Chapter: 686

Nothing.

He took a few more steps in and stabbed his sword into the sand.

Nothing.

“If there was a sand beast of some sort, that explosion will have killed it… but Three said environmental hazard.”

Two began marching slowly. He wasn’t sure if there was some trap under the sand but remained cautious with every step.

Finally, he bumped against a mushroom.

The damn thing attached its tendril to his foot.

“Dammit.” he tried to hit it off with his shield. Unsuccessfully.

Over the next few minutes he discovered the same things Three did: it was impossible to cut with a sword or pull off. Arc stones worked to cut it but were slow.

After cutting off a tendril, Two didn’t proceed, instead he experimented. He was not going to repeat number Three’s mistake.

Some fleshy bits of a creature had left blood stains in the sand at the edge of the crater, so he quickly went back there and dug it up.

A bloodied lizard in hand, he journeyed back to the mushroom and tossed the lizards dead body onto the fruit.

He shook his head, disappointed in Three as he watched the mushroom fold up with the dead lizard and disappear underground with a small prize.

“What an idiot.” he thought.

“Two. Number Three was killed by mushrooms.”

Before waiting for a reply, he quickly added “Not poisonous mushrooms, but man-eating mushrooms. Impervious to physical damage.”

“Brief Four when they arrive.” a commander said.

“Acknowledged.” he nodded, waiting for Four.


*Boom!~*

A wave of pressure rolled through the forest, but its only living inhabitant was shocked awake.

“Ah, what?” Jay raised his head off his arm, still asleep on the edge of the stream.

Since he was lying on the ground, his whole body felt the tremor and it was enough to startle him awake.

“What the fuck am I doing…” he said to himself.

“Get up.” he thought.