Quit the team, then picked up a beautiful girl with problems

After telling the story of the Sword of Wind's Breath, Zoe drew out the dagger and examined it carefully, as if she was seeing it for the first time.

"Can it change back?"

"I need to ask the equipment craftsman who knows the most about it."

Maybe I’ll know after I level up my equipment manufacturing, Li Ang thought.

As we walked further, the outlines of the buildings in the distance became clearer.

It was a ruin with only half of its remains left, like some kind of temple that was cut in half by a knife. One half fell here and was covered by rocks, basically merging with the mountain wall.

The main body of the building is built of stone and has an ancient style, which gives Leon, who has visited many ruins, an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

In front of the two of them, two dark shadows emerged from behind the ruins.

29. Final Notes

This place is already outside the Scar of Storms, but there are still the remains of the giant snake nearby. Leon slowed down and took Zoe and the elemental beast to hide in the blind spot of the snake body mountain wall.

As the shadows approached, they revealed themselves to be two wasteland beasts.

No, those are no longer wasteland beasts. They have been completely changed by the power of the earth's core.

【Treasure Mine Beast】

[A monster that has grown closer to the earth by devouring precious ores and gems]

[Species: Wolf-type species]

【Battle Wisdom: Level 1】

Servant: None

Energy Source: None

[Body Strength: Gem Claws, Level 4. Mineral Fangs, Level 3. Mineral Skin, Level 3.]

[Special Attack: Sharp Cut]

[Skill: Sand Adaptation]

[Combat Power Increase: 0]

They still retain the low intelligence of the wasteland beasts, and judging by their habits, they must have become servants of the Star Soul.

Zoe held her breath, gathering strength in her body, and swayed slightly from side to side.

"Do you want to fight?" she asked softly.

"want."

"Ok!"

The girl lunged forward.

After taking a few steps, she stepped back and stuck out her tongue at Leon: "Um, are there any precautions when fighting these monsters? I almost forgot, hehe."

"……No."

"Then get on!"

The girl leaped out from her hiding place, holding a wind-type treasure in her hand. The wind that protected her body became her aid, propelling her to run so fast that she almost killed two evolved wasteland beasts by surprise.

They roared shrilly and spread out to the left and right, trying to surround Zoe.

Li Ang ordered the elemental beast to move out. This elemental creature covered in gems leaped forward, drawing a shining colorful arc, and stirred up a lot of smoke and dust when it landed. In the smoke and dust, a treasure mining beast was already pressed under it.

The Treasure Beast immediately tried to roll out of the suppression, and at the same time used its sharp claws and teeth to launch intensive attacks on the Elemental Beast.

However, although both are strengthened by the environment here, there is a qualitative difference between the two. Its sharp claws and fangs cannot hurt the gem armor at all, and can only make a teeth-grinding friction sound.

The girl took a step forward and attacked the other treasure beast with the wind sword technique.

The treasure beast rolled on the spot to avoid her horizontal slash, and jumped sideways to avoid the vertical slash, but the girl had not yet used up these moves. She had some strength left, followed up with light steps, and seized the opportunity to stab the treasure beast in the neck with a sword.

With a clang, its mineral-reinforced skin blocked the sword's attack, with the tip only penetrating the skin a little.

"besides!"

Zoe gave a delicate cry, and her agile body was in a perfect posture to exert force. She pressed the sword forward with both arms at the same time, driving the elemental energy of the Sword of Breath of Wind.

As the tip of the sword pierced through, wind blades burst out simultaneously, and the sound of cutting was mixed with the sound of rotten leather being torn and rocks being shattered. The wolf's neck was instantly pierced. It shook a few times, fell down, and died completely.

Leon looked at the crack behind the giant snake's head in the distance.

It is indeed a sword skill that has been passed down from generation to generation.

Under his leadership, the treasure mining beast that was suppressed by the elemental beast also had its neck bitten off by its ruthless giant mouth.

After killing two monsters, Zoe panted and sheathed her sword. She turned around and gave Leon a victory gesture. Then, she didn't know whether to praise him for remembering to stay calm, or blame him for not calming down.

"Oops~"

Zoe trotted over to Leon, whimpering and shaking his arm.

Being too close, and feeling the girl's lightness and breath, Li Ang felt like he was trapped in the clouds and quickly broke free from her coquettishness.

He rubbed his temples and thought to himself that he must not let her influence his judgment in even the slightest way.

After dealing with the treasure beasts and letting the elemental beasts separate the usable materials from them, the two continued to move towards the ruins.

As the stone outlines became clearer, Zoe suddenly asked, "What else does the note say?"

"Want to see it now?"

Li Ang was a little surprised. It was she who said she wanted to come to the ruins first, and when she reached the door, she wanted to look at her notes.

The girl nodded seriously, and he turned the page.

"April 293, 3

"With my departure date drawing near, I crafted a bunch of farm tools to give to the villagers, but the enchantments on them frightened them, and they thought they were weapons and tried to attack me. I then noticed that their tools were still very primitive.

"They were bothered by the noise we made during our battle with Star Soul and were quite hostile towards us.

"Lily was so angry that she went to scare them, which made them even more afraid of us."

After reading this, Zoe chuckled and said, "Mom really is more like a child than I am."

The notebook opens to the next one.

"April 293, 3

“Lily is heartless, but I’m worried that the villagers’ fear of us will turn into harm to Zoe after we leave.

"Lily wasn't worried at all. I wondered if she had cast some kind of mind spell on the villagers, but she just smiled and said nothing.

"Afterwards, Lily gave Zoe another hint, ensuring she would always remember our advice.

"When she grows up and becomes herself, she won't be bound by these suggestions anymore."

Leon looked up at the calm-looking girl next to him.

"nothing."

Zoe showed no emotion. She looked at the glass dome and said slowly, "These past few days, I've discovered that many of the things I thought about before were wrong. Then, suddenly, it seemed like a lot of things became clear to me.

"I still remember clearly what my parents told me, but I know how to make a choice now."

The girl looked at Li Ang with a flickering look in her eyes.

"This is all because of Leon's arrival."

"I just do what I feel is right."

"Well, I know."

Zoe took her father's notebook from Leon's hand, and her cardamom-colored fingertips, which were not completely covered by the heavy steel arm guard, brushed across the paper.

"The last page," she whispered.

"April 293, 3

“The time has come to leave the island.

"There's not much else to say. Although my life here has been short and simple, being with the one I love brings me a satisfaction I've never experienced in my life. This gives me the courage to fight again.

“The notes are in the basement. We told Zoe not to come in, but if she breaks the hint before we get back, she might find the notes.

"I don't know whether Zoe will face her fate alone after awakening, or whether fate will tease her and drag her on the arduous journey of awakening.

"Zoe, if you do see the notes, I just want to say this to you:

"sorry."

The notes are now just blank pages.

Zoe stared at the paper in a daze, then gently closed it.

The girl who had a childlike expression on her face a few days ago now has a complex and overlapping expression that has gradually settled into a calm one.

"After reading the notes, I now understand that everything they did was for me."

The girl held the notebook and said, "I suddenly really want to know where they went and what they encountered."

"Parents are like this sometimes. They will do a lot for their children," said Li Ang.

"So I don't hate them anymore. I understand what they mean to me."

The girl raised her eyes, and Leon was reflected in her ruby pupils.

"What's Dad's final guess about me? What do you think, Li Ang?"

“Neither.”

"hey-hey."

Zoe had an inexplicable smile on her face: "If Leon hadn't come, I can't imagine how I would have dealt with the matter of Star Soul and the Island Heart World.

"Why did you come down with me?"

why?

A while ago, Leon was still struggling with not getting involved in the affairs of the world's heroine, and then -

"Unconsciously..." Li Ang felt like he had forgotten about this question halfway through.

"Am I too shameless to pester you?"

Maybe. But Li Ang felt that he couldn't answer this question at this time.

"But, you being here, does that mean you're starting to like me?"

"Uh, cough, cough."

The girl looked up at the dazzling glazed sky with her arms outstretched.

“We are here together and I am happy.

"I can now tell my father that it's neither fate, because Li Ang appears in my destiny.

"I also understand how Li Ang is different from them."

Although the hollow center of the island was covered with various corundums, the red in the girl's eyes was deeper than any ruby here.

"They are my parents, but Li Ang is the one who will be my co-parent."

"Uh, wait a minute—"

The girl giggled, ran forward a few steps, turned back and pointed at the ruins not far away.

"Let's go and have a look."

She did not continue the topic, and the smile on the corners of her mouth and eyes slowly faded, as if she had treasured it up by herself and would pick it out again sometime.

30. The Creation Equation (Please Read It Again)

This is the problem girl.

Li Ang sighed and caught up with her.

Now, both of them came to the ruins.

The ancient temple built with megaliths has reliefs in many places, and some of the mysterious patterns may be lost texts.

The door was half open, and the inside seemed to be a hall. When the two walked up the steps in front of the hall, they saw that it was a room with various symbols carved on the walls.

Six concentric grooves were built into the floor of the room, with three straight grooves running through the center of each circle, dividing it into six equal parts. On the edge of the outermost circle, facing the straight grooves, six pillars were built - this should have been the original appearance of the room.