After going into the sea, I met Miss Witch - Chapter 288: First contact with the hunting group
Slowly opening her eyes, Liesel reflected the turbid ice layer under the sun. She blinked and her drowsy consciousness gradually became clear.
How did I get here?
Oh, that’s right.
I embarked on a scientific expedition to a distant permafrost continent to protect the scientific expedition personnel, but when I approached the permafrost continent, I was attacked by a powerful special species.
The scientific expedition ship sank as a result. Under the blizzard, she fell into the cold sea with serious injuries and lost consciousness.
Thinking back to the terrible ancient dragon, Liesel still had lingering fears.
Is our scientific expedition really meaningful?
Even if we know the source of the prophecy of doomsday, do humans really have the ability to resist?
Her complicated thoughts gradually gathered, and she suddenly became fully conscious and noticed other breaths not far away from her.
This made her startle and she turned her head sharply.
The first thing that caught her eye was an extremely large and strange shark.
Its body surface has regular red lines, and a faint red mist gushed out from its skin pores, supporting its hundreds of tons of body and suspending it in the air.
Liesel’s pupils suddenly shrank, and the familiar red color made her grab the sword beside her without hesitation and step forward.
The sword was unsheathed and the sharp blade stabbed.
However, before Liesel could get close to the red shark, a hand suddenly appeared and pressed lightly on her wrist.
It was just a moment.
Liesel felt that her entire right arm had lost consciousness, and the sword in her hand fell to the ground with a crisp “bang” sound.
“Who is it?!”
Because she was too shocked and numb, Liesel stared blankly at the young man who appeared beside her, until the other party’s voice reached her ears, she suddenly woke up.
“Hey, is this how you repay us for saving you?”
“Yes, I’m sorry.” Lizelle said subconsciously, and instinctively wanted to bow, but just as her waist was about to bend, she reacted: “You mean, it was this shark that saved me?”
“It seems that it hasn’t been frozen stupid yet.”
Ryan let go of his hand, walked to Dayin’s side and sat down cross-legged.
Lizelle on the other side also reacted.
Yes.
If it was really like the red monster in his hometown, he would have been eaten long ago, and there was no way he could wake up.
And looking at the eyes of this shark, although it was ferocious, it didn’t have that kind of pure barbaric madness.
“Huh…”
After a long breath, Lizelle bowed hard towards Dayin and Ryan with a serious expression: “Sorry.”
“I am rude.”
“My name is Lizelle McGee, and I am the captain of the third team of the Ninth Scouting Hunting Group.”
Hearing the woman’s self-introduction, Ryan said with interest: “Ninth Scouting Hunting Group, do you know Rodney Hillar, the captain of the first team of the Ninth Scouting Hunting Group?”
After Ryan arrived at the Everfrozen Continent, the notes he got were all left by this senior.
Unexpectedly, the woman he saved was also a member of the Ninth Scouting Hunting Group.
Could this peck and drink be fate?
“Senior Rodney?!”
Hearing this name, the ponytail girl Liesel widened her eyes and showed excitement on her face: “This…Mr.”
Because she didn’t know Ryan’s name, she could only use “Mr.” to refer to him:
“Have you met Senior Rodney?”
“I do know Senior Rodney. To be precise, I know him, but he may not know me. Senior Rodney is from the first group, and I am from the third group. When I was studying, I heard of Senior Rodney’s name and admired his deeds.”
“I heard that his last mission was to go to the legendary dragon’s homeland, the Everfrozen Continent, for the last hope of mankind.”
“I escorted the scientific expedition team here, and was influenced by Senior Rodney.”
Looking at Liesel’s shining eyes, Ryan sighed and shook his head:
“I haven’t seen him.”
“I just saw the notes he left behind and got a lot of help from them.”
Ryan’s words made the light in Liesel’s eyes gradually dim.
As a member of the Ninth Reconnaissance Hunting Group, she knew very well what it meant to leave notes and disappear.
But soon, she cheered up.
Sacrifice is commonplace in hunting groups, especially in reconnaissance hunting groups with extremely high mortality rates.
They are not afraid of death, but they are worried that they will not be able to make more contributions to the survival of mankind before they die.
Although the scientific expedition team capsized, it is not far from the permafrost continent after all. In this case, maybe, just in case, there are still survivors?
Even if the probability is low, Liesel will try to find them.
In this question and answer, Ryan also roughly figured out the identity of the ponytail woman and the purpose of coming to the permafrost continent.
He shook his head and stood up: “For the next period of time, if you want to search for the shipwrecked members of the scientific expedition team, try not to enter the snow forest.”
“There live terrible special species that are far beyond your imagination.”
“Is it a taboo-level special species?” Liesel asked nervously.
“…” Ryan was silent for a while, and he couldn’t bear to tell the cruel truth to the woman in distress.
But after thinking about it, she realized that hiding it was meaningless and would only put her in greater danger, so she simply said:
“No, it’s not.”
“Forbidden-level special species are just food at the bottom of the food chain in this icy and snowy continent…”
After leaving this sentence, Ryan turned and left.
Liesel was left standing there blankly.
Taboo level, just, the bottom of the food chain?
…
After bidding farewell to Liezel, the troubled huntress, Ryan left the ice cave and walked along the coast with Da Yin.
In the ice cave, he left some food, enough for Liesel to need for several days.
Although in Ryan’s eyes, Liezel is extremely weak, but after some calculation, she still has the strength to fight against close to taboo-level special species. As long as she does not enter the snow forest area, she should not have a problem finding food to fill her stomach.
In addition to special species, the sea also inhabits ordinary monsters and ordinary life forms that are not even monsters.
As for Ryan.
Although he is very interested in hunting groups.
But now is not the time to explore this.
At least, he should wait until he has finished defeating the [Dream] Crimson Light Dragon before talking about anything else.
Patting Dayin’s smooth head, Ryan smiled and said: “Partner, if you have nothing to do recently, please help me take care of it around here.”
“Protect that huntress.”
Having received so much care from the hunting group, now that I meet someone from the hunting group, I have to repay him no matter what.
Hearing this, Dayin nodded.
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“Thanks.”
“I still have something to do, so I’ll take the first step.”
After waving his hand to Dayin, Ryan flew towards the [Black Rose].
And Dayin floated in place, staring blankly in the direction Ryan left. It didn’t look back until even the black spots disappeared from its sight.
It “swam” slowly to the vicinity of the ice cave. After thinking for a while, it found a place to lie down on the snow nearby, with a squinting and comfortable expression on its face, and at the same time, its momentum was slightly leaked.
With it around, ordinary fantasy monsters would not dare to set foot in this area.
…
After a while, Ryan returned to the [Black Rose].
Although this “rescue” trip was different from what he had imagined, it was the greatest good thing that Da Yin was fine.
In addition, Liesel, the female hunter of the hunting group, will become the first bridge between him and the indigenous people of this world.
Standing by the campfire, Ryan chose to teleport.
As the sparks flew away, the next moment, he had arrived at the third level of the Demon-Guiding Land.
After walking through the dark passage, the familiar venue came into view again.
In the center of the venue, there was no figure of the [Dream] Crimson Light Dragon.
Thinking about it, it should have dived back underground and continued to absorb energy from the earth’s veins to strengthen itself.
Ryan did not rush forward, but first checked his attributes.
During his last trip, he killed the initial salary king, further advancing the progress of the [Dedication Ceremony]
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[You have killed the “Initial Salary King (Seal of Jealousy)”, the strength of the two sides is being compared…]
[Comparison completed! 】
[[Dedication Ceremony] Raise 25%, the current total is 75% (the excess is not counted), obtain “ceremony feedback” – special skill [Dragon Spirit (Mastery)] – moderately reduce the transformation “dragon state” burden. 】
[Blessed by [Dragon Pearl], [Dragon Spirit] skill level is improved, master → master. 】
[[Dragon Spirit (Master)] – Greatly reduces the burden of transforming into “Dragon State”. After using “Dragon State”, you will no longer die, but will fall into a state of intense weakness for three days. 】
[[Jealous Demon Lord] Professional compatibility is increased by 25%, currently 75%, and professional bonuses are obtained: spirituality +9000.0, physical body +9000.0! (Grand total)】
[Spirituality]: 15931.2→18931.2
【Physique】：14336.09→17336.09
——
A sudden increase in physical strength, a brand new “Dragon State” trump card, and newly acquired powerful weapons and protective gear.
This time, it’s time to get back on track.
Ryan walked step by step to the edge of the field and stopped here.
He was not asked to wait any longer.
As if aware of Ryan’s aura that a living being could harm him again after so many years, the earth trembled violently and then cracked, and the huge body of [Dream] Crimson Light Dragon crawled out of the ground.
The wings that covered the sky and sun spread out, sweeping away the surrounding smoke and dust.
It lowered its head and stared at Ryan with its huge dragon eyes.
The scene was just like when the two first met.
only.
Compared to the beginning.
The sense of threat that Ryan brings to [Dream] Crimson Light Dragon is not at the same level.
If we say that Ryan last time was just a caltrop, although it would sting if he touched it forcefully, it would not cause any harm.
So at this moment, Ryan gave [Dream] Crimson Light Dragon the feeling of a space crack that was constantly breaking, mysterious and deadly.
The huge difference in momentum before and after not only did not scare [Dream] Red Light Dragon, but instead made it roar with excitement.
It has been invincible for too long and lonely for too long.
Trapped in this inescapable space, [Dream] Red Light Dragon is not afraid of death. What it is afraid of is the eternal loneliness…
That is the wear and tear on the soul that even an ancient dragon species cannot bear.
And Ryan’s appearance is like fireworks blooming in the dark night. Even if it is just a flash, it has left a strong mark in the world of [Dream] Crimson Light Dragon.
Feeling the fierce fighting spirit in the [Dream] Red Light Dragon’s eyes, Ryan was stunned for a moment, and then laughed out loud without any nonsense:
“Come and fight!”
The sound fell and the sword came out.
“Qiang——”
The sharp sound of the front ripples even the space.
Silver light flashed, and Ryan had already arrived in front of the [Dream] Red Dragon, slashing out with the charged sword in his hand.
The [Dream] Red Dragon was not to be outdone, and its huge red dragon claws pressed down, and at the tip of each dragon claw, there was a blue earth vein energy fire burning.
The sword and the dragon claws collided.
In an instant, the entire underground space seemed to be trapped in a time cage of stagnation.
Maybe it was one second, or maybe it was several seconds.
Accompanied by a thunderous roar.
The blockade of time disappeared.
Ryan was forced to retreat hundreds of meters in the collision, while the [Dream] Red Dragon on the other side raised its dragon claws upwards, and its huge dragon body retreated several steps backward.
From the distance, the two sides were evenly matched in this collision!
With a tiny human body, it tied with the monster king whose size was tens of thousands of times larger than itself in a head-on collision.
To some extent, the [Dream] Red Dragon had already lost.
But this was not a match between knights.
It is a life-and-death struggle between hunter and prey, and the winner will be determined by the complete defeat of one side.
Ryan twisted his neck, making a crisp “crackling” sound, and he grinned, with the fire of fighting spirit in his eyes reaching its peak.
He raised his hand, and his index and middle fingers crossed the sword guard and the blade of the greatsword, and then a bright red flame appeared in his palm.
Ryan pressed the flame into his heart.
The next moment.
“Wow–“
Countless sparks flew, and the surface of his armor appeared red lines like flares.
A powerful momentum rose to the sky.
—— [Ember], a new skill from the greatsword!
Bathed in the “ember”, Ryan felt that the whole world was brighter.
In the eyes of the [Dream] Red Dragon on the opposite side, Ryan at this moment was like the rising sun tearing through the night, so dazzling.
“Roar!”
In the midst of the dragon roar, in order to express its importance of this battle, the [Dream] Red Dragon also entered a new posture.
It has absorbed the energy of the earth veins for countless years, and it suddenly burst out at this moment. After expanding and then compressing, it makes star-like spots appear on its body and wings.
——[Supercritical state]!
This is the name of the special form of the [Dream] Red Dragon at this time.
At the same time, this is also its strongest posture.
Red and blue, respectively dominate half of the underground space, fighting each other, but neither can do anything to the other.
After a short stalemate.
On the contrary, the [Dream] Red Dragon, which was extremely excited, couldn’t hold back first and took the initiative to attack.
The wings covered with star spots behind it opened to the extreme, and dense blue light balls burst out, completely filling the space in front of Ryan.
Wherever the light balls passed, the space was in chaos.
In mid-air.
Ryan’s expression was serious and solemn.
He leaned forward slightly, keeping the action of drawing the sword, and his whole body was like a spring compressed to the extreme.
It was not until the nearest blue light ball entered the ten-meter range of his body that the “spring” in his body suddenly exploded.
“Clang——”
The dazzling silver sword light tore through the sky, and also opened the perfect prelude to this amazing battle.
