141: Chapter 140: Lantern in the Night 141: Chapter 140: Lantern in the Night Twilight enveloped everything, and Mu Ying gradually fell asleep.
Two people on night watch sat beside the bonfire, whispering to each other.
When the ti ca, they were to wake up the second group to take over the watch.
After an unknown number of shifts, a lantern-like orb of light suddenly appeared in the pitch-black forest, highly conspicuous.
“What is that?” one of the night watchn asked, shivering as he pointed towards the forest.
The other looked over, “Don’t know.”
“What do we do?
Should we call soone?”
“It’s swaying back and forth as if it’s calling us over!”
“You can’t be that gullible.
You wouldn’t really dare to go, right?”
“Of course not.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Let’s just sit here and watch what it’s going to do.
If it dares to co closer, we’ll imdiately shout for help.”
The two n stared at the light source without daring to take their eyes off it, but their gaze gradually beca blurry, and they stood up and walked towards it.
“Thud~”
“Thud~”
At the edge of the encampnt, in front of a simple barrier made of tree branches, both n took a spill.
“Hiss~ that hurts!”
“Huh?
How did we get here?”
“Don’t look at it, it’s strange.
Quickly, go back and call for help,” he said with his head hung down, not daring to look outside, pulling his companion to run back.
His companion yelled at the top of his lungs, “There’s a situation—”
The people nearby were startled.
That person chuckled, “So soon.”
When the voice sounded, Mu Ying’s eyes snapped open, and she quickly pushed open the tent flap.
The night watchn were no longer by the bonfire!
She quickly got up and went outside, where she saw two people supporting each other as they walked in.
“What happened?”
“There was lantern light over there.
We watched and watched until our eyes were dazzled.
If we hadn’t tripped over the branches outside, we definitely would have followed that light without knowing where it would lead us,” the two said, still shaken.
In the wild, it was rare for anyone to sleep very soundly, so after that shout, most people ca outside.
But when they looked towards the forest, it was pitch black.
There was no sign of any lantern light.
“It really was there just now.
Look, my knees are all bruised,” he said, fearing that others wouldn’t believe him, and rolled up his pant leg as proof.
Mu Ying didn’t think they were lying.
Lantern fires that seduce people—she wondered if it was what she thought.
However, that thing wouldn’t have caused them to beco dazzled after just a few glimpses.
She would have to see it with her own eyes to confirm.
After thinking a bit, she said, “That thing probably didn’t show up because it saw we have many people and didn’t dare to appear.
Its power is probably not that strong; otherwise, it wouldn’t use such deceptive tricks.
Everyone go back to sleep now.
If the night watchn spot that thing again, call directly, and rember, two people should not look at it at the sa ti.”
There was no other choice.
Everyone went back to rest, and the next group on watch replaced the two who had been scared.
No one knew how long had passed, and the watch had changed several tis again.
“It probably won’t appear anymore.”
“I don’t know what that thing is, so strange.”
“Anyway, it’s probably not anything good…
Hey?
Look over there, doesn’t that look like the light of a lantern?”
The person pointed to a flickering orb of light in the forest, hesitating as if it were beckoning to them.
Having said that, he imdiately shivered, “Don’t look yet, I’ll turn my back first, then you can look.”
The other person did as told, “It does seem like it…”
Mid-sentence, the person stood up, and the companion grabbed his arm, dragging him to Mu Ying’s tent.
Before they could call out, the entrance of the tent was lifted.
Mu Ying, hearing footsteps, got up, “You’re out?”
“Over there!” He hurriedly pointed in that direction.
Mu Ying’s pupils constricted, “Ghost Fire, a level 4 tiny Undead Creature, a delicate orb of light that from afar resembles a swaying lantern, capable of changing colors or extinguishing itself at will.
When illuminated, it brings hope, enticing others to follow it to a safe place.
Creatures of a lower level than it will lose their wits and follow it into peril, experiencing a painful death while providing the Ghost Fire with a feast.
Occasionally, it even cooperates with other malevolent creatures, forming symbiotic relationships.”
It was indeed a Ghost Fire, just two levels higher than the previous one, thus it could confuse those of a lower level than itself, rather than just indirectly affect them like last ti.
“You two stay here, I’ll go et it,” she said, confident she wouldn’t be chard due to her higher level, while the others might be in danger.
As she looked at the Ghost Fire, she not only probed its information but also noticed a faint black aura enveloping it.
So, even though she knew it wouldn’t be easy to handle, Mu Ying still approached it, protected by Nature’s rejection of such creatures; despite its fragility, it was simply a fast energy form that was difficult to damage with purely physical attacks.
Mu Ying pretended to be enchanted, following it into the woods with asured steps.
Of course, she didn’t want to see the so-called dangerous place the Ghost Fire was leading to, or to find out if it had any accomplices.
That would go against her consistently cautious approach.
So, after a short walk, Mu Ying began to slow her pace.
The Ghost Fire approached her from ti to ti, urging her on.
Each ti it did, Mu Ying would quicken her steps for a mont then slow down again.
Not enough, just a bit closer, a bit closer would do.
She waited for the right mont, slowing down to a near stop after a few steps, only continuing when the Ghost Fire got closer.
Gradually, the Ghost Fire grew comfortable with the especially slow pace of her prey, coming closer each ti it urged her on.
This ti, Mu Ying stopped once more, as the Ghost Fire lazily approached to nudge her.
But this ti, the prey didn’t hasten her steps.
Instead, a black Giant Scythe carrying a cold breeze struck, cleaving the Ghost Fire in two.
Its fla—a warm color, rapidly shifting—suddenly flared up in unnad fury, the Ghost Fire inside diminishing rapidly until it vanished in a few seconds.
Scattered particles of colorful glittering dust fell to the ground.
This must be the Ghost Fire’s loot.
Mu Ying slapped her waist, materializing a piece of paper in her hand, capturing all the dust on it, folding and sealing it away.
She opened the Player Manual.
[You have killed Ghost Fire×1, obtaining 10 Professional Experience, 20 Slaughter Experience, and 1 Glowing Dust.]
As expected, killing such a creature reviled by nature granted not only Slaughter Experience but Professional Experience too, and the Glowing Dust was the dust she had caught.
[Glowing Dust: The residual ashes from the death of a Ghost Fire, an excellent dye component, able to be formulated into any color.]
Mu Ying: …
It doesn’t seem very useful, but she could consider experinting with integrating it into hair dyeing magic potions for a variety of colors.
However, hair dyeing magic potions can’t be eaten, drunk, or used against enemies, so spending ti on this research seed rather backwards at the mont.
Real life is not the Erald World, where ti is precious and must be used wisely.
“After returning, I’ll ask the pawnshop about the price; if Copper Coin Trading Company has fashion publications, then the outside world’s culture clearly values enjoynt, and dyeing materials should certainly have a market.”
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