Taming The Villainesses novel Chapter 302

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As I sensed a familiar ominous energy from them....

Thud-!

Kubilai’s paw finally crushed the skeleton.

━Undead... Is the north moving again? There’s no time to waste. We need to tell everyone. The hazelnuts are over there, you two go ahead.

After setting us down, Kubilai darted back the path we came from. Stella and I were left staring blankly at each other.

“Seems like we’ll have to pick the hazelnut ourselves.”

Following Kubilai’s directions, we headed toward the large tree. It was the tallest oak tree in the forest, towering above all others.

Thanks to being struck by lightning several times, the tree was charred and said to bear special, lightning-charged hazelnuts.

“The tree is massive. You can even smell the burnt wood.”

As Kubilai had described, it was pitch black. Its enormous trunk looked almost as if inked over. In a way, it stirred a sense of boyish adventure.

“Is that the lightning hazelnut?”

Stella pointed to a large fruit hanging from a branch, as big as a human head. Was that it?

“Wait, I’ll get it. I’m good at climbing trees.”

Sss-swish.

Stella skillfully climbed the smooth trunk and stood on a thick branch. She drew her dagger, ready to cut it from the stem.

But as her hand grasped the fruit, something strange happened to her.

“Geuiiikk...!”

Her scream sounded like a chicken being electrocuted. Stella fell to the ground, singed black, and I rushed to catch her, asking, “What happened? Are you okay?”

“Th, the fruit... is surrounded by... lightning....”

Surrounded by lightning? _{fгeewebnovёl.com}

I looked up, frowning at the lightning hazelnut still hanging in place. Surrounded by lightning? Stella didn’t seem to be lying, though...

─Air Cutter.

With a quick flick of my fingers, I cut the branch. The branch, along with the hazelnut hanging from it, dropped to the ground with a thud. As I reached out to grab it—

Crackle.

“Hieek...!”

I felt a tingling sensation all over my body as if I had been struck by lightning.

Even though I’d braced myself, the shock still caught me off guard, so it was no wonder that Stella, unprepared, had fallen from the tree.

Then, I heard chattering nearby.

Flutter—

A few blue birds had landed on a nearby branch, whispering to each other.

━Look at them, trying to grab the lightning hazelnut with bare hands.

━What fools. Only those who have mastered immortal arts can touch it.

Seriously?