I'm a forest ranger, why would I enslave a succubus?

Chapter 354: The Heart Flayer and the Son-in-Law
Rhodes' departure was not because he couldn't fight or didn't want to fight.

Instead, he saw that the middle-aged woman who was following him ran away as soon as the fight started.

It wasn't because she noticed that Rhodes was trying to track her.

Most likely she was just timid and ran away as soon as she saw a fight.

The purpose of this trip is entirely for her, and there is no point in fighting and delaying with others.

So Rhodes simply escaped from the battle.

As for the female hero with silver armor and silver spear, she is at the peak of level six after all, so no matter how strong she is, she is not worth mentioning.

Rhodes didn't rush forward to arrest the man.

From a distance, I watched the guy fleeing in panic.

This guy is obviously a poor guy. The spiritual magic he used to escape is very poor, and he doesn't even have a magic ring on his hand.

To be honest, his escape speed was too slow, and Rhode was afraid that the noise would attract interference from the female hero.

It probably took about ten minutes.

Rhodes felt that it was about time, and he flashed in front of the man in an instant.

Pinch the neck and lift it high.

The woman didn't even have time to say anything. She watched in horror as a large mass of black slime in front of her grew larger and covered her entire head.

Click click click——

Zila Zila——

The sounds of bones breaking and acid corroding flesh continued to be heard.

Slime Black's [Memory Devouring] was successfully activated.

After all, it's a slime, not smart enough.

The memories devoured by Xiao Hei are not comprehensive enough, so the slimes mainly use this skill to accumulate experience and enhance spirituality.

Look, her spiritual accumulation has increased a little.

The main reason is that this person is too bad.

Can you believe it? This is actually a sixth level.

This also made Rhodes realize that in the sixth level, there were masters like the woman with silver armor and silver spear, as well as fakes like the guy in front of him.

The headless body fell to the ground.

The wound on the corroded and blackened neck continued to spread downwards.

Rhodes checked the memories transmitted by [Mind Link].

"The name is Emira Campbell Campbell?"

This surname looks familiar.

I can’t remember, forget it.

He didn't care and continued reading.

The more I looked at it, the more wrong it seemed, and the more I frowned.

This person's memory is chaotic, contradictory, and often incoherent. He also has a vague mad worship and admiration for a monster called the Mind Flayer.

This is obviously a sign of being manipulated by mental magic.

The appearance of this mind flayer also appeared in the memory.

It was a slender humanoid monster with an octopus head.

"Mind control? Mind flayers? Isn't this the new race that Ona mentioned that escaped from the supervolcano maze?"

Rhodes had seen this thing in fantasy works in his previous life, but he didn't know much about it.

No.

Why is this thing interested in my high-end imitation magic ring?

Rhodes was a little surprised.

In his guess, these people were most likely from the Heavenly Flower Kingdom. Even if not, they should be a group of criminals looking for ways to make money, rather than a group of brain-eating bastards using mind magic.

"Hmm, I remember that these guys are only good at mental magic. Perhaps they want to master more methods by learning how to make magic?"

maybe.

Rhodes was too lazy to care.

From Amyra Campbell's memories, he knew that this group of mind flayers had been severely damaged by the Mage Control League upon escaping the maze, leaving only about twenty of them, currently hiding in the nearby Black Cloak Mountains. Mind spells and spirit spells were essentially the same.

What Rhodes feared least was mental skills.

He sneered.

He planned to raid the house.

As for why Amyra Campbell wanted to rescue the refugees affected by the volcanic ash.

Her memory also gave the answer.
“Ugh—”

The black slime in his hand made a nauseous sound and vomited something out.

The thing fell into the thick volcanic ash on the ground, pressing out a small pit, which emitted a sizzling acidic white mist under the corrosion of slime.

It was a black and white soft-bodied worm about the length of a palm.

Xiao Hei felt disgusted and disgusted with this thing.

Rhodes gently patted the soft slime to comfort it, and at the same time released a ray of resentful fire, burning the soft worm to ashes.

The larva of the mind flayer.

Perhaps the spiritual environment has changed their bodies so that the larvae cannot grow normally.

But the mind flayer's intelligence is obviously not low.

So find a solution quickly.

——The larvae parasitize the human body.

Once fully grown, the larvae will devour the brain completely, then take over the nest and transform into an adult mind flayer with an octopus head and a human body.

And Emma Campbell helps refugees with food.

All mixed with mind flayer eggs.

"What a disgusting creature."

Rhodes laughed coldly.

But then a problem arises:
"Speaking of which, where is Black Cloak Mountain? I don't remember the exact route, I just know it's in the south."

The volcanic ash that covered the sky and dyed the clouds made it impossible to see even the position of the sun.

Rhodes sighed.

It's really hard to do work without girls around me.

He pulled out the [Soul-Shaking Blade] and threw it into the sky, triggering the [Guide] function on it.

After all, the target is as big as a mountain, so it is easier to find if you have a direction.

The flight lasted about an hour.

Rhodes finally saw a small village with people moving around.

This volcano is far away from the Twilight Mountains, so it is not as damaged as the one in the north.

The dead gray volcanic ash piled up very thickly on the roofs like snow. The houses here are not strong and are in danger of being crushed at any time.

When he helped to clean it up, the villagers expressed their gratitude and called him a hero, a savior, and wanted to give him their daughters.

It makes sense. In such a miserable place, the heroic prophecy of the half-deer man will only be more popular.

Rhodes also confirmed the location of Black Cloak Mountain with them. After receiving a positive response, he was about to continue his journey.

"My lord, please be careful. Not only are there monsters appearing in Black Cloak Mountain, but there are also long-standing fire spirits. This period of time happens to be the season when the fire spirits are looking for a husband. Please be careful."

The old village chief here reminded.

Son-in-law? What is this?
But Rhodes didn't ask.

After all, he was facing everyone's admiring gazes, and adhering to the principle of pretending to be cool to the end, he maintained the persona of a cold master, nodded coldly, and flew away.

Then he immediately asked Callister secretly in the Chain of Far Words.

[Callister: Fire spirits conserve their heat in winter to reduce the impact of external combustion temperatures. To maintain the flames' vitality, they also add 'firewood' to their flames. In ancient times, before the development of magical tools, they would capture humans alive from surrounding villages, incorporate them into their bodies, and burn them alive. Humans at the time didn't understand this, and since most of those captured were strong and large men, they called it 'seeking a firewood son-in-law.'

However, there are countless magical items that can be used as 'firewood' these days, so there's absolutely no need to capture low-quality 'firewood' like humans, unless it's a custom preserved by some ancient Fire Spirit tribe in a remote place.

Rod: What a coincidence! (laughs)

【Calister: Where have you been fooling around again? 】

(End of this chapter)