"Awooo——!!!"

A wolf-like howl reached the ears of the five running figures.

Their expressions didn’t change at all; they continued running forward.

They were about to pass through the gap between the mountains and enter the Golden Coast area.

Doris’s voice reached everyone’s ears: "This is our first time fighting together; I’m not familiar with what each of you are best at. I need someone who can use control spells. Once we reach the Golden Coast, control all the demons chasing us."

"I have control potions, but I can’t gather them together. They can only slow down their actions," Encore said.

"I can control them," Benovia said, "Tier Two Natural Magic, Blue Vine Entangle, should be enough."

"Encore, do you have any potions that make all targets in the area more susceptible to magic damage?"

"Yes."

"Good, here’s a simple tactic: After Benovia controls them, I’ll use Wind Magic to gather the demons together. Encore will use potions to make them easier to damage, Hilia will use Ice Magic to freeze them, and then I’ll use Fire Magic to melt them all! Phil, you don’t need to attack; just observe the situation for us and provide healing if necessary."

"Alright."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

The tactic was simple yet effective.

In the blink of an eye, the five of them, along with the magic puppet, had rushed to the Golden Coast.

"Take action!"

Doris yelled, and Benovia was already controlling the magic puppet to raise her hand.

"Blue Vine Entangle!"

From beneath the golden sands, countless blue vines shot up into the sky, ensnaring the foremost demons. Those that followed and entered the area couldn’t escape the fate of being bound by the vines.

However, this spell couldn’t bind them for long—only a few seconds—and some demons were already breaking free of the vines.

Seeing this, Doris waved her magic staff.

"Wind Vortex!"

The Wind Vortex Skill was a Tier One Magic, but in the hands of a Tier Two Mage, it showed greater strength and power.

Particularly facing the bound demons, the smaller ones were already swept into the vortex, while the bigger, lion-like or tiger-like demons were slowly being drawn in.

Meanwhile, Hilia was already controlling the magic puppet closer to the group of demons.

"Frost!"

The thick sea air on the coast instantly turned into ice crystals, enveloping a large number of demons and causing a layer of ice crystals to form around them.

All the demons encased in ice crystals ceased all their movements, and even those larger monsters that were barely held were directly pulled to the vicinity of the vortex, piling in with countless demons.

Doris couldn’t help but glance at Hilia.

Such powerful Ice Magic.

With her extensive experience against demons, Doris hesitated only for a moment before controlling the magic puppet to lift the great sword.

The great sword burst into roaring flames, and then, with a slash from left to right, a horizontal Sword Qi of fire plunged into the frozen heap of demons, melting countless demons wherever it went.

These demons, purely constituted of pollution, had no chance to use their berserk abilities and were killed by successive controls and attacks.

The dead demons left no bodies behind, with most of them dissipating into a cloud of Demonic Qi, disappearing into the air, waiting to reconverge as pollution in the ruins.

A few special demons, upon death, left behind some peculiar items, but for Hilia and the others, it wasn’t the time to collect drops yet.

Like mowing grass, the young women were all flushed with excitement, as if they had returned to the time when they were climbing ranks.

"Don’t let your guard down; keep using the aforementioned spells until no demon can stand up," Doris reminded.

The young women began the spell cycle.

Rose’s phantom gathered on the side, watching this scene nostalgically.

"Just like raiding a dungeon, it’s great."

Even if he were to break free, with his current invincibility, Rose probably couldn’t experience this simple joy again.

"This world has become so realistic, yet still feels so much like a game. Most of the monsters in ’Star Fall’ are set like this, with lore explaining the underlying logic of why they disappear after death and respawn again."

"Sometimes, I still think this is just a game, with me as the grandparent guiding the ’protagonist’ Hilia on her journey of growth."

While the young women were lost in the joy of mowing down monsters, Rose looked toward the lighthouse by the distant shore.

"This lighthouse should be the Lost Lighthouse I know. It was once cursed by a Sea Siren. Now, is it the Sea Siren resurrected, or has someone enhanced the Sea Siren’s curse?"

Even Rose felt a bit curious.

"What happened to this lighthouse during the Era of Calamity?"

Rose thought that maybe he should let the Holy Maiden Corps go inside and have a look.

Of course, before going in, they should first clear the path and proceed slowly.

Rose leaned against a coconut tree by the side, watching the Holy Daughters’ mowing battle.

Hilia noticed Rose leaning against the coconut tree and was about to alert him, but she thought that as a God, how could he be afraid of such polluted coconut trees?

As the number of demons dwindled, Hilia gradually relaxed. She noticed Rose’s observation and, with a ’praise me’ demeanor and tone, asked for recognition: "Lord Rose, how do you think we did?"

"Not bad. Though it’s your first time working together, the tactic was simple but effective, saving everyone’s magic power to the greatest extent."

Rose gave a positive appraisal, which made Hilia’s mood brighten.

"But..."

The girl tensed up.

Was there going to be criticism?

Noticing Hilia’s slight nervousness, Rose smiled slightly: "But this is just a small portion of the demons. If you continue southward along the beach, there’s a place you’ll need to pay special attention to. The demons there will be a real challenge for you."

"Is that the core area where the pollution spreads?"

"You can say that."

"Then we must go see it!"

Hilia looked toward the south side of the lighthouse.

They were currently on the north side of the lighthouse, and to reach the other side, they had quite some distance to cover along the beach.

The beach had no forests for cover, and Hilia could see a mountain on the south side of the lighthouse, with what seemed to be a cave at its base.

"Is that cave it?"

Hilia examined the direction of the cave closely, then looked around the beach and noticed something odd.

"Strange, why aren’t there any demons on the beach? It looks just like a normal beach."

She didn’t just keep this thought to herself but spoke it out loud for everyone to hear.

The group looked at the empty beach, and Doris said, "The beach hides its dangers in the shadows. I don’t know the specifics, but we can’t just rush forward like before; we need to advance slowly, investigating each step to ensure there’s nothing there."

Hilia raised a concern: "But aren’t we standing on the beach without having investigated?"

Doris was taken aback.

And at that moment, a wisp of tangible pollution drifted over from the gap they had just crossed.

Before they knew it, the beach had vanished, replaced by thick fog.

A low laughter echoed from beyond the mist.

"Keke keke!"