Chapter 241: Chapter 238: Fart
When she learned the information about the location of the Demon King’s extraordinary material, a certain indescribable “touch” struck her mind, as if she had been electrified. Then, she felt that this “touch,” carrying her message, drifted away from her, flying towards the horizon.
“My location has been exposed as well.”
In Ji Ma’s mind, the image of the Mother of Beasts, holding a tentacle staff and traveling under the moonlight, emerged. Her hair resembled golden sheep wool, her eyes were sky blue, her skin porcelain white, and she held a newborn beastman child.
Ji Ma turned her head to look in the direction of the Mother of Beasts.
Noticing Ji Ma’s “spying,” the Mother of Beasts gently put down the child and began to run, her slightly curled hair flowing in the wind.
“What a gentle mature woman,” Ji Ma exclaimed. “Although the lower half is quite disgusting, I can still accept it.”
She lamented the many beautiful flowers in the world that she could not pick while vigorously flapping her wings, flying in a straight line towards the storage location of the Demon King’s extraordinary material at the fastest speed.
Ji Ma’s form appeared in the night; since becoming invisible while moving consumed a lot of magic power, she had already consumed a potion she made herself. She felt the wind lifting her, allowing her to fly lightly forward.
Her speed was extremely fast, and the forest below rapidly retreated behind her as she flew over a group of beastmen keeping watch by a campfire, unnoticed.
After flying for just over half an hour, the beastmen’s camp came into view on the horizon. Ji Ma slowed down, stretched her wings to glide, and, aided by the faint moonlight, surveyed the gradually approaching camp.
The beastmen’s camp was even more chaotic than the green-skinned soldiers’ camp. Half of the tents were taken from the knights of the Baruto Kingdom; however, the tents were too small for them, with many showing goat hooves sticking out. The other half were large tents made of various beast hides, with craftsmanship inferior even to that of the green-skinned.
Many of the large horned beasts simply lay outside the tents, their brown-furred bodies huddled together for warmth. Among them, there were many tall minotaurs, roughly counted, there were at least a hundred, while the rest were large and strong beastmen. Ji Ma also spotted the bodyguards of the Mother of Beasts and even saw one-eyed giants as tall as mountains.
This must be the army protecting the “Demon King’s extraordinary material,” quite elite indeed.
This beastman army did not hide in the forest but chose to advance on the road like humans, setting up camp in open areas to rest, indicating that the Mother of Beasts had ordered them to quickly return the “Demon King’s extraordinary material” to her.
Ji Ma took a deep breath, slightly folded her wings, and slowly descended, disappearing into the air.
Taking advantage of this descent, Ji Ma organized the task objectives; her personal system opened before her, displaying the task text she had already written.
“Thief Plan:”
“Steal back the ‘Demon King’s extraordinary material.'”
“Successfully recruited Arcanis to assist in this task.”
“Disadvantages: My wings are in the hands of the Mother of Beasts; she can use this strong medium to launch a powerful curse against me.”
“Disadvantages: I don’t know how many strong opponents there are; I must act quickly; time waits for no one.”
Ji Ma’s inner unease intensified as she subconsciously scratched her itching palm.
Not only was there a significant power disparity, but she didn’t have much time either; the Mother of Beasts was on her way, just fifty kilometers away from her. In other words, she was likely only a hundred kilometers from the Demon King’s extraordinary material.
I lack intelligence; I don’t know if this camp is a trap. Are those familiar dark elves inside?
Invisible, Ji Ma lightly landed behind a twisted tree, looking at the beastman camp a kilometer away. It looked like a giant beast lurking in the darkness, quietly and patiently waiting for its prey to come near.
The only advantage is that they remain unaware of my arrival because I am faster.
Even if some beastmen see her on the way, as long as she flies faster than the speed of information transmission, it doesn’t matter if she gets discovered.
Ji Ma recalled the terrain she saw in the air, planning several escape routes before completely retracting her aching wings.
Sweat covered her face, and as she wiped it away, Ji Ma took out a greenish-blue stamina potion from her waist. Looking at the bottle, she frowned, tilted her head back, and drank it in one gulp. The fiery potion traced the shape of her teeth as it flowed down her throat.
Her fatigue vanished, and she felt energetic, but the price was overextending her strength for several hours afterward.
After drinking the potion, she flew up into a tree to observe the camp—it was not hesitation.
Fortunately, the camp was quiet, and besides the guard beastmen, no one else was awake.
Speed is essential; be cautious and observe the target carefully before acting; I must not let my head get too high.
This was knowledge gained from “Demon King Ji Ma,” who had commanded cavalry in the demon realm, and Ji Ma subconsciously followed it.
Once prepared, Ji Ma connected to the Dream Palace. She raised her hand and pulled forcefully at the air above her.
“Wow.”
Arcanis’s figure appeared from the air, dropping to the ground with a thud. “How amazing.”
“Shh, shh, shh.”
Ji Ma hurriedly raised her index finger, signaling him to be quiet.
“By the way, where is your room 404?”
Room 404 doesn’t exist at all.
Ji Ma whispered, “Be quiet.”
“If you don’t tell me, I’ll keep rambling on.”
Ji Ma helplessly replied, “That’s my most secret room; how could I tell you? By the way, are you looking for it?”
“Of course.” Arcanis nodded, excitement evident on his face. “This is the hardest room I’ve ever tried to find.”
Ji Ma gritted her silver teeth and pretended to be angry, saying quietly, “Arcanis! I warned you! Don’t even think about the springs.”
“Good friend, calm down.” Arcanis’s figure vanished into the shadows. “Don’t be angry; I came over, and these beastmen are waiting to be punched by us.”
Ji Ma took a deep breath and said, “The thing I want you to steal looks like this… can you see in the dark?”
“I’m a shadow dancer, of course I can.”
Ji Ma took out the prepared paper and wood, drawing as she recalled the vision of the Demon King’s extraordinary material she saw during the divination:
“It seems to be in some sort of deformed fetus, and it’s sealed in a holy iron can. That fetus probably looks like this…”
“It looks pretty similar.” To appease Ji Ma’s anger, Arcanis flattered, “Is this a starfish with jagged tentacles? Knowing what it looks like will help me steal more; you thought of everything.”
“This is a little fellow, about the size of a ball.”
“You draw really ugly.”
“Shut up.” Ji Ma said. “This task is extremely important, and in about ten minutes or so, the Mother of Beasts will come back. By then, we will have no chance. The timing is right now; everyone is resting.”
“Then I’ll go steal it now.”
“Wait.” Ji Ma said. “I need to divine its exact location.”
Arcanis’s voice was impatient, “Fine, fine, fine.”
Ji Ma took out a basin of water, using her close connection with “Demon King Ji Ma” as a medium, and quickly performed a divination. She easily pierced the counter-divination measures left by the Mother of Beasts, obtaining information about the “Demon King’s extraordinary material.”
The water showed her the contents of the divination.
A bag of flesh filled with amniotic fluid, wriggling organs…
Ji Ma read aloud, “It’s possibly inside some living creature, in a bag of flesh filled with amniotic fluid, with wriggling organs nearby… the location is only eight hundred meters away, in that direction…”
“What is that gross thing?”
“Maybe she wants to cultivate offspring,” Ji Ma said. “But can’t find the means.”
At that moment, a counter-divination from afar captured Ji Ma’s information. She could feel the position of the Mother of Beasts who initiated the counter-divination.
More than thirty to forty kilometers away from herself.
Thankfully, she had a pair of wings.
Ji Ma breathed a sigh of relief.
“Who’s there?”
A sudden voice came from hundreds of meters away.
Ji Ma and Arcanis quickly held their breaths and quietly withdrew.
“I heard something…”
“You must be hearing things again.”
“I’m the one with the best hearing under Mother!”
Ji Ma’s heart, which had been hanging, relaxed a great deal. It was just a beastman with sharp hearing. For the two who could become invisible, avoiding him wasn’t too difficult.
Ji Ma thought, extending her wings, hovering twenty centimeters above the ground, and as her toes touched the tree trunk, she glided silently at walking speed.
At that moment, a beastman with fan-like ears and a cow-headed man whose face was full of displeasure jogged into view, heading this way.
Fortunately, she slipped away quickly; as long as the “Wind Listener” couldn’t locate her, he shouldn’t alert the entire camp, which was her only advantage…
“Poof!”
A loud fart suddenly shattered the night’s tranquility.
The Wind Listener and the cow-headed man stopped in their tracks.
It wasn’t Ji Ma’s fart; it must have been that damned Arcanis.
Ji Ma looked at the Wind Listener and the cow-headed man and quietly spread a rumor, “The fart was released by the cow-headed man.”
Simultaneously, she infused a massive amount of “Lie Power” to make it true.
The Wind Listener shouted around the empty tree, “Come out! I heard your fart!”
The cow-headed man scratched his side awkwardly, saying, “It seems I did it.”
“You did it?”
“Who else could release such a loud fart besides me?”
Before Ji Ma could let out a sigh of relief, it seemed to prove himself.
A series of loud farts erupted: “Deng deng deng!”
Clear as day, with no space for lies.
The two beasts shouted in unison, “There’s an enemy! And it smells really bad.”
Arcanis boldly emerged from the shadows, crossing his arms, the silver-haired half-elf wore a mysterious sense of pride, saying, “It was me who released it; how about that? Louder than yours.”
Ji Ma felt like laughing in anger, raising a hand to her forehead.
“Enemy attack!!!”
The two beasts shouted even louder.
Arcanis had time only to slice off the Wind Listener’s ear.
Then, Ji Ma watched as her only advantage was buried in a series of loud farts from Arcanis. The camp, which had been tense, awakened and became chaotic in less than a minute.
No, there’s still hope; I can stir up their anger and lure out the monsters to create an opportunity for Arcanis.
“Hold onto the treasure! Hold onto the treasure!”
“Just holding onto it is a success!”
Ji Ma could only reassure herself that she was still in the dark and that the Mother of Beasts hadn’t arrived yet.
She clasped her hands together, silently praying to the God of Dawn that Arcanis had enough stealing abilities.
At that moment, a commotion arose in the camp, a familiar figure as large as a small mountain appeared among the camp. Ji Ma’s eyes widened, feeling somewhat dizzy.
It was the Mother of Beasts; remarkably, a pair of membranous wings unfurled behind her—none other than the wings that Ji Ma had dropped.
“Are you surprised to see me?” The Mother of Beasts smiled, looking at the invisible Ji Ma, plucking Ji Ma’s wings.
Her… skills haven’t cooled down? How could she be so quick?
