Chapter 23
The Plan to Cut Through the Sky
A slightly familiar voice came from behind Lin Chen, which made Lin Chen's heart leap with joy. Could there still be hope for Sister Lin and the others?
Lin Chen immediately turned around and saw a man in military uniform floating in mid-air not far behind him, looking at him with admiration.
"Lord Zhan Kong!" Lin Chen was somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected the visitor to be Zhan Kong, the leader of the Bo City military.
But Lin Chen immediately realized that this was not the time for surprise and curiosity, and hurriedly asked, "Lord Zhan Kong, please save Sister Lin and the others!"
"Don't worry, I would have saved them even if you hadn't told me. They've proven themselves to be worthy comrades." Zhan Kong said, dispelling his magic and descending from the sky. He then took a box from his pocket and handed it to Lin Chen: "This is internal military medicine; it's quite effective."
Lin Chen nodded, thanked Zhan Kong, took the box, and went to Liu Lin's side.
Lin Chen opened the box, took out a bottle of medicine, bent down, put his left hand through Liu Lin's neck, carefully helped her up and lean her against his chest, then pinched Liu Lin's mouth with his left hand, bit open the bottle stopper with his teeth, and poured the medicine into Liu Lin's mouth.
"Gurgle gurgle".
Liu Lin successfully swallowed the medicine. A moment later, a muffled groan came from Liu Lin's throat, and Liu Lin slowly opened her eyes.
The moment she opened her eyes, she saw Lin Chen's worried face and instinctively asked, "Little Orange, you died too? Did you send those bastards from the Battle Axe Squad down with you?"
"Sister Lin, everyone's alive! Lord Zhan Kong is here; he saved you!" Lin Chen smiled, but a look of regret quickly appeared on his face: "It's a pity that the shadow mage from the Battle Axe Squad escaped!"
"Don't worry, he didn't escape. I took care of him on the way." Zhan Kong suddenly said, "It's better to resolve conflicts face to face. Using schemes and tricks to harm others is the most disgusting thing."
"Thank you, Lord Zhan Kong!" Lin Chen immediately expressed his gratitude, but he quickly sensed something was amiss: "Lord Zhan Kong, why did you suddenly intervene and eliminate a hunter mage deep in the forest?"
"Actually, I arrived long before that kid pressured you. I wanted to see what you would choose, and your approach was quite to my liking."
"But when he attacked you, he was too close, and I couldn't react in time. But it was at that moment that I started to think highly of these beauties."
"Moreover, the subsequent developments were too fast. Your summoned beast suddenly advanced and solved the problem on the other side in one fell swoop." Zhan Kong explained to Lin Chen simply.
"I see. Thank you nonetheless, Lord Zhan Kong."
As Lin Chen spoke, he laid Liu Lin flat on the ground and began administering special healing medicine to the rest of the Skyfire Squad.
Meanwhile, Zhan Kong came to Garurumon's side and carefully examined it, which made Garurumon feel extremely uncomfortable. It instinctively wanted to lash out at Zhan Kong, but its subconscious was telling it not to do so.
"Lord Zhan Kong, are you interested in Garurumon?" Lin Chen, having finished feeding the other team members their medicine, came up behind Zhan Kong and asked curiously.
"I am quite curious." Zhan Kong reached out and stroked Garurumon's fur, carefully sensing the immense energy contained within Garurumon's body. "Lin Chen, I want to discuss something with you!"
"What is it?" Lin Chen stared blankly at Zhan Kong, not knowing how he could help him.
"Can I borrow this Garurumon?" Zhan Kong smiled.
But as soon as he finished speaking, he found that his hand, which was stroking Garurumon, had become empty.
Looking back, they discovered that Garurumon had somehow transformed back into Gabumon.
"Has it degenerated?"
Zhan Kong glanced at Gabumon, then at Lin Chen, and tentatively asked.
Lin Chen looked at Gabumon lying listlessly on the ground and didn't know how to explain it to Zhan Kong for a moment, after all, they were creatures from two different worlds.
Lin Chen pondered for a moment before saying, "It should be a temporary evolution. It's only temporary. When the time comes, it will regress due to insufficient stamina."
Zhan Kong glanced at Gabumon, who was already lying on the ground asleep, and nodded.
"Can your Gabumon evolve into Garurumon again?" Zhan Kong asked with a hint of anticipation.
"Yes, but I'm not entirely sure under what specific circumstances it can evolve."
As soon as Lin Chen finished speaking, he clearly noticed a hint of disappointment flash in Zhan Kong's eyes.
"By the way, Lord Zhan Kong, what do you need Garurumon for?" Lin Chen asked.
After a moment's thought, Zhan Kong organized his thoughts and began to explain to Lin Chen.
Since the Winged Wolves invaded Bo City, after failing to kill the Winged Wolves with his first attempt to lead a group of mid-level mages, Zhan Kong had repeatedly ventured alone into the depths of Bowang Mountain in an attempt to kill the Winged Wolves.
But the Winged Wolf is the leader of a clan, with many demon wolves under his command who are at the level of warrior generals.
Even though Winged Wolf is slightly weaker than Zhan Kong, he is always interfered with by many general-level demonic wolves in each battle, which greatly increases the difficulty for Zhan Kong to kill Winged Wolf. The first few times, he returned empty-handed.
After witnessing Garurumon's immense power, he came up with an idea: by using Garurumon to hold off some of the Dire Wolves, even if the remaining Dire Wolves were still helping Winged Wolf, he was extremely confident he could kill them.
Seeing Zhan Kong's disappointed expression, Lin Chen suddenly had an idea: Gabumon's temporary evolution requires the power of friendship, while Agumon requires the power of courage.
Faced with a pack of dire wolves, Agumon's chances of temporary evolution are definitely much greater than Gabumon's. However, Agumon is only at the Servant level now, and if it fails to evolve successfully against a large group of Warrior-level dire wolves, it will be extremely dangerous.
For a moment, Lin Chen didn't know whether he should express his thoughts.
At this moment, Zhan Kong noticed Lin Chen's hesitant expression and asked, "What other ideas do you have, kid? Tell me."
Seeing that Zhan Kong had already discovered it, Lin Chen stopped hiding it and said directly, "My Agumon can also evolve, and the probability of evolution is even higher than that of Gabumon under those circumstances. However, Agumon's strength is too low right now, and I'm afraid it might be in danger."
"Agumon can evolve?!" Zhan Kong looked at Lin Chen in shock. This kid had surprised him too many times. He was just as good as Mo Fan. No wonder he was recommended by Mo Fan.
"Mm-hmm." Lin Chen nodded: "If Agumon can reach the level of a Lesser Warrior, in order to avenge the people of Bo City, even if there is some danger, I will share this risk with Lord Zhan Kong."
Zhan Kong walked up to Agumon, carefully examining the small, earthen-yellow beast. He then said to Lin Chen, "Your summoned beast is already at the advanced stage, about to advance to the warrior level. Tell me what it needs to improve its strength, and I'll provide it for you!"
Lin Chen was overjoyed upon hearing this. Based on the wolf spirit that Gabumon had summoned, he guessed what items the system could use to upgrade Agumon.
"It should be something like the essence blood of a dragon demon or the soul of a dragon!"
"no problem."
Zhan Kong had just agreed when he immediately realized something was wrong and shouted:
"What did you say?!"