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"Oooooooo...can anyone...help!

Paimon sobbed tearfully as she sat beside the fallen Traveler. It all started an hour ago when they encountered a group of Slimes.

For the record, the traveler had not been knocked down by the Slimes, but by the scraping damage and the constant immunity, she was so distraught that she chose to jump into the river to end her life.

Wasted.

Ah, what a sad life, brother; it seems the ark project will not happen.

...

"Hey, wake up! Wake up, traveller sister! Wake up!"

The round face that appeared in front of her didn't look like Paimon. Ah, it was Yoyo.

The traveler came to her senses and realized that she had been drained of 15% of her HP and that it was Paimon who had dragged her back to the shore with all her strength. Yoyo had also healed the traveler with herbs. In an instant, a motherly glow came over the traveler.

"Don't be so careless when you walk, sister!"

Yoyo's little face was as round as if she had a wind slime in it.

"Thank you, Yoyo! But why is Yoyo here?" Paimon squeezed the water out of her cloak.

"Aaaahhhh~ Shhh!" Yoyo was worried and scared, as if she was afraid of being discovered by someone, "Yoyo...Yoyo ran out without telling everyone in the Bubu house. Yoyo...Yoyo also wants to find sister Qiqi!"

She seems to be an unexpectedly bold child.

"Yoyo...Yoyo promises not to cause any trouble! Sister Traveler, can I join you!"

Yes, do join our barren team!

The traveler's hands gripped Yoyo's fleshy little hands tightly in a firm friendship.

Team member +1.

Although the team had added a grass mage, Yoyo didn't look like she could be a fighting force, so they would have to avoid strong enemies on future adventures. This time, they have to go through the Spiritual Moment Pass, the Jade Mausoleum, and the Heavenly Thule Valley so that the journey will be arduous.

Before reaching the Spiritual Moment Pass, they must pass through a crossing, but the travellers know that something awaits them.

In the tunnel cave that must be passed, in front of a pile of crystal and magic mines, appears the Fools' elite, the Debt Handlers. Unlike the normal Qiuqiu, the Debt Handlers had high attack power and speed. Most importantly, they were invisible when they entered their two-stage state, so the travelers would normally try to avoid head-on confrontation.

"Want to escape? It's not that easy!"

However, the Debt Handler spotted the Traveler and the conspicuous Paimon from a distance and instantly threw four spinning daggers, seemingly intending to go straight into a two-stage stealth state.

What to do? Do you want to fight them head-on? It's a level 123 elite monster!

With her sword in hand, the traveler looked around and saw a pond to her right. All in all, it was time to find a way to avoid being killed by a wave of debtors!

"Star Meteor Sword!"

The star rose from the ground, but unfortunately, it didn't hit the opponent. Damn, once the opponent went into stealth, this kind of prediction type skill was very powerless.

"I'll take your life!"

The Debt Handler instantly faded out of stealth, and with a flash, he pounced on the traveler.

"Rock Tide!" The traveler had to make a big move to at least repel the enemy, or she would have been killed in seconds. But what to do with the next wave of attacks?

"Oh, that's all!" The debt handler went back into stealth, and with an eerie laugh echoing through the tunnel, the traveler tightened her grip on the hilt of her sword while quickly looking around.

With the protection of the rocky rocks, it would be difficult for the other side to pounce on her in an instant. Listening to the debt handler's footsteps, Traveler unleashed a couple of Draconic Stars in quick succession but, unfortunately, did not see any damage figures.

"Danger!" Paimon's warning didn't do much good as the debt handler unleashed a Fireblade and immediately followed it up with a jab without getting stuck. The traveler scrambled to parry with her sword, but she still got a cut on her body and lost a third of her HP in an instant.

This was a World Rank 10 monster.

"Well..."

As her vision began to blur, her ears began to hear hallucinations, the warnings of Paimon, and the mockery of the debt handler, the traveler sensed that this was not going to be a good time.

"Gotcha!"

The Debt Handler attacked in quick succession, shattering the Draconic Star, and then teleported to the front of Traveler, opening his kill shot!

Six Star Decimation Formation!

The Debt Handler was almost like a shadow of a lamp, and several doppelgangers unleashed their spikes one after another, and the Traveler was knocked out of her life, not even having a chance to release her skills.

The clash between the short blade and the iron sword was accompanied by the blooming of the traveler's sacrificial blood and a horrific chirping sound!

It's over; there's no chance even to pause and eat HP medicine!

"Don't bully my sister!"

A vine suddenly emerged from the ground and wrapped itself tightly around the debt handler's left foot. It turned out to be Yoyo! The Grass Mage's strength was controlling the enemy, and although Yoyo was young and not high level, the perfect opportunity created at that moment, the traveler could never let go! The instantaneous release of the wind vortex sword directly vibrated the debt handler a few meters away.

"Well done! Yoyo, keep stalking the big bad guy!" Paimon had somehow managed to escape behind Yoyo.

"Mmm!" Yoyo unleashed a few more vines, but this time they all escaped the debt handler.

"Damn it! That short-legged rabbit!" The debt handler shifted his aim and went straight for Yoyo, burning the vines clean with a few fire shots.

The debtor was tied up, and the vines' flames instantly burned up the debtor's entire body.

"Damn it!" The debt handler roared, but the flames surrounded him, burning brighter and brighter.

"Well done, Yoyo! Finally, we've beaten the bad guy!" Paimon was about to say a few words of praise when the Debt Handler, who had endured the flame*, **tended his short sword and was about to hurt Yoyo with his roar!

"Wind Breath Stirring!" The traveler kicked out a furious tornado that swept up the debt handler, tied up by the burning vines. The wind element spread the burning most flame, and massive damage numbers poured out!

"Ahhhhh!"

The debt handler was still roaring in the wind vortex, and it seemed that his resistance to the fire element was not normal. But it was all over; the traveler had already planned the tornado's path. The wind carried the debt handler towards the water pool; the water and fire elements evaporated and were spread by the wind element. Simultaneously, the burning vines produced a constant combustion reaction, and the debt handler was left to die!

The wind eventually stopped, and the elemental reaction tormented the debtor. As he reacted, Paimon gestured to him with a wicked smile that there was a pool of water below!

And so, with a fierce confrontation, the debt handler was finally defeated, nay, drowned...

...

"Ah, what a tough battle!"

Paimon, despite contributing zero assists in the entire battle, was gleeful at this point.

"Yoyo was great too!" Yoyo was embarrassed by Paimon's compliment.

"And the Traveller took a lot of damage too!" When Paimon looked back, the traveller had bled out and collapsed, although Yoyo was able to save her in the end.

And so, the first battle of the adventure to find Qi Qi was a success, with the Traveler gaining a rare experience book and a holy relic.

However, the first thing the traveler did when she woke up was to run back to the tunnel and finish digging up all the ore ...