BOOM!

Raging flames surged forward and engulfed a group of three Dryads; their root limbs and branches immediately caught on fire and burned into ashes within seconds, although they immediately began to grow back within seconds after just burning.

” Oh no you don’t!” Joseph shouted and launched another ball of flames that exploded in the faces of the Dryads.

Pieces of charred wood flew into the air after the fire exploded in the faces of the Dryads as they fell back heavily.

Joseph had just finished dealing with these three when another four Dryads came running toward him while screeching.

Multiple branches shot toward him at the same time.

Joseph threw flames at one, burning it instantly before jumping away but one still caught up to him and wiped him hard on the back.

Joseph forced himself from screaming as he rolled on the ground, he had barely come to a stop when he saw the roots of another Dryad wriggling in his direction.

“Shit!” Joseph caused and was about to use his flames again when something suddenly wrapped around his leg and pulled him back. At the same time, he saw the figure of Rose rushing up to the Dryads and swiftly chopped off multiple roots from one before slashing it around the waist area.

The Dryad roared as its upper half fell to the ground. It was unable to move for the time being, but they could already see its wound growing back.

Joseph soon came to a stop as whatever was pulling him let go of his leg, he looked and realized that it was Camellia who had dragged him away. She was controlling multiple vines to assist the others in battle.

Mari, who didn’t possess a talent that would be helpful in this situation, hid behind Camellia and shot at the Dryads with a laser gun; no one knew where he got the laser gun.

Minutes into the fight over thirty Dryads could be seen scattered across the clearing but more kept coming out from deep within the forest.

Seeing that the others would be unable to last much longer due to their low Nexus storage, Ivan jumped in front of them before sending his swords out. Chopping five Dryads in half instantly but his swords scattered into light particles after carrying out the action, Ivan did not mind.

Turning to the group, he said.

“We won’t be able to fight them all, we don’t even know how many they are. Start moving towards the mountain range, I’ll cover the rear; try to avoid confrontations since it will slow you down”

Listening to Ivan’s words, the rest nodded and immediately turned toward the direction of the mountain range. Jumping over a few Dryads, they immediately sprinted into the forest.

Ivan kicked at a few Dryads that were about to attack the others from behind before following them.

With the twenty-plus skeleton warriors in front under the control of Susan, the group was able to avoid facing any Dryads and focused more on running.

Their faces turned pale due to the amount of Dryads they met during their escape, they realized that they would have been overwhelmed by their sheer numbers had they continued to stay in the clearing; the Dryads numbered over a hundred!

After twenty minutes of running, the group finally came out from the forest and came to the base of a rocky mountain. Without pausing, they immediately began to climb with speed as if they were running on normal ground.

Susan recalled her skeleton warriors after climbing. After recalling them, she received a bit of Nexus energy which she used to enhance her body to increase her climbing speed.

After they climbed as high as fifty meters, they came to a small cliff on the side of the mountain, where they all paused to look back. They could not be more glad that the Dryads did not follow them and just stopped at the edge of the forest.

They could see dozens of glowing green eyes staring at them from behind the shadows of the trees.

Breathing in relief, some of the group fell on their backs and gazed at the sky as they panted heavily. Only now did they realize that all of them except Ivan were sweating profusely and their clothes were already sticking to their bodies.

“Let’s rest here; it looks like they can’t leave the forest, so we should be safe here,e,” Ivan said to the group before falling on his butt. He wasn’t as exhausted as them, but the long fight had made him use a bit of energy; it wasn’t a bad idea to try to refill himself.

Seeing Ivan closing his eyes in a meditative state, the rest looked at each other before sitting up and assuming similar postures as well; they began to gather Nexus energy into their bodies.

Ivan could not help but open his eyes after minutes of absorption, the Nexus energy in the air was so thin that it felt like he wasn’t doing anything.

If he were to absorb Nexus energy in a place like this, it would take him a whole day just to fill up his Nexus chamber. Trying to refine the Nexus he absorbed to increase his AP could take days!

‘The tower is really a heaven for Nexulytes’ Ivan thought to himself before closing his eyes and resumed absorbing Nexus.

After about five hours passed, the group had absorbed a satisfactory amount of Nexus energy and had become energetic once more; of course, Ivan had filled his Nexus chamber long ago but did not dare to refine it into AP because he would be left with an empty Nexus chamber.

Now that they were all well rested, it was time to think of their next course of action but before that.

Ivan turned his gaze to Mari, the boy with a support-type beast companion talent.

“How did you get a laser gun?” He asked seriously.

The others also turned to look at Mari as well, they were confused as to how he got a laser gun but didn’t ask before because the time wasn’t right.

Mari looked at everyone, and his lips quivered from the pressure; he shut his eyes before hurriedly saying.

“I…I don’t know either. I just found it on me after the Dryads started to attack us”

Listening to his explanation, the group lifted their eyebrows and stared at the uncomfortable expression of the boy.

“Could it be that the instructor provided a laser gun for him because his talent wouldn’t be helpful in a fight at all? After all, most officials carried laser guns around with them” Camellia said thoughtfully.

The rest fell into contemplation upon hearing her words, what she said was reasonable and was the only logical explanation.

“We’ll ask the instructor about it after we are out, for now, let’s think of how to deal with these Dryads. Everyone should already realize that they are our objective to pass today’s training,” Ivan said, and the others turned their focus to him.

“Any suggestions?” Ivan asked when he saw all of them looking at him; this was team training, so he wanted to hear their opinions.

“Dryads are creatures that usually live in clans and have a wood spirit as their leader who possesses the life core of all Dryads to prevent rebellion. We could search for their base and locate the wood spirit leader

And kill it”

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