Chapter 488

Chapter 488: Next Is…

Through He Qiwen’s story, Lin Yu learned about the effects of the “Unique Skill – Brave.”

First, there was a very strong talent for learning; whether it was sword techniques or magic, the time spent by someone with this skill would be greatly reduced.

Next was the ability to defeat enemies of a higher level. Simply put, the power of her skill was greater than usual, so she could defeat Class C and even Class B enemies while being Class D.

Lastly, there was another effect: the ability to sense the approximate location of the Hero’s enemy—the Demon King.

Lin Yu didn’t care much about the first two effects, since the opponent was already under her control and every move would be watched by the hidden Stealth Ants; therefore, escaping or leveling up was nearly impossible.

The last skill effect caught the attention of the white-haired girl.

Currently, seven reincarnators had been captured in the empire, and if the search area continued to shrink, there might not be many more reincarnators left to find.

Moreover, the Hero and the Demon King had always been reincarnated in very different locations. The demon race tribe where the Demon King was located had still not been found by the ant tribe, but with the help of Hero He Qiwen’s Unique Skill, finding the Demon King might not be so difficult.

“Is there anything else you want to ask?”

He Qiwen, who had gotten up from the floor and was now sitting on the sofa, spoke up and asked after explaining her skills.

If Lin Yu hadn’t seen the strange behavior of the little girl before, it would have been hard to connect her serious and upright look with anything unusual.

“What about your family? If you’re worried about them, I can send my daughters to bring them here.”

“…hostage?”

Lin Yu shook her head.

“With you looking like children right now, why would you need a hostage?”

“Oh… but it’s not necessary. After learning about my reincarnator identity, that couple happily exchanged me for money with an imperial officer and left. Even if you brought them here, I wouldn’t feel safe about them.”

He Qiwen said in a calm tone.

But after speaking, a smile appeared on her face again.

“You have answered everything you needed to. Now it’s time to fulfill your promise, right? Come on, even if you step hard on me in other places this time, I won’t say a word!”

After that, strange sounds came from the study, both a muffled groan of pain and a soft singing sound.

…

After giving He Qiwen a good beating, Lin Yu approached Weak Sound, who was asking the other six reincarnators about the effects of their Unique Skills.

Among the Unique Skills held by the other six, there were none like “Unique Skill – Kill Enemy with One Strike” that could be used regardless of level. However, the skills with great restrictions and side effects needed a solid level to show their true power.

She waved her hand, signaling the daughters of the guards to take them away.

The castle was very large, and there were many guest rooms, so it would be easy to give each of the six children a room. Even if there were no empty rooms left, they could take them to the Ant Clan town in the dragon cave.

Looking at them, Lin Yu couldn’t help but remember what Jilly looked like when she was still a little girl.

After staying in the castle for a few days, the brown-haired girl left the castle and continued on her journey to seek revenge for her mother.

This time, she was not alone; several Stealth Ants hid in her shadow just in case.

Now that the Ant Country had allied with both the Kingdom and the Empire, they also sought help from the two human nations to find the whereabouts of the two adventurers.

The southern countries had no real need to search for them; after all, the two adventurers who caused Jilly’s mother’s death were only Class C adventurers. They had been adventurers for about ten years, and since they were still Class C, even after six or seven more years, they would at most be Class B adventurers. Such low-level adventurers would not gain much in a non-human race country.

After all these years, there was a chance the two adventurers had already perished in the belly of some monster long ago.

Although they were already members of an Adventurer Squad, Army Lady, Stealth One, and Lvzi did not set out with Jilly this time. Having been away from the forest for over half a year, they were quite reluctant to leave Lin Yu and wished to stay a little longer; at least… they wanted to be “close” one more time. Jilly also wished to be “close” to the sister she cared about most after losing her mother, but she was too shy and had a bunch of daughters to think about first, so she didn’t even bring it up. She thought to herself that after discovering her enemies’ whereabouts and resolving the events from years ago, she would bring it up when she returned.

…

Back to the present. After the last reincarnator was taken out of the room by the Stealth Ant daughters, Lin Yu reached out and grabbed the little ant who was about to follow her out the door. “Mom… Mommy?” “You heard what I said earlier, I’m not joking with you.” “What… what did you say?” The little ant’s blushing face dropped even lower. “Really don’t understand? If you don’t, come to my room tonight, and you will understand.” Without saying another word about tonight’s “schedule,” the white-haired girl warned her little daughter not to stand her up before letting her go.

…

The next day. After settling the six reincarnators in the castle, the hero, He Qiwen, was taken to find the location of the Demon King because of his Unique Skill. The place pointed out by the hero’s Unique Skill, where the Demon King is located, is in a nameless forest in the southeastern part of the southern countries. In fact, even without He Qiwen’s help, in a few days, the Ant Clan would have focused their search on this forest; this was just speeding up the process a bit. Of course, having the hero as a “navigator” saves the trouble of searching inch by inch.

As for the people sent this time… Considering the possibility of fighting against the surviving demon race from the last battle between the hero and the Demon King Reincarnator, almost all of their top combat forces were sent. Additionally, around ten thousand Class A Ants and fifty Class A Earth Dragons also arrived in the forest through Magic Rainbow’s space magic. Furthermore, just in case, Dragon Mother Flossie and the catgirl from the Lord of the Beast Mountain Range, who were visiting the Cold Sky Mountain Range with a few Lords of the Forest and Lords of Mountains, also came along. “It’s just up ahead, and it feels clearer and clearer, the Demon King’s location… is about one or two hundred meters away from us.” He Qiwen pointed in a certain direction and said. “But those demon races already have a very low birth rate, and even at their peak, their total population is only a few thousand. Do they really need such a big setup?” Behind her was a densely packed army of ants.