Chapter 66 (1/2)

Translator: Sigma  Editor: Sigma

In the thick woods, disorderly sounds could be constantly heard.

One moment it was the sound of trees being broken, and the next, it was the the collision of gold and iron. Then it was a fierce crash, followed by the sound of flowing water.

In the dim light, there were three figures, one big and two small, busy fighting. The big one was naturally the horrible serpent, while the small ones were Ray and Steele.

Ray was in charge of the fight, while Steele only assisted him.

Steele hurried back immediately after sensing there was a fight beneath her, but she struggled to help. She soon found out that with her lack of fighting skills, not only was she unable to offer help in the battle between Ray and the huge serpent, but she also was only getting in the way.

So she stepped aside and kept a relatively safe distance, using her heaven-sent skill of casting spells to assist Ray.

As a semi-holy spirit who had failed to complete the transformation, she was able to make use of many heaven-sent spellcasting skills. Although there were few that could be used for direct assaults, she was able to assist Ray with many of them. Coincidentally, what she needed right now was the Spell of Assistance.

Assisted by Steele’s spells, Ray became spirited and his fighting ability increased tremendously. He rejected the awakened Sui Xiong’s proposal of help and wielded his spear and sword as if they’d become two beams of white light, so the battle was quite even.

Over time, Ray gradually gained the upper hand.

He found that although this huge serpent had a huge body, amazing strength, and stunning defensive capacity, it wasn’t particularly clever.

This lack of fighting intelligence meant that the snake’s combat skills were poor. With his rich experience accumulated from many battles, Ray gradually understood the fighting habits of this serpent. When the rhythm of the fight completely fell into his control, there was no longer any suspense as to the outcome of this battle.

Even so, killing a giant snake was a very difficult thing. Ray struggled for a long time and finally killed the huge serpent as twilight approached.

With a final cry, the huge serpent slumped to the ground and finally ceased moving. By this time, Ray was also exhausted and could barely stand. Even Steele, who had only assisted him by casting spells, was also quite fatigued. She flapped her wings feebly and could not fly anymore.

“Thank you,” Sui Xiong said as he cast a spell that froze the skeleton of the serpent together with its blood, preserving its precious materials as much as possible. This was the loot that Ray and Steele gained after fighting for an entire afternoon. It might not be priceless, but it was certainly very rare.

“How to deal with this stuff?” he asked, “How about we save it in the storage space that I made and sell it after we reach the Commonwealth of Mifata?”

“Deal with it as you wish,” Ray said faintly. “I have to find a place to camp because I feel as if every bone in my body is going to fall apart.”

“Me too,” said Steele, finally recovering a bit strength after resting for awhile. She flapped her wings and began to fly. “There is a rocky hill up ahead. Although it isn’t high, it is barren and not occupied by any beasts. It is the best place for us to camp.

Hearing that they could finally sleep on solid ground, the already exhausted Ray again became spirited. He used his long spear as a cane and climbed up on another floating disk (the one that Sui Xiong originally used to test the duration of his spell). Because it had been kept far away from the battle, it was not destroyed in the fight, and now it came in handy once again.

“It’s good to take a rest!” Steele sighed, flying slowly in the air and leading the way.

Fortunately, the place was not far. It took them about ten minutes to arrive at the barren rocky hill.

The rocks in this hill were quite hard, and the mountaintop was very smooth, making it a good campsite. However, everyone’s current state made camping in the wild again very unattractive, so Sui Xiong searched in his documents, found a spell for shelter that was commonly used by travelers, and cast this spell.

From nothing, this spell could create a room with beds, fireplaces, and simple toiletries. For travelers away from home, it was indeed a very convenient spell.

But the disadvantage of this spell was also obvious. First of all, it was a made-up place, and it was difficult to get an adequate night’s rest by sleeping in it. Also because this was an isolated place, people couldn’t effectively pray here. This meant that neither mages nor priests could recover their abilities to cast spells by resting in the shelter.

If this problem was only secondary, then the main problem was truly terrible. In the shelter, no one could keep watch of their surroundings outside.

And although the house could keep out wind and rain, this seemingly solid house offered basically no defense at all. It could be damaged by even just a few wolves.