Yarra’s Adventure Notes
Chapter 580 - 47 Mosquito_1

Chapter 580: Chapter 47 Mosquito_1

"Buzz, buzz, buzz," an irritating buzzing sound came from the forest, the noise was so loud that even at a great distance, the girls could clearly hear this headache-inducing hum. The sound was like the buzzing of a mosquito circling your ear during a half-awake halftime sleep at night, filling the listener with a sense of anger and helplessness.

"What is that sound?" Catherine frowned, clearly disliking the noise: "Could it be the dragonfly from earlier? No, the dragonfly’s sound is deeper., this sound is significantly shriller, could it be a bee?"

"We should get moving too." Ike waved to everyone: "This noise scared the magical beast away, it is one of the top predators in the surface world of Earth’s Scar, it fled like this, I don’t think you would want to encounter it."

"Vivian." Catherine gave Vivian a look, Vivian nodded, casually setting up a beacon of the Eye of the Mage. Everyone quickly followed behind Ike into the forest, continuing to sneak in a straight line towards the entrance of the path. However, even though they had left, the Eye of the Mage was still working, faithfully feeding back everything from their original position to the crystal plate in Vivian’s hand.

At first, the area around the Eye of the Mage was calm, with only the wind rustling the bushes gently. But soon, a dark shadow appeared from another direction in the forest. The shadow spread out in mid-air like a carpet, looking large from a distance. As the shadow drew closer, they saw that these were not shadows at all, but a dense swarm of mosquitoes. The mosquitoes were huge, each about half a meter in length, fitting the characteristics of the creatures in Earth’s Scar. The flight speed of the mosquito swarm was swift, and in a blink of an eye, they had flown to where the girls originally stood, right next to the Eye of the Mage, just enough for the girls to see their hideous appearance through the Eye of the Mage. These giant mosquitoes had a brown soft shell, and their long and withered abdomen had black and white patterns, their six legs curled under their body, and a pair of wings covered with tiny scales vibrated at a speed invisible to the naked eye. On the round head of the mosquitoes, a pair of gigantic eyes occupied four-fifths of the head, each pair of black eyes were like numerous mirrors reflecting the surrounding scenery. At the lower end of the head, the long tubular mouthparts divided into a trident at the end, carrying ominous blood-red patterns, giving people chills.

"It’s mosquitoes." Seeing this mass of mosquitoes, the girls felt a wave of discomfort, Lina didn’t care to mimic Catheria’s image anymore, rubbing her arm and gritting her teeth, she whispered: "With these sizes of mosquitoes, a few of them could turn a person into a dried corpse. We better leave quickly, we must not be caught up, um, we should have brought some insect repellent."

In the view of the Eye of the Mage, the swarm of mosquitoes circled around the place where the predator and the adventure team briefly fought, then followed the scent left by the predator and went down, soon disappearing into the depths of the forest with a humming noise. The girls looked at each other, breathed a sigh of relief - even though they were not afraid of fighting or any terrifying creatures, the female nature made them truly unbearable to these large mosquitoes flying around them. No, even if they weren’t girls, they probably wouldn’t want to experience such a strange feeling.

"Thank goodness, thank goodness." Freya patted her chest and took a long breath: "They are chasing after the predator, not coming towards us. Is this luck? Or are we too small for them to be interested?"

"Um, let’s describe it this way." Pannis thought for a moment, and said seriously: "I carefully cooked a Neville-style meal according to banquet scale and habits, and then Catherine cooked a small cup of oatmeal soup. Which one would you choose?"

"Whoosh," As soon as Pannis finished speaking, he quickly dodged the sweeping kick that Catherine made without warning. Catherine said angrily: "You are provoking me again, just explain it, why do you have to mock my cooking skills? Uh, even though it’s really hard to eat it."

"I get it." Freya nodded, turned around, and patted Pannis’s shoulder strongly: "But I think that if you keep going like this, sooner or later, Big Sister will abandon the virtue of a knight and commit the crime of killing a teammate."

"You’ve had enough, haven’t you?" Catherine glared and glared at the two for a few seconds, suddenly she couldn’t help but burst into laughter and lightly kicked a huge rock next to her: "Especially you, Pannis. I know you’re worried about us being scared by such large insects and want to liven up the atmosphere, but you have to pick the right time. Right now the most important thing is to quickly find that small crack to squeeze into so that we won’t be affected by these unknown giant magical beasts outside. Even though we are not afraid of them, we don’t need to fight all the way."

"Catherine, if I were you, I wouldn’t just casually kick that rock." Pannis felt the veins on his forehead throbbing, he gave a dry laugh and said: "Here’s a suggestion, you’d better slowly, slowly, slowly walk over here and then turn your head to see what you just kicked."

"Isn’t it...a rock? It felt just like kicking a rock." The serious expression on Pannis’s face made Catherine swallow hard, and as Pannis instructed, she walked forward at a very slow pace, slowly turning her head. The green stone was still in its original place, showing no signs of any abnormalities: "What happened? There’s nothing."

Before she could finish speaking, the giant rock suddenly trembled, and four legs grew from the bottom of it, and it slowly turned around. This was also a magical beast, about thirteen meters long, but it was only four meters high. The magical beast turned around, and everyone finally saw its front. Its head had three giant horns, a short horn protruding from its nose, and two long horns growing on either side of the head, all three horns pointed forward. Around its neck, there were ruffled folds like a thick scarf. The collar stood upright around the neck, looking very sturdy.

Catherine didn’t show a hostile attitude, because she noticed that the beast in front of her didn’t have any sharp teeth, indicating it was a herbivore magical beast. Additionally, the beast didn’t exhibit any signs of aggression either. It seemed just as if it turned its head to glance around casually after someone touched it slightly.

"Um, hello." Although she had no intention of fighting, facing a huge beast that leaned in to observe her out of curiosity still made Catherine a bit nervous. She awkwardly said, "It’s quite a coincidence that we meet here."

"Oh my God." Several girls held their faces in embarrassment. Lina, gritting her teeth, said, "Big sis, don’t use the Pannis-style pick up line at this time. It’s just so silly."

"Hey." Pannis glanced at Lina sideways and retorted discontentedly, "What do you mean, ’Pannis-style pick up line’? Has this become a fixed term? And I think this method is quite perfect, where is it silly? Look, look, the other party seems to enjoy this as well."

The large three-horned magical beast dangled its head before Catherine, sniffing curiously. Then, it extended its tongue — almost as broad as Catherine herself — and licked her from bottom to top, leaving her soaked in saliva. Apparently realizing this wasn’t anything delicious, the magical beast snorted heavily and decided to ignore these tiny creatures. It turned back around, lay down, and slipped back to sleep.

"I think we should get out of here as soon as possible." Catherine, feeling disgusted, fetched a towel and wiped her face, "I don’t want to be greeted by its tongue again. If anyone objects to that, you can be the one to be ’greeted’ next."

"Don’t worry, no one objects to that." The usually silent guide, Ike, found his team members amusing. Maintaining a calm and cheerful temperament in such a strange environment was a difficult skill to acquire, but his current team members had definitely mastered it. Hearing Catherine’s complaint, Ike’s face had lost the chilly expression he had upon their first meeting. Surprisingly, he chuckled and said, "Moreover, such magical beasts are incredibly docile. As long as we don’t attack it, it doesn’t matter if we keep following it."

"But its way of greeting is extremely unpleasant." Catherine tried her best to wipe off the saliva all over her body, "Let’s go quickly. It’s already near 10 a.m. We should hurry to the little crevice and set up camp there."

"That sounds reasonable." After considering for a moment, Ike nodded and said, "With our current speed, we should be able to reach there in about seven or eight minutes."

"That’s great, let’s move quickly." Before leaving, Catherine turned back and glanced at the beast resembling a rock, "Honestly, its skin feels exactly like kicking a rock. This magical beast’s defense must be formidable."

"Its attack should be equally formidable." Pannis remarked, "Its skull looks very thick and sturdy. Coupled with its huge size, even if an armored bull charges at it head-on, five of them combined would probably be no match for it. Not to mention, those three horns of it aren’t just for show. With enough force, they could easily pierce through steel."

"I’ve made a decision." Vivian suddenly lifted her head from her notebook and seriously said, "I’m going to record all the unknown creatures we meet on this journey. When we go back, I’ll publish them in the Guild, which should make quite the splash."

"Actually, quite a few high-ranking professionals are aware of the situation here." Pannis remarked, "However, for several hundred years, nobody has been able to completely understand the environment here or the species that live here. Thus, it hasn’t been widely publicized, as everyone has their own self-interest."

"I see." Vivian contemplated for a moment, "You’re right. The splash and honor obtained from publishing after thorough research can’t be compared to releasing the information now. Plus, those under Legendary Rank would find it difficult to enter here, so it’s no wonder all this information is only circulated within a small circle." (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to go to qidian.com and vote for it. Your support is my motivation. Mobile users can read on m.qidian.com.)