Strange Voyage: Summoning the Fourth Disaster.

Chapter 685 Oasis Campfire
[The Desolate Remnants of War]

[Type: Material]

[Note: The residue that may be produced when a flaming being dies in a state of extreme despair may be needed in some heretical rituals or manufacturing processes.]

It's not wax or any kind of elixirs...

Li Miao frowned slightly; it seemed that this person was in utter despair before he died.

So, what's the reason?

His gaze quickly fell on the corpse's hands, where paper and pen were still tightly gripped in its limp arms, as if it wanted to leave a suicide note.

"Mountain Clan Axe...The Mountain Clan, a strange tribe..."

The man who came ashore picked up a weapon and examined it, muttering to himself as he read the description of the corpse's race.

Li Miao took the unfinished suicide note from the other party and read its contents carefully.

……

As expected, this warrior from the Mountain Clan was also one of the trial participants who volunteered to enter the Long Night Divine Realm.

Although the Firebringer's strength was not outstanding in the Long Night Divine Realm, he was extremely lucky to have gone a long way and did not die at the hands of the Lightless.

But his luck didn't last long, and he was soon attacked by another trial participant.

Although he managed to escape from his opponent, he was poisoned and continued to flee, eventually arriving at the bridge guard, Lilmi.

Despite his poisoning, Lilmi did not show mercy and let him go; instead, she still made him undergo the trial.

However, the trial also temporarily stopped his injuries and the poison from taking effect, and stopped the other trial participants who were chasing him.

He was fortunate enough to pass the trial and travel through the cave to the oasis.

He was overjoyed by the rules here.

He believed he was saved.

Because he had antidotes on him.

But just as he was about to heal his wounds, a group of people in the oasis stole his life-saving antidote.

Yes, although in the Oasis of the Long Night, the trial participants cannot harm each other, but theft and robbery are not restricted in any way.

This is not a completely peaceful place.

Even after losing the life-saving medicine, he did not completely give up hope, because there must be other trial participants in this oasis.

However, his hopes soon faded.

Almost no one in the trial was willing to save him; he was met only with indifferent rejection.

However, "almost" does not mean "absolute".

"...Heh...I think most trial participants wouldn't be willing to help a stranger. After all, everyone is a potential enemy. I probably would have done the same myself..."

"However, everyone else either ignored me or refused outright, but that guy told me to wait where I was while he went to figure something out..."

"At first, I naively thought he wanted to help me."

"These damned bastards are all the same!"

"Looking back now, he was probably just messing with me, that freak with the helmet..."

"I think I'm going to die... those damned bandits... what a pathetic way to die..."

"The long, cold night..."

"If only I could be buried here..."

……

The suicide note ended abruptly.

This warrior of the mountain tribe died.

Li Miao shook his head.

The cause of death has now been determined.

This also reveals two important pieces of information.

Firstly, while the Long Night Oasis is subject to sanctions, it's not entirely a peaceful place. Theft and robbery can still occur as long as there's no attack. Upon seeing this, Li Miao realized how naive he had been; the moment he saw the spirit candle's notification, he genuinely believed it was a peaceful place.

The second important piece of information is, of course, the "freak" that the mountain tribe warriors encountered.

If I'm not mistaken, Li Miao thinks he's referring to the hero Aluga.

After all, their movements do indeed align.

If it really is him, then the mountain tribe trial participant has truly misunderstood him.

Judging from his previous actions, he was definitely not just fooling or teasing the other party, but genuinely wanted to save him and was looking for a solution.

But clearly, this person couldn't hold on for that long and died.

After going ashore, he also finished reading the suicide note and, after a moment's thought, came to the same conclusion as Li Miao.

Li Miao nodded in agreement: "Carrying a helmet... Luckily, it's Aluga the Hero."

Upon hearing this, he glanced at the corpse with some disdain: "He must have really gone to find medicine for this guy, and yet this guy was secretly calling him a freak behind his back. What a heartless bastard."

Li Miao smiled nonchalantly: "Do you expect a dying person to remain absolutely calm?"

"Alright, let's go check out the next campfire."

"Even an animal would be fine, just not a dead person," he complained as he came ashore.

The two prepared to embark on their journey again.

However, just before leaving, Li Miao turned around as he reached the shore.

The ambiguous distance sent a chill down their spines, and they both instinctively took two steps back.

Li Miao was fine, but once ashore, he wasn't paying attention and bumped into the cooking pot on the campfire, almost falling over.

"Holy crap, it's so hot!!!"

The flames burned him so badly he screamed and howled, causing chaos and confusion.

Li Miao was about to step forward to help.

But at this moment, the cooking pot and campfire underwent a strange change.

The campfire gradually turned dark and indistinct, and the power of the long night spread, intertwined, and took shape on its body, instantly condensing into a huge mouth.

[Campfire Guardian Spirit]

[Rank: Burning Spirit (Marked by the Long Night)]

【Level: 75】

[Note: It seems the campfires in the oasis weren't started by the trial participants themselves, and the ignition point of the guardian spirits appears to depend on some other factor...]

"Ha...what an impolite and barbaric trial participant..."

"Are they unwilling to even offer the slightest warmth from the campfire to those who come after them, instead choosing to destroy it so barbarically..."

"How incredibly selfish..."

The pitch-black campfire guardian spirit opened its enormous mouth, which took up almost two-thirds of its entire body, and sighed as it spewed sparks.

This unexpected turn of events left both Li Miao and Shang An dumbfounded.

What the hell? This campfire is a monster?! And a Fire Saint at that!
And after they heard what the other person said clearly.

Upon reaching the shore, his lips twitched, and he protested, "Hey! Don't just label people like that! I bumped into it by accident, I didn't mean to ruin the campfire!"

Honestly, he never had such thoughts. Why do you say he's selfish?
however.

The campfire guardian spirit before them did not seem to possess the advanced self-awareness of the Ancient Dragon Projection and Lilmi.

It completely ignored the explanations given about coming ashore and continued to talk to itself.

"...In any case, if you want to destroy the campfire, you'll have to get past me first..."

"Otherwise, you'd better leave now..."

"I still need to provide flames for the future trial participants..."

(End of this chapter)