I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

"Oh, I see. No wonder you came to this godforsaken place to study."

When Bronya heard Lorraine call this place a ghost town, she broke out in a cold sweat and said:

"Since you call this a ghostly place, why did you come here?"

Lorraine gave Bronya a slightly silly smile and said:

"Because Bronya is there~"

".......ha?"

Upon hearing Lorraine's words, Bronya also showed a surprised expression. Before Bronya could react, Lorraine turned around and jumped back to the podium, then returned to her original posture and snapped her fingers. With Lorraine's snap, the gray-white space where time had stopped instantly returned to its original state, and the originally quiet environment suddenly became noisy.

After Lorraine recovered, she jumped into Bronya's arms, who was caught off guard, wrapped her arms around Bronya's neck, kissed Bronya's cheek, and said with a soft "smack":

"Long time no see, Bronya~ =w="

"Eh???"

Bronya looked at Lolinlin in her arms with a completely bewildered expression. What was Lolinlin up to all of a sudden?

Bronya felt her mind was going to go haywire.

Chapter 741 [The Situation of Each Team]

While Eyjafjalla and the others were sleeping, the other Pokémon team was terrified by the scene that Eyjafjalla had created, which resembled a meteorite hitting the earth. After all, the destructive power was almost comparable to that of a strategic-class military Pokémon.

Almost all the teams were very uneasy about the destructive power and sent out scout Pokémon to investigate the situation, but apart from seeing the huge crater, they had no other clues.

Leora and her team went to the original base of Yuhaka's team. Seeing the destruction caused by Yuhaka, and seeing that her contracted spirits dared not approach, Leora realized that this place was probably caused by Yuhaka.

This surprised Leora greatly regarding Ehohaka's strength. She thought, "He truly lives up to his title as the Holy Dragon Maiden."

However, what Leora couldn't figure out was who had made Ehaka unleash the power of a strategic-level military spirit to deal with the situation?

This is what Leora wants to know. After all, the emergence of a spirit user comparable to Ehaka in this competition has made Leora both wary and excited. It seems that this spirit sword dance festival will not be boring.

The other teams didn't have Leora's good mentality. They had seen the destructive power of that crimson meteor-like attack through their scouting spirits. They had no ability to defend against that attack. If such an attack suddenly came from the sky while they were resting, they would definitely be turned into dust.

Whether the teleportation magic on the magic stone can save them is another question.

Meanwhile, Restia, perched on Hercules' shoulder, patted her chest and said:

"Phew... Berserker was almost wiped out. If he had, Ren would probably have blamed me again~"

Although Restia said that, she herself seemed indifferent, as if she wasn't worried about the lotus she mentioned.

Then Restia waved her hand and said:

"Never mind, I'll go and report to Lian first, so she won't lecture me again."

Meanwhile, at the stronghold of a small country's elf envoy team, a towering, enormous shadow crushed the surrounding forest like a lawnmower, and the small country's elf envoy team, whose stronghold was destroyed, could only flee into the forest while wailing in despair.

A group of beast-like elves attacked the giant figure, but the giant figure's huge fist wiped out all the miscellaneous elves in one blow.

"Hahahaha, is this all the representative team of the [Elf Sword Dance Festival] is capable of?"

A dark gray twin-tailed girl, sitting on the shoulder of the colossal tactical-grade military elf [Krosos], looked down at the fleeing elves and uttered mocking words. This girl was [Mia Alenstar] from the Purgatory Apostle team.

The spirit user teams did nothing but flee; after all, most spirit user teams were simply unable to retaliate against such overwhelming combat power.

A masked girl in the distance watched the ravaged scene without saying anything, simply watching as Miuya manipulated everything in front of her to destroy it.

At that moment, the masked girl spoke:

"Has the truth behind that scene in the distance, which looked like a meteor falling, been investigated?"

As soon as the masked girl finished speaking, a girl who looked like an elf emerged from the shadows and said to her:

"Lady Lian, the information about that area is still under investigation. However, that location might be under Restia's jurisdiction, and she might have encountered something. Should I call her back?"

Upon hearing the words of the elfin-like girl, the masked girl known as "Lotus" nodded in agreement.

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On Yhaka's side, Claire saw Yhaka and Anna as soon as she stepped out of the tent in the morning. Yhaka was sleeping with her head on Anna's lap, drooling, and her big tail was wagging from time to time. Anna was looking down at Yhaka lying on her lap, stroking her little head while seemingly thinking about something.

The scene before them did indeed look quite heartwarming, but the small mountain of bones covered in teeth marks next to Yuhaka was rather absurd.

"Huh? Are you awake?"

Anna looked up at Claire, who had just woken up, and asked her this question. Claire nodded and replied:

"Yes, thanks to you and Youyou, I slept very well last night. Thank you for your hard work."

Then Claire pointed to the pile of bones on the side and said with a somewhat astonished expression:

"Speaking of which... what's with these bones?!"

Hearing Claire's question, Anna also looked puzzled. Then, Anna glanced at the pile of bones beside her and understood what Claire was asking. She explained to her:

"Oh, you mean those bones? Those are the bones that Master left over from eating. Don't worry about them."

Such a huge pile of bones! How could I not care?!

Claire thought to herself, "How could a normal person possibly eat so much?!"

Uh... it seems like Yuhaka doesn't seem like a normal person either...

Amid Claire's conflicted and embarrassed expression, Yuhaka, who was lying on Anna's lap, opened his eyes with a "ding" and then jumped up like a rabbit.

"Youyou is back to life!"

Upon waking, Yuhaka struck a pose full of swagger, its tail swaying like a propeller. Seeing Yuhaka up, Claire looked at the now-energized Yuhaka and asked curiously:

"Youyou, uh... are you alright?"

Hearing Claire's words, Yuhaka nodded to indicate that there was no problem and said:

"Don't worry, big boobs! Youyou's going to cook~"

As she spoke, Yuhaka pulled out kitchen utensils from the dimensional portal to make breakfast. Seeing Yuhaka making breakfast, Claire's lips twitched slightly as she spoke to Anna:

"Then I'll go wake up the others."

As she spoke, Claire went to the other people's tents to wake Alice and the others up to brush their teeth and wash their faces.

Chapter 742 ["Your Wish"]

After everyone finished eating, Fiana reinforced the barrier to make the stronghold more secure. Afterwards, Claire and the others went outside the stronghold to search for other teams, since they still needed magic stones to advance in this competition.

Moreover, what happened before made Claire and the others feel a sense of crisis. After all, the fact that the monster-like being from last night was still hunting other spirit user teams made Claire and the others wonder if other spirit user teams were also experiencing the same situation. If that were the case, then it would be very serious.

After all, each team only has five magic stones. If a team wipes out like before, a large number of magic stones will be taken by the Purgatory Apostle team. In addition, other spirit teams are also plundering the magic stones of other spirit teams, which will make the number of magic stones decrease.

Therefore, Claire and her group need to hurry up and plunder the magic stones of other spirit user teams. Of course, guarding the stronghold and waiting for other spirit user teams to come and attack them is also fine, but that would mean giving the initiative to other spirit user teams.

If no other spirit user teams arrive, Claire and her team will have to rush to cause trouble for other spirit user teams. By then, the competition will be in its later stages, and spirit user teams that have saved up enough magic stones will begin to defend their strongholds.

In that case, Claire and her team will have a tough time. Although Ehaka could easily overwhelm them, Claire doesn't dare to put all her eggs in one basket...

If the magic stone on Yuhaka is destroyed... well... although Claire doesn't think anyone can get Yuhaka's magic stone "from" him, destroying the magic stone would still be considered a loss.

By then, without Yuhaka, they would have no chance of winning against those teams.

Of course, if Claire and her team eliminate all but three teams, then they won't have to worry about the number of magic stones.

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In a certain part of the forest, a masked girl named Ren is watching as the forest is turned into a sea of ​​fire. The military spirit [Garuda] summoned by Muya is unleashing flames that are burning the [base] of a certain country's spirit envoy team.

Lian stared silently at the forest engulfed in flames. So far, a third of the teams had been eliminated by the Purgatory Apostles, and the magic stones they had obtained were more than enough to advance them to the final battle.

However, none of this mattered to Ren, because Ren's goal was not to win the Spirit Sword Dance Festival.

"What a karmic connection... No matter which side it is, it has a deep connection with my past self."

Lian took out a pendant with a silver chain from the pocket inside her military uniform. The image of a young girl in a dress emerged from the red gem-like sealed memory spirit ore embedded in it.

With her fiery red twin ponytails tied in two braids and eyes like rubies, she was the shy little girl who always hid behind her older sister and parents. Ren thought she would never see her again after that day four years ago...

"Oh dear, it seems Lord Len Ashbell still has feelings for that girl."

Hearing the voice behind her, Lian quickly gripped the pendant in her hand and turned around. When she turned around, she saw the red twin-tailed loli from her pendant.

However, she wasn't wearing the dress seen in the pendant, but rather the uniform of the Aresia Elf Academy, and her appearance wasn't that of a child, but rather her grown-up self.

Seeing this, Lian's eyes revealed a chilling gaze as she said:

"What a twisted sense of humor, witch, or are you just fooling me?"

Although Lian's tone was very calm, the fallen leaves around her were burning as if they were being scorched by fire, which showed that Lian had murderous intent.

"Hmph, how rare it is that you can actually show such an expression... Could it be that this girl has some relationship with you? For example... family or something."

In an instant, a burst of flames swept away the spot where the girl had just been standing, and the next instant, the girl's figure vanished without a trace, like a mirage.

"Terrible! They almost turned to ashes!"

Where the girl's figure disappeared, a beautiful girl with a mocking smile appeared, her shoulder-length hair revealing a striking, bright blue color.

It inevitably evokes the image of a snake containing deadly venom; the girl is dressed in a seductive dancer's outfit, and her mouth is covered by a thin veil.

She is the Demon Spirit Master – Sarah Kahn, the princess of the Alphas Theocracy, and also a member of the Purgatory Apostles.

"I hope you don't forget that it was my homeland that prepared the identity for you to attend the [Elf Sword Dance Festival] and even provided you with military-grade spirits?"

Lian scoffed at Sarah's words and replied:

"In return, I promise you that I will help you win the Spirit Sword Dance Festival."

Sarah smiled knowingly at Lian's words, knowing full well that the masked girl had a specific purpose for attending the Elf Sword Dance Festival.

At that moment, Sarah suddenly sensed something and immediately revealed a cold smile, saying:

"Oh dear, it seems a pesky mouse sneaked in while I was out."

With that, Sarah left the place. After Sarah left, Lian looked at the big tree beside her and said:

"She's gone. Come out now."

Just as Lian finished speaking, a black-haired girl emerged from behind a large tree. This was Restia, who looked at Lian with a smile and said:

"Lian, do you want me to get rid of that witch?"

Regarding Restia's question, Ren shook her head and said:

"No, the Holy Kingdom still has value. Eliminating that witch now is not the best strategy. By the way, what's the situation with that [thing]?"