madnovel Chapter 70 The best way to improve your strength is through combat!
Chapter 70 The best way to improve your strength is through combat!
Chapter 70 The best way to improve your strength is through combat!
"Because you seem easier to deal with, big brother?"
Upon hearing this, Rod fell silent.
He never expected that in the other person's eyes, he was actually the weakest of the three.
"You did nothing wrong," Alina comforted her in the consciousness space. "It was because of your words that her evil true nature was exposed."
"But it still attacked me first," Rod's voice was muffled, "just because she thought I was easy to bully?"
Before this, Rod had seriously reflected on his problems and felt that he had spoken too harshly and impulsively when facing Aphrodite last time, which led to such a confrontation. He also listened to Alina's advice and carefully considered his communication style with others.
Ultimately, it's because of its lack of strength that it dares to attack itself so recklessly.
Indeed, improving one's own abilities is more important than changing communication methods.
Thinking of this, Rhodes unconsciously clenched his fists, his eyes filled with fighting spirit.
The best way to improve your strength is through combat!
"————" Alina, who vaguely sensed Rhodes's thoughts, felt like the sky had fallen.
She had worked so hard to teach him for so long, and only then did her communication skills improve somewhat. But all her efforts were wasted because of the deception of this monster.
It's all that damned monster's fault, how dare it deceive Rhodes!
It's all her fault for deliberately feigning helplessness and striking when people lowered their guard, which ironically became the opening for the other party to exploit.
"How dare they use such a vile method to gain our trust!" Alina trembled with rage in her consciousness space, determined to make this evil monster pay!
In her rage, the magic surging around her poured out without reservation through the connection between the two, flowing through her meridians into Rhodes's limbs and bones.
"Um?
Rhodes felt the tearing, burning pain in the back of his neck suddenly lessen, the dizziness from blood loss subsided, and his previously weak arms regained their strength, making his grip on the bow handle even more steady.
That force surged through my veins, fueling the fighting spirit burning ever brighter in my chest.
He was slightly taken aback, then realized the source of this power.
As expected of a partner, Alina understood the desire for power so quickly and resonated with it.
These are true partners! Adventuring together, traveling together, and growing stronger together!
Huh? Why isn't this guy weak at all? Instead, his aura has suddenly become stronger?
Sensing the change in Rhodes, Lily's eyes narrowed, her right ear covered in gray fur twitched, and her claws unconsciously dug into the gravel under her feet, her muscles tense, ready to strike at any moment.
It felt a sense of foreboding, and looking at the three men who were eyeing it menacingly, it began to regret its recklessness that had led to its identity being exposed.
She never intended to fight the three men head-on in this cave.
Even though the environment here is dark and not conducive to human combat, the other side is still a team of three professionals. If they really got into a fight, she wouldn't gain any advantage.
Upon seeing Rhodes and his companions, it immediately planned to pretend to be a pitiful, terrified child and, as they wished, return to the village where this body lived.
This way, we can find out the true strength of these adventurers, as well as the village's defenses and population. Then, we can launch an attack from within, which will surely be twice as effective.
Although it had no intention of making a move, it immediately distanced itself from Don Quixote, who was heavily armored and difficult to ambush, and instead set its sights on Rhodes and Milan.
Ultimately, it chose Rod, firstly because Rod took the initiative to squat down and carry it on his back, completely exposing the vulnerability on the back of his neck, making it hard for it not to be tempted;
Secondly, he looked thin and slender, lacking both the impenetrable heavy armor of a knight and the magical barrier surrounding a mage, making him the easiest of the three to catch.
She had calculated that this claw would sever the blood vessels on the side of his neck. Even if it didn't kill him on the spot, it would cause him to lose blood and become weak. With the remaining two in disarray, she would be much more at ease whether she wanted to retreat or fight.
He didn't even manage to take down a ranger outright; he even retained considerable fighting power—what a troublesome fellow. Looking at the three adventurers before her, Lily maintained a cunning smile, but couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
Who would have thought that my casual reply would be used to expose my true colors?
What no one expected was that this swordsman, who had been hit hard, not only did not lose his strength, but instead soared high like a fire doused with strong liquor.
"Your medicine looks really effective; it healed your wound so quickly."
Lily grinned, her sharp wolf fangs still stained with blood. The delicate and pitiful look on her human face was completely gone, replaced by a ferocity that matched the wolf's head perfectly.
Before she could finish speaking, the bowstring at Rod's fingertips suddenly snapped open.
Buzz—
The iron arrow, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound, went straight for her throat, without uttering a single unnecessary word.
"Tsk."
Lily's pupils contracted, clearly she was prepared. She twisted her waist sharply to the side and slid half a meter away along the rock wall.
The arrow grazed her wolf ear and sank deeply into the stone wall behind her, its fletching still trembling.
"Attack!" Don Quixote roared, his greatsword slicing through the ground with ear-piercing sparks as he charged forward like a cannonball.
The broad blade slashed down with a whistling sound, but only struck a mangled corpse on the ground, splattering putrid fluids everywhere.
Lily used the corpse and scattered granite blocks as cover, her figure appearing and disappearing in the dim light.
Now small in size and extremely agile, it leaps and darts among the scattered corpses and rubble, like a ghostly shadow roaming the battlefield.
Don Quixote, clad in heavy armor, was a beat too slow to turn and change direction, and his swords missed several times in a row. Instead, he almost tripped over the severed arm under his feet, which made her scream in anger.
"Damn it! If you've got the guts, stop hiding and fight me head-on!"
"Stop shouting, she's just wasting your energy."
Milan frowned and took a half step back. The fireball at the top of her staff grew larger and larger, and the orange-red light made her face flicker.
However, the light in the cave was very limited, and "Lily" was moving incredibly fast. She could only vaguely see a gray shadow darting around at the edge of her vision, and she couldn't pinpoint its exact location at all.
She gritted her teeth, anticipated the target's landing point, and threw the fireball.
The fireball crashed onto the stone platform and exploded with a deafening roar, sending shards of stone and charred flesh flying everywhere. But when the smoke cleared, there was no trace of the half-wolf girl.
"Watch out behind you!" Rod suddenly looked at Milan and warned her.
Milan felt a chill run down her spine. Just as she was about to turn around, a cold, fishy-smelling wind swept across the back of her neck.
not good.
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