Three hours! That was the effective duration of Brilliant Breath!
And nearly an hour of that time had already passed...
The two girls, who had originally looked so valiant, had been without protection for almost an hour. Their clothes had long since become riddled with holes, their faces were smeared with blood, and they inevitably bore several wounds. Even Mikoto had suffered a few injuries under the relentless attacks...
Fortunately, the stronger monsters had been the focus of the three from the very beginning. More fortunately, there were no monsters above Level 40 among them. At most, there had only been ten Level 40 monsters, and Mikoto had already surrounded and killed those ten at the start.
Thus, by the time Brilliant Breath's effect ended, there were not many Level 30 monsters left in the enormous monster army. If Mikoto had not needed to divide her attention to protect Hinagiku, even those remaining lesser monsters might not have been able to hurt her.
Wu Yan also felt extremely fortunate. After using up all the Senzu Beans, he had completely lost his safety net as well. If Mikoto had not killed most of the monsters midway through, granting him most of the experience and allowing him to level up several times, increase his strength, and recover to full condition, he really might have died here.
A completely unfair battle came to an end after four uninterrupted hours of fighting...
When the last monster was electrocuted to death by one of Mikoto's Railguns, Wu Yan, Mikoto, and Hinagiku were still panting while holding their attacking stances, standing together in a daze as they stared motionlessly at the monster corpses covering the ground.
No one knew how long it took before they finally snapped out of their stupor...
Mikoto and Hinagiku looked around, taking in the severed limbs, mangled remains, and blood of every color strewn across the ground. With a retching cry, they squatted down and began vomiting nonstop.
Wu Yan's face was deathly pale. Even he could not help feeling a terrible discomfort in his heart when he saw that hellish scene, as if countless bugs were crawling over his chest. Fighting down the urge to vomit, he hurriedly patted the two girls' backs, hoping to make them feel a little better.
"Yan..." Tears welled in Hinagiku's eyes, and her face was as pale as Wu Yan's. For some reason, she felt chilled all over and instinctively wanted to seek some warmth. Upon sensing Wu Yan's presence, she immediately squeezed into his arms and hugged him tightly, not even daring to raise her head.
"It's okay. It's all over now..." Feeling Hinagiku trembling with absolute clarity, Wu Yan wrapped his arms around her, patted her back, and comforted her softly.
Suddenly, Wu Yan felt his clothes tighten again. When he turned his head, Mikoto was trembling as well, staring at him with a pale face. Like a little girl afraid of her mother leaving the house, her expression was indescribably pitiful.
After a brief daze, Wu Yan immediately reached out and pulled her into his embrace as well, holding both girls tightly and giving them comfort, while also comforting himself.
Before this, the two girls had merely been ordinary students. Even Wu Yan, who had lived in Giant Beast Forest, could not stop his heart from trembling at the sight of such a scene, let alone them.
Especially when they had personally caused this scene...
During battle, there was no time to think, no leisure to think. But now that the battle was over, the thought of their hands being stained with countless lives nearly made the two kind-hearted girls break down.
In the middle of the wide battlefield, surrounded by countless corpses, one man and two girls embraced each other, forming a scene that was unbearably heartbreaking...
It was only after half a day that Wu Yan felt the two girls in his arms finally quiet down. Looking down, he saw two sleeping faces covered in blood...
At that moment, Wu Yan was lost...
This was his fault, wasn't it? If it had not been for him, none of this would have happened. He had barged into their lives, changed their lives, and stained the hands of those kind girls with blood. This was all his fault, wasn't it...
Meeting them, summoning them... was that really the right thing to do?
Shaking his head, Wu Yan buried that question—one that perhaps no one would ever answer—deep in his heart. He laid the two girls down and turned to look at the monster corpses.
If not for Brilliant Breath and the Senzu Beans, the three of them would inevitably have suffered casualties in this battle. Leaving aside anything else, Wu Yan was not confident he could have protected Hinagiku against the charge of such an army. Perhaps even Mikoto could only have protected herself.
This showed just how important Item Points were. For this battle, Wu Yan had nearly spent all his Item Points. If anything happened next, they would be in serious trouble...
Fortunately, monster corpses could also be submitted to the system as organic material in exchange for Item Points. Even a Level 30 Great Wolf Demon had exchanged for 8,000 Item Points. How many Item Points could all these corpses on the ground fetch?
There were hundreds of Level 30 monsters and ten Level 40 monster corpses here. The rest were all above Level 20 as well. Even if their numbers did not reach a thousand, there were definitely far more of them than the Level 30 monsters!
At the thought of a huge amount of Item Points about to fall into his hands, several traces of color returned to Wu Yan's pale face.
What a practical guy...
With a wave of his hand, the corpses spread across several hundred meters vanished in an instant, submitted by Wu Yan to the system!
"Ding! Obtained 8,322,000 Item Points!"
Over eight million Item Points! Now that was satisfying!
Seeing that enormous sum of Item Points, Wu Yan finally smiled. If he had not just gone through a slaughter and still felt weighed down, the usual Wu Yan would have been jumping for joy by now.
8,322,000 Item Points, plus the 8,000 Item Points he already had, made a nice round total of 8,330,000 Item Points. The Item Points Wu Yan had squandered were instantly restored, with more than ten times as much left over!
From this huge amount of Item Points alone, one could see the scale of that monster army. After all, a Level 30 Great Wolf Demon was worth only 8,000 Item Points!
If Wu Yan had needed to submit them one by one himself, he might have gone numb-handed just exchanging them for Item Points.
The area became spacious again. All the corpses had vanished, as though nothing had happened and nothing had ever appeared there, if not for the blood covering the ground and telling everyone that a brutal battle had once taken place...
Carrying the two girls over to the wall and letting them lean against it, Wu Yan gently kissed Hinagiku on the forehead. After hesitating for a moment, he kissed Mikoto on the forehead as well before standing up.
Disgusted by his clothes, Wu Yan ripped off the garments covered in red and green stains and threw them aside. He did not even spare his pants, flinging them away too.
Wu Yan frowned. Although he had thrown away his clothes, bloodstains still covered his body, and some wounds were still bleeding. He had not felt much during the battle, but now pain washed over him along with the smell of blood.
Opening the system list, he spent 9,000 Item Points to exchange for three Rapid Healing Potions at 3,000 Item Points each. Wu Yan immediately drank one of them. After waiting for a while, the wounds on his body slowly began healing at a visible rate, growing faster and faster until every wound had completely vanished.
Only then did Wu Yan smile. He fed the other two Rapid Healing Potions into Mikoto and Hinagiku's mouths.
After thinking for a moment, Wu Yan walked to the side and exchanged for a gemstone that shimmered with watery light.
Portable Hot Spring: Normally exists in the form of a gemstone. When thrown onto the ground, it rapidly expands into a five-meter hot spring. Can be retrieved at any time and has an automatic water-purifying function; 20,000 Item Points.
Satisfied, Wu Yan tossed the gemstone lightly in his hand before throwing it onto the ground.
Like a stone falling into water, the gemstone merged into the floor. Ripples immediately spread across the ground. When they expanded to a diameter of five meters, the ripples became a circle, and the ground inside it vanished, transforming into a steaming hot spring.
A strange glint flashed through Wu Yan's eyes. It really was magical...
After finishing all this, Wu Yan chuckled and looked at the two girls still sleeping. The smile on his face widened.
Taking small steps up to them, Wu Yan nodded solemnly and said, "Mikoto, Hinagiku, look at you two. You're covered in blood, so you must feel just as uncomfortable as I do, right? It's okay, leave it to me. I'll definitely wash you nice and clean, all right?"
After speaking that whole speech to the sleeping Mikoto and Hinagiku, Wu Yan immediately continued, "Why aren't you answering? Hmm? Are you embarrassed? It's okay, I understand. Since you aren't answering, I'll take that as agreement!"
As though it were perfectly reasonable, Wu Yan smiled—a very sly smile—then reached out with his evil hands and slowly removed the girls' clothes. His lips kept moving as well, and anyone looking closely would realize he was repeating the words, "Excuse me."
Poor Mikoto and Hinagiku had just suffered a brutal mental shock. Before they could even wake up, they were stripped naked by a certain wolf.
Once all their clothes were removed, the fair, lovely bodies before Wu Yan nearly blinded his wolfish eyes. He stared without blinking, greedily drinking in the sight of the two girls for several moments before finally standing up, picking up Hinagiku, walking to the hot spring, and stepping in with a splash.
His wolfish paws kept roaming over Hinagiku's body. Wu Yan wore a censored smile, delighted beyond measure. When his hand reached her chest, however, he let out a regretful sigh.
Still needs some development...
After groping for a moment, Wu Yan reluctantly released the two little bundles of flesh and shifted to other territory, continuing his campaign of conquest. A certain part of his body had already shamefully hardened...
Looking at the lovely body in his arms, then at Hinagiku's tightly closed eyes, Wu Yan sighed again and carried her ashore.
Who told me to be such a pure person? I never take advantage of someone when they're vulnerable... That was the thought in the heart of a certain wolf who had stripped and groped a sleeping girl.
Exchanging for a clean set of clothes, Wu Yan dressed Hinagiku and placed her back where she had been. Then he picked up the naked Mikoto and carried her into the hot spring.
Her body was not much different from Hinagiku's, but it truly gave Wu Yan quite an enjoyable time. Even after thoroughly washing all the blood from Mikoto's body, Wu Yan still did not stop, beginning another round of his shameless oiling operation.
After touching the girl's entire body from top to bottom, Wu Yan began regretting it. He realized he really should not have taken liberties with these two girls.
It was not because his conscience had suddenly awakened. Rather, as he kept washing, Wu Yan was starting to feel rather uncomfortable. But these two tsundere girls absolutely could not be touched like that. Taking a little advantage was fine, but if he actually ate them while they slept, would he die horribly? Even a child could guess the answer.
After exchanging for another set of clothes and helping Mikoto put them on, Wu Yan dove into the water with a splash.
Lying in the hot spring, Wu Yan could not help bursting into tears.
Why wasn't this cold water...
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