What do you mean I've traveled to worlds geared towards children?

"Why?" Jiang Chen looked up: "I clearly don't know how to fight at all..."

"If we're talking about fighting, An Yan isn't good at it either, and Chen Xiaolian, who looks like a young lady, is even less so, but didn't they also transform into mythical beast warriors?"

"...They're different. They...they're braver than me. The night before last...when we encountered Onigumo, I didn't dare to move at all, but Senior Chen dared to rush at him..."

"so what?"

"Huh?"

"Why must we compare ourselves to them?" Ron asked rhetorically, his voice sounding somewhat ethereal in the empty cave.

Jiang Chen stared at Ron's retreating figure, speechless for a moment.

Ron continued, "Everyone has things they are good at and things they are not good at, and everyone has a different personality. Through these few days of observation, you should have noticed that everyone's abilities after transformation are also different."

“An Yan is better at offense, Chen Xiaolian is better at control... What if your ability isn’t actually in combat? What if you’re like a peace dove, better at calming people’s hearts?”

"No one can say for sure about these things."

Ron had no idea when he had suddenly become so good at comforting others, but it must be said that his words had a significant impact on Jiang Chen, who was only a teenager.

At least Jiang Chen was no longer as confused as before.

But after a long silence, Jiang Chen suddenly asked a question:

"What if... I really... can't transform into a monster warrior?"

"That's alright."

Ron answered almost instantly: "Leave the fighting to us. We'll protect you. Even if An Yan were here, he'd probably say the same thing."

Given An Yan's personality, he would definitely protect everyone he knows.

Ron's thinking was actually quite simple: no matter what, Jiang Chen was just a child.

Fighting the enemy, or even engaging in life-or-death battles, is something that a teenager should never be doing.

Although Ron was stubbornly determined to gain the power of revenge, deep down he still retained the values ​​he had cultivated in his peaceful life in his previous life.

He didn't want to see a teenager go to war.

But there's nothing he can do; this is a world geared towards children, and as the protagonists, they are meant to experience these things. So all Ron can do now is follow them and watch them grow up.

It's just something I did to protect them.

Jiang Chen didn't know if he had taken Ron's words to heart.

Ron didn't have time to observe Jiang Chen's emotions.

Because right after they finished speaking, a group of magical beasts emerged from a hole in the ground before their eyes.

They are blackish-gray all over, about the size of an adult's calf, and if you look at them up close, you can see that they look a lot like mice.

The moment he saw them, Ron quickly compared the mythical beasts in the mythical beast encyclopedia in his mind and soon came to the answer.

A real-world mythical beast, the burrowing mole.

All the mythical beasts here are burrowing moles!

Chapter 33 The Burrowing Mole, Grandpa Mouse, and the Four-Eyed Monster Cat

The burrowing mole is a real-world level mythical beast, on the same level as the baby insect.

However, compared to baby worms that can only spit silk, the burrowing mole is slightly more aggressive.

Because burrowing moles are extremely good at digging, and their claws are sharper than you might imagine, if a baby insect and a burrowing mole were to fight one-on-one, the burrowing mole would undoubtedly be the winner.

And now, these slightly aggressive, real-world-class mythical beasts are everywhere!

Ron roughly estimated that there were at least thirty burrowing moles here, and behind these burrowing moles, Ron even saw a larger phantom beast!

“Stand behind me, Jiang Chen.”

He raised his left hand to shield Jiang Chen behind him.

The wolf-shaped pattern on Ron's chest was faintly glowing, a sign that he was about to transform.

Ron dared not be careless in the face of so many magical beasts with offensive capabilities.

But just as Ron was about to transform, an old voice came from among the burrowing moles:

"You... are you Phantom Beast Warriors?"

"?"

Ron paused briefly in his transformation, his wary expression still lingering. His gaze swept across the burrowing moles, finally settling on the largest phantom beast among them:

"What do you say if it's a Phantom Beast Warrior? And what do you say if it's not?"

"Hehehe, the little guy doesn't look very big, but he's quite wary."

The old voice spoke, and the figure slowly moved out from the mole swarm.

Using the faint light from the Light spell, Ron was able to make out the appearance of the phantom beast.

It is very large; even when it is hunched over and leaning on a cane, it is at least two meters tall.

Its body is covered in white fur, which hangs down, making it look like a ball of white fur.

However, based on its external features, one can still vaguely discern the appearance of a rodent-like mythical beast.

"...Is it...Grandpa Mouse?"

Jiang Chen peeked out from behind Ron and whispered to him, "Ron, he probably doesn't mean any harm. He's Grandpa Rat."

A fantasy-level mythical beast, Grandpa Rat.

This is probably one of the evolutionary paths for most rodent-type mythical beasts.

Grandpa Mouse is kind-hearted. Although he is not good at fighting, he has mastered some magic. The magic he knows varies depending on the area he lives in.

It often appears in the Endless Forest or Magic Zone, and is a rare, universally recognized benevolent mythical beast in the Mythical Beast Continent.

Since it was a benevolent mythical beast that was written in the encyclopedia and was recognized as such throughout the continent, Ron lowered his guard.

Of course, one of the reasons Ron lowered his guard was because Grandpa Rat was not the BOSS that appeared in the opening theme of "Fantasy Beast Continent". Instead, his figure flashed by in the good guys' team.

All of this proves that Grandpa Mouse is indeed harmless.

……

"We need to find Ron and Jiang Chen as soon as possible."

On the other side, An Yan, who was with Chen Xiaolian, said to her anxiously.

Chen Xiaolian, however, seemed indifferent: "They should be fine, right? Ron... he seems much more mature than us."

"But Jiang Chen can't become a Phantom Beast Warrior yet. If he really encounters any danger, Ron definitely won't be able to take good care of him by himself!"

As An Yan spoke, his gaze shifted left and right, but the ground was pitch black, and he couldn't see anything:

"Damn it, it's so dark here."

If he could transform into a mythical beast warrior, An Yan could illuminate this area with flames.

However, transforming into a Phantom Beast Warrior consumes too much physical strength. An Yan is now like Ultraman, with each transformation lasting only about three to five minutes of combat time. If the time limit is exceeded, he will be temporarily unable to transform into a Phantom Beast Warrior.

To conserve his energy, An Yan cannot transform at this time.

But if they don't transform, they won't even be able to move forward in this dark cave with almost no light source, let alone find anyone.

"I have no choice, here you go."

Chen Xiaolian couldn't stand it anymore. She turned around and rummaged through her backpack, finally pulling out something that looked like a cheering stick.

"...What is this?" An Yan took it, not understanding what Chen Xiaolian had given him.

Chen Xiaolian reached out and rubbed the top of the 'cheer stick', and the entire stick instantly emitted a pure white light.

“I got it from the Radiant Butterfly. Do you remember the room in the Insect Baby Village? There were lots of things for lighting, right? This is it. I thought it would be useful, so I asked the Insect Babies for one.”

Chen Xiaolian explained.

An Yan beamed with delight: "Wow, Senior Chen, you actually thought of all that."

"Hmm, no matter what, I'm a senior, a mentor. This is nothing~"

Chen Xiaolian put one hand on her hip and rubbed her nose, striking a proud pose as if to say, "I'm awesome."

Although she was only a year older than the boys.

An Yan didn't think that much about it.

After receiving the glow stick from Chen Xiaolian, he immediately began to observe his surroundings:

"Are we currently in a cave?"

"Wow, there are roads all around! Did someone hollow out this mountain?...Wow, there are roads on top too?"

Chen Xiaolian also exclaimed in surprise.

The cave is a maze of interconnected passageways, with paths leading to unknown destinations in all directions.

Even the top has the exact same passageway.

According to Chen Xiaolian's understanding, if the inside of the mountain is hollow like this, the mountain must have collapsed by now, since the surrounding soil doesn't look very solid.