"Ming Hao, what's wrong?"
The moment Flora left, Bella, who was beside Lu Minghao, turned her head and whispered to him. As an assassin, she had incredibly sharp senses. Although she hadn't noticed Flora earlier, she had sensed a slight abnormality.
Furthermore, Lu Minghao had suddenly reached out and pushed forward. That's why Bella leaned in to ask him, thinking he had discovered something amiss.
"It's nothing, just a bug."
As he spoke, Lu Minghao raised his hand and placed it in front of Bella. In the center of his palm, a bug with a human face and a body the size of a mosquito was constantly wriggling. Bella looked at the thing in Lu Minghao's hand and felt a churning in her stomach.
Although she had mentally prepared herself when she first teleported here and saw the constantly wriggling flesh and blood land, Bella still felt physically and mentally uncomfortable seeing the lifeforms here.
"What a strange bug."
Elina, the mage of the Crimson Rose squad, also leaned over and poked the bug in Lu Minghao's palm. With a light touch, she crushed it. Looking at the bug's internal structure, which completely defied logic, a hint of interest appeared on Elina's face.
As a mage, she was inherently a seeker of knowledge, at least that was the case for Elina. So, after seeing the bug's internal structure, Elina became increasingly interested in the monsters that had suddenly appeared in the Edras Kingdom.
If she had the chance after completing the mission, she would definitely catch a few to study them carefully.
"Alright, you guys be serious. The atmosphere around us is a bit strange."
At this moment, Sophie, at the front of the team, turned her head and said with a serious expression. She had noticed that the surrounding atmosphere had become increasingly eerie, and the ground beneath their feet had begun to churn, with thumb-sized fleshy sprouts constantly emerging from the earth.
Even in Sophie's perception, the surrounding land, trees, buildings, and even the air were filled with hostility towards them, as if everything had turned into incredibly hungry beasts, waiting to devour them completely.
"Captain, not far from here should be the former capital of the Edras Kingdom."
At this time, the archer of the team, Sylph, suddenly pointed forward and said. Before she joined the Crimson Rose squad, she had come to the Edras Kingdom for a mission. From the moment she teleported here, Sylph felt that the surrounding environment was somewhat familiar.
Although everything had turned into an indescribable mass of flesh and blood, at least it retained a trace of its former appearance.
"The capital of the Edras Kingdom... It seems that the target of our mission is likely to be there."
After hearing Sylph's words, the entire team showed a hint of seriousness. A few seconds later, Sophie, as the team leader, looked around at everyone and said slowly, "If we want to find the reason for the birth of those monsters, then the capital of the Edras Kingdom is the most likely place."
"Sylph, you will guide us from now on. Everyone, prepare for battle. We're heading to the capital of the Edras Kingdom!"
After speaking, Sophie, under Sylph's guidance, carefully walked in one direction. The other members of the Crimson Rose squad behind her also prepared for battle at any time and followed. Even Lu Minghao and Sally had serious expressions, as if they were really just ordinary adventurers.
If someone were to look down from the sky at this moment, they would find a human adventurer team carefully advancing in the most reasonable formation, seemingly guarding against enemies. But in reality, countless Gluttony monsters around the team were disguised as inconspicuous buildings, plants, and even some Gluttony monsters that couldn't disguise themselves were having the earth beneath them devour them.
Only a small number of weak Gluttony monsters blocked the team's path, acting as wild monsters.
"Captain! Be careful!"
Just as the Crimson Rose squad was advancing towards their destination, Bella's voice suddenly rang out. Upon hearing Bella's voice, Sophie, at the very front, unhesitatingly raised the shield in her hand in front of her chest.
The next second, Sophie was sent flying. The shield in her hand, forged by a dwarven master, shattered into several pieces in mid-air. Then, Sophie's body crashed heavily to the ground, and she sank into the ground.
In an instant, countless fleshy sprouts on the ground, like beasts that had smelled blood, frantically burrowed into Sophie's body.
"Captain!"
At this time, the crowd, who had just reacted, quickly turned their heads to look at Sophie and shouted. Elina, as a mage, seeing the dense mass of fleshy sprouts wrapped around Sophie's body, burrowing into her armor, directly raised the magic staff in her hand and cast a shield on her.
Bella, as an assassin, and Sally rushed forward at the same time, directly blocking the tentacle that had just knocked Sophie away. Sylph, as an archer, also jumped to Elina and Lu Minghao's side, protecting the two while supporting Bella and Sally, who were fighting the tentacle.
"Sylph, watch out above your head!"
At this time, Sophie, who had just forcibly torn off the fleshy sprouts that had burrowed into her body and got up, suddenly shouted at Sylph, and her body instinctively rushed towards this side. Under Sophie's reminder, Sylph also quickly raised her head and looked upwards.
A monster nearly ten meters tall, with a human-like head and wings and a body entirely composed of arms, appeared above Sylph's head. At this moment, the pairs of hands on the monster's body were grabbing towards Sophie, and the nearest arm had already touched Sylph's hair.
"Damn it!"
Looking at Sylph, Lu Minghao, and Sophie not far away, even though the distance between them was less than ten meters, and Sophie could reach them in the blink of an eye, the problem was that Sylph and the others would be killed by that monster in that blink of an eye.
After all, neither Sylph, as a shooter, nor Lu Minghao and Elina, as mages, were known for their physical strength.
At this moment, even Nina, who had been silently following the team without saying a word, slightly raised her head and looked over there. A black flame flashed in her dark pupils, but the next second, a hint of surprise was clearly revealed in Nina's originally lifeless eyes.
Boom!
The next second, a huge explosion suddenly rang out. The monster that had already touched Sylph suddenly stopped in mid-air, followed by its nearly ten-meter body flying into the sky at a speed more than twice as fast as it had flown down, and finally exploding directly into pieces of flesh falling on the ground.
"Ming... Brother Minghao, didn't you say you were a mage?"
Sophie, who had just rushed to Lu Minghao and the others, stared blankly at Lu Minghao, who was slowly lowering his arm, her rough face full of confusion. She had just witnessed Lu Minghao, who was slender and a mage, punch the monster that even she found difficult to resist, and even directly smashed it to pieces.
Even Elina beside Lu Minghao was looking at Lu Minghao with the same expression. Then she lowered her head and looked at her own fair and jade-like little fist. At this moment, Elina began to suspect whether she was a fake mage?
Otherwise, why couldn't she smash the nearly ten-meter tall, seemingly powerful monster with one punch?
