Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

"There is one more."

Aisha reminded.

Vivian then discovered that there was a humanoid monster in front of them, with only a skeleton left, dragging its stiff body and limping towards them. It seemed that this was the real owner of the tomb, but it should have been sleeping forever, but it "woken up" because of the magic element.

"Vivian, do you want to try? You've never fought a dead monster before, right?"

Aisha looked at Vivian and said.

This low-level monster wasn't very powerful. It was Vivian's first time dealing with an undead monster, so it was perfect for her to practice with.

Vivian looked at the dead monster without showing any fear, more like she was observing.

"Please let me try..."

Elsa simply stepped aside. She kept looking in Vivian's direction. Although Elsa didn't think Vivian, who could kill the troll, would be in any danger, she still wanted to be prepared for any accidents.

The monster staggered, looked at Elsa, then looked at Vivian, growled, and pounced again. Vivian also gripped her weapon tightly at this time - Elsa suddenly found that Vivian's aura changed.

As the monster approached, a glimmer slowly ignited in Vivian's eyes. She did not retreat, but stared at the monster closely, while quickly uttering a few short and obscure syllables from her mouth. The moment the monster pounced on her, she swung her staff violently.

With a loud bang, an invisible and huge force threw the monster away and hit it heavily on the rock.

“Ice Spike!!”

Vivian had prepared her next magic spell without her knowing. Sharp ice cones appeared in the air and suddenly stabbed at the monster.

It was the first time that Elsa saw a wizard who could prepare two spells at the same time. She couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, and at the same time stepped on a corpse crawling out of the cave behind her and crushed its head.

At this moment, the monster, completely unable to dodge, was easily pierced through and firmly pinned to the rock wall. Vivian's hands did not stop. She pulled a potion from her waist and threw it forcefully in the direction of the monster, chanting a few short, obscure syllables and swinging her staff in the monster's direction.

The spark on the tip of the staff flashed by and shattered the potion bottle. In an instant, a violent flame erupted and completely engulfed the monster's figure in a jet-like manner. The bright and hot flames and the hot current that rushed towards her face, the gust of wind picked up Vivian's hair. She did not stop chanting the spell, and the staff in her hand carved out an intricate magic circle. With a loud roar, muffled thunder sounded, and the fierce lightning illuminated the entire underground space. A crackling sound pierced the air.

The charred corpse of the monster was directly shattered by the lightning, and there were still some flames on it. Vivian took out a bottle of kerosene and threw it directly on it. In the blink of an eye, the corpse was covered by raging flames.

Elsa stood aside and watched Vivian's battle, feeling indescribably strange in her heart.

After entering the battle, Vivian was like a completely different person. Her moves were efficient, decisive, and impeccable. Her magical skills were also very proficient. Each attack was precise and deadly, and the chain of attacks was so powerful that it was difficult to resist. Even among the silver-level adventurers, Vivian should be ranked among the most famous and well-known ones.

It was clear that Vivian had accumulated considerable combat experience. Although it was her first time fighting a dead monster, her response was textbook-standard and impeccable. As a candidate for the Holy Nun, it was not surprising that she could achieve this level.

However, Vivian is too introverted and seems to lack confidence.

The huge gap between her strength and her personality gave Elsa a strong sense of disconnection.

"Elsa...I knocked it down!"

Vivian seemed to be relieved. She turned around and smiled at Elsa with pursed lips. There was a hint of excitement in her eyes as if she had achieved something. She looked like a child who had done a good deed and was looking forward to being praised. There was no trace of the fierceness she had shown in the battle just now on her face.

Elsa walked up.

"How does it feel to fight the undead for the first time?"

"It's okay...it's no different from what's described in the book..."

There was never a pause when chanting the spell, but when it came time to speak, Vivian couldn't help but get tongue-tied, which made Aisha laugh.

"Elsa...why are you laughing?" Vivian blinked.

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38. Goblin Corpse

"Let's collect all these magic ores."

Elsa pointed to the piles of magic ore in the tomb.

"You can sell these things yourself, or you can exchange them for points from the guild. Points are essential for advancing to the next level as an adventurer."

As she spoke, Elsa grasped a piece of magic ore as thick as her thigh with one hand. With a crisp sound, her fingers actually embedded into the solid surface with a click. She directly broke off the magic ore like pulling a mushroom, and Elsa threw it into the space ring without even looking at it.

Vivian was stunned again by this scene. She also tried to grab a piece of magic ore, which was only as thick as her forearm, but she couldn't bend it even after using one or both hands.

As a last resort, she had to give up this simple but extremely rough method and instead took out the mattock that she had prepared long ago. After a few clangs, she finally removed a piece of ore. Vivian looked up and saw that Elsa had already emptied half of the tomb.

"Ai, Aisha, you're amazing..."

Vivian exclaimed.

"It's a pity that there are only magic ores but no monsters here."

Elsa Vaner Raceway.

Large piles of magic ore filled up the space equipment of both Elsa and Vivian, but the magic elements here seemed to have formed a cycle. Instead of flowing up from below, it seemed to be locked here by something. This made Elsa's perception of magic elements become strange.

Elsa gave more than half of the collected magic ore to Vivian because her ring could not hold so much.

"Let's see if we can find the second floor today."

Elsa said, retracing her steps to find the next cave entrance.

Vivian put away her mattock, replaced it with a staff, and hurried after him.

Underground palaces are generally divided into multiple layers - like stacked vesicles. The deeper you go and the closer you get to the earth veins, the higher the concentration of magic elements will be.

In shallow areas, there are few monsters and they are very weak, and magic ores are also very limited. In deeper areas, the types and numbers of monsters will suddenly become numerous, and even some difficult evolved species will appear. However, relatively speaking, things in deeper areas are also more valuable.

Occasionally, they would encounter monsters on the way forward, and Vivian would be given the opportunity to practice fighting them. At the same time, Elsa would also explain some of the monsters' characteristics to Vivian.

They also encountered a short, incredibly fast corpse monster that seemed to be formed from the corpses of goblins.

"I remember this was a cemetery where the remains of those who died in the war were buried. Why would a goblin's body appear in such a place?"

Elsa squatted down and observed the monster's corpse. The originally green skin had rotted away to the point where the color could no longer be seen.

Goblins are a very common type of monster, and a very rare species of monster that exists in groups. An ordinary adult goblin is only the size of a human child, but some goblins can continue to grow and become higher-level monsters such as trolls or goblin wizards, gaining considerable power.

"I can't tell the cause of death, but it's obvious it's been dead for at least two weeks—the body has been rotting and bloating, and it's only because of the magic that it's become what it is now."

It seems that either it was killed by other monsters while digging a hole here, or it was attracted here by the accumulated magic energy.

For goblins, the former is more likely.

but……

Elsa frowned slightly, feeling something was wrong but unable to put her finger on it. Meanwhile, Vivian searched with a torch and cast an illumination spell.

"Elsa! It looks like there's a way out here~"

Elsa came to Vivian's side. There was indeed a road ahead, connected to a cave. It was not big, and the terrain was extremely uneven. The rugged rocks rose and fell, and the huge and thick tree roots expanded and arched, forming a unique landform.

"This is probably where the leyline's 'gum' formed, just like the root knot disease in trees - this happens when there's a problem with the leyline."

Aisha said.

"But the magic here is also very rich. Let's go in and take a look."

As she was about to move forward, Elsa heard a dull vibration sound slowly coming from under her feet. Elsa stopped and called out to Vivian.

"Wait, don't go forward yet."

As soon as the words fell, the ground in front of Vivian suddenly made a dull sound. Vivian clearly felt the vibration of the ground. Then, cracks quickly appeared on the surface of the rock and spread out. In just a breath, the entire ground was covered. Vivian raised her eyebrows, and before she could withdraw her feet, the rock under her feet suddenly collapsed.

The feeling of weightlessness suddenly hit me.

"——!?"

"Vivian!"

Elsa quickly reached out and grabbed Vivian's arm. With a scream, Vivian almost pounced on Elsa.

Fortunately, she managed to keep her balance and only bumped into Elsa's chest, the soft touch squeezing her arms.

Elsa pulled Vivian back a few steps. At this time, there was a loud roar, which was particularly harsh in the enclosed space. Vivian looked back and saw that the ground of the cave was crumbling inch by inch and completely sank into a bottomless pit.

The smell of dust filled the air, and bits of stone and dust were still falling.

"The 'tumor' here is still expanding," Aisha said, "It's better to be careful."

"Thanks……"

Vivian didn't let go of Aisha's hand.

"When a collapse occurs, it will connect to the space below. If someone unlucky enough falls down, it could be very dangerous, because there are likely many monsters gathered below - wait...?"

Elsa's nose twitched, and she quickly turned around and covered Vivian's mouth and nose, scaring Vivian.

"Don't breathe! It seems like this place hasn't been purified yet. Miasma is rising... It's strange. How could the Magician Corps have missed it..."

Vivian quickly held her breath.

She opened her eyes wide again and looked at Elsa, pointing at her nose and humming a few times.

"Don't worry about me. I'm in good health and can resist the miasma."

"Well??"

Vivian showed a stunned expression.

If she could see Elsa's panel, she would find that Elsa's health value had been fluctuating between 99999→99998→99999 at an extremely fast speed, jumping more than ten times every second, but never reaching 99997.

Such miasma poses no threat to Elsa at all.

But for most people, if they don't have unique magic or a strong physique, it's easy for the miasma to take advantage of them and even endanger their lives. Vivian can't breathe freely against the miasma like Elsa.

"Wait for me here, I'll go take a look and be back soon."

Elsa walked towards the collapsed area and looked down into the dark cave. At first glance, Elsa frowned.

The smell of blood and decay, wrapped in miasma, hit Elsa's nose. She saw that there was a dark, huge space below. The falling rocks smashed the monsters below into a bloody mess, but there were still countless black shadows of monsters wandering below. What was strange was that those monsters seemed very sluggish. The falling rocks killed a large number of monsters, but the monsters next to them did not hide at all, and did not even take a second look.

This is……?

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39. Sarcoma

Elsa threw the torch downwards.

The light of the flame quickly sank into the cave under Elsa's gaze. The ball of light fell into the depths of the cave, just like a spark sinking to the bottom of the sea. The light was immediately swallowed up by the huge darkness and could not even serve as a lighting purpose. Elsa only heard a series of shrieks coming from underground - the monsters seemed to be startled by the torches.

Elsa frowned, looked down a little harder, and saw the scene below clearly.

Thousands of monsters surged like a tide, beating against the rock walls on both sides like waves, trying to climb up - Elsa squinted her eyes, she saw that among these monsters there were a large number of corpses, many of them were goblins, some were humans, and more were a kind of grotesque monsters made of rotten flesh and skeletons.

Being stared at by thousands of eyes at the same time, Elsa couldn't help but frown slightly.

It's really scary.

She calculated in her heart -

As a mage, Vivian can hold her breath for about half a minute. If she holds her breath for too long, she risks inhaling miasma.

If you want to eliminate all these monsters within half a minute, you may accidentally break through the underground palace. But if you want to be more careful, it will take more than a minute to solve them all.

There is no need to choose.

Elsa turned around and left without even looking at the monster at the bottom of the cave, grabbing Vivian by the waist and holding her horizontally in front of her.

"Hmm?"

Vivian's eyes widened.

Why was he suddenly being held like this? He looked at Elsa's profile so close, felt the warmth suddenly filling his waist and chest, and almost inhaled the miasma.

"Let me put you in place first."

Elsa spoke, and the next moment, Vivian felt a massive force lift her dozens of meters away in the blink of an eye, the collapsed cave immediately falling behind her. She quickly left the miasma-filled area until she could see the goddess statue. This was directly behind the catacombs, and from here, she could see the massive cross behind the statue.

Vivian finally took a breath, breathing deeply, but her face immediately turned red - she was still curled up on Elsa, and at such a close distance, she could almost smell the fragrance coming from Elsa's body clearly, and because she was not careful, her hands were always tightly pressed against Elsa's chest. She didn't dare to move at all, for fear that Elsa would notice.

"Wait here for a moment."

Elsa naturally didn't know Vivian's embarrassment. She put Vivian down and ran back.

When she returned to the cave entrance again, Elsa could feel the miasma coming towards her, but it was nothing to her. She jumped lightly and jumped into the dark cave.

Bang.

The feeling of landing on solid ground was accompanied by a deafening roar. As soon as Elsa landed, a huge black shadow that was three meters tall pounced on her.