Cyrus's entourage walked through the dense forest without encountering any danger for over an hour, and they could still see the giant red-purple mist behind them.
"Do you think this world doesn't have any intelligent beings like humans?" Carla couldn't help but pose a serious question.
They had been listening to Cyrus talk about Alchemy and Runes, and they were all quite fascinated by it. It was truly an eye-opener for them.
However, they knew it wasn't the time or place to learn any of it, and Cyrus wouldn't teach them either since he had brought them here to gain a different kind of experience. So, they returned to the topic at hand.
"Those goblins can't be considered without intelligence, so I don't think this world is that primitive. Let's just continue with our search and see what we find out. We need many resources for our own dimension as well as more natives," Cyrus coolly stated.
"Natives?"
Everyone was surprised by this since they didn't expect Cyrus to be here to recruit more people, despite already having so many people with him.
Cyrus sighed ruefully at this moment. "You can think of it as a requirement to further develop and expand our dimension. It needs a certain amount of population, so we naturally have to recruit those we can."
"Oh, before I forget, since you all now practice swords, you'll need good swords that suit you perfectly. Since Hilda and Leo already have swords, I made three more for Rita, Leona, and Carla.
"They are just Silver Grade, but they will last you for a while until we find some exotic materials to make all of you Golden Grade Swords," Cyrus chuckled before three different-sized swords appeared in his hand.
Two double-edged swords were 1.2 meters long and thin as cicada wings with black and white hilts, which he gave to Rita and Carla. The other one was 1.9 meters in size and had a blue blade with a bronze-colored hilt, which was for Leona.
The three ladies' eyes lit up when they saw those exquisite swords, while Leo and Hilda looked somewhat dismayed for not receiving any.
Among the girls, only Leona was someone who had to change her weapon, but for some reason, she didn't feel any discomfort at all after she learned the Hymn of Awakening's first move. On the contrary, she felt the sword was better than a whip.
However, right at this moment, Cyrus suddenly said something, "Since everyone now has their weapon, you are free to test them on our new friends. I'll be watching from the sidelines."
With a mysterious smile, Cyrus's figure suddenly started to vanish before the women's dazed eyes.
Hilda was the first one to snap out of her stupor as her eyes instantly went cold. "We are being surrounded!"
She was the most powerful one among the five of them, as well as the most experienced. Not to mention, after she formed her nascent soul, she was on the path of awakening her Soul Sense, which would allow her to see past human limits.
Although she was still quite far away from achieving Soul Sense, it was already starting to build up. As long as someone of lower power than hers tried to attack her, she would be able to sense them, albeit barely.
"So, it's a test!" Leo exclaimed before she took out her black sword as well, with fighting intent. Although she was a dual sword wielder, the Hymn couldn't be performed with two swords, so she also had to change her sword style.
As for where she put her swords, it was naturally in her storage ring. Even Leona and Carla had one because they were available to the Dimension Divers as long as they could pay, not to mention Carla, who came from a noble background.
Only Rita didn't seem to have one at the moment, but she didn't show any discomfort about it.
However, Hilda suddenly put something in her hand forcibly and said, "From him."
Rita was startled, but when she felt it was a ring, she quickly understood what it was and gave Hilda a meaningful look. "Thank you, Junior Sister."
After seeing Hilda's actual appearance, it would be a lie to say no one present in this place had suffered a mental blow, especially Rita, who thought of Hilda as her rival.
However, Cyrus seemed to treat them still like he usually did and didn't seem to give Hilda any extra attention because of her appearance, which made them somewhat at ease.
But the fact remained that Hilda was now the strongest among them all, and the other three respected her more than Rita. If it were the old Rita, who hadn't gone through Cyrus's training, she wouldn't be happy about it, but now she was as calm as ice and had the demeanor of a Senior.
"Alright, let's see who our enemy is!" Rita suddenly smiled as she put on the ring and looked towards the dense trees with killing intent, gripping her sword tightly before purple light shone in her eyes.
The sneaky enemy seemed to sense that they had somehow been discovered, so they no longer tried to hide. Suddenly, a volley of arrows shot toward the five of them from all directions.
"Hmph, petty tricks! Ice Dome!" Leona snorted with disdain as she instantly cast the Golden Grade Spell she had exchanged for one of her promises in the knowledge sanctum.
Since the slots were limited, Cyrus naturally wouldn't put anything below Golden Grade in the knowledge sanctum. He just divided those spells into nine levels so the girls wouldn't have a problem learning or using them with their current strength.
As long as they could continue to increase their cultivation levels, those spells would also become more powerful. The Ice Dome was a defensive Golden Grade spell and the silver-grade version of the Yin Dome Spell.
The instant she cast it, a three-meter transparent sky-blue dome appeared over the five of them, and all those arrows became completely useless, as they didn't even leave a scratch on it!
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