Most of the adventurers never used such a tactic before, with the advantage in numbers of being in a group, they would have a higher chance of winning against the spirit beast. Because most of the spirit beasts never live in a group, it is rare to see spirit beasts living in a group.
With everything prepared, Nacorn alone standing at the edge of the pond. After giving a few signals with his portable light, everyone who waits at the ambush location also prepares themselves. If everything goes as plan, then the chance of taking the lotuses is higher. With the heavy stone being throw into the pond water, it creates a loud sound that pulled more than five lizards at one.
After coming to the surface of the water, seeing a prey taunting them within their domain again and again. Those lizards spirit beast angry roar and charge at Nacorn with full speed if there is no plan taking into consideration, Nacorn might already wet his pant with such numbers. This is already their fifth attempt, it was as if those lizards would not leave too far from the pond area. Or they could not stay on the surface for too long, yet, after numerous attempts, the spirit beasts finally could not take it anymore as their number multiply by five from just only one spirit who would chase Nacorn away.
"You stupid beast! Come at this daddy if you dare!" Nacorn follows the script of Carone who told him to taunt the beasts after many failed attempts of stones throwing. With being abused by a human in its territory, the armored lizard spirit beasts finally give in to the taunt of Nacorn.
"Everone prepare for the worst, this time it is not one or two but five of them." William already prepares his stance even though he is only a mid-rank body refiner. Carone and Benak also nod to each other after seeing Nacorn running toward their trap location.
"Do you really think they will fall into the trap?" Vernora who is carelessly Rosy in her sleeping that making her snooze from time to time.
As for the big guy that always follow behind them where ever they go, everybody already gets used to it, since they can not chase it away. They can only let it be.
"Since those lizards don't want to leave the water for too long this has to be its weakness, one they fall into the trap, it is their final resting place." At least this what William believes in.
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Nacorn runs a bit slower than usual as he afraid of these lizards do not follow him. Yet, he does not expect it to move pretty fast with such short legs. He only misses a few steps for every single splat of the saliva from the lizards behind his butt: 'This kind of mission ought to give to Carone as he likes to curse the most. With his cursing skill, these lizards might die from a heart attack.' Looking back and seeing that one of the lizards prepare for a split over his butt, Nacorn curses his breakthrough timing. Even though he managed to breakthrough, but without testing his actual elemental and learning new skills, it is still useless to even mention it. Besides brute force strength, he does not even know how to execute a single skill.
After avoiding the saliva with only a few millimeters missing, his back already sweating as time passed by. With the corroding effect from it, if his body does not melt, it would be strange.
Seeing the alley in front of him, Nacorn finally feels a bit ease as he knows if he manages to pass this place, the rest will leave to the others to manage.
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With Nacorn passed the alley, William detonates the bombs that they planted without further ado. The earth-shaking where Vernora loses her balance as she falls over William all a sudden. 'What! The things that they planted in the ground have this kind of might.' Although she is holding William's arm to stand properly, she already forgets how intimate she is to him at the moment completely. "What are those things that you leave on the ground beneath this alley?" Vernora surprise to find out what she saw that day was completely different from one of the book's records about the formation master within her ancestor collection. She has an anticipate look with excitement as she looks into William's eyes. It was like a kid who finally has a meeting with its favorite toy.
With the smoke left behind by the explosion, Benak, Carone enters the alley with caution. Even though the fog is a bit dissipate because of the explosion, yet, no one knows exactly the result of the spirit beasts without seeing them personally.
A sharp tail sweeps itself on Benak's abdomen which blood splat from his mouth and sends him flying backward. The sweeping blow that causes Benak to fly also stops its movement, it was likely the last struggle of the spirit beast. Even from this kind of explosive these five lizards' body still interacts in one peace, however, its internal organs already rupture beyond recognize. Carone stunning expression could be seen for a brief moment when he saw Benak split a mouthful of blood from this impact, he charges at the beast with his short dagger without thinking about death himself but toward his advancement, there is only dull sound could be heard.
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"Benak, are you okay? You cannot leave me alone?" Carone blurry eyes as he hugs Benak who just split another mouthful of blood that dice his clothes red. Since there is no more movement from the beast, Carone feels a bit at ease to attend Benak injury.
"You cannot leave your big brother all alone, we haven't taken our revenge yet."
"Little brother, do you hear me? You cannot die yet, here take this pill..." Carone hand still shaking although the pill already enters Benak's mouth.
"Cough... Cough..." The last sigh of Benak, seeing is Carone crying face, it has been a long time since he last saw his big brother crying like that. He does not want to close his eyes, yet, his eyes lid become so heavy that he could not manage it anymore. The world already incomparable dark to him...
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"Carone, you have to let him go. Since we have stepped into this path, there is only one choice to make that is to embrace your memory of him for the rest of our life." Nacorn tries to console Carone for the loss of their companion.
"No, you don't know how important he is to me. Don't you hear his heartbeat?" Carone still hugs Benak cold body without letting go. Looking at the scenes in front of him, William finally comes back to his sense, that right they are currently facing an unknown danger that could occur every minute they spend.
'System upgrade complete...' The sudden popup voice echo out of nowhere causing William to stare blankly for a short period. 'Uh!' a yawning voice could be heard within his inner space, yet before White drake could even sketch its body, William cursing voice already echo over its ears.
'You stupid snake where the hell have you been?'
'Are you not the one who causing all of this mess?' White drake just reviews the experience from what has happened the last few days before return its unwillingness. 'If Rosy did not meet with...' White drake almost slips its tongue before continue again. 'Now, it is not the time to discuss this thing. What a pity, if this boy does not have poison within his body, how could he die this fast from just a small injury. Do you want to save him or not?' White drake asks in a smirky smile face.
'Right, why not? It is good to save one when they are needed.' Even though their relationship is not that close besides employee and employer, however, he is the one that brought them with him. And they did not abandon him during his unconsiousness period, so they are the kind of people that worth more than anything else in this world. Because he just experienced the betrayal of brothers within the Diana clan, those two elders cannot compare to the dust of these three men's feet.
'It will coasts you dearly. Do you still want to save him?' White drake teasing voice could be heard again. Yet, William turns into a deaf mode when he heard what White drake just said.
'Do it!' William could only sight toward his unwillingness, who knows in the future that because of this action William himself earns three free generals.
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'Come Rosy! Let's do some dirty work. Tonight, we are having a feast.' Rosy who is currently peaceful sleeping open her small cute eyes in confusion because she heard an illusion voice calling for her. 'It is me...' After fully awake, Rosy finally able to understand what's happened. From White drake explain, she has to treat this skinny human with her poison absorb skill before it reaches his heart. Anyways, she could finally return and sleep peacefully after doing this.
When William heard the conversation between White drake and Rosy, he almost split blood. Why did he forget about Rosy ability? He can only blame himself for his stupidity to believe in this little crafty snake.
'Where is Rosy? I don't see her in my pocket space.' After William woke up, he seemed to check the space domain within his body, yet, he notices that there is no Rosy in there. He has forgotten about her since there are many headache problems to solve during this period.
'Eh! Ah, never mind. She is with you the entire time. Don't you see that little puppy over there? It is her.' White drake causal explains William where Rosy is.
'You are telling me that snow-white puppy is Rosy. Are you joking around? That little thing does not even have the same feature as a snake, at all.' William still does not buy it, how the heck a snake-like becoming a puppy.
'Never mind your stupidity. After she completes her work, she will return here and by that time you will know. Anyways, don't waste more time or else that little boy over there will have a grand meeting with hade.'
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Rosy jumps from Vernora's hand, as she lands herself on the ground for a moment before walking to Benak.
Carone, who is hugging Benak with teary eyes, does not notice a big bear spirit beast already stand behind him with its hand waiting for a knocking command over his head. The last thing he sees was, Nacorn confront with William.
The moment after the bear spirit beast knocks Carone down, Nacorn looks at William with a complex expression. "William, what is the meaning of this? After killing these lizards, you want to kill all of us and loot the herbs by yourself?"
"Nacorn, listen to me! If you want to save Benak, don't interrupt us." William found it hard to believe what Rosy just do. Why would she command the bear spirit beast to knock Carone down? Not even in his dream that she would do something like this.
"Please believe in me, why would I want to kill all of you? You can check on Carone whether he is alive or dead. If I want to kill all of you, why would I bother to save you back then? I could just leave you while we cannot wake you up." William tries to calm Nacorn down, as he does not want any in fighting to break out amid this dangerous place.
Yet, Nacorn still does not believe William so easily, only after checking that Carone still has breath normally besides losing consciousness, he calms down a bit.
"How do you plan on saving Benak? Besides a feeble heartbeat left on him, even if there is a heavenly physician, he would not able to save him. Let alone you are not one." Benak looks at William with his red eyes that were as if he is on fire.
"Who said that I am the one who is going to give the treatment to him?" William replies with a smiley face.
"If it is not you then who? That white hair girl?" Nacorn's face becomes uglier after he heard what William just told him.
"No, I don't know anything." Vernora finds it interesting when she sees how William becomes a villain.
"Nacorn, don't waste our time. Benak cannot wait anymore if you still standing there. You can kill me if I could not bring him back from hell." William bets everything on Rosy.
"Don't blame me for being blunt. Even if I am going to die here, I would still bring you with me if you dare to do anything silly..." But, before Nacorn finished his sentence, the bear spirit beast also knocks him unconscious.
'Ok, now everyone besides the key figures already left the stage, so we can continue our work.' White drake told Rosy what to do next...
The mist that enveloped the vicinity become heavy as time passed by. It's hard to see clearly your surrounding, let alone wandering in this dangerous place...
Not long after there is a groan voice from a man, it was as if he just experience a hellish of torturing.