Originally, Li Si had wanted to stay in the Dungeon for more than three days, but now it seemed that was impossible.
The golden crystal in the bag seemed to attract the Dungeon Lord.
Li Si tried to exit combat, but it was simply impossible.
As long as the crystal was on her, that Lord-tier Magic Beast would keep chasing and attacking.
“Guess we have no choice but to fight.”
Li Si drew her sword and turned around.
Although the Lord-tier Magic Beast’s level was far above their average level, with Ao Li An Na and the others there, combined with Yadana, it wasn’t impossible to handle.
Except, Li Si suddenly saw a figure in golden armor charging toward them, gripping a longsword, radiating a fierce aura.
Li Si thought for a moment, then decisively tossed a golden crystal toward that figure.
“Hey, you’re called Freya, right? Here, it’s yours.”
Freya caught the crystal instinctively, froze for a moment, then snapped her head up.
The Lord that had been attacking elsewhere in the sky suddenly shot a razor-sharp wing toward her.
Freya instantly understood the crystal’s purpose.
Being able to draw the attack of a Lord-tier Magic Beast meant this crystal was absolutely no simple thing.
Her sword-like brows furrowed as she was about to continue the pursuit, but the Lord in the sky had already landed ahead, its 3-meter-tall frame gazing greedily at this direction.
Freya quickly retreated to put distance between them, unleashing black sword aura from her blade.
“Freya, kill the Lord first! We’ll deal with them when we get back!”
A voice carefully reminded.
The highest mission for God’s Chosen entering a Dungeon was to clear it as fast as possible, to balance the spatial disturbances outside.
Now, although nominally this Dungeon had two Chosen teams, in reality it was only theirs.
If they didn’t fight, this Lord could drag things out for a very long time.
Freya coldly stared at the silver-haired figure who had taken the chance to run far away, and scoffed in disdain, “Don’t let me run into you once we’re out.”
With that, she raised her sword and roared, “Form ranks!”
Li Si watched from afar, not daring to run too far.
After all, she still carried a golden crystal, and that Lord would occasionally switch targets to attack whoever carried the crystal, so fleeing was useless.
The main issue was that Ao Li An Na and the others’ condition was very wrong.
Li Si turned to look.
Ao Li An Na and Wei Ya were showing clear signs of exhaustion, their auras extremely erratic.
Beside the two, He Zi could no longer maintain her concealment in the shadows.
In games, she used to think that without the Goddess’s power, they were just stronger-than-average Adventurers.
She never expected that mapped onto reality, they would be this bedraggled.
Although their combat strength was still far above ordinary Adventurers, their physical condition had clearly developed serious problems.
[Character Information]
[Name]: He Zi
[Status]: Divine Power Fading (Long-term Fatigue, All Stats -20)
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[Name]: Ao Li An Na
[Status]: Divine Power Fading (All Stats -20)
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[Name]: Mei Fei Er
[Status]: Divine Power Fading (Long-term Fatigue, All Stats -10)
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This negative status worsened as the battle continued.
“Li Si, that Lord is coming over here!”
Lili Ya suddenly called out in warning.
Li Si looked back into the distance, her eyes shifting.
Many other Adventurers’ figures had appeared in the distance.
The Lord’s appearance seemed to have drawn quite a few people.
She suddenly glanced down at the crystal in her bag, then looked at the gathering crowd of Adventurers, and decisively made a decision, “Lili Ya, take them to find a place to rest. After that, we’ll meet at the Dungeon Hall.”
Before she even finished speaking, Li Si had already rushed out, and the pursuing Lord instantly turned to follow.
Lili Ya was startled.
Liewata immediately moved to help, but a hand quickly grabbed her.
Lili Ya quickly calmed down, silently shook her head, and when she saw Ailin about to bring the team to follow, she stopped her.
“Trust Li Si!”
Ailin froze, looking at Lili Ya’s current state.
She suddenly felt like she couldn’t quite remember what the old Lili Ya had been like.
Lili Ya reached out and blocked the four former God’s Chosen on the other side who were preparing to help.
“Lady Nvshen, please come with me.”
“Ha, then you take them. We still have strength, we can go help Li Si.”
Mei Fei Er gripped her shield, turned to go chase with Wei Ya.
“Trust Li Si.”
Lili Ya repeated the reminder, then hesitantly added, “It’s because you’re like this… that she’s unhappy…”
Mei Fei Er paused, she remembered that Li Si hadn’t looked at her even once this whole journey.
No matter how carefree she was, it was hard not to feel a little hurt.
She instinctively wanted to argue, but when it came to the matter of collectively kicking Li Si out, they seemed to have taken it too much for granted, as if they had underestimated the damage done to Li Si.
Thinking carefully, after the Crimson Moon descended, the words Li Si said that once annoyed them, that felt like lectures, had truly saved them many times.
But before the Crimson Moon descended, they had never taken Li Si’s words seriously.
“If… she had said earlier that the world would become like this…”
Wei Ya lowered her head, but quickly cut off the thought herself.
Even if Li Si had said it in advance, would they have believed her back then?
“Alright, let’s go. Lili Ya, take us to wherever you think is safe.”
Ao Li An Na interrupted this ill-timed self-reflection.
Lili Ya glanced at Ao Li An Na, then nodded seriously.
Li Si had taught her many things.
Wilderness, Dungeons, forests, valleys, Dungeon copies.
How to identify safety in every place, whether every patch of soil had fierce Magic Beasts passing through.
She remembered it all clearly.
Lili Ya was like a veteran hunter.
She quickly navigated through the mountain forest, avoiding the paths the Lord might take to double back, avoiding locations where large Magic Beasts might pass, and soon arrived at a relatively safe cliff that still allowed observation of the Lord’s battlefield.
She had listened to Li Si and brought Ao Li An Na and the others to a safe place, but she had also not given up her own ideas, finding a spot where she could see Li Si.
“You…”
Ao Li An Na looked at Lili Ya and suddenly felt dazed.
This former laughingstock of the Beginner Village, when had she become such a veteran Adventurer?
For a few moments, Ao Li An Na even saw Li Si’s shadow in her.
Lili Ya silently replied with a smile.
While keeping watch on the distant Lord’s battlefield, she also used some Magic Beast bait she carried to lure low-level Magic Beasts.
She still remembered Li Si saying that Ao Li An Na and the others needed kill counts.
Although Li Si had said it very casually at the time, anything that Li Si had ever said must be something Li Si had thought about doing.
Seeing a Level 15 Magic Beast successfully lured over, Lili Ya smiled.
Without needing her to say anything, Ailin had already led her teammates forward.
They seemed to understand Lili Ya’s meaning too, voluntarily giving the kill rights to Life Vine.
At first Ao Li An Na was somewhat resistant, but gradually she began to accept it, and couldn’t help looking toward the distant Lord’s battlefield.
She suddenly remembered a certain afternoon when that person was still around.
Leveling had just ended, and she had suddenly said this.
“Ao Li An Na, being indecisive doesn’t have to be a problem, but well-intentioned arrogance is the hardest stair for you to come down from.”
At the time, she had only thought it was an ordinary remark.
Looking back now, that person was no longer behind her.
[Fairy Tail team killed Dark Jungle Lord]
[Team Experience 100% obtained]
[Captain Lili Ya leveled up to lv14]
[Member Li Si leveled up to lv17]
[Member Liewata leveled up to lv21]
[Dark Jungle Dungeon cleared]
[Teleportation begins in 5 minutes]
Without any shock or surprise, Ao Li An Na stood at the edge of the cliff, gazing far at that chaotic battlefield.
She didn’t know what had happened there, but ever since the battle started, many Adventurers had appeared.
Those Adventurers were drawn by the silver-haired figure and attacked the Lord together, then ran into Freya’s team, and after that everyone was chasing after Li Si at full speed.
And after that, Ao Li An Na could no longer see her.
She had run too far, to a place where she could no longer be seen.
“We… can’t go back, can we…”
In an instant, a flash of light passed, and the scene before her eyes instantly changed back to the Dungeon Hall.
“GO! BACK! TO! HELL!”
“Stupid warrior! Tricked me into turning around! Said you’d show me a treasure! Where’s the treasure!”
“That person was called Li Si, wasn’t she!! How despicable!!”
“I hereby declare! Li Si is the eternal enemy of the Wolf Pack Adventure Group!”
“I declare too! This one must die! Too wicked! Threw something over and called it treasure! Almost got my thigh pierced by the Lord’s feather!”
In an instant, the entire hall erupted into a clamor.
The clamor first came from a few people, then became a crowd.
And then the clamor was suddenly suppressed by a golden flash of successful class change.
“Eh… a class change crystal that can be used directly… huh…”
Li Si muttered to herself, pulling Lili Ya and casually heading for the exit.
“Damn! Chase her! Beat her up! Grab the treasure!”
Li Si pulled Lili Ya and quickly bailed.
No time to distribute this crystal for now.
Next time for sure.
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