I'll also work hard to conquer the dungeon today.

Chapter 121, page 1.7, section 38: Lias's Voyage: Hunting Time

"Bringing a burden along?" Carter raised an eyebrow, amused.

“I don’t see him as a burden. At least at this moment, he is my life,” Fernana said slowly. Because if Lias died, they would all die, which was her life.

Lias was stunned and stared at her in disbelief, never expecting Fernana to describe him in such a way.

From the nearby bushes, Mu Yegui slowly walked over. Upon seeing the two people facing off, she paused slightly, then jumped into a tree. She had no intention of intervening; she simply watched them quietly.

Fernana lowered her body slightly to steady herself, then charged towards Carter. Carter drew his sword and slashed at Fernana from the side. 'Clang!' The short sword clashed with the long sword, and Fernana extended her left hand, made a fist, and smashed it into Carter's stomach.

Carter grabbed Felna's fist, and in a split second, she shifted her right foot and swept him to the ground. Taking advantage of his loss of balance, she knocked the longsword out of his hand, and the short sword pierced straight into his chest.

Regardless of Carter's struggles, Felna gripped the short sword tightly with both hands and plunged it all the way to the bottom, blood continuously oozing out and staining both her hands.

Fernana still wore a gentle smile and said softly, "Goodnight, darling."

Carter's struggles gradually ceased.

Number of hunters: 3

Fernana let out a long breath and drew her short sword.

"I always felt like he was just going easy on me and wasn't really taking it seriously..." she muttered, frowning slightly.

Without thinking too much, she took Lias's hand and continued walking forward.

After the two left, Carter sat up abruptly, touched the bloodstain on his chest, and said with relief, "He looked pretty weak and had a burden with him, but I didn't expect him to react so quickly. Even if I deliberately went easy on him, it shouldn't have ended so quickly. Where did things go wrong?"

A rustling sound came from the side. Carter frowned and stood up, only to see a girl in a long black dress jump down from a tree. Her fluffy, soft, misty gray long curly hair made her delicate and beautiful face appear even more petite and exquisite. Her cool, silver vertical pupils were fixed on him, and Mu Yegui's expression was calm and indifferent.

"Who are you? When did this person arrive here?"

Mu Yegui took a step forward, but suddenly appeared behind him, his right hand gripping the hilt of the short sword. Carter's head just like that, suddenly falling off and rolling twice on the ground.

She glanced back, her cold, silver vertical pupils as deep and still as an ancient pool, reflecting no one's image.

[Apostle Carter, dead.]

“When a hunter is killed by its prey, its identity changes from hunter to prey. If it is killed at this point, it is a permanent death. There are loopholes in the rules.” Mu Yegui gazed at the pale blue full moon in the sky, his eyes having returned to their silver irises at some point.

"We can't play anymore, we have to steal a boat." The soft, sweet voice murmured. Mu Yegui looked around in confusion, but finally decided to move forward.

Three hours later.

Mu Yegui looked at the unfamiliar surroundings and fell into silence.

She wasn't bad with directions; anyone would get lost in a place they'd never been before, especially here where it was all wooded and there were no landmarks to refer to.

“Ferna!” Shui Qi’s tense voice came from beside her.

"You go first, Shui Qi! Take Lias with you." Fernana's voice was weak, and her tone was full of anxiety.

Mu Yegui was slightly taken aback, then turned and walked toward the source of the sound.

In a clearing in the woods, Fernana was kneeling on the ground, clutching her bleeding shoulder. Her short sword lay on the ground, and several snakes with their tongues slithered around her.

Shui Qi stood beside Lias, unable to get closer, and could only frown as she watched her. Opposite the three of them was Agatha, playing with leaves, looking relaxed, as if she were teasing them.

“My snakes are all venomous. If you don’t want to die, you’d better hand over Lias. I’ve already said I don’t intend to fight you seriously. You don’t have the ability to kill me.” She touched the small white snake on her shoulder, which hissed, and all the snakes circling Fernana on the ground slithered toward her.

A tiny white ball suddenly darted out, biting off the head of one of the snakes and standing guard before Felna. It was only the size of a fist and covered in white fur, looking like a little white ball of fluff, almost adorable in front of the pile of venomous snakes. Of course, that was assuming it wasn't carrying the snake's head, which was almost twice its size, in its mouth.

Fernana stared at it blankly. Where did it come from?

It probably looks like a hamster, but its eyes are a beautiful gold that shines brighter than the sun.

It stood in front of Fernana facing the swarm of snakes, but the snakes stopped advancing, and the atmosphere gradually became tense.

Fernana immediately grabbed the dagger that had fallen to the ground and rushed towards Agatha, who casually tossed aside the leaf in her hand and caught the dagger between two fingers.

"Are you sure you want to keep struggling? The more you move, the faster the poison will spread," Agatha said slowly, glancing at Fernana's increasingly purple lips.

Mu Yegui took a step forward and appeared in front of everyone. She stared blankly at them for a moment, then asked with a hint of emptiness in her eyes, "Ah, where is this?"

Shui Qi: "..."

Lias: "..."

Fernana: "..."

Agatha: "..."

Are you here to act cute?! Why are you ruining the mood like that?!

The moment Jin Yin saw Mu Yegui appear, his eyes lit up, and he quickly spat out the snake head he was holding in his mouth and rushed towards her.

"Watch out!" Lias shouted.

Mu Yegui raised his hand and grabbed it, then casually tossed it back; the whole process took only a second.

With a glance at the seemingly aggrieved Jin Yin, Mu Ye Gui, with his cold, silver eyes, calmly said, "You're filthy. I've taught you not to eat random things. Don't come near me until you've cleaned yourself up."

Jin Yin shook its fur, attempting to seduce Mu Yegui with its fur.

Mu Yegui pursed her pink lips, seemingly somewhat tempted, but still refused, saying, "No, acting cute won't work; this is a matter of principle."

Jin Yin curled itself into a ball and turned its furry tail towards Mu Yegui. The two furry balls, one big and one small, shook each other.

"Come here, there won't be a next time." Mu Yegui instantly gave in, stomping on his own words about 'a matter of principle' and stamping them a few times.

While everyone's attention was on Mu Yegui, Fernana drew another short sword from her left thigh and stabbed at Agatha.

Agatha frowned, grabbed Fernana's wrist with her right hand, and when Fernana was about to lift her leg, she lifted her leg as well to stop her.

“She fell for it after all.” Fernana chuckled, tilted her head, and with a 'bang,' the bullet grazed the skin in front of her temple and entered Agatha’s brow.

Shui Qi held up the smoking pistol, his expression calm, but a faint smile played on his lips, as if everything was within his calculations.

Although Mu Yegui's appearance was unexpected, he had exchanged a secret signal with Fernana before she appeared, instructing Fernana to get close to Agatha to distract her, and he was the one who ultimately fired the shot at her.

Number of hunters: 2

This plan was really dangerous, because of her position, Fernana was also at risk of being shot through the brain, and the last bullet grazed the skin in front of her temple and entered Agatha's forehead.

Fernana's two chapters made her presence felt.

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