Volume 7 Chapter 66: Vs Treant

While Alfia and Sarah changed, the boys glanced at Herrick. He was moving around weirdly; his nose was doing all the work.

"Is there something else?"

"Mmhmm. The vines have an earthy smell. However, that was not what I smelled." The earthy smell was strong, and it was the first thing the beastman had sensed. However, behind all of that was an offsetting smell. He kept going forward, and that caused Keith to follow, "I will follow Herrick. Leona, follow us afterward."

"Understood."

"Herrick, how far are you smelling?" The two had been walking for quite some time now, yet there was no sign of them stopping anytime soon.

"It should be around here." What he came to was a wall.

"..." Are you sure you're not a dog? If it wasn't for the lion ears he had on his head, everyone would have thought he was a dog.

"It's here!" Herrick pointed down. But then he started to sniff across the tunnel, "And here and here and here!" Every rock around here was pointed at by the beastman.

"This was what you smelled?" Keith picked up the rock. But when he did, his eyes widened. Heavy. A rock of this size shouldn't be this heavy! What made it more apparent was the weird texture; this was not a rock but something covered by a dark paste.

Keith quickly started to rub it, and that was when he found what it was.

"Holy!" A giant red gemstone was before him. The thing was covered by the soil!

"Rub those as well!"

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"On it!" That gemstone was not the only one. There were so many of them! Red wasn't the only color; blue, green, yellow. There were so many different gemstones right before them! While they continued to do this, the others arrived.

"Why are there so many gemstones?"

"Is that a blood ruby?!" Alfia stared at the red gemstone in Keith's hand.

"Is that what it is?"

"Yes, it is. It's pretty rare."

"Wait a moment, shouldn't they be stuck in the ground?" Scarlet tilted her head. The two found this rock?

"Get to mining!" Hearing her words could only mean one thing; there were more gemstones around here!

"Understood!" The one who was the most excited was Arlo as he swung his pickaxe. The others did the same. And that was when it hit.

"I got something!" Arlo called out!

Keith and Gabriel walked over to his side and quickly helped with the digging. If he hit something, they had to change to a more softer approach.

"Why is it so big?!" What they were all gazing at was a giant blood ruby. It was the size of 5 fists!

Are you kidding me?!

"Keep finding!" With this, the others started to dig even faster. And that lasted for half an hour.

"This is such a haul!"

"How could there be so much?!" Gemstones were piled like trash before them. There were some that were the same size as the blood ruby!

"We could sell this for many coins." Alfia and Sarah, who looked angry, were now ecstatic.

"This is a good haul!" Everyone's smile beamed left and right. Even if they split it, there would be at least a few platinum coins!

"We also need to deal with the boss." They couldn't forget about what they had to do. There was still the floor boss to deal with.

"Understood!" Everyone nodded; they couldn't overlook it. It was time to head out. The distance from the floor boss was only a few minutes away; a giant gate was before them.

"Let's do this!" Keith pumped as everyone entered the floor. And when they did, what was before them was a giant tree monster! It was different as the vines were flocking forth.

"That's a treant," Keith muttered as he stared at the monster. Before he could hand out the orders,

"!" Keith quickly raised his shield, blocking the attack. But that was not the end, as the vines rushed at super speed! They swung around like whips, smacking Keith's shield left and right. Herrick and Melor went on the defensive as well.

The whip-like vines were unstoppable.

"Gabriel! Scarlet! Carolyn!"

"Burn!" "Scorch!" "Destroy." The three of them quickly fired off their fire magic. The treant was a wood monster. Fire would definitely burn them down. However,

"Is it not affected by the fire?" The vines didn't seem to be unharmed by their flames.

"No, they're definitely affected by the fire!" Krystal called out. It was subtle; not many people could see it. But they have definitely slowed down.

"Guys, continue to fire your fire magic! Don't let up with it! Herrick and Melor focus on taking down the vines. Krystal, you will be the one to deal the final blow."