Travel to another world and become a monster messenger

Chapter 178 When the Moon is Covered by Clouds

Had he really not realized it all along? Or was he just pretending not to realize it? These thoughts raced through Zach's mind, but he did not come up with a satisfactory answer.

(Think about these things later! What we need to do now is to solve this problem...)

Even though he thought so, it would be difficult to convince Jimmy who was distracted now. Zack made up his mind and was about to take a step towards Jimmy.

“I heard your conversation.”

Suddenly, a young man's voice came from somewhere. Zack and Jimmy were surprised at the same time, and looked around hurriedly, only to see a young elf walking out of the darkness.

At that moment, Zach felt an unprecedented fear. The young man with blond hair tied up in a braid and a sword at his waist looked very familiar.

“Hey, are you the…Russell? Hey, right?”

"exactly."

The young man Russell nodded, and Zack and Jimmy couldn't hide their surprise. They were very familiar with him. In the capital of Sforia, almost everyone knew him, so it was natural.

Because of this, they can be sure that the person in front of them is definitely unusual.

"A dark aura surrounded him, and his blood-red eyes flickered. His abnormality became a trivial matter."

Jimmy and Zack looked confused. Russell smiled and muttered to himself, "Spiritual beast...it's him again. He has tamed a new monster this time, and it's a rare species. How abominable."

Russell's ominous smile aroused Jimmy's anger, and he couldn't help shouting: "You, what are you laughing at! We are talking about..."

His words were interrupted as a black aura gushed out of Russell and rushed towards Jimmy and Zack.

“What the hell is this…Wow!”

Zack was surrounded by a dark halo. Jimmy wanted to leave him behind and run away, but he felt like he was caught by something and couldn't move. Fear made his teeth chatter and he couldn't even speak. Then he was swallowed by the halo.

"From now on, you will serve me, understand?" Russell said, but neither of them answered, only the black halo crawled around them. Russell didn't care and still showed an ominous smile.

Staring at the halo that engulfed the two people, Russell said: "...Okay, now it's finally starting. It's time to fight that guy!" The moment Russell shouted, the moon was covered by dark clouds.

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"Hey, did anyone say anything?"

Jill asked Alicia and Oliver as they set up camp on the plains.

“I didn’t say that.”

“Did you hear wrongly?”

Oliver and Alicia said, Jill tilting her head.

"Well, I feel like I heard a familiar voice."

"Maybe it was the sound of a monster? It's not unusual."

"Yes, perhaps."

Although Jill was still confused, she agreed with Oliver.

"But we can't find Russell." Oliver was a little annoyed. Jill smiled bitterly and said, "We are also trying our best to hurry up. Since he is controlled by dark magic, his movement speed must be abnormal."

"...Yeah." Oliver looked around and found that Alicia had a serious expression.

"What's wrong, Alicia?"

"Ah? Oh, nothing... I'm just a little concerned." Alicia responded hesitantly, and Jill showed a helpless expression.

"Oh, don't worry about it, Zhen."

"Don't act on your own. Yes, I do have that consideration."

Alicia's words made Oliver and Jill react with "Really..." at the same time.

Although this reaction from the two did not attract Alicia's attention, she continued to express her thoughts.

“I felt like there had to be other reasons for Russell to be consumed by darkness. Even when I grew up and felt lost, I couldn’t imagine Russell losing his temper over it. He definitely didn’t act like he was losing his temper.”

“…That makes sense.”

This time, Jill showed an embarrassed attitude. Seeing her like this, Oliver raised his eyebrows.

"Perhaps, Jill, you have something in mind? If so, tell us clearly. Time waits for no one."

“Yes. Even if it’s just a little information, we still want to know. So, please don’t hesitate to tell us, even if it’s something trivial.”

Alicia said to Oliver cordially, and Jill showed an awkward expression. Indeed, what they said was right, but it was a little difficult for her to say it out loud. This was Jill's true thought.

But there was no point in hiding it now. Even if I could get away with it in this situation, I could easily imagine being questioned again tomorrow morning.

(Forget it, let’s just say it and give it a try.)

Jill came to the conclusion that it was better to be honest than to cover it up. After fully emphasizing that this was just her personal speculation, she began to talk about the possible causes of this incident.

From Alicia's concern for Xu Zhen, it can be inferred that Russell might be jealous.

When she finished, Oliver looked at her with his mouth wide open in astonishment: "Hey, could it be that Russell is obsessed with darkness for this reason? That stupid captain?"

“It’s just speculation.”

After all, there is no evidence at all, so it is not absolute. But Jill thinks this guess may be the truth.

"I, I also don't have any special feelings for Xu Zhen..."

"Okay, okay, your face is so red, nothing you say will be convincing."

Alicia explained in a panic, while Jill showed a helpless expression, shaking her palm up and down. When Alicia tried to gently touch her cheek with her right hand, she suddenly realized that it was very hot there——

"ah……"

Alicia suddenly felt embarrassed and became completely silent. Seeing Alicia like this, Jill couldn't help muttering in his heart: "What a lovely little girl!"