I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

Claire was also very puzzled by this question, but since she had not heard any news of the complete annihilation of the Broken Legion, it seemed that the Broken Legion still existed. She had to quickly form a team with the Broken Legion.

As she spoke, Claire asked Yuhaka to help her go down the cliff to look for traces of the Broken Legion.

Chapter 728 [Alliance Formed]

With Yuhaka's help, Claire was carried in his arms and jumped to the bottom of the cliff. Yuhaka then searched the area and found the lingering scent of the Broken Legion.

Following the scent, Yuhaka found a hidden cave. Before Claire could say anything, Yuhaka ran into the cave, leaving Claire outside with a "Erkang reaching out.jpg" expression. Claire immediately slapped her forehead.

Then Claire heard a little girl's scream coming from inside the cave, and she sighed helplessly.

"I knew this would happen..."

Well... Claire said whatever she wanted, but she went inside anyway, and soon she saw a little girl about the same age as Yuhaka being pinned down and licked by Yuhaka.

"Wait! Stop, stop! It itches! Stop licking my face!"

Claire knew who the little girl with long brown hair and heterochromatic eyes, wearing the uniform of the Broken Division, was beneath Yuhaka.

Mira Passett, the leader of the [Broken Legion], is arguably the youngest spirit user in this Spirit Sword Dance Festival. Of course, apart from Ehaka, there is probably no one younger than Ehaka.

"Alright, Youyou, stop licking my face and get up!"

Claire grabbed Yuhaka's wagging tail and pulled him away from Mira. After Claire pulled Yuhaka away, Mira fell to the ground. She took out a handkerchief and wiped the drool left by Yuhaka from her face. She looked at Yuhaka and said:

"It's unbelievable that the elf who defeated that Silent Fortress, as mentioned in the intelligence, looks like this. It seems that our intelligence agency is still not good enough."

Hearing Mira's words, Claire's lips twitched. Was Aresia Academy a sieve? How come spies from so many countries were here?!

Claire immediately felt a little embarrassed about the intelligence handling by the Aresia Academy.

After some self-introductions, Claire learned about Mira's situation: a team of five had been wiped out by one person, taking down four of them. This reminded Claire of the information Alice and the others had reported to her earlier that day.

Claire also tried asking if it was the very tall elf envoy from the Purgatory Apostle. Mira nodded and sighed in response to Claire's question. To be honest, they hadn't expected this tall elf envoy to have such great strength.

Upon hearing Mira's answer, Claire also fell into thought. Besides the fact that the unidentified elf was the culprit who attacked the Broken Legion, the elf was also accompanied by a humanoid dark elf girl, who seemed to be a very high-ranking elf.

But isn't it a bit too weak that a team of Holy-attribute Spirit Masters can't even defeat a Dark-attribute Spirit Master?

Mira then offered her explanation: the elf who initially attacked them was wearing what appeared to be a rock elf's magical armor, while the dark elf was merely directing the elf like a commander.

Most importantly, the dark elf was the contracted spirit of the captain of the Purgatory Apostle, so they attacked the dark elf in order to weaken the captain of the Purgatory Apostle. Unfortunately, they failed, after all, they did not expect that a big guy would suddenly appear and beat them up.

Upon hearing Mira's words, Claire's lips twitched. To be honest, she hadn't expected this situation. However, this also made Claire understand why Mira had signed an alliance contract with her team. Now, the Broken Legion only had Mira left, and if they continued to participate in the competition, they wouldn't have much of a chance of winning. It was better to reach an alliance contract with another team.

Moreover, Mira signing an alliance contract with her own team is a very risky move in a sense. After all, there is only one person left in Mira's team. If Yuhaka and the others want to eliminate Mira's team, Mira's situation will be very dangerous. However, reason tells Claire that Mira dares to sign a contract with their team alone, which obviously means she has her own bargaining chips.

Regarding Claire's question, Mira assured her that the Holy-attribute spirit she had a contract with was extremely powerful. After hearing Mira's words, Claire turned to look at Eohaka, who looked back at Claire with an "OwO" expression. Claire immediately realized that Mira was not lying.

Since Mira wasn't lying, Claire agreed to Mira's request to sign an alliance contract, but there were certain conditions. First, the distribution of magic stones obtained by the teams when signing the alliance contract had to be fair. Second, this alliance contract would last until the unknown elf was defeated.

Claire agreed to Mira's conditions. Currently, the only ones in her team with real combat power are herself, Yuhaka, Linslet, and Alice. Fiana has some issues that prevent her from summoning her own spirit, so they only have four spirit users in total.

After signing the alliance agreement, Yhaka took Claire and Mira back to their base. Using Yhaka's flying ability, he quickly brought Claire and a bewildered Mira back to their base.

Meanwhile, in a secluded spot some distance away, Restia, perched on Berserker's shoulder, watched Yuhaka and the others flying in the distance with eyes that seemed to have spotted some prey.

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"Woo——"

Back at the base, after Yuhaka put Mira down, Mira covered her mouth and knelt on the ground. It was clear that the way Yuhaka carried Mira in flight made Mira feel seriously uncomfortable, but it was already impressive that she didn't vomit.

Claire, standing to the side, couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when she saw Mira's miserable state. She knew that when she was carried by Yuhaka and flew through the sky, she was in an even worse state than Mira; at that time, Claire actually threw up.

"Mira~ It's okay~ OwO?"

Yuhaka knelt beside Mira and asked her this question. Hearing Yuhaka's words, Mira stood up unsteadily and said:

"Um... I'm fine, just a little dizzy..."

Chapter 729 [Youyou: Whoosh~ Thump!]

At the base camp where Claire and her group were located, although Mira's country's intelligence agency had collected reports from members of Yuhaka's team, ...

Mira was surrounded by Alice and Linslet, looking speechless. The two of them had run up to her as soon as they saw her, patted her head, and even gave her candy... Were they treating her like a child?!

Well... although Mira is basically no different from a child, after Yuhaka finished cooking, he put the dishes on the table and said to everyone:

"Dinner's ready!"

Hearing what Yuhaka said, everyone came to the table to eat, and Mira also had a portion. However, when Mira saw the dishes that Yuhaka and the others had prepared, she stared wide-eyed. After all, Mira hadn't eaten a decent meal since entering the competition venue, but that didn't bother her.

However, upon entering the competition venue on this floating island, all the contestants only carried a small amount of dry rations that were easy to eat and preserve. Apart from that, the other teams relied on wild animals hunted in the forest and wild vegetables for their food.

Mira's eyes twitched at the sight of the dishes Yuhaka and her friends had prepared. She could see that Yuhaka's dishes included not only meat and vegetables, but also seafood and even white rice from the Kuna Empire. "Are you here for a picnic or to participate in the Elf Sword Dance Festival?" she wondered.

but..........

Mira couldn't help but swallow as she looked at the vegetable soup, grilled pork chops, and barbecue skewers laid out in front of her. To be honest, she hadn't eaten much since last night. To avoid being discovered by other teams, Mira hadn't left the cave where she was hiding. And this food smelled really good!

Linslet, standing to the side, looked at Mira with a smile and said to her:

"Mira-chan~ Yoyo's cooking is so delicious, you have to try it!"

Mira was quite confused when she saw Linslet's excited expression, but she nodded to indicate that she understood. Then, Mira used the cutlery that Yuhaka had given her. Mira cut off a piece of roast meat with a knife and put it into her mouth with a fork.

After Mira put the grilled meat into her mouth, her eyes lit up as she chewed on it and said:

"It's so delicious—!?"

Hearing Mira's words, everyone looked proud, while Yuhaka, standing to the side, pouted and wagged its big tail behind it, clearly enjoying the praise.

Later, while eating, Claire and her group exchanged information with Mira. Information exchange is a very important part of the alliance contract. However, Mira and her group were similar to Claire and her group; the information gap between the two teams was not too large.

After finishing their meal, everyone began to discuss the next battle plan. After all, the winning condition this time was that only the four teams that obtained the most magic stones could enter the next competition. Staying in the stronghold would not yield many magic stones, so everyone was inclined to take the initiative to attack. Staying at home was too passive.

Just then, Yuhaka, who was munching on bread, suddenly perked up its ears and sniffed the air. As if it had smelled something, Yuhaka's eyes immediately glowed red. Mira was startled by Yuhaka's appearance. To be honest, it was the first time she had ever seen someone whose eyes could glow red. Of course, it was also the first time Mira had ever seen a race like Yuhaka with dragon horns, cat ears, and a tail.

Seeing Yuhaka's actions, the others immediately prepared their elven magic armor for battle. Mira, realizing that enemies were approaching, chanted an elven incantation, and an elven magic sword appeared in her hand.

Claire also looked at Yuhaka and said:

"Youyou! Where is the enemy?"

Hearing Claire's words, Yuhaka pointed to the spot in front of him, and then Claire looked at Fiana standing to the side and asked:

"Fiana, didn't your barrier detect the enemy?"

Regarding Claire's question, Fiana briefly sensed the barrier she had set up, then shook her head and said:

"No, I haven't sensed any enemies invading the barrier. Unless the enemy uses some means to hide or evade the barrier, I can sense them."

After hearing Fiana's answer, Claire nodded and then looked at Yuhaka and asked:

"Youyou, do you know the exact range of the other party?"

Upon hearing Claire's words, Yuhaka tilted his head and nodded, indicating that he roughly knew the exact range.

Seeing Yuhaka nod, Claire also revealed a playful smile and said:

"Now that we know their location, let's teach them a lesson first."

As she spoke, Claire made an archery gesture to Yuhaka. Upon seeing Claire's gesture, Yuhaka's eyes lit up, and he nodded in understanding.

Mira, who was standing to the side, was also very puzzled by the interaction between the two, after all, she couldn't understand what Claire was trying to express by making that gesture.

Then, to Mira's puzzled look, Yhaka summoned a longbow even taller than Yhaka himself. When Mira saw the longbow in Yhaka's hand, her eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

According to reports from his country's intelligence department, Yhaka is supposed to be a spirit user with a dual contract with two sword spirits, but what's with the longbow in Yhaka's hand?

Yuhaka didn't notice Mira's stunned expression. Yuhaka squatted down, then lay down on the longbow with his slender feet, pulling the bowstring with both hands. His large tail on his buttocks also acted as a support, instantly transforming Yuhaka into a human crossbow.

Seeing Yhaka's actions, Mira looked on with an expression of surprise, clearly not expecting Yhaka to do such a thing. Then, a flaming arrow emerged from Yhaka's longbow. Immediately after Yhaka released it, the flaming arrow flew through the air like a rocket, tracing a beautiful arc before landing somewhere in the forest.

The next instant, a burst of intense flames erupted from that spot.

Chapter 730 [I Hate Winter]

As the flames exploded in the distance, Mira stared in disbelief, clearly not expecting that the flaming arrows fired by Yuhaka would possess such power and such a long range.

If attacked by such a long-range strike, Mira couldn't imagine any effective way to retaliate. Of course, defense was another matter entirely.

However, looking at the distant flames, Mira found it hard to imagine that anyone could withstand such power.

After Yuhaka's attack ended, Claire asked Alice, her contracted spirit, to scout ahead. Alice quickly spotted a disheveled small group of people fleeing. Although Yuhaka's attack wouldn't actually harm anyone, it did have the ability to destroy things on a person's body other than their clothes.

Alice, through her contracted spirit, saw that the spirits who were only wearing a few strips of cloth on their bodies also broke out in a cold sweat. Was it because she was lucky that she was in Claire's party?

Fortunately, the elves noticed their current state and immediately blushed and ran away, covering their bodies.

"how's it going?"

Claire, standing beside Alice, looked at Alice and asked this question. Alice nodded and replied to Claire:

"Hmm... the attack hit, and the opponent escaped. They probably won't be able to participate in the competition..."

After hearing Alice's answer, Claire seemed to realize something and said with an "I understand" look:

"Uh, is that so... Alright, it seems there are no enemies likely to approach us for the time being, but let your contracted spirit wander around and see if there are any other traces of enemies."

Alice nodded in agreement with Claire's opinion. After all, the commotion caused by Yuhaka's attack was quite significant, and it might attract the attention of other teams.

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After some reconnaissance, Alice found no other enemies, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. They then went to take a bath. Although they hadn't been very active, keeping themselves clean was still important, as it would affect their contract with the spirits.

However, they also bathe separately to prevent other Pokémon from ambushing the team.

Mira, who was taking a bath naked, looked at Yuhaka's large tail wagging behind him with a somewhat surprised expression and said:

"So the tail was real after all..."

Fiana, who was bathing alongside Yuhaka and the others, smiled as she washed Mira's hair, saying:

"Oh yeah~ When I first saw Youyou, I also thought it was just a decoration, but I didn't expect it to be real."

Hearing Fiana's words, Mira nodded, and then Fiana asked Mira curiously:

"Speaking of which, what type of spirit does Mira-chan have a contract with?"

Regarding Fiana's question, Mira opened her mouth, thought for a moment, and then spoke:

"I'm sorry, I can't tell you the detailed information, but the only information I can share is that my contracted spirit requires a special ritual to summon."

After hearing Mira's words, Fiana looked like she understood and said:

"I see. If that's the case, then you can leave the summoning ritual to me. After all, I used to be a priestess."