Chapter 492 Cause <TOC> Chapter 494 Dark Gourmet
Translator: SumTLMan
As Nausica began to fight, at the same time, Angel also encountered a group of flying fish carrying the aura of frost.
These flying fish were different from all the ones they had encountered before. This group of nearly twenty flying fish, each with wings spanning over twenty meters long, and the largest golden flying fish had wings spanning over fifty meters.
Every time they flapped their wings, the frosty air would appear, and the white fog and ice crystals blocked all their routes.
The flying fish clearly showed extreme hostility towards their arrival. Without any warning, a frosty meteor-like attack struck the stern of the Gondola.
Hermes rolled out of the Gondola with a somersault, and the wind and sand blew the frosty meteor away.
“It looks like we’ll have to go all out this time,” Hermes’ gaze fell directly on the largest golden flying fish: “I’ll take care of the big one, as for the smaller ones…”
“I’ll leave them to you,” Hermes finally looked at Tana: “Take care of Alan and Loki.”
“No problem,” Tana suddenly arched her body and turned into a three-meter-long brown-black feathered leopard in front of everyone. Tana flapped her wings, shielding the Gondola and the White Sand Rhino.
Carvelyn also stepped forward at this time, her long skirt armor making a sound in the wind. Holding a long sword in her hand, she aimed at the flying fish.
The battle was about to begin in an instant.
This was the most difficult battle they had experienced since leaving the lava lake. The outer shell of the flying fish was very slippery, and attacks often slid off. Their seemingly unlimited frosty air made everyone feel uncomfortable.
Moreover, the strength of the flying fish was all at the peak of the second-level apprentices, and the golden flying fish even reached the peak of the third-level apprentices.
On Carvelyn’s side, six flying fish surrounded her, and the inside situation could not be seen clearly, only the flashes of swords and the white fog of ice crystals were visible. Cherie was a fire-element wizard apprentice, naturally restraining the flying fish. She was now facing ten of them and seemed to be at ease.
The most difficult was Hermes. The strength of the golden flying fish was very strong. Facing it alone, while also guarding against three smaller flying fish, put him in danger several times. In the end, Tana, transformed into a feathered leopard, left Alan and Loki on the Gondola, and she and the White Sand Rhino went to help, dividing several flying fish, to balance the situation slightly.
Angel wanted to join the battle, but the effect of the witch’s soup hadn’t been fully digested, so he temporarily didn’t dare to venture out of his body. In the absence of flight, his only option to join the battle would be to drive the Gondola, but with Alan and Loki on it… so he ended up staying out of the battlefield.
Time passed bit by bit, and the balance of the battle slowly shifted. Carvelyn had already dealt with five flying fish and was now facing one alone; victory was only a matter of time. Once the battle on Carvelyn’s side ended and she went to help the others, it would be much easier.
Angel saw the situation turning around and was happy to relax.
Loki was lying on the edge of the ship, originally nervously watching the battle. As the victory tilted towards their side, his tense expression relaxed a bit.
Then he turned his head and saw Sunisha, who was leaning against the Gondola’s stern.
Sunisha did not participate in the battle. After the battle began, Sunisha seemed to disappear. It was only now that Loki turned his head and found Sunisha staring at the Gondola’s carvings of the sun, moon, and stars.
“What are you doing without helping?” Loki frowned and asked bluntly.
“They can handle this kind of battle,” Sunisha yawned, looking bored. “As a gourmet apprentice, what help could I provide?”
Loki considered the combat capabilities of the gourmet type and looked at the still unconscious Alan. He agreed with her words, but he always felt that Sunisha should not be completely powerless…
At this time, Angel also looked over. He had once secretly followed Sunisha and witnessed her amazing flying spell and fearless attitude towards flying fish. In addition, Sunisha dared to mock other wizard apprentices as “a bunch of fools”, so her strength should not be too bad. As for why she didn’t participate in the battle, Angel was too lazy to explore. He didn’t participate in the battle either, so he had no position to blame others.
Sunisha noticed Angel looking over, and a subtle gleam flashed in her eyes: “Like this little chubby guy, I am a gourmet apprentice, so I cannot be relied upon for battle. However, after the victory, I can cook a meal for you all as a token of gratitude!”
Loki, a foodie himself, had recently tasted Alan’s barbecue and was immediately impressed. The thought of a meal made by an even more skilled gourmet apprentice excited him, and he immediately nodded in agreement.
Sunisha smiled and looked at Angel: “Thanks to your help with the Ink Touch King matter, the Ink Touch King egg is partly yours. I’ll use it to make a meal for you, if you’d like, Mr. Angel.”
Angel didn’t really care about the food, but he nodded in agreement anyway.
Sunisha grinned and said: “Now let me think about how to prepare this Ink Touch King egg, whether to grill it or use other ingredients?”
As Sunisha was talking to herself, Loki suddenly exclaimed: “Oh no! The big one is coming!”
At some point, the golden flying fish found an opening and blew Hermes hundreds of meters away. Then, it seemed to want to pick on the weak first and rushed towards the Gondola at a rapid speed.
“Watch out, Angel!” Hermes shouted.
Angel pushed Loki away and leaped to the front of the boat.
A green light flashed in his eyes, and suddenly, multiple images of his body appeared in everyone’s sight. They blinked, only to find that the afterimage seemed to be an illusion.
As everyone was pondering the meaning behind Angel’s actions, the golden flying fish began to tremble, slowly moving away from the Gondola with fear in its eyes, as if the Gondola was the most terrifying thing in the world.
The massive golden flying fish, like a frightened child, turned and ran.
However, Hermes was already waiting in its path, and the golden flying fish crashed into a dense curtain of sand.
As the golden flying fish passed through the sand curtain, its flesh and blood were completely drained, leaving a dried-up corpse that fell heavily to the ground. The blood-filled sand curtain slowly fell into a small bottle at Hermes’ waist.
The death of the golden flying fish hastened the end of the battle.
A few minutes later, everyone returned to their original positions. Hermes and Tana, who had transformed back into human form, also returned to the Gondola.
This battle allowed Angel to recognize the strength of the others. Cherie’s power went without saying; her clothes didn’t have a single wrinkle, and she appeared completely unscathed as if she hadn’t participated in the battle. However, Angel knew that all ten flying fish had been slain by Cherie.
Carvelyn’s strength was also not to be underestimated, facing six flying fish without any pressure.
Hermes was even more formidable, but what caught Angel’s attention was Tana. Her transformation into a feathered leopard surprised Angel, revealing that Tana must have a high degree of fusion with the bloodline of the feathered leopard.
However, if Angel remembered correctly, Tana had said that her mentor was Felicia. Wasn’t she a gourmet type?
Tana seemed to sense Angel’s curiosity and said nonchalantly: “I have two talent intents: one is bloodline, and the other is mysterious. However, probably because my talents are evenly distributed, neither of them is particularly outstanding. Unlike Alan, who has a single talent intent and far surpasses me in the field of gourmet.”
“Two talent intents? That is indeed very rare…” Angel recalled the records he had seen in books: “I remember my mentor mentioning dual talents as well.”
“Lord Sanders mentioned dual talents?” Tana’s face was full of curiosity, wondering how Sanders would evaluate dual talents.
“Yes, I remember my mentor mentioning it. He said that people with dual talents actually have a broader path, but during the early stages of accumulation, it’s better not to focus on both. Focus on one talent intent first, and when you become an official wizard with a much longer lifespan, you can delve into the other talent.”
Tana nodded: “Mentor Felicia also said something similar, but I felt that the gourmet type had low combat power at the time, so I focused on the bloodline side, and now I’m not particularly powerful in either. Sigh…”
Hermes saw Tana’s dejected appearance and took the opportunity to put his arm around her shoulder: “Don’t worry, after this purification, your deep-rooted problems will be cleansed, and you can focus on one aspect. The future is still limitless.”
Tana pushed Hermes away irritably: “I do plan to specialize in one thing, but not until after leaving the Purification Garden.” She paused and looked at Angel: “I’m actually fine. What did you do just now? Why did that golden flying fish suddenly turn around?”
“I cast a Fear Spell.”
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After the golden flying fish incident, everyone continued to fly forward.
As for where they were flying, they didn’t care. Hermes was certain that Angel definitely had a plan and might even know where the exit was.
During this time, Sunisha also started preparing the delicacies she had promised earlier.
Everyone was looking forward to the delicacies prepared by the gourmet apprentice.
In the process, Angel discovered something that he didn’t know if it could be considered “fate.” When Sunisha took out the ingredients from her spatial necklace, Angel noticed that her necklace had a pink butterfly pendant.
If there were no accidents, this was one of the four spatial necklaces that Angel had given to Daedweia — Pink Butterfly Heart.
He didn’t expect to see this necklace again in such a form after more than half a year.
Angel sighed in his heart, but he didn’t say that the Pink Butterfly Heart was crafted by him. Instead, he paid attention to Sunisha’s movements… Speaking of which, his magic bread still tasted like smelly socks, and he couldn’t find the reason. Although Gloria advised him not to spend too much time on gourmet tricks, Angel had a stubborn heart. Seeing a food wizard preparing food, he naturally paid more attention to observing.