Chapter 260: Sharon and the Plague

The Canine-person, Sharon.

Serving as an investigator for the Magic Control Union during the ritual for responding to magical disasters in the Cutting Maze.

An accident occurred during the process, and together with the three interns Pavla, Vernon, and Leon, she was dragged into the mental dimension of the Horror Beast—the Field of Dread.

And after Rod went deep to rescue the four of them, he discovered that Sharon had been attacked by an unknown creature from the Botanical Garden within the Field of Dread.

Due to soul damage, all accumulated mana had dissipated.

She is currently under the care of the Witch Dimia.

Her condition has not been good; for this month, Rod has hardly gone to Shi Ying Town and does not know how far her health has deteriorated.

But now, seeing her from afar.

Sharon approached with wind at every step; although her body remained thin, it seemed her physical recovery had progressed quite well.

"Mr. Rod."

She ignored Lady Kali, staring tightly at Rod.

A confident smile, never seen before on her face, appeared.

"How is your body?"

Rod said with a smile.

Then he immediately noticed that Sharon was wearing a white lounging outfit, thin and comfortable.

But being outdoors, especially in weather like November, was obviously unreasonable.

Interestingly, she held a spell satchel in her hand.

Did she sneak out?

He used 【Chain of Far Speech】 to contact the Witch Dimia.

He did not receive an immediate response.

He took a thick coat out of the spell satchel, intending to step forward, but Lady Kali took it first and draped it over Sharon.

"Did something happen?"

Facing the concern.

Sharon smiled and shook her head.

She raised her hand toward the elf beside her without warning, while rapidly spitting out several syllables from her mouth.

Mana surged.

Lady Kali reacted incredibly fast; with the bonus of 【Dual-Hand Casting】, a pale white square force field appeared almost at the same time between her and Sharon.

However, the distance was simply too close.

The elf let out a muffled groan, her face changing color.

Rod frowned and immediately cast 【Repulsion Spell】 on Sharon.

Boom! Grass clippings and soil scattered.

The spherical force field on the Canine-person girl flickered, and she was knocked flying by the powerful thrust, dragging a long scratch mark across the ground.

She stood steady, brushed the dust off her body, and seemed quite unconcerned.

Rod stood in front of Lady Kali.

"Are you alright?"

"【Petrification Spell】, 【Shadow Shift】, 【Command Blindness】. Three spells combined; she is Tier Seven."

The elf closed her eyes tightly, her face looking very grim:

"I dispelled the 【Petrification Spell】, but the other two were too late; next, I will be moved far away by the effect of 【Shadow Shift】. Be careful, Sharon is a bit off."

Before the words were even finished.

The shadows on the ground turned into five giant petals, instantly enveloping her completely.

Then in the next moment, the shadow and she disappeared together.

Rod immediately used 【Chain of Far Speech】 to notify Miss Xiao Ke and Little Little Bangde, ordering them to go find Lady Kali.

Then he ordered the female orc Amy, the ghoul Pan Ni, the zombies Selena and Vivian, and Tally to come over here.

A one-on-one fight would be no problem.

But it would seem a bit foolish not to use them.

Moreover, this Sharon in front of him was still considered a friend; capturing her alive would be best, and Vivian had a strong control skill called 【Transformation Sorcery】.

After receiving the girls' affirmative responses.

Rod looked at Sharon.

Only then did he discover that her pale golden fur was gradually turning toward green.

There was a hint of the Plague Domain's scent, but strangely, not a trace of accumulated mana could be felt on her body.

"Sharon, I thought we were friends."

The Canine-person girl did not try to kill Lady Kali; this was also the reason why Rod was willing to talk.

"Of course, Mr. Rod, we are certainly friends. You saved me from the Field of Dread; you are not only my friend but also my savior."

She still smiled confidently, with what seemed like a hint of madness: "So, to repay the debt, I have specially come to invite you to join me in destroying the 【Botanical Garden】."

"The Botanical Garden in the Field of Dread? Why are you after it? And when did you switch careers to become a Wen Yi Fa?"

She walked over slowly.

She shook her head, not intending to answer Rod's questions.

"We have been misunderstanding all along. The Plague is kind; it is forever inclusive. All this resistance has only wasted time and left nothing but pain. This period has made me realize the close connection between life and destruction. Only by accepting destruction can true understanding be achieved; only by welcoming the baptism of the Plague can one truly feel the mystery of spells."

Rod: "I didn't understand."

He flashed in front of the opponent with 【Swift Shadow】 and swung his sword to strike.

With the various enhancements of 【Dragon Power Art】, 【Surging Wave Strength】, 【Giant Dragon Heart】, and so on, his strength had long since maxed out the meter — in the truest sense, every basic strike was a finishing blow.

The spherical force field around Sharon was torn apart in an instant, but since Rod had held back, this sword did not wound her.

Her face first showed shock, then instantly burst into wild joy.

"I can sense the 【Plague Domain】 on you — you've also received the plague's baptism?!"

"You're seriously ill, Sharon. Is it because of something that bastard Amel once did to you?"

Before the plague caster Amel was hunted down, the witch Dimia had once discovered a 【Brittley's Ceramic Saucer】 left behind by Amel in Sharon's convalescent cabin.

At the time, she had assumed Amel had done something to her.

It was just that no spell of any kind could detect anything wrong, and Sharon herself had flatly denied it.

Combined with Amel's death afterward, the matter was never pursued further.

But looking at it now, it clearly wasn't that simple.

"Amel? Ugh, that fool who tried to shake off the plague's favor? He did let me grasp a little something, but if you think someone like that could have done anything to me, you're clearly overthinking it."

Sharon stood still.

She didn't appear to be making any move to continue casting.

Rod walked over, intending to pin her casting hands and press her down.

"I've set up seventy-two delayed spell rituals for rot-sac detonations in Shi Ying Town — once they go off, the whole town will be shrouded in plague viruses. Mr. Rod, if you help me destroy the botanical garden, I can dispel them."

His footsteps froze.

His expression turned icy.

"Are you threatening me?"

"You could also call it a negotiation."

He secretly kept using 【Far-Speech Chain】 to contact the witch Dimia, but still got no response.

Clearly, Dimia had run into some trouble.

It didn't look like things were going well.

But at least Shi Ying Town also had a guardian formation on par with a central town's.

With a formation of that level, even when the demon Atu invaded back then, the mushroom-man Toru's formation had only dared to be set up in the outskirts outside the town's central district.

He immediately used 【Far-Speech Chain】 to send the zombie Selina into town to check.

"Then you should know I refuse to be threatened."

Buddy takes soft but not hard — I'll say it straight.

Sharon smiled seductively and pressed herself against Rod of her own accord.

"I guessed as much, so everything I just said was a lie," she pulled open her collar, exposing more than half of her not-very-large snowy-white bosom.

She pressed it against Rod's abs, squeezing and deforming them.

(End of this chapter)