Volume 1, Chapter 73 – There’s a Monster Nest on the Road

“In short, our destination is Snow White City, about two or three days away.”

After the head-patting incident, Tianyin straightened up and shared the information she had gathered with a serious face.

Conveniently enough, Snow White City happened to be along their path, so it was on the way.

“Uu, if that’s the case then it’s easy~ When the time comes, we’ll just give Bingxue some equipment that can hide her identity, and then she can enter Storm Fortress with us~”

“Yes, that’s true.”

Tianyin nodded, but when she opened the system map to check their route, her expression turned odd.

“Wait a second…”

“What’s wrong, Master…?”

Seeing the strange look on Tianyin’s face, Mengyao tilted her head curiously. Beside her, Bingxue, who had remained silent all this time, also looked over with curiosity.

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“I just realized… we’ll be passing through a monster nest on the way.”

“Hm? Monster nest? What’s that?”

It was the first time Mengyao had ever heard the term “monster nest.”

Of course, to Tianyin, the phrase wasn’t unfamiliar. According to the information provided by the system, monster nests were explained in detail.

“Wuu… a monster nest is basically a place where wild monsters gather. Usually, a single nest only has one type of monster. The species might be the same, but the number of monsters is extremely large. And sometimes, there might even be a Boss living inside…”

“Eh, that sounds super dangerous… Wait, Master, why would a monster nest appear on the road? Isn’t this area under the Kingdom’s territory?”

Along the way, Tianyin had taught her loli disciple some things about faction relationships, so Mengyao still remembered the general territories of each side.

“That’s true… but this particular nest is located near the border of the Kingdom’s influence, and since almost no one passes through this route, the Kingdom never bothered to clear it out.”

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Of course, that was the answer Tianyin gave as an NPC.

The real reason was that the monster nest existed as part of the system’s design, a resource point for players to grind levels, fight monsters, and explore.

And it was called a “monster nest” because, even though only one monster species lived inside, the monsters there could respawn infinitely.

“Uu… Master, why didn’t you say that earlier?”

After hearing Tianyin’s explanation, the little disciple’s expression turned sulky.

“Geez, if it’s a place full of monsters, how are we supposed to get through?”

After all, in their entire team, only she herself, who had recently changed class to Blood Knight, had any real combat power.

As for the other two… one was a silver-haired loli master who could only survive by crouching down and defending while acting cute, and the other was a blue-haired undead loli who looked like she had just been born and barely showed emotion.

“No matter how you look at it, if it’s just me, we’ll never make it through, right, Master?”

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“It’ll be fine. Your master is really strong, you know. You just have to believe in me!”

Even though Tianyin had a feeling it was going to be tricky, she couldn’t afford to lose confidence in front of her disciple.

“Uu…”

Bingxue didn’t really understand what they were talking about, but that didn’t stop her from nodding along in agreement with Tianyin’s words.

“Yes… we’ll think about how to get through the nest once we’re there, alright? For now, let’s get going, disciple.”

Even though she wasn’t completely confident, since they had already decided on the route, there was no changing it now.

Rather than hesitating before a challenge, it was better to just face it head-on.

If they gave up, that would be the end. But if they moved forward, there was still a chance of success.

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With that thought in mind, Tianyin made her decision.

“Alright then… since Master says so. But when the time comes, Master, you have to make sure to protect yourself, okay~”

“O-Of course… if it really comes down to it, I’ll just crouch down and cover my head.”

Seriously, what happened that made her forget all her previous resolve like this!?

“Wuu… disciple, remember to protect Xiaobingxue when the time comes, okay~”

Worried about Bingxue’s safety, the ever-considerate Tianyin reminded her disciple in advance.

“Got it, got it, Master. When the time comes, just crouch down and do your defense thing, and I’ll protect Xiaobingxue~”