Positive little sun, magical girl, I am awesome

Chapter 298 Prepare to cut off the beard

"What kind of monster becomes stronger during a full moon?"

Lulu was lying on the rough felt on the ground, chewing an apple with a crunching sound while chatting with her friends who were lying next to her.

The small campsite has been set up, and the surrounding area is sprinkled with powder to repel snakes and insects. In addition to the campfire, Lilith also catalyzed the seeds of the bulb flower she brought with her. The small open space guarded by trees is now filled with tiny dots of light. Everyone spread a moisture-proof blanket on the ground and lay down together to look up at the starry sky.

Compared to the noisy and chaotic place at the Clean Spring, this place is leisurely and warm, just like a real camping site.

"Werewolf?" This was the first thing that came to Lucas' mind. "Every time the moon is about to be full, Mr. Wolfe looks at us with particular displeasure."

"Don't mention us. You're the only one." Lilith rolled her eyes at the moon. "But werewolves aren't good at communicating with animals."

"I checked some empty tents and found a lot of weapons inside. They are well prepared." Ian shared the information he had found out.

"But even so, they still chose to wait for the main force to act collectively and decided to evacuate before the full moon... What on earth are they hunting?"

"Can we really intercept them? No matter what, they are also the Knights of Light. Even they are so cautious, then... will it be dangerous for us to stay here?" Sean couldn't help biting his fingers.

"Coward." Bobby kicked his partner while lying down.

"Don't you think about it? If we catch this monster that the king and the church have ordered to be hunted, what kind of reward will we get? Not only that, but we can also laugh at the Knight of Light. I will definitely go to the High Court every week to publicize it."

This made everyone laugh. Just thinking about how the Knights of Light would be humiliated made them feel happy.

"But Sean is right. We should also be cautious. The Demonic Swamp Forest is full of dangers. In just these few days, we have used up half of all the potions..." Hannah whispered.

Lilith thought about it and nodded in agreement.

"We can't let them delay our journey. There are still three days until the full moon night. We should explore at our own pace during these two days. On the day before the full moon, we will check the situation. Don't they have a large army? If those gods' favored ones don't arrive in time, they may evacuate. Then this forest will belong to us, hehehe——"

Lilith let out an evil villain laugh.

"Could she be possessed by a devil hidden in the forest..." Jaina said speechlessly.

"Ha, then let me do it! I've seen exorcism rituals when I was a kid! I'll beat him up first!" Bobby rolled over and was about to start excitedly.

Lilith was so scared that she got up and ran to the tent, shouting, "Hey, hey, hey, feudal superstition is not acceptable!"

Everyone started laughing and making a scene.

Perhaps because they had experienced too much in the past few days, everyone chatted for a long time and were not sleepy at all. No one wanted to go into the tent. Lucas, who was guarding the campfire, volunteered to sing a song for everyone.

"Could it be those sailor's songs that are not presentable? We have many ladies here!" Lilith lay down and cast a suspicious look.

Lucas always hums those seaside tunes when he is happy. Lilith is close to him, and he has listened to a lot of them in recent years. The lyrics of some of the songs involve love between men and women and are very passionate and bold.

"Oh, I know what's going on!" Lucas was not angry when he was suspected. Instead, he cleared his throat proudly. Everyone then quieted down and looked at him.

Under the moonlight, the blue-haired boy opened his mouth gently, and words without lyrics flowed from his throat. He was sitting in front of them, but the singing seemed to come from the distant and mysterious seabed, as ethereal as the clear echo of the sea breeze blowing gently over the shells. The forest seemed to be suddenly deprived of all sound, and he became the only source of sound.

This song has no lyrics, or maybe it does, but Lilith can't tell what they are. She just feels that it has a deep and primitive melody that can penetrate all the noise and touch the depths of the soul directly. As the melody changes, everyone's expression becomes lost and confused.

The gurgling water behind the boy became his only accompaniment. In this ancient and melodious tune, even the moonlight favored him. At this moment, immersed in the moonlight, he did not look like a warrior adventuring in the woods, but more like a mermaid who secretly poked his head out of the sea to watch the moon under the cover of night.

Lilith felt someone move beside her. She turned her head in a trance and saw Hannah standing up with tears in her eyes and staggering towards Lucas.

"Hannah..." Lilith came back to her senses with a start, and hurriedly grabbed her. Finally awake, she quickly shouted, "Lucas!"

The singing stopped abruptly and the students came back to their senses.

"What's the matter?" Lucas responded dissatisfiedly. He felt very good this time and was immersed in it.

"Where did you learn this kind of music?" Lilith shook her head, feeling a little scared. She seemed to have had this feeling once before...

"In the Jinghu Library." Lucas blinked innocently.

——Sure enough, this is the song of a mermaid. It has an irresistible magic that can bewitch the minds of those who hear it.

"No wonder the legend says that sailors are most afraid of encountering mermaids. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, as long as they hear their singing, some of them will go crazy and drive the ship towards the reef, eventually the ship is destroyed and everyone on board will die. I thought it was just a legend, but now I have to believe it..." Hannah murmured after she came back to her senses.

"Eh? Is it that exaggerated?" Lucas said dissatisfiedly. "I heard Mr. Simon sing it to Gloria. You know, the principal is now insane. This song can calm her mind and help her sleep well. I learned it specially!"

What a waste of good intentions, Lucas complained as he churned the firewood, causing a series of crackling sparks.

"But maybe it will really work--" Lulu yawned, "I feel really sleepy."

Yawning seemed to be contagious. I don’t know if it was affected by the singing, but everyone suddenly felt so sleepy that they couldn’t open their eyes. After saying goodbye to each other, everyone went back to their tents.

A good night's sleep.

The shadow crouching among the trees landed lightly and silently on the ground after hearing the snoring sounds in the tent, and moved away from the small camp.

………………

"Get rich, get rich!"

The forest seemed to be Lilith's lucky place. In the next two days, they had a fruitful harvest. Not only did they successfully kill a venomous spider that intended to ambush them, and removed its venomous horn and venom gland intact, they also picked up a few curled-winged snake eggs, and nearly ten other magical plants of various sizes.

The group returned to the camp exhausted and wanted to fall asleep immediately. Only Lucas was still sorting out the spoils with great interest.

"I can sleep well without you singing today." Lilith was also injured today. She was just caught by Lulu and applied ointment that can remove toxins. At this moment, she was yawning lazily and walking towards her tent.

"Pack these up first and then go to sleep!" Lucas refused to let her go back to the tent.

"These eggs won't run away by themselves, unless your maternal love explodes and you insist on hatching them tonight." Lilith has always been indifferent to reptiles, and resisted Lucas' request, and was about to go into the tent.

"But, what if it was stolen?" Lucas grabbed Lilith again and pulled her upper body out.

"Brother!" Lilith glared at him angrily and pointed to the sky, "Don't you see how bright the moon is today?"

Lilith's tent was far from the campfire, but even so, they could see each other's faces clearly. Lucas couldn't help but look up -

The moon hung in the sky, already showing a nearly perfect circle, but there were still some faint shadows on the edge, as if it was the last ray of sand left in an inverted hourglass, reminding everyone——

The time is almost up.

"Hey Lilith, the time of the full moon won't change, right?" Lucas asked casually while looking at the moon.

"Idiot! How is it possible!"

Materialistic warrior Lilith rolled her eyes. When she was resting after the battle yesterday, she explained to everyone that the moon's light was just a reflection of the sun, but everyone laughed at her. Now she didn't want to argue with them about the moon at all.

"If the moon could suddenly become round, I would eat all those snake eggs!" She said this and quickly opened the tent and went in. Lucas was looking up at the moon and accidentally let her hold on him, but the tent cloth had already been put down and he felt embarrassed to disturb her.

"Well, then I will go to the Spring of Purity early tomorrow morning to check the situation and see if the large force they are waiting for has arrived. Will you come with me?" He asked in a low voice while standing at the door of the tent. Although he now has the support of Gloria, he is still a little scared if he has to face those white-armored knights alone.

However, there was only the sound of even breathing inside. Lilith had been exhausted both physically and mentally these days, and she fell asleep within seconds after lying down.

"Tsk—" Lucas curled his lips speechlessly when he heard the noise, "We are in the wild after all, how can you be so relaxed?"

He patted the gargoyle guarding the tent and went back to rest.

On the other side, in the Clean Spring camp, the atmosphere was unusually relaxed.

There is no limit on the meals tonight, and the older captain let them eat as much as they want. Everyone knows the reason, because the large group of God's Favored Ones has not arrived yet, and they will evacuate early tomorrow morning. Carrying too much supplies would be a burden, so they were allowed to spend as they pleased today, eat and drink their fill, and then they would have enough energy to continue their journey tomorrow.

For this reason, except for the captain, everyone had a faint smile on their face. After eating and drinking, everyone said goodbye to each other and went back to rest with the joy of surviving the disaster.

And the long night continues.

A black shadow was running fast in the moonlight, without making the slightest sound. The forest was like a twisted cage, but it could not hinder the black shadow's footsteps as smooth as walking on flat ground. After a while of running, she leaped between the trees and came to a small space that was completely surrounded by trees and had not been discovered.

This tree canopy does not look natural at all. It seems to have been catalyzed by magic, and has laid a smooth and complete surface on the ground, like a wooden floor, but this wooden floor is now covered with intricate and profound patterns.

The black shadow squatted down, and after examining it carefully again in the moonlight, he took out the dagger from his waist without hesitation and slashed it hard towards his arm.

Blood surged out.

After dripping onto the ground, it seemed to have life and drilled towards the grooves carved into the ground.

Perhaps it was too slow, the black shadow cut again, speeding up the blood flow. She stared at the ground, and the bright red blood was like a long snake, crawling hard on the pattern on the ground. When the black shadow's face gradually turned pale, the pattern drawn with blood was finally complete.

A silvery light suddenly burst out, blending with the moonlight, illuminating the black shadow's thin face and her slender ears.

She raised her hands and chanted an ancient spell that no one could understand.

The cold moonlight seemed to suddenly have a scorching temperature, shining on the blood under her feet and causing it to evaporate. The red mist jumped from the ground to the air, rising higher and higher.

Seeing this, the black shadow stopped singing, and under the moonlight, she took off her light armor piece by piece until there was nothing left. She looked up at the moon in the sky, not daring to blink, until -

The bright moon looked down at the earth, with a small missing corner that allowed the Knights of Light to sleep peacefully. While they were sleeping, a faint red light appeared, slowly climbing up the dark missing corner and actually filling the shape of the moon into perfection.

The full moon has arrived.

The tall and thin figure slowly bent down and knelt on the ground devoutly.

"thanks for your help."

Following this whisper, her figure shone faintly under the moonlight, then became fainter and fainter until it was completely invisible...

"Rustle--" The shadows of the trees were moved by something invisible. The squirrel resting in the woods looked at the swaying branches, clutched its big tail tightly, and fell asleep again.

Clean Spring Camp.

The knight on night watch suddenly stood up and was immediately discovered by his brothers who were dozing off next to him.

"Charlie, where are you going? You're about to be replaced. Don't try to be smart with me!"

"No! I'm thirsty after sitting by the fire. I need to drink some water." Charlie scratched his chest and said in defense, "And you know I'm not feeling well!"

"Tsk - stop whining like a woman!" His companion was already tired of listening to his nonsense and waved his hand, telling him to get out.

Charlie then walked away, carefully walked around the snoring tent, came to the pool, scooped up a handful of water and drank it, then still felt dry and hot, so he scooped up some water again and washed his face roughly.

"That little bitch from Goletia—" Charlie cursed in a low voice, "What's so great about having magic? I'll make her pay when I get back."

He untied the armor on his chest and used the cold spring water to clean the blood scabs on his chest that he had scratched, cursing as he washed.

"Tick-tock-"

Under the bright moonlight, Charlie suddenly saw a drop of dark liquid drip into the spring and was quickly washed away. He was stunned for a moment, but his hand was still subconsciously splashing water towards his chest, but he touched a dense, clustered mass of something.

Charlie lowered his head in a daze. The wound that had healed before, in just an instant, sprouted countless densely packed slender mushrooms along the marks he had scratched, and they were still growing larger with the rise and fall of his breathing.

Charlie blinked, suspecting that he was hallucinating. Just as he was about to get up, he suddenly saw that the moon in the spring had turned a light red.

A full, full moon.

——God of Light!

Charlie's pupils constricted, and just as he was about to open his mouth, he suddenly felt a chill in his throat. A sharp dagger pierced his throat from bottom to top. The overflowing blood instantly filled his trachea, and his face turned black and purple in an instant. He was horrified to find that he could not make any sound and could not warn others at all.

An invisible hand grasped the back of his neck and pressed his face into the wet soil beside the spring until he stopped struggling completely.