[Chapter 16: Great Snake Nagi]

Standing in front of the huge flame, David stood there quietly. With the golden light on his body that had not yet dissipated, he must be tall and handsome in Laura’s eyes.

Just as he was thinking about whether to use the Holy Light to condense some words or patterns behind him, he was patted on the shoulder: “Okay, stop posing, it’s already very handsome!”

“…”

He looked at Laura helplessly. The other party seemed to have seen nothing and was recovering the intact arrows. As for those that were stuck in the monsters, they should be turned into charcoal together with the monsters and could not be recovered.

“Didn’t you learn the Holy Light from Tirion? How can you release flames?” Laura knew that David learned the way of the Holy Light from Tirion Fording, but the Holy Light seemed to be a kind of power similar to light, right? Could it be that David had mastered some other power?

“This is the Holy Fire.”

“So…”

“The Holy Fire is a skill that priests can master after practicing the Holy Light to a certain level.”

David explained briefly. This Holy Fire is still a “Holy Light skill”, not that he has mastered any new ability.

Although he didn’t figure out whether the so-called holy fire was a flame full of holy light characteristics; or holy light that looked like a flame? It is also possible that in some ways, there is no difference between the two.

“Oh!” Laura suddenly realized that although she had searched for some information, she still didn’t pay enough attention to the details. It seems that she has to go back and make up for it: “This trick must be close enough to use it?”

David was silent for a moment, and did not answer Laura but asked another question: “Don’t you think this trick is cool?”

“…”

Laura did not answer, and David froze before waiting for an answer. In the end, the two of them tacitly skipped this topic.

After a moment of silence, the two looked at the corpse that could no longer be seen in its original appearance.

“Have you seen this kind of creature before?” Although it was only a short contact, the size of the monster, the ferocity of attacking without any communication, and the defense that seemed to be fine even after being hit by several arrows, made Laura realize the danger of this monster.

“No.” David shook his head. He knew what Laura wanted to ask: “This is the first time I have seen this kind of monster since I came here. I am very glad that this kind of monster has not rushed out of the forest to attack the village in the past two years.”

If that situation really happened, he would never stay until now – even if he was not killed or injured in the monster’s attack, he would leave here very simply and run back to Iron Tree Castle as fast as possible.

After all, at that time he was just a qualified new hunter and could not fight against this kind of monster.

Thinking of this, he was very fortunate and felt that he was very lucky.

Because if he really ran back to Iron Tree Castle, he might not unlock his gold finger. After all, after seeing how dangerous the pioneers are, he would most likely honestly study other ways out, such as tinkering with some strange things to make more money and become a rich man in a relatively lively big city?

In that case, he would miss everything now.

“It’s really dangerous!”

Laura thought David was talking about how she had been living next to this kind of monster for more than two years without knowing it, so she also responded: “Yeah, I just don’t know if there are many such monsters in the forest?”

“Keep looking around?” David was also worried about this. If there was only one, it would be fine. If they lived in groups, the danger would increase several levels.

“Of course.” Laura was not a timid person. Since she came to the forest to explore the situation, would she run away when she encountered a little danger? In that case, she should return to her own world to live. After all, the Crawford manor would not be attacked by such monsters: “But next, use some more powerful weapons.”

Laura had already put the bow and arrow on her back and replaced it with a shotgun.

David held the violent hunter pistol that was originally inserted in his waist in his hand. This hunting pistol is most suitable for dealing with large creatures.

Seeing that David only had a pistol, Laura carefully observed the surrounding situation and gave David her own suggestions: “If your world is full of such huge monsters, I think you should prepare more weapons with stronger firepower.”

“If possible, I wish I could carry a heavy artillery with me.” Heavy firepower is of course the more the better. If possible, he would like to open several arsenals in Winter Village, and the banners on the gates of each factory would read: The more the better!

“Haha, it seems that you are almost finished reading the books I brought.”

“Of course, I am very diligent.”

David is not fooling Laura. Every night he reads the books Laura brought. In addition to improving his character, there are not many things to do at night, and reading books can help him fall asleep better.

“What do you want to read next?” In addition to the initial selection of some historical books by Laura, David expressed his interest in “the evolution of weapons” and “the details of a certain war”. Laura went back to find the corresponding information books and brought them to David.

“Next time you come, bring me some history books from Eastern countries.”

“Eastern? I’ve got that in mind.”

“If possible, bring some introductory language textbooks from there.”

“Are you going to read the original books?” Laura reacted quickly and immediately understood David’s intention of wanting these things.

“Yes, so that we can understand some of the content more accurately.”

“That’s right.” Laura herself is also proficient in multiple languages in order to study various relics and ancient civilizations. She agrees with David’s words: “I may need some time in this case.”

“It doesn’t matter, I’m not in a hurry.”

The two chatted while walking through the forest.

Because they were more cautious, they had to leave marks along the way to avoid getting lost, so the two people moved not very fast. When it got dark, the two finally stopped. They

were not going to return, but they found a simple village.

Monsters similar to the ones they saw before, and even a few larger monsters, lived here.

Looking at those rough and simple houses or sheds built with trees and stones, David and Laura realized that these monsters had a certain amount of intelligence, but their lifestyle was relatively primitive and their intelligence did not seem to be high.

“Look there.”

David was still counting how many monsters there were here. When he counted to eleven, Laura poked him gently a few times, reminding him to look over there.

Following Laura’s finger, David realized why Laura asked him to pay attention to that place: “It’s the altar…”

Compared with the one he had seen before, this altar was seriously damaged, and only a small piece of the stone platform was left. If it weren’t for the conspicuous stone tablet, it would be hard to tell that this was the altar he had seen before.

“There are also offerings on it.”

“Yeah!”

David did not ignore the huge corpse in front of the stone tablet – it was a giant wolf with a sturdy body and snow-white fur.

In addition to this giant wolf of amazing size, he also saw several wolf corpses in the middle of the “village”. It seems that these monsters have wiped out a wolf pack, and the giant wolf is most likely the leader.

“It seems that these monsters have helped you get rid of a problem.” Laura and David came here to find the wolf pack and eliminate it, but found that their work had been done for them.

“I’d rather deal with this wolf pack myself.” David grinned. Although the wolf pack was gone, he now had a bigger problem: “These giant monsters are much more troublesome than the wolf pack.”

At the same time, David had a bad impression of this kind of monster. After all, the other side wanted to attack him and Laura as soon as they met. Even if he realized that the other side was an “intelligent life”, he was a little reluctant to communicate with the other side.

“What should I do next?”

“Leave here first.”

David didn’t think about what to do in this place. He and Laura were on the edge of the other side’s village. Once they were discovered by the other side, these monsters would rush up and attack. Even if he had the protection of holy light, it would be a huge trouble.

Of course, he could fire a flare to ask Fording for help, but no matter how fast Fording was, it would take time to get here. After all, Fording was just a paladin, not a mage who could teleport. Any accidents could happen while he was on the way. For

the sake of safety, it is better to leave first, whether you want to try to communicate with these neighbors and then live in peace; or use force to eliminate the other side. It needs to be done under absolutely safe conditions – in other words, if you want to take action, you have to go back and call Fording, and come back fully armed with enough firepower.

Laura guessed what David was thinking, nodded in agreement, and retreated carefully with David, making sure that they were out of sight of the monsters before returning along the original route.

The two who successfully returned to the front of the mine sighed in unison. There was no danger before they came to the mine, and they thought that there would be no danger on the road ahead.

However, as expected, an accident happened!

With a deafening roar, a monster that was stronger than the monster David had killed before appeared in front of the two and charged straight at them!

“┗|｀O′|┛嗷~~”

With a deafening roar, a strange red light flashed on the giant monster. The giant monster, which was emitting scarlet light all over its body, completely ignored the blood flowers that kept blooming on its body and rushed towards Laura firmly. After releasing the

holy light shield, David found that the giant monster rushed towards Laura, and shot the monster in the face while forcing the monster to slow down and move. When the violent hunter in his hand finished pouring out six bullets, it just blocked Laura.

Putting away the Wild Hunter, David’s hands were once again wrapped in the surging Holy Fire, and the special move against giant monsters that he had just developed appeared again: “Watch out, Rihachi-style: Great Snake Nagisa!”

Laura: (｀Д)!!

(End of this chapter)