Chapter 38: Killing the Minotaur

[Gold and Silver Flower Team]

[Jian (Vice-Captain): Don’t worry, nothing will happen!]

Behind a protruding rock, a head of golden hair cautiously peeked out. 

Her finger quickly waved in front of her, and in an instant, another photo appeared on the adventurer panel.

[Jian (Vice-Captain): (Li Si discovered huge footprints.jpg)]

Jian looked at the photo with satisfaction. 

Although she didn’t know why, Li Si had let her guard down since morning. 

Originally, she couldn’t even take such ordinary photos, but now she could take as many as she wanted.

Jian finally came to her senses. 

The photos she could take before were definitely intentionally allowed by Li Si. 

That girl was definitely using her to record the good life!

So, Jian decided to break the routine.

She would take as many photos of Li Si when Li Si least expected her to appear!

This scheme was very successful.

Ever since Li Si entered the valley, the skill’s field of view had never been blocked again.

Jian couldn’t help humming.

This time, she would make sure the team members could no longer call her the “good life recorder”!

“Not good… she’s running too fast…”

Jian quickly trotted out.

That Li Si was just too fast; if she wasn’t careful, she’d run far away.

“As expected, a thousand meters is still too far… Unfortunately, my photography skill is too low; this is already the maximum focus!”

Jian stomped her foot in frustration and quickly gave chase.

However, tracking was far harder than she imagined.

She found that she not only had to hide from Li Si but also from the people around Li Si.

Otherwise, once discovered, all her efforts would be wasted but fortunately, she had bribed an insider.

With that insider’s help, she definitely wouldn’t be discovered.

A thousand meters away, a figure seemed to sense something.

A layer of blue water seeped from her body, quickly spreading in the air to form a big thumbs-up, frantically gesturing in this direction.

Jian was startled and quickly shrunk back behind the rock.

“Damn insider… almost got discovered…”

Jian calmed down, then peeked out again.

She was stunned to find no one in front.

She hurried to chase, but after turning around for a while, she couldn’t see a single person.

“Hey, hey, hey… no way… I… lost them?”

Jian’s lips trembled, and her shoulders couldn’t help shaking.

Suddenly, her ears moved, and her clean ear caught a faint vibration sound.

The sound came from the other side of a deep rock crevice.

Jian walked to the crevice, looked carefully, then pressed her ear against it and listened.

She became extremely excited.

No mistake.

On the other side of this crevice, there were intense battle sounds, and also the command voice that had become unusually familiar over the past two days.

Jian spread her arms and measured the crevice.

It was more like a narrow path that could just let her shoulders pass through.

She quickly turned sideways, took a deep breath to tighten her chest, and forcefully squeezed in.

Then, rubbing her chest, she slowly squeezed toward the other side.

She didn’t know how long she squeezed, until the battle sounds on the other side were almost over.

Jian finally saw that silver hair symbolizing hope.

‘Pfft! Not hope! It’s the target!’

Jian quickly adjusted her state and raised her hand to secretly take a photo.

Suddenly, her peripheral vision caught a huge minotaur that was 5 meters tall, and she was stunned.

[Monster Information]

[Monster]: Minotaur

[Rank]: Field Lord

[Level]: 25

[HP]: 2000/150000

[MP]: 150/150

[Talent]: King’s Wrath

[Skills]: Spinning Slash / Moon Sky Slash / Chain Slash / Heavy Slash / Roar / Magic Lock

No matter how many times she saw it, she couldn’t understand how Li Si did it. 

She was just terrifyingly strong.

Facing such a monster, she could still fight easily.

Jian suddenly caught sight of Li Si leaping to a high place, about to launch a swift slash.

She quickly extended her finger and subconsciously took a picture.

“Foolish! Intelligent race! How dare you use magic in front of this king!”

The Minotaur suddenly turned blood-red all over. 

The heavy blow it was about to deliver was instantly withdrawn, its greatsword flipped backward, and it took a big step forward.

“Not good!”

Li Si’s feet hooked backward on a rock, and she abruptly pulled back the sword she was about to swing.

“Damn it! Who was it! Didn’t Li Si say not to use magic?!”

Liewata shouted in anger.

From the start, only two people here were not following orders.

That elf archer, for some reason, kept opposing Li Si.

Li Si had clearly said to assign routes by level, with the Fairy Tail team, the Violet Team, and the highest-leveled her searching together, but that elf archer refused to listen and insisted on following.

Although Liewata was grateful to this elf archer for helping defend the village these past days, this uncooperative attitude was really infuriating.

Almost subconsciously, Liewata assumed that the person who broke the rule of no magic was Xi Er.

But when she looked, she saw Xi Er staring at a rock crevice with a terrified expression.

Almost instantly, a fifteen-meter-wide moonlight slashed down from the air, cutting the crevice into a wide road with one blow.

Boom!

Jian felt like she was flying.

Countless pebbles flew past her like arrows, but soon she realized that not a single pebble hit her, and her HP did not decrease by a single point.

The pain of falling she imagined did not come; instead, there was a softness like a mother’s embrace.

“Are you okay?”

Jian stared blankly upward.

Her vision was full of dust, and she could only vaguely see a hint of a chin.

Even though it was unclear, for some reason, that face was exceptionally vivid.

Drip——

A drop of warm liquid fell on her face.

Jian’s heart trembled violently.

Boom!

The attack behind that person hadn’t stopped yet.

“Magic Lock, three forced combo attacks, and the last heavy slash.”

Her voice was calm and ethereal, piercing into the heart like a needle tip.

Jian twitched violently.

The wind from the slash blew away the dust, and she finally truly saw that face.

That face, covered in blood, yet still expressionless.

At that moment, her image was imprinted on Jian’s heart.

Boom!

As the Minotaur delivered its final slash, Li Si suddenly turned her head.

Her blue eyes shone with a delighted light.

The last forced heavy slash was interrupted!

Clang!

A metallic clash exploded loudly.

Lili Ya was instantly sent flying backward by the slash, but her eyes blazed with fierce fighting spirit.

“Success!”

[Shield Block Damage Reduction -50%]

Li Si quickly stood up, tilted her head back, and drank the entire health potion she had been holding in her mouth.

She commanded, “All skills, harvest!”

Magic Lock can only be triggered once in a short period.

Now is the time to end it!

In an instant, several skills were unleashed.

The Violet Team completed their skill release first, followed by the defense team led by Luola using their own skills.

“Xi Er!”

Ao Dai Er looked at her teammate who was still stunned.

At this moment, she could no longer indulge Xi Er’s temper.

Even Li Si could have died from that combo just now!

If they didn’t take it seriously, someone would really die!

Ao Dai Er gritted her teeth, about to scold, but suddenly closed her mouth.

Xi Er raised her bow.

A brilliant arrow quickly condensed on the string.

She looked like a believer whose faith had been ripped away, or a demon hunter who had spotted a demon’s trail.

Her long elf ears twitched wildly, and she questioned the Minotaur with intense emotion.

“Why!”

The arrow pierced the air and instantly embedded itself in the Minotaur’s forehead.

“Roar! No! My grand ambition!”

The Minotaur roared furiously.

That brilliant arrow sank into its forehead in the blink of an eye, exploding into a mass of colorful elements.

Thud——

The massive body lost balance and fell downward.

[Xi Er defeated Minotaur, EXP +5000]

[Item Drop: Blue Skill Book x1 / Level 20 Blue Quality Equipment x3 / Minotaur’s Giant Horns x2]

“Well done.”

Plop

The bow in Xi Er’s hand dropped unconsciously.

That person actually praised her.

She suddenly felt her world collapse and that she was dirty.