Chapter 679 Listen to Friends' Advice
Tadella was panting, leaning on her longbow, the corpses of two scorpion kings lying at her feet.
The body of one poisonous scorpion king was basically intact, while the other was in pieces.
Seeing that the hunt was complete, the traveler team also jumped down.
Sue: "Tadella, are you okay?"
Tadella stood up straight. "I'm fine. I'm just a little tired."
After the Wind Demon Kite completed her mission and disappeared, her lost blood and strength were basically restored, which made her physical condition much better.
Tadella opened her waist bag and took out the necessary things, a small roll of bandages and medicine.
Su urged her to detoxify quickly, "Is it the antidote? Tadella, drink it quickly."
Tadella cleaned and bandaged the wound that was bleeding after being scratched by the scorpion king's tail hook, and drank the potion in one gulp.
Sue looked at her small waist bag, "There are so few medical supplies. I'll give you some after the coming of age trial is over."
Tadella just opened her mouth to speak but Su stopped her, "Don't refuse. This is a gift from a friend."
Paimon chimed in, "Many of our potions were given to us by friends. This is called the transmission of friendship and goodwill!"
Kong: "Su also got a lot of free powerful anesthetics, which should be very suitable for Tadella's hunting."
It just so happens that Tadella needs this, and it can also reduce the production of Su's sleeping juice. This is a win-win situation!
After thanking her friends earnestly, Tadella drew out her scimitar and began to dissect the body of the Scorpion King.
Paimon: "Why are you in such a hurry? Tadella is injured, so take a rest first."
Tadella explained: "If the venom glands are not kept fresh in time, they will easily deteriorate in the air."
Tadella's hands were deft and steady, and she expertly peeled off the scorpions' chitinous shells and dissected them.
Then they methodically removed the useless internal organs, extracted the venom glands, carefully packed them up and put them away.
Although the wound was bandaged and the antidote was taken, Tadla still had sweat on her forehead and her breathing was trembling after the hard work.
Paimon couldn't help but worriedly urge her to rest.
Tadla shook her head and pulled herself together. "It's nothing serious. This injury is nothing to the Falcon. Phew... We still have to hunt flying snakes. Let's go."
Su Hekong looked at Tadella's pale face and purple lips and suspected that either the poison of the Scorpion King was particularly severe, or the antidote was not effective enough to completely neutralize it.
Sue: "Let's go tomorrow. I don't want to travel so much in one go."
Paimon: "Yes, yes, our child is very delicate, not weak!"
Sora: "If you adjust your state, the last hunt will go more smoothly."
Even Lilupal advised, "Even falcons get hurt sometimes. There's no need to be ashamed of it, little girl."
"I'm not hurt!" Tadella retorted loudly before she realized, "I'm sorry, Lord Lilupal..."
She was Tanit's falcon, and a wounded falcon meant uselessness. Useless things...the tribe and her father would not keep them for long.
"You're shivering and have a slight fever... It's scorpion venom, a poison I'm familiar with." Lilupal made a very experienced judgment: "Although it won't be fatal, it will be very painful."
"You can still hold on now, but if you continue to trek in the desert for a while... the scorpion venom and fever will accelerate dehydration and easily kill you."
Tadella lowered her head in silence. Compared to her friends' gentle and tactful advice, the words of the Mother of the Soul were more direct.
"A good falcon knows how to cherish his life, otherwise he will become a burden and be eliminated. You are not a stupid "falcon", right?"
Lilupal easily captured Tadla with just a few words, and the stubborn falcon agreed to stop hunting and rest here.
After Tadella lay down to rest, Paimon quietly complained to his friends, "I didn't expect Tadella to be the type with a very strong sense of self-esteem. But with the presence of Lilupal, a female lecturer who is well versed in human nature, she is still willing to listen to advice."
Su touched his chin, "Lilupar, can you help persuade Jade to come back from Babel?"
Pingzi said easily, "Of course, my Lord. But you have to wait until her dream is shattered, and then I will help you guide the child."
“No, no, no, the guidance of the town spirit… ah!” Paimon looked at Su and then at Kong, “Should we not let Lilupal interfere?”
She and Kong were already worried that Lilupal would lead Su astray, and if she were to guide Jade, Jade might become even more extreme.
Sora looked at the girl beside him, and after seeing her expression changing for a while, she gave up and said, "Forget it, Jade can do whatever she wants."
Jade was just an ordinary friend of hers, and although they were grateful to Gabriel, they were not obligated to spend all their time on her.
I've tried to persuade Jade, but since she doesn't want to, then forget it.
The unconscious Tadella gasped with difficulty, and Su tiptoed over to check on her.
Just as Su was about to cast the healing water ring, he heard Tadella's vague refusal.
"Don't...don't...I can be fine..."
Su sighed and simply dragged his sleeping bag next to Tadella, planning to sleep next to her tonight.
Paimon also flew over and looked at Tadella who kept mumbling with worry, "Tadella is so stubborn. It seems that the coming-of-age ceremony is really important to her."
The next day, Tadella opened her eyes groggily and saw the girl's concerned face.
"You're awake. Paimon and I took care of you all night." Su, who wanted to leave his name behind for good deeds, touched Tadella's forehead and said, "It's okay. The temperature has gone down."
Paimon rubbed his eyes and sat up. "Why don't we rest a little more today? Tadella still looks very weak."
Kong, who had already prepared breakfast, invited his friends to eat. He also prepared a bowl of brown sugar and egg porridge for Tadella, which was easy to digest and warming.
Su brought the porridge to Tadella and stopped her before she could say anything to refuse. "We didn't help you with your injuries or hunting. Eating together doesn't count as cheating."
In the chaotic dream, the phantom of Marcela, who said, "An injured falcon has lost its function. It is not worth repairing and can only be disposed of.", gradually disappeared from Tadella's mind, and was replaced by the gentle and caring faces of her friends.
Tadella slowly swallowed the slightly sweet porridge in her mouth and felt her cold stomach and heart warm up.
Su scooped another spoonful of porridge and handed it to Tadella's lips. Tadella, who had never been treated like this even as a baby, blushed.
Tadella felt ashamed, but at the same time she couldn't help but crave this tenderness and intimacy.
Su finished feeding Paimon a bowl of porridge but was still not satisfied. He ran back to his friends and snatched Paimon's bowl and spoon, "Paimon Paimon, ah——"
"Ah—" Paimon chewed and swallowed before asking his friend what he was doing.
"I suddenly found that feeding is fun," Su Kuai handed over another spoonful, "Ah——"
Paimeng refused to cooperate. "I'm not a patient or a child. I don't want to be fed."
Su regretfully returned Paimon's cutlery to her. Kong, who was being targeted, quickly finished the last two bites of food and showed her the empty bowl.
None of his friends cooperated. Su ate his breakfast disappointedly and then washed the dishes unhappily.
The traveler team dawdled and delayed Tadlado to rest for a while before setting off for the last hunting ground.
Tadella was more cautious than before and planned to re-investigate the situation of the flying snakes. "My previous intelligence was wrong. I didn't expect that there would be two poisonous scorpion kings, which are used to living alone."