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Chapter 344 - 344 342 Holy Beast Smiling Mountain of

Chapter 344: Chapter 342 Holy Beast “Smiling Mountain of Corpses”_1 Chapter 344: Chapter 342 Holy Beast “Smiling Mountain of Corpses”_1 Boom!

High in the sky, hundreds of meters above, a gigantic fireball soared, dazzling like a miniature sun.

Bright flames radiated light in all directions…

Even from a considerable distance, one could feel the heat emanating from that fiery glow.

And it was at this moment.

The people who were still persevering in their escape from the monsters finally realized that their great Divine Envoy had returned!

For the monsters still lingering nearby, Colin struck with heavy blows.

From the church, he sliced his way through hundreds of miles, then chopped his way back, his hand rising and falling without even blinking…

“┗|｀O′|┛ Wow~!”

As a mass of corpses dissolved upon the earth, a thunderous roar suddenly erupted.

The dark “Smiling Mountain of Corpses” propped itself up with its hands on the ground, facing a large group of monsters, issuing a soul-striking psychic attack that deterred them, and then rushed forward, not leaving a single one alive, before unapologetically swallowing them all.

With a combination of moves, all the lesser creatures present were cleared out by it.

And behind the Corpse Mountain, amongst a group of refugees, many showed faces of terror at the sight of the giant black beast, while others showed completely opposite expressions of excitement:

“It’s the ‘Bonfire’ Church’s Holy Beast of the Divine Envoy!”

On his territory, Colin would sometimes deal with some badly behaved refugees and not waste the residual value hidden in their bodies.

He would usually summon the “Smiling Mountain of Corpses.”

Then he ordered the “Smiling Mountain of Corpses” to join him on tasks like digging pits and farming…

So quite a few refugees were familiar with it.

Although the “Holy Beast” had some quirks, like sometimes stealing what the Divine Envoy called “potatoes” they had planted, or occasionally liking to hold them in its mouth and suck for fun…

But at this moment, seeing it, the crowd could not help but be moved to tears, getting up and following it.

And with Colin proactively and swiftly intercepting the monsters, the dangers nearby were finally beginning to be announced as over…

Even though there were some smaller individuals still roaming, they no longer posed much of a threat.

One group of refugees after another set out once again on the road back to the “Sanctuary.”

“Speaking of which, I feel like we need to leave some weapons or something behind. Otherwise, if there’s another delay, this place could suffer again…”

While maintaining the huge fireball in the sky, Colin couldn’t help but rub his forehead.

But for the moment, he couldn’t think of what kind of weapons would be better for guarding this place…

The items he carried weren’t quite suitable…

And as for firearms, it might have been difficult to get them before, but with the Little Maid, the nano intellectual mechanism, it shouldn’t be a problem.

However, once the items were made, there was another problem.

There was no suitable gunpowder or anything here; they would have to carry it, but there was not enough space to bring a large amount…

“Troublesome, might have to wait until after reaching D Level…”

Shaking his head to dispel the thought, Colin sighed with resignation and, after providing some assistance to the refugees, proceeded ahead, returning to his territory before nightfall.

By that time, a large number of people had once again gathered on his land.

However, the vast majority were wounded, and all plowing and development plans had been put on hold due to this…

The immediate priority was clearly to heal the people first.

As more and more people returned to the territory, Colin himself had to join in the effort to save people, dealing with injuries he could manage.

For almost three days and three nights, he stayed busy until the situation with most of the injured on the territory was finally somewhat stabilized.

“God forbid I find out who’s the mastermind behind this, or else I’ll have their ancestors’ graves blown to the wind…”

Colin sat at the entrance of the Church, listening to the sporadic sounds of pain around him, feeling somewhat angry in his heart.

He could now roughly confirm that there was something fishy about this monster attack—

For instance, creatures that arose from the “Catastrophe of the Magic Fog” usually wouldn’t stray from the fog’s range, but this time, they had anomalously appeared, clearly being led by something or someone.

Adding to that was the attack on Little Red, which all but confirmed…

The adversary intended to lure people away from the territory with these monsters and then take the opportunity to target Little Red.

However, as the group of people had resolutely committed suicide last time, Colin, for the moment, had no way of dealing with this mastermind…

As for Little Red’s secret…

Colin felt it wasn’t much; her eyes seemed rather special and attracted certain people’s covetousness.

Since she was very young, she’d always been able to sense danger in advance and avoid it, but this time, for some reason, she was found by them again…

However, this time, because Colin protected her, those people didn’t dare to approach normally.

As for who exactly those people were, even Little Red herself didn’t know.

At that moment, a thunderous roar came from nearby, interrupting Colin’s thoughts.

He took a deep breath, stood up, and looked towards the direction of the sound.

He saw the two-headed “Smiling Mountain of Corpses” dragging a heap of bizarre things, swiftly crawling this way.

Atop its heads, the hazy figure of “Yukionna” looked like a triumphant knightess, happily surveying the territory.

When Colin and others were treating the common folk earlier, they incidentally released “Yukionna” to send Corpse Mountain out on a hunt and carry out relief operations for the refugees.

Clearly, their outing this time had been rather successful.

“Not bad, should be enough to upgrade the Bonfire here to Third Level.”

Colin looked at the prey dragged by “Little Fist Stone,” called out to the two creatures, and turned to walk into the small Church.

Soon, after investing “10,000 Points” along with the spoil of over three hundred creatures with the strength comparable to D Level Beast Transformation Syndrome, the Bonfire was upgraded to Third Level.

The gentle glow of the Flame penetrated the Church, eliciting bursts of exclaims from outside…

[“Bonfire Sacrificial Site”: Level 3.]

[Remaining burnable time: 65 days 23 hours 57 minutes.]

[“Level 3 Enchantment”: Can use special methods to apply temporary or permanent enchantment effects to items.]

[“Level 3 Fusion”: Can fuse suitable items together (with certain risks, possibly leading to items being less effective than before)…]

[“Flame Guard”: When a creature posing an extreme threat enters within a 300-meter range, authorized employees or a certain number of Bonfire Followers, through praying at the Bonfire, can summon a Bonfire Exorcist.]

[Notes: The Bonfire yearns for more Kindling…]

[——Sacrifice one Containment Subject assessed at Level 4 threat (Reference: Stage 5 “Beast Transformation Syndrome”) +3,000 Points to upgrade the Bonfire Level and gain additional features.]

[——Produces one “Pure Energy Crystal” every 60 minutes.]

…

“Finally got some means of defense.”

Colin looked for a while; although this “Flame Guard” wasn’t as strong as “World Code-4″‘s “Incarnation of the Cinder King,” once summoned, it was still pretty powerful.

He estimated it could match him in a back-and-forth fight without using a Golden Card and greasing up with the “Firebearer.”

Afterward, just as he was about to check out the “Enchantment” and “Fusion” features to see if he had anything that could combine, he suddenly felt a presence, turned his head, and saw a faintly glowing figure appearing suddenly from a corner of the Church…

Even without an introduction, Colin recognized the figure.

“The Light Chaser?”