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Chapter 324 - 296 Druid

Chapter 324: Chapter 296 Druid

Human-head balloons look quite intimidating, but it seems they only have intestines as an attack method.

Gray Rain planted his feet into the ground and forcefully tugged the intestines, wrapping them around streetlight poles or abandoned building materials to prevent them from floating away and escaping.

Li Cheng used the Avenger Cannon to shoot down the balloons on the periphery one by one, causing them to burst like fireworks, exploding into brilliant blood flowers.

With the bursting of the human-head balloons, a heavy object wrapped tightly in several intestines fell to the ground with a crash, creating a large pit fifty meters behind the armored transport vehicle.

It sounded like some kind of... stone?

Li Cheng made a gesture, signaled for Luomeng and others to stay inside the vehicle and not move, while he walked forward and activated the scanning function of his Information Integration Glasses.

What fell from the sky was indeed a brown stone with a robust humanoid outline. Its eyebrows and hair were obsidian, and its features were quite rugged.

Gray Rain curiously asked, "Is this a statue or the Thing from the Fantastic Four?"

A strange light flickered across the lenses of Li Cheng’s Information Integration Glasses, "Neither, it’s an Earth Element."

"Cough, cough——"

The Earth Element rubbed the marks on its neck left by the constricting intestines, and slowly got up from the ground. Seeing Li Cheng and Gray Rain standing outside the pit with a flag gun and a cast iron pot aimed at him,

he immediately understood what was going on, quickly raised his hands, and made a French military salute, "Don’t attack! I am a member of the Monster Alliance guild, here is my ID."

As he spoke, he actively displayed his ID, with the words [Lv17][Wild Heart·Hundred-Polar Bear] lighting up above his head, and he also took out a sheepskin scroll.

Hundred-Polar Bear? This ID seems familiar.

Li Cheng recalled that during a meeting previously convened by the Global Supernatural Alliance, it was emphasized that due to the special nature of this task involving an invasion of the Otherworld and the large number of participants,

many measures had been implemented by the GOC to prevent Earth players from killing each other and wasting efforts.

This included, but was not limited to, having voluntary players upload their IDs to the task’s database to build mutual trust;

providing action cameras to potentially record and settle any instances of mutual killing among players afterward;

and giving out Contract Scrolls, like the one Hundred-Polar Bear had just taken out.

[Scroll Name: Oath of Contract (Party A)]

[Attribute: Consumable]

[Type: Universal]

[Quality: Rare]

[Special Effect: Two players voluntarily (without being threatened, coerced, forced, illusioned, or mentally manipulated) make a contract under certain specific conditions. The agreement is certified by the system and must be adhered to by both parties. Any subjective or objective action violating the agreement will cause severe psychological and physiological discomfort lasting 5 hours.]

[Consumption: None]

[Cooling Time: None]

[Use Conditions: Both players must have the same level of intelligence on a species level.]

[Note: A player can only hold one Oath of Contract at a time. The contract exists indefinitely until triggered, or one party dies, or both parties agree to terminate it.]

[Note: The agreement can only be made if it is feasible. When one party breaks the oath, the other party’s contract will also be simultaneously voided.]

[Note: The one who breaks the oath will swallow a thousand needles.]

This [Oath of Contract] is an internal tool of the Global Supernatural Alliance.

The certification effect by the system ensures that the party who breaks the oath will endure torment equivalent to swallowing a thousand needles.

Although it might not be fatal on the spot, the five-hour duration is long enough to cover most of the time during a perilous task, potentially leading to sudden death due to intense mental and physical stress.

When the GOC gave out the [Oath of Contract], it was infused with a pre-defined template, which mainly stated that Earth players should not proactively attack each other, and if possible, should not deliberately harm ordinary people from Earth.

Li Cheng glanced at the contract text, saw no issues, and nodded in agreement.

The sheepskin scroll flashed a golden light and spontaneously burned to ashes.

"So, how did you get trapped by these human-head balloons,"

Li Cheng asked curiously, "Aren’t you a Lv17 Druid?"

In the GOC database, Hundred-Polar Bear was known as a Druid who mastered the Power of Nature, capable of communicating with natural will, casting primordial spells, and transforming into various extraordinary creatures.

Logically, he should have had no problem dealing with these human-head balloons with their singular attack method.

"Uh... I was almost exhausted after a fierce battle with a bunch of monsters and got ambushed and knocked out by the human-head balloons,"

replied Hundred-Polar Bear, scratching his cheek, "Probably because my neck is thicker in Earth Element form, and the balloons’ intestines couldn’t strangle me to death, they just tied me up and took me away."

Li Cheng raised an eyebrow, this works too? Some legendary survivor Wang Jiajing.

Seeing Li Cheng remain silent, Hundred-Polar Bear thought of something and quickly whispered, "Brother Pifu, I’ve heard of you from Midnight Howl. He’s my good buddy and praised you for being strategic and heroic in a previous task."

[Midnight Howl] was the werewolf teammate encountered during the previous mission to escort the Retrospection Room’s battery.

At the end of the mission, to express his gratitude, he even gave Li Cheng dozens of wolf fangs.

Since the battery mission tied back to the Retrospection Room, none of the key figures, whether Zhao Zijing from the GOC, the Red Driver from the Thousand Throats Beast guild, or Midnight Howl from the Monster Alliance guild,

had uploaded the video footage to the player forums as usual.

So Hundred-Polar Bear probably did know Midnight Howl and wasn’t lying.

"Thank you."

As the saying goes, it turns out mutual compliments make people feel good. Seeing Hundred-Polar Bear’s sincere attitude, Li Cheng also expressed his goodwill, nodding, "Brother Midnight Howl also contributed a lot in that task, especially when he bravely assumed the role of the seer and caused confusion among the good guys, leaving a deep impression on me."

Wait, what brave assumption? Are you talking about Werewolf Kill?

Hundred-Polar Bear’s stone face showed a strange expression. Although he knew that Midnight Howl didn’t play a key role in the battery mission and basically won effortlessly, such praise from Pifu...

It was like praising Liu Chan for teaming up with Zhao Yun Zhao Zilong at one year old, fighting Cao Cao’s elite army at Changban Slope seven times.

It would have been better not to praise at all.

"And what about me, what about me?"

Gray Rain’s eyes lit up, eagerly asking, "How did Midnight Howl evaluate me?"

Hundred-Polar Bear’s expression froze. In Midnight Howl’s account, the main praise focused on Pifu, while Gray Rain was more like an accessory, rarely mentioned.

But being honest in this situation was inappropriate, so he had no choice but to lie, "He praised your exceptional martial skills, invincibility, and unmatched bravery in battle."

"Hahaha."

Gray Rain, rarely receiving compliments, nodded and laughed heartily, cheerfully saying, "Since you’re Howl’s friend, you’re our friend too. Come out of the pit first. Are you hungry? Want to have some Nine-flavor Chitterlings together?"

As he spoke, Gray Rain transformed his fingers into sharp kitchen knives, skillfully chopping the intestines into small pieces. He also sliced garlic, ginger, and scallions, preparing to heat the oil in the pot.

Hundred-Polar Bear’s eyes widened. The original brown granite of his face seemed to be turning into white marble; his complexion visibly turned pale as he quickly said, "No, no, I just ate before the mission."

"Just have a little."

Li Cheng also kindly added, "She has been learning to make Nine-flavor Chitterlings for several months now. It’s sour, sweet, fragrant, and salty all combined, with a red and glossy color and tender texture. Except maybe for the intestines not being cleaned properly inside, it’s perfect."

The intestines not being cleaned properly is the biggest flaw, don’t you think?!

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