"It seems that the fact that we lack magical attacks has been exposed..."

Miss Ouyang shook her head in slight disappointment.

She certainly has magical attacks.

That is, burning bone with phosphorescent fire.

She just hasn't shown it yet.

And what the heck is this 'dwarf technician' thing?!

Wasn't it supposed to be just centaurs and their slave cavemen?

How did the dwarves get involved again?

Could it be that these centaurs bought these armors from the dwarves?

But the hidden message says 'tailor-made'!

Ouyang Qianjin really wants to call Sebastian back and ask him about the dwarves.

But clearly, that's simply impossible under the current circumstances.

As long as Miss Ouyang calls Sebastian back, this front will immediately collapse.

After all, Sebastian is currently entangled with those heavily armored centaurs.

With her machine gun rendered useless, she had no choice but to retreat.

After all, his subordinates couldn't handle the current situation.

But escaping is still an option.

We'll figure out another way after we get out.

Anyway, I've already leveled up to level 38 after just a few hours of fighting.

You only need one more level to accept the quest.

Just hang in there a little longer.

Once you reach level 39 and receive the advancement quest, leave.

Thinking of this, Ouyang Qianjin glanced sideways at the exit on the slope in the distance, which was now blocked by those centaurs.

They wanted to find a way to escape.

Um!

However, upon seeing this, Ouyang Qianjin was overjoyed.

The centaurs that were supposed to guard the entrances to those densely packed mine pits are no longer there!

Or rather, they are all running towards their own destination.

what does that mean?

This means that the fortress's troop strength is running low.

After all, they had been fighting for several hours.

Even if there are tens of thousands of centaurs inside the fortress, they should have been mostly killed by now.

"Sigh... I wish I had a sun shell."

Thinking of this, Miss Ouyang felt a little regretful.

If I had a Sun Shell, I could use alchemy to give my army a much-needed boost in these final moments.

After all, there are many good things in alchemy.

If I could make even one or two of those things, I might be able to get through this crisis.

"Young Miss, you wanted a sun shell?"

Zhang Yuan then reached out.

"Oh my! You scared me! Why aren't you defending? Do you have something to hide?"

Zhang Yuan's sudden appearance startled Ouyang Qianjin, who was issuing orders in her mind.

He then gave the other person a disapproving look.

Yes, look.

Zhang Yuan reached into his pocket and took out five sun clams that looked about the size of clams.

[Sun Clam: A type of shellfish that likes to bury half its body in the river to bask in the sun. Its shell can be ground into powder, an indispensable but not particularly rare ingredient in alchemy.]

[Hidden information: The scallop meat is very fresh and chewy; whether it's scallop and tofu soup or scallop casserole, it's a very delicious dish.]

"Where...did you get this?"

Ouyang Qianjin was dumbfounded.

Let's ignore the hidden message about food for now.

The mere fact that Zhang Yuan could produce this thing surprised Ouyang Qianjin.

"Just before entering the dungeon portal, by the South River, there were many. I picked some because they looked pretty, and that's when I came in."

Zhang Yuan said with a chuckle.

It must be said that the sun oyster looks really good, with vertical white stripes on its golden shell.

It would look very nice as a decoration.

"You're such a lucky guy, can I have two?"

Ouyang Qianjin looked at the Sun Shell in Zhang Yuan's hand with great delight and asked.

"Sure, you can take them all if you want. They were found after all."

Zhang Yuan said with a chuckle.

Unexpectedly, the thing he picked up casually could actually help Ouyang Qianjin, which relieved him of some of the psychological burden of trying to learn from Ouyang Qianjin's experience.

At this critical moment of life and death, Ouyang Qianjin did not hold back.

Immediately, a skeleton was sent to rummage through one of the carts and find a metal medicine grinder.

"Remove the clam meat, then crush each one into powder, making sure they're not mixed together!"

Ignoring Zhang Yuan's astonishment, Ouyang Qianjin began to give him instructions.

After all, they're not really useful now except for shooting.

It would be better to do something practical.

"Zhang Mo, stop shooting and try out the heavy machine gun. It's powerful. Give Sebastian some support."

Although heavy machine guns have little effect on heavily armored centaurs.

But it can still be used for restraint.

Zhang Mo glanced at Zhang Yuan, then at Ouyang Qianjin, before silently nodding and putting down his rifle to receive the heavy machine gun.

He was also curious about what Ouyang Qianjin was up to now.

But wisely, he didn't ask.

Anyway, since we're doing something, there will be results; we'll just have to wait and see.

"Okay, sure."

Zhang Yuan, after being momentarily stunned by the shout, began to do as Ouyang Qianjin instructed.

Wasn't the young lady supposed to be retreating?

Why did I suddenly have to crush seashells again?

Zhang Yuan felt a little strange as he watched a few centaur skeletons begin to put the ropes around themselves.

After instructing Zhang Yuan, Ouyang Qianjin had the skeleton pull out a leather scroll tied with rope from the cart containing the wolf skin.

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