I became a vampire princess and then a dragon girl?

"Ruthina, was the monster big? And you said it appeared suddenly?"

"Eh? It's huge, otherwise it wouldn't have been able to destroy the tunnel. And we didn't notice any traces before it appeared, otherwise I wouldn't be so embarrassed."

As she spoke, Ruthina pointed to her abdomen which was stained with blood.

"It suddenly appeared behind me and attacked me. It was the captain who saved me with a secret medicine. In order to protect me, the captain and the others were trapped in the passage. I was the only one who escaped."

After hearing what Ruthna said, Eve nodded and had some guesses about the monster. She thought that the monster should have an ability similar to her Shadow Stealth, so it could move silently. Then she comforted Ruthna.

"Okay, don't be so depressed. They'll be fine. The traces of battle on the ground finally disappeared in front of that fork in the road. Let's go take a look."

As she spoke, Eve came to a fork in the road. There were very obvious marks of strong impact on the walls on both sides. The elves should have hidden here.

What Eve just said was true. After all, these elves who went out had life-saving magic on them, but they didn't know it themselves. The magic would be triggered automatically when they suffered fatal injuries, and could directly teleport them back to the Elf Forest.

Since this type of teleportation is initiated through the direct connection between the World Tree and the elves, it can also ignore those prohibited means of teleportation except the abyss. Of course, this type of teleportation is only one-way and does not provide return service.

After walking along the fork in the road for a while, the tunnel gradually became narrower, and the traces of the battle between the two sides ended here. It seemed that the monster was stuck outside the rock wall and chose to give up after trying for a while.

"Wait a moment!"

After going deeper for a while, Eve suddenly stopped and stopped Ruthna behind her.

"Eh!"

"There's a small mechanism up ahead."

In front of Eve, there was a translucent thin line hanging in the cave. It should have been set up by the elves trapped here, probably to serve as a warning?

But no matter what, those elves should be hiding not far ahead, and the rescue operation is about to succeed.

§ 26 Rescued [Part 3]

"Ruthina."

After seeing that the tunnel in front of the trap had turned another corner and could no longer be seen inside, Eve pulled Ruthna, who was behind her, in front of her and whispered to her.

"Go inside and try to call them loudly to see if there is anyone staying nearby to monitor the trap."

Because the trap was so simple, Eve guessed that there might be someone nearby watching what was happening around the trap.

"Well, I'll try."

After hearing Eve's suggestion, Ruthna took a deep breath and shouted softly inside.

"Sister Alena, Sister Darlene, Sister Elena, are you there? I've brought people back to rescue you!"

After a while, a light sound of footsteps came from the cave. An elf girl cautiously stuck half of her head out to look at Eve and the others. After seeing Ruthina in the front, she let down her guard.

Just when she was about to rush over to hug Ruthna, she suddenly braked and almost fell into the trap she had set.

"Ruthina! You're back. Come in first. The others are resting inside. Be careful not to run into any traps."

As she spoke, the newly appeared elf girl pointed to several thin lines in the cave.

"Ruthina, who are they?"

After Ruthina went in first, Eve and others appeared behind her. After seeing Eve and others, the elf girl asked with some confusion.

"Sister Alena, they are the helpers I found from the guild. They are very powerful, S-rank adventurers."

"Hello, my name is Eve. I was sent by Ruthina to rescue you. How are the others? If anyone is injured, I can provide treatment."

Seeing Alena looking at her, Eve smiled and greeted her.

"Are you an S-rank adventurer?"

"That's right. Ruthina checked my certificate when we were at the guild. It's genuine."

"Well, well, then you should come too. The others have some injuries, so please help me."

Although they were a little suspicious, they could only rely on Eve's help at the moment. As she spoke, Alena pulled Ruthina a few steps inside, leaving Eve enough space to get behind the trap.

Then, after walking a short distance, everyone squeezed into a natural stone chamber through an inconspicuous crack. Inside the stone chamber, two elf girls were sitting against the wall to rest. Because they were injured, they had taken off some of their leather armor to avoid causing secondary damage to their wounds.

"Aleena?"

Although they were injured, when they heard the movement coming from the gap, they immediately picked up the weapons at hand and prepared for defense.

"Sister Darlene! Sister Elena!"

Then they saw Ruthina pushing her way in, with the rest of the group following closely behind her.

"Rusina! Are you okay?"

The two elf girls were very surprised to see Ruthna again. They stood up and wanted to hug her.

However, looking at the wounds on the two people's bodies, Eve decided to slightly disrupt the atmosphere between them.

"'Tears of the Savior'"

A dazzling light flashed across the cave, and the injuries of the two elf girls were instantly healed.

"Hey, who are they?"

Looking at Eve and the others in front of them, one of the elf girls asked Rusina with some doubts:

"Sister Elena, I asked them to come and rescue you from the guild. Miss Eve is an S-rank adventurer."

"Wait, S-rank adventurer?"

Elena didn't have too many doubts about Eve's strength; after all, that move had already proven a lot. But then her next question immediately crossed her mind: How on earth had Ruthina managed to get an S-rank adventurer to take action? Even if their entire team were combined, they wouldn't be able to pull off the attack! Could this fool have sold herself out in desperation?

"Um, Miss Eve?"

Thinking of this, Elena looked at Eve tentatively.

"May I ask what reward Ruthina paid you for this? Can we help pay it together?"

Seeing the other person's expression, Eve guessed that the other person might have misunderstood, so she said with a smile.

"Okay, don't worry. Ruthina wanted to use her blood as payment, but I don't plan to accept payment. I just happened to meet you and wanted to help you."

"Is that so? Thank you very much for your help, Miss Eve."

"It's just a small favor, let's get out of here first."

"Well, thank you for your help."

Knowing Eve's strength, Elena had no objection. After all, she was an S-level adventurer, and it was easy for her to defeat a monster.

In this way, after dismantling the simple traps in the cave, the group retreated back to the large cave where they had encountered the monster before.

When they returned to the place where they were attacked, the elf girls seemed very alert. Even though Eve was following them, their eyes would involuntarily drift to every corner, fearing that the monster would run out and attack them again.

The way down was very smooth, but just as they were about to pass through the small hole again and return to the explored area of ​​the cave, Eve flashed and appeared directly beside Ruthina. Holding the holy sword in her hand, she directly cut off a hard limb that was stabbing at her, and drops of black body fluids fell to the ground.

It's okay that Ruthina was the first to be attacked both times, but is this considered picking on the weak?

The opponent seemed to have the ability to hide underground or in the shadows. The attack just now was launched from the rock wall next to Ruthina. No wonder she was caught in a surprise attack before.

With this sudden change, everyone's attention was focused on Ruthina. Looking at the hard limbs that fell at her feet, their faces looked a little ugly. They quickly formed a defensive formation to prevent the next sneak attack.

However, after the first sneak attack failed, the monster gave up the idea of ​​another sneak attack and appeared directly on the ground in the middle of the cave.

What's this? If you can save some trouble, just sneak attack once, and if you miss, switch to strong attack immediately?

The monster that appeared in front of them looked like a giant spider, but it had a pair of huge forelimbs. There was an obvious scar on one of its sides, and a few drops of black fluid were dripping from it from time to time. Its resentful eyes were staring at Eve, who had just hurt it, and Ruthina beside Eve.

Judging from his strength, the guy in front of him is probably the bully in this cave, until the next moment.

With a flash of the holy sword in Eve's hand, the monster that was just showing its fangs and claws and exuding power suddenly froze in place, and then it was neatly split into two halves in the middle and fell heavily into the cave.

Therefore, before taking action, you must carefully compare the enemy's and your own combat power. For example, the feathered serpent in the Warcraft dangerous area, its first reaction when it saw Eve and the others was to run away. How sensible.

This monster was so stubborn that it was killed in one hit.

§ 27 Return [Fourth Update]

"It's done."

After defeating the spider monster with one sword, Eve put away the holy sword. At this time, the elf girls beside her were already stunned.

It was over in a second?! One sword?

Although S-rank adventurers are much stronger than them, this is a bit too outrageous!

"Oh, by the way, do you want to see if there are any materials you can use? You have a lot of things that need to be repaired or replaced."

As she spoke, Eve looked at the equipment of the elves. Some of the weapons had holes in them, and there were also many signs of damage and tearing on the leather armor.

"Hey, but you were the one who defeated it, so the materials should belong to you."

"Okay, don't mind it, just think of it as a gift from me."

Eve waved her hand casually, pretending to be indifferent.

"But you didn't ask for payment when you came to rescue us, and now you're even giving us the monster materials. Doesn't that mean you've come all this way for nothing?

"Just think of it as a senior looking out for the junior. After all, everyone has been through the novice stage."

After hearing what Eve said, it would be awkward to continue refusing, so the elf girls began to search for usable materials around the spider monster's corpse.

While taking advantage of this time, Eve and Istina wandered around in the cave.

"Eve, look, these little fish are transparent! How magical!"

A clear underground river flows through the stone terraces, where a school of translucent fish swims around.

The fish were not big, the largest one was less than the length of Istina's palm, and the whole body of the fish was strangely translucent, so that the internal organs, bones and blood could be clearly seen. In the clear river water, the fish looked like a transparent shadow.

"It's probably because of the special living environment."

Hearing Istina's shout, Eve also came over. Unlike those fish that would scatter at the slightest disturbance, these small fish had no intention of escaping at this time. Maybe it was because there were no predators here?

By the way, what does that big spider monster usually eat? It can’t be that it eats these small fish.

Could this cave lead to somewhere else? After all, the spider monster has the ability to move regardless of obstacles, so its range of activity should be quite large.

"Hmm~ I really want to raise some small fish like this."

Looking at these special little fish, Istina's eyes lit up and she seemed to like them quite a lot.

"Hmm...this kind of fish is usually a cold-water fish, and seems to be quite difficult to keep alive."

As she spoke, Eve reached out and touched the water of the underground river, and it was indeed icy cold.

"Is this so..."

After hearing what Eve said, Istina seemed a little regretful.

"If Tina likes it, you can catch one and keep it as a pet."

"Forget it, let them live here. I can come back to see them when I miss them."

Although she was reluctant, Istina decided to let them live here. However, seeing that she looked a little lost, Eve decided to find a way to comfort her.

Snapped

With a crisp snap of fingers, multicolored balls of light appeared beside the stalactites, bathing the entire cave in a vibrant, dreamy glow. Even the elf girls collecting Warcraft materials couldn't help but pause their work to admire the scene.

"so beautiful."

Looking at the interior of the cave which looked like a dream, Istina couldn't help but whisper.

"Yes, the world is very beautiful."

After a while, the elf girls had collected all the materials.

"Ms. Eve? We've already packed up the materials for that monster."

"Hmm? Yeah, okay, let's go."

As she spoke, Eve took back the colorful light balls in the cave, led everyone out of the small cave and back into the explored area, and then walked towards the outside of the cave along the colored lines on the cave wall.

The journey out was very smooth. After all, it was on the main road that had been opened for a long time, and everyone quickly left the cave.