Although it is a bit shabby, this heroic spirit is super strong

"I, I drink."

Under threat, Isaac took the bottle and mustered up the courage to drink it.

A sickly sweet feeling rose up his throat.

"This, this thing still has this effect?"

Although he felt extremely nauseous, Isaac was surprised to find that his body was full of energy.

"how do you feel?"

"very good."

Isaac simply responded to Maren and immediately cast a spell with his abundant magic power.

The raging flames engulfed the insect-like monsters surrounding the camp.

Soon, all that was left of the camp was a pile of burnt ashes.

Although some monsters still managed to evade the attack, the situation with Maren and the others had completely reversed.

"Ms. Maren, where did you get something so powerful?"

Isaac felt full of energy now. He had never felt so refreshed in his life.

Isaac, who has been using various poisons and aphrodisiacs for many years, also has a lot of knowledge about alchemy and medicine.

He knew very well that purifying these alchemical drugs was not something that could be done casually.

Feeling that everything was okay again, he couldn't help but start looking at Maren with a lewd look.

"Ah, that's the Akatsuki who's against the hero."

"Eh?! Pfft!"

Before Isaac could react to Maren's words, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Ms. Maren...what's going on..."

Isaac looked at the blood on his hands and asked Maren in fear.

The sudden fatigue made him feel dizzy and his breathing began to become rapid.

"Well, you're such a weak guy.

According to that guy, even a man can use this thing at least two or three times."

Maren played with the empty bottle and looked at Isaac with disdain.

"Ms. Maren, what are you talking about..."

Isaac collapsed to the ground before he could finish his words.

"You guys are in cahoots with Vida, right? What exactly did you guys deal with?"

Maren stepped on Isaac's face and questioned him with a smile.

"How could I possibly betray you?"

"And what is this, Mr. Isaac?"

Maren raised her foot so Isaac could see the envelope in her hand.

"Eh? How come those things..."

"You are such an interesting guy, you are cheating on both sides."

Maren looked at Isaac with cold eyes.

The reason why Isaac was able to help her gather twenty or thirty people was actually because of Vida's secret help behind the scenes.

Vida wanted all these guys who knew everything about Nakamura to disappear quietly with the secret.

In order to ensure that he would not be harmed in the fight between Vida and Maren, Isaac secretly helped Vida while constantly trying to please Maren.

"Save me, I beg you to trust me, save me..."

"Men are the most untrustworthy, aren't they?"

Maren questioned, stepping viciously on Isaac's head.

"Oh, by the way, that guy asked me to bring you a message."

Maren smiled with amusement.

"'How does it feel to die at the hands of your favorite thing, Mr. Isaac?

As for your pleasant little cook companion, he has already been fed to the rats in the sewer.'

It seems so.”

"Pfft! What..."

Blood gushed out of Isaac's mouth again.

"What exactly does it mean? Can you explain it to me?"

Looking at Isaac's stunned expression, Maren felt very happy and refreshed.

"Ah, I'm speechless now. This is so boring."

Seeing that Azshara was just breathing heavily and not saying anything, Maren kicked him in disappointment.

"Listen up, anyone who's still breathing! Pack your things and follow me deeper into the cave."

Maren drew his sword and shouted at the remaining people.

"But Big Sister, we still have quite a few wounded people."

"Are you questioning my decision? Those who can't leave will be left right where they are!"

Maren looked at the man who raised the objection, and his cold gaze made him tremble.

"What's the answer?!"

"Yes!"

"Very good, let's continue to move deeper into the maze."

Chapter 78 Phoenix Egg

*

"How are you feeling now, Mr. Isaac?"

Shortly after Maren left with the rest of the group, a man wearing a silver mask came to Isaac.

He knew that this man was Xiao.

"Do you feel itchy and hot all over, or shortness of breath and chest tightness? Ah, you can't answer now."

“Help…Help…”

Isaac strained his nerves and managed to utter a few syllables.

"Oh, what a tenacious vitality! Mr. Isaac, why do you think I would save you?"

Even though Isaac was very angry inside, he still tried to appear humble.

"Although no real harm was caused, I will never forgive you for attacking them."

Xiao's voice was no longer playful, but extremely low and cold.

Isaac bribed a chef in the hotel and put a large dose of aphrodisiac in Lucy and her friends' meal.

Xiao guessed that Isaac wanted to take advantage of the fact that these people were unconscious and forcibly abduct them.

However, because Lucy and the others are now under the influence of Akatsuki, their resistance to drugs is extremely high.

Therefore, those drugs only allowed a few people to let go of their shame and not cause trouble for Xiao in the middle of the night.

Seeing that Xiao had no intention of letting him go, Isaac glared at him fiercely.

"How do you feel now, dying at the hands of the woman you despise the most?"

After mocking Isaac's last words, Xiao left immediately.

Only Isaac, whose eyes were gradually losing their luster, was left lying on the cold, pure white stone.

*

"Big sister, this is it."

The man who discovered the cave where the Heavenly Tree was located enthusiastically led Maren to the way.

"Well, this is it. Let's get ready to go down."

After confirming the situation, Maren immediately asked someone to prepare the rope.

"Eh? But..."

A man with a bob haircut behind Maren looked very scared.

He had once helped Nakamura come here to get materials for making the Tianshu doll, and knew the horror of these vines.

"Any questions?"

"So, that big sister, is the Phoenix Egg really here?"

In order not to anger Maren, he tried to express it tactfully.

"Are you questioning me?"

"How dare I! But..."

After being glared at by Maren, he didn't dare to say anything.

"Hey, isn't there something glowing underneath that tree trunk?"

Maren pointed to the faint light beneath the Sky Tree and gave orders to everyone.

"That's the Phoenix Egg. Whoever brings it to me will be rewarded with a few nights."

Although everyone looked expectant, no one actually took action.

"Why, why is no one taking action?"

"Um, Miss Maren..."

"Do you mean to look down on me, or do you think it's not worth doing this for me?"

Although Maren was smiling, her voice was creepy.

"Well, Big Sister, we have an agreement!"

A slightly younger, more energetic young man shouted and began to slide down to the bottom of the cave.

The others watched silently as the young man landed safely.

The surrounding vines showed no reaction to him and filed into the cave.

After entering the cave, these people did not suffer any attacks and reached the bottom of the Heavenly Tree very smoothly.

"This must be the Phoenix Egg..."

A dozen people stood there in a daze, surrounding a football-shaped object wrapped in vines and glowing red.

"Big Sister Maren said she'll give a few nights' reward to whoever brings back the phoenix egg. What if we bring it back together?"

"this…"

Someone asked this question, and everyone fell silent.

They got the Phoenix Egg so easily, they didn't think everyone could get the reward.

"I was the first one to come down, so I should take this back."

The young man who first responded to Maren tried to take the phoenix egg from the vines, but was pushed away by another person.

"I found this first, so I should be the one to take it back!"

"Huh, who said you were the first to find the Phoenix Egg? It was clearly Big Sister Maren who showed us the way!"

"I was the first one to arrive here, so of course I found it!"

"Tsk, then I said I saw it first."