The tall man who had just spoken let out a cold snort. After a long pause, he said in a low, somewhat sorrowful voice, “The Dragon-Slaying Spear was picked up by that person. Brian Carter must have died in battle.”

The red-haired beauty’s voice was also tinged with bitterness as she tried to comfort him, “We were really too careless this time. We thought it was just a few stray Wind Beasts, but who would have thought it was such a large group? As a result, seven members of our squad died in battle, and only the three of us survived.”

The man hiding in the shadows hesitated for a moment before saying, “The Cloud Beasts have surrounded Moonlight Town, blocking our way out of the Sea of Immortality. Now, there’s no way to even go back for reinforcements. We should go ask that person where Brian Carter’s body is, and while we’re at it, retrieve Brian Carter’s belongings!”

The tall man nodded and said, “Captain, let me negotiate with him!”

Just as the captain was about to nod, the red-haired beauty giggled, breaking the somewhat heavy atmosphere, and said, “Let me do it. Patrick Carter, you’re too rough.”

The tall man gave an awkward smile and said in a low voice, “Martha Washington, do you even want to flirt with that kind of guy? He really looks like a loser!”

The red-haired beauty Martha Washington laughed heartily, hefted her spear, and walked toward the man who was being guarded by the bioengineered Tibetan Mastiffs.

When that Tibetan Mastiff was knocked out, I had already sensed the danger. After all, these bio-beasts are connected to my mental waves, so I can sense anything that happens to them.

I quietly picked up the spear, thought for a moment, then switched hands to grab the shotgun beast. All the bomb-carrying worker bees lurking on the ground also woke from their slumber, ready to charge at any target at a moment’s notice.

The remaining fifteen Tibetan Mastiffs all gathered around me, their eyes fixed on the direction where the other Mastiff had disappeared.

When a female knight in the crimson armor of the Great Scarlet Empire, with a mane of fiery red hair, appeared in my line of sight, I was so stunned that I forgot to order the bomb worker bees to attack.

“Hello! I’m a soldier of the New Eighth Army of the Great Scarlet Empire, stationed in Tairon City. Are you a resident of the Sea of Immortality? I’m not a tax collector, so you don’t need to be afraid!”

Martha Washington asked gently, her voice like a spring breeze that dispelled all my hostility. Looking at her chiseled, strikingly beautiful face, my mouth went dry. “The women on this planet are really something. If this were Earth, even if you spent a whole morning in the busiest commercial district of a provincial capital, you might not see a beauty of this level…”

Martha Washington’s delicate figure was wrapped in armor, but even with that extra layer, as a seasoned otaku who has reached the highest level of uncensored enlightenment after watching all the world’s AVs, it was no obstacle at all. I could even reconstruct in my mind the purest, most natural state of this female knight.

“What a sexy figure, those legs must be at least 130 centimeters long! Such a slim waist, looks so elastic, and her XX is huge…”

After a while, Martha Washington still hadn’t gotten an answer from the man in front of her. When she noticed the look in my eyes, she couldn’t help but feel both annoyed and amused. With a gentle wave of her hand, a shockwave hit me from more than ten meters away, making me shudder.

“She can hit me from this far away! It’s like the legendary Air-Splitting Palm!” Realizing I was in a life-or-death situation, my fate now in the enemy’s hands, I immediately pulled myself together and answered loudly, “I’m someone who got lost in the Sea of Immortality. If you, noble knight, could escort me out of this forest, I promise I’ll reward you handsomely in the future!”

Martha Washington smiled sweetly. She had already seen that I couldn’t possibly be a native of the Sea of Immortality. Just like the village chief, she took me for a noble who had come out to hunt for excitement with a few useless hounds.

Seeing that I had restrained my Tibetan Mastiffs, she walked up to me and pointed at the spear in my hand, saying, “The weapon you’re holding belonged to my companion. I’d like to ask where you found his belongings!”

“No way, this is my first real loot, and I’ve already run into the owner?” I’m really not used to lying, so without much thought, I told her about running into the Magnetic Light Centipede Dragon by the pond and picking up the weapon.

But I wasn’t dumb enough to take out all my spoils—just said I picked up this spear for self-defense! Anyway, this female knight seemed pretty friendly, so she probably wouldn’t slaughter all my Tibetan Mastiffs just to check if I was hiding anything.

Seeing me obediently hand over the Dragon-Slaying Spear, Martha Washington was a bit surprised. She gave a charming smile and felt a bit more favorable toward this seemingly hopeless man.

“He speaks quite politely, seems like a well-mannered noble, without the bossy temper of those old lords! Since it’s convenient, I might as well take him out of the forest.”

Thinking this, Martha Washington said to me, “The southern passage of the Sea of Immortality is now occupied by a group of Wind Beasts, so we can’t get out. If you want to cross the Sea of Immortality from another direction, it’ll be even more dangerous. If you’re willing, you can stay with us for now. Once the danger has passed, we’ll take you to the nearest Tairon City.”