Chapter 434, Section 433: Returning the Item to its Rightful Owner
Watching Aidin return to the basement with Night Owl, and the hordes of Puji surrounding him, Nova felt as if an invisible hand was gripping his heart tightly, and an indescribable bitterness and regret welled up inside him.
"So... I used it too early?" The capable captain's voice rarely carried a hint of a sob.
The night owl wiped the blood off its face, a look of sympathy on its face, and nodded gently.
She held the wooden core up to Nova's eyes and tentatively asked, "Um... can it be repaired?"
Nova shook his head with a wry smile. "There's no such thing as a free lunch."
The life force he sacrificed entered Night Owl's body, but it did not translate into her lifespan; it merely fully restored her physical condition.
Even if the night owl were to feed him in the same way now, it would only improve his current weakness and would not help his already lost life force.
It is Gar who needs to replenish this state more.
“There is an easier way to treat Gar,” Aidin interjected at the opportune moment, pointing to the knight Puji who was perched on his head.
Nova and Night Owl exchanged a glance. They knew about Puji Masters and had even seen quite a few, so they were aware of the rumors about their strong vitality.
In the past, they had looked down on this way of coexisting with foreign creatures, but now the situation was urgent, and it was much better than further depleting the night owl's life.
However, since they had never witnessed the transformation process firsthand, they inevitably hesitated.
"Are you confident?" Night Owl asked cautiously.
Aiden replied confidently, "Don't worry, I'm very experienced."
Looking at the formidable Puji around Aiding, especially the one perched on his head, Aiding realized he had never heard of such a powerful Puji before, which made his words seem much more authoritative.
After a brief exchange, the two agreed to Aidin's suggestion.
Aidin grabbed the knight and shook him gently, scattering spores evenly over Gal's dying body. The parasitic process was quickly completed.
However, to appear more reliable, Aiding pretended to shake it for a while longer before stopping.
As the mycelium integrated into his flesh and blood, in less than half an hour, Garr's breathing became steady and strong, and his injuries improved significantly.
Nova and Night Owl finally breathed a sigh of relief.
I went to see Ivan again.
Unfortunately, Ivan's vital signs were almost perfectly intact; his coma was purely a side effect of using the S-grade magic crystal.
[Status: Hyper Magic - Mental Overload]
The name of this negative status sounds impressive, but unfortunately, the mycelium is powerless against non-physical damage.
Aidin then looked at Nova: "Do you want to... too?"
Nova thought about it and decided to decline first.
The night owl had already quietly retreated to a distance, and Aiding wisely refrained from asking any further questions.
After things had calmed down a bit, Aidin took out the only S-rank magic crystal he had left: "Nova, you know the purpose of my trip."
Nova gently pushed the magic crystal back: "Aidin, thank you for risking your life to save us. Without you, we would probably be dead here. We can't keep this magic crystal. Once we get back to safety, we'll take the piece of wood core as a way of repaying your life-saving grace."
Nova's gratitude was genuine, but he implied that the wooden core as a reward would only be offered after they reached a safe place.
Lin Jun looked at the panel of the Yesheng Wood Core, already impatient to put it away. She never felt safe leaving her things with someone else, especially if there were any more complications...
The knight tightened his grip on Aidin's head.
“I will escort you away from this area ravaged by elemental spirits,” Aidin, having received instructions, finally chose a compromise, “but I must return immediately to report back.”
Nova and Edin looked at each other for a moment, and finally nodded in agreement to the deal.
With the help of the Puji Legion, breaking through became much easier.
The Puji steadily lifted the three wounded, while Aidin, Knight Puji, and Night Owl focused on dealing with the threats along the way.
Although there are quite a few elemental spirits around, diamond-level ones are still relatively rare.
Furthermore, guided by Lin Jun's perception, they were always able to avoid these threats in advance.
Finally, the group successfully reached the edge of the fungal carpet that Aiding had found when he arrived, and by then the fungal carpet had spread forward quite a distance.
At the agreed location, Nova kept his promise and had the night owl remove the wood core, while Aidin insisted on putting the S-grade magic crystal back into Nova's hand.
Nova: "No... we agreed that this wasn't necessary..."
Aidin interrupted him, his gaze sweeping over Ivan, who was placed on the fungal carpet: "He saved my life back then, this is to repay him."
Hearing Aidin say that, Nova stopped refusing.
He accepted the magic crystal, and together with Night Owl, sincerely thanked them. Then, they each carried two team members on their backs and headed south.
As the Night Owl muttered its complaints in Elvish about Gar's weight, the Silverthorn Squad gradually disappeared from Aidin's sight.
Of course, Lin Jun can still track their whereabouts at any time through the fungal carpet network.
However, at this moment, all his attention was drawn to that super skill, and he had no time to think about anything else!
The knight eagerly took the wooden core from Aidin's hand and inserted it directly into his body.
Subsequently, all thirty-odd elite Pojis under Aiding's command were brought back, lined up, and one by one crawled into the underground mycelium network tunnel.
The Puji lined up one after another in the net passage. The knight Puji carrying the wooden core was closely guarded in the center of the formation, while cannon fodder Puji kept emerging from the forks in the net passage to join the guard, ensuring that nothing went wrong.
A long line of Puji was unnoticed underground, winding its way towards the Puji Dungeon.
Oh, and there's also Aiding.
"Aidin! You did a fantastic job this time! I'm going to reward you with a super-sized S-rank magic crystal! A super-sized one!" Lin Jun's excited voice echoed in Aiding's mind, then she asked with special concern, "By the way, can you come back by yourself? Do you need some Puji to escort you?"
Aidin wisely declined the boss's polite offer to assign him thirty cannon fodder poopi, saying that it would be more convenient for him to use illusion magic to sneak around by himself.
Lin Jun was deeply gratified and immediately devoted all her attention to protecting the knights Puji. Even the marching force of "eight thousand Puji" under Inanna's command was somewhat thrown into chaos as a result.
...
Meanwhile, deep within the Shenmu underground city.
A cannon fodder character, accompanied by a voice-activated character, arrived in front of the sapling.
"Boss! Boss! I got the goods you wanted!"
Since the last incident, Shenmu had closed the back door, and Lin Jun didn't know how to contact Shenmu, so she could only keep calling out from outside.
The whirring sound of voices echoed repeatedly in this space.
After a long while, the surrounding scene suddenly went dark, revealing the familiar abyss space and the familiar glowing tumbleweeds.
The tumbleweed rolled around Puffy once: "Where's the fragment?"
"I just received it, it's being shipped over. I wanted to let you know in advance so that..."
puff--
Before he could finish speaking, the two poops were thrown out.
Let me make another note of this.
(End of this chapter)
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