I'm going to kill everyone who calls me Hill.

"Huh... I just said two sentences... I'm so shy..."

written request for leave

There are some things that need to be dealt with, so I will stop updating for two days. I will resume updating on the 19th. Sorry.

Patch ...

Chapter 16: Doubts

On the other hand, Xier and Shirahoshi returned to the stars as quickly as possible after killing the Great Thief Dragon, and found the commander-in-chief and told him what had happened.

"What? Are you telling the truth?"

The commander-in-chief frowned as he listened to Seele and Shirahoshi's descriptions.

"An ancient dragon that controls living things... I've never seen this kind of ancient dragon before..."

The Star Base was established to observe the phenomenon of ancient dragon crossings. The species observed since the first group were Steel Dragon, Flame King Dragon, Kirin, and Molten Mountain Dragon. However, these ancient dragons are all known creatures on the Old World, and none of them have the ability to control creatures. Could it be that they are ancient dragons that exist in the New World itself?

"Have the collected samples been sent to the research institute?"

The commander-in-chief did not think about the species of ancient dragons for the time being. If it was really an ancient dragon that only existed in the New World, then the sample collected by Xier would be an important clue.

"Yes, it has been sent to the research group for study."

Xier nodded, and when she came back, she first handed the collected things to the captain of the research class. Thanks to the introduction of the stars to Xier before, she was able to find the location of the research class accurately, otherwise it would take a lot of time.

"Hmm... Very good. Let's wait for the results of the research team's investigation. I just received a report that the body of the mutant giant thief dragon has been collected. Thanks to your timely response."

A smile appeared on the commander-in-chief's serious face. It turned out that the fifth group would bring different impacts to the investigation work in the New World. It has only been a short time and our work has made new progress.

"By the way, you guys go and rest first. I'll call you if I need you."

The commander-in-chief said as he looked at the two men's rather tired faces.

"Eh? That's fine..."

Shirahoshi scratched his head and said, "But it seems like there's no room for the two of us yet?"

"Hahaha, I'm ready."

As he spoke, the commander-in-chief called over the captain of the investigation team and said, "Let him take you to your temporary residence. Since there are so many people in the fifth group, we will temporarily arrange you together. After everyone is familiar with Xingchen, we will make new arrangements."

"This way."

The captain of the investigation team on the side greeted them with a smile, then took Xier and Shirahoshi to the New World-style building on the side.

"Should I say you are truly worthy of this!"

Unlike the commander-in-chief, the captain of the investigation team was a cheerful person who would not keep anything to himself. As he walked, he boasted without disguising, "It has only been two days, and you have already discovered a new ancient dragon. You are indeed the white wind that blows the new world."

Xier lowered her head in embarrassment and said, "No, the foundation laid by Xingchen is too good. From the route to the terrain to the supplies, the all-round supply is really touching. And it was just luck that we found the ancient dragon. I didn't expect the guide insect to have this function."

"Ah! Crap!"

Xier was suddenly stunned in the middle of her speech. She had been talking about the ancient dragon just now and forgot to tell the commander-in-chief about the specific changes of the guide insect.

"what happened?"

"Nothing. By the way, Captain, did you know that the guide insect will turn blue?" Xier shook her head slightly and then asked.

"Turn blue?"

The captain of the investigation team raised his eyebrows, tilted his head slightly in thought, and after thinking for a while, he slowly shook his head.

"No, previously the Guide Insects only had two variations: red and green. It looks like the Ancient Dragons will be another one."

As the successor trained by the commander-in-chief, the captain of the investigation team has first-class thinking ability. After all, the captain of the research class is his teacher.

"I was so busy talking about Gu Long just now that I forgot to tell the commander-in-chief about this."

Xier said with some annoyance, she was too careless, how could she forget such a thing.

"It's ok!"

The leader of the investigation team smiled and said, "Let me take care of this matter. You guys should take a good rest first. There will definitely be more tiring things waiting for you later."

"Well, we will work harder next time!"

Xier also smiled.

"Yeah...yes...yeah..."

"Eh?"

Hearing Bai Xing's mumbling behind her, Xier turned around and found that Bai Xing was mumbling something with his head down, as if he was thinking about something.

And since returning to the base, Shirahoshi seemed like a different person. He seemed to be rather silent and no longer as lively as before.

"what happened to you?"

Xier looked at Baixing with some concern and asked.

"Strange... that aura... huh? What?"

Bai Xing was still mumbling something until Xier got close to her face and then she reacted. After pausing for two seconds, she suddenly leaned back and covered her nose tightly with both hands.

“It’s so so so close!”

Bai Xing stuttered as he looked at Xier and his face suddenly turned red.

"What's too close?"

Xier looked at Bai Xing curiously, not understanding what was going on.

"No...nothing!"

Bai Xing took a deep breath, then quickly took out a handkerchief, wiped his nose with it, and then stuffed the handkerchief back into his arms. The whole action took only about half a second.

"Eh?"

"Nothing. That's right! Aren't we going to the room? Let's go! Hahahahahahahaha."

(How could there be nothing? Just at that moment! My heart almost stopped! It was so cute!! And it was so close!!)

Shirahoshi smiled as he walked stiffly towards the room.

"But... that's..."

Xier had just stretched out her hand halfway when she heard a cry of "Ah!" and Bai Xing had already fallen down along the railing.

"...A cliff..."

It wasn't until a plop sounded that the rest of Xier's words slowly came through.

"Hey!!!! The fifth leader!!!"

The captain of the investigation team on the other side exclaimed and ran quickly to the railing.

"It's okay, don't worry. She'll be up soon."

Xier shook her head helplessly, as if she was used to this kind of thing.

"Ah! But..."

The captain of the investigation team seemed to want to say something, but before he could finish his words, a swift figure rose from the ground below and whooshed to his side.

"Wow, it feels so cool." Bai Xing said as he lifted his wet hair.

"What do you mean it's so cool! You fell from such a high place, I thought you were going to die!"

The captain of the investigation team was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out of his head. That was a cliff, more than 30 meters high. If you fell down, even the water surface would be almost the same as the land.

"Stupid tape! As long as there's water underneath, it won't matter how high it is!"

Shirahoshi gave a thumbs up and showed a rather bright smile (refer to Might Guy).

"Fool!"

Unable to bear it any longer, Xier walked up to Bai Xing and stabbed her with a knife.

"Don't give others a strange impression."

Xier said helplessly that although Bai Xing had extraordinary abilities and physical fitness comparable to that of an ancient dragon, she was extremely lacking in common sense and always regarded things that only she could do as common sense.

However, Xier saw the captain of the investigation team nodded thoughtfully and said in a deep voice: "I see, in this case, the commander-in-chief might also be able to do so..."

(You won’t believe it…)

Xier covered her face. Could it be that in this day and age, people would believe such words...

After the little episode, the captain of the investigation team brought the two to their room, which was a two-person room converted from a cabin. There were two small wooden windows on both sides of the room, and a table on each side.

A large box is placed in the middle of the room, where the hunter's equipment is stored, and next to the box is a row of weapon racks. However, hunters usually use only one weapon, so one is enough. But Shirahoshi is different. She will choose different weapons according to different needs, so this should be specially equipped for her.

"Meow!"

A Felyne cat was standing next to a box, sorting something. When it saw someone coming in, it jumped up happily.

"What is this?" Xier stroked the Feline curiously. Neither she nor Shirahoshi had any Feline companions, so what was this Feline?

"This is your butler. If you need anything, just tell him. He will be here during the day."

As if noting Xier's confusion, the investigation team leader explained.

This can be considered a privilege given to Xier and the others. Other hunters do not receive such good treatment.

"Oh I got it……"

Xier nodded. Although she didn't have a Felynx companion, it didn't stop her from liking Felynx. In fact, she also wanted to have her own Felynx companion. But... she would leave eventually, and this extra bond might only make her more reluctant to leave.

"Okay, this is your room. If you need any help, just come to me. I'm leaving now."

"Goodbye."

The captain of the investigation team waved his hand and left. It was not convenient for a man like him to stay in the double room for too long.

'Click'

Xier gently untied her weapon and placed it on the weapon rack beside her. Looking at her weapon that was still as shiny as new, Xier couldn't help but recall the scenes of the previous battle.

Xier has been using this weapon made by Meiya herself. She doesn't know what it is made of, but she knows it is a white spike. However, during this battle, Xier found that her weapon seemed a little unusual. She didn't find anything unusual when she fought in the old continent before.

But when she came to the New World, after two battles, Xier suddenly discovered that her weapon had changed. It was not a change in appearance or strength, but a deeper change inside the weapon.

"That feeling..."

Xier clenched her hands gently, recalling the feeling at that time.

At that time, she and Shirahoshi had just tracked down the mutated giant thief dragon. Shirahoshi, a physical monster, was naturally fine, but Xier was different. After a period of tracking, her physical strength had reached the point of exhaustion.

But later, when fighting with the mutated giant thief dragon, Xier's physical strength gradually recovered, and as her attacks on the giant thief dragon became more and more fierce, her physical strength recovered faster. By the time the giant thief dragon fell, her physical strength was completely restored, and even some minor wounds completely disappeared.

Xier didn't feel anything at the time, but now that she thinks about it, it's definitely because of the weapon. Not only that, Xier felt that when her weapon chopped the Great Thief Dragon, it seemed to be strengthening itself, not only did the cutting power not decrease, but it even became sharper.

However, these changes did not exist in the Old World, which means that the weapon reacted to the New World.

(Master Meiya... who are you...?)

Xier couldn't help but think of one of the reasons that prompted her to come to the New World.

(I really hope to meet you soon...)

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On the other side, Bai Xing also calmed down for a rare time and sat motionless beside the bed.

She was thinking, thinking about what she had seen before.

Shirahoshi's perception is usually closed. Only when she actively opens it will this perception of energy be completely released, exposing all the energy in front of her, so that everything hidden in front of her has nowhere to hide.

But when she used her perception to accidentally scan Xier, she found that there were three different energies in Xier's body.

This was very wrong, one of the powers that Seele could normally feel was white.

The other two are mutually suppressive, one is black and the other is red.

If her perception was correct, the white and black energies were a pair of homologous energies that restrained each other yet promoted each other, and both belonged to Xier's power.

However, the red power was external, and the source of the energy was the necklace Xier was wearing. The necklace was constantly absorbing the black power, causing the two energies in Xier to be out of balance. And although the source of that energy was unfamiliar, Bai Xing knew that it was the energy of an ancient dragon, an ancient dragon she had never encountered before.

But it was strange, she always felt that she had seen that energy somewhere, and it felt very familiar, just like a neighbor next door to her home. The feeling was quite subtle, and Bai Xing couldn't figure it out.

(Xier said that the necklace was given to her by her master. It seems that her master also came to the New World, right...)