Chapter 718 (1/2)

Chapter 718: Loyalty to Her Belief

“I’ve scored the first point!”

Andrea gracefully lifted her long hair to shake off the snowflakes, turned toward Ashes and said, “It’s now your turn to transport it.”

“Wait… Why me?” Ashes stared at Andrea.

“Because you’re strong,” she said flatly, “this is a team competition, and naturally we’ll need to work together. Don’t forget that we represent the honor of Sleeping Island. If we lose the match because you were too slow in moving the beasts, I’ll report you to Princess Tilly.”

“Overwhelming victory! Nightingale, did you see that?” Andrea looked proudly toward Ashes and felt an immense satisfaction. Ashes looked displeased yet had no choice but to bend over and carry the unconscious demonic boar.

After all, Andrea would not be able to move such a heavy thing.

“Stay here and don’t move. I’ll be right back,” said the Extraordinary to Andrea, as she placed the sturdy demonic boar rack on her shoulder.

“I know. Hurry up.”

After Ashes left, Andrea looked up to the forest and asked, “Leaf, could you please tell me where the next demonic beast is?”

“It’s on your right about 450 meters away. It’s a snowwolf.” The branches swayed. “But aren’t you going to wait for Ashes?”

“Of course not. That’d be way too slow.” Andrea thought for a moment and said, “Hmm… that’s about 900 paces away. I’m going to head off. Could you please let Ashes know my new location?”

Leaf was silent for a moment before replying, “I understand.”

“Don’t worry. It’s only a stupid wolf. With you around to remind me, it can’t touch me.”

Even the gigantic demonic hybrid she met last time was defenseless in front of her new abilities—the original magic arrows were incredibly powerful but only had a range of 10 paces. Now as long as she had enough power, she could shoot to a distance of more than 100 meters. She even had a derivative skill that allowed her to hit accurately without fail. Even if the demonic beast had two pairs of wings, it would not be able to escape her attack.

This time, she was confident about winning!

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“I’m sorry. I didn’t think he’d get you involved in such a trifle.” Phyllis looked at Agatha who was walking in front of her and said, “I only casually agreed to it at that time.”

When Phyllis first heard about the proposal, she did not think too much about it because she had lost her palate and the Chaos Drinks were no longer appealing. What made her agree to it was simple curiosity—anyway it was better than being idle and she could take the opportunity to observe the Witch Union’s fighting ability. She did not expect that this hunting game was actually a competition and that her teammate would be Agatha, once the youngest Senior Witch.

“It doesn’t matter. This is much better than staying cooped up in the lab and researching the Magic Stone. It’s good to go out and get some exercise,” said Agatha, shrugging her shoulders. “If I didn’t have time to spare, I wouldn’t have promised His Majesty in the first place.”

“Is that so? Then… shall we just grab a few demonic beasts to make up the figures?”

“How could we do that? This is a competition.”

“But I thought the king of the common people said that friendship was first and that competition came second? The others also agreed to it.”

“I don’t think that’s what they really feel. You could tell from their expressions what they were thinking. Even without the Chaos Drinks as prizes, Lightning and Andrea would still be unwilling to lose.” Agatha paused and said, “If it’s just a normal game, then that doesn’t matter. But now we’re a team that represents Taquila, right?”