Green magic light flew from the ground to the sky. Arthur gasped in shock at the sight of the light. It was Thania.


    Thania hovered with both hands stretched to the right and left, protecting Miki inside her sphere of green vines.


    The st orbs from the dimensional portal hit the walls of the green sphere, creating a barrage of attacks.


    Arthur clenched his right fist to stop the orb attacks. The dimensional portals began to disappear with a small shrink, his eyes still looking up to see what Thania was about to do.


    "I''m sorry I didn''t exin it well to you," Thania said.


    Thania''s body began to appear faintly translucent, Miki was startled while trying to embrace her friend.


    Yet, as time passed, Thania''s body became more and more transparent until it disappearedpletely.@@novelbin@@


    A notification panel popped up before Arthur, exining Thania''s current situation.


    [SERVANT:]


    [Servant Deactivated]


    [1. Thalenia (Nymph)]


    [Countdown deactivated:]


    [00:23:59:59]


    ''She spent all her energy and magic to protect Miki. The orb attack seems to have taken quite a hit on her,'' Arthur said.


    The orb of vines protecting Miki began to shatter with the falling branches. Miki''s eyes turned back to Arthur. Instead of realizing it, she became even angrier.


    Miki was furious that Arthur had made Thania die. With Thania deactivated, the buff the woman gave Arthur would also disappear.


    "You killed Thania!" Miki snapped, pointing at Arthur.


    "Listen to me, you damn fox! Thania is deactivated. She needs rest to fully recover," Arthur replied.


    "It''s not my fault for defeating and asking her to be a servant. It was her will!" Arthur shouted.


    There were two reasons why Arthur tried to solve the problem by talking.


    First, because of his depleted MP and Miki, who was getting an unlimited supply of MP from the Celestial Water group.


    Second, it was because of the rarity of the Kitsune race. Kitsune became one of the five main races of the original inhabitants of Dark Pir Tower. When he saw Miki, Arthur thought of making her one of his servants.


    However, Arthur felt it would be difficult for Miki to agree due to her intense hatred for humans. After all, Arthur needed to save himself first.


    "She was trapped in the 10th-floor boss. There wasn''t a single adventurer she could trust before she met me. I saved her from the Dark Pir," Arthur replied.


    "I also helped her to reach here. Do you think it''s easy to reach this floor fast?!" Arthur snapped.


    "Tell me the truth. What do you want from my friend?"


    "She has a basic HP and MP regen buff. I need those for my efficiency in exchange for me taking her to this floor and the Sylph forest," Arthur replied.


    Miki was stunned, her eyes darting around as her body floated freely in space. The reason the woman was surprised wasn''t because Arthur was trying to take advantage of Thalenia''s buffs —though a bit cruel— but because of the Sylph Forest.


    "Is she the one who told you about the forest?" asked Miki fiercely.


    "Yeah. Why?" asked Arthur.


    ''Looks like Thania still doesn''t want to exin the forest to him,'' said Miki.


    Arthur looked at the four-tailed fox''s mute response, curious about what she was thinking. Miki flew up by moving her four tails, floating around Arthur.


    "If you want to know, you have to let mee with you," Miki said.


    "Come with us? People will kill you once they find out you''re a Kitsune."


    "I have a better way."


    All four of her tails stomped on the ground, bringing forth blue mes that burned brightly near Arthur. Arthur was frozen in focus, watching Miki''s demeanor. He didn''t feel any threat from her.


    Slowly, the mes faded from above, revealing a much different woman. Miki''s appearance changed to that of a tall woman with ck wolfcut hair, wearing a T-shirt and vest, long jeans, and brownbat boots.


    What surprised Arthur was the big change in her boobs. Previously, Miki''s boobs weren''t so big in her child-like appearance.


    However, what appeared before Arthur was different. The size was perhaps on the same scale as Laurette''s.


    "You can even change the shape of this one," Arthur said.


    "That''s easy for me. I can shape it to the size of a watermelon," said Miki confidently.


    "Owh, that''s too much."


    Laurette and the rest of the Celestial Water group stammered. The goddess they revered and worshipped had now changed her appearance to that of an ordinary woman like any other adventurer.


    Laurette stepped up to Miki, not wanting to lose her group''s existence. The woman wanted Miki to return to the Celestial Falls and continue blessing the Celestial Waters, but Miki''s response surprised her.


    "Bless you people? Don''t be kidding! You never gave me anything," Miki said, annoyed.


    "B-But all those dedication rituals. Aren''t you happy with—"


    "No, I don''t. It''s disgusting. Every time you do that, my ce gets a fishy smell!" Mikiined.


    Arthur smiled and chuckled,pletely caught by Miki. The man invited Miki to leave the ce at once. Miki nodded and started to understand who Arthur was in Thania''s eyes.


    Laurette kept shouting the name of their group''s goddess, but Miki did not want to return there. The water in the waterfall became normal, no longer glowing at night. Many Celestial Water members resigned after Laurette failed to convince them.


    Arthur and Miki left the snowy mountains to arrive at the Sky Sword base. ording to the information from Niam, the person from Snow Peak, the location of Sky Sword was in the opposite direction of the snowy mountains. Enjoy more content from empire


    The two flew in the sky with blue and purple light stretching out to follow them on their journey.


    Several adventurers from different groups saw the scene and gasped in shock, including those from the Night Liberators.


    In the distance, the Sky Sword group''s g was clearly visible, fluttering with a white background atop their base building.


    Sara, Karen, and Mona were nowhere to be seen. Arthur guessed they were already resting in their rooms.


    Arthur and Mikinded outside Sky Sword''s gate, startling the two gatekeepers. One of them stepped up to Arthur, asking him about his identity.


    "I''m Arthur. I came here with the 13th Squad," Arthur replied.


    "13th Squad? I understand."


    One of the gatekeepers invited Arthur and the woman beside him to enter the base. Arthur said yes while looking at how big Sky Sword''s base was on the 14th floor.


    The guard said that Sky Sword was the biggest group on the 14th floor, no one dared to threaten them. Currently, Nathan was the one leading Sky Sword on this floor.


    Since Sara came with a mandate letter, they were wee to rest at Sky Sword''s guest house. The ce would provide all the facilities to help the 13th squad ascend the floor quickly.


    Arthur saw the guest house from the building corridor after the guard pointed it out. They stepped closer to the ce, Miki following behind.


    Karen, who was rxing in the front yard of the house, weed Arthur''s presence. Karen squinted, curious about the identity of the woman Arthur had invited.


    "Who is she?" Karen asked.


    "Her name is Miki. She''s a Kitsune," Arthur replied, without hiding Miki''s identity.


    "Wha-What, a Kitsune? You mean she''s one of the mythological races?"


    Miki smiled as she stepped forward and asked for a handshake, "Hello, I''m Miki. Nice to meet you."


    "I''m Karen."


    Karen stepped closer to Arthur and whispered something to him right after being introduced to Miki.


    "What the hell is going on?" Karen asked.


    "I''ll exin to youter."