Ying said: You can give up sweets, but you can't skip homework. Only strict teachers can produce outstanding students.

Lin Qiu sighed, but still cut a few pieces of cake to share with Ying Bao. He had wanted to share anyway, since cake tastes better when shared.

After cutting the cake, the story begins, and at the beginning, we see the familiar travelers and Catherine.

[Catherine: "Recently, the Adventurers' Guild received a special request. After careful consideration, we believe..."]

Paimon quickly replied, "This traveler is the most suitable choice, right?"

It seems that not only the readers, but Paimon himself has also gotten used to Catherine's presence and has become accustomed to it.

[Catherine: "Heh, that's always it."]

Readers also feel that the traveler is a real workaholic, as the previous stories of Ichidou, Qinglai Island, and Yae no Miko all seem to have this opening line.

The dialogue hasn't changed much; it's all about "the most suitable choice." Does your Adventurers' Guild really have any other options?

But thinking about it, it makes sense; Inazuma does indeed have fewer adventurers compared to other countries due to the country's isolation policy.

The traveler is indeed a top adventurer, and all things considered, he is the most suitable choice.

Catherine explained the contents of the commission. The commission was issued by the Shabu-boshi, also known as the Kamisato family, and it was an official commission.

The mission objective is that Beast Hounds are attacking the roots of the Divine Cherry Tree.

Readers suddenly realized that the attack on the Divine Cherry Root System mentioned in the previous story of Yae no Miko was about this very incident.

The Inazuma people were immediately alarmed. They already disliked the Beast Hounds, and now they were attacking the Divine Cherry Tree that was maintaining Inazuma's stability!?

Expel them! Leave no one alive!

If the sacred cherry tree is destroyed, Inazuma will face another disaster!

Fortunately, after reading the story of Yae no Miko, everyone felt reassured that there was a strong guarantee.

In any case, things can't get any worse, and the traveler should have completed the mission.

Even knowing the future, Ying Guang was still somewhat stressed when she saw this scene, as all sorts of memories from the past surfaced in her mind.

Right now, Ying desperately wanted to fly to the Beast Hounds and chop them all up! Slice them open! Chop them into pieces!!

It really is that feeling of helplessness, like not being able to punch through!

There's nothing we can do about it; after all, this is a matter for the future. The beast hounds aren't so arrogant as to gnaw on the roots of the Divine Cherry Tree on Narukami Island yet; most of them are still in Crane Watch.

However, Kage said that the notice could be sent out now: if any trace of the Beast Hounds is found on Narugami Island, the travelers do not need to be notified; they should come directly to him!

Beast hounds? Let me try my knife!

Although Ying's expression remained calm, Lin Qiu was currently in Ying's Pure Land, where Ying's thoughts could not be hidden.

Looking at the darkening sky and hearing the rumble of thunder, one could tell how uneasy she felt.

"You really can't hide your thoughts," Yae no Miko said with a smile.

She had just entered when she saw the changes within the Pure Land of One Mind; it was obvious that it was from reading.

It's really interesting to feel Ying's emotional changes in the Pure Land of One Heart; even when she looks calm, you can understand her thoughts.

Miss Fox found it amusing; if she hadn't hidden her tail, it would have been wagging already.

Then, the fox spirit with a tail arrived, but she didn't say anything. Instead, she went straight to Lin Qiu and took a piece of cake.

The current palace priest is still Yae no Miko. If Yae no Miko can slack off, then she certainly can too.

"...Stop making fun of me." Ying sighed.

I also lost control of my emotions in Fontainebleau before. Is my state of mind getting worse and worse?

No, I don't think it's my mood that's gotten worse; it must be Lin Qiu's problem, right?

The goddess smiled but didn't speak; she certainly didn't mean to mock Ying.

Moreover, if a beast hound were to attack the Divine Cherry Tree, her excitement would be no less than that of the Shadow.

No Inatsume wanted to see that pitch-black beast tide, especially since Fox Palace had just returned.

The Fox Palace is back. If the Dark Beast Tide also returns, then things might get a bit hellish.

Yae no Miko would not allow such a thing to happen if she discovered the Beast Realm Hounds.

Then it will be a smooth combo of 'Little Spinning Top', 'Little Motorcycle', 'Little Camel', and 'Thunderous Wabi-sabi'.

Miss Fox and Big Sister Fox cherish the Divine Cherry Tree very much; it was the foxes who raised the tree.

The reason I didn't participate in the Divine Cherry Blossom Great Purification wasn't because I didn't care about the Divine Cherry Blossom, but because I trusted the Traveler.

Just like Catherine's trust in the Traveler in the story, you see, after entrusting the mission to the Traveler this time, the Adventurers' Guild didn't send any more adventurers.

Nothing else matters, it all boils down to one word: 'trust'!

In the story, a trusted traveler arrives at a place where monsters are said to roam, according to intelligence reports.

Paimon sighed, "I didn't expect it to be about the Divine Cherry Blossom again."

[She then said somewhat angrily, "Hanasanori has always wanted to protect the Divine Cherry Tree, and these disobedient puppies actually tried to destroy it! Unforgivable!"]

That's right! Unforgivable! Readers felt they had never been so supportive of Paimon.

After reading the stories of the Great Exorcism of the Divine Cherry Tree and the Fox Palace, even those who are not Inatsume people cannot tolerate the destruction of the Divine Cherry Tree by the Beast Realm Hounds.

There are many beast hounds attacking the roots of the Divine Cherry Tree here, but fortunately, it was the traveler who came to deal with the problem.

If it were those two green humans from before, they would all have perished here.

However, even though the traveler is quite strong, it is still somewhat troublesome to fight against the increasing number of beast hounds.

Just then, an illustration appeared before everyone's eyes: Thor drawing his sword.

[Thunder General?: "No Thoughts, Severance!"]

With a single slash, purple lightning flashed, instantly turning the beast hounds surrounding the traveler into dust, while the traveler remained unharmed, demonstrating superb control over the technique.

Unlike before, this time Narukami drew his sword to help the traveler; the oppressive feeling was gone, and a sense of security arose spontaneously.

The way the illustration shows Ying sheathing her sword and asking the traveler if he is injured makes you want to rush into her arms.

Well, to put it bluntly, the reason Shadow is here is because he sensed the presence of the Beast Realm Hounds.

This matter was clearly enough to attract Shadow's attention, and she chased the monster all the way here, helping the traveler along the way.

Fortunately, Ying is not so withdrawn now, and can observe the changes outside the Pure Land of One Mind while inside the Pure Land of One Mind.

If it were the General who discovered the anomaly instead of the Shadow, the General really wouldn't care about it. She would leave such a trivial matter entirely to the magistrates and adventurers.

Dogs are nothing, I have quite a few myself.

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Character Voice Lines - General Thunder: About the Beast Hound

"How can a pack of puppies affect eternity?"

Chapter 303 A fleeting flash of lightning is always a little too slow.

Theoretically speaking, the followers do have the capability to handle this problem, since the infiltration of the Beast Hounds is not yet severe.

But Ying couldn't wait; this monster would evoke some unpleasant memories for her.

It was a memory of monsters running rampant, a memory of loved ones departing.

The Beast Hounds are the vanguard of the Abyss Monsters; their duty is to tear open a space to allow even more powerful monsters to enter.

So the first thing these puppies did upon entering Narukami Island was to bite the roots of the Divine Cherry Tree, which is the ley line of the 'stabilizing space'.

[The shadow sighed, "Perhaps in your eyes, my wariness of this creature was a bit excessive."]

Readers responded, "Too much? Where is it too much? You can't be too careful with this kind of scoundrel no matter how you look at him!"

The reader said that even if I called them dogs, it wasn't a personal emotion, but simply a statement of fact.

Inatsume even felt that Lord Thor was too gentle and somewhat conservative in his thinking.

According to their thinking, these creatures should be driven out, leaving no one alive.

In the story, Shadow and the Traveler work together to resolve the incident.

Before facing Thor, I only felt my heart racing and had no hope.

Now, working alongside Thor to defeat other enemies, I feel incredibly safe and have become completely calm and collected.

These were Paimon's thoughts, and Ying nodded in agreement. It was worth mentioning that this sense of security was especially evident in Zhongli.

But for some reason, as gods, the feeling isn't as strong in Wendy.

After thinking about it, it wasn't because of his strength, but because Wendy, that old rascal, wouldn't step up when something came up.

If anything happens, Thor will just go in and strike, and Geo will also step in to protect you. Only Anemo will guide you to solve the problem, and unless you can't solve it, he won't even lift a finger.

In the story, Shadow and Fire travel together, two "muscle Barbies" who have no brains but only muscles, making the monsters on the road quite lucky.

Even if they just pass by a dog, the two of them will kick it a couple of times.

No, their goal this time was to deal with the dog, so kicking it a couple of times was the right thing to do.

While dealing with the monsters, the two investigated the sap flowing from the Divine Cherry Tree. The sap was glowing, and the light converged to form a somewhat transparent figure.

It wasn't just one person, but many people. Most of them were lying on the ground, and only one person was still standing, but he was also seriously injured.

Judging from their clothing, the one lying on the ground and the one standing are both soldiers of the Shogunate army.

Kitamura: "Uh... I can't just fall like this... My brothers still need me..."

He was fighting off the beast tide, and even though he was seriously injured, he never thought of giving up, because the people were still evacuating.

Upon seeing the traveler there, he urged the traveler to escape quickly.

The traveler's attire did not suggest she was a soldier of the Shogunate army, and Kitamura treated her as an ordinary person, someone who needed his protection.

Kitamura: "Run!"

"We...will absolutely protect Inazuma, until the very last moment!"

"The General is gone, Lord Fox Abbot is gone, I can only rely on myself."

"I don't know how long we can hold on, but... if we give up even hope, we'll truly have nothing left."

The other readers were alright, but Inazuma fell silent, almost on the verge of tears. These were warriors who died protecting Inazuma...

Even if they see no hope, even if they don't know how long they can hold on.

Even if all they knew was that they were going to die!

But they still let ordinary people run first, while they themselves chose to stay until the very last moment.

[Shadow reassures: "Don't panic, I'm right here."]

The sense of security brought by those words calmed Kitamura down considerably, but while his panic subsided, he was still quite surprised.

Kitamura: "S-General!?"

"Please, please save Inazuma!!"

"Please save Inazuma!" This was his first reaction upon seeing the general.

He himself was probably about to die, but what he said was not to save himself, but to save Inazuma.

They, who had never given up hope, saw 'hope' at this moment—a bolt of lightning, a 'light' powerful enough to illuminate and dispel this darkness.

[Ying Yuwen said gently: "Calm down, that war is over."]

"Look around you. The grass and trees are lush and green, the wind is calm and still. Everything is no different from the peaceful Inazuma you remember."

Kitamura calmed down and looked around blankly.

Truly, there was no darkness, no monsters, the lush grass was swaying in the breeze, the birdsong was exceptionally pleasant, and the sun, though dazzling, felt strangely welcoming, just like before the disaster.

Kitamura was stunned: "But why? They were just nearby a moment ago..."

[“I just saw my comrade’s body being torn to pieces…”]

Here comes another illustration, depicting the Shogunate army facing a dark horde of beasts.

Humans stand on the ground and in the sky, facing enormous and terrifying monsters, making them appear small and vulnerable.

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