SSS-Rank Poop Shoveler Spirit-Chapter 108: "The Most Hated Spirit"

Everything happened so fast that Castra's Gut Feeling was slow to react and only got triggered just now.

Beep. [Your passive skill Gut Feeling is triggered.]

Gut Feeling: "I smell trouble...these are all C-rank hanging vines. They're so annoying...just hang yourself and be done with it."

Castra couldn't even twitch his lips at his gut feeling's absurd comment because the group's faces instantly turned pale and they almost froze stiff on the spot, becoming a new wave of victims!

Seeing the foolish youngsters, the veins on Mario's temple twitched violently.

"What are you guys doing?? Get out of there!" Mario roared and his voice instantly woke up the frightened youngsters.

"Y-yes, young master!"

The youngsters immediately scrambled to run away, each more careful than the last.

Their summon spirits and natal spirits immediately cut the hanging vines, clearing up half of the area.

This time, because the group was on high alert, no more casualties appeared.

Castra also walked carefully and with Garfin always on his neck, no hanging vine could successfully get him.

Once the group left the hanging vine territory, they vigilantly searched their surroundings before they grouped up, their faces tense, especially Mario.

"See who is missing."

At Mario's order, the group started to count their people and found that their previously 20-ish people had dwindled down to 15.

A whooping five people died.

One of the youngsters reported the casualties and Mario couldn't help but furrow his eyebrows.

The ones who died were all non-summoners.

They weren't mages either, so they were warriors and .

Without a summon spirit helping them to react in an instant like what happened to Romeo, these young warriors lost their lives in seconds, unable to even lift their weapons and fight back.

Mario sucked in the cold air and broke into a cold sweat.

If not for Castra's reminder, more people would have fallen into the hidden danger...

Castra himself felt his heart pounding hard, his face pale.

All this time, he had never seen anyone die directly right in front of his eyes.

This...was his first time seeing someone losing their lives.

Castra felt like puking, but Crowie started to peck at his head, giggling and screaming,

"Ka! Ka! Ka! It's a pity that you don't get hanged, Ka!"

...? Hm? Wait.

Castra remembered Crowie's "curse" back then...and he suddenly squinted his eyes.

Did Crow really curse him, giving him bad luck, or...

Is it an omen?

Crows were famous for their crow's beak, whatever bad things they said might come true, but this crow was not your ordinary crow.

What if Crowie foreseen something and subconsciously warned him?

After all, when he was attacked by the Man-eating plants back then, Crowie said nothing.

Castra almost grabbed Crowie and interrogated him but he reigned his impulse.

Let's wait and see.

If Crowie really had such a skill...

Hehehehehe~

Crowie felt a chill down his spine and subconsciously hugged its body tightly while looking left and right.

Caw? Caw? Crowie is scared, caw!

Of course, Dudu, who was squashed and got his exclusive throne stolen, was even more scared than Crowie.

Dudududuuu...master, did you forget about Dudu? QAQ

What if this crow eats Dudu, ah?? Dudu is on the crow's menu!

Not knowing Dudu's fear, Castra stayed close to Mario, afraid that there would be another sudden danger.

At the same time, Mario was squeezing his temple, feeling a headache.

"Ughhhh this is so troublesome."

He's the leader of this expedition and they had only entered the forest's peripheral area, yet they had lost five people.

If this continued, wouldn't the whole group be wiped out?

But he needed to find the elf village for Archie...

Mario massaged his temple once more before he crouched on the ground, startling Castra.

"Hey, hey, bastard, what are you doing? Are you poisoned? Dizzy?"

Don't die on this poor worker!!

"Shut up, you fake spirit! I'm just trying to summon a spirit!"

Mario scoffed as he rummaged through his bag, taking out a handful of strange seeds before scattering it on the ground.

Then, Mario made complicated hand seals and soon, a familiar summoning magic circle appeared around the scattered seeds.

"O, the brave and the cautious, in the name of..."

Mario mumbled a row of strange words and Castra immediately shuddered.

Damn, is that a direct summoning?

If that's the case, what kind of "spell" did Mario speak when summoning him?

It can't be "O, the cleaner of filth and impurity— "

Blergh.

Wait. The offering back then was a Man-eating plant's poop— did Mario go all the way to find one that wasn't so devilish just to summon him?

What kind of dedication is that??

Castra strangely felt a sense of pride but the next second, the summoning circle shone and a flutter of leaves popped out, almost triggering Castra's PTSD.

But the newly summoned spirit didn't move.

Or rather, it couldn't move.

It was actually embedded inside a pot, looking extremely familiar.

That baby-like face, the leaves, the body resembling a ginseng...

"Mandrake?"

The most infamous plant spirits, topping the list of spirits that summoners didn't want to summon??

Well, he saw his name on the second rank...but still, this one was number one on the list!

Castra looked at Mario as if he had lost his mind.

Even the other young summoners were so shocked that they almost bit their tongues.

"T-this, young master, why did you summon, uh, uh..."

They couldn't continue.

The group of people dissatisfied with Mario were alive and well, so they started to murmur behind everyone's back.

"Did the hanging vine kick the bastard's brain? What's the use of such an annoying spirit?"

"Hah. A mandrake can act as a danger alarm. He lost five people at once, so he must be anxious."

"Hehehehe. Let's see how he explained this to the elders!"

"Why didn't the hanging vine get that bastard's neck— "

Before the person could finish his words, a baby-like scream suddenly exploded far and wide.

"WAAHHHHH— "