Chapter 34: Stinky Mushrooms? Ugh!
The day is rising and dawn is breaking.

The golden light shines through the clouds, onto the vast forest, through the holes between the leaves, and illuminates the earth.

The mist condensed into dewdrops, weighing down the leaves, and dripping down along the veins, hitting Captain Xingyue on the forehead while he was sleeping, waking him up.

"Goblin!"

The sudden disturbance reminded Captain Xingyue of the painful memories in the goblin cave, where there were enemies everywhere and he was terrified every moment.

The intense stress caused him to scream and sit up suddenly.

He looked around in fear, and finally calmed down after seeing that it was not a dark cave.

"Damn those beasts!"

"It's really hard to sleep or eat if I don't kill such a disgusting monster."

Captain Xingyue covered his forehead with his hands, and through his fingers one could see the scarlet bloodshot in his eyes. His ferocious eyes were filled with a strong hatred for the goblins.

Having been an adventurer for five years and having defeated countless monsters, he had never felt such humiliation.

When he thought of the appearance of Tia and those goblins, he felt a sour and itchy feeling at the roots of his teeth, and he wished he could eat their flesh alive.

"Tia..."

"You are such a hypocritical white lotus."

"I can't wait to see you begging for mercy!"

After the pain, Captain Xingyue raised his face, closed his eyes, and smiled evilly, imagining Tiya kneeling in front of him, crying and begging him.

Tia you bitch.

When you rejected me, you couldn't have imagined that this day would come.

In order to repay you for the humiliation you have caused me, I have prepared a surprise for you!
"Captain Xingyue, I'm back!"

While Captain Xingyue was immersed in the fantasy world, Derek had already driven the carriage back to the forest.

The loud noise of the carriage and the shouting woke up all the adventurers who were resting, and the originally quiet forest suddenly became noisy.

Seeing that the gifts he had prepared had arrived, Captain Xingyue stood up excitedly, walked to the side of the carriage, then touched the sack with his hand, his face full of joy.

"It's such a long journey, but you're back so quickly."

"Okay, good job!"

Xingyue praised him, and Derek jumped off the carriage, smiling and flattering, "I dare not neglect the matter raised by Captain Xingyue in the slightest."

"After capturing Lelian, I didn't even have time to rest. I rushed back without stopping, so as not to delay Captain Xingyue's plan to defeat the Fallen!"

Captain Xingyue is originally a very hypocritical and face-saving person.

Especially after the failure in the expedition against the Goblin Cave, everyone saw how miserable he was, which greatly frustrated his proud self-esteem.

This also led to him being more eager to be admired by others in order to satisfy his restless vanity.

Derek's flattery was quite good, and Xingyue enjoyed it very much.

In order to reward Derek for his sensible behavior and to demonstrate his power, he proudly promised: "You completed the mission well. You have made a great contribution to the mission of conquering Tiya."

"When we return to town, I will personally write you a letter of recommendation, recommending you to become the next member of the Silver Squad."

Captain Xingyue's generous promises were not just an impulse, but also intended to win people's hearts.

Due to the large number of deaths of members of the Silver Team, they must undergo a reorganization. Derek is a smart man, and it is much better to let him take the position than to let a stranger take the spot.

One more obedient servant and one less young, frivolous and difficult to control adventurer. This deal is a very good deal.

"Thank you Captain Xingyue!"

"I will never forget your kindness!"

After hearing Captain Xingyue's promise, Derek was ecstatic and bowed several times to express his gratitude. His fawning look gave people goose bumps.

Ignoring Derek's flattery, Captain Xingyue couldn't wait to untie the sack and saw the "cute girl" inside.

"Poor Lelian, she looks so cute." "Don't be afraid, you will see her soon... Ugh!"

Looking at Lelian, who was tied up with a towel stuffed in her mouth, Captain Xingyue's face was full of viciousness, and his eyes revealed an undisguised madness.

However, before he could finish his mocking words, he suddenly smelled a strong stench and couldn't help but vomit.

"Derek!"

"What's that smell on Lelian? Why does it stink so bad?!"

Captain Xingyue held the carriage and after vomiting, he immediately looked up at Derek and asked angrily.

Faced with the angry Captain Xingyue, Derek was very panicked.

I was so happy just now that I forgot to remind you of this!
He quickly explained, "I forgot to remind you just now. Last night, Lelian ate half a plant of stinking mushrooms, so she has been emitting a foul odor."

Stink mushroom?
Tia's family actually eats this kind of food?
"As expected of a Fallen, even his diet is unusual."

“Hahaha… Ugh!”

When Captain Xingyue thought of the holy and pure Tia eating the stinky mushroom, he felt that something strange in his heart was satisfied and he couldn't help but laugh.

However, while laughing, he also absorbed more stench, followed by more violent vomiting.

"Xingyue, what are you doing?"

Just as Xingyue was suffering from the physiological reaction, three shadows suddenly covered her.

He held onto the carriage, trying hard to hold back the urge to vomit and looked up, only to see three people in black, standing beside him in the same posture.

These three men looked exactly the same, with a gloomy aura, as if they had just crawled out of a grave. Their pale faces were almost sickly, and they didn't look like living creatures at all.

They are the members of the Graveman Squad.

"Nothing, I just ate something bad this morning."

"You guys came just in time. I think you have already understood everything about the Goblin Cave, right?"

In order to maintain his elegance in front of the other Silver Squad, Captain Xingyue suppressed the nausea in his chest, stood up, tied the mouth of the sack again, and then pretended to be calm and talked to the Tomb Squad.

"I've heard the Adventurer's Association's report."

"There are more than one Fallen One and at least four Mutated Goblins. This nest is difficult to conquer even if we join in."

"What plans do you have, Derek?"

The triplets of the Graveman Squad were dressed in black from head to toe.

They clasped their hands across their chests as they spoke. Their tall bodies and gloomy aura gave people a great sense of oppression, and they were even more terrifying than ferocious monsters.

Hearing their questions, Xingyue repeated her plan again.

The Tomb Squad listened quietly, and even when they learned that the innocent human "Lelian" would be sacrificed, they showed no emotion at all.

It seems that they also agree with this approach.

To become a monster is to be a fallen person, and not to surrender and ask for punishment is an extremely serious crime. In order to complete the task, it is reasonable to use some extreme means.

However, what the Tomb Squad didn't know was that the content of the mission issued by the president had actually been privately tampered with by Xingyue long ago.

"That's roughly the plan."

"Now that everyone is here."

"It's time to present Tia with the gift we carefully prepared."

After the plan was discussed and deployed, Xingyue could no longer suppress her excitement. The madness in her eyes became more intense, and she could not wait to command everyone to take action...

　Thank you all for your support yesterday!

　　If nothing goes wrong, with everyone’s joint efforts, it will be recommended next week!
　　Thank you very much for your support of Slowpoke, which makes Slowpoke more passionate about creation!
　　

(End of this chapter)