Just when everyone thought that they had awakened the hibernating giant sandworm, the twitching stopped before some mixture of yellowish mucus and unknown animal remnants gushed out like a torrent. Sky immediately put up a spherical barrier and protected everyone from the disgusting mucus just in time. However...
"Ugh... What the hell is that smell? I feel like throwing out everything I had for lunch." said Maria who looks really uncomfortable.
"Well... This creature sometimes throws out some mucus along with unexpected victims that accidentally got eaten during its hibernation, after all, it hibernated with its mouth wide open. Thus it is not unreasonable for this awful smell... Here... Sniff on this, it will make you feel better." said Sky as he handed a bottle of greenish liquid to Maria.
Maria opened the bottle, sniffed a bit, and immediately feel better.
"Ah... Seriously, I never thought that one day I will actually like the scent of this herbal fusion from Ben-chan... Jun-chan, want to have a sniff?" Maria asked as he passed the bottle to Junior.
"It's okay. I can bear it." said Junior, rejecting Maria's offer.
"But the smell aside, I swear I saw some human skeleton that got washed away along with the remnants of animals." said Sky as soon as he got over with the disgusting smell.
"Yes, I saw it too, and there is another human skull over there." said Junior as he pointed at his right side.
Sky looked to the area pointed by Junior, and just as he said, there is a broken skull covered by a thick layer of the yellowish mucus.
"You are right. But how are you able to identify that skull from this distance just by looking at it? For the very least, I can't without using magic." said Sky, slightly impressed.
"Haha... Well, it has something to do with my special interest after all." said Junior as he laughed awkwardly.
"Hmm... So it's like how Chris is able to identify different types of parasitic worms by just listening to their squirming sounds from under the ground huh?" said Sky as he proceeded with collecting the remaining material needed...
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"Ha-chiu!"
Yup, as usual, whenever Sky is bad-mouthing about Chris, he will sneeze.
"Tsk... I had been telling you to put on more clothes as the weather is getting colder these few days. Stop teasing that girl, put on this sweater." said Ben as he walked out with a wool sweater after he heard the sneeze from Chris.
As Ben passed the sweater to Chris, he gave a hand signal to Ruby indicating her to leave, she did as he instructed.
Then, Ben seated next to Chris and stared at him with reprimanding eyes as Chris put on the sweater.
"Seriously, I am rather concerned about your behav... Hmm?"
Just as Ben was about to discuss with Chris about what he did to Ruby earlier, Ben heard a rumbling noise from the sky.
"Ah... Damn it. I am definitely not prepared for this crap right now." Ben murmured in annoyance.
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Mine cave town.
Sky, Maria, and Junior had done collecting all the materials needed and is ready to exit the mine cave. However, some unexpected incident happened. Before they were able to get out of the cave, they were blocked by a group of armed men that leads by the town mayor.
"Uh-huh... Care to explain what kind of situation we are having here right now?" Sky asked, in a slightly sarcastic tone.
"Well, it's not anything serious. Still remember when I told you no one in this town dared to get into this mine cave? Actually, it's more like none of the people I sent into the cave was able to get out of it alive." said the mayor with a sarcastic shrug.
"Ah... I see. No wonder. I was wondering why there are rotten human corpses in the cave while you said that no one had entered the cave for thousand years, now I get it. So, what do you want from us? Just split it out, I don't have the patience for your sarcasm." said Sky, finally switching his sarcastic tone to a harsh tone.
"Haha! By right it's not necessary for me to tell you anything, but since you seem to have collected a good amount of mineral from the cave, I shall tell you..."
"Let me guess, you want to kill us and took the collected mineral away from us." said Sky, interrupted the mayor before he could finish his words.
"Hmm... Since you have already guessed, I shall not waste any more time."
Said so, the mayor took out a small twisted flute and played it. As he played a weird and disturbing tune, some weird noises can be heard from under the ground and from the cave, then a flaming skeletal hand suddenly pierced out from the ground, followed by at least twenty more.
"Ah... A skeletal type low demon eh? It has certainly been quite a while since we saw that last time, huh?" said Sky, in a fed-up tone.
"Mhmm... Never thought they can be summoned in this way, I am very sure that Chris-chan will be interested in that instrument." said Maria, equally fed up.
Junior looked at those two without saying anything, he had fought those low demons for a few times in the past as well, but he doesn't understand why are those two so fed up about that. Suddenly, Sky turned his face and successfully landed a direct eye contact with Junior.
"Junior, I believe this is a good time to test out your legs for a bit, with your hybrid power, this should be an easy task for you." said Sky with a sincere smile. Yes, he is throwing the ball to Junior with such a lame excuse...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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