Cheat Awakening

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"I think this is some giant monster that came here from somewhere else, settled down, and accidentally blocked the river. I've seen similar things before," Amy said with a serious expression, withdrawing her hand from the light greenish meat wall.

"All right, then what about the fog and the strange behaviour of nearby animals and monsters, who crazily attack anyone who enters the fog?" Myne found Amy's explanation reasonable, but it deepened some of his doubts. After all, most giant monsters are solitary creatures and don't like other creatures in their territory, especially right under their noses, let alone using them to attack others.

"I... I don't know about that," Amy closed her eyes, trying to use her Unique Magic: Tree skill, which connects her with nature to gain insight into the abnormality. But except for red energy permeating the surrounding environment, controlling the subconscious minds of low-intelligent creatures in the fog-covered area, she found nothing.

"What about you, Myne? What did your appraisal skill say?" Sylphy asked casually, rolling her eyes. Thinking about these puzzling details was giving her a headache, and she doubted they'd get any clues without seeing the source of the problem.

[ Name: ??? ( Mutanted )

LV: ???

Race: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

Age: ???

Occupation: Unknown

Title: Unknown

Status: Excited, Nervous, ???

[Skills]

Unknown

[Abilities]

Unknown ]

"I don't think we're going to get much from this guy," Myne said, frowning as he closed the interface. "Everything about it is unknown or marked with three question marks, except its mood, which shows 'Excited' and 'Nervous for unknown reason.' However, I doubt it's just sitting in the middle of the river for rest as Amy said." He gestured for everyone to step back, summoned a large, basketball-sized fireball, and threw it at the meat wall.

Bang!

Ssszzz...

The fireball hit the meat wall, making a sizzling sound like meat frying in oil. A disgusting, rotten-meat-burning smell spread around, making everyone's faces contort in disgust, and force them to cover their noses. However, what surprised them most was the meat wall's remarkable recovery ability, which healed the basketball-sized hole within a minute.

Rustle!

"This..."

"Shhh, did you hear that?" Just as Myne was about to start complaining, Aisha interrupted him, placing a finger to her lips.

"Hear what? Relax, Aisha. We're surrounded by a forest; it's normal to hear weird noises every once in a while," Myne dismissed Aisha's concern, summoned another fireball, this time three times larger, and hurled it at the meat wall.

Bang!

Ssszzz!

Another sizzling sound echoed in everyone's ears. A one-meter hole appeared in the meat wall, revealing an internal structure that was boneless, bloodless, and filled with pulsating flesh.

"It seems its recovery skill isn't as perverted as ours. The bigger the injury, the longer it will take to recover," Sylphy observed the slowly healing meaty hole, analyzing it thoughtfully.

However, before anyone could say anything, a loud sound of footsteps echoed in their ears, making everyone frown. The sound was like hundreds or thousands of creatures rushing towards them from all directions while destroy everything along the way, and the ground started shaking as if a small earthquake had hit their location.

"Guys, I think this creature is controlling most of the monsters in the fog area. And because we attacked it, it summoned a monster horde to deal with us!" Amy, who could sense the red energy spreading through the fog like a water tide and the thousands of monsters rushing towards them with bloodshot eyes, exclaimed nervously.

"Huh? Amy, we understand it's a big deal that this weird meat wall can control monsters, but why are you reacting so strongly?" Myne asked with a puzzled expression while looking at Amy who behaving as if she was about to have a panic attack.

"They're just random monsters. If they're weak, we can beat them to death, and if things get tough, we can just teleport away and come back when things calm down. There's no need to be so nervous," Myne looked at Amy, the naive elf grandmother with a worried smile, and shook his head.

He couldn't understand how a girl hundreds of years older than him could be so easily frightened by such a small matter. No wonder she was chased by some random slave traders so far; with her timid personality, it was only natural for her to be bullied. After all, the other party had a unique skill, no matter how useless it was, it was easy to crush dozens of monster hordes with a wave of a hand, as long as you had enough mana. And Amy's skill was in no way useless and as an elf—especially one over a century old—her mana capacity was also monstrous. Yet here she was, unnerved by a few thousand monsters. To him, it was a shame to her race.

Amy realized she'd gotten carried away with excitement and felt embarrassed, wishing she could disappear into thin air, and never appear before them again. But there was nothing she could do about it. She had spent her entire life in a utopia-like, peaceful environment where everyone was happy, and there was no such thing as fighting among each other like hume who couldn't wait to kill each other for a little bit of profit.

Outsiders were never allowed into her kingdom, making them very introverted and out of touch with the rest of the world. After her kingdom was destroyed, she was unaccustomed to conflict and had a hard time adapting to the harsh realities of the world. That's why she had spent most of her time fleeing.

Then, after she started living with Myne and the others, a little bit of awakened fighting spirit which she gained during her time escaping from slave traders seemed to drift back to sleep again. Now, suddenly seeing thousands of monsters charging at them, her fear was so overwhelming that her mind went blank for a moment, and she hurriedly alerted everyone.

Seeing Amy's flushed face and her desire to bury herself to hide from everyone, Myne chuckled and shook his head. He closed his eyes and visualized the map in his mind, which was filled with red dots of varying sizes. One particularly large dot, covering half the southern region, was right behind them.

"This guy seems much bigger than I expected," Myne mused, rubbing his chin. Then, as if remembering something, he turned to Sylphy and asked quickly, "By the way, Sylphy, there seems to be a task in your mother's notebook about collecting supplies, right?""Huh? I think there is... hmm, It is a task about collecting meat or other edible things. Due to various incidents in the kingdom, hunters and adventurers were afraid to roam the forests, fearing attacks from powerful creatures or large bands of bandits. This led to a shortage of meat supplies, and as time went the situation was getting worse, so Mother hoped we could hunt down some giant monster that provided a lot of meat."

Sylphy, to better understand the recent kingdom affairs, and a deep desire to help her mother in difficult times, had read the entire notebook very seriously and remembered almost all tasks. Hearing Myne's question, she quickly recalled the task and replied with a delighted expression. With the momentum created by the monsters, she could tell their quantity was very large, if they could kill all of them, and bring them back, then it would surely be a good help for the kingdom. Just thinking about it makes Sylphy want to kiss Myne out of happiness.

"Good, if that's the case, then let's deal with these monsters. By the way, try not to use overly powerful attacks; it would be better to preserve their bodies as much as possible... Ahm, Amy, you have a tree-related skill, right? Can you create a barrier around us and a platform here? It would be easier to kill the monsters from a higher vantage point," Myne turned to Amy, who was hiding behind dumbfounded June, who was overwhelmed by the entire matter. Since June had no words to express and became a silent observer in the background, just like Waffle and Ted.

"Sure..." Though embarrassed, Amy, as a part of the team, still stepped forward to help. She raised her hand, closed her eyes, and activated her Unique Magic: Tree skill.

Suddenly, the trembling ground beneath their feet began to glow with a light green energy. A moment later, brown vines started growing out from the ground around them as if they were alive.

The vines began interlocking with one another and formed a five-meter-tall giant wall in front of them. But it didn't end there—the veins continued to grow, encasing them in a spear-shaped barrier with an open roof. Next, veins covered the ground beneath them, creating a solid floor that started to lift them higher. Before everyone's surprise could wear off, they found themselves elevated, with enough height to attack the approaching monsters from a vantage point.