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Once everything was done, Leo immediately collected the loot before leading everyone to the Green Eagle Flyingboat. It was time for them now to go back to the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest and check the current situation.

They have already spent a lot of time over here and assuming that the fight between the Sandstone Spider tribe and the Cave Lizard tribe is still going on, then most likely they should be in the deciding part now on who will be the winner.

It was already a very clear fact for him to see before that the fight between the Sandstone Spider tribe and Cave Lizard tribe has already been going on for many days now considering the amount of dead bodies he has seen littering on the ground nearby the entrance of Sandstone Mother Spider's nest and the decrease in amount of Sandstone Spiders that were supposedly going to get in their way.

And even before this mission started, they have long already expected as well to encounter tens of thousands of Sandstone Spiders ranging from ordinary Sandstone Spiders to Sandstone Soldier Spiders, with a few Sandstone Knight Spiders along their way to the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest.

However, so far, they were only able to meet a few thousands of ordinary Sandstone Spiders and a few Sandstone Soldier Spiders. As for the Sandstone Knight Spiders, it was almost non-existing except when they arrived nearby the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest. Aside from that place, they have only encountered a number that even one single hand of them can count.

Just from that alone, it was enough proof to prove that his assumption was most likely going to be correct.

But of course, he can never be really sure without seeing it with his own eyes, right? That's why it was time for them to return to find out whether something unexpected has happened or not.

Unknown variables were always something he is the most cautious about.

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Along the way to the tunnel, Leo had explained to Ethan's group the reason why they have to eliminate the Magical Beast tribe of the Beast Lord Sandpit Worm.

Ethan's group immediately understood how bad the situation was after hearing Leo's reason. To explain everything in the most simplest way possible, what they were doing was akin to bringing a new enemy to the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest. If they have indeed successfully lured the Magical Beast tribe of the Beast Lord Sandpit Worm to the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest, considering that the Sandpit Worm tribe can easily dig underground, then they would most likely join in the fight, hence causing the water source to have another bigger problem.

Although they could always count on Leo's Chaos Orbs to eliminate the Magical Beast tribe of the Beast Lord Sandpit Worm just like what he had done at this moment. But it was very easy to understand that most likely Leo wouldn't use the Chaos Orbs, considering that no one amongst them would certainly be falling into great danger if ever the situation had turned out to be like that. After all, the only reason why Leo had used the Chaos Orbs in the first place was because they were in a dangerous situation, specifically they can't escape without anything capable enough to distract the Magical Beast tribe of the Beast Lord Sandpit Worm, which at first they thought would be the Sandstone Spider tribe.

After explaining that reason to Ethan's group, Leo then went to inquire to Charlotte about what just happened when he was busy handling the Magical Beast tribe of the Beast Lord Sandpit Worm. As soon as he found out about it, he immediately turned solemn and excused himself to be alone for some time.

Hearing Charlotte's words really made him think thoroughly about the danger that the Chaos Orbs could bring to him, or even just his capability to control the Chaos Mana alone. That wasn't the only danger as well, because considering his capability to also create other Element Orbs, it was already within expectations that it is also very possible for him to control other Element Mana.

The danger that his potential could possibly bring to him was even more than what he had thought about the danger that his capability of summoning Elementals could bring. It was even to the point that both of them were incomparable, just like heaven and earth, specifically the most absolute comparison to ever exist.

He was even considering whether it's still worth it to hide his capability to summon Elementals, considering that he has something even more troublesome.

However, after thinking for a bit, he realized that his capability to control Element Mana was only considered as the greatest threat right now because the Elementals were still considered very weak. At this moment, the Elementals level was only close to breaking to 1 Star level. Though they can easily kill Mages whose cultivation was above them, that was only the case because the Mages he has ever encountered so far were extremely weak.

He already knows that the main reason for the Mages he had encountered being weak was because the Silver Kingdom at that time limited the growth of the Mages, thus their Magic power is far from being comparable to what should supposedly be in their cultivation level.

Take the members of the Mischievous Lion organization and Silver royal family's soldiers as an example. When comparing the strength between the two, even the No Star assassins from the former could easily kill a 1 Star to 5 Star Mage from the latter.

Although it's still very impossible for the No Star assassins to have a close-combat when it comes to the case of the Magical Knights, they always have their assassination skill to their advantage. If one gave them the right opportunity, then they could successfully assassinate a 1 Star to 3 Star Magical Knight. Of course, giving the Magical Knights the right opportunity would also allow them to kill the assassins as well. But the main point is, a person much weaker than a Magical Knight could actually kill them despite their level difference.

Anyways, he was now made fully aware of the danger his potential could possibly bring to him. That's why, starting today, he decided to not easily reveal the existence of the Element Orbs. If a situation similar to Ethan's group would ever happen again in the future, only in different people, then he would first find a way to not allow them to find out. And if there isn't any, then he wouldn't have any choice but to try his best using other means to successfully save them. If there isn't any, then unfortunately he could only choose to abandon them. Unless, of course, if they are Cassandra and the others.

Soon, the Green Eagle Flyingboat finally arrived back at the entrance of the tunnel that lead to the ceiling of the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest.

Leo and the others disembarked the Green Eagle Flyingboat. While Chief Lago didn't come along with them as he still needed to return the Green Eagle Flyingboat to Sandy Town for repairs.

At this moment, the tunnel has a lot of damage, clearly caused by the Magical Beast that has gotten inside. Though it is still possible to use it to go down to the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest.

However, just to be safe, Leo decided to summon his Earth Elementals to slowly repair the walls that supported the tunnel while they were on their way down. He had also closed the entrance of the tunnel from the surface in order to avoid from any more Magical Beasts entering. Aside from that, they cleaned up the place from Magical Beast so as to avoid any unexpected variables from happening.

Fortunately, despite the Magical Beasts entering the place, there was nothing bad that had happened. Like, for example, the Sandstone Lord Spider had ordered a few Sandstone Spiders to check the place.

Maybe it's because he had already covered every hole that leads to this place, that's why there weren't any movements from the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest.

"Let's rest here for a bit," Leo told everyone as soon as they arrived back in their temporary base.

They have used a lot of their energy and stamina during the luring and fight against the Magical Beast tribe of the Beast Lord Sandpit Worm, thus they should fix that problem first before deciding to face another problem.

Cassandra and the other women quickly began preparing a place to cook their food. While on the other hand, Ethan and the boys began setting up a proper place to rest.

After some time, the food and the resting place were finally ready.

"Food is ready," Cassandra said before starting to serve the food to the others along with Elizabeth, Angel, Veronica, Ash, Charlotte, and Elaine's help.

Leo received his own portion as he then quickly began devouring every last piece of it. After finishing with his food, he immediately proceeded after to cultivate. He has been stuck in the early stage of 1 Star level for a few days now, so it should be time for him to think about improving his cultivation so as to summon more Elementals and to also try for a chance to make his Elementals breakthrough to 1 Star level.

Seeing Leo cultivating, everyone else immediately chooses to do something that can increase their strength.

Cassandra, Elizabeth, Angel, Veronica, and Ash quickly asked for Charlotte to share with them some important knowledge about close-combat. While on the other hand, Ethan, Elaine, Edward, Sele, Sebastian, Dan, and old man Torre tried using the Chaos Orbs that Leo had given to them to try to improve their cultivation.

They have already decided to be serious about growing stronger. So they all decided to use every possible second of their free time now to improve their strength.