Chapter 131: Conspiracy behind the newbie misison

Compared to Henrick's speed, the group of wild flame serpents' speed was very high and with each passing second, they were getting closer to Henrick.

As for Henrick, he was racking his brains for an idea to escape from them.

'Although I can fight them, I can sustain the flame poison from them,'

If not for the wild flame serpents being poisonous, he would not have any fear towards them. Just like how he and his companions killed hundreds of fire ghouls in the cave, he would have bravely fought them.

But as long as he was attacked by their poison, even with the flame poison resistant pills, he and his companions would not last for much longer. So, all he could do now was to escape from them.

'As long as I find it, I can hide from these wild flame serpents,'

Finally, after running for nearly ten minutes, the distance between Henrick and the wild flame serpents decreased a lot; however, the good thing was he finally found an idea. At least what he considered it as an idea.

'Spark, are there any fire ghoul caves nearby?'

Currently, Henrick didn't know where he was because, with the swarming wild flame serpents behind him, he didn't know where he was running to.

So, he asked the baby fire monkey about the fire ghoul caves.

'As long as I find a fire ghoul cave and enter it, I can escape from them,' Henrick silently thought in his head and waited for a reply from the baby fire monkey.

That's right!

Henrick's plan was to enter a fire ghoul cave to escape from the wild flame serpents because compared to the wild flame serpents, fighting the fire ghouls was a better thing for him.

Moreover, he felt that the beasts strictly follow the territory rule. So, once he entered the fire ghoul cave, they would not enter the cave.

'I hope my assumptions are right,' Henrick was still unsure but once he entered the fire ghoul cave, even if they entered the cave, he was not the only one to fight the wild flame serpents, the fire ghouls would also retort against them.

'Eek eek'

'I know a place with three fire ghoul caves in the same direction we are running. But it is five kilometers from here. Also, there are another two fire ghoul caves; however, for that, we have to turn back,'

Soon, the baby fire monkey replied, making Henrick frown because it was almost impossible for them to turn back now.

'Sigh... let's not turn back as it is not safe. Let's run five kilometers straight ahead,' Henrick replied to the baby fire monkey and increased his speed.

Once the wild flame serpents caught up to them, then there was no way for them to get out of the swarm unless they kill 200-300 poisonous wild flame serpents.

So, Henrick decided to run forward; instead of turning back.

'Uff..uff'

'Swoosh'

Henrick and the baby fire monkey continued to run and behind them, the poisonous wild flame serpents were rushing to avenge their dead members.

The distance between them was decreasing faster than Henrick had expected.

500 meters

400 meters

300 meters

.

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.50 meters

When they were about just one kilometer away from the fire ghoul caves, the distance between them was reduced to 50 meters and Henrick was breathing heavily with all the running.

'Just one more kilometer and it will be over,' Henrick gritted his teeth as he continued to rush in a straight direction.

'I see one fire ghoul cave just ahead,'

Soon, Henrick could see a fire ghoul cave; however, just as he saw the cave, a wild flame serpent had caught up to him.

'Oh no,'

Henrick hurriedly caught the baby fire monkey in his hand and with his full force, he threw it into the fire ghoul cave in order to save it.

When he threw the baby fire monkey, the fire vine wrapped itself around it.

'You two help each other, I will come soon,'

When he saw one wild flame serpent passed by him, he knew he could not enter the fire ghoul cave within the right time. So, he just threw the baby fire monkey into the cave.

As for the fire vine, he sent it because the fire ghoul cave was also not a safe place. So, they could rely on each other once they were inside the fire ghoul cave.

"Now come,"

Henrick stopped running and turned back to the huge swarm of wild flame serpents.

'Ancient fire demon's stare'

As soon as he turned back, he activated his second skill from the ancient fire demon skill set.

'...'

All of a sudden, the swarming wild flame serpents stopped moving with Henrick's demon stare.

Instead of saying stopped moving, it could be said as freezing with fear.

'It worked'

'I need to get out of here.'

'Huh?'

'The wild flame serpents in the back seems to have less effect of my skill,'

Henrick just thought to rush into the cave as soon as possible; however, before he could take a couple of steps with his face facing towards them, he noticed that the snakes in the back started moving.

Soon, they came forward only to be frozen by Henrick's stare; however, the wild flame serpents which were not in the back moved now.

The process repeated and they were very close to Henrick which was only less than 5 meters.

'I need to get out of here,'

Henrick felt these wild flame serpents were much more dangerous than he thought and just wanted to escape into the cave.

Soon, he hurried his steps as he continued to move backwards because as long as he turned his face, the wild flame serpents would regain their speed. 

'Damn it. Who will call this a newbie mission? It looks like some have intentionally hidden some of the details of this mission. More importantly, why will this mission appear in the newbie mission room?'

Henrick felt some huge conspiracy behind this mission as he slowly moved backwards with one step after another.

…..

In the sect leader Gamos' cultivation abode,

'Achoo'

All of a sudden, the sect leader Gamos sneezed amidst his cultivation. 

'Huh? Who is thinking about me?' The sect leader Gamos opened his eyes and thought to himself before closing his eyes and resumed his cultivation.

...

'Just a little more and I can enter the fire ghoul cave,'

Henrick didn't know how long his demon stare would last; however, he controlled his anxiousness as he walked backwards and he was less than 20 meters away from the fire ghoul cave.

When he was in the second fire ghoul cave, Henrick learned some lessons that the skills and the baby fire monkey's 'Celestial form' would not last as much time as they wanted. So, he was praying that his 'Demon stare' would not stop in the middle.

'Ding,

Master, within a minute, the 'Ancient fire demon's stare' will go into a cooldown.

Just as he expected, the system sent a warning about the cooldown of the demo stare.

'At least, I have one more minute,'

However, after he received the notification from the system, Henrick's worry had disappeared into thin air as he steadily back walked into the fire ghoul.

'Phew'

'Thud'

As soon as he entered the fire ghoul, he heaved a sigh of relief as he fell to the ground.

However, he didn't deactivate his demon stare; instead, he looked at the wild flame serpents in front of him.

Compared to when Henrick was outside the fire ghoul cave, the wild flame serpents in the back didn't try to move. They only glaringly looked at Henrick.

'Looks like they will not enter the cave,' 

After knowing that his guess was right, Henrick was over the moon.

Soon, the 'Fire demon's stare' fell in to cool down and all the wild flame serpents that were frozen by his skill also became completely free.

'Hiss'

'Hiss'

As soon as they became free, they hissed at him before going back in the same way they had come earlier.

'No one will fear with your hissing,' Henrick scoffed at the disappearing view of the wild flame serpent's swarm.

'Slash'

'Puchi'

'Punch'

Just as he finished scoffing at the wild flame serpents, Henrick heard the sounds of fighting from the depth of the cave.

'Looks like they had already started the fighting. How can I miss it? The whole reason we are here is to fill my dantian with the pure internal fire energy,' Henrick didn't think about resting because he wanted to finish his last daily mission as soon as possible. So that they could leave this beast mountain.

'Swoosh'

With that thought in his mind, Henrick started running towards the fight.

'System, you know what to do, right?'

Before he could start killing, Henrick silently asked about something.

'Ding,

Muting all the useless system notifications for the next one hour.

Soon, the system replied to him and once he got the system notification, he started killing the fire ghouls one after another.

'Spark, Ivy, don't kill them completely. Just injure them,'

Since he wanted to finish the daily mission and the normal mission as soon as possible, Henrick ordered the baby fire monkey and the fire vine not to kill the fire ghoul because if they kill, he would only get half of the pure internal fire energy.

So, he wanted them to injure all the fire ghouls.

'Nod'

'Wave'

The baby fire monkey nodded its head and the fire wine waved its one end of the vine before following Henrick's orders.