Rex's words discouraged Bai Meng. Skinning was a tough job. Bai Meng often did this when she led the swordsmen outside. A piece of level-4 magic beast skin was worth about 50 gold coins. If these magic beasts weren't torn into pieces by Nelis, it could be worth 10,000 gold coins.
"Bai Meng, please work hard. The skin of these magic beasts is a good material for making scrolls." Rex smiled, took over Bai Meng's work, and started cooking.
"Sir!" Bai Meng was a little fearful.
"Sigh, Bai Meng, we don't have much time," Princess Rex said worriedly. Princess Rex said worriedly. Upon hearing this, Bai Meng immediately left the barracks and went to peel the skin.
Seeing Bai Meng leave, Rex stared at the military stove in a daze. The Qinyin Empire's battle mages and officers above the intermediate rank all used magic to heat their equipment to avoid producing smoke. Sometimes, smoke would attract magic catapults. Rex knew that she really didn't have much time. Even the best result would be a year to leave the Hell of Godly Punishment.
The God Sieve Ring suffered the attack of the Godly Punishment, and needed a lot of time to recover before it could provide the coordinates of a teleportation portal for the Myers Continent. Without the teleportation portal, it would be hard to find the way back even if she reached level-10.
She didn't care about using up the scrolls. As long as she could survive, she could earn more gold coins at any time. The problem was, could she survive? The location of this campsite wasn't safe. It was sandwiched between the volcanic area and the forest. Needless to say, she could die at any time if she went back. There were groups of level-4 magic beasts at the edge of the forest. If the first batch appeared, the second batch would appear.
If there weren't enough scrolls, and another batch of such magic beasts attacked, there would start to be casualties around her. Father prepared a lot of scrolls for her this time, but they were one-time use items, and there would be a time when they were used up. The best way was to leave this forest and find a safe place.
The problem was that the safe place could only be found after passing through this forest. This was a difficult choice. If she stayed in the campsite, the scrolls would be slowly used up, and she would die later. If she passed through the forest, there were unknown dangers in the forest, and everyone might not survive.
To wait for death slowly, or fight with all her might. If it wasn't her problem, it was obviously a good choice.
Salin and Shika looked at Nelis expectantly. Nelis said, "Master, release a bubble."
Put a bubble? It sounded like he was swearing. Salin released a Water Shield. The defensive power of the Water Shield was now close to that of a level-four spell, and its diameter was close to two meters. Even if he didn't use it to cover his body, it was enough to defend against a frontal attack.
Neris waved her hand, bent her fingers, and made a gesture of plucking the strings, moving her fingers. Salin suddenly sensed Nelis's thoughts. She was about to attack.
Almost at the same time, a black mark appeared on Neris's fingernails. She closed her fingers and fiercely stabbed Salin's Water Pattern Shield. Neris's delicate white hand silently penetrated Salin's Shield of Ripple. It was as if a level-4 spell did not exist to her.
Even a crossbow would not be able to penetrate a Level-4 Spell at close range. Only an Advanced Alchemy Crossbow could destroy a Magic Shield.
Salin took a deep breath. Wasn't this Neris a Witcher Spider in human form now? A golden light flashed in Nelis's green eyes. She suddenly opened her five fingers, bent them, and flicked them. As the shadows of her fingers swayed, five streams of black gas accurately cut the weakest part of the Water Pattern Shield. The huge water bubble burst with a pop.
Magic Breaker! This was the real Magic Breaker. It could destroy a spell from its structure. Salin was very clear about the flaws of his Water Pattern Shield. But that was because he had learned Figaro's magic formula, and this spell was released by himself. He was extremely familiar with it. But Neris could immediately find the weakness of the Magic Shield and destroy it with just her hand. This ability was even stronger than the sword aura.
Shika watched from the side and suddenly asked, "Neris, can you still … bite people like that?" Shika opened his mouth and made a chewing gesture.
Nelis blushed. Her strongest weapon in the past was her teeth, not that she liked to bite with her mouth. Seeing Neris nod, Salin asked again, "What other abilities do you have?"
"Soul ability." Seeing that Salin didn't understand, Neris tried to explain as simply as possible, "Through the contract, I can obtain some of your abilities. For example, my eyes can see through the movement of some elements."
"You can cast magic?" Salin remembered the records in the Demon Magic Book. The Great Demon could also cross planes and become a rare strong person.
Neris shook her head and flicked her fingers, saying, "With this ability, I can't learn magic anymore. But my spiritual power is the same as yours, so I can release scrolls. "
Hearing this, Salin was already satisfied. A little demon that could release scrolls and had the ability to break magic was strong enough.
"What level of scrolls can you release?" Salin asked.
"Master, whatever level of scrolls you can release, I can imitate it." Neris answered obediently, but secretly hid a little secret. Her strongest part was that mutated tail. But after becoming an adult, Neris didn't really like changing back to her demon form to fight.
Her master didn't seem to like the demon form. At first, he even pushed her away violently. If she didn't feel that her master was a little scared, wouldn't she be very sad? Why would she be sad? Was it because she liked her master?
Neris was confused, but Salin was very happy. He didn't care about the waste of the chalcedony now. Neris seemed to have a lot more abilities than what was written in the book. Maybe there were still abilities that hadn't been awakened. At least her original form was very close to a human. That light colored skin and dark green magic patterns all indicated that Neris would become a unique little demon.
"Master …"
"What?" Salin came back to his senses. Just now, he started to calculate the meaning of those green magic patterns on Neris's skin.
"I'm a little hungry …"
With a grunt, Silva's stomach also growled. Salin remembered that there was still a silver sword saint's corpse in his demon ring. Since Neris had already eaten one, eating another one wouldn't be a big deal.
"Silva, let's go find Rex." Salin pulled Silva and threw the corpse with his back facing Neris. The two rushed out of the barracks without looking back, for fear of seeing something horrible.
Neris really wanted to refuse and change the image in her master's heart. But she was too hungry. The silver sword saint's soul had already been destroyed, and what was left still contained strange energy. If she ate it, she would become more like a human.
Salin and Silva sneaked around to Rex's room. When Rex saw them, he asked, "Where's Neris?"
"She's a little tired. She wants to sleep for a while," Salin said without changing his expression.
"Okay, do me a favor."
Rex took out a huge piece of black bread and put it on the table. Silva pulled out a boomerang and used the weapon to slice the black bread and put it on a plate. Rex also took out a metal box and opened it. It was filled with a box of grease. It wasn't enough for a soldier to only eat bread in a war. This grease was bought from the Cloud Flow Empire. It was mainly made up of whale oil and some fish colloids. It could quickly replenish the strength of a soldier.
After wiping the grease on the black bread, Rex opened the lid of the pot on the army stove. The rich smell of meat wafted out. Silva swallowed her saliva and resisted the urge to eat.
She already knew that her way of eating was a little unsightly. It was fine in the Caucasus, but in Qin Yin, it would be a joke. Salin would also be embarrassed.
"Let Neris come over to eat." Rex filled each bowl with meat broth and started cutting the fruit. Only mages could store fruit for a long time. Marching in June, not to mention fruit, even some vegetables would rot quickly.
Salin could feel Neris's satisfaction in the depths of his soul. He knew that Neris had finished dealing with the silver sword saint. He shook his head. "She's not hungry. Let Bai Meng and Hall eat together."
"Okay." Rex nodded. Silva called Bai Meng and Hall into Rex's room. Rex said, "There's something I don't want to decide myself. Let's discuss it."
"You want to cross the forest?" Salin's words shocked Bai Meng and Hall. They looked at Rex. Rex nodded.
"What's there to discuss? If we stay here, we'll run out of scrolls sooner or later. Neither you nor I are Magic Shooters. We can't fight against large numbers of magical beasts with magic strings."
"But …" Hall wanted to refute, but Salin waved his hand and interrupted him.
"I heard that in the Cloud Flow Empire, the nobles like to eat a kind of fish frog. The meat of the fish frog is very delicious, but as soon as it dies, it will rot quickly. Even magic can't preserve it. The people of Cloud Flow came up with an idea. First, they would raise the fish frog in clear water. After the fish frog's innards were emptied, they would put the live fish frog into the pot to cook. The people of Cloud Flow only used warm water to cook. The fish frog didn't sense any danger, and they wouldn't jump out of the pot, much less struggle. The water temperature gradually rose, but the fish frog couldn't feel it. When the water is about to boil, the fish frog's physical strength isn't enough for them to jump out of the pot. "
Hall stopped talking. Salin's analogy was easy to understand. If Rex's team stayed, they would be like fish frog in a pot. When the number of scrolls decreased, it was like the water in the pot was getting hotter and hotter. Once they used up all the scrolls, the death of this team would come.
"Actually, crossing the forest isn't that scary. Powerful magical beasts all have their own territories, and these territories won't intersect. We just need to avoid these dangerous places. I still have a lot of scrolls with me. It's enough to deal with low-level magical beasts. "
Rex's words were comforting. In the forest, there were dangers everywhere. It wasn't like hiding in the camp, where they had the protection of walls and the advantage of height. Also, the plants in the Hell of God's Punishment weren't very safe, either. Setting up camp was a big problem. Moreover, in the forest, Windspeed was also affected. They couldn't move at full speed.
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