After leaving the team, the adventurer ladies regretted it deeply

Chapter 403 321. Flames Awaken, Starfire Airstream Slash

"Hiss!!!"

The only two remaining heads of the Snake People Chieftain shook violently in pain, one spitting out a Water Arrow and the other spewing Flames, burning the Vine Dragon and furiously slashing its scimitar towards Lin Da.

Clang!

The Sword of Royalty clashed with the scimitar, forcing Lin Da back several meters, the immense size of the Snake People Chieftain granting it a clear advantage in strength, numbing his arms and causing his blood to surge violently inside him, leading to slight dizziness.

Theoretically, a Level 31 Two-Star Epic Monster would require a complete Iron Level adventure team to subdue. Although Lin Da was Level 32, he had not updated his Star Rank Equipment, inevitably putting him at a disadvantage in a solo fight.

But in those few exchanges, he had figured out the basics of the Snake People Chieftain.

Harming him was easy, but thinking about instantly depleting his Life Barrier of 12,800 was wishful dreaming.

Given enough time, he could wear down the Snake People Chieftain.

The only problem was that the enclosed Great Mystery Continent housed too many Magical Creatures lying in wait, potentially leading to an immediate encirclement of Treants.

At least, he had protected Lia and Tasya. Lin Da's lips curled into a relieved smile.

"Flame Slash!"

As the Snake People Chieftain's Ice Spear Array launched, a fiery red figure stood in front of Lin Da.

The Great Sword swung impermeably, completely severing the ice spears.

The Swordsmanship was rough, with a raw, violent beauty.

Lin Da stared, astonished, at the redheaded girl in front of him, holding the Great Sword and facing away from him.

Lia's brown boots stamped the ground forcefully, each swing leaving a deep footprint; her black thigh-high socks outlined taut muscle contours like tightened springs.

"What are you doing back here, weren't you supposed to take Tasya and leave?"

The response came from someone else.

Tasya slowly walked to his side, her white Magic Cannon in hand, aiming at the tall Snake People Chieftain and saying, "Please forgive your subordinate for not being able to abandon you and run away. You said you hoped your subordinate could make choices with free will, so, I must disobey your order."

Lin Da opened his mouth, as if struck by his own thrown boomerang, unable to utter a word.

"What about you? Why did you come back, you're not even one of the Phoenix Tail Flower, Aiko and the others are still waiting for you, aren't they?"

Lin Da looked at Lia, annoyed.

He noticed that, compared to himself and Tasya, Lia was trembling with fear.

Then why come back?

If Lia came back just for the sake of some pitiful pride, not wanting to be looked down upon, he would despise her bitterly, looking down on her for the rest of his life!

...

Lia was indeed trembling.

As she approached the Three-Headed Snake People Chieftain, feeling the chilling cold radiating from the monster's blue scales, she realized that it was much stronger than she had imagined.

The nightmare creature that had taken her left eye and nearly ended her life was one with the Three-Headed Snake People Chieftain before her now.

Lia's eyes throbbed slightly in pain, and her breathing became chaotic.

She was caught off guard by Lin Da's question.

Looking down at her trembling hands, tasting almost bitter fear on her tongue, Lia asked herself: why did she follow Tasya back?

Tasya had a clear reason, to protect her "master", but what about herself? Lin Da was not her "master"!

A hot flame choked in Lia's chest, her mind in utter disarray.

There seemed to be a ray of light amidst the chaos, but she couldn't grasp it, always slipping through her fingers.

"Hiss hiss!"

The Snake People Chieftain, seeing her inherent vulnerability, spit out a crimson tongue, blood pouring from its severed head as it approached with a ferocious demeanor.

The large scimitar raised in its right hand, the magic wand in its left emitted a deep blue glow.

Controlled by the two heads, a joint assault of blade and magic!

Lia's legs trembled even more. Noticing this, Lin Da stepped forward to grab her shoulder, intending to toss her behind him.

This startled Lia.

She had a strange intuition that if she retreated here, the snake-like creatures would forever loom over her. If she feared even snakes, how could she ever challenge those Giant Dragons soaring in the skies?

An adventurer who couldn't challenge a Giant Dragon could never be considered "top-notch"!

Driven by impulse and willfulness in her heart, Lia pushed away the astonished Lin Da.

Her fiery red eyes intensely focused on the Snake People Chieftain ahead, her voice trembling but increasingly firm.

"You once said, to master that flame, one must follow the path one believes is right, find the most important thing to oneself, and use the sword to protect it... "

"Now, this young miss has found it."

Whether it was protecting Aiko and Oru during the strategy of the twelve layers of the Mystic Realm or even now, Lia had only one goal.

To protect her friends, her companions.

Also, to overcome her own cowardice—Lia's trembling hands gripping the Firebird Feather Sword, she charged at the Snake People Chieftain with a piercing shout: "Watch, this young miss's fight!"

Just like the protagonists in comic books, in a desperate situation, Lia charged at the enemy shouting a shameful slogan.

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What bond, friends, even "because we are OO's tail!", the kinds of inexplicable sayings that burst forth potential in one's body and completely turn the tides...

Such classic scenes wouldn't happen in reality!

Lin Da felt a chill in his heart.

Facing the Snake People Chieftain with only twenty percent of her Battle Qi left, was Lia any different from seeking death? Don't think that shouting loudly enough would bring about a miracle; this wasn't the world of heroes in comic books!