Chapter 247

Chapter 250: Tsundere Plus Mouth-Disapproving But Straightforward Elf (Please Subscribe!)

At the room where Cadmus’ spring was located, the group arrived at the deepest part of the spring to draw water, all the while remaining vigilant.

“We don’t really need to run to two different springs for this amount of water…”

Tione filled a crystal bottle and handed it to Refia to put in her backpack. Looking at the ten already filled bottles in Refia’s hands, and then glancing at the spring that had just been drained by them, she spoke with a complicated tone.

“Yeah…”

Seeing that they had already filled the required amount of water as stated in the Adventurers’ Quest, Refia looked complexly as she tightened the cap and placed the bottle into her backpack.

If you count the prepared crystal bottles, they had just about drained the spring completely.

Each crystal bottle could hold approximately five hundred milliliters, and the quest requirement was two thousand milliliters.

This quantity, not counting Finn’s side, but looking solely at their harvest, had already exceeded the quest requirements, even with some extra.

Originally, once the spring water surfaced, it would be mostly consumed by the mighty dragon, so usually, only a little could be recovered.

However, this time Izay must have arrived relatively early, just in time for the new emergence of the spring, thus yielding a bountiful harvest.

“Refia, take this too.”

On the other side, after they finished filling the water, Izay also handed Refia a piece of wing membrane shimmering with golden light.

“The membrane of Cadmus,” a drop item that has a very small chance of appearing after defeating the powerful dragon Cadmus.

Trusting his own luck, Izay rummaged through the dragon’s ashes and indeed found it.

“O-okay.” Refia carefully took it over.

At this moment, Tiona approached Ais.

“Ais, what are you thinking about?”

It seemed that since the beginning, Ais had been staring vigilantly at the entrance of the cavern.

“There’s something near the entrance…”

“Eh?”

When answering Tiona’s puzzled question, Ais had already placed her hand on the hilt of the Sword of Despair.

“Could it be a monster!?”

Just as Refia finished organizing her backpack, her body stiffened slightly, her expression turning somewhat unpleasant.

What kind of monster dares to intrude into the territory of the mighty dragon Cadmus in the fifty-first floor?

“Be more confident, Refia. It’s a monster.”

In response to Refia’s words, Izay gave an affirmation, then white light flashed in his hand, transforming Zekai into its bow form.

He could more or less guess what would appear next at the entrance.

Among the five people, he and Ais, due to their own Skills, were particularly sensitive to monsters, so both of them noticed the abnormality first.

However, Ais only targeted monsters, whereas Izay remained effective even against humans.

As the two entered a state of alertness, Tiona and Tione also reined in their lax thoughts and cautiously looked toward the entrance.

In the silent environment, an intangible sense of pressure spread out.

In such a quiet atmosphere, a dark shadow approached the cavern.

Then that thing came into the sight of the five.

“What is that!?”

“Worm…!!”

Tiona and Refia shouted one after another. The monstrous creature towering like a small mountain impacted their spirits.

What they saw was a huge monster.

The color covering its entire body was yellow-green; its swollen and seemingly tender green skin had colorful patterns all over, strangely glaring. Countless short legs formed its lower half, truly resembling a worm.

Its upper body appeared to be resting on its long lower half, bulging like a small mountain, extending flat organs without thickness from both sides, which seemed to be arms. There were four slits at the front end, somewhat resembling fingers.

This monster seemed to have a fixation on the inside of the cavern, its massive body rubbing against the four-to-five-meter-high ceiling, shaving off large chunks of rock from the narrow tunnel walls.

It forcefully squeezed itself into the interior of the cavern.

Among the five people facing this unprecedented enormous monster, the one who reacted relatively calmly was Izay.

He had at least mentally prepared himself.

“The entrance is blocked!?”

After one worm monster passed through, the figure of a second such monster immediately appeared in the entrance passage, causing Tione to let out a cry.

To say entrance, it was actually an exit too, because this cavern only had one channel connecting to the outside world.

“—!”

Izay acted fastest.

He drew his bow fully, aimed at the worm monster that entered his field of vision, and focused entirely on this single arrow.

Magic power quickly gathered, and the released arrow flew straight ahead like a meteor.

“!? ”

The monster that had just entered the cavern space seemed still to be investigating the situation, and clearly couldn’t make any effective defense against the sudden attack.

The arrow of radiant light pierced into the worm’s unguarded body.

A painful scream and hoarse cries lasted only for a moment, then the yellow-green skin swelled increasingly, followed by an explosion.

Dark purple liquid splashed in all directions like a bomb, producing foul-smelling blue smoke upon contact with the ground.

“Eww~!”

“What is that? Does it explode too?”

“Is it poison!?”

Behind them, seeing the death scene of the monster, Refia couldn’t help but let out a cry of despair, displaying an expression as if witnessing something unbearable.

Meanwhile, Tiona and Tione were pondering over the information about this new species of monster.

As for Ais, seeing the second monster crawling out of the tunnel, she was ready to rush forward with the Sword of Despair in hand.

But she was held back by Izay.

“? ”

The blonde girl tilted her head slightly towards Izay.

She didn’t understand why he stopped her.

“I’ll handle it here first. Let Refia assist me. These monsters explode after being defeated, which isn’t friendly to those who can only fight close-range.”

Izay explained to her.

“…Okay.” After hesitating for a moment, Ais nodded.

“Did you hear that? Refia, stop your lamenting there and prepare your Magic!”

“Mmm! Why are you shouting, Izay!? That disgusting thing makes my whole body uncomfortable just by looking at it, alright! Seriously!”

The little elf pouted and scolded a bit, but her body honestly followed Izay’s words and began chanting magic.

“[Arrow of Liberated Light, Bow of Sacred Wood—]”

Hmph, a tsundere plus mouth-disapproving but straightforward little elf.

Tiona and Tione had no objections to this decision.

That explosion just looked dangerous, so it’s better not to intervene.

Under the efforts of Izay and Refia, the group quickly cleared the worm monsters blocking the passage and soon left the cavern.

In the labyrinth outside the cavern, there were quite a number of these worm monsters. However, for Izay, who could instantly cast Magic and fire arrows without cooldown, it was almost a first-sight kill.

And there was also Refia providing secondary firepower.

It was like killing one when it comes alone, and wiping out a whole group when they come together.

As for Ais and the others… well, they didn’t have many chances to act.

Later, when the group decided whether to return to camp or meet up with Captain Finn first…

“——Ahhhhhhhhh!!”

A scream of agony rang out.

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