Chapter 175 Do you think this is a place for a picnic?
After all, Farmyrth and Catheryne were in this place. So if she loses control, the one who will suffer will be her.
'Damn it! Right now, the church and Catheryne are both watching me very closely. If I make any mistakes, I'm afraid... my path to Lathel will be completely blocked.'
Amleth thought a lot, and in the end, she could only stay silent and patiently wait for a better opportunity.
'Catheryne, wait until one day I can grasp your weakness; then that will be your end.'
Amleth's eyes showed cruelty but quickly disappeared.
However, no matter how fast it was, it was impossible to escape the eyes of Farmyrth and Catheryne.
Farmyrth glanced at Catheryne, but Catheryne shook her head. In the end, Farmyrth just smiled, looking towards Amleth.
…
Inside the 'Black Bone' forest, Lathel accompanies Claire.
At this time, Lathel suddenly spoke: "Not good! If we keep going, we will get lost. I also don't know where east is."
Lathel really didn't know where east was on an evening like this.
This is a completely different world, and he cannot rely on the position of the constellations to navigate.
Besides, Lathel used to live on Earth, where technology dominated the world. If he wanted to go to an unknown place, he just needed to open Google Maps or some navigation software. There was basically no need for rudimentary navigation methods.
But now it's different, even if he looks up at the sky, he doesn't know any constellations.
"Claire, do you know where east is?"
Hearing Lathel's question, Claire shook her head and said: "Sorry, I don't know either. We can only wait for dawn, then move on."
Hearing that, Lathel sighed. Suddenly, he looked towards the forest, then frowned and said: "Claire, follow me."
"Heh?!" Claire was startled and said: "Lathel, we should go on the grassland, there will probably be many monsters in the woods."
In reality, they were currently walking on a steppe; no, to be more precise, they were walking on the border of a steppe at the foot of a mountain.
Next to them was a rather dense forest. The light from the stars in the sky was not enough to illuminate this forest, much less penetrate the trees in the forest.
That's why, the forest was engulfed in so much darkness and danger that it gave anyone who looked at it goosebumps.
"No problem!" As Lathel finished speaking, using the fire element, he created a ball of fire the size of a tennis ball that hovered over his palm.
Then he slowly moved towards the forest. Seeing this, Claire quickly followed, while thinking to herself: 'It's okay, if anything happens, I can protect him.'
Lathel didn't go deep into the forest, as he just checked a few trees outside, then frowned and looked in one direction.
"That's east."
Listening to Lathel, Claire felt a bit surprised and asked: "How do you know?"
"Ah! Because I checked a few trees and realised that most of the trees here have moss on one side, while the other side has no moss." Lathel explained.
"That means that the side that grows moss is the side that is less exposed to the sun, while the other side is constantly exposed to sunlight and high temperatures, so moss does not grow."
"And…" Lathel pointed in a direction, which was actually the direction deeper into the forest: "That is east."
Claire followed Lathel's pointed finger, and upon seeing the seemingly endless darkness inside the forest and the cold wind blowing past, she shivered.
"Lathel, are you really sure that the East is a safer place?" Claire asked worriedly.
Lathel nodded: "That's right."
He also felt that place was a bit scary, however, he also didn't think that Radius would trick him. Perhaps… the scariest place is also the safest place.
"Okay, let's wait here for dawn and then enter that forest." Lathel nodded and said: "If you are afraid, you can find another way."
Claire pursed her lips and said: "No! I will follow you. Master Lilith told me that I must protect you."
Lathel: "…"
'Do you really want to protect me? You lied so well that I almost believed what you said.'
He secretly thought so, but he didn't say it out loud, as the look in Claire's eyes was a bit strange.
"Are you hungry?"
Claire bowed her head and said in a low voice: "A little hungry."
"Alright." Lathel took out a clean cloth from the space jade and spread it on the grass, then sat on it: "Sit!"
Claire was startled, but did as he said, and sat across from him.
After that, she was even more surprised when she saw him taking out many eating utensils from his space gem.
Cup, fork, knife, fork, then a large cauldron.
Lathel used three large stone blocks to place the cauldron on top, then used the Anaconda Flame to light a fire.
Not stopping there, he began to put the prepared ingredients into the cauldron.
Claire saw this scene and asked suspiciously: "Lathel, did you… really bring food?"
"That's right." Lathel didn't look directly at Claire, as he talked while cooking.
"Heh?!"
"Hm?! Is there something strange?"
"Yes, you're very strange." Claire said confusedly: "Normally, people only prepare dry food or convenient foods, and the most convenient are energy pills. No one cooks like this."
Hearing that, Lathel still calmly replied: "Ah! Anyway, I think it's rare to go out like this, cooking a small meal is normal, right?"
Claire: "…"
She frowned, not knowing how to explain. Now they were supposed to be fighting, not having a picnic.
However, seeing Lathel seriously focusing on cooking, Claire didn't ask anymore and silently watched him.
One thing is very accurate... When men concentrate on their work, that is when they are most handsome.
At this time too, Lathel's appearance when concentrating on cooking, although a bit strange, was very handsome and cool.
A moment later, the scent of cooked food startled Claire. It was very fragrant, so fragrant that it stimulated her appetite, causing her to start salivating.
Lathel glanced at Claire, smiled, and said: "Wait a minute."
He took two plates, ladled the soup inside the cauldron onto those two plates, then put the cauldron back in his storage space.
Next, he took out a grill, placed extremely fresh slices of meat on the grill, and started grilling.
Claire: "…"
People observing the competition: "…"
This young man really thinks he is having a picnic, he even prepared a grill and fresh meat.
"Lathel, you… you prepared these for this round?"
"That's right." Lathel shrugged and said.
In fact, these were things he had prepared and stored in his storage space a long time ago.
A person like him who rose from the bottom of society knew clearly the importance of food, that's why he stockpiled a lot of food while he could still afford it.
Even if one day he is no longer truly a noble and has no money left in his pocket, he will still have food to last for a long time.
In the past, when he was on Earth, living in an orphanage, he felt so hungry that he almost fainted.
It was an extremely bad feeling that he did not want to experience again.
Lathel began to sprinkle spices on the grilled meat, the smell of grilled meat was even more fragrant than the smell of soup, and it spread everywhere.
From inside the forest, countless pairs of eyes suddenly appeared, staring at Lathel, but they all quickly disappeared.
Lathel also felt something; he looked deep into the forest, but he didn't see anything.
"Did you feel anything strange?"
Hearing that, Claire was startled: "Heh?! No… I… I don't feel anything."
She hurriedly bowed her head, she couldn't say that she was only interested in watching Lathel and didn't pay any attention to her surroundings.
Hearing that, Lathel frowned. He felt something strange and asked Cauldron: "Do you feel like someone is watching us?"
"Of course, many mysterious creatures are watching us." Cauldron replied: "However, you don't need to worry; they are very weak. Even your fire makes them afraid, so you can rest assured."
Lathel breathed a sigh of relief. Listening to Cauldron's words, he also remembered Radius's advice.
The eastern forest is quite safe, and the monsters there are very weak. Radius was right, those monsters were so weak that they didn't even dare appear while he was not strong at all.
At this point, Lathel completely trusted Radius's advice and continued to grill the meat, but still asked Cauldron to watch out for him.
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In the observation room of the magic academy, Farmyrth laughed loudly: "Hahahaha... this is the first time I've seen a contestant bring so many cooking utensils to participate in a survival round like him."
"So interesting, hahahaha…"
The two middle-aged men also felt amused, but when they saw Amleth's cold and murderous face, they immediately bowed their heads, not daring to breathe loudly.
Farmyrth now seemed afraid that things wouldn't get more complicated. She looked towards Amleth and said: "Hahaha... Amleth, your man is really interesting. Look, are you jealous that your man is cooking for another girl?"
"Ah! Surely you won't be jealous, after all, your status is so noble; so how can you pay attention to a small maid like that girl?"
Amleth glanced at Farmyrth angrily: "Principal, if you don't speak, I won't think you're dumb."
Farmyrth was not angry at all, on the contrary, she felt even more excited: "Hahaha... sorry, I'm not dumb, I want to say more."
"Amleth, I find this man interesting, it is a pity that he is with you. If… you give him to me, I will compensate you with two men from my Dragon clan, I guarantee you will like them."
"Shut up!" Amleth shouted, knocking the glass on the table to the ground and breaking it into countless pieces.
"Are you… Are you kidding me?"
A voice filled with colossal pressure rang out.
Fire began to appear around her, and the hot temperature made Amleth so scared that her face turned white.
Catheryne then spoke in a chilly tone: "I'm still here; don't you have a little respect for me?"
This 𝓬ontent is taken from fre𝒆webnove(l).𝐜𝐨𝗺