Yarra’s Adventure Notes
Chapter 205 - 60 The Victims of the Marrow Eater_1

Chapter 205: Chapter 60 The Victims of the Marrow Eater_1

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"We can’t go on." Dora pulled Catherine aside. The death of their teammates had left her in no mood for banter. This was the first time she addressed Catherine seriously, "Pannis’ foot is almost disabled. How it heals in the future is uncertain. For now, he definitely can’t walk normally and needs someone to carry him. In this situation, we can’t leave him behind, nor can we move forward while carrying him to face danger. So, we have to retreat."

"I understand. It’s the only choice." Catherine patted Dora’s shoulder, "We are sorry because our task led to the loss of your excellent teammates. This is something I never wanted to see. I’m sorry."

"No, senior, it has nothing to do with you." Dora shook her head with a bitter smile, "This is the fate of most professionals, a fate no one can avoid."

"Regardless, I feel responsible." Catherine sighed, "Let’s pause our mission and accompany you and Elrad back. Then we’ll re-enter the forest. We don’t want you to get lost on your way."

"Alright, good." Dora didn’t mince her words during this time and gave a simple acknowledgment, "When we get back, I’ll discuss with the leader and see if there’s a possibility for Pannis to regain his ability to walk. He’s still young, not even twenty, and should have had a limitless future. This hit is too hard on him."

"Actually, it’s not completely hopeless." Lina walked over as Vivian’s roasting of the Mud Monster was almost complete. She happened to hear Dora’s last sentence, "If luck allows, there’s still a chance."

"Oh?" Dora anxiously asked. "What should we do?"

"The Divine Spell ’Limb Regeneration’ of the Legendary Rank." Lina crossed her arms over her chest and confidently stated, "Now there are only nine Legendary Rank priests, five of whom serve the Deity that can grant this Divine Spell. Conveniently, one of them resides in the City of Freedom. If you can get his help, there won’t be any issue at all. Just cut off Pannis’ injured foot and regenerate it using the spell."

’Limb Regeneration’ is a high-level Divine Spell only a Legendary Rank or above priest can invoke. The spell can regenerate any amputated body parts. Even though the newly grown limb would seem a bit different, with long-term practice, it can be used normally. However, this Divine Spell greatly drains energy, affecting the caster, so it’s only used as the last resort.

"I understand now, but the chance doesn’t seem big." Dora shook her head in disappointment, "I can try asking the leader to chip in, but it might be difficult. Injuries are common to mercenaries, and it’s not feasible to ask every Legendary Rank priest to regenerate people’s limbs. If we start this trend, who do we accept or reject? Therefore, I guess the leader won’t agree."

"Or you can ask him to wait a few years." Lina tapped her ample chest, "I have faith that I will ascend to be a Legendary Rank within a few years. I’ll do the spell for him myself then."

"Haha, thank you very much indeed." Dora, who had been a bit worried, was amused by Lina; after all, hardly anyone dared to rate themselves so highly. Dora took it as Lina’s kind comfort, "Then, I’ll rely on you."

While they were talking, they suddenly heard Vivian calling out loudly, "Pannis, quick, look at what I found."

When the girls turned their heads, they saw that the roasting task had ended. On the rocky ground, a large pit of roughly three to four hundred square meters and two meters deep had formed. Vivian’s voice was echoing from the bottom of the pit. Pannis was standing at the edge, being able to clearly see the condition of the pit. After the Mud Monster had been incinerated, some indigestible, irreplaceable items were left at the bottom. They were small objects of unique materials and numbered about a dozen. Most of them were ruined, but a few things were unharmed.

"This one belongs to the big sister, seems really hot." After rummaging through a dozen or so items at the bottom, Vivian threw up a glittering object. It was a well-designed long plate armor right-hand glove, forged entirely from Magicsteel, the metal with the strongest resistance to magic. The joints of the glove were connected by thin strands of Magicsteel, forming a fine net. A round little shield was firmly embedded into the forearm part. Its diameter was precisely the length from the elbow to the wrist, so it wouldn’t hinder the joint movement when the glove is worn.

"Hey, if it’s hot, why did you throw it at me?" Pannis quickly tossed the hot glove, finally had to throw it on the ground, and shouted, "Catherine, you try on this glove later and see if it fits. It seems to match the color of your chainmail, hehe."

"Here you go, this is yours. It has cooled." Vivian let the activating rope wrap around her waist and climbed up from the pit, passing a dark metallic object. Upon closer inspection, it was a dagger, but the handle had been eroded away, leaving only the blade.

"Wow, this is a good item." Pannis flicked the dagger that looked no different from an iron bar and admired, "It’s an alloy of domain copper and helium steel. The style looks to be at least 800 years old. It could be very nice if processed. It has a good breaking defense and magic breaking ability. Thanks a lot."

"Alright, there isn’t anything else." Vivian dusted off her hands, "What should we do now?"

"Judging from their state, it seems they want to retreat first." Pannis picking up the glove by his feet responded, "Let’s go have a look. It’s too troublesome to retreat and re-enter. Just try to keep Elrad."

"Be careful, big sister might scold you." Vivian didn’t care much, shrugged her shoulders and said, "Big sister wouldn’t agree to let them wander in the forest without a guide."

"Hmm, that’s no different from killing, which I am also not willing to do," Pannis shook his head. "I mean we should think of other ways."

"What ways?" Vivian asked.

"Guess what." Pannis laughed mysteriously, "You’ll find out soon."

"I think you all have forgotten something." Even before he approached Catherine, Pannis raised his voice and shouted. However, he didn’t mention the issue about Dora withdrawing, but pointed at the night sky to remind Catherine and Dora, "Did you forget that there was still a distress signal there?"

"Damn it." Catherine and Dora glanced at each other awkwardly, "We really did."

"Let’s go and rescue them first." Dora bent down and picked up the groundhog, which still looked desperate. "We should be able to make it in time if we head over now."

"Hopefully so." Without wasting more words, Catherine waved at everyone and rushed towards the direction where the smoke was rising.

Within the Dragonscar region, the remaining few kilometers weren’t far. In less than half an hour, everyone knew they were approaching their destination, as every one of them smelled a pungent odor. Occasionally, the sound of weapon clashes could be heard. Pannis stretched out his arm to stop everyone from approaching any closer while he climbed up a tree. After signaling to the Night Owl on the tree, he disappeared into the distance. A few minutes later, Pannis returned from the ground with a helpless look on his face and said with a bitter smile, "There are still five survivors. Two of them are Gold Rank and two are Silver Rank, and the last one is a Bronze Lower Rank, who seems to be acting as a guide. They couldn’t find a good defensive position, so they simply set up a circle of fire pits for simple defense."

"What about the enemy?" Catherine asked urgently, "What are they up against?"

"I’m not sure, I’ve never seen them before," replied Pannis. "They look like anteaters, with about forty to fifty of them. Their mouths have sharp, hollow structures made of keratin, and they mainly use their tongues for attacks. Their tongues can shoot out from the hollow part of their mouths, they can both pierce and wrap around things, and their tongues have barbs—I suspect they also excrete poison. The launch speed of the tongue is extremely fast, and its attack power is also very high, very formidable. By the way, I observed their teammates’ corpses from a distance: these magical beasts likely suck the blood and brains out of humans by piercing their sharp mouths into them. I saw many piercing wounds on the bodies and heads of the corpses, and no liquid was flowing, which indicates it had all been sucked dry."

"Elrad." Catherine continued, "Do you know what this magical beast is?"

"Based on the description, it sounds like a Marrow Eater." Elrad responded after a moment’s reflection, "I have never seen it, I only heard my father mention this type of magical beast."

"Really?" Vivian strangely asked, then she lowered her head again and stopped talking.

Elrad looked at Vivian with confusion before shaking his head and continuing, "Of course it’s true. According to my father, the launch speed of this beast’s tongue is even faster than sound. If it shoots its tongue out at you from behind, you’ve been hit by the time you hear the sound. Also, they don’t have any obvious weaknesses and their defense is high, which makes them difficult to deal with."

"Actually, they do have a weakness." Pannis’s expression was quite strange, and he stated with slight embarrassment, "It’s just not easily spotted as it’s in quite a peculiar location."

"Just say it outright." Catherine frowned, "No need to beat around the bush."

"Fine, their weakness is in the anus," Pannis said candidly, "While observing their offensive and defensive actions, they kept their anal area well hidden all the time, which made me suspect that this might be their weak spot. So, I impulsively shot an arrow, and effortlessly killed one."

"You weren’t discovered, were you?" Even though Catherine saw Pannis standing before her safe and sound, she still asked with concern about the possibly dangerous situation where he might be surrounded by forty to fifty magical beasts. "You are too reckless. Any problem can be discussed here first, there’s no need to take such risks. We are teammates, comrades who entrust our backs to each other. We should share any dangers. If you take on these dangerous explorations by yourself, what do you expect the rest of us to do? Do you think it’s shameful for us to help each other?"

"I’m sorry, I didn’t fully consider it," Pannis conceded as he saw Catherine’s growing anger, "I’ll be careful in the future to avoid such situations."

"Alright, I’ll forgive you," Catherine replied, "They didn’t discover you, right?"

"No, I left to scout again from another location after my attack," said Pannis. "They searched for quite a while, but weren’t able to find me."

"The anus, huh?" Catherine spat lightly, before continuing, "Now that we know their weakness, let’s sneak up on them. We’ll ambush them and try to eliminate as many enemies as possible with our first attack. That should make the rest of the fight easier."