Chapter 34: Little Little Bangde's Training and Accident

A few days later.

The Unblemished Crystal Land.

Rod, Little Little Bangde, and Lady Kali arrived at the shallow layer of the demonized mine.

"Sss!"

A spiritual arrow pierced through the lizard demon's skull.

Death instantly triggered the demon's self-explosion; with a "Boom," poisonous blood exploded on the cave wall like a flower of blood and flesh.

When entering the terrifying atmosphere of the mine.

Little Little Bangde's 【Cowardice】 took hold, sticking to Rod's side and unwilling to leave.

It was Lady Kali who violently pulled her away, only then successfully killing the first demon.

"The timing was slow; you should have acted faster."

She evaluated strictly.

The elves' natural magic and archery are unique on the continent; the archery skills they possess are likely even higher tier than Little Little Bangde's 【Archery Mastery】.

"Sorry..."

Little Little Bangde was somewhat afraid of this frowning elf.

She preferred the joint education from Miss Xiao Ke and Rod a few days ago rather than being taught by a frowning elf in a pitch-black cave.

Rod led at the front.

He was wrapped in a spherical spiritual shield, besieged simultaneously by five demons.

The spiritual shield continuously scattered light points, showing no sign of being shattered.

The 【Lightless Chang En Fa Yin】, besides its one-body offense and defense trait, has slightly weaker defense compared to other tier-seven defensive spiritual arts.

Fortunately, unlike other defensive spiritual arts, it does not force a cooldown state known as 'Spirit Stasis' after being broken.

Boom!

Rod voluntarily detonated the lightless shield.

A powerful spiritual shock instantly smashed the five demons into minced meat, not even allowing them to use their self-explosion poison.

He turned his head to look at the two people behind him.

At this moment, Little Little Bangde cowered, clutching a short bow with both hands, daring not to contradict Lady Kali's harsh scolding at all.

He felt this wasn't bad either.

Miss Xiao Ke and he treated the pony-girls too gently.

This intensified training was initiated by Rod himself.

On one hand, he wanted to verify the effect of the 【Lightless Chang En Fa Yin】.

On the other hand, Little Little Bangde, who had progressed rapidly, had reached the stage needing actual combat.

As for why Miss Xiao Ke and the succubus didn't come, but Lady Kali did.

After all, being in the forest, the half-deer people and Rod training with the pony-girls everywhere soon let Lady Kali know.

And possibly due to the natural friendliness of nature-side races, Lady Kali and Miss Xiao Ke established a good friendship over these few days.

Miss Xiao Ke, having no combat power, upon learning Little Little Bangde was to undergo casting training, immediately entrusted the elf to help.

Anyway, humans and cute pony-girls must not be left alone together.

As for the succubus...

After eating her fill early in the morning, she disappeared somewhere unknown.

Anyway, with the restriction of the Nu Yi Zhou, Rod wasn't worried about her harming others, so he simply didn't bother with her.

"Let's go a bit deeper."

Rod suggested.

After all, this place is only tier four; for Little Little Bangde, it's too unchallenging.

"No."

Lady Kali rejected her suggestion.

"Her current state isn't about improvement, but about habituation."

"Alright, I'll listen to you."

Lady Kali paused, not expecting Rod to be so decisive.

To be honest, spending these few days in the forest made her change her opinion of Rod a little.

Someone who can befriend nature races like tree spirits and half-deer people is themselves a Forest Warden of the Aethelorn Kingdom.

Elves always hold goodwill toward those who protect nature.

It would be better if he hadn't raised a succubus.

Thinking of this, a trace of unnaturalness and embarrassment appeared on her face.

"Human."

"?"

"At night, keep the noise you and the succubus make a little quieter."

Rod looked at her with strange eyes.

Tally's screams were a bit loud, but the elf's treehouse and the nearest warden's cottage were separated by nearly two thousand meters, plus it was a place in the forest where sound doesn't propagate strongly...

Unless the other party used a spiritual art to enhance hearing, it would be impossible to hear.

Lady Kali seemed to guess his thoughts.

Her exquisite eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"Before sleep and upon waking, elves have the habit of communicating with nature; at that time, their perception of surrounding movements is enhanced."

Rod understood.

They say elves have many mental issues; he almost thought this one had a habit of eavesdropping.

"Sorry, that was Tally's mealtime. You could try communicating earlier?"

"Why should I change my habits for you?"

Lady Kali said coldly.

She stood up with one hand on her hip.

Beneath the light and shadow on her back, below her high, healthy, yet well-proportioned buttocks, were her tight, heart-stoppingly slender legs, appearing even straighter and longer against the backdrop of her tight-fitting attire.

It was hard to imagine such a perfect natural creation.

Rod was very reluctant to admit it.

Even without the pile-driver impulse of the 【Second Heart】, he would silently swallow his saliva.

Boom!

At this moment, Little Little Bangde took the initiative, blasting a monster apart with a shot.

"Yay!"

"Little Little Bangde is so amazing."

Rod patted her head approvingly.

"I've wanted to ask for a long time, why name this child Little Little Bangde?" the elf asked.

"At first, I thought she was a boy."

Miss Xiao Ke did not tell the elf about Little Little Bangde's situation, but lied that she had been found in the forest.

"Another one!"

Little Little Bangde said happily, raising her short bow to aim at a monster appearing on the side.

But this monster's appearance was slightly different from the others.

Although its aura still indicated it was a fourth-tier creature, its abdomen was grotesquely swollen, with veins visible even stretching the scales.

Lady Kali's expression changed.

"Wait! Little Little Bangde!"

However, it was too late; the spiritual arrow had already been fired.

Hearing the elf's cry, Rod reacted instantly, immediately grabbing the horse-girl and pulling her into his arms to protect her.

Boom!!!

The sound of this monster's self-destruction was the loudest he had ever heard.

But the vibration and the fluctuation of spirituality were not strong.

Rod looked up in confusion.

He saw that almost the entire cave was splattered with green blood.

"This isn't that big a deal."

Aside from being louder, it had no real power; was this sixth-tier mage elf really so panicked?

"Hmm."

And nearby.

Lady Kali was covered in green liquid, her face grim.

Her magical shield had completely failed to take effect.

Looking again, Rod noticed that her tight-fitting clothes were gradually melting under the effect of the green liquid.

A large patch of snow-white skin was suddenly exposed to the air.

Especially at the abdominal area.

The melting quickly moved downward, until the very bottom of her flat lower belly, that tiny arch, where not a single hair was visible.

Lady Kali quickly clamped her legs together and covered herself with her hands.

Rod met her death-glaring, foul face.

"Should I say this is your nature, human?"

He turned away awkwardly.

"What was that about?"

"A rare monster in the Pristine Crystal Fields; its body contains not poison, but green liquid capable of melting magic power. I didn't expect to see it in the shallow layers."

At this moment, even in her tone, Lady Kali's foul face was visible.

Magic power is converted from spirituality, but the ability to melt magic power does not mean it can melt spirituality.

Clearly, it was something good for dealing with mages.

Rod looked at the green liquid all over the ground and silently took a collection container from his magical satchel.

"Human."

"What?" he asked without looking up, scraping green liquid from the earthen wall.

"Give me clothes."

"Didn't you bring a magical satchel?"

"I never use such external items."

"... Fine, fine, fine."

Rod had no spare clothes, so he could only take off the only short shirt he was wearing and give it to her.

(End of this chapter)