Do you want to become strong...?

Sou! Sou!

Just as the vine walls crumbled, the two-star quillrat's eyes shined dangerously as it attacked him with its quills. In an instant, countless half a foot long, dark gray quills shot out towards Max, giving no time to react.

"Nooo!!" Belen and Leticia shouted in horror while, their faces became deathly pale. They knew that even if one of these quills struck him, there were very high chances of him dying due to poison. 

While Leticia felt helpless, the mana around Belen swirled chaotically as she forcefully squeezed more than thousand units of mana in an instant and formed a shield in front of him.

Pak! Pak! Pak!

The quills were stopped by the shield before they could pierce Max's body. 

"Ugh!"

A smile appeared on her face seeing that she blocked all the quills successfully. However suddenly blood burst out of mouth due to the backlash of her reckless action and she fainted on the spot.

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