Ascension of the Sylvan Cosmos

Chapter 38. Flor's strength!

'Shit! Who was it!?'

He quickly looked behind him to see who attacked, and his eyes widened when he spotted the relatively small fairy looking at him with a cold face. What surprised him the most was the fairy's state. 'My sword was that shallow?'

Flor had a significant slash going across her chest, but she looked perfectly fine and free of injuries. Her face was cold and indifferent as he looked at him after delivering an attack that had pushed his body forward and opened a wound large enough to see his ribcage from behind.

Ignatia stepped forward, her fist clenched, and the she punched his gut. "<Fire Blast>."

The human's pupils shrunk as he tried to dodge quickly, but their physical strength was similar, making it impossible because of the closeness between them.

BOOOM!

His body arched like a bow as he was flung backward, his internal organs taking deep damage as his Phoer Body Shards plummeted.

Flor was not one to lose an opportunity, and she quickly flew above him, pointed downward. "Die."

Several wind crescents shot from her, all of them landing one after another and making his body bounce against the ground while large gashes spread around him. After the third slash, Flor stopped as a message entered her eyes.

[Congratulations on defeating <Silent Shadow Human Level 10>. You've gained 17 Experience Points.]

Flor took in a deep breath only to hiss in pain. Ignatia approached and smirked. "Quite a nice reward. I've gained 84 experience points, hahaha."

Flor rolled her eyes. "Are you bragging, knowing I have less?"

Ignatia smiled smugly. "I've realized that you've probably tiered up somehow. So, yeah, I'm bragging because I feel annoyed that you are now stronger than me. So, how much did you win?"

Flor snorted. "As if I would tell you. Anyway, is his equipment useful to you?"

Ignatia looked and shook her head. "Nothing interesting. I didn't expect much, but his weapons and tools are not my fit. So, with their low quality, if I wear them, it will most likely not be worth it."

Flor looked at them and saw that they were all Level 5 unranked equipment. 'Well, even Flawed Basic Level equipment is expensive in the cities, from what I learned, so it is normal not to have any.'

Unranked equipment was the most common because it didn't need special ores to be created. Sylvanium, Etherium, and such were not only uncommon but almost impossible to find and obtain sustainably. While there might be mines, their production rates were also abysmal. So, high-level equipment was usually worth extreme amounts.

Trades between powerful kingdoms, empires, or religious groups were all made using those ores, as they were equally important for every living creature.

Flor still didn't throw the equipment and used her strength to carry the human back. Ignatia said. "Oh, can you give me the corpse? A Level 10 is very rare to come by, and it can probably nurture a subordinate queen."

Flor blinked and looked at Ignatia. "Subordinate queen?2

Ignatia nodded. "I'm naturally not going to be the only queen in my nest in the future. I need weaker queens to focus on creating worker ants while I focus on breeding the stronger ants. Moreover, as long as I'm alive, they will always obey me as their progenitor, so they are different from wild queen wannabes."

Flor laughed. "Queen wannabes, huh?" After thinking for a second, she nodded. "Well, I don't have any use for a Level 10 corpse either way. However, the clothes fit quite snuggly, so can I carry him first to my place, and then you can strip him down and carry him away? I don't really want more Aether Mana than I've used to carry these items back."