Damn, I Awakened With A Horror System!

Augh...

Jake groaned in pain as he forcefully opened his eyes, the feeling of his body as if it had been beaten up for hours made his eyes tear up.

"waterr... I need water..."

He whispered in a raspy tone, feeling his throat burn due to dryness.

"You're finally awake?" Leo retracted his Divine Life of Fire on Jake's body as he took out a water bottle from his inventory.

Lifting Jake's head carefully, Leo assists him in drinking water. Carefully tilting the bottle to prevent Jake from being choked.

"Huff~ much better." Jake sighed comfortably, feeling the itchiness of his throat subside.

Finally slightly at ease, having time to think again, the face of Jake suddenly turned ugly upon remembering the events that happened earlier.

The feeling of being burned alive by acid, being chased like a rat, and being tossed around like a toy makes his eyes release an uncontrollable amount of killing intent.

"Did... those Forest Centipedes all die?" Jake asks Leo beside him, concealing the hate within. His eyes release a dark glint, causing Leo to feel uncomfortable as he unconsciously avoids the gaze of Jake.

"... Yes," Leo replied weakly, not knowing what emotion should he show. (Normal for humans who feel guilty but don't want to show it).

Not waiting for Jake to reply and also feeling guilty, Leo took out 3 bottles of a seemingly Mud Essence of Forest Centipede in his inventory before giving it to Leo.

"This is the essence of the Forest Centipede, It's much more advanced and rare than a zombie and feline essence."

"I see thanks..."

Jake received the bottle in slight happiness before again completely silent. Beside him, after giving the essence, Leo stayed still, also falling into deep silence.

( '-' )Jake.

( '-' )Leo.

...

"Do you need anything?"

"Ohh, right, I almost forgot about that... Roland wants to know where the general direction of the centipedes was when you first detected it."

"Detected?" Jake asks confusedly as he racks his brain, trying to remember where he first detected the Centipedes.

This...

"Although I couldn't pinpoint their exact location earlier, I detected them first at Southeast..." Jake speaks unhurriedly as he carefully scans his memory.

"Great! Then we will start moving toward the Southeast after you fully recover!" Hearing the hint where to find those Earth Vitality Ginseng, Leo revealed a smile as he patted the shoulder of Jake in happiness, making the latter face pale due to muscle pain.

...

Soon, after resting and recovering for a day, Leo and the group already recovered most to all of their Qi, causing them to start their journey toward the Southeast of the Endless Forest.

Walking between his two dark skeletons, Leo began to sightseeing in the endless forest, not letting a single herb and root miss the opportunity to become a part of his potion in the future.

Splack!

As he was busy harvesting leaves of the tree they accidentally passed by, a sudden weak force hit his shoulder, causing him to get interrupted.

"Are you really going to make the tree bald?" Seeing that Leo almost made the little tree in front of the group bald, Kristine couldn't help but weakly punch Leo on his shoulder. Feeling pity toward the almost bald tree.

"Ehh, but it would recover its leaves naturally after a month of recuperating."

"I see, but still, you should take pity on the tree. It spent most of its lifetime growing leaves yet you will just pluck it all!?"

Hearing Kristine's words, Leo couldn't help but scratch his cheeks in confusion. He felt that what Kristine said made sense but at the same time not.

Weird, didn't trees grow fruits just for beings and animals to pluck and eat? Then leaves should be the same...

Still, looking at Kristine's determined expression, Leo could only shake his head with a weak smile as he withdrew his approaching hand from the tree leaves, slightly feeling pity not getting all those moonlight leaves.

Fortunately, with my current stock, it should be able to last for months or years if I use 1-2 leaves per day...

Moonlight Leaves is actually not that useful in terms of concocting potions or making puppets, but instead, it's actually a kind of good tea that could boost one's focus on cultivation after consumption!

Although not much, it could at least boost cultivation and memorization by 10-20% based on his mood and the quality of the leaves!

Sigh... Nevermind...

...

As the group was about to continue their journey, the bushes at the short distance (10 meters away from them) suddenly moved and shook violently, making the group instantly become wary.

This...

"Jake!"

Roland shouted loudly as he stared at Jake sternly.

As the only one who had the ability/skill to detect the life force of beings in the surroundings. Since Jake didn't inform them of this one, Roland assumed that Jake let his guard down.

Although he might appear extra stern right now, Roland thinks that this was necessary since they almost died earlier due to not being cautious enough.

"This... My detection skill was always active, yet there are no signs of beings approaching our location."

Facing the stern look of Roland, Jake could only shake his head helplessly since his skill really didn't detect any beings around them.

Getting ready for a fight, the group watches the bushes in the distance warily, still feeling quite tense due to the fight yesterday.

"Wait... Why not cast spells and catch the other party off guard?" Feeling the tense aura emitted by the group, Leo couldn't help but voice out.

"Ehh, It makes sense, but what if it was a human being?" Hearing Leo beside her, Rosa couldn't help but become stunned. Wondering why she never thinks of it.

"Then we should really bombard it with spells since it's weird for a human to hide in a bush," Leo suggests as his eyes radiate with wisdom.

Looking at the bush in the distance that suddenly stops moving at one point upon hearing Leo's suggestion.

"This..." The group suddenly wasn't in the mood to fight.

...

Clank... Clank... ( What did this group expect from the heartless Summoner?)

Knowing how heartless his summoner was, Skeleton #1 isn't really that surprised that the heartless summoner could come up with malicious and disgusting idea.

Besides that who would suddenly kill someone (Other than the heartless summoner) without knowing whether the other party has malicious thoughts about you or not?

Clank... (We should not let the heartless summoner live for long.)

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