I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

"A sniper whose position has been exposed is no different from a turtle that has come ashore! Scarlett! Go!"

Upon hearing Claire's words, the other girl hurriedly fled with her Thunder Spirits, but she was not as fast as Eohaka, who was wielding the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword and preparing to deliver a powerful blow to the girl's back.

But at that moment, a huge, sharp rock emerged from the ground, attempting to impale Ehka. However, the agile Ehka dodged it, and Ehka also discovered the Shell-like creatures hiding underground.

Ehka burrowed into the ground like an excavator, and soon after, a giant, crustacean-like creature was lifted up by Ehka.

Seeing the scene before her, the crustacean spirit user was completely dumbfounded. She never expected that someone could dig out her spirit hidden underground. It was simply unbelievable!

Yuhaka hurled the enormous Pokémon in his hand at the Electro Spirit users, who, seeing this from afar, cried out in terror:

"Don't come any closer—?!"

boom!

As the loud noise and dust dissipated, Eureka and the others saw the Thunder Spirit lying on the ground with its eyes rolling around. After seeing its Pokémon and companions being hit, the Shell Spirit's Pokémon user hurriedly ran away in a certain direction, after all, it didn't think it could defeat Eureka.

Seeing the other person run away, Yuhaka wanted to chase after them, but at this moment Claire quickly said to Yuhaka:

"Wait, Youyou! Don't chase after them!"

Upon hearing Claire's words, Yuhaka stopped and tilted his head, looking at Claire with a puzzled expression, as if he didn't quite understand why Claire wouldn't let him chase after that person.

Claire also explained to Yuhaka:

“I noticed just now that the elf seemed to be fleeing in the opposite direction from our destination. If that’s the case, they might be trying to lure us away from their altar.”

Upon hearing Claire's words, Yuhaka realized that she was indeed far away from his altar, so he continued walking towards the altar.

Claire breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Yuhaka was listening to her. It seemed that Yuhaka hadn't disappeared like the husky that ran away last time.

Chapter 695 [The First Match After Special Training (Part 2)]

As Yuhaka and Claire continued towards their destination, the elf rider of the shell-like elf who had just escaped suddenly felt uneasy. She wanted to rush back to help, because her shell-like elf armor made it impossible for her speed weapon to keep up with Yuhaka and Claire's speed.

When Yuhaka and Claire arrived at their destination, they saw a huge wooden platform. Although it looked simple in structure, it was very grand and did not look like it had been built temporarily.

"Ah!? The enemy is here so quickly?! You guys go and stop them!"

Upon hearing the girl's words on the altar, the remaining two elf warriors charged towards Yuhaka and Claire, wielding their elven magical armor. However, they were no match for Yuhaka. In just a few sword strikes, the two elf warriors lost their fighting ability. Finally, Yuhaka also destroyed the pillar supporting the altar, which resembled a high platform.

The altar, suddenly losing its support, collapsed like a pile of building blocks, accompanied by a loud "boom" and the scream of the girl on the altar.

When Eyjafjalla and Claire saw the Spirit Master lying on the ground with his eyes darting around, they knew they had succeeded. At that moment, the Spirit Master who had been lying in ambush with Eyjafjalla and Claire, who had been controlling the Thunder Spirit, also arrived at the scene. However, seeing that all her teammates had lost their ability to fight, she realized that she was the only one left.

"OwO stare......"

Yuhaka turned around and stared at the elf, who then quickly raised his hands and said:

"I...I surrender!"

With the Spirit Master's surrender, the match came to an end.

After that, Yuhaka's team challenged two teams in a row, and they won almost every time. There was even one time when Linslet defeated half of the enemies by herself.

After all, Linslet had learned a lot from Viya, which led her to abandon her previous fixed, turret-like style and instead learn Viya's hunter-like fighting style.

Even Linslet's Ice Sprite was taken by Linslet to be used as a dog.

Although this elf has no objection.

To be honest, it's shocking, but thanks to this, many people are no longer accepting challenges from Claire and her team.

Claire and the others were speechless.

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In the Academy City located below the Aresian Elves, if the Aresian Elf Academy is likened to a castle, then the Academy City at the foot of the mountain is like the surrounding towns.

The academy city is surrounded by elven forests and city walls. Its interior is modeled after the five great elves and divided into five areas. The [Water] area is where the students often come to relax and have fun after exams.

It boasts entertainment facilities such as jewelry stores, restaurants, and public bathhouses, making it comparable in scale to those in major cities.

The area of ​​"Wind" that Yuhaka and the others went to was a civilian district.

The surrounding streets were filled with brightly embroidered strips of cloth hanging in the air, and there were also small pavilions being built to worship the land spirits, making it seem as if some kind of event was taking place.

In fact, they are holding an event, the Valentine's Festival that Claire and the others mentioned last time.

Because the academy gives everyone a day off during this holiday, everyone goes out to have fun. Claire and the others also came out to relax a bit and see what missions are available.

In a dessert shop, Claire and her friends ate their snacks while looking at the task list in their hands.

Because few people are willing to compete against their team, Yuhaka and her teammates have had to find other ways to improve their team's ranking. Currently, Yuhaka and her teammates are ranked seventh.

"Hmm... this won't work, this won't work either..."

Claire frowned as she read aloud from the small notebook in her hand. Most of the tasks required several weeks of running around to complete, which made Claire very dissatisfied. After all, there were only a few weeks left until the Elf Sword Dance Festival, and these tasks were taking far too long.

The shorter tasks wouldn't increase their scores much, and they could split into teams and handle those tasks one by one, so it shouldn't be a problem... However, Claire didn't think they could complete those tasks.

The tasks were mostly things like finding missing cats and dogs, taking care of children, cleaning orphanages, and helping out in the kitchen.

Claire didn't think these young ladies were capable of doing these things...

While Claire was pondering her problem, dessert was served to them.

A buffet brimming with ingredients, a fruit tart overflowing with seasonal fruits, freshly baked soft sponge cakes, and desserts like slightly bitter drizzled mousse are lined up on the table, as exquisite and beautiful as a jewelry box.

The girls who saw this scene were immediately captivated by these delicious-looking desserts; it's clear that girls have virtually no resistance to sweets.

Even Claire, who had just been looking a little worried, now had a smile on her face.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, this is our signature [Special Mega Buffet]!"

As a cheerful-voiced waitress with a stunning figure carried a giant chocolate buffet to Yohaka and her friends' table and placed it there, Claire and the others stared blankly at the towering buffet in front of them.

"OoO oh~"

"Oh~"

Yuhaka and Esther stared at the enormous Parkway Tower with sparkling eyes, and Claire and the others, noticing their expressions, asked:

"Uh, Youyou, did you order this?"

In response to Claire and the others' questions, Yuhaka and Esther nodded. Seeing that it was Yuhaka and Esther who made the order, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. After all, they knew the appetites of these two little girls, and they wouldn't be unable to finish such a huge buffet tower.

Chapter 696 [Alice's Request]

After Yohaka and her friends finished their dessert, they left. The waitress who had served them the dessert earlier licked her lips as she watched them leave. Of course, the waitress wasn't lusting after Yohaka and her friends; she had other motives.

[Hehe... These kids are really interesting!]

Seeing the waitress with a very interested expression, she sighed slightly. Although she really liked this batch of prey, the risk of making a deal with these girls now was just too great.

Those who can access her products are limited to spirit users who have lost their self-confidence or are extremely dedicated to a certain mission and are very persistent in doing something; otherwise, they are not easy to sway.

Incidentally, this waitress is none other than Vivian Melosa, a merchant from the [Skeleton Alliance] who specializes in buying and selling cursed equipment imprints.

This person once served as a lecturer at the Imperial Capital Research Institute and was a pioneer in the research of engraving spells.

However, after the end of the Lanbal War, technologies such as spell-engraving were banned, and she was expelled from the research institute. After that, she wandered among various organizations, tirelessly researching spell-engraving.

The Aresia Elf Academy gathers the empire's most outstanding elf users, and for her, it is the best laboratory. She has infiltrated other academies several times to transplant her spell-enchanted imprints onto several elf girls who craved power.

This time, she shifted her focus to the Aresia Elf Academy to see if she could find suitable test subjects. However, so far, she has only implanted a spell mark into one person.

Vivian brushed her long, emerald-green hair aside and smiled as she said:

"Well, let's take it slow. We'll find the right cat eventually..."

Just then, the owner of the dessert shop suddenly shouted:

"Hey newbie! Stop slacking off! Get back to work!"

Hearing her boss's words, Vivian quickly responded, even though she wasn't in this line of work, she still needed to maintain a facade...

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While Yuhaka and her friends were wandering around the town, they encountered an unexpected person.

"Yes, it's you guys."

Upon seeing Alice, Claire greeted her. Although they had a previous duel, it did not affect their attitude towards Alice.

Alice looked at Yuhaka and the others and nodded, saying:

Good afternoon. But don't you have any special training today?

Hearing Alice's words, Claire and the others were taken aback for a moment. After they recovered, they looked at Alice and asked:

"Wait, how did you know we were in special training?!"

Alice explained to Claire and the others about Claire's question:

"It's not just me; basically every student in the school knows what kind of special training you guys are doing. After all, the noise you make during your training is just too loud..."

After hearing Alice's explanation, Claire and the others broke out in a cold sweat. Claire looked at Alice and asked:

"Uh...this...this is..."

Alice coughed slightly and said to Claire and the others:

"Ahem, it's nothing. Although there's a bit of noise, it won't affect the students, so there's no problem."

After saying that, Alice looked at the small notebook in Claire's hand with a puzzled expression and asked:

"This is what you are doing?"

Hearing Alice's words, Yuhaka, who was standing nearby, raised her little hand and said:

"Looking for a task~OwO/"

Seeing Yuhaka's expression, Alice blushed slightly. She scratched her cheek and turned her head away, avoiding looking at Yuhaka, saying:

"I see... So, have you found the mission?"

Upon hearing Alice's words, everyone turned their heads away, looking embarrassed, except for Yuhaka and Esther, who simply said "OwO" and remained expressionless.

Alice's eye twitched slightly as she looked at Claire and the others and said:

"I see... We haven't found it yet."

Hearing Alice's words, Claire blushed and said:

"It's not that I can't find a mission! It's just that I haven't found a mission that I like!"

Alice broke out in a cold sweat; after all, Claire's words were practically the same as not having found the quest at all...