I am the Enchantress!

Chapter 139 Which side will win?

"It's actually blood-red grass—"

As he spoke, Wilder picked one up from Maeve's hand and examined it carefully for a while.

Although he had never seen this kind of grass before, there were countless strange plants in the border forest, so red grass should not be surprising.

only----

This blood-red color.

Why does it feel so strangely familiar?

But I've never seen it before.

"Hey! There's a fierce battle going on outside the cave! Why are you chatting about flowers and plants at a time like this?"

Gru snatched the blade of grass from Wilder's hand, glanced at it, and tossed it away casually.

It landed right on Cyril.

"Gru, you—"

He took the herb off his person, glanced at it, then paused, and after a long while said, "—Why did you throw me a gold coin?"

"what?"

Gru was taken aback. "Gold coins? What gold coins? Where can I find gold coins?"

"This is it."

Sion raised the blood-red grass in his hand. "If I'm not mistaken, this should be Bloodroot Grass."

Wilder's eyes widened instantly.

This is it!

When he first heard the name, the image that came to mind was this blood-red grass.

"Cyrion, this is the one with the bounty on it—"

"right!"

Cyrion handed the herb back to Wilder. "Mr. Louis of the potion shop gave me a task commissioned by the association—to find three ingredients for making healing potions, and this is one of them."

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The reward is one gold coin per plant.

It's equivalent to the left ear of 33.3 kobolds.

"Holy shit!"

Gru was immediately dumbfounded, his attitude completely changing 180 degrees. "Quickly count how many there are!"

Maeve first examined Wilder like a kitten, then carefully counted the bloodroot in her hand.

"I have one here."

As she spoke, she placed the three plants she was holding into Wilder's hand.

There are four plants in total.

"Good heavens! Four gold coins!"

Gru seemed to have suddenly forgotten the final showdown outside the cave and burst into hearty laughter.

"But----"

Wilder stared at the bloodroot in his palm, frowning. "Don't you find this strange?"

"What's strange?"

Gru was puzzled.

Cyrion, however, understood immediately and nodded: "It is indeed strange; Bloodroot should not be appearing around here."

Gru and the rest of the team then realized what was happening.

This grass only grows in the heart of forests.

This was also the main reason why they didn't accept the commission in the first place.

"How did this kind of grass end up on the little guy?"

Gru rested his chin on his hand, which was covered in a full beard, but he clearly couldn't come up with a solution.

"It fell off the red dragon and landed right on Wilder's shoulder, didn't it?"

Lyle said calmly, "Wilder was always standing directly below the red dragon, and the dragon even landed in front of him, so it was easy for something on him to fall on him."

"That should be it."

"The red dragon did indeed fly in from the heart of the forest," Joffrey added.

"Could it be the Red Dragon—"

Maeve asked incredulously, "You like to eat grass?"

"No, the red dragon is a carnivore through and through."

Cyrion chuckled and said, "And it's said that they have an enormous appetite; even as juveniles, they eat five or six times more than we do."

"Well----"

Does it eat five or six times more than an adult?

In that sense, Wilder thinks Talia and the Red Dragon are quite similar.

Carnivorous animals with large appetites.

Their body temperatures were all high, but Talia wasn't emitting any heat.

The command has no effect on either of them.

Ok?

There are so many similarities?

Wilder was taken aback.

Just then.

"boom!!!"

"boom!!!"

Two loud explosions came from outside the cave.

At the same time, a wave of air, hotter than before, blew into the tunnel through the opening and poured onto each member of the team.

Each breath felt like inhaling flames into my mouth and nasal cavity, burning all the way down my trachea to my lungs.

"Cough—Let's go!"

"It's too cramped here," Cyrion said. "Let's go to the central hall of the crypt!"

They were already seasoned kobold hunters, and knew the basic structure of their caves inside and out.

Wilder and Maeve walked in front, with Bruce and the others following closely behind.

Fortunately, the tunnel in this cave wasn't too long, and they soon arrived at the central hall of the kobold's lair.

The heat was largely dissipated in the long, winding tunnel, making the air in the central hall much more comfortable.

But it was still hot.

Wilder raised his hand and touched the top of the cave; the soil was dry and warm, as if it had been roasted by fire.

Outside----

What will the scene look like now?

The red dragon must have already released its dragon breath; the heat wave surging into the tunnel and the explosion just now are evidence of this.

He guessed that the other explosion was made by the warrior from the investigation team who was wielding the giant sword.

That guy had been building up his power since the start of the battle, and the power source on his greatsword had already risen to over twenty feet.

What exactly is that combat technique?

Can they defeat the dragon's breath?

Which side will win?

Wilder's state of mind at this moment was extremely complex.

As both a human and an adventurer, he should have stood firmly on the side of the Association's headquarters investigation team.

Their courage in hunting the red dragon deserves the sincerest and highest respect.

We should even cheer them on and encourage them.

however.

"Fhshda!"

(leave!)

The red dragon had warned him to "leave" while preparing its dragon breath, and had previously said something extremely strange to him.

"HushLaMeDah".

""

(You saw it.)

Although he still doesn't understand what the sentence means, he always feels a strange sense of familiarity and warmth.

He felt like someone had said something similar to him.

In short, he felt a subtle sense of goodwill towards the red dragon that had never attacked him.

However, the investigation team gave him an extremely cold feeling.

Given that the group they almost encountered in the kobold crypts was likely them, Wilder found it difficult to have a favorable impression of them.

The mage named Monk even asked Instructor Hollen to investigate them.

From a certain perspective, Wilder's team and the investigation team are actually potential adversaries.

Therefore, Wilder's feelings at this moment were quite complicated.

He didn't actually want the Red Dragon to be defeated.

"I wonder what's going on outside!"

Gru sat against the wall in the central hall of the crypt. "I really want to go outside and see!"

"Go ahead."

Lyle glanced towards the opening. "The opening isn't locked; you can get out anytime."

Gru: "————"

"You idiot! This is no fun!"

Finally, he managed to squeeze out those words, then quickly changed the subject, asking, "Are we just going to wait here?"

"The heat wave continues to come in, and the air here gets hot and dry in the mornings and evenings."

Wilder suggested, "Why don't we go deeper into the cave?"

"That's right! I think so too!"

At this point, Gru immediately perked up.

Their original plan was to loot this kobold cave.