Fulilian: The Little Master Who Doesn't Understand Love

Chapter 17 Surrounded
Lord was awakened by a rustling sound. He rubbed his eyes and found that Celie had packed her luggage and was standing outside the tent.

He had a rare good sleep last night and felt very warm. He felt like he was back to the days when he used to sleep with his own life-size pillow in his arms, and this pillow was warm.

But is it possible that this so-called pillow is Celie herself?
Lord wasn't sure either. After all, if he really had slept with her in his arms all night, why didn't Celie resist at all?

Outside the tent, Celie had her back to him. "Are you awake?" she said without turning back. "Pack up! We need to hurry up today and get out of this swamp before sunset."

Lord stretched and asked casually, "I didn't do anything last night, did I? Actually, my sleeping posture has never been very good."

Celie turned around and stared at Lord, staring at him until his scalp tingled.

"It's really not good. You've been holding me, which makes me very uncomfortable."

Celie didn't quite understand the thoughts of a human like Lord. This was a common problem among elves and had nothing to do with whether they were human or not. Elves themselves were creatures with indifferent emotions.

Moreover, when she woke up in the morning, she was still feeling very uncomfortable. She didn't understand why. Could this be a normal human phenomenon?
Now, facing Lord's initiative, she also started to complain without mercy.

Facing Celia's words, Lord was a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, next time you encounter this kind of situation, you can just push me away."

Well, next time.

Lord had a little selfish thought. He was not satisfied with just hugging such a comfortable pillow once. Maybe there would be another time.

Celie tilted her head and looked at him. "Why apologize?" Her golden eyes were filled with confusion. "You were just hugging me like a sloth bear. I just felt a little uncomfortable. There's no need to apologize."

"Sloth bear?" Lord paused.

It seems that our Miss Celia's attention is in a strange direction.

But is the sloth bear the other person was talking about the same as the one he remembered?

"It's an animal from the Elf Forest," Celie explained. "It likes to hug something when it sleeps." She paused. "But you're much warmer than them."

Lord was at a loss for words. It seemed that the elves' understanding of intimate contact was completely different from his own. They were indeed worthy of being the ancient elves in Fulilian.

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time felt inexplicably lost.

"Would you like a cup of tea?" He changed the subject. "It's not urgent right now, is it?"

Lord got a lot of plants that could be used to make tea from the dwarves.

Dwarves rarely drink tea, but they can still identify which plants in this world can be eaten or used to make tea, since their existence history can be traced back to before the mythological era.

"Hmm," Celie retracted the warning spell, then cast a detection spell. "Strange, how come the number of monsters around here has increased overnight?"

Celie frowned beautifully.

Before they set up camp last night, they deliberately cleared out the monsters within a hundred meters around them, and did it silently. Now, after a night, the monsters around them have returned to the level before the cleanup, and there are even more of them.

This is somewhat unreasonable.

Either there is a lot of magic in this swamp, and once a vacancy occurs, a monster will fill it, or the two of them are being targeted by some existence.

"Try expanding the detection range to 500 meters?" Lord came closer and noticed the red dots on her magic circle.

Celia mobilized her magic power to expand the detection range to 500 meters, her brows furrowed even more.

"There are more monsters. Now the number of monsters around us has almost exceeded three digits."

Lord knew the gravity of the situation; whether it was a coincidence or not, it meant the two of them couldn't stay here any longer. Celia unfolded the map: "Follow the stream; we should be able to get away from this central area by midday."

"I'll take care of it right away."

Lord immediately began to pack his luggage, while Celie kept watching the movement routes of the monsters on the magic circle.

The only thing that reassured her was that these monsters showed no signs of moving, but this instead revealed an indescribable sense of weirdness.

Lord quickly packed up his luggage, and the two of them walked quickly along the stream. During the walk, Lord looked back from time to time, always feeling that something was peeping at him in the dark.

"Don't look back, act like nothing happened," Celia warned in a low voice. "They're watching us."

As an elf, her perception is sharper than Lord's.

Just as the two of them set off, the monsters around them also began to move, and their bad premonition began to be confirmed.

No matter how they moved, these monsters tightly surrounded them.

There must be someone directing them!

"They?" Lord swallowed. "You mean?"

He also immediately realized that since Celie showed such a serious expression, the crisis they faced this time must be no small one.

"Demons." Celia's eyes revealed a hint of murderous intent. "There are at least two of them. They are commanding hundreds of monsters to surround us tightly."

Cold sweat broke out on Lord's palms.

finally coming?

This was the first time Lord was about to encounter the demons from the mythological era.

"Why didn't they attack?" Lord asked in a low voice, concentrating on observing the surrounding bushes.

"They're waiting for us to show a flaw." Celia kept an eye on the distance between the surrounding monsters. "Demons are very cunning creatures. They have no emotions and exist only to kill the enemy."

Celia thought that the leading demon must be quite intelligent. After noticing her identity as an elf, she began to act cautiously.

But when did the other party discover me?
My warning magic has a range of hundreds of meters, but it didn't send out any warnings last night. Could it be that I was distracted this morning?
"Go straight ahead. There aren't many monsters ahead. If a fight breaks out, remember to run to the front. I'll cover your rear."

Celia gave a few more instructions and prepared the light arrow magic, ready to be released at any time.

At this moment, the bushes in front suddenly shook violently.

"Be careful!" Celie instantly deployed a magic barrier to protect Lord behind her.

In order to save magic power, she turned off the detection skill just now, retaining only the most basic monster perception, but she didn't expect that a monster would approach so closely without making any sound.

Could it be a monster with the ability to block out auras?
At this moment, a familiar figure stumbled out: "Wait! It's me!"

It was the dwarf Thorm.

The opponent fell to his knees, covered in blood, and the runes on his battle axe became dim. "Run! There are so many monsters!"

　I apologize to everyone in advance, tomorrow may be the last day
　　
　
(End of this chapter)