vstars Chapter 58 The Will to "Preserve"
Chapter 58 The Will to "Preserve"
On March 7th, after Seele and Danheng dealt with a large portion of the Silvermane Iron Guards.
Jepard watched all this with a frown. He hadn't expected that these "outsiders" could subdue all the Silvermane Iron Guards in such a short time.
It seems that during the battle with the Silvermane Iron Guards in the suburbs outside the city, these people must have held back, and I must have underestimated their strength.
Just as Jepard was thinking this, a dangerous aura suddenly swept over him.
Immediately afterwards, a baseball bat sliced through the air with a sharp "whoosh" as it swung rapidly toward Jepard.
Jepard reacted quickly, pulling the violin case that was placed to the side in front of him.
With a loud "bang," the baseball bat slammed heavily onto the guitar case, sending sparks flying.
At the same time, the impact of the attack caused Jepard to take two steps back, but he quickly regained his balance.
His eyes narrowed, and his gaze followed the baseball bat that had smashed onto the violin case. He saw that the person wielding the bat was a man with short gray hair, wearing a black trench coat with yellow accents.
"So it was you."
Jepard frowned, his eyes flashing with wariness as he looked at Lin Qiong.
Hearing Jepard's words, Lin Qiong smiled slightly and waved his free left hand at him.
"Good job blocking it, little Jie Jie~"
After saying that, Lin Qiong's smile suddenly disappeared, and his gaze instantly became sharp.
"Then what about this move?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a blinding light suddenly shone from Lin Qiong's baseball bat, with tiny arcs of electricity dancing incessantly on the surface of the bat, which emitted a deep blue light.
A destructive aura emanated from Lin Qiong, rapidly spreading outwards.
At the same time, the powerful energy on the baseball bat reached its peak, and the snow under Lin Qiong's feet was instantly blown away by the wind pressure generated by this powerful force, revealing the originally hard ground.
Seeing this, Jepard felt a sudden alarm bell ring in his heart, and a sense of crisis he had never felt before when facing creatures from the Rift instantly surged into his mind.
The power that Lin Qiong was displaying was far beyond his comprehension.
At that moment, he realized very clearly that if he wanted to withstand this attack, he had to go all out.
With that in mind, Jepard pressed the button on the "playing box" without hesitation.
A faint blue light suddenly appeared on the object he had just used to block Lin Qiong's attack.
Then, a transparent film slowly expanded from the case, instantly forming a perfect protective shield around Jepard, isolating him from the outside world.
It turns out that the object that Jepard used as a shield, which looked like a violin case, was actually a force field protection device.
Just as Jepard finished doing all this, Lin Qiong was ready to unleash his power. He quickly swung his baseball bat and smashed it hard into Jepard's violin case.
The moment the bat touched the guitar case, a powerful surge of energy erupted from it, causing a violent collision with the transparent protective shield on the case.
Then a loud "boom" was heard.
When the baseball bat, imbued with destructive power, struck the violin case, a powerful shockwave instantly erupted.
The shockwave, like a howling gale, swept outwards from the two of them, instantly knocking the Silvermane Iron Guards behind Jepard to the ground.
After taking the hit, Jepard was knocked back dozens of meters by the powerful force, leaving two deep marks on the snow-covered ground.
At the same time, the harp case in Jepard's hand, which was emitting a pale blue light, seemed to have exhausted its power after taking the blow. The light on it gradually dimmed until it disappeared completely.
As the light faded, the protective shield enveloping Jepard also dissipated.
At this moment, Jepard's expression became extremely solemn, his gaze fixed on Lin Qiong, his eyes filled with surprise.
He never expected that someone could shatter the protective shield generated by the force field protection device with just one strike.
Who exactly are you...?
Just as Jepard was about to say something, he noticed Lin Qiong pointing in a direction with a beaming smile.
Lin Qiong's action puzzled Jeppard, who was just wondering about it.
A strong sense of crisis came from the right, the direction Lin Qiong was pointing to.
This sudden sense of crisis caught Jepard off guard. Without thinking, he immediately used the violin case as a shield, holding it firmly to his right.
Then, a powerful impact suddenly came from the piano case standing on the right, and the intensity of this impact was no less than the attack that Lin Qiong had just released.
With lightning-fast reflexes, Jepard immediately braced his body against the violin case, attempting to resist the powerful impact.
"Varied......"
However, Jepard, having lost his protective shield, had barely managed to utter a single word when the immense impact, like a raging torrent, sent him and the violin case flying.
Immediately afterwards, Jepard, who was flying in the air, quickly adjusted his body shape with amazing physical skills.
His body flipped once in the air and then landed steadily on the ground in a half-kneeling position.
But under the force of this enormous impact, his violin case, like an out-of-control cannonball, crashed into the wall at an astonishing speed.
With a loud crash, the violin case smashed a deep hole in the wall.
At that moment, Jepard, who was kneeling on the ground, finally understood what Lin Qiong had been pointing at.
He slowly raised his head and fixed his gaze on the figure that had launched the attack.
It was a man wearing a black trench coat with yellow accents, holding a baseball bat, and with gray hair.
Unlike Lin Qiong, that person had a more slender figure and long, flowing hair, making her look like a woman no matter how you looked at it.
Moreover, she was still holding the baseball bat that emitted a faint blue light, which reminded Jeppard that the astonishing power he had just witnessed was released by her.
"Now that your weapons have been destroyed and your guards have been subdued, having witnessed our strength, shouldn't you let us pass?"
Lin Qiong slowly walked over to Xing's side from a short distance away, looking at Jepard who was kneeling on the ground.
Upon hearing this, Jepard took a deep breath and slowly stood up.
“I will not let you ‘outsiders’ pass. This is my duty as a Silvermane Iron Guard officer.”
As he spoke, Jepard raised his fists, lowered his body slightly, and assumed a fighting stance.
Even after Lin Qiong and Xing displayed their formidable strength, Jepard could not detect the slightest hint of retreat in his eyes.
At this moment, Jepard's face was tense. He looked directly at Lin Qiong and Xing, and swore in a firm and loud voice, "I swear in the name of the Landau family—"
"I, Jepard Landau, will protect this place, my family, and everything in Belleburg!"