The dungeon has been parasitized

Chapter 52 Exchange

In an instant... in an instant, she killed the two of us, the Cursed Tree Spirits who had fought so hard to gain the upper hand, with a single claw.

Klein stood frozen in place, not daring to make a move.

"Yana...don't move."

"I know……"

Yanami swallowed hard, staring nervously at the woman in black robes beneath the giant eagle's wings.

"I didn't expect to find a vengeful spirit in a place with such low magic power. What good luck, haha."

The woman raised her hand to the giant eagle beside her, and the eagle raised its talons and placed a transparent crystal with a wood-like texture in her hand.

Ding—she flicked it with her index finger and examined it carefully for a while.

"not bad."

Immediately afterwards, she put away the crystal and snapped her fingers.

"Chirp..."

The giant eagle responded with a soft cry, then suddenly shrank rapidly, transforming into an eagle claw magic wand holding a magic core...

After catching the wand, she finally looked at Klein and Yanami not far away.

Klein mobilized all the muscles in Shadow Wolf's body, ready to escape at any moment.

But her gaze swept past the Shadow Wolf and lingered on Yanami.

"Oh dear, I've never seen you before. Who sent you here?"

Yanami hesitated for a moment before speaking cautiously.

"……Who are you?"

"Oh, right, I forgot."

The woman raised one hand and gently lifted her hood.

When they saw the face beneath the hood, both Yanami and Klein were stunned.

That's...blue.

Her long, blue hair cascaded down into her robe like a waterfall, the same color as Yanami's hair...

Yanami looked eagerly at her eyes, only to find them covered by a black cloth strip.

"Now you understand, right?"

Yanami was still in shock and hadn't recovered when the woman slowly walked over.

"Waaah..."

Klein controlled the Shadow Wolf to growl as a warning to her, and she unexpectedly stopped in her tracks, her attention drawn to the Shadow Wolf controlled by Klein.

"Your little pet..."

She paused for a moment, surprised, and then continued.

"You even have self-awareness? Your ability is quite unique."

It seems she mistakenly believed that Klein was being controlled by Yanami.

"Yana, who is she? How come she has the same hair as you?"

Klein and Yanami secretly had a telepathic conversation.

"I don't know either. This is the first time I've ever met a stranger with the same hair as me."

Why does she act like "we're all in this together"?

Is showing off blue hair to identify oneself?

"...What do you want to do?"

"What are we doing...? Right, the missions interfere with each other, this rule is really troublesome, but..."

A sharp smile appeared on the woman's lips.

"Are you really one of us?"

Then, she raised her wand.

"Klein!"

Klein tensed up and jerked backward.

"Bang!"

She uttered a single word, and at the same time, she waved her magic—but nothing happened.

The air froze for a few seconds. The woman's expression was slightly serious before turning into a smile.

"Hahaha, no need to be so nervous. I was just joking, isn't it funny?"

Thud... Klein landed on the ground with Yanami, and Shadow Wolf's heart pounded wildly.

"Klein...she really wanted to attack just now, but she stopped herself in the end."

The moment she raised her hand, Yanami's hostile readings were triggered.

Their intuition told them that if she had actually made a move, they might already be a pile of minced meat.

But she suddenly stopped. What was she trying to do?

The woman had only intended to test the person in front of her who might be her ally, but she discovered that this person had detected her actions before she even made a move.

Is she better than me?

He appears weak on the surface, and judging from his behavior, he might not be an accomplice, but he may just be hiding his true strength... After all, there are many eccentric people in the organization.

"Ah, I see. You were trying to catch that vengeful spirit, weren't you? I'm so sorry, I wanted this thing, but I accidentally stole it... and I can't turn back now."

She took out the crystal again and tentatively showed it to Yanami, but Yanami remained unmoved.

"How about this? I won't take it for free; I'll exchange it with you for something."

The woman thought for a moment, then gave a playful smile.

Do you like flying?

"fly?"

The woman poked the ground with her wand, a flash of light appeared, and something materialized in her hand.

"How about this? Consider it compensation."

She held the object up so that Yanami and Klein could see it more clearly.

It was a golden... hourglass?

"Klein, what do we do?"

"We have no choice but to accept it; we are no match for her."

"Um."

Yanami nodded at her.

"No problem, if you think this is acceptable."

"Of course, it's much more precious than this Crystal of Resentment. You won't lose out, and it's also an interesting thing."

As she spoke, she tossed the cup over, and Yanami caught it.

"Then we're even. Goodbye."

"……goodbye."

Yanami held the golden hourglass, waiting silently for her to turn around, not daring to make any rash moves.

"Oh, right."

But then she suddenly turned around and smiled.

Have you seen a group of five people pass by here?

A five-person team... do you mean the Slime Slayer Adventure Team?

I always felt she was a dangerous person...

"Yanami, tell her they might have gone to Tidal Lake."

The Slime Slayer adventure team did go to Tidelakes, but they went to Tidelakes first and then came to Wilddog Forest.

If she goes there, she will indeed find traces of where they once were.

"They may have gone to Tidal Lake."

Following Klein's instructions, Yanami spoke, and the woman nodded in satisfaction.

"Thank you, little sister."

Then she turned around and left without looking back. For some reason, she just walked away step by step.

Judging from the fact that Klein and Yanami didn't notice her at all when she arrived, she couldn't have been slow.

Since she didn't notice me...

Klein moved to the underground offshoot and felt the vibrations caused by her movement through the root system, but the vibrations lasted for a while and then suddenly disappeared.

Back on the Shadow Wolf, her figure had completely disappeared, and Klein and Yanami finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Phew... Klein, she's scary."

"He seems like a very strong person... and he's looking for the Slime Slayer Adventure Team. Hopefully, they're alright."

After all, they helped Yanami; they are all good people.

Although telling her they went to Tidal Lake might buy them some time, it certainly wouldn't be of much use.

And Yanami and Klein couldn't offer much help.

Why does she have the same blue hair as you?

Klein asked the unanswerable question once again.

"I don't know... but I do know that there are more than one people with blue hair like me, although I've never met them."

What does blue hair really represent?

This question seems to have become more meaningful.