Outside the tree trunk
The Earl, who had been peeled away and reduced to a "bloodhound," lay limp on the ground. Faint wails seeped from his canine jaws, while his body was covered in curse wounds that had pierced straight through him. Finger-like tree roots still remained embedded inside.
The Earl could only lick his wounds to lessen the pain as much as possible.
He even showed signs of nearly separating from the Caregiver's Arm altogether.
It was necessary to find the Earl a better vessel.
Compared to the Earl,
Sally was in even worse condition... During Han Dong's cutting of the tree trunk, she had nearly given everything to cover him. Even using her own body to block the attacks, she refused to let Han Dong be harmed.
Half-human Half-sheep Sally was covered in puncture wounds of all sizes, with corrosive black curse mist rising from her entire body.
Her worst injury was around her sheep abdomen.
Her belly had been sliced open from end to end. It had barely been sewn together with tentacles, and several severed sections of small intestine had even slipped through the gaps, dangling outside her body.
Purple-glowing blood flowed across the ground without any sign of stopping.
Due to the level suppression, Black Goat's regenerative ability could not repair such grave injuries, much less with the corrosive curse continuing to erode her flesh.
A long-lost yet immediate sense of death was closing in on Sally.
Just as her vision gradually began to blur,
A familiar figure stepped out of the tree trunk and came before her... He seemed to be holding something in his hand.
Even in Sally's condition, with her throat punctured and blood constantly choking her, she still forced out a few words:
"I... I couldn't block them all. Six got