Chapter 67: Very wrong combination

The only thing that made one realize that she wasn't human and at the same time frown in disgust was…The diabolic face of hers.

The face of this figure with such a body looked so hideous and didn't resemble that of a pretty woman at all, not even an ugly woman!

This realization shocked the group and, at the same time, made them so infuriated that their eyes were almost spitting out flames from anger.

Why would such a figure have a face that was like that of a demon from hell? It was like rubbing shit on a piece of fine painting, ruining it completely!

"Damnit!" Joseph cursed under his breath while gritting his teeth. Susan and the others closed their eyes, unable to accept the truth before them. Only Ivan kept watching with a serious look on his face, although he had a slight frown that one might not notice if they didn't pay close attention.

He was thinking of a way to finish off the leader as fast as possible before she could call for reinforcement or escape.

"Camellia, what more can your vines do?" Ivan turned to the girl and asked.

Camellia raised an eyebrow, not first understanding why Ivan was asking her.

"I can grab objects with it and use it as a form of attack as well, although the force is weak. I can also use it to protect myself by covering my…ohhhh! I get it now" Camellia suddenly exclaimed mid explanation. She just realized why Ivan had such a look in his eyes while asking her what her Vines could do.

He wanted to push the leader into an enclosed space.

Seeing that the girl had caught on to his idea, Ivan nodded before saying.

" Yes, I want you to create a type of cage around her and block her path of escape or any other Dryads coming to help"

"I can do that but I won't be able to do anything else while the cage is up, so someone will have to protect me while we're inside. I can only hold it up for five minutes before running out of Nexus energy. Also, it will immediately crumble if a very powerful attack touches it," Camellia explained.

Ivan asked her to describe how the cage she could create was, his eyes lit up after the girl was done with her explanation.

Turned out that she could create a literal cocoon with her Vines and it would be impossible for anyone to see what was going on inside.

This was just perfect.

" If that's the case, then five minutes is too much; half a minute should be more than enough," Ivan breathed and directed his gaze to the Dryads leader. He had been holding back because he didn't want to reveal his full abilities but if he was to fight in a place where no one would be able to watch, Ivan did not even need to say what the outcome would be.

" Half a minute? Do you think we can defeat that thing in half a minute? It must be stronger than the other Dryads since it's the leader; its regeneration ability must also be stronger," Joseph said with doubt. He knew Ivan was strong but would he be able to chop the leader to pieces within thirty seconds? They might not have even killed it in that time together if the leader just stayed motionless.

"We?" Ivan voiced and turned to look at Joseph with dull eyes.

"I am going to face it alone inside the cage; the rest of you will prevent any Dryads from approaching within those thirty seconds," Ivan added.

"What?"

This caused the entire group to be stunned and they looked at Ivan as if he had gone crazy.

"I know that you're strong and could possibly face the leader on your own but what about us? What will happen if it turns out to be stronger than you expected? And besides, this is supposed to be team training. What would our evaluation be if you ended up doing all the work?" Joseph spoke up in dissatisfaction.

"You don't have to worry about that, if we fail, feel free to hold me responsible for our failure.

Also, you guys won't be idling around while I kill it. You'll set the place on fire and cause as much chaos as you can; Mari will stay close to Camellia while she maintains the cage, and Susan will summon her skeletons to assist Rose in pushing back any Dryads that manage to get close. You all have to hold out for thirty seconds, I promise I won't take longer"

Ivan said in all seriousness.

Joseph gritted his teeth, holding back his words. In the end, he only spat out, "Better don't fail," before looking away.

Rose stared at Ivan from the side, a strange look in her eyes.

After a few minutes more of observing the movement of the village and sorting out their plans, it was time for them to move.

At this moment, the hideous-looking leader was standing in the middle of the village with three small Dryads playing around her. A hideous smile formed on her face as she giggled with a pleasing voice; the sound of her voice infuriated the team even more, and they were determined to remove such an abomination from existence!

"Now!" Ivan's voice suddenly rang out as he dashed out from behind a tree and rushed to the leader and three small Dryads.

The others followed behind him.

The leader, noticing the sudden appearance of humans, was stunned for a brief moment before suddenly displaying a ghastly expression and trying to create distance.

But large Vines suddenly burst out from the ground all around her and enclosed her, the three small Dryads, and Ivan who had already reached her.

They were all trapped together inside the vine cocoon with very tiny spaces where light could pass through.

Immediately after creating the cocoon, Camellia stopped moving with both of her hands stretched toward the cocoon as she focused on maintaining it.

Mari stood next to her with his laser guns in hand, he looked around with vigilant eyes and was ready to shoot at any Dryads to approach them.

Joseph immediately also swung into action.

Summoning large balls of fierce flames, he hurled them out without aiming.

The flames landed on the grass and tried tree branches on the ground before quickly spreading out. Some trees soon caught on fire, and the fire kept spreading out to the huts in the village.

Loud screeching sounds filled the place as the Dryads fell into chaos. They tried to charge through the flames, but their bodies would immediately light up upon making contact.

They ran around in disordered manner, trying to get over to the other side where the five humans were and also to assist their leader.

Standing behind the raging flames was Rose with her sword, and around her were twenty-five short skeleton warriors, each holding a bone sword and ready to attack whatever dared to cross the fire.

Meanwhile, inside the vine cocoon.

Seeing that it had been trapped without a path to retreat, the Dryad leader turned to look at Ivan.

"Foolish human, you think you can face me by yourself? I am the head of the tree spirits for a reason!" She shrieked in her sweet voice.

Hearing her words, Ivan's eyebrows twitched fiercely; hearing such a pleasing sound from such a face was not nice at all and felt very wrong.

"You talk too much," Ivan replied before bringing out a card that turned into a sword.

"Got behind me!" The leader said to the three small Dryads before stepping in front of them.

This action of hers surprised Ivan greatly, and he froze for a second. Despite being in the face of danger, she was still trying to protect her little ones.

'Even then, I still have to kill her to pass the training and I promised the others to finish this within thirty seconds. I can't afford to be considerate,' Ivan thought to himself as his expression hardened, and he slashed forward.

The leader immediately summoned her own Vines out of nowhere to counter Ivan's sword but she had underestimated the sharpness of the sword.

Slash!!

With a single swing, the sword cut through the vines of the leader like butter before and even chopped away one of her arms.

"Ahhhh!!!"

The leader let out an ear-piercing shriek that spread out to over a hundred kilometers, reaching all the Dryads in the area.

Even Susan and the rest were shocked by the sound and could not help but turn to look at the cocoon, wondering what was going on inside.

"All Dryads, attack with everything or we'll lose our home! Sacrifice yourselves for our younglings and village!"

From within the cocoon, the loud shriek from of the leader spread to all the Dryads in desperation.

As if they had been placed under a spell, the Dryads in the area immediately charged into the flames, disregarding their lives and throwing themselves at Rose and the skeleton warriors.

A fight immediately broke out outside as Mari struggled to keep the Dryads away from Camelia while the rest engaged the Dryads in close combat.

Back inside the cocoon, the leader looked at Ivan with a crazy expression while her hand, which had just been cut off, grew back with a shocking speed. Find exclusive stories on m_v l|e-NovelFire.net

"Even if you're able to fight me, defeating me is impossible. In this forest, I have infinite regeneration!" She laughed like a maniac but did not move from the front of the three little Dryads that were hiding behind her.

Seeing the speed at which she regenerated, Ivan shook his head before letting his sword scatter into light particles; it was useless since she would simply regrow after getting cut.

Fifteen seconds had already passed, and he could not hold back anymore.

"Sorry, I have no intentions of failing," Ivan said coldly before bringing out another card. At the same time, the image of a dark sword with rising black smoke formed in his mind. Sёarch* The ηovelFire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

The sword was two meters in length and was pitch black, thick black aura rose from the sword like black fire.

It was a Death sword!