"May I have your name?"
"My name is Hero, but now is not the time for chatting!"
In the face of a sudden abnormal situation, all the teammates around him are of no use at all. Each one is running faster than the other.
It didn’t even matter that Holo was carrying Yuphiel on his back.
Without even saying hello, he immediately fired the defensive soul technique and shot towards the other side.
The fatigue I felt before I dared to love was all fake.
And Hero, who faced the strange mosquitoes alone, did not look back and dropped three new versions of [Tesla Grenades] to block the mosquitoes and flies flying behind him.
Vibrating white light, explosive arcs flashing, and metal storms swept across the sky.
The special soul beast metal material explodes with more power than the previous ore metal material.
The extremely high utilization rate of soul energy transmission allows the soul magic formulas engraved inside to operate perfectly without any disconnection.
The deafening explosion caused the [Distortion Field] activated by Hero to tremble. Fortunately, he was not injured. Instead, the powerful driving force allowed him to advance more than ten meters.
The improved [Tesla Grenade], while originally focusing on paralysis and physical damage, has added dazzling white light and soul energy for high damage.
Hero was quite satisfied with the effect. It happened that those horrible mosquitoes were a little haloed. In front of the light as bright as day, they were dizzy and could no longer find his location.
"Bic, let's stop them!"
Hearing the sound behind them, the four teammates in front of them all ran to the shore, and they all turned around and said loudly.
Hero: dnmd surface teammate!
Ignoring the hypocrisy of his teammates, Helo forcibly activated [Exponential Explosion] so that he could fly more effortlessly. It seemed that the soul energy was consumed too much, and he always felt that Yuffiel on his back was getting heavier and heavier.
Fortunately, the area covered by the three grenades was large enough, blocking almost all mosquitoes. A few of them took a detour and pounced on Helo, but were also blocked by the distortion field. After getting close, they were affected and became confused and fell into the swamp again. among.
"It's not safe here anymore, we have to move forward as soon as possible."
Once ashore, Hero didn't blame his teammates for their inaction.
The only reason that keeps the team going is the assessment task, but on top of that, it is to save their own lives. Once the body dies, with their current strength, they simply cannot keep their souls alive.
So in this situation, he would do the same thing in other circumstances.
After leaving the moss swamp, they saw from a distance that the mosquitoes had escaped from the obstruction and returned to normal, without leaving the scope of the swamp.
Instead, he wandered around the edge. After a while, without finding any movement, he got into the swamp again.
After being out of danger for a short time, several people did not dare to go deeper and settled down to discuss the next plan. Bablin picked up some firewood, asked Dana to light it, and piled it into a small bonfire.
There are shrubs here to cover it, and it is still some distance away from the direction pointed by the nightmare soul, so it will not be discovered by the tree spirits.
"Fortunately, they can only move in that swamp area. If they chase them, we will have to wait for a while."
Bert climbed up a normal tree, looked ahead, and said to the people below:
"There should be no swamp area ahead, and it goes deeper into the forest. It looks very lush. There are not many gaps. It is very likely that we will encounter a large group of adult tree spirits."
"It's unrealistic to hunt down the lone tree spirits again. We don't know their number and the time of planting."
"Although the information is inaccurate, one thing is right. The swamp has been occupied. We have traveled so far before we encountered such a small swamp."
"More importantly...what should she do, how should she deal with it?"
Several people were discussing quietly on the side, and the final point of conflict pointed to Yuffiel on Holo's back.
Yes, even after crossing the swamp, Yuffair still had no idea of getting off Holo's back.
Now when she was resting, she hugged Hero's neck tightly and lay on her back, raising her feet up and down, acting quite naughty and innocent.
Hero had a sullen expression and didn't say anything. Instead, he took out some meat from his robe.
The meat of the soul beast had been pickled, and he even took out a bunch of deep-sea prawn soul beasts that were difficult to eat even in the imperial capital.
Put the meat close to the campfire, and the burning fat will drip on the flames, making a crackling sound. The expanding outer flame will slowly cook the meat, exuding an alluring aroma.
He stuffed some of this food into the [flea skin bag].
Now that he is already a magician's apprentice, even in the wild, if certain conditions permit, he is still very particular about food.
Especially now.
Food can calm his racing thoughts and help him face difficulties better.
Sizzle.
The meat of the soul beast was quickly roasted until it was brown and shiny, and the unique aroma of the prawns hit your nostrils.
The aroma of meat attracted a pair of shining eyes.
"Um...can I have a taste?"
A sweet tone came to Holo's ears, and there was even a sound of swallowing saliva.
Youphiel lay on her shoulder and stared blankly at the string of soul beast meat in Helo's hand. The smell of the burnt soul beast meat kept stimulating her sense of smell.
This was a delicacy she had never tasted in the swamp.
Several people also diverted their attention from the conversation, a little greedy.
"Gulu."
The sound of swallowing saliva echoed in the empty forest. Dana turned her head and found that it was Burt who had finished exploring the situation ahead.
For Bert, who specializes in physical soul arts, it is such a torment to look at the nutritious delicacies of soul beast meat but not be able to eat it.
"you want to eat?"
Hero picked up the meat skewers and waved them in front of Youphiel. The aromatic oil so close at hand made her unable to take her eyes away.
In fact, Holo was very confused about her identity.
She was said to be weird, but even Helo, who was carrying her on his back, didn't notice any aura fluctuations or even any abnormalities.
But to say that she is human, it is indeed... very consistent with some of the habits of a little girl, such as caring about beautiful clothes, liking to joke, having a playful personality, and being greedy for food at this time.
Youphiel nodded heavily, "I want to eat!"
"Then why don't you get off of me first?"
To be honest, Helo was already a little overwhelmed. Even after leaving the swamp, he still used [Exponential Explosion] to increase [Physique].
Yuphiel's 'weight gain' was not an illusion, it was already weighing him down and breathless at the moment.
Youphiel looked at the ground and then at the meat skewers.
After hesitating for a while, he still chose to jump off Hero's back.
Mysophobia is worthless in the face of greed for food.
Youphiel carefully held up her skirt, stood in front of Holo and asked:
"Can you give it to me now?"
Hero shook his head and chose to continue testing her bottom line.
"It's your duty to get off me. I haven't asked for payment for carrying you through the swamp. If you want to eat meat skewers, you need to pay some price."
Everyone on the side subconsciously held their breath.
Judging from Yuffiel's previous control of their feet, this 'little girl' is definitely capable of killing them instantly.
How dare Holo dare to bargain with such a weird person like her who couldn't figure out the details.
Youphiel's pursed lips again made several people's hearts beat faster.
He's going to die, this damn thing is going to be angry!
But unexpectedly, Youphiel nodded and said:
"Okay, but I didn't bring any money when I went out. Can I exchange it for something else?"
"Of course you can, but soul beast meat skewers are not common here, and the price will of course be relatively expensive. The principle of rare things is precious... Do you understand.
But since you are very sensible and very cute, I decided to sell it to you cheaply. You can exchange it with me for some... information, how about it? "
The way Holo induced Youphiel was like an adult cheating her out of lucky money.
