"Of course I do!" Asta took out the recovery potion he had just exchanged and handed it to Nero. Nero carefully fed it to Kryss. The main effect of the recovery potion was to restore magic power and Chakra, but it also had a certain effect on injuries.
After Kryss took the recovery potion, he felt as if he had come back to life all at once. His injured lungs weren't healed instantly, but they recovered at an extremely fast speed.
"Th-thank you!" Kryss said with difficulty.
"No need to say more, just recover slowly. Nero, take these healing potions. Use one bottle daily, both topically and internally, then take your brother to find a doctor for further treatment, and he should recover fully." As Asta spoke, he handed Nero five bottles of 1-point healing potions. Although the healing potions were cheap, they were very helpful for treating external injuries and nourishing the body.
"Thank you, Lord Asta!" Nero cried gratefully.
"You are not allowed to call me 'Lord' anymore. Didn't we already become partners when we entered this place?" Asta laughed.
"That's right!" Noelle said, lifting her little head. After speaking, she manipulated her Water Magic to clean Kryss, while Nero poured a healing potion onto the wounded areas. Although it was very painful, the wounds healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Little Asta really has a lot of secrets, doesn't he? How about coming to big sister's room tonight so we can get to know each other better?" Vanessa said, her breath sweet like an orchid.
"Eek! Better not!" Asta immediately expressed that he absolutely couldn't handle such a rule-breaking older sister type. Just as everyone lowered their guard, a clanking sound suddenly came from the distance!
"This is..." Asta pricked up his ears immediately.
"It sounds like soldiers in armor walking!" As a Princess, Noelle was no stranger to this sound.
"Headless Soldiers?" Vanessa suddenly recalled the ancient undead mentioned by the bandit group members.
"Not good! Run!" Kryss's expression changed drastically. He had personally experienced the terror of these Headless Soldiers. Actually, the bandit group's previous losses hadn't been great, but it was only after encountering the Headless Soldiers that they completely collapsed.
These soldiers were simply too terrifying!
No magic could harm them, and no physical attacks were effective!
They had orderly military formations, unstoppable arrows, and those deafening war drums!
"Boom! Boom-boom!" As if to validate Kryss's fear, the chilling sound of war drums rang out again!
"Ugh!" Kryss, who had been injured earlier, spat out another mouthful of blood. It wasn't until Asta transferred Chakra into his body that he felt a little better.
"Let's go quickly!" For the first time, Vanessa looked serious, because this was also the first time she had heard of these Headless Soldiers. She had never heard anyone mention them before, but that might also be because anyone who had ever seen a Headless Soldier was already dead—dead people couldn't pass on news!
"Big Sister Vanessa, I feel like my magic power has disappeared again!" Noelle said in a panic.
"Me too, but I can sense the way back!" Vanessa said.
"Get on!" Asta carried Kryss on his back. Fortunately, the sound of the war drums did not ring out again, but as a burst of smoke quickly swept over, everyone briefly lost their vision. When the mist cleared, countless ancient soldiers suddenly swarmed in from all directions!
These soldiers all had one characteristic: they had no heads, having been decapitated. However, their armor was likely a type of ancient magic item, so even though they were already dead, they still maintained the instinct to kill!
And this killing was indiscriminate!
Asta saw many mutated insects from the ancient ruins being slaughtered one by one by the Headless Soldiers wielding magical greatswords.
"They can actually use magic?" Noelle was completely shocked. How powerful must the mages of the ancient times have been to create such killing monsters!
"Quick, enter the cave!" Kryss exclaimed in shock.
"It's not time yet!" Asta looked at the restless bats and various clamoring insects inside the cave. Once they were trapped inside, the consequences would be equally unimaginable, so what they needed to do right now was to find the weakness of these Headless Soldiers!
Only if it's truly impossible can they choose to hide in the cave!
"Asta, do you see the soldiers among them holding magic stones? I think each type of magic stone represents the confinement of a type of magic. Can you try to shatter them?" Vanessa said.
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