HI3: I Don't Want to Be a Valkyrie

"Five two-legged dragons, nearly three hundred lizard folk, including roughly a hundred archer lizard folk. The red dragon hasn't joined the fray yet.

Rozaliya, be wary of the venom on their weapons..."

Liliya's eyes remained fixed on the charging lizard folk as she rapidly upgraded her skills on the Valkyrie panel, chuckling as hundreds of thousands of gold pieces vanished in a blink.

Unfazed by the cost, she warned Rozaliya, her attention focused more on the lizard folk than the more powerful two-legged dragons.

Unlike the lizard folk minions of the King of Cuteness from her previous world, the lizard folk here were even more cunning and deceitful than the local goblins.

Liliya reflected on what she knew about these creatures... They were inherently vicious, sly, and aggressively expansionist...

Some would even seek an alliance with dragons as their patrons before turning on all other intelligent life nearby.

These lizard folk prized survival above all else; they'd resort to any measure to stay alive.

What made them truly dangerous, however, was their fondness for wielding disease and viruses. Every weapon they carried boasted formidable toxicity.

Despite this, the red dragon hadn't bothered to fight itself, clearly underestimating Liliya and Rozaliya.

"Understood. Be cautious yourself, Liliya!"

As Rozaliya gazed upon the approaching lizard folk, it was clear they were far sturdier than their counterparts in the King of Cuteness's realm. Their skin shimmered with blue, green, and black scales.

The charging lizard folk brandished large machetes and battle-axes. Behind them loomed archers and several more casting spells with strange staves.

Alright, let's go! thought Liliya to Rozaliya.

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As they spoke, the two didn't wait for the two-legged dragons and lizard folk to close in, but instead charged towards them.

With a flash, their bodies blurred... and reappeared right next to the approaching lizard folk. The green mucus on the blades of the lizard folk's machetes was a clear sign of poison, so the two mages didn't dare to underestimate their foes.

The Great Sword in Liliya's hand smashed down, sending several nearby lizard folk flying. But as Liliya and Rozaliya prepared for their next attack, the nearby lizard folk suddenly retreated.

Moments later, a shower of arrows flew from behind them.

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Liliya and Rozaliya gazed at the torrent of arrows hurtling towards them, their eyes locking without any immediate instinct to dodge.

As the arrow storm closed in, Liliya sprang first, a leap that propelled her upwards into the air. Rozaliya, on the other hand, waited until the arrows were mere inches away before executing an extreme evade maneuver.

In that split second, a golden, translucent energy shield materialized around Rozaliya's body. And as if by sorcery, the lizard man archers behind her were suddenly immobilized by an invisible black energy field.

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A golden, translucent energy field is generated around her body, absorbing all damage from a single direct hit.

In addition, the enemies directly behind her are immobilized for a short time.

Target acquired... Instantaneous Thrust!

In mid-air, Liliya gazes down at the lizardfolk archers immobilized by Rozaliya's passive ability. Spotting the largest cluster, she plunges straight towards them, descending with pinpoint precision.

Thud!

Liliya crashes into the ground, shattering the earth for nearly a hundred meters in all directions.

The lizardfolk archers she strikes are utterly pulverized into a meaty paste, sinking into the very depths of the earth itself.

Liliya rose slowly to her feet, great sword in hand. The lucky lizardfolk archers who hadn't been caught in her previous attack immediately loosed another volley in her direction.

This time, Liliya didn't dodge. Instead, she assumed a defensive posture...

The moment the poisonous arrows struck Liliya, she absorbed all the attacks before her, her body blurred into a phantom that lunged with a powerful slash.

A second later, Liliya returned to her starting position, leaving nothing but severed lizardfolk behind her.

But... at that critical moment, two two-legged dragons charged at Liliya from behind, their razor-sharp talons aimed directly at her back.

"Liliya, watch out!"

Seeing Liliya in imminent danger, Rozaliya flashed behind her, her great sword held at the ready to block the dragons' claws.

"Crushing Blow!"

After thwarting the dragons' attacks, Rozaliya struck hard at the head of one of the two-legged dragons in front of her.

The dragon's head was crushed in an instant.

With a plaintive roar, the dragon plummeted from the sky to the ground below.

Watching one of their own three-legged dragons perish, the nearby two-legged dragons let out a shrill cry. They then turned their gaze towards Rozaliya, their eyes glowing red as they descended into a frenzy.

With a powerful beat of their bat-like wings, each about half a meter in size, they charged directly at her, mouths agape.

Just as Rozaliya was about to react, several basketball-sized balls of flame suddenly appeared from both sides, hurtling towards them.

Rozaliya abandoned her counterattack, focusing instead on coordinating with her sister, Liliya. As the two-legged dragons closed in, they executed a near-perfect dodge, moving just in time to escape the incoming fireballs.

Due to their coordinated escape, the two-legged dragons and lizardmen in the area were trapped by the energy field generated from Liliya's evasion passive skill. They were then further immobilized by Rozaliya's passive ability, rendering them unable to dodge.

The fire elemental attacks from the lizardman casters struck the two-legged dragons directly. Yet, despite not being true dragons, these creatures were still potent magic beasts. Consequently, the magical attacks inflicted only minimal harm upon them.

"Rozaliya..."

"I'm on it!"

Rozaliya, heart-to-heart with Liliya, immediately harnessed her sister's power and appeared in midair before the bound dragon.

"Meteor Headbutt!"

Rozaliya transformed into a missile, hurtling downward and smashing into the restrained two-legged dragon and the surrounding lizardmen.

The dragon and several reptilian warriors were crushed instantly.

Rozaliya flickered into action once more, materializing amidst the densest cluster of lizardmen. Gripping her greatsword in both hands, she began to spin, unleashing... a whirling tempest...

"Typhoon Slash!"

Rozaliya became a whirling reaper, her continuous spinning attacks mowing down lizardmen in their path. Those wielding close-quarter weapons could not reach her. As for the long-range attackers? They had already largely been eliminated by Rozaliya and Liliya's combined efforts. Moreover, Rozaliya's whirlwind provided her with formidable resistance against distant assaults. Consequently, any remaining lizardman mages and archers presented little threat.