the deck looking at East. Only then did East realize that several airships were approaching, but there was no one on either of them except for this girl.

Then, a chase ensued. Because the girl's attacks posed a significant threat to the Duchy's army, Ister had to eliminate her as soon as possible; otherwise, who knew if the next person to be sniped would be one of their main force members?

However, despite the numerous dramatic changes that occurred on the flank, Esther still couldn't capture the girl. She was far too adept at guerrilla warfare, and her marksmanship was astounding. Every attack she made was aimed at Esther's blind spots or extremely vulnerable areas, and until just now, Esther hadn't been able to get within ten meters of her.

too strong.

The fact that they could suppress Ister with just a musket is quite impressive. While it's true they're still getting used to their new equipment, that's no excuse; strength is strength.

Chasing from one warship to another, the girl used the terrain to her advantage, constantly dodging Ister by making sharp turns, rising, crouching, and leaping. Although Black Knight α also had ranged attack methods, unfortunately, the user, Ister, was not good at them at all.

Bang! Clang!

Ister stretched out his left hand to shield himself, and the armor on his arm unfolded a transparent light membrane that blocked the bullets. He used magic to solidify the small plates on his arm, making them very hard as a shield. They were also very convenient because they were so easy to make, but this might not be enough to stop the subsequent barrage of shots.

Bang bang bang!

The uninterrupted three-shot barrage, the black iron bullets aimed at the spot that had just been hit, continuously adding damage. The second iron bullet shattered the magic shield, and Ister flew to the side at that moment, only to be caught by the third bullet.

The impact disrupted her posture; the third bullet struck her right on the thigh, and she fell onto the deck like a kite with a broken string.

It hurt terribly. If it were her old equipment, it probably would have pierced her leg, Ister thought to herself, as she shakily got to her feet. The bullet was stopped by the armor, leaving only a bruise on her thigh; it hadn't penetrated her leg.

She had to get airborne again as soon as possible, or the girl would continue to chase her. Standing up, Easter didn't even have time to adjust her posture before the thrusters propelled her backward, and three bullets struck her in the path she passed.

Only after crashing into the railing did Esther regain her balance and take flight. She searched for the girl in the air, but the girl had already disappeared into another location. What a formidable opponent; never engaging in direct combat, yet always capable of taking Esther's life from afar.

Suddenly, a huge cannon roar rang out in the sky not far away, near the side gate. Ister glanced over and saw that the largest airship was firing vertically into the sky for some reason.

Then, the girl who had been hiding somewhere on an airship silently walked out. She slowly walked to the center of the deck, took off the small crown she was wearing, and put it on the muzzle of the gun.

What is this doing?

boom! boom! boom!

The girl fired three shots into the empty air. The bullets were all different colors; the blue bullets did not aim at Ister but stopped halfway through their flight.

When Esther, whose attention had been diverted by the three bullets, came to his senses, the girl had already closed in on him, raised one leg high, and then kicked Esther in the head.

edge! ?

The girl's high heels had sharp blades on them, and a vertical slash down on her thigh would undoubtedly hit Ister's head, which would be fatal, since the only headgear she had was a mask.

In desperation, she activated the thrusters to move backward, but still couldn't avoid the kick. The sharp heel pierced through the black armor and the bodysuit underneath, leaving a shallow gash in the middle of her chest.

boom!

The girl fired another shot, but this time she didn't aim at East. Instead, she hit empty air, used the momentum to pull back her leg, and then swept out with her other leg, hitting East who was still advancing and kicking her back onto the deck.

"——!?"

Ister, who had fallen onto the deck, stared at the girl in disbelief. The girl's strength completely overwhelmed Ister. Could it be that the girl hadn't been fighting seriously at all?

boom--!

The gun fired, another loud bang. It wasn't aimed at East again, but the recoil from the shot pushed the girl back onto the deck. She aimed the sharp heel of her high heel at East, who was still unable to get up.