Only then did Vincent react, and he quickly stood up and fought side by side with Lulu.
He thought about how he'd been arguing with Lulu over trivial matters these past few days, and how he'd felt Lulu was targeting Belinda and had a lot of grievances against her. He hadn't expected that now, in this moment of crisis, Belinda would personally push him into the wolves' arms, while the one who saved him was Lulu, the very person he disliked the most.
Now that he thought about it, even if Lulu's words weren't pleasant, they were the truth. Feeling mixed up and filled with shame, Vincent channeled all his resentment into the fight with the wolves.
But what he didn't know was that facing a wolf pack of this strength, even if it wasn't Chen Tian who took action, it would only take Lulu a wave of her hand.
As a top-tier succubus, one of the ten most powerful demons in the underworld, Roderick was completely outmatched. However, there was no need to expose his strength, was there?
Finally, with everyone's efforts, the wolves were killed.
Chen Tian glanced at the Paladins who had just fought and was relieved to see that no one was seriously injured. However, with so many monster corpses, it was best to deal with them as soon as possible.
Knowing that the blood would bring other troubles to the forest, Roderick quickly ordered his team to dispose of it, and then placed the magic crystals, wolf skins and excess wolf meat in the space ring.
However, with so much wolf meat, they won't need to go hunting in the short term.
After they finished dealing with this matter, everyone was exhausted. Lulu gave them some restorative potions. As for the remaining minor healing spells, as paladins of the Church of Light, they were well-versed in them.
Roderick took the potion from Lulu and drank it quickly. It was indeed much more effective than their own. The fatigue he had just felt was instantly swept away.
Everyone set up the fire again and started barbecuing. With the recent victory, the atmosphere was much more lively than before.
A knight's squire stuffed his mouthfuls of meat and jokingly said, "We're so lucky! We don't even have to go hunting; the prey just lands on our plates! It's just so tiring. I must have a good meal!"
The others thought the same and embraced the fruits of their victory with great joy.
After a near miss, everyone was in a good mood. Except for Belinda, of course.
During the fight, many people saw Belinda push Vincent out.
Along the way, everyone saw how Vincent took care of Belinda, but no one expected that Belinda would do such a thing at the critical moment.
Especially since Vincent had saved her from a wolf before, and now she was using her savior to ward off disaster. This was unacceptable to anyone, including Vincent himself.
So even the few paladins who had some good feelings towards Belinda had their filters completely shattered at this moment, not to mention Roderick and Prince Archer.
Belinda gritted her teeth when she heard that Archer and Roderick's favorability towards her had been declining. But when she heard that their favorability had dropped to negative, her face twisted in a grimace.
Chen Tian raised an eyebrow, looking at the time-traveling woman across from him, who had practically lost control of her expression. His initial favorability rating was already low, so he wasn't surprised to learn she'd done something like this, so it didn't drop any further. Even at a negative level, it was still higher than Roderick and Achir.
However, Chen Tian didn't mind causing more trouble for the other party, so he directly ordered 009 to control the other party's system broadcast, reducing his favorability by a full 20 points.
Now, Belinda knew that Chen Tian's favorability towards her had dropped to minus thirty, which had reached the level of disgust.
The time-traveling girl vomited so much that she almost vomited blood, but what frightened her even more was that she heard the system announcement right after that.
The electric shock punishment was already within her expectations, but what she didn't expect was that because of her repeated failures, the system would actually take back the 'Ice Skin' that was previously awarded to her, and also reduce her aura of being a heartthrob!
In order not to show any strangeness, Belinda could only use the excuse of feeling unwell and returned to the tent. However, this time, no one tried to stop her, and no one even cared that she hadn't had dinner yet.
She was left alone in the tent, gritting her teeth and enduring the painful electric shocks. This time, the shocks were different from the previous ones, both in intensity and duration. But even more unbearable was the dull, lifeless complexion she saw in the backpack mirror after the punishment ended.
In contrast, Chen Tian was in a much better mood. Without the annoying time-traveling girl, he sat directly next to Roderick and praised him, "Captain, your team is quite good."
It was the first time that Roderick heard words of praise from the young Duke. He was flattered for a moment, but he could only nervously say, "Thank you!"
Fresh wolf meat was roasting on the grill, occasionally sprinkled with seasonings. Soon, waves of fragrance wafted out.
After Vincent waited until his meat was roasted, he hurriedly and diligently cut it, placed it on clean leaves, and handed it to Lulu who was not far from him, with a little nervousness in his eyes.
Lulu was surprised to see that the guy who always bickered with her was actually showing some kindness and was not being pretentious. As she took the meat, she heard him whisper "I'm sorry" and then "Thank you."
"I saved your life, and all you need is a thank you." Lulu teased Vincent generously.
"Of course not!" Vincent waved his hands hastily. He didn't expect Lulu to still care about him. His face flushed as he said, "Before, it was all my fault. I hope you can forgive me. Also, I owe you a life. If you have any problems in the future, just come to me!"
Lulu nodded, took a bite of the wolf meat, and found it delicious, feeling satisfied. She turned to look at Vincent, who was peeking at her, and deliberately gave him a charming smile. She blinked her eyes and said coquettishly, "Okay, dear, I'll find you if I need anything!"
Succubus themselves have magical charm properties. Even if Lulu restrains herself on a daily basis, she is still more attractive than ordinary humans.
She was beautiful and had a hot body, and she teased Vincent on purpose, and sure enough, his face instantly turned as red as a tomato.
However, Vincent still nodded seriously, as if he regarded Lulu as his benefactor.
After a while of dinner, many people around were chatting animatedly. Perhaps because they had just experienced a great battle, such a dinner was no longer enough to satisfy them.
Many people took out the wine bags they brought with them, intending to have a drink and relax.
As the person with the highest status in the entire team, Chen Tian was naturally offered the wine, but he waved his hand to refuse.
It wasn't that they disliked it, but rather that these people didn't have much wine to begin with. Space rings were still very expensive for the average person. Among the Paladins, only Roderick had a ring with a very small storage space, given to him by the Bishop. Everyone else brought their own gifts.
But Chen Tian had no shortage of such things. For example, one of his space rings contained a lot of fine wine. He was not stingy and directly took it out and shared it with everyone.
Seeing the Duke's generosity, everyone expressed their gratitude. The wine was especially good, something they couldn't get enough of. They felt even more strongly that this seemingly arrogant and sarcastic Duke wasn't such a bad person.
He didn't cause any trouble during the battle, and the people he brought with him were very capable and generous.
Perhaps because of the alcohol, Archer's mood became high. He picked up the piano and stood up to sing.
The atmosphere in the camp grew increasingly lively, and Chen Tian also began to clap his hands leisurely to the music. However, when he turned around, he found that Roderick was still sitting quietly beside him, as if completely out of tune with everything.
He just focused on eating the barbecue in his hand and grilled some food for himself. No one came to him to urge him to drink.
Seeing this scene, Chen Tian's heart ached instantly. Could it be that in this life, because of his lover's overly serious personality, people around him dared not get too close to him?
Thinking of this, Chen Tian took the initiative to pick up the wine jug, poured a glass of wine, raised it in front of Roderick, and said to him: "Captain, you have worked hard on this journey. Let me toast you."
As soon as Chen Tian finished speaking, he felt that his surroundings suddenly became much quieter, but Aqir was still happily playing the piano and singing, and didn't notice anything unusual.
Chen Tian felt a little puzzled when he noticed that everyone around him seemed to be looking at him. However, he did not think much about it, thinking that it was because of his status and his usual temperament that he rarely did such things, so he attracted attention.
As for Roderick, he hesitated for a moment before taking the wine glass, and couldn't help but worry about an old problem of his.
But since that incident, the little duke hadn't spoken to him in a long time. It was only thanks to the wolf attack that the little duke's attitude towards him improved. If he refused this glass of wine, would the other party feel that he was being disrespectful?
Thinking of this, Roderick could only take a deep breath and convince himself that the wine glass in front of him was not big and there was not much wine in it. Even if he drank it, it shouldn't be a problem...
After hesitating for a long time, Roderick finally raised the glass and drank the wine in it.
Immediately after he drank the glass of wine, the people who were originally sitting not far from him instantly moved away. Only Archer, Lulu and Chen Tian, who were not quite aware of the situation, were still sitting in their original positions.
Even Winnie stood far away and kindly whispered to Chen Tian and the others, "Lord Duke Gossett, Lulu, and Mr. Archer! I think if you are full now, you should go back to the tent and rest early!"
"Why?"
Chen Tian asked in some surprise, and then he saw the man opposite him suddenly stand up and glance around with sharp eyes.
The paladins who were spotted tensed up, many of them moving cautiously, as if trying to leave. But just as one of the knight's squires couldn't hold back and turned to run, he was frightened by a slashing sword and fell to the ground.
Roderick held the sword in his hand, his face stern as he said to everyone, "Line up! Start the drill now!"
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