What kind of girl would travel to another world?

In the previous chapter, the three members of the adventure team waited in the woods until the fog cleared, finally continuing their journey and reaching You Jiahui and Yang Mingyi, where they were finally reunited. Next, they would work together to defeat the last mid-level monster on the Broken River—the Sawtooth Mantis.

At that moment, Di Wuan, the leader of the adventure team, was walking back and forth ahead, holding a heavy shield overhead as bait, just as he had suggested, attracting the Sawtooth Mantis's attack. Suddenly, with a clang, the Sawtooth Mantis attacked Di Wuan, and its large eyes appeared at that moment.

Di Wuan, holding his shield high, felt a powerful force tugging at his shield the moment he was attacked. He certainly wouldn't let it be taken away from him; the two were now competing in pure brute force.

In a flash, Eurypian immediately shot an arrow at the pair of large eyes that appeared out of thin air! Just as the arrow was about to hit the eyes, there was a sudden "clang!" sound, and the arrow was shot down by an invisible force.

Uribian was stunned by this incomprehensible situation. However, this arrow immediately made Diwuan feel much more relaxed. He shook off the pull with a single effort and then rushed towards the bottom of the big eye with his shield raised!

Seeing this, Torsi suddenly shouted, "It's here! It's the captain's shield move, 'Brutal Charge'!"

The pair of large, floating eyes retreated continuously as Di Wuan continued to charge forward. As they retreated, the entire mantis face gradually emerged. When Di Wuan stopped charging, the floating mantis face also stopped retreating. Soon, the entire body of the sawtooth mantis gradually emerged.

The adventure team, who had never seen a saw-toothed mantis before, were immediately stunned when they saw it. Moreover, in front of Di Wuan, the saw-toothed mantis seemed even larger than before!

Only then did Uribian realize that the arrow he had just shot at the floating eye was actually blocked by the huge forelimbs that were invisible at the time.

Seeing the massive forelimbs, Di Wuan immediately understood why his heavy shield had been pulled. It was the massive forelimbs of the sawtooth mantis that had firmly hooked and pulled his shield, preventing him from breaking free.

Seeing this, Diwuan immediately drew his hatchet and shouted, "Uribian!" to the crowd. His cry was a signal for Uribian to join him in a joint attack. While Uribian attacked the saw-toothed mantis's eyes, Diwuan looked for an opportunity to strike at the joints of its forelimbs.

Eurypian finally came to his senses, thinking, "If not now, when?" He immediately employed his most familiar archery technique from the dungeon: rapid fire! He nocked, drew his bow, and fired without pause, all his arrows darting towards the same target: the sawtooth mantis's right eye. All the arrows flew in a single, uninterrupted straight line, without deflection.

Just as everyone thought they were about to succeed, the saw-toothed mantis raised its massive right forelimb to block the incoming arrows, while its massive left forelimb simultaneously blocked Di Wuan's short axe attack from below. Arrows littered the ground, revealing that none of them had penetrated the massive forelimbs. Yet, the saw-toothed mantis's forelimbs, having blocked all the arrows, remained unscathed, their sharp edges still gleaming.

Seeing his and the captain's combined attack completely blocked, Uribian could no longer control the expression on his face or the words in his mouth. He blurted out in shock, "Huh? How is this possible? Is this the strength of a mid-level monster? This..." He couldn't even finish his words, completely lost in thought. He stopped shooting, and his quiver was now dwindling to a mere handful.

Looking at Di Wuan again, he was completely unable to launch any attack on the Sawtooth Mantis at this time. He could only hold up his heavy shield and let the Sawtooth Mantis's huge forelimbs attack him continuously left and right above his head.

Just after Ulybian's surprised speech, Yang Mingyi, who was fascinated by watching their fight, suddenly realized that it was time for him to take action. He immediately grasped the staff with both hands and cast a series of magic directly at the face of the sawtooth mantis!

However, just like before, Yang Mingyi's spells failed to hit the Sawtooth Mantis. The Sawtooth Mantis was frightened by the constant high-speed objects passing by it. It flapped its wings and took flight again!

However, it was only thanks to Yang Mingyi's reckless attack that Di Wuan escaped the pincer attack from the Sawtooth Mantis's massive forelimbs. Otherwise, a continued, agonizing battle would likely have shattered Di Wuan's defenses. Only after the Sawtooth Mantis flew away did it become clear that the heavy shield in Di Wuan's hands had already been slashed countless times by the Sawtooth Mantis's sharp forelimbs.

You Jiahui immediately shouted at Yang Mingyi: "Continue with the Lianzhu technique! Stop releasing fog!" Her worries were not unreasonable. After all, it was very likely that Yang Mingyi would use the fog technique again in a hurry.

After hearing this, Yang Mingyi replied, "Oh!" and then continued to cast a series of techniques at the sawtooth mantis flying in the sky, which could not hit it at all.

The three members of the adventuring team were stunned. This was the first time they had seen Yang Mingyi use magic, and they were all shocked by the frequency with which she cast spells. Although they had seen other mages use continuous spells, they had never seen such high-speed and high-frequency continuous spells. They were also surprised by the fact that she could cast spells with such low precision.

Ulybian, startled, suddenly snapped out of his wits, realizing this was the time to retrieve his arrows. He rushed to Divuan's side, retrieving the fallen arrow. Immediately, he began firing arrows at the flying sawtooth mantis. Finally, a few arrows managed to strike the mantis's abdomen, but each arrowhead fell from the air before barely reaching halfway, clearly causing little damage.

The ground-to-air battle continued for a while, until Yang Mingyi finally exhausted her magical energy from casting too many continuous spells, and Ulybian had just exhausted all his arrows. At this moment, the Sawtooth Mantis, which had not encountered any attacks, suddenly flew towards Yang Mingyi!

You Jiahui, who had been watching for a while, immediately sensed danger. She shouted, "Get down!" After hearing this shout, Yang Mingyi and Torsi hesitated for a moment before immediately dropping to the ground.

Seeing the sawtooth mantis approaching, You Jiahui immediately raised her shield. Having sensed the movement of the object, the mantis immediately extended its forelimbs, seemingly intending to pierce You Jiahui with a single lunge. With all her concentration focused on this single blow, the moment the mantis's forelimbs struck her shield, You Jiahui immediately tilted her shield diagonally upward to absorb the impact. At the same time, she twisted her body, and in an incredibly backward motion, thrust her sword into the mantis's abdomen!

If it were just a ground fight, You Jiahui would still be troubled by the Sawtooth Mantis's characteristics, and she didn't know how long she would have to fight, let alone whether she would be killed due to exhaustion. However, the Sawtooth Mantis's pounce allowed You Jiahui to fully utilize all of its strengths while avoiding all of its weaknesses.

Recovering her balance, You Jiahui stared intently at the saw-toothed mantis that had landed in the distance. The mantis also leaned slightly back, looking back. Neither side showed any expression or movement, but the mantis was the only one injured. A long gash stretched all the way to the end of the mantis's abdomen, and a yellowish liquid continuously oozed from the wound, spilling onto the ground. Not long after, the mantis collapsed.

Aside from You Jiahui, who stood calmly, everyone else was stunned at this moment, frozen in place. The entire place was silent and motionless, like a still picture.

Just a few seconds ago, everyone was still fighting hard, their minds full of thoughts about how to win this fierce fight and how long it would take for the fight to end completely.

But now it was over so suddenly, and I had won. I should have been cheering for the victory, but for a moment I was overwhelmed by an inexplicable emotion.

It wasn't until Yang Mingyi began to vomit, nauseated by the saw-toothed mantis's death, that the others finally came to their senses and began cheering for the victory! Diwuan and Uribian, who were closest, joined hands and danced in a circle. Yang Mingyi, who had just finished vomiting, jumped onto Torsi's back and raised her hands in cheers. Torsi then carried Yang Mingyi on his back and rushed towards Diwuan and Uribian. The four of them then joined hands and danced in a circle, cheering.

Yang Mingyi yelled, "Yeah! We are the champions!"

The others didn't understand, but they also shouted: "Champion! Champion! Champion! Champion! Champion!..."

Everyone cheered for a long time, but You Jiahui remained silent. She pondered many things: everything in this other world, all the battles, all the experiences. Then she knelt on her knees and began to pray to the heavens. Even after the others' cheers had long since died down and they had loaded the Sawtooth Mantis's body onto the small trailer behind the carriage, she continued praying.

The others were waiting beside the carriage, and no one knew how long You Jiahui would stop praying.

Torsi asked Yang Mingyi, "Have you always been like this, Sir Knight?" What he wanted to ask was whether You Jiahui was always so pious, even to the point of being oblivious to the people around her.

Yang Mingyi didn't know how to answer Torsi's question for a moment. After thinking for a moment, she said, "She's like this. We just need to devote ourselves to the joy of victory, cheering and cleaning up the mess, but she has a lot to consider when killing the monster."

Everyone else initially found her words inscrutable and somewhat emotional, but ultimately felt as though she hadn't said anything at all. In reality, Yang Mingyi was simply spouting nonsense, completely devoid of logic and more like she was just talking nonsense.

Torsi then asked Yang Mingyi, "Mage, your water magic seems different from others. Are the abilities of court mages so much higher than those outside?"

Yang Mingyi was puzzled after hearing this and said, "Really? How can this spell be any different? I feel like they're all the same."

Torsi thought of the fog in the woods and asked Yang Mingyi, "By the way, what's with that fog? We've never seen magic like that before."

When Yang Mingyi heard him ask this, she sighed at first, then answered him, saying, "That's the fog spell from fog magic. Oh, don't mention that, I'm almost scolded to death."

Torsi thought for a moment and said to Yang Mingyi, "Although it may not be used at the right time, the fact that such a large-scale fog can be cast proves that this spell is indeed very powerful. If this spell is used on the battlefield, it may have many unexpected effects."

After hearing this, Yang Mingyi asked Torsi, "Battlefield? Have you ever been to a battlefield?"

Torsi explained to Yang Mingyi, "I've never been to a battlefield, but I once joined the army and later quit. The army has too many rules, so I'm more comfortable being an adventurer."

After hearing this, Yang Mingyi asked curiously, "Can the army withdraw at will? What is the army here like?" She had no idea what the army in this alien world was like.

Torsi patiently explained to Yang Mingyi, "This country's army is divided into the king's direct army and the nobles' private army. The nobles only have the power to recruit soldiers to form a temporary army during wartime. In normal times, the king's direct army consists of the army in the royal capital and several important border towns." At this point, he sighed and continued, "It's been a long time since there has been a war, and the army seems more like a decoration. Its purpose is to tell others that this country has an army, so don't mess around in this country. In fact, the things that soldiers do now are not as much as those done by adventurers. Moreover, all countries recruit soldiers. If anyone leaves, it will only mean one less person to eat military rations and receive military pay. The actual impact is not significant at all."