Chapter 49 49 – Just One Touch

Elise kept her sword from falling, even though her hands shook like crazy. The monster continued to approach, knocking down any trees in its path, causing more rumblings.

Meanwhile, Gina was still trying to get anything out of her hands. Tiny sparks, water, ice, and even foam appeared alternately from her hands. However, nothing became solid enough to shoot.

Elise backed away until her back touched Gina’s. The mage could feel the intense shaking in the female warrior’s body.

“Sorry, Elise. We won’t have a chance to escape even if I manage to poke that titan mandrake.” Gina laughed bitterly.

The original plan was to touch the giant monster, then run as hard as they could from there. The titan mandrake will look for its intruder until he finds it, then Elise and her friends will direct that being to the plantation.

“Gina, do what you have to do!!” Elise’s voice was barely intelligible. The apple-shaped monster had already opened its mouth like it was about to eat her and the others.

Gina closed her eyes, searching for all kinds of magic stored in her memory.

“Ginaaaa!!!” Elise was getting hysterical.

The monster was only a few feet away..

The mage opened her eyes, bent down, scooped up the soil, then gripped it tightly. Using wind magic with her remaining mana, she shot out the lump of soil.

“Damn it!” Gina bit her lip, unsure if her magic was enough to make the lump of soil reach its destination.

And sure enough, the lump started moving downwards.

“Come on!!!”

“Arggghhh!!!” Elise shouted along. Holding back all her fear, she jumped up and stabbed her sword into the apple monster’s forehead.

The monster moved like crazy, then the lump of soil shot by Gina finally hit the titan mandrake’s leg.

Earthquake happened. Elise and her friends lost their balance. The titan mandrake began to rise to its feet.

Elise, who couldn’t stand up straight, saw a thick darkness. It came from the apple monster’s mouth, which opened wide, only inches away from the female warrior.

I will die. Those were the only words that flashed through Elise’s head. She wanted to scream, but her tongue was frozen.

But, Elise suddenly felt a smack on her body. The scenery around her seemed to be moving away.

She was on the back of a griffin.

“Seeing your struggles, the god of nature decided to send the griffins again to help,” Raymund explained with a sigh of relief. “She brought tears to her eyes seeing all of you… Ah, that’s amazing, Elise. Good job.”

“Thanks, sir!” Elise desperately kept her body from falling. She clung to the griffin’s feathers, then managed to sit up in a better position.

Meanwhile, despite her thin frame, Gina had to hold onto Checo’s completely limp body. “Move your ass, Checo!”

“Sorry, Gina. I really don’t have the energy anymore….” Checo mumbled.

“Shiiiit!!!”

The titan mandrake had risen to its feet and stretched out its hand to reach the griffins.

The half-eagle beasts continued to climb upwards.

Finally, the giant monster caught something, then checked it. However, it was neither a human nor the tail of a griffin. It is a kind of garment.

Gina mustered all her strength, and finally, Checo was successfully raised onto the griffin’s body. The man could only lie there with his eyes closed.

“Are you okay, Gina!!??” Elise brought her griffin closer to her friend.

Gina caught her breath. “I’m fine….”

The mage choked hard, then checked her lower body, which was not protected by anything. No wonder she felt some tickles in her crotch. Apparently, it’s from the beast’s fur.

Instead of letting out a hysterical scream, Gina put on a blank expression and looked at Elise. The female warrior could only give her signature stiff grimace.

It seemed the mage had given up.

“The question is, will that ugly monster continue to follow us?” Gina stared at the monster that turned out to be thirty feet tall after standing up. That being was running, crashing through the trees, causing deafening thud after thud with every step.

“As my master says, it will continue to follow us…. Well, not actually follow us. This Titan mandrake will continue to run in the direction of the attack that hit it earlier.” Elise massaged the back of her neck. She was nervous not only because a giant monster was chasing her but because she wasn’t used to seeing a bottomless Gina. “Well, at least that’s what he heard from the goddess of nature.”

Gina kept looking back. “I trust you, Elise. After all, your words have been proven true. There is a titan mandrake in this forest.”

“Thanks…”

The mage looked at her comrade with a smile. “Now, you better tell me about that world you came from.”

“Eh?” Elise blinked her eyes. She was confused by the question that didn’t relate to the current situation.

“Well, there’s still time until we get to the plantation.” Gina shrugged. “And with your story, I might be able to distract myself from the fact that my bare pussy is freezing.”

The two griffins they were riding rose higher, keeping their distance from the titan mandrake.

***

Elise and Gina kept looking down. The leaves of the plants that the titan mandrake passed through turned purple, just like the ones at the monster’s original location.

“If the titan mandrake settles down somewhere, its influence will expand over time.” Elise delivered an explanation from her master. “So, with time, the whole plantation will change color.”

“Well, let’s hope this last part of our plan works.” Gina took a deep breath looking at the vast expanse of plantation. “We can only hope that Jorge really doesn’t want to abandon his precious land.”

A flying creature came from far away. Provoked by that, the titan mandrake accelerated his run.

The mage laughed. “And the evil boss is late again. He should have heard the titan mandrake’s footsteps earlier, but he only came out with his dragon when this monster was close.”

The titan mandrake came out of the forest area, entering the plantation, which was also starting to turn purple. The dragon increased its speed.