Chapter 396

Entered the mine tunnel.

Rod looked at the huge white chrysalis attached to the rocky cave wall and couldn't help but pinch the bridge of his nose.

"I'll deal with you later."

"Oh my~~ who knew she was so timid~~"

Tally knew she had made a mistake, so she combed her long ponytail down and styled it into a neat, short cut.

She then unbuttoned the two buttons on her collar, exposing the deep cleavage of her enlarged chest, and squeezed it hard against Rod's arm.

Tomboy mode activated.

Rod ignored her.

He used his limited spells to check the condition of the chrysalis.

"Hmm, the spiritual energy inside is very faint, and there are obvious fluctuations."

This was not good news.

Judging by the form, Rosalia had fallen into a self-preservation state.

It was somewhat similar to how a Phoenix turns into a giant bird egg after being killed, a form of Nirvana regeneration.

This would be a slow process that reduces life activity.

But the Tooth Fairy's fluctuations were currently very large and intense, clearly outside the normal range.

Rod couldn't understand it.

He decisively decided to seek help from Lady Kali.

True to her reputation as the know-it-all of the forest, she immediately drew a conclusion after hearing the full story:

【Lady Kali: 'Feathered Chrysalis', a spiritual technique possessed only by a few Tooth Fairies. The owner can gain stronger bonuses during advancement by relying on this spiritual technique, but must accumulate a large amount of spiritual energy as a reserve for 'Feathering' before activating it. Given the current situation, she was startled by that Succubus after being severely injured and forcibly activated it; she will likely struggle to survive.】

【Rod: What side effects will there if she doesn't survive?】

【Lady Kali: In the mild case, her rank will drop; in the severe case, the chrysalis will turn the tables, sucking her dry and birthing a mutated insect demon. Of course, looking at it now, the latter is more likely.】

Rod turned back and gave Tally a gloomy look.

The Young Lady Succubus also heard the conversation, let out a few guilty, dry laughs, lowered her head, and dared not speak.

【Rod: Is there a way?】

【Lady Kali: Of course, who do you think I am? I'm just still neutralizing Tobeka's flesh bomb.】

【Rod: Just throw her far away to avoid the explosion; Rosalia is more important.】

【Lady Kali: No need for that; this method is rare but not that difficult. I'll tell you how, and you can execute it yourself. Was there a dragon roar in the direction you went just now? You didn't face a giant dragon, did you?】

【Rod: I drove it away, slicing off more than half its brain with a single strike.】

【Lady Kali: Hehe.】

Lady Kali ignored his bragging.

Actually, this time Rod facing the giant dragon did have some reference points.

Although that sword strike didn't use his full strength, it was close enough, yet the result was only a minor injury that broke the scales.

Even with 【Power Unleashed】 and 【Blessing of the Ancient Sky Tree】, he probably couldn't single-handedly fight an eighth-rank mid-stage giant dragon.

Facing the giant dragon of Coral Bay, they still lacked critical damage.

He shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

Focus on the present.

Then the Elf Young Lady multitasked, neutralizing the flesh bomb while telling Rod a spell called 【Break Cocoon, Sever Fate】.

This spell was highly targeted.

According to Lady Kali,

it was developed by human mages fifty years ago during that campaign to hunt little fairies, specifically to slaughter Tooth Fairies hidden in the 【Feathered Chrysalis】 state.

Once the spell locks onto the target, the caster releases an invisible soul shackle that tightly binds the target's reconstructing soul and life force.

This shackle will prevent nourishment from all natural elements, severing its connection to the outside world, thereby forcibly causing the Feathering to fail.

However, after Lady Kali's improvements,

the main function is now only to sever the connection between the target and the cocoon.

The cocoon, deprived of spiritual energy, will rupture prematurely, and Rosalia will naturally be released from the 【Feathered Chrysalis】 state.

It's just that after forcibly breaking the cocoon, Rosalia might suffer some soul damage.

Compared to being sucked dry, this is relatively acceptable.

After all, Rod was a man who had consumed over ten Spirit Seeds.

He learned it quickly.

It took thirty minutes to complete the ritual inscription.

During this time, the Succubus, knowing she had made a mistake, constantly tried to curry favor.

This included, but was not limited to, using her chest to massage his shoulders, wiping sweat with her tongue, feeding him water mouth-to-mouth to quench his thirst, and unbuttoning his pants to help him relieve stress, and so on.

Rod rejected each attempt one by one.

She could only stand shamelessly to the side, laughing with a "hehehe."

"Master, your feet are dirty; let little Tally lick them clean for you, okay~~"

Rod pushed her aside.

He officially activated the ritual.

This was his first time establishing a ritual alone; although it wasn't difficult, it was full of a sense of accomplishment.

The ritual array surrounded the chrysalis; as it activated, magic glowing blue like water flowed through every circuit.

He waited quietly for another ten minutes or so.

The cocoon began to gradually lose its vitality, shifting from white to a deathly grey, sagging like an old woman whose muscles and skin have gone slack.

Snap!

The silk threads broke.

Starting from the first one, then spreading rapidly—snap snap snap—a large gap tore open, and the heavy object inside, no longer wrapped, slid down from the wall of the cavity.

The curled-up tooth fairy, Rosalia, was thus born as if from amniotic fluid.

Sliding down together with her spell satchel and other belongings.

"Oh!"

Rod's eyes lit up.

The Young Lady tooth fairy's clothes had been corroded away completely, and a wave of gorgeous, voluptuous beauty rushed at him.

She hugged her knees with both hands, her gorgeous frowning face buried between them, the fullness of her chest squeezed and deformed by her thighs.

From below her chest to above her navel, she was wrapped in a dark brown insectoid exoskeleton structure, looking like a medieval European corset, which in turn accentuated the rounded, dewy fullness of her hips.

From Rod's angle, he could just make out the dim, mysterious

tight and faintly plump swell, and at a glance one could tell it possessed an unimaginable softness and ripeness.

The skin squeezed between her thighs showed hints of pink, still so fine and smooth it made one's blood surge.

Rod was, after all, a decent person.

He limited himself to looking.

He cast a 【Dust-Cleaning Spell】 on her to wash off the sticky amniotic fluid clinging to her body.

"She looks like she's about to die."

Tally reminded him.

Rosalia's complexion was terrifyingly pale—after her heavy injuries she had forcibly entered 【Moth Chrysalis】, and then was forcibly ripped out again, wounds upon wounds; she really was not far from death.

"And who do you think did that?"

"I know I was wrong~"

Rod couldn't be bothered with her.

He held Rosalia in his arms.

【Saprogenic Symbiosis】 plus 【Green Vine Mutual Healing】—two domain skills applied at once.

The former only targeted external wounds; the latter, though it could heal all manner of injuries, required as much skin-to-skin contact as possible.

And as for the Young Lady tooth fairy—

her soul was gravely wounded, her internal organs were being corroded by some kind of negative energy; the former's effect was so-so, and the latter was, after all, separated by clothing.

Rod thought it over, and made up his mind.

He extended two fingers

and slipped them into her mouth.

Better than nothing, and the effect was passable.

Seeing this, Tally seemed to suddenly remember something; reluctantly, she took out a small preservation test-tube vial from in front of her chest.

It contained liquid.

"Here."

"What's this for? Isn't this your emergency rations?"

"Master's essence can heal wounds."

"That's because you're a succubus—what use would it be to anyone else?"

But Tally shook her head:

"No, ever since Master comprehended that mutual-healing thing, his essence has gained a very strong healing-origin effect."

Rod was slightly taken aback.

He had, after all, never tasted his own essence, so he didn't know it had this effect.

"What about blood?"

"No good. I secretly tasted Master's blood before—no effect. Urine doesn't work either."

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(End of chapter)