174.Chapter 174 – It’s a Friendly Force
Chapter 174 – It’s a Friendly Army
The good news is that Heine is no longer traveling alone.
The bad news is that Cayenne’s knowledge only seems to be enough for her to call out the name “Heine”.
And then she just keeps screaming, with no useful information.
“In other words, returning the soul mass to Quirkus has caused a major reduction in sentience and a regression in intelligence level back to what it was when it was a magical beast.”
Heine pondered.
He visualized the other party as Tiny Sa, and conveyed a message to her:
“Find someone, find that elf.”
Graymoon had killed the other party with her own hands, and Kaena should remember her face.
Sure enough, Kaena understood.
She immediately flew up.
Although she was quickly engulfed by the fog, under the pupils of the dead, she was the most solid figure in the sky of silver shattered light.
Heine followed her forward at a quick pace, her gaze sweeping across the pitch-black sky every now and then.
A thin layer of black gloves had been put on her hands.
The oppressive aura made him uncontrollably angry.
He didn’t deliberately control it, after all, there were too many unknown dangers here.
Soon, he heard the sounds of a fight in the distance.
Black clouds also appeared in his vision.
They fell low, extending several roots downward, connected to something unknown.
Heine stepped forward quickly.
……
The moment he stepped into the fog, Gray Moon got separated from Heine and the others.
But then she felt a longing coming from the dagger in her hand.
From the initial pulsation when she touched it, to the heartbeat that grew stronger later, and the longing that was so clear now.
Suddenly, Ashitsuki realized what Heine meant by “special ability”.
She could communicate with such a “withered weapon”.
The same was true for the Blight Bow.
Only over the long years, it grew so slowly that it became completely accustomed to itself.
But this dagger was different.
It had slain a great number of blighted creatures in just one night, absorbing vast amounts of essence, not the least of which were alpha creatures such as Wochi and Kaena.
Such exaggerated progress was like a croaking baby growing into a teenager overnight.
So clear, so distinct.
So without hesitation she gave the dagger what it craved.
Clean blood.
After slashing at her own finger, the yellow-green coating on it didn’t corrode her, but came right off.
Immediately afterward, she felt a strong sense of gratitude from it.
“Thank you, Captain.”
Ashitsuki’s body shook as if her blood was going to curdle.
The voice was ……
“Daelin? You …… you’re Daelin, Jiang Lu’s sister?”
“Yes, Captain, I didn’t expect you to remember me.”
“But …… this …… aren’t you dead? I remember you were killed by Jiang Lu’s own …… hands.”
“That’s right, it was with this dagger.”
An illusory figure appeared in midair, and it was clearly the appearance of Daelin Morningside back then.
Gray Moon looked down at the dagger, and then looked up at her former teammate.
“Were you in this dagger before?”
“I don’t know, Captain.” Daelin looked confused, “I only remember my sister helping me free herself, but then it was like I was split in half, one part witnessing countless battles, and the other half seeming to have been sleeping until this awakening.”
She suddenly looked around.
“What brings you here? This is the most dangerous place in the Blighted Trail ……”
“It’s a long story …… Can your senses penetrate through these mists?”
Daelin spread a smile, “I can’t, but don’t forget I’m a little bee.”
Watching her float high into the air, Ashitsuki felt like it was all so surreal.
However it wasn’t long before Daelin’s scream came from above.
She quickly flew back, her face alarmed:
“It, they’re here again!”
A buzzing sound rang out and the fog was dispersed.
Half-man tall, waist-thin and leg-long pitch-black flies attacked from high above.
This withered creature, known as the “Queen of Thorns”, was the culprit that had parasitized Darlene.
“Why is there a Queen of Thorns here ……?”
Gray Moon was puzzled, but quickly counterattacked.
The withered bow shot out arrows one after another, and the bugs dissipated one after another.
Their weakness made Gray Moon frown straight away.
“It shouldn’t be ……”
She muttered.
Prey and hunter progressed together, and after hundreds of years of dealing with them, today’s blighted creatures were long past those bugs.
Yet it was as if these worms just now were still living decades ago.
Could it be that ……
She busily asked, “Delin, where did you come across these?”
“I was trying to fly higher and they just appeared out of nowhere.”
Daelin resurfaced, only with a distraught look on her face. Graymoon was thoughtful.
She consoled Daelin twice and told her to fly slightly lower and look for the male human with the four skeletons for herself.
Daelin couldn’t help but ask, “Humans? Humans from the mountains of McCalla?”
Gray Moon shook her head and smiled bitterly.
“I don’t know where he’s from …… Maybe the McCalla Mountains.”
The two resumed their journey.
Darlene floated low in the sky, this time without encountering the Queen of Thorns.
Gray Moon’s suspicions were confirmed.
High altitude affects the human mind, while the fear in the heart will be materialized.
However, this kind of materialization was quite limited, and depended only on the strength of the person’s “fear”.
For example, what Darlene just encountered were the same bugs that killed her back then.
In front of her present-day self, they were too weak to be defeated.
Suddenly, Daelin’s voice came.
“Captain, what is that …… cannibal flower?”
Gray Moon froze, cannibal flower?
Whose fear would be a cannibal flower?
Her heart stuttered.
But when she quickly arrived at the so-called “scene” under the guidance of Daelin, what she saw was a huge silver cannibal flower silhouette …… being brutally beaten!
The ones who beat it up were no one else, but four dark skeletons ……
Gray Moon’s heart shook wildly!
The skeleton holding a shield, the skeleton carrying a bow, the skeleton with a hidden figure, and the skeleton splashing black flames ……
How did the four of them become like this?
“Captain, are these the tree herders who were attacked by undead creatures? Should we give a hand?”
“Don’t go!”
Gray Moon hurriedly called her back.
However, even if she did, it was too late, as her presence had already attracted the attention of the Shadow Saga!
A dark shadow on the hunter’s shoulder suddenly attacked!
Ashitsuki was stunned, not understanding why it was attacking her.
But that didn’t stop her from pulling out her dagger and striking back.
The Shadow Tiny Sahib shattered with a thud, followed by a new one falling from the sky.
Gray Moon instantly reacted to the fact that it was a cannibalistic fear!
It wasn’t those skeletons!
However, that wasn’t all, Shadow Tiny Sah always threw down the Death Eater as well, and shot an arrow at the place.
That movement was a tiny bit slower than the real Sagittarius, but it was also ridiculously fast!
Gray Moon also had to be distracted from dealing with Tiny Sahib, and only had time to roll on the ground.
But before she could get up, she heard the sound of a large step.
Thump! Bam! Thump!
Her heart sank!
It was over ……
She had seen with her own eyes how that paladin fought.
It was a precursor to stepping on consecration, that ghastly holy flame ……
Bang!
In the nick of time, the Shadow Catching Goat that was close at hand was knocked away by a silhouette.
The imagined black flame did not spread, and Gray Moon panicked and got up to take a look.
It was actually Heine!
However, this Heine in front of her was also covered in pitch black:
Pitch black light armor, pitch black gloves, and a black one-handed shield in his hand.
Huh???
Whose fear is he?
And him in plate armor at that?
But anyway, Ashitsuki no longer wanted to get involved in this melee.
Though it was unclear why the same fears were fighting.
But she was well aware of the fear of these skeletons, especially when that fear was amplified.
She didn’t want to make an enemy of them.
Run!
She was about to turn around and run away when she heard someone shout:
“Take it easy, I’m a friendly.”
“Eh?”
Gray Moon turned around and saw Heine knocking the Shadow Catch Sheep that had just gotten up to the ground with a fish leap at the shield.
He raised his hand and pointed, “Cover me and save it!”
Gray Moon no longer hesitated and immediately shot an arrow at Shadow Summer Teacher.
Shadow Summer Teacher had originally ridden onto the head of the cannibal flower, and this arrow came at just the right time, so it had to abandon its target and jump to the side.
“Run now!”
Heine took the opportunity to shout at the disentangled cannibal flower.
The level five creature couldn’t speak, but in addition to Heine’s words, there was a silver flying insect muttering around it.
Just as stupid as it was, it could see at least nine Shadow Blazes shooting out from the tip of Shadow Guardian Iris’ staff.
Heine watched with a pang of obscurity.
Just damn outrageous, this cannibal flower also dared to think!
This enemy and I together are not enough to nine goals, how it also gave the Guardian Temple Iris open hung!
Cannibal flower’s developed root system formed two thick and long legs, running up that is a fast.
It also did not forget to roll up Heine and Gray Moon.
It didn’t put the two down until the Shadow Flames chasing it dissipated and the movement of its pursuers ceased.
Then it spread out on the ground as if paralyzed with exhaustion.
Gray Moon couldn’t help but survey Heine.
“You …… what are you ……”
“My special means for self-preservation.”
Heine waved his hand.
“Tell me about you, especially this one behind you, she’s been staring at me for half a day.”
Daelin shrank back into her dagger with a sudden shock.
(End of chapter)