"Hey? How many minutes has it been?" Think casually answered as she added a few dry firewoods prepared before the break to the campfire, making the flames burn more vigorously.
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"... It's been a few minutes and you didn't wake me up?!" Su'er lowered his voice and hissed at Think. He wanted to glare fiercely at her, but he didn't dare to look away from the twisted monster. He suddenly found another abnormal point. It had been hiding in the darkness without light before, but this twisted vampire now appeared in the light of the campfire. Even when Think added firewood, he didn't flinch at all. The four spider legs trembled slightly and touched the ground back and forth.
"I'm more curious whether it will really come to hunt for Mr. Monkey's blood... And if it really overcomes its fear and devours your flesh and blood, then wouldn't there be a chance to kill it? You don't want it to follow us forever, do you?"
Speechless, Su'er realized that Think really didn't seem to take these things to heart. She pulled out a hot firewood with sparks flying from the burning bonfire, and then threw it directly at the ugly monster opposite, in Su'er's shocked eyes!
Hehehehehe!!!
The indescribably sharp cry hurt his eardrums, and Su'er covered his ears with one hand. He clearly saw that when the hot firewood fell on it, the twisted monster finally came to life, and the face of the vampire on its back also changed its expression, frowning in pain. The tightly closed mouth also opened a gap, revealing a deep black hole.
The scorpion-like tail slapped the ground frantically. It was struggling and hesitating because of the pain. As its tail hit the rock, a lot of dust flew up. The next second, it bent and shot into the darkness in the distance, completely disappearing, along with the rustling sounds.
"... You actually threw it over there like that?" It was only now that he realized the slight chill from his back. Su'er turned his head and looked at Think with a hollow voice and said, "Aren't you afraid that it will pounce on you directly?"
The more he thought about it, the more scared he became. The engraving spell that wrapped around Think's half body had now disappeared. If the twisted vampire was angered by the burning pain of the flames and chose to fight back, then the only thing that could serve as a shield would be Su'er's flesh and blood.
"No, it won't do that now..." Think shook her head and said meaningfully to Su'er, "But if it delays for a while, I'm afraid it won't..."
At least it will still be afraid of the flames and burning pain and shrink back, and will follow its instinctive fear and avoid Su'er's existence.
Su'er suddenly understood what Think meant.
"Have you rested well?" Seeing that Su'er had understood what she meant, Think clapped her hands in satisfaction and asked, "If you have rested well, let's go."
"Hey? Don't you want to sleep for a while?" Su'er was originally in a heavy mood because he witnessed such a disgusting thing, but at this moment he was shocked by Think's request and didn't have time to think too much.
He should be the one to keep watch in the second half of the night, and Think should rest for a while.
"The Elves don't need as much sleep as monkeys do." While motioning Su'er to squat down quickly, Think continued, "If you don't leave quickly while it's still afraid and running away, it will be too late when it completely overcomes its fear of your flesh and blood."
Silently, Su'er felt the familiar weight on his back, and did not choose to extinguish the fire. The two of them hurriedly continued to move towards the elf area.
As long as they could find any elf, an elf who was kind to the two of them and could freely control the spirit...
The burning firewood thrown by Think probably did scare the monster transformed by the vampire, and the unextinguished campfire seemed to have a good confusing effect. Su'er hadn't heard that kind of rustling sound for almost a day.
It was said that they rested for a night, but when they really set out on the road, he realized that they didn't rest for too long in that safe spot.
"...It's coming." The arms around his neck suddenly tightened, and Su'er heard Think whispering in his ear.
Although he had hoped so, reality cruelly told Su'er that they were not lucky enough to get rid of the tracking of the sharp monster.
Not only did Think sense its arrival, but even a mortal like Su'er could smell the strong smell clearly—the smell of blood.
It was definitely a brutal massacre. The excessive intake of blood was a release of power, and red mist even floated in the air. I don't know if it was the mist flowing from the monster's body or the mist existing in this area that was infected.
At first, they could judge the monster's location by the direction of the smell, but soon that became impossible. They seemed to be walking in its spider web, and the whole area was its domain.
Su'er suspected that the blood-red mist might have some special function, but after covering his mouth and nose with the mask for a while, he gave up this stupid behavior—his mask could not protect anyone.
The smell of blood was mixed with a fishy smell, but soon Su'er could not smell any special smell; his nose had adapted to this air.
It was like the whispers during the evening self-study that would never disappear unless the teacher appeared, noisy, sometimes loud and sometimes small. Something flashed quickly behind him, but when Su'er turned around with Think on his back, he saw nothing. The way he came was still the way he came, nothing special.
The blood-red mist created by the monster transformed by the vampires can be said to be an unbridled display of power. It is not only a demonstration for those races who know that they are not strong enough, but also an invitation to those powerful Demonias with a keen sense of smell but not much wisdom... Perhaps there are also many creatures who are self-righteous and eager to challenge everything who are invited.
Commonly known as war maniacs.
There is no shortage of such beings in this endless war.
Continuously moving forward, Su'er wanted to escape from the red fog before those beings attracted to it crushed the vampires, but the fog seemed to have no end.