Female Novel
Chapter 777 A Surge Of Ants (Part One)
The secret guards carefully watched while Harper skillfully cut off the poisonous snakes' heads.Without a hint of hesitation or disgust, she then peeled their skin and cut their stomach. Such abeautiful woman was butchering such a dangerous animal but they didn't think that she was rugged atall. Instead, they felt like she was gallant and heroic. It actually made her even more charming.
"Two snakes are not enough for us. There're fifteen of us!" Diana exclaimed while she approachedHarper. The snakes were poisonous with very sharp teeth. Their toxins were concentrated in theirhead. So as long as their heads were cut off, the whole team didn't need to worry about beingpoisoned.
"Enough!" Harper replied while she took out a small tripod from her pocket. When she refined pills inthe Birch Pass, she found out that the tripod could change size after being infused with spiritual power.She had already experienced going to another world and being reborn, so she was kind of used to thiskind of thing. She didn't think that it was strange at all.
But the others were not like her. For the first time, they just witnessed how an object went from a smallone to a large one. They could only look at Harper in awe and worship.
"We don't have any water. The water here is not safe for drinking," Diana complained once again,reminding Harper that everything around them was poisonous. Even the rain from the sky was toxicbecause of the miasma.
"Who said there's no water?" Harper rhetorically asked while her eyes fell on a lush tree. The tree wasvery thick, and its leaves were big and appealing. She pulled out the dagger and stabbed it into thetrunk a few times. Soon enough, the tree's sap came out. She put the tripod under it so it could collectthe sap.novelbin
Diana's eyes widened in shock. "Harper, did they throw you into this Labyrinth Swamp while you weregrowing up because your father didn't love you?"
"Some of the places I've been to are even more terrible than the Labyrinth Swamp, but I still managedto survive." After that, Harper picked some wild grass nearby while the sap was being collected. Dianahad a very keen eyesight and realized that the herbs that Harper was picking were not wild ones butprecious medicinal herbs. Any of those would cost a fortune!
"Oh my God! This is the Heavenly Spirit Herb. I can't buy this outside no matter how much I pay. Thisis..." With that, Diana's eyes lit up. She wanted to snatch the herbs from Harper, but the latter wasalready walking behind her to go to the other side. Harper asked someone to start a fire and put thechopped snake meat into the tripod to make soup. The tripod was almost filled with sap. So the twelvesecret guards were sent to collect the sap and fill up their water bottles. Howard was helping Harperwith cooking, but he was thinking, 'When did Harper come to the Labyrinth Swamp? Moreover, is therereally another place more dangerous than this swamp?'
Diana could only stare at the valuable medicinal herbs in Harper's hands which had been out of stockin the market for so long. They were considered treasures but right now, they were being boiled asingredients to make soup. She couldn't hide her disappointment while she sighed deeply. If she couldkeep these medicinal herbs, she could refine so many rare pills by them. Yet, they were being cookedinto a pot of snake meat soup by Harper. This must be the most expensive soup in the world!
When the snake meat soup was ready, Diana started eating. She was still upset about it. But aftereating the first mouthful, she actually felt good. After the second, she felt comfortable. After the thirdmouthful, she suddenly felt that it was worth it to cook all of the herbs into the pot of soup. She hadnever eaten snake meat soup as delicious as the one she was eating.
"Harper, you know, if you cook and start a business, you're going to be successful!" Diana said,gobbling a big portion of soup.
Harper only rolled her eyes. "Why should I be a cook when I can be a princess living an extravagant lifewithout doing anything?"
"Agree. How can Her Highness be a chef?" the twelve secret guards stated in chorus. Then, one ofthem said, "For me, it's such an honor and privilege to have a chance of eating some food which iscooked by Her Highness. It's so delicious. It's a pity that His Highness is not here."
At the mention of Matthew, Harper's eyes softened in an instant. She was forced to enter the LabyrinthSwamp. And even before that, it had been days since they last saw each other. She didn't know howhe was and whether he was able to settle the dispute in the Birch Pass. She could only hope that hewould find it in him to be calm if he found out that she had entered the swamp. Harper thought thathopefully, he had enough trust in her abilities to survive this place.
When Howard saw the change in Harper's expression, a touch of sadness flitted across his eyes."Shall we rest here for tonight?"
"Yes, we'll settle in here for now," Harper responded while she put down the wooden bowl. It was madefrom the material around them by the secret guards so they could eat the soup.
Harper scattered some powder on their surroundings. She then took out the Sacred Seal, infusedspiritual power into it, and enclosed all of them in an enchanted barrier. "Well, partner up withsomebody in the group so we can take turns in sleeping and standing guard throughout the night. Let'ssleep early. We need all the strength we have to continue our journey tomorrow morning."
That night, everyone slept well. However, when they woke up, they found a bunch of poisonous insectsoutside the enchanted barrier. Seeing the piles of dead insects, the small team felt creepy. They werethinking the same thing. Without Harper, they wouldn't have survived the Labyrinth Swamp for a day,even if they were skilled in martial arts!
"Your Highness, what direction should we go to?"
Harper stretched out her hand and pointed in a direction. "That way."
"The Labyrinth Swamp covers a very large area, so it will be a waste of time to pass through it. Do youknow the way out?" Diana asked with evident doubt.
"Before I came to the South Kingdom, I have studied a lot of its map. It says that the Labyrinth Swampconnects the South Kingdom to the Great Jade Kingdom. In addition, it leads to anotherplace."