klisemfg Chapter 365 Owlbear
Chapter 365 Owlbear
Meanwhile, Lilith finally had today's dinner.
"Ugh—" Lilith took a bite of porcupine meat and immediately made an indecent sound. The meat tasted so weird!
"It tastes terrible!" Lilith complained immediately, "I told you not to eat it. Didn't you shave the poisonous part cleanly?"
"Aiya, you nobles are just hard to please!" Lucas refused to admit that he had made a dark dish, and took a big bite himself, "If you are afraid of poison, can't you eat it with the antidote?"
"Don't call me if you see a villain in front of you later. It's your Father God who is calling you." Lilith sneered, pushed the unpalatable meat aside, and began to take food out of the ring to share with other people. But when she handed it to Bobby, she found that the boy was in a daze again.
"Hey, what are you daydreaming about?" Lilith waved the long piece of hard bread in front of him.
Bobby finally came back to his senses. He took the bread and looked at Lucas.
"You also think my barbecue tastes better than bread, right?" Lucas bared his white teeth at him.
"Tell us about the sea, Lucas." Bobby didn't answer his question.
"Well, but I haven't seen it—" All Lucas's knowledge of the ocean came from what his parents and fellow countrymen told him.
"The story of the whale fall is very interesting. Is there anything else?" Lulu also joined the topic.
"That's just the fate of all sea creatures, nothing special—" Lucas shrugged disapprovingly.
"Mermaids too?" Bobby demanded.
"Well, yes, not only them, but also us sea dwellers, once our final resting place was the sea. After we die, we will be buried at sea, using our remains to repay the ocean for its nourishment."
Lilith looked at Bobby and blinked, vaguely understanding what Bobby meant...
"You also heard what that senior said. Shadow Locke's corpse gave back to this land and nurtured countless creatures. These monsters ate the flesh and blood of the dragon, allowing themselves to evolve, becoming stronger and faster..." Bobby spoke slowly, fearing that his train of thought would be interrupted.
"Those void beasts...they look different from what was described in the holy war stories. They have fish tails. Do you think they have evolved?"
The rest of the conversation faded away, and everyone stopped eating and looked at the two of them.
"How could that be? Then what do they eat--" Lucas subconsciously shook his head to deny it, but he suddenly froze in the middle of his words and his face turned pale.
——Ozler, or the entire Gaia Empire, has not had any legends about mermaids for many years. When people realized this, they seemed to have disappeared for many, many years.
There was dead silence around the fire, except for the chirping of insects in the forest.
Gaia's southernmost region was humid and hot in this season, but Lilith shuddered at this speculation.
Ian reached out and patted Lucas, who looked dazed, to bring him back to his senses.
"It's just an unfounded guess. Don't scare yourself." Ian's voice was low and steady, reassuring, and Lucas felt his raging heartbeat slowly calm down.
"Yeah... I'm just using my imagination, just like when we played turtle soup before." Lilith also quickly responded, "Don't let yourself lose sleep. If you want to keep watch, just say so."
The others responded one after another, and everyone tried hard to adjust the atmosphere and finally finished the dinner.
There is no nightlife in the wild, so the best option is to go to bed at sunset and stay in a safe area when it gets dark. Lilith sorted out today's harvest with everyone, cleaned up the bloodstains nearby, checked the rainbow wall again, and then everyone went to sleep.
A dreamless night.
The rainbow wall of light flashed several times in succession and finally shattered silently. The area blocked by the light curtain was empty. Lilith and the others had already dressed and continued to move south along a stream.
——It’s still a “lively” trip.
They had just dealt with a few giant centipedes that tried to ambush them, and were still howling as they dealt with the acidic venom sprayed by the centipedes when they disturbed an owlbear that came to the stream to drink water.
The huge owlbear had an owl-like head but a bear-like body. When it saw the humans by the river, its fur stood up and it roared as it rushed across the stream towards them.
"Isn't this too frequent?" Lucas wailed as he dodged to the side while continuing to pour the powder on himself. "Do we really not need to team up with the seniors?"
"I admit that I was a little pretentious yesterday--" Bobby protected Hannah and took the first step. However, the owlbear had thick skin and the sword only caused it to lose some hair, but it really angered it. It was originally rushing towards Lucas, but turned around and slapped Bobby, sending him flying into a tree.
Bobby groaned and couldn't get up for a long time.
"Oh, high attack and high defense." Lilith muttered.
She slashed her sword, flames ignited all the way, and she began to run faster, grabbing onto the branches to gain leverage and leaping into the air, jumping directly onto the owl bear.
"Swish--" The sword tip, with scorching heat, pierced directly into the owl bear's thick fur, making a hissing sound like a branding iron. The owl bear cried out in pain and began to twist wildly, trying to throw Lilith off.
Blood gushed out from the bloodletting groove on the sword blade and splashed all over Lilith's face, but the damage was still not enough to kill this tough, thick-skinned and tenacious guy. Lilith was thrown off the bear's back and retreated several times before she could stand firm.
The moment she leaped away, an ominous black light shot straight towards the owlbear. Although it did not cause any external injuries or confine it, the owlbear's movements slowed down. It panted, howled and rushed a few steps in the direction of the black light, but fell down before it could touch the caster.
Lilith looked in that direction with some surprise—it was Hannah.
"Yes, it's the withering technique... I succeeded!" Hannah looked at her hands, a little excited.
"It's still alive." Ian carefully turned the owlbear over. It was still breathing slightly.
"Withering will drain its moisture and vitality, so it won't be that fast..." Hannah, who is friendly with dark elements, has now begun to delve deeply into necromancy. Most necromancy is evil. As she spoke, she twisted her fingers uncomfortably.
"Teacher Luna is giving you some special treatment. I'm so jealous! This magic is so cool, Hannah!"
Lilith jumped over and hugged her, dispelling her worries. "There is no good or evil in magic. It all depends on the person who uses it. Our Hannah will be the most powerful and wisest necromancer!"
"You guys really don't mind? I might even get some bones or something-" Hannah blushed.
"Then we will definitely help you shave the most beautiful skull! What kind do you want?" Lilith patted the sword at her waist proudly, but missed.
"Eh--?"
Lilith lowered her head in a daze. Her waist was empty. What was even more terrifying was that a small black pool of unknown substance appeared at her feet. A hand stretched out from it, grabbing her cold steel and slowly retreating into the lightless darkness.
"I'm super——!"