Everyone was stunned by the scene before them, only the Uncle ran back, reeking of blood, and complained.
"It seems... this Nine-Headed Serpent's level isn't high, at least if it can be instantly killed by a tenth-tier magic spell," Livia-san analyzed.
According to Livia-san, water-element offensive magic, with the exception of certain faith-based spells, has the lowest damage output. If it can still be instantly killed with one blow, it's enough to prove that this Nine-Headed Serpent is the weakest of the weak.
Although the hunt was successful, no one wanted to collect the scattered pieces of the Nine-Headed Serpent's flesh. So... everyone collectively decided to have the Uncle lure another one, and this time, Sir Xia Na would attack.
Although the Uncle, covered in blood, was muttering under his breath, he still went... and used the same method to lure another one over.
"Heart Grasp!" This time, Sir Xia Na swiftly and decisively used Heart Grasp, crushing another Nine-Headed Serpent to death.
"It was instantly killed with just a ninth-tier magic spell, without any magic enhancement. This Nine-Headed Serpent's combat power should be thoroughly understood," Arute judged, watching the Nine-Headed Serpent fall to the ground.
"If it's killed directly, Bai Xia won't get any experience bonus, right? A level one character doesn't get experience when teamed with us anyway. If she doesn't get bonus experience, it's like we didn't even fight, right?" Lan said from the side, and then Arute and Sir Xia Na were stunned.
"Uh... indeed. Uncle, could I trouble you to lure another one over?" Arute asked the Uncle again. This time, the Uncle went without complaint and successfully lured another one over.
"Magic Enhancement... Weakness Curse!" This time, Sir Xia Na didn't use an offensive spell, but rather a control-type magic that could temporarily and significantly reduce the target's mobility. The Nine-Headed Serpent that was chasing the Uncle, after being cursed, slowed down significantly after only a few steps.
"Magic Enhancement—Water Prison." Livia-san also used a restrictive magic after Sir Xia Na, creating a sphere of water that directly bound the Nine-Headed Serpent.
"Then the final blow is up to you," Arute said to Ellie, of course... still with that bright, toothy smile.
"Okay!" Ellie took out the wooden stick that Sir Xia Na had given her from her pocket and struck the central head of the Nine-Headed Serpent.
Ellie only used about a tenth of her strength for that blow, and with a 'plop,' the head exploded, splattering white and red matter all over Ellie's face.
"This..." Everyone was speechless, seeing Ellie's disheveled appearance.
Is this guy really level one or two?
Is Ellie too strong? Or is the Nine-Headed Serpent too weak?
"..." Ellie didn't say anything after being covered in stinking brain matter and blood.
Instead, she looked at the Nine-Headed Serpent, which was screaming in pain from having one head smashed, and silently raised the wooden stick in her hand again, smashing it onto the remaining heads. Before long... all eight remaining heads were smashed by Ellie.
Originally, the large group of Nine-Headed Serpents still roaming the Wetland, upon hearing the cries of that Nine-Headed Serpent, all rushed towards Ellie.
However, Ellie remained there, calmly smashing heads, completely ignoring those Nine-Headed Serpents. The Uncle, Arute, and Livia-san all prepared for direct combat.
However, at this moment, after Ellie had smashed all nine heads of the unlucky Nine-Headed Serpent, she merely cast a cold glance at the group of charging Nine-Headed Serpents. Those Nine-Headed Serpents, which had intended to charge, immediately slammed on the brakes, then fled back without looking, and before long, the large group of Nine-Headed Serpents all vanished in a flash.
In the evening, everyone sat around the bonfire. Ellie wore a sour expression. Although she held a skewer of roasted Nine-Headed Serpent meat that the Uncle had prepared, recalling being covered in such foul-smelling stuff, that unpleasant memory made her feel no fondness for it.
"Can food made from something so foul-smelling actually be eaten?" Ellie asked, clearly displeased.
Fortunately, there was a lake nearby. After scaring away all the Nine-Headed Serpents, Ellie went to the lake by herself to bathe, and she had been in this foul mood ever since she returned.
"Just pretend you've been tricked and try it!" the Uncle said with a smile. Besides the Uncle, everyone else looked at the skewers in their hands with some hesitation.
"I don't need to eat..." Instead, Sir Xia Na looked at them very calmly, as if it had nothing to do with her.
"This stuff isn't poisonous... I've appraised it," Lan said. However, he was the same, holding a skewer and looking at everyone with a subtle expression.
Although it wasn't poisonous, even after being roasted and processed, the skewers still emitted an indescribably fishy smell.
"What's wrong with everyone...? Isn't it quite delicious?" Only the Uncle kept gnawing away.
"Uh... in the World Tree game, Nine-Headed Serpent cuisine, according to the game's description, is indeed a very delicious and precious dish, and the additional buff status is also quite good," Arute said with a subtle expression, but he didn't dare to take a bite either.
"After all, in the game, you can't taste or smell anything!" Livia-san also looked troubled.
"Just consider it revenge!" Ellie said, thinking... 'You splattered my face with stinky stuff, now I'm eating your flesh and blood, that counts as revenge, right?' Of course... if it wasn't tasty, then it would be its revenge on her. But with that fishy smell, it definitely wouldn't be tasty. She would rather starve to death than eat it again!
Seeing Ellie take a bite, and after taking one bite, she silently ate the skewer in her hand bite after bite until it was clean. Only then did everyone else start eating like Ellie, and the entire dinner was very quiet... "I think... for the sake of our journey ahead, we need to stay here longer to replenish enough ingredients. The Nine-Headed Serpent is so weak, and it can also let Bai Xia earn experience, killing two birds with one stone!" Livia-san was the first to propose the idea.
"Agreed... while Bai Xia can earn experience, we can also collect ingredients." Lan agreed without a second thought.
"Indeed, we don't know when we'll see a village if we keep going, and it's best if Miss Bai Xia can earn experience at the same time." Arute also raised no objections.
"Then it's decided! I can also earn some experience!" Ellie's sour expression had, at some point, changed to a smile.
For the next two days, Ellie and her group were active near the Wetland, and it was these two days... that almost led to the extinction of the Nine-Headed Serpent species near the Wetland!
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