The next second, Lyra saw the scenes on both sides of her face rushing forward.

No, it's me flying backward at high speed!

The moment her feet left the ground, Leila understood this and realized what had happened.

"No adventurer has ever mentioned that the 'Avatar of Greed' has the ability to absorb magic power; the most they mention is that its long tongue is extremely agile."

However, it was too late to realize this at that moment.

Lyra could only see herself being rapidly pulled toward the powerful monster through the shadows cast on the ground by the embers of the fire.

The rustling wind swept past his ears, as if mocking a young mage who had just emerged from the baron's mansion and had just advanced to level 3.

"..."

Leila showed little reaction, only a faint sense of relief in her eyes.

Life is too short, so short that from the moment I was born I heard my father say, "You must take revenge with me," and I only just embarked on the path of revenge that my father spoke of before I died.

But in just over a decade, she felt incredibly exhausted, and now she can finally put down those burdens.

It's just a bit of a pity.

"Whether Lilith is alive or dead, and... whether Victor has completed his mission, I don't know any of these things."

Moreover, the entrusted reward is still in my hands and hasn't been handed over yet.

Thinking of this, her eyelids began to droop, as if her strength was being gradually drained away, and her consciousness began to blur.

But those few seconds seemed exceptionally long. Despite the howling wind, a blurry boy's face appeared in my field of vision.

And as her eyelids grew heavier, the figure of that person became clearer and clearer.

Moreover, the other party was even wearing the uniform of Silvermoon Academy and was rushing towards him?

"Laila, don't sleep!!!"

It wasn't until Victor, whom she thought was a hallucination, shouted that she snapped out of her daze, looking at the man sprinting with all his might, his thin lips slightly parted.

"Get out of here! This guy has mastered the ability to absorb magic; you're no match for him!"

Upon regaining consciousness, Lyra immediately tried to persuade the boy to leave.

As she spoke, three long tongues shot out from the shadows behind her, and the corners of the "Avatar of Greed"'s mouth slowly turned up, his sorrowful expression strangely transforming into joy.

"..."

Viktor did not respond, but simply began to accelerate coldly.

"Whoosh!"

The tongue that came hurtling straight at his face was so fast it sounded like it was tearing through the air, but he easily dodged it by simply tilting his head.

Then, he snapped his fingers.

[Speed ​​Curse] Blessed!

After taking the Perfect [Weak Speed ​​Potion], the speed was slightly increased, and the reaction was also slightly improved.

He didn't need to unleash his full power to accelerate; he only needed to exert a little force...

"Da da da..."

His speed at this moment had reached a level that many assassins could hardly match.

The long tongue that had been thrust out and was now retracting, as well as the two long tongues that were thrusting towards him, were all left far behind by Viktor at this moment.

He was like an arrow, easily rushing into the "embodiment of greed" within a dozen meters, and then quickly closing the distance between them.

The "Avatar of Greed" remained expressionless, but his petals began to sway, and the ground around his massive torso, which supported his head, cracked, revealing root after root.

These roots grow in a very strange way; some tips are shaped like a hand, some like an eye, and others like a foot.

Looking further back along the tip, you can see deep red vein-like lines.

As soon as these strange roots appeared, they rushed towards Viktor in unison, looking like a dense rain of arrows trying to trap and kill him!

"..."

As Leila witnessed this horrific scene, a sense of dread crept into her mind.

She learned about the "Incarnation of Greed" from the books her father collected. It was a kind of monster that was good at disguising itself and had a possessive desire for everything in its bones.

The book describes this monster's monotonous attack method: grabbing.

At the time, she didn't understand what "catch" meant, but now, seeing the inescapable net to capture Viktor, she instantly understood.

As a result, even the usually calm girl felt a little panicked.

But everything happened too fast; before she could even think, the roots had already attacked Victor.

boom!

However, despite their incredible speed, none of the strange roots struck Viktor; instead, he easily dodged them.

What Leila didn't know was that,

At this moment, in Viktor's eyes, those roots that seemed to move at a similar speed to his own could be seen to have some trajectory with each attack.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

The attacks of "Greedy Incarnation" can be described as having no rhythm. Each powerful strike, generated by the roots, is direct and without any warning.

However, Victor not only relied on potions and curse magic, but also on a quill pen and a magic-storing ring.

In his extreme reaction, he simply tilted his head, took a slight step, and lowered his body, thus brushing past several roots.

Then I started counting down in my mind.

three.

With a stride of three meters, Victor rushed to the front of the "Avatar of Greed" and summoned the Mage's Hand to slash horizontally at it.

The moment the rusty sword was swung by the mage, it barely pierced the "Avatar of Greed"'s torso by about one centimeter.

two.

Viktor had anticipated this and pushed off with a little force.

three.

In the instant he leaped into the air, Victor kicked the rusty sword, which, instead of deepening the slash, was knocked away.

But he successfully used the momentum to leap high into the air!

Just as Lyra was being pulled up to the top of his head by the three long tongues, he raised his hand slightly and caught the rusty sword that the ghost hand had thrown at him.

"bass!"

The tongue of "the embodiment of greed" snapped off, and Lyra, now free from its pull, flew downwards and landed in Victor's arms.

The moment he caught the girl, Viktor landed steadily and then quickly ran back the way he came.

"..."

Lyra was still a little confused about how she had fallen, but when she turned around, she saw that the expression on "The Incarnation of Greed" had completely changed.

That smiling face had now become incredibly ferocious, its long tongue began to retract, and all the roots that had been thrown away were also retracting, probing back into the ground.

The cracks on the ground began to spread rapidly, causing the entire underground jungle to tremble.

"You're not as fast as before."

Lyra looked at the crack that followed Viktor like a shadow and whispered.

"..."

Viktor turned his head slightly, and what he saw was not only cracks, but also roots protruding from the cracks, with eyeballs and palms sticking out of them.

Seeing the bizarre attacks all around him, he recklessly carried the girl forward, while looking towards the steep slope where he had previously seen Lilith.

"Miles, bring your torch!"

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