“I am indeed a mage; besides, which rule states that mages can't use their fists?”
Lu Minghao turned his head, looking at Sophie in front of him with a faint smile, that gentle, sunshine-like smile coupled with his handsome face, left Sophie momentarily speechless, after all, who knew that the seemingly thin and weak Lu Minghao would do such a thing.
“Minghao, how did you do it!”
At this moment, Elena, who was beside him, suddenly grabbed Lu Minghao, her big eyes filled with longing as she looked at him. As an ordinary mage, Elena had long been dissatisfied with the mage's frail body; she also wanted to be able to smash monsters with one punch.
“This? Well, my magical talent isn't that great, I only learned a fireball spell. I had no choice but to focus on learning various spells to strengthen my body, and in the end, I became like this.”
Lu Minghao looked at Elena's interested expression, and suddenly his mischievous side exploded, and he began to spout nonsense in a serious manner. In reality, Lu Minghao was able to do this only because, as a Demon King, his body had long been strengthened to a terrifying degree. Even now, Lu Minghao could easily lift a mountain range and smash it at his enemies.
As for the sudden attack by the Gluttony monster, it also appeared under Lu Minghao's instructions. Although Lu Minghao could completely ensure that the entire Scarlet Rose team completed this mission without any danger, Lu Minghao would never do that.
Because if he did, when the other teams returned, they would have encountered all kinds of dangers, even being hunted down by Flora. If only their team was without danger, anyone would see something fishy.
After all, this is a real world, and there won't be any brainless existences. Moreover, brainless existences cannot become the ruler of a kingdom or a strong person.
In this world, the real strong and the nobles who hold great power can be licentious, tyrannical, brutal, and prioritize interests... but there will never be idiots. Real idiots cannot become strong or nobles who truly hold great power.
Therefore, Lu Minghao could only arrange for a few Gluttony monsters to attack the Scarlet Rose team. Of course, Lu Minghao would also grasp a degree, at least when they finally completed the mission and returned, the Scarlet Rose team, apart from him and Sally, would have to have one or two people still alive.
After all, if everyone else died and only Lu Minghao and Sally were left, it would be a bit unreasonable. If all your teammates died and only you two were still alive, you would inevitably be suspected of being two cowards who always hid behind their teammates and ran away at the first sign of danger.
Bang! Bang!
At this moment, two tattered corpses were thrown in front of Sophie. They were the Gluttony monster that had attacked Sophie earlier and another one that had emerged. The one that attacked Sophie had already been smashed into mincemeat by Sally's little fists, while the other one was filled with a blackish-purple color and exuded a sweet and fishy smell.
“Sally, I didn't expect your strength to be so strong.”
Bella took out a bottle filled with poison from her pocket and carefully smeared it on her dagger while turning her head to look at Sally with a hint of surprise on her face. You must know that the strength of the monster that was directly beaten to death by Sally was already close to that of a high-level demon. Otherwise, Sophie would not have been knocked away just now, even if that monster relied on a sneak attack.
“Sally is super strong!”
Hearing Bella's praise, Sally raised her small head, put her hands on her hips, and looked like she was very strong. The other members of the Scarlet Rose team showed smiles when they saw Sally's appearance. In their opinion, even if Sally was very strong, she was still a child.
“Wait a minute, these monsters aren't dead yet!”
At this time, Nina, who had been silent all along, stepped forward and squatted beside the two monsters. She stretched out her hand and carefully began to rummage through the two monsters. At this time, the others hurriedly gathered after hearing Nina's words, only to see that the flesh on the monster's body was constantly wriggling, turning into fleshy sprouts that were inserted into the ground to absorb nutrients and recover.
And the wounds and toxins on their bodies were rapidly disappearing. Even the Gluttony monster that had been defeated by Bella with toxins was gradually absorbing the toxins in its body and turning them into a part of itself.
“Undying monsters!”
Sophie looked at the Gluttony monster that was constantly recovering in front of her, and then looked up at the flesh and blood that had been scattered by Lu Minghao's punch earlier. She saw that those pieces of meat of different sizes were constantly wriggling and gathering together. Before she knew it, pieces of flesh the size of human heads had appeared around her.
At this moment, Sophie clearly realized the horror of these monsters. No wonder they were called undying monsters by the Adventurers' Guild and many kingdoms.
“No, they are not immortal.”
At this time, Nina's voice interrupted everyone's thoughts. While everyone was looking at her in surprise, Nina placed her hand on the two monsters in front of her. In the next second, black flames ignited, and the two monsters turned into ashes in the flames, and two clusters of flames that were burning more and more vigorously returned to Nina's body again.
“Hmm?”
Just as the flame returned to Nina's body, Lu Minghao glanced at Nina. In his perception, the magic power in Nina's body had just increased a little bit, although not much, it did increase.
“Interesting ability, similar to my Gluttony Flame.”
In the next second, Lu Minghao naturally shifted his gaze away from Nina, but in his heart, he became more and more interested in Nina. Lu Minghao had a premonition that Nina would become a very good tool in his hands.
As for Nina's thoughts, that had nothing to do with Lu Minghao. As long as he had no objections, then Nina would definitely have no objections.
“Next, everyone must be more careful. Also, we must leave here quickly. I don't know if the commotion just now will attract the attention of the demon ghost Flora!”
After speaking, Sophie looked around with a solemn expression. The commotion of Lu Minghao's attack just now was too great. They had to get away from here as soon as possible, otherwise, once more Gluttony monsters found them, they would definitely die here.
And the most important thing was that there was also a Demon King species chasing down adventurer teams like them.
“The captain is right, we have to leave quickly, and this mission must be completed. We don't have much time left!”
Beside him, Lu Minghao nodded in agreement after hearing Sophie's words. They really had to leave here quickly, otherwise, how could Lu Minghao let the Scarlet Rose team find what the Hero's team needed and gain their trust.
Moreover, Rimuru had already begun to unite the other monsters in the Jura Forest to resist the invasion of the Orcs. Lu Minghao was very interested in the unique skill of the Orc Disaster 【Starved】, of course, the two hundred thousand souls and nutrients of the Orcs were also pretty good.
“Yes, Minghao, you're right, we really don't have much time left.”
After Sophie heard Lu Minghao's words, she nodded with a solemn expression, turned around and walked towards the distance. However, what Sophie meant by not having much time left referred to the fact that the Western countries were already unable to resist the Gluttony monster's attack.
