I Will Never Submit to Miss Grim Reaper - Chapter 478

Chapter 478: Replenishing Cat Energy

After asking, I learned that these human girls all come from a nearby small village. They are adventurers with some knowledge of magic and combat techniques, fitting the “knows a bit about everything but masters nothing” type.

In fact, most humans are like these girls—having a general understanding of various elements—while mages like Xiao Mo and I, who specialize in only one element, are relatively rare.

However, humans have shorter lifespans, and their magical talents in each element aren’t very high, which means they can learn everything but don’t excel in any single area compared to other races.

“Luni got her shoe stuck in a swamp earlier. She tried to pull her foot out first and then look for the shoe. But after getting her foot out, a big-mouth frog jumped over…”

Seeing me land on the ground, the two girls next to her stepped back a few paces to give me space for ‘treatment’. “Do you need any help?”

“No, no.”

I just smiled at them. “It’s just a minor injury. Detoxifying will fix it.”

The big-mouth frog’s bite isn’t particularly strong, what’s troublesome is its poison.

The poison of the big-mouth frog isn’t particularly strong in theory. Its venom glands are small, located near its teeth. When it opens its mouth, some venom contaminates its teeth.

When it bites and breaks the skin, the venom causes the prey to become poisoned. The big-mouth frog then just needs to wait for the poisoned prey to collapse before it can start feeding.

Moreover, this poison isn’t especially deadly, it mainly causes paralysis and drowsiness.

For example, the girl named “Luni” in front of me was bitten by a big-mouth frog from several kilometers away and only lost consciousness upon arriving here.

Hmm… let me see, water element, healing, restorative energy, cat… ah, forget the cat ears, remove that, then add water breath, healing aura, life aura… that should be enough.

Following my understanding, I summoned a large, blue, jelly-like water sphere in the shape of a cat’s paw in front of the girls.

“Here, Luni, put your foot in here.”

I crouched down and handed the cat-paw-shaped water sphere to the unconscious Luni, instinctively saying this.

The girls in front of me are: the injured one named Luni, the one on the left named Ewen, and the one on the right named Weiying.

All three girls are over 1.6 meters tall, wearing inconspicuous adventurer uniforms, and carrying small backpacks. They are typical adventurers from another world with no particularly distinct features.

But while their features might not stand out to them, they are quite “special” to me in terms of their hair color and face shape.

Luni, Weiying, and Ewen all have very typical Western faces. Weiying has blonde hair, Luni has light brown hair, and Ewen has pale green hair—I’m not sure if their hair colors are dyed or natural.

According to the girl named Ewen, she is the “strongest” among them and can use “small flames” to fend off the hungry wolves around.

They are all close friends, having grown up together from a young age in the same small village—similar to the friendships among children in a welfare home on Earth.

These girls are very straightforward, especially Ewen. She might have noticed that I seemed a bit wary and even voluntarily opened her backpack. Besides some adventuring tools like a small knife, a water bottle, and a small mirror, there were no weapons inside.

“Th… thank you.”

Perhaps because she received effective treatment, the unconscious Luni opened her eyes. She first stared at me in surprise, then slowly spoke, “Cat… catgirl?”

“Meow.”

I waved at Luni, “The poison will take a few more minutes to be fully cleared. Just rest a bit longer.”

As I spoke, I opened my bag with the other hand and pulled out a few fruits. “Are you hungry?”

“No, we have plenty of food here.”

Ewen quickly took out a piece of what seemed to be meat from her travel bag. “I remember that catgirls seem to like meat, right? This… do you want it?”

“This?”

I leaned over and curiously sniffed the smell.

“It’s… roasted lamb.”

Not sure if it was because she was unaccustomed to me getting close or if she was afraid of losing control and touching my ears.

“Eh?”

I was a bit puzzled. “What’s wrong?”

“You…”

Ewen looked a bit embarrassed. “You have such a strong milk scent.”

Milk scent…

Is it because I drank too much of Fei Luo’s dragon milk?

“By the way, why is there a catgirl here?”

While I was treating Luni’s poison, Ewen asked curiously, “I thought the beast-eared tribes are far from here. This place is mostly populated by demons or undead.”

“Are there a lot of demons and undead here?”

I tilted my head. “I don’t know. I’m just a traveler.”

“Yes, there are quite a few. The nearest country is… Diwutith. Diwutith is mostly inhabited by demons, with some humans and undead vampires as well. It sounds frightening, but the country is quite beautiful and doesn’t have that dark, eerie feeling of a dark legion at all.”

Ewen looked thoughtful. “As for travelers… this is the first time I’ve met a catgirl traveler.”

Under my healing, Luni’s foot, which was soaking in the cat paw-shaped water ball, gradually stopped swelling, and the green marks around the bite wounds from the big-mouthed frog disappeared. The poison had turned the cat paw water ball a light green.

“I guess this is my first time traveling, too. I was originally resting on a tree over there.”

I pointed to the makeshift bed I had set up on the tree. “When I heard noises over here, I decided to come and check it out.”

To be honest, if it came to a fight, it seems these three girls wouldn’t be much of a challenge for me.

They are definitely mages, but it seems they’ve mainly learned life-related magic. The strongest, Ewen, is a fire mage, which is countered by my water magic.

Not that I intend to fight them, though.

I’m more interested in the “City in the Forest” they mentioned earlier.

Since I’m out traveling for fun, I naturally want to visit such famous places.

The “Black Forest” and the “City in the Forest” are both well-known attractions in the Nien Forest area, and if these three girls know the best way to get there, that would be ideal.

In any case, the air in Grandis is full of magical energy. Unlike Earth, using a purification spell here only takes a few hours to fully recover. Helping others is a win-win situation—making new friends and learning the secret forest entrance is definitely a good deal.

“It should be fine now, right?”

With a wave of my hand, I removed the green cat paw jelly from Luni’s foot, tossed the contaminated water droplets onto the ground, and let the poisonous water spill everywhere.

“It’s almost dawn…”

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