A Psychiatrist's Bizarre Game Journey / Dream of the Mist

Sure enough, we'll have to find a time to replace this guy. In other words, this dog isn't even fit to be a companion.

"There's no need to worry so much. The evil contamination doesn't directly change the physical body; it won't take effect immediately after infection."

Zhou Ke'er leaned close to Xi Ang's ear and whispered, "It will first affect the mental aspect—you just saw it yourself, that woman was the one who went insane under the influence of the evil, and only then did her body change. So, as long as your master's willpower is strong enough, even if he is infected by the evil, the speed of the mutation will not be too fast."

At this point, Zhou Ke'er paused, then added, "Just like me. At least I'm still relatively normal now."

Xi Ang felt Zhou Ke'er's warm breath gently brush against his cheek like a cat's paw, and couldn't help but blush, though no one could see it in the darkness. He turned his head slightly, coughed lightly twice, then composed himself and asked, "Can you tell me what happened in your world? Where did this evil energy come from?"

Zhou Ke'er's lips curled up slightly, but her tone didn't reveal it at all: "It's unspeakable. If we mention...things or information about those things, they will sense it. I don't know if they've come to this world, or if their senses can cross worlds, but I suggest we don't take the risk. — But in fact, I don't know why this happened either. All these changes seemed to happen suddenly. At first, no one noticed, and by the time they realized it, no one had time to think about it anymore."

At this point, Zhou Ke'er deliberately and abruptly changed the subject, saying, "By the way, I just saw that your holy sword seemed to be... cracked? What happened?"

"Oh, this..."

Xi Ang paused for a moment upon hearing this, then shook his head and replied, "After all, this sword isn't a real holy sword; it's just a man-made replica. So it can't withstand the original holy sword techniques and will naturally suffer damage under the impact of energy. However, this man-made holy sword has the characteristic of self-healing, and it will repair itself after a while, so there's no need to worry about that."

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547. On the Way (Part Six)

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Zhou Ke'er didn't know how long she had been asleep when she suddenly shivered without realizing it. As if by instinct, she woke up instantly from her dream and couldn't help but feel a sudden pang of heart palpitation for no reason.

She instinctively rolled over and got up, opening her eyes to see that it was already dawn. Xi Ang and the others were sitting around her, leaning against the trees for a nap. Only Lance, who was on night watch, was awake. When he saw Zhou Ke'er open her eyes, he smiled and nodded at her, mouthing "Good morning."

But Zhou Ke'er had no time to pay attention to any of this. He was always very confident in his intuition, so he immediately opened his right double pupil and turned around to look at his surroundings.

Sure enough, a vast shadow appeared in his field of vision and spread toward him at an extremely rapid speed.

Zhou Ke'er didn't care about anything else and quickly reached out to nudge the still-sleeping Xi'ang, then said to the astonished Lance, "Wake them up! A monster is coming! It's very fast! We have to run!"

Xi Ang was groggily woken up by Zhou Ke'er. He was startled by Zhou Ke'er's anxious appearance and quickly sat up, rubbing his temples to calm himself down. "What happened?"

Before Zhou Ke'er could answer again, a huge roar came from afar, with great momentum.

Saggs, who had just woken up, hadn't even figured out what was going on when his mouth spoke before his brain could process it: "That's a dragon's roar! The Duchy of Dragon prides itself on the fact that its royal family has dragon blood and that it tames dragons, so there are very few wild dragons in the country—and this is the Forrest Forest, so... unless it's a dragon knight from the Duchy of Dragon riding by, then this dragon must be the green dragon Sylvia without a doubt!"

Upon hearing this, Xion's expression hardened slightly, and he grabbed the Holy Sword: "It's actually a green dragon... Damn it! If it were a red dragon, a species that relies on its physical body and fire, we would still have a fighting chance, at least enough to buy some time and escape... But against a dragon species that can release powerful toxins, we won't even be able to get close before we're poisoned to death!"

Chris hurriedly grabbed Theon, anxiously saying, "Please! What are you two doing? This isn't commentary time! Run!"

Sagos sighed and shook his head: "Run? The right thing to do is to stay put like Sion. Or do you think we're faster than a dragon? Right now, we can only hope that it's not targeting us, and that we're just standing here obediently without attracting its attention."

Zhou Ke'er twitched the corner of her mouth: "Then your goal may be in vain... I can feel it coming towards us. — It was my oversight; I didn't even notice last night that the evil covering this entire forest area wasn't contagious and carried in the air, but rather emanating from this dragon. From the moment we stepped into this forest, we've been in its sights, and now... it's going to deal with us intruders."

This was indeed Zhou Ke'er's oversight; he truly hadn't expected that such a vast area of ​​malevolent energy originated from within a single monster. This was the first time, aside from those great beings, that Zhou Ke'er had encountered a monster with even more malevolent energy within it than he had, and by more than just a little.

Sure enough, this shows how dangerous this mod world is.

"Wait... is it because we entered its territory that it's attacking us? Then let's leave this forest now, it shouldn't chase us!"

Upon hearing this, Sargus's eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly said, "Green dragons have a strong sense of territory, not only towards others but also towards themselves—most green dragons will never leave their territory unless they encounter a major upheaval!"

"Then what are you waiting for!"

Without hesitation, Sion grabbed Zhou Ke'er and said to Chris, "Chris, as an elf, this kind of terrain should be more advantageous for you. Please quickly lead us to a route that can get us out of the forest quickly!"

"I know! You only remember me when you need to order people around, honestly."

Chris rolled her eyes, but quickly became serious. There was no time for her to be capricious, so she immediately took the lead and started running in one direction. "Hurry up and keep up with me! I won't slow down on purpose!"

"Roar!"

Because Sion and Sargoth misjudged the situation at the beginning, while everyone was talking at once, the dragon had already closed the distance to them, and its roar seemed to ring in their ears.

With the dragon's roar, a thick black mist spewed from its mouth, sweeping towards the crowd.

Lance, with a solemn expression, slammed the giant shield into the ground. The shield immediately emitted an extremely dazzling light, instantly forming a giant shield phantom as tall as four or five people, completely shielding the others behind it: "I'll hold this guy off, you guys run! The power of holy light has a certain immunity to poison, so you don't need to worry."

Sion clenched his fists, but ultimately didn't act rashly and spout nonsense like "we'll all go together, or I won't leave"—if they continued to run now, only Lance might die, but if it were like those plays, with a scene of no one giving up, then everyone would die here!

"hateful!"

Without much hesitation, Xi'ang chose the third option—he abruptly released Zhou Ke'er's hand, turned his head, grabbed Lance by the back of his collar, and tossed him toward the group, while he himself stood there with his sword in hand: "What a joke! There are no heroes who sacrifice their own teammates to protect those who survive! You didn't need to come with me to risk your lives in the first place to find my master, and now I'm even less likely to let you die here for nothing! Go!"

After saying that, Sion ignored the reactions of the others, gripped the holy sword tightly, bent his knees slightly, and then leaped up, shooting towards the dragon like a cannonball.

"Sion!"

Lance stared in surprise. He had just been prepared to die, but he never expected that Sion would pull him back.

"Alright! Don't waste Sion's sacrifice. Besides... he's a hero! He's not so easy to kill. The Holy Sword has resistance to poison. We'd be a burden to him."

Sargus couldn't help but raise his voice to bring Lance back to his attention. He then cast a speed-boosting spell on everyone and pushed Chris to continue their escape without hesitation.

Zhou Ke'er naturally had no objections and followed closely behind Sargers and the others. Of course, to put their minds at ease, she didn't reveal a single thing: the black mist spewed out by the dragon wasn't poisonous mist, but rather composed entirely of highly concentrated evil energy. Even if Zhou Ke'er, who could absorb evil energy, were thrown in, she might drown, let alone Sion.

Even if Theon hadn't died... he would probably have become some kind of strange thing.

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648. On the Way (Part 7)

"rub!"

A whooshing sound came from the air.

Zhou Ke'er subconsciously turned to the side.

Several incredibly sharp vines brushed past Zhou Ke'er's waist in an instant, and Zhou Ke'er could even feel the chill clinging tightly to her waist.

If the reaction is even a little slow, it could result in several huge holes.

"Watch out! Besides that dragon, there are other monsters blocking our way!"

Zhou Ke'er immediately spoke up to remind them, but it seemed to be a little too late. Although everyone reacted quickly and was not injured, the staff in Saggs's hand was broken, and most of the jewels embedded in it were shattered.

Sargus simply tossed his staff aside without slowing down: "I can't use forbidden spells in this forest, but once we get out of here... I can use teleportation to send you back to Wright. Then you should hurry up and find those guys who are on good terms with Sion and bring them here to rescue you!"

"What do you mean by that? What are you going to do about it?"