Chapter 341

Very weak.

No matter how you look at it, this village girl named Enri is not as good as an elite soldier of the Theocracy.

Clementine raised her chin, her golden bangs covering half of her long, narrow eyelids, and her interest in "falling in love" became empty.

She pretended to be knocked away by the Alliance Leader at the time and left the battlefield, so she didn't see it with her own eyes and could only understand the whole story from others' mouths.

"Terrible," "Magical."

Clementine thought of these two words to describe the other party, the corners of her mouth rose on both sides, and she greeted: "Hi, little Enri."

Not a magic item.

Probably some kind of powerful "innate ability"; can it be used normally?

Or is it only triggered when falling into a dangerous situation?

The smile on Clementine's fair face became more intense; she knew that some special "innate abilities" had restrictions on use, and even the users themselves might not know.

Historically, there was a special innate ability holder in the Theocracy who appeared in a rare situation that was only triggered after death.

"Clementine-sama."

Facing Clementine's smiling greeting, Enri felt a chill on her back for no reason and responded with a stiff face.

Captain Ian stepped forward to block the sight of both sides and coughed lightly: "Cough, sorry to trouble you, Enri."

Along the way.

Enri rode the evil spirit dog to lead the way in front.

The ten-person squad of the Slane Theocracy followed behind; Captain Ian observed the environment they passed by silently, and the more he looked, the more shocked he became.

They encountered many demi-human races along the way.

According to the situation of the hilly area in the past, the demi-human tribes were in a chaotic situation of hostility or non-interference.

And now, one could see patrol teams composed of various demi-humans; the turmoil caused by the undead caused heavy losses to the hill demi-humans.

But it also brought different races together.

Captain Ian was solemn in his heart; he felt that he needed to report the situation he observed to the Pontiff after returning to the Theocracy.

What made him feel most surprised was Enri in front!

No matter what demi-human race they encountered, all demi-humans showed a very friendly or even respectful attitude toward humans... No, toward Enri.

If it weren't for the fact that he could still clearly perceive that these demi-humans held obvious hostility toward them humans besides Enri.

Captain Ian would have suspected that they had come to the wrong place.

"How long has it been?"

"Has the prestige and power of the 'Free Will' adventurer squad in the Abelion Hills reached such a level?"

"How did this adventurer squad do it?"

See the whole picture from a spot.

Captain Ian frowned deeply; no matter how incredible it was, he could feel the status of "Free Will" in this hilly area from the attitude of these demi-humans toward Enri.

Deep in the southern mountains.

The golden giant dragon twisted its long neck with golden scales strangely, and the towering dragon wings flapped extremely uncoordinatedly.

The thick tree trunks and shrubs in the valley were easily broken and bent by the strong wind generated by the random flapping of the dragon wings.

Boom—

The terrifying air waves swept, impacting the forests in all directions, the leaves flipped up and down one after another, and the tree crowns collided and tore constantly!

The green broken leaves filled the sky, impacting the valley and making a dull echo!

Boom!

The golden giant dragon suddenly turned in mid-air, hit the ground with its side, making a roar, and then soared into the sky, and then fell again.

Boom!

Boom—

After several consecutive movements that seemed out of control, the golden giant dragon seemed to have regained control of his body and stabilized.

"Roar—vomit..."

The golden giant dragon suddenly stretched his neck, opened his mouth full of cold and sharp teeth, his abdomen and throat squirmed, and he made a vomiting sound.

With a "Pop" sound.

The Dragonman Ladong was vomited out of the golden giant dragon's mouth, fell heavily to the ground, and fainted weakly.

On the chest.

The torn wound kept oozing blood, and that 【Heart of the True Long Wang】 emitted dark golden light.

The silver spider-web patterns and magic characters on the surface of the heart became much dimmer with the beating of the heart.

And at this moment.

The golden giant dragon hovering in mid-air also began to shrink at the same time, but it was not the recovery method when canceling the transformation.

But like a balloon being pricked?

The sharp golden scales became fragile, the wing membranes of the dragon wings were like shriveled paper, and the huge body quickly became shriveled.

In just a moment.

Bang!

The golden giant dragon had shrunk by half, and his body was completely unable to maintain flight in mid-air, falling to the ground and continuing to shrink.

"This is the influence of the 【Heart of the True Long Wang】!"

"Damn it—cough, cough!"

The shriveled dragon body opened its mouth and made a weak sound.

The next moment.

The dragon body collapsed uncontrollably.

Tang Zheng's figure was revealed, his mouth kept coughing up blood, and the vigorous aura of his whole body began to weaken at an alarming speed.

【hp: 621】

【hp: 603】

【hp: 587】

【...】

【hp: 321】

In just a moment, the life value had fallen below half.

"Sixth-rank magic · Great Heal!"

Tang Zheng's face was pale; he clearly felt his vitality consuming rapidly, as if it had disappeared out of thin air.

The life value immediately recovered 100 points!

The third-rank "Serious Injury Heal" could recover 50 points of hp, and although "Great Heal" was sixth-rank, the recovered value was only 100 points, which was already the highest-rank recovery magic.

Positive energy can restore the physical strength of the living, while negative energy can restore the physical strength of the undead; this is the same level of magic as the "Greater Death" used by Ainz and Shalltear to restore hp during the battle.

Holy white light shrouded his whole body.

Tang Zheng's body relaxed, and a trace of flesh color appeared on his pale face, but he still felt that the continuously declining life value had no intention of stopping.

"Great Heal"!

"Great Heal"!

"Great Heal"!

As the healing magic was cast, the value of adding blood gradually exceeded the value of continuous blood loss.

"What on earth is going on?"

Tang Zheng reached out to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, his pale face was incomparably solemn, while paying attention to the value on the attribute panel, while continuing to cast healing magic.

"After pouring the 'Fusion Potion' into the Dragonman Ladong just now, it seemed to accidentally trigger the 【Heart of the True Long Wang】, and then turned into a golden giant dragon together."

Tang Zheng's eyes flashed, recalling the whole process just now.

After turning into a giant dragon, he felt a strong repulsive reaction, even far exceeding the repulsive feeling of him controlling the Dominion Authority at the beginning.

As a result, it was not him who was repelled, but the Dragonman Ladong, while he himself actually maintained the appearance of a golden giant dragon.

"If this situation occurs, it can only be the effect of the 【Heart of the True Long Wang】."

"However, after repelling the Dragonman Ladong, it can still briefly maintain the golden giant dragon form; the power that maintains this change should be my own power..."

Tang Zheng gradually straightened out the whole process, and his gaze shook suddenly.

"—This is!"

In the process of continuous blood loss and casting "Great Heal" to continuously restore life value.

Tang Zheng gradually felt a subtle change in his own aura; it was a state of unstable life level.

This feeling was both familiar and strange!

He had only felt it on two people; one was Reynas before she truly took the profession of 【Curse Knight】, and the other was Enri, before she took the profession of 【Hero · Believer】.

Tang Zheng closed his eyes and perceived carefully.

Unfortunately!

Before he could grasp that feeling, the state of continuous blood loss had disappeared.

"What is the reason for continuous blood loss?"

Tang Zheng opened his eyes again, without any disappointment, but was thinking about the reason for the appearance of the continuous blood loss state just now.

"Then let's experiment again!"

Tang Zheng had no answer for a while, glanced at the Dragonman Ladong who was unconscious not far away, and cast magic silently:

"'Great Heal'!"

Restore hp to full first.

Thanks to his life value being high enough, otherwise the scary blood loss speed just now would likely have bottomed out in an instant.

In a moment.

Tang Zheng's pale face returned to rosy, and he shook his head: "I didn't expect the first time to use 'Great Heal' would be here."

Recovery magic is actually not suitable for use in a combat state, because magic requires chanting time.

Unless both sides pull away at the same time to use healing magic to recover.

Otherwise, one uses recovery magic and one uses attack magic, then the spellcaster using recovery magic will inevitably suffer.

This reminded Tang Zheng of the behavior of wasting potion bottles when playing turn-based games in the past; every time he recovered, the enemy would beat away the hp he recovered...

Crack—Boom!

A sound of thunder and lightning suddenly came from above.

Tang Zheng turned his head and looked at a piece of dark cloud that had condensed in a short time in the distant sky.

"Eh? Did something happen?"

Stopping the idea of continuing the experiment, Tang Zheng remembered that he had ordered the Lizardman Crusch Lulu before that if something that could not be handled appeared, she could use "Cloud Operation" to notify him.

"I hope it is indeed something that cannot be handled."

Just having some thoughts and being interrupted, Tang Zheng thought a little unhappily.

At this moment.

The dim yellow sun set, and it was approaching dusk.

In the peculiar black ancient castle.

The Witch Cuiye sat at the round table in the hall very calmly and naturally, with black tea still steaming slightly on the table.

The demi-humans here did not have the habit of drinking black tea like humans.

The Witch Cuiye liked the taste of black tea very much; when she first tasted black tea in the palace of that very beautiful human princess in the Kingdom, she fell in love with this human drink with deep red color.

"If the temperature drops, the taste will be much worse."

The Witch Cuiye saw the black tea placed in front of several humans, none of which were drunk, and there was a trace of dissatisfaction in her tone.

"Thank you for the hospitality; I don't know when we can see Tang-sama."

Captain Ian spoke gently while maintaining etiquette, but he never touched the black tea on the table.

He didn't think the other party would poison it, but he wouldn't drink demi-human things casually; after all, this was the hinterland of the hilly area, and he had to guard against any accidents and dangers.

"Our captain often forgets the time because of studying potions, and I have sent someone to notify him; as for when our captain will see you?"

The Witch Cuiye paused when she said this and shrugged her shoulders.

As soon as this word came out.

The expressions of the people from the Slane Theocracy became a little sad.

"Can you inform us of the location of Team Leader Tang? I want to visit in person."

Captain Ian still maintained a smile and spoke solemnly again: "Because there is indeed an important matter that needs to meet Team Leader Tang in person."

"Sorry."

The Witch Cuiye spoke calmly.

"Heh." Clementine suddenly sneered and wanted to get up.

This action.

Made Captain Ian's expression change, and the Witch Cuiye's eyes also became solemn.

She knew the strength of this crazy woman very well.

"Oh?"

"So it's everyone from the Slane Theocracy." At this moment, a calm voice came from the stairs.

Captain Ian and the others turned their heads in a hurry and saw Tang Zheng standing on the stairs.

"This demi-human woman...!" Captain Ian's mouth twitched fiercely.

Judging from the Witch Cuiye's meaning just now, Team Leader Tang was not here at all; I didn't expect the other party to be upstairs.

"Captain." The Witch Cuiye stood up in a hurry and spoke respectfully.

"Team Leader Tang, I am Ian, I am..."

Captain Ian also stood up, tried his best to show a friendly appearance, and opened his mouth to introduce himself.

"No need to introduce, just say the purpose; I am busy." Tang Zheng stood on the stairs and waved his hand, seemingly having no intention of coming down.

"How rude." A member of the 【Sunlight Scripture】 who followed whispered.

"I represent the Slane Theocracy and want to invite Team Leader Tang's 'Free Will' squad as guests to the Holy Capital." Captain Ian's expression remained unchanged, he smiled and put his hand on his chest, bowing slightly.

Representing the country to invite an adventurer squad, even if it is an adamantite-ranked adventurer, is a thing that makes any adventurer feel honored.

"Purpose." Tang Zheng leaned on the railing of the stairs, his eyes flashing.

Seeing the people from the Slane Theocracy, he had already guessed that the other party came because of the "Fusion Potion"; however, he had not given the potion to the people of the Theocracy at the beginning.

And now nearly a month had passed, and the people of the Theocracy had come; they must have completed the research on the "Fusion Potion."

The speed was fast.

As expected of the power of a country; as the creator, he hadn't even fully figured out all the effects of the "Fusion Potion."

"It concerns a kind of alchemy potion refined by Team Leader Tang called 'Fusion Potion'; perhaps Team Leader Tang doesn't know the true value of this potion yet..."

Captain Ian's voice became excited.

"I don't remember giving this kind of potion to the Slane Theocracy."

Captain Ian suddenly choked, and the smile on his face stiffened a little.

"If you want to trade 'Fusion Potion', you can discuss it with Cuiye."

Tang Zheng waved his arm indifferently, and then said to the Witch Cuiye: "You come up."

"Yes."

Tang Zheng turned and returned upstairs after speaking, without giving the few people from the Slane Theocracy any intention to continue speaking.

The Witch Cuiye followed.

For a while in the hall,

Only a few people from the Slane Theocracy were left standing stiffly in place.

"It's really annoying, little brother." Clementine sneered.

(End of chapter)