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

Li Ang shrugged: "Maybe it's just fate that has different paths leading to the same destination?"

"Is that airship critical?" Zoe asked.

"It has something to do with my rescue of that dragon witch sister. Only by flying an airship can I search the entire island."

"I see," Zoe nodded seriously. "We can even win a prize to help us build a boat. Dorothy's boat is too small."

"I'm so sorry," the half-elf said angrily.

"They've taken someone's child and destroyed their freedom. Why don't they just go and try King Platinum?" Alulu asked with a tense expression. As a paladin, after hearing what had just happened, she didn't even bother to find a reason; she was already ready to charge into the Platinum Palace, weapon in hand.

"Taking his life is a small matter."

Dorothy took over the conversation: "But if you don't know who you are, it's like being drowned in water forever. You can't drown, but you can't catch any air, and you'll be tormented forever."

Entering the wilderness against the wind and sand, the four of them stopped on a Gobi desert with large rocks.

Alulu put down her hammer shield, carried a bunch of armor and walked behind the rock to replace them.

Zoe looked at her back and said, "How come you're suddenly dressed better than us?"

Li Ang said, "This is just a temporary fix. Later, I will make you two sets of matching extraordinary equipment."

"Well, later I will too..." The chestnut-haired girl said something, her voice getting smaller and smaller, but her eyes became gradually firmer.

“It’s so cool!”

Alulu ran out of the rock and jumped happily on the spot.

Although the pair of vertical legs were now less affected by the earth's gravity, they still caused a stir.

To be precise, although it is not as shocking as the previous surging waves, it is more enjoyable to watch.

The wind element shield of the level 4 breastplate continuously brought cool breeze to the girl from the Ox-Horn tribe. This different experience made her young face full of smiles.

"Alright, you guys will fight the next monsters on your own. I'll be back here for you before dinner. We have no shortage of materials now, so kill as many as you want."

Leon said, "I'm going to ask that Fukat to find out what conspiracy is behind the Glittering Fields."

Zoe nodded affirmatively, and Dorothy, unusually, didn't say a word of complaint.

Instead, Alulu suddenly ran to Li Ang.

She was probably not used to talking to people close to each other, and she didn't manage the distance well, so her horrifying softness directly cushioned his lower abdomen, and her divine power directly knocked him to the ground.

"What's going on?" Dorothy exclaimed.

"Ouch, I'm sorry!"

Alulu pulled Li Ang up with tears in her eyes.

"I, what I want to say is..."

The girl from the Ox Horn tribe spoke seriously, word for word, in a baby voice: "The equipment that Brother Li Ang made for me is actually far more than the reward for participating in the hunt, right? They are so different from what I used to wear. Even if I fought with you all these days, I still can't pay them back.

"The rules say you can't just accept gifts, but I figured it out after I put on the gear."

Her face flushed, at least she really liked the breastplate, after all, she was only fifteen years old.

"So, I—"

Leon heard Zoe and Dorothy's breathing behind him suddenly become tense and rapid.

"—I will do my duty as a guard! As long as I'm here, Zoe and Sister Dorothy won't get hurt!"

Alulu smiled innocently.

Zoe and Dorothy breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Ang gave them some instructions, said goodbye to them, and walked towards Mott's meeting point.

Zoe looked at it for a long time before looking away.

The three girls walked forward on the gravel next to them. Li Ang told them to only walk along the solid ground today and not to go to the area covered with pure yellow sand.

The howling wind blew up sand, and a group of monsters appeared behind a sand dune.

They were a group of wild fire dogs, level 3 fire-attribute monsters. Their fur looked as if it had been burned, scorching and smoldering.

The wildfire dogs howled and rushed down the hillside like rolling balls of fire.

Alulu ran to the front with a shield and casually swatted a "fireball" away. The fireball rolled to the side wailing.

Another wildfire dog tried to leap over the pink-haired girl to attack the two behind her, but Alulu swung her giant hammer, the spikes on the front of the hammer shattering its bones. The sweep of the hammer handle also repelled the two that were about to charge.

But there were too many fire dogs, and they continued to cross the top of the sand dunes, just like the wildfire was spreading endlessly.

A much larger wildfire dog climbed up the sand dune. Its entire head was completely deformed, with its eyes festering and oozing pus. Next to the wound, a pair of completely different eyes grew.

The new yellow eye actually has a vertical pupil inside, and red scales are growing around it.

"Be careful," Dorothy warned, "that's the same dragon-like monster from the day before yesterday."

"Ouch——!"

The dragon-transformed wild fire dog roared loudly and spewed out a huge fireball, which flew towards the three people with the sound of fierce burning flames.

Alulu retreated hurriedly, wanting to use her shield to withstand the attack for both of them.

Zoe raised her hand, and a burst of ice mist emerged in her palm. They quickly condensed into several ice cones and shot towards the fireball at a rapid speed.

The flying fireball was disintegrated by the ice cone in the air, splitting into balls of flame that fell around.

However, these fires were somewhat magical. Like liquids, they not only did not go out, but were also flowing slowly, expanding the fire.

"Here! Let's get out of this fire!" said Dorothy.

"It's okay, leave it to me."

Zoe took a step forward, a beautiful icy blue gem in her palm.

Starlight gathered and flowed over her body. Her hair was noticeably curly and longer, and the chestnut color was dyed a dark blue.

The starlight transformed her clothing into a dark blue fur shorts and a collarbone with a pearl necklace.

A thick dark blue mane appeared behind it, and a pair of pointed blue animal ears stood on the top of its head.

A red rune started from her cheeks and began to be written on the skin like a tattoo, along her neck, around her shoulders, around her arms, along both sides of her spine, to the sides of her thighs, and ended in a circle at her ankles.

When the rune was written, a dim red light flickered in it.

Zoe raised her hand, and her slender hand with long nails firmly grasped the Sword of Breath of Wind. Ice condensed on the blade.

The girl in a new look lightly swung her sword, and the icy air dissipated violently. The surrounding liquid flames were instantly extinguished, leaving only some traces that looked like oil stains.

"When...did you master this..." Dorothy stared at Zoe who had transformed into an ice wolf.

“Right now, I’ve been working on it before.”

Zoe raised her left hand, and several ice blades condensed from absorbed water elements shot out at high speed, repelling the rushing wildfire dogs.

“Because of Leon, I am who I am today.

"I want to stand by his side and cannot stand still. If he needs me to get stronger, I will definitely get stronger. I will keep moving forward until I can stand shoulder to shoulder with him."

As Zoe spoke every word, the temperature around them dropped lower and lower until snowflakes began to flutter.

Are you working hard... I also...

Dorothy looked at the palm of her hand, where the sacred fire, ignited by magic, wavered in the frost and snow.

Zoe chuckled, the power of the Frost Wolf now merged with her. She growled like a wolf at the beasts, scaring away a row of wildfire hounds that were about to charge.

Frost spread wildly around the girl, and winter descended on the scorching desert in an instant.

101. Testing Spiritual Depth Manipulation

The wind roared across the silver sand plain, breaking the silence.

A rock mountain suddenly disintegrated, and sharp claws and bloody mouths stretched out from the shaken sand and gravel, grabbing passers-by in front.

Li Ang took light and regular steps and quickly withdrew from the attack range. His brown and yellow heavy claws, more than one meter long, dug three deep grooves in the sand.

"Roar--!"

The monster roared towards the sky, and the huge roar formed a sonic attack, enough to shock creatures with fragile eardrums.

Seeing it raise its head, Li Ang had already withdrawn from the range.

He did not use the wind element to propel himself, but relied purely on his own pace.

This swift pace comes from the Swordsman class's Level 3 skill [Sword Dance].

[Skill: Sword Dance Step]

[Activation method: Passive]

[Skilled swordsmen dance across the battlefield]

On the journey to Frost Sky Island, he had accumulated more than half of his experience. On the way to the Glittering Fields, he had accumulated enough experience to become a rank 3 swordsman.

His current swordsman profession has a total of 6 skills: sword slash, morale boost, suppression slash, counterattack slash, sword dance steps, and steady swordsmanship.

Based on past experience, Leon believes that these are all the skills that a Newbiss swordsman can master at level 3.

Judging from the number alone, there are more than a 7th-level veteran swordsman like Mott, but that guy's [Master Swordsmanship] probably covers a lot of things in it, which Leon cannot compare with at the moment.

The monster that suddenly appeared before him was at level 4. Judging from its appearance, it was originally a giant land crocodile, but its body had changed due to its transformation into a dragon.

Giant Land Crocodile [Dragonization]

A powerful monster that lives in many places. It resembles a small rock when asleep, but becomes ferocious when awake. It walks semi-upright, using its extremely enlarged forelimbs to support itself. When attacking, its powerful hind limbs and tail help it charge at high speed, then crush its enemies with its powerful front claws.

[Species: Sub-dragon]

【Battle Wisdom: Level 4】

Servant: None

[Energy Source: Dragon Blood Crystal [Consumption], Level 7]

[Body Strength: Crocodile Hard Scale, Level 4. Stone Crushing Claws, Level 4. Brute Force Tail, Level 4.]

【Special Attack: Rolling Charge】

[Skills: Earth Affinity, Terrain Destruction, Brute Force, Dragon Blood Enhancement]

[Combat Power Increase: 35%]

Perhaps because the land crocodile is also considered a sub-dragon, the dragonization is very obvious on it. The entire crocodile's head becomes very similar to that of a dragon, with dark red scales arranged in an orderly manner. The only abnormality is that there are more eyes.

There are three pairs of dark yellow pupils arranged horizontally on both sides of the dragon-shaped land crocodile's head.

Leon could easily kill it with the Silver Blade. He just wanted to test what it was like to fight as a swordsman.

The land crocodile's front claws covered with dragon scales swept over one after another, and Li Ang slid to avoid them, as if dancing on the sand.

The attacks became more and more violent, gradually covering his evasive defense.

Li Ang immediately drew his sword from his waist, and when the tip of the claws was about to hit him, he blocked it and deflected his body.

The blocking force was not strong enough, so he used his waist to strike with his sword.

The Silver Heart Sword instantly cut off the land crocodile's claws, and dirty blood splattered.

The giant land crocodile was about eight meters long, with forelimbs four meters long, and its attack range was very wide. The swordsman consciousness in Leon's mind told him that even if he could dodge flexibly, he would still be hit by its violent attack, so he used a counterattack.

The land crocodile seemed to feel no pain and did not become stiff. Instead, it attacked even more violently.

"This dragon transformation is really exaggerated."

Li Ang slashed forward continuously, and the silver light of the sword left the blade as he slashed, turning into crescent-shaped arcs forward, splitting the dragon-transformed land crocodile into countless pieces.

The filthy blood exploded in the air, like a bloody rain.

After experiencing the swordsman's fighting style, I decided not to bother with it. It's a bit difficult to rely on pure level 3 skills without protective gear.

The dirty blood containing dragon power was absorbed by the sand. Leon saw some small insects that were originally hiding under the sand crawling out of the ground. They raised their pincers excitedly, as if they also thought they were dragons.

Leon frowned and headed towards the agreed place with Mott.

There's no one here. We'll deal with the crocodile materials later.

The agreed meeting place was a rocky mountain, not far away from which was a dying oasis with dried-up waterways.

Li Ang blew the bone whistle that Mort gave him. Soon, a young man with blue hair and animal ears appeared and took him to a cave.

As soon as we arrived at the cave entrance, we smelled a strong smell of blood. Fukart's hands and feet were tied, and he was lying in the cave. There were some dried bloodstains around him.