"Yes. I'm lost. What should | do?" Austin smiled gently when he looked at the cute girl. He couldn't help teasing her.
"Don't worry. I'll ask my father to help you find your way out of here," Joyce said with a serious expression as she patted her chest with her chubby hand. Austin burst into laughter.
"Thank you. I'm relieved now," he said, touching Joyce's head playfully.
When Michelle saw that Austin was so gentle while speaking with Joyce, her face softened a little. However, her attitude was still unfriendly.
"You can stay with us for a few days, but don't expect us to do anything more. You will be safe in the protection ring. But if the demonic beast catches you, none of us can save you!" With that, she held Joyce's hand and walked toward the other members with her. When Joyce looked back and made a face at him, Austin laughed.
'l was right. The team is being followed by something, ' he thought.
Austin stretched himself and released his spiritual sense power. He detected that something seemed to be watching them from somewhere in the thick forest.
"I hope | can get the hell out of here soon!" he murmured.
Sitting in the cart, Austin observed the people as they looked around cautiously. From their serious expressions, he could tell that the demonic beasts had harried this team in the recent past. Austin was a little surprised because usually, demonic beasts wouldn't hunt people liked this, even though they were powerful and brutal. He wondered what the Meng Clan had done to make the demonic beasts cafter them like this.
"Ha-ha! Austin, drink swater." When Austin was lost in thought, he heard someone laugh. He raised his head and saw a middle-aged man throwing a water bag toward him. He picked up the water bag and smiled at that man.
The middle-aged man who spoke was called Mance. He was a master at the medium stage of the Sky Realm. From his age and his cultivation level, Austin could tell that his seniority in the clan was high and he was very influential in this team. Like Marwell, Mance was straight and generous, so Austin was very impressed with him too.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Thank you, buddy!" Austin said with a smile before taking two large gulps of water. Instantly, his face turned red. He just found that the bag contained liquor, not water! "Ha-ha!" The Meng Clan members sitting around him burst into laughter when they saw Austin's red face.
"Ha-ha! Mance, don't bully a kid!" Marwell, who was leading the line, couldn't help but laugh.
Austin shook his head slightly and then threw the wine bag back to Mance. He knew that they were not mocking him, and he liked these guys.
Perhaps it was Marwell's generous personality that had influenced most members of the Meng Clan. Everyone was delightful, except for Michelle.
Austin raised his head and saw that Michelle was in front of him. He wondered when she had cover to him. 'lt seems that she doesn't like me. She is alert and suspicious every tshe looks at me, ' Austin thought.
"We cto the mountain for a special elixir, but we didn't expect that a level nine diabolic beast would be guarding the elixir.
We had a hard tgetting the elixir.
Once we had it and were about to leave the mountain, the diabolic beast chased us.
It gathered six other level nine diabolic beasts to hunt us and tried to kill us.
The six level nine diabolic beasts seem to be the head of the forest. They ordered many diabolic beasts to hunt us from tto time.
In the past few days, we have been attacked by these diabolic beasts a dozen times.
My guess is that the six level nine diabolic beasts will attack us soon," Michelle said.
Hearing this, Austin understood why he felt a little weird in the team.
If it were true that six level nine diabolic beasts were hunting them, then the Meng Clan members had little chance to survive.
Because the capabilities of a level nine diabolic beast were similar to a human at the premium stage of the Sky Realm.
Marwell was the only one who had reached this level from among the Meng Clan members.
On the contrary, their opponents were six diabolic beasts at the premium stage of the Sky Realm. Due to the significant difference in competence between the two sides, it was hard for the Meng Clan members to escape.
"lI don't want you to join us, because | believe you might beca burden for us when we encounter the six level nine diabolic beasts," Michelle said, straightforwardly. Austin looked younger than her, and from his appearance, he was more like an inexperienced kid.
The team was already reluctant to protect Joyce. If they had to arrange for someone to safeguard Austin, it would be more difficult for the Meng Clan members to fight against their opponents.
"Well. Just leavealone when you fight with the diabolic beasts," Austin said with a smile as he rubbed his red face.
Michelle stared at him with her beautiful eyes. She said, "My father toldthat you're not as simple as you look." Austin was a little surprised, but he didn't protest.
"Although I'm doubtful about what he said, | do hope he is correct. By the way, please help us care for Joyce in case of an emergency," Michelle's voice softened as she spoke.
"If you return the elixir to them, maybe the diabolic beasts will stop hunting you," Austin suggested.
"The elixir will be used to save a life!" Michelle glared at Austin and turned to leave. Long after she had left, Michelle's scent still floated in the air around Austin.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"This woman..." Austin shook his head as he watched Michelle leave.
"Ha-ha! Austin, don't pay too much attention to that. Michelle is a nice girl. She doesn't want to put our clan in danger. She looks aggressive, but she is actually a warm-hearted person. The food you got today was brought to you on her special orders.
We chere to find the elixir that will save our Clan Leader's wife. She is Michelle's mother.
Because she worries about her mother's health, Michelle might seem a little impatient sometimes," Mance ccloser to Austin and explained to him with a smile.
"lI am not offended," Austin replied with a smile.
Now he understood why Michelle seemed unfriendly toward him.
"Take care of yourself. It's not wise to join a team in danger." Mance patted Austin on the shoulder as he sighed.
Austin nodded. From the anxious expression on Mance's face, he knew he was worried that the six diabolic beasts might overtake them.
After talking with Austin for a short while, Mance left.
'Six level nine diabolic beasts is not a big deal." Looking at the anxious expressions of the people around him, Austin smiled slightly.
"Austin, are you scared?" Joyce cto Austin and questioned him.
Perhaps the little girl was curious about Austin as he was the only outsider in the team.
"Ha-ha! I'm not scared. I'm a brave man!" Austin waved his fist and then patted Joyce on the head with a smile.