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The Era of Peace, twenty-nine years later.
Northern Lands.
Laub Hills.
Hills are a relatively rare terrain in the Northern Lands, and even across the entire continent.
Composed of continuous low slopes, the hills have relatively gentle gradients, are fragmented, lack a definite direction, and have rounded tops.
Hills are the product of mountains eroded over a long time.
This also means that upon arriving at Laub Hills, the hot summer in the local area has reached its peak.
At the same time, frequent rainfall and changeable temperatures can also have adverse effects on human health.
"What's the point of saying all this now..."
Stark complained pitifully, sniffing.
Because of the hot weather, he and Sein slept in just their underwear without blankets at night, (semi) naked.
But who can tell him why he caught a cold, while Sein showed no discomfort at all!
Catching a cold is often not enough to make you feel defeated; what defeats you is when someone doing the same thing as you (or even something you learned from them) shows no reaction at all.
"Just spreading some common knowledge, after all, Fern and Frieren haven't caught colds yet..."
"We should remind them properly."
Yulian handed the brewed medicinal soup to Stark, then looked out the window.
They were currently in a 'strange' Village.
Villagers lay scattered around the Village, unable to get up.
After checking the villagers' breathing, everyone discovered they were just asleep.
"Speaking of which, Mr. Yulian."
"Clang."
Stark gently put down the medicinal bowl in his hand.
He looked at Yulian curiously.
"The ring you gave me has been glowing ever since we arrived at the Village."
Glowing?
Yulian quietly stared at Stark's outstretched right hand.
Indeed, the red gem was emitting a weak light at this moment.
It's about to lose its effect!
Yulian's breath hitched slightly.
The next second!
Stark suddenly collapsed onto the table, unconscious!
"I should have noticed earlier."
Yulian sighed, preparing to use the ring to call Frieren and the others.
"Mr. Yulian?"
Fern's voice, however, was the first to sound at the doorway.
"Fern, where are Frieren and Sein?"
Yulian paused his hand movements and asked curiously.
"Mr. Yulian, listen to me first."
"Just now we went..."
Fern took a deep breath, quickly recounted what Frieren and Sein had explained, and finally couldn't help but faint.
"Fern!"
Yulian hurriedly caught Fern, who was about to fall, his eyes wide.
Fern said that just now, Frieren and Sein discovered that the entire Village's unconsciousness was due to a curse.
The reason the few of them didn't notice was because the ring Yulian made blocked the curse, preventing them from being 'cursed'.
Without being attacked, they naturally had no way to detect it.
However, later on, when Sein's investigation revealed that the villagers' unconsciousness was due to a curse...
The ring's effect was also about to dissipate.
Fern went back to find Yulian, while she herself followed Sein to deal with the demon on the mountain.
This was the plan Frieren had made.
"So, my task is to babysit?"
Yulian gently placed Fern on the prepared bed to lie down.
Then he glanced at Stark, who was sleeping soundly, slumped on the table.
He silently thought: Sorry.
After all, the bed had originally been prepared for Stark to rest.
However, now Yulian had biasedly given it to Fern.
"Sora~"
Yulian neatly took off his white robe and draped it over Stark.
His gaze quietly looked towards the mountain forest not far away.
His intuition told him that the demon that cast the curse was there.
"Is it okay to leave Fern and Stark with Yulian?"
The sky was getting dark.
Sein walked through the forest carrying Frieren, whose eyes were barely open, and brought up the topic.
"After all, Yulian is a demon..."
"If it's Yulian, it's fine."
Frieren's murmuring voice sounded.
It was hard to tell if she was awake or asleep.
"Hey, don't fall asleep!"
Sein shook his body slightly, attempting to keep Frieren awake by shaking her.
He naturally knew that although Yulian was part of the Demon Race, he was different from other members of the Demon Race; he was a reliable member of the Demon Race.
But if he didn't find something to keep Frieren awake...
"Don't worry, I won't fall asleep."
Frieren's soft voice slowly sounded.
If Fern were here, she would definitely notice that Frieren's tone of voice at this moment was undoubtedly like sleep-talking!
She was about to fall asleep!
"I see, in that case, I can rest assured..."
"Zzzz~"
"Frieren!"
Sein sighed in relief the previous second, but the next second he shouted.
"I... didn't... fall asleep..."
It was clear that Frieren was trying very hard to open her eyes and speak at this moment.
But the result was merely unsatisfactory.
"I'll... sleep for a bit, wake me if you encounter a demon..."
Just as Sein didn't know how to express the intense frustration in his heart...
Frieren finally gave up resisting and fell asleep.
"What a hassle..."
Sein gently put Frieren down, rubbing his head in annoyance.
We've arrived.
As Sein's eyes opened and closed, a sharp glint appeared.
Next was a battle for one person, he had to be extremely careful!
"Owoooow!"
The flower-shaped demon, whose size was as vast as a small building, was currently waving the vines in its hands, wantonly scattering its pollen.
The pollen carried Magic; any creature that inhaled it would fall into a deep sleep without exception.
This—was its curse!
A subspecies of Chaos Flower!
Sein clenched his fist.
This was a strange demon that anesthetized humans or animals with its curse to prey on them!
If nothing unexpected happened, it would soon start descending the mountain to enjoy the 'hard-won' feast after a day of hard work.
"Owoochu chuchu chu!"
The Chaos Flower roared and swung its massive vines at Sein; those vines were as flexible as its tentacles and extremely powerful!
"Can't wait, huh!"
Sein gritted his teeth and began to run quickly around the Chaos Flower!
"Bang!"
Huge slapping sounds rang out one after another!
Yet, without exception, they all missed!
"Oww!"
The Chaos Flower swung its vines meaninglessly at the sky, letting out an angry roar.
"Now's the time!"
Seeing this, Sein suddenly stopped his steps and summoned the Holy Tome!
"Goddess Magic—Three Spears of the Goddess!"
Dazzling golden light suddenly flared up around Sein as he shouted.
The next second!
Three dazzling golden energy spears quickly flew straight from beside Sein towards the Chaos Flower!
Fast, too fast to dodge!
It succeeded!
Brightness had just appeared in Sein's eyes the previous second, but the next second his pupils suddenly constricted in shock.
"!"
"Clang!"
Time and space seemed to freeze.
Sein watched with wide eyes as the Three Spears of the Goddess, on which he had placed high hopes, solidly struck the Chaos Flower but was repelled.
It was the petals!
Sein stared blankly at the Chaos Flower.
He quickly figured out the truth of the matter!
The crimson petals, closing urgently at the crucial moment, repelled the Three Spears of the Goddess!
The hard-won opportunity thus vanished without a trace!
"Rumble!"
More vines rose from the ground!
The nearly fatal danger just now made the Chaos Flower—furious!
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