I'm not just human!

"follow me!"

Xia Fa took a quick look and realized that this was the direction he had chosen earlier, and also the direction the doll girl had fled in.

Wait, run!

Xia Fa suddenly realized a problem.

From the moment she first met Benedictine, she seemed to be avoiding something. Shafa initially thought Benedictine was avoiding him, a human, but now it seems that she was avoiding the killer bee queen and her army of killer bees!

Thinking back to where he had just been standing, with the doll girl hidden in the mushroom tree behind him and the army of killer bees in front of him, Xia Fa suddenly understood why Benedict had suddenly recognized him as her master.

"Could she think that I stepped in front of her and blocked the killer bee queen for her?"

Xia Fa was somewhat amused and exasperated. He had only wanted to pick up the two extraordinary items, but he had unexpectedly ended up blocking their way.

But thinking about it carefully, I realized that I had actually held off the Queen of Killer Bees and her army for quite some time before they finally had a chance to retreat, so I couldn't claim credit for it.

Otherwise, the Queen of Killer Bees would have already led her army to surround and capture Benedict.

"Xia Fa, come here quickly!"

The doll-like girl's clear and loud voice came from afar. Xia Fa looked up and saw that Benedict had already run dozens of meters away.

He walked over quickly and asked curiously:

"what happened?"

Benedict was squatting on the ground, her small, white hands digging in the dirt, occasionally wiping her face with the back of her hand, making her already dirty face even dirtier.

Suddenly, golden light emerged from the soil. The doll-like girl dug hard, then held up a potato in her small hands and showed it to Xia Fa as if to show off her achievement.

The potatoes were golden; although they were covered in dirt, you could still vaguely see the silver patterns on their skin, like mandala flowers, which were quite dazzling.

"Here you go, Xia Fa, hehe, aren't I awesome!"

Xia Fa accepted it with both hands, looking puzzled.

"what is this?"

Benedict gave him a surprised look:

"You dared to venture into this cave, yet you don't know what this is?"

But then, as if remembering something, a look of realization dawned on her face, and she muttered to herself:

"Oh right, you don't even know where the exit is, you probably fell in."

Xia Fa wiped non-existent sweat from his forehead and was about to make a few excuses when he saw the doll girl raise her head again and earnestly explain things to him.

"This is called a Paul Fruit. Eating it can greatly increase your strength in a short period of time. It's a popular specialty in the cave, and one fruit costs more than thirty gold pounds!"

Porgo...

Xia Fa secretly memorized it, took the exquisite potato that resembled a work of art, and carefully placed it in his bosom.

Beneath's eyes sparkled as she wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth:

"Now we have money! We can go buy some dried fish! Slurp... I don't need many, just three dried fish will do!"

Dried small fish?

Xia Fa was somewhat surprised. Do dolls need to eat?

Rum City is by the sea, and a silver coin can buy a large basket of dried small fish, hundreds of them.

This single pear could buy over three hundred baskets of dried fish, but Benedict only wanted three.

But seeing how genuinely happy Benedict was about to receive three dried fish, it seemed that she really only wanted three dried fish.

She clearly knew the price of pear fruit.

"it is good!"

Xia Fa smiled and agreed, but in his heart he was already prepared to buy her one or two thousand dried small fish, a big basket of them, and keep them at home if she couldn't finish them.

There's no way around it, having money in your pocket just makes you this extravagant!

All we need to do is sell this Porberry and those two extraordinary substances!

"Let's go, let's keep going!" The doll girl seemed to be getting impatient with the dried fish and continued running southeast.

The glowing mushroom trees ahead became increasingly scarce, and the lakes also became fewer; instead, the jagged, strange trees became more numerous.

The two walked like this for a few minutes, and then the dark wasteland became quiet.

"Xiafa".

Suddenly, Benedict's clear voice broke the silence.

Xia Fadao:

"what happened?"

Benedict laughed foolishly:

"Nothing, just wanted to call you."

Xia Fa smiled helplessly, just about to say something.

Suddenly, the outlines of a group of humanoid creatures appeared faintly in the darkness ahead.

He was slightly startled. Could it be... that he had encountered something strange again?

To be honest, although he hardly expended any energy when he first encountered the strange things, the continuous encounters with them were still taking a toll on him.

But immediately, from within that group of dark figures, a familiar voice, filled with extreme surprise, rang out.

"Shafa? What are you doing here?"

The next moment, a petite and adorable rat girl with excellent proportions emerged from the shadows and stood under a glowing mushroom tree.

It's chestnuts!

Immediately afterwards, many people came out from behind her, men and women, dressed in different ways. They were obviously extraordinary individuals who had come to explore the cave like her, and seemed to have formed an explorer team.

Before Xia Fa could speak, suddenly, everyone's eyes turned to the doll girl Beneath behind him.

Then, surprise gradually spread across everyone's faces, including Chestnut's.

Chapter 8 Secret

"I...I'm not seeing things, am I? This is a doll girl, isn't it?"

Suddenly, behind Chestnut, a young superhuman spoke slowly in an incredible voice.

"It's definitely a doll girl! I've seen it in the supernatural creature encyclopedia!"

The other superhuman was very excited; she seemed to be a middle-class girl, wearing a sky-blue dress.

At this moment, her eyes shone brightly as she looked at the doll girl behind Xia Fa as if she were looking at a precious treasure, and she was reluctant to look away.

She was so beautiful. Her blonde hair was smooth and shiny, and her eyes were a noble and mysterious golden-red. Paired with her delicate face, she was so beautiful that she didn't seem real, even though the doll girl was a supernatural being and was not human.

Suddenly encountering so many people, Benedict Cumberbatch became timid again, hiding half of her small body behind Shafa, her little hands gently clutching the hem of his clothes.

Only one large, slightly noble-looking golden-red eye was visible, secretly observing these humans.

At this moment, Chestnut hurried up, her pretty face full of surprise:

"Xia Fa, you, you... this doll girl... why..."

She seemed so surprised that she stammered.

But immediately, Chestnut seemed to remember something, turned around, and said to the other extraordinary individuals:

“I took a look, and this doll girl has already entered into a contract with Xia Fa and acknowledged him as her master.”

Upon hearing this, the light in the eyes of many eager superhumans immediately dimmed.

Because everyone knows that the doll girl clan will never be forced to acknowledge a master under duress, and they will only voluntarily acknowledge one master in their lifetime.

If her master dies, the doll girl will also stop eating and will no longer sign contracts with anyone else.

Therefore, as soon as Chestnut said this, some superhumans with ulterior motives immediately gave up their idea of ​​snatching the doll girl.

However, the envy on their faces did not diminish at all, and even deepened.

Xia Fa naturally noticed everyone's expressions and couldn't help but glance gratefully at Chestnut's back.

He truly deserves to be called the Archbishop of the Silver Church; he's a good man!

With Chestnut here, other superhumans wouldn't dare to make a move, no matter how tempted they were. But Chestnut was afraid that if they remembered Xia Fa's appearance, they would secretly follow him and then make a move.

But now, this potential problem has been eliminated.

"Xia Fa, you... how did you get into the cave? And you even found a doll girl, and she even took the initiative to acknowledge you as her master. How did you do that?"

Chestnut finally got her thoughts straight and launched into a series of questions.

But just then, a man's voice, which sounded like a half-smile, rang out.

"Wait, Archbishop Chestnut, according to the rules, when we encounter other people in the cave, shouldn't we first test their mental stability? And if I'm not mistaken, this should just be an ordinary person without supernatural powers, right?"

With the sound of boots, a young man with blond hair and blue eyes, wearing a pointed feather hat, a reddish-brown fitted leather jacket, and dressed in a tailored suit, stepped out from the crowd.

He was tall and agile, as if every muscle contained explosive power, but his expression was like that of a fox, cunning and mysterious.

Most striking are the two swords at his waist, one on each side. The hilts are adorned with a round family crest of a roaring lion, quite ornate and elaborate, while the blades themselves are simple and unadorned, yet clearly well-maintained.

Xia Fa recognized the man; it was Glenn, the archbishop of the Church of Nature.

Rum City has two major churches: the Church of Nature and the Silver Church.

The people, officials, and even nobles of Rum City primarily worship the deity "Nature Monarch" of the Natural Church and the deity "Silver Universe" of the Silver Church.

When Xia Fa was first entangled by the Snow Demon, he considered whether to seek help from the Silver Church or the Church of Nature.

But when he was walking down the street, he was spotted by Archbishop Chestnut and immediately taken to the Silver Church.

Upon hearing Archbishop Glenn's words, Xia Fa simply shrugged:

"Don't worry, I'm perfectly fine. You have testing methods, so feel free to test me."

Glenn said with a forced smile:

"Anyone below the Wolf-level transcendent level who dares to enter a cave-like, Eagle-level perilous domain without taking a sanity-stabilizing potion risks losing control significantly. Let alone someone like you who's just an ordinary person. Frankly, the more normal you act right now, the more frightened I become. I—"