The Royal Capital's New Underground Force

"Let's go. Eating this thing won't let you advance. I can use it to trade for Magic Beast Meat for you and Vine Wind." After Feden was strangled to death by the Magic Vine, Tierney descended with Vine Wind and spoke calmly to the Magic Vine. The Magic Vine made no move. It only climbed silently toward Vine Wind, then seemed to vanish, melting into the Magic Beast Horse's Magic Pattern.

Tierney took the Naga's heart, then brushed off her sleeves and left when the deed was done, hiding her deeds and name deep away. Looking at Tierney's back, Landen, hiding off to one side, felt deeply shaken, yet also thought it only natural. Compared with Neil and Fang, Tierney had a better foundation, and had also been raised since childhood by a mentor-level figure like Liel. Naturally, a single Naga assassin did not amount to much.

Yet what surprised Landen most was that Tierney could use the Naga's physiological traits in battle. Landen even believed that long before Tierney blew out the seeds, she had already known the opponent was a Naga, that it needed water, and that Feden would use his subordinates' blood to preserve himself when he had no other choice. Since he had drunk blood, devouring them became a matter of course. In that case, the only one Tierney truly needed to deal with was the Naga who had just completed its devouring and was digesting the remnants of its companions' mana, not five assassins, one big and four small.

"Why is this style so much like Totapara?" Watching his subordinate's doglike way of fighting, Landen could not help suspecting what Tierney had really gained from going out hunting with Frost-Wolf a few days ago.

Since the young knight had already finished everything, Landen naturally did