184 The Red Mis (1/2)

After taking a few moments to think about Aster's suggestion, the rest of them agreed to go on with Aster's plan with a not so happy mind.

”Well, let's get to work girls”

Aster said with a smile as the girls started to break the spells that protected the herbs.

”Nightmare, do you know what these herbs are used for?”

Don and Knight had no idea of the uses of these herbs since they weren't too good in alchemy.

”I don't know, I've heard about some of these herbs but that's it”

”We have to get an alchemist when we go back, Viper”

A talented alchemist could be useful as any powerful combat cultivator. They could concoct pills, brew potions as well as do many other things that would serve Everlight and turn it into a powerful kingdom. If Don and Knight were lucky, they might find a talented alchemist who could reproduce the healing potions, and the pills in Don's space rings so they wouldn't run out in the future.

Still, Don was extremely lucky to find a talented runemaster like Nikalas so finding a talented alchemist might not be an easy thing. However, for an unknown reason, he always had such good luck.

”Wow, they are quick”

Arrora was surprised to see the speed of Aster and the girls breaking the spells. Everywhere they go, a spell would shatter and the herb under the protective shield would disappear into a space ring.

While Aster was breaking the spells, she couldn't help but feel like someone's watching them. Yet, she ignored the feelings and continued to break the spells so they could get all the herbs and go to the next stage of the dungeon.

”She's going to break the last spell”

Knight said with an excited voice as Arrora saw Don retrieve a pouch from his space ring.

”Nightmare, hold your breath”

Arrora had a question about the pouch but since Knight and DOn already stopped inhaling, she started to hold her breath.

As Aster broke the last smile and turned to look at the rest of them with a proud grin on her face, Arrora saw Don take a handful of red glimmering powder from the pouch and disperse the powder in the air and send it towards the group below.

Having filled their rings with the herbs, the youths seemed happy.

”Keep the herbs, in your ring, we will share them when we get out”

Aster had already taken the rarest herbs of them all and the herbs she let the others take weren't so important to her so she didn't care much about them dying, as far as she's concerned, she helped them in a way and there's nothing she could do anymore.

”I don't think there are any more herbal gardens in this realm, so let's get out of here”

Aster said and sniffed a pungent smell

”What is that smell? *cough*”

The youths started to cough and their eyes turned red.

Aster was unable to stop coughing as tears started to flow out of her eyes

Aster rubbed her eyes as her eyes and skin felt like they were burning.

”I could never get used to this Viper”

She hated the ugly skull mask on her face but seeing the youths screaming and wriggling like maggots in hot oil, she was glad that she's wearing the mask as it protected her from the red mist.

”What... the *cough* fuck did you *cough* do?”

One of the youths from the star empire screamed.

Aster was in no state to answer and then started to crawl her way out of the red mist, she vaguely saw some figures walking at them.

Just as she thought to ask who they were, the ring in her finger was pulled out by an invisible force and flew towards the figures.

”No *cough* my *cough* ring”

Since the rings were made of metal, Don easily pulled them out from the crowd as the victims could only growl and scream.

”Give me *cough* my ring *cough* back”

One of the girls who had come with Aster said.

However, it was too late as every ring including the rings of the star empire had been taken by Don.

”We won't forget your help, miss, Star empire will always be grateful to you”

Knight said, looking at Aster to make them believe that they were from the star empire as the three of them turned back and left.

”NOOOOOO! *cough*”

The last thing she saw before closing her eyes was two tall and one short shadow.

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”Why didn't you kill that bitch?”

Arrora asked when they got out of the pocket realm.

'And reduce their suspect pool, no we're not idiots, Nightmare”

Knight said as Arrora threw a bunch of maps and compasses on the ground for the crowd lying at the garden to find when they came out.

”Why are you leaving the maps and compasses for them?”

”Karma's a bitch, you ever heard of that saying, if by any chance there's an innocent in that group and got killed or lost in this realm because we took the map and compass, that karma will come back to bite us in the back someday ”

Arrora was surprised

”I didn't know you believe in things like that”