Runemaster in the Last Days

Peter frowned when he heard that and thought about the things he had heard in that world. There were indeed many rune master who could make paper doll and jade doll, but he had never heard of them using these dolls to fight.

If he was not wrong…

"Well, it should be true." Peter thought for a moment. "These jade dolls are usually used as a servant in the noble houses and not used for fighting."

Servants?

Major General Leon looked at Peter thoughtfully, wondering what kind of world that Peter lived in before.

The others also silently looked at Peter and then turned to look at Samuel.

Samuel's family background… it seemed to be very good, right?

Sensing everyone's gaze, Samuel: "…"

He felt that it would be impossible to explain this matter.

"Don't think too much. These jade dolls can execute a set of order just like robots because of the formation imbued within them," Riya said. "The fighting power of the jade dolls are not very strong because they're designed as assistant rather than fighter. They're good at doing housework if you order them to do so. Of course, you still need to use magic core to power it up."

The others: "…"

Sorry, we're not that prodigal either.

Besides, no one could be as rich as Samuel and Riya. But all of them knew that these two people would definitely spend most of their fortune to practice instead of other things.

It was their pursuit to reach the top.

And this desire could be seen clearly from the way they practiced crazily and also spent most of their time to practice and so on.

Without strong desire and willpower, it would be impossible for them to practice so much. And they didn't even hesitate to sell some knowledge to the government for the sake of their assistance.

They wanted to get stronger faster.

Perhaps, they were racing against time?

No one but these returnees knew for sure.

"I make a few to help me scouting when necessary but these jade dolls are not ordered to fight," Riya said. "After all, the road is too dangerous and I don't want to fight against unknown enemy."

Too dangerous?

Peter looked at Riya strangely. He seemed to remember that it was Riya who beat him up badly in their spar against each other.

Samuel also looked at Riya silently. If he was not wrong, she asked him to be her 'thug' and 'bodyguard' for a while, right?

"I see." Major General Leon nodded. "So you don't need jade that much, Miss Riya?"

"Yes, I don't need it." Riya shrugged and then looked at the other people behind them. Thankfully, everyone here were the people who were close to her and Samuel, so she could trust them.

The other soldiers were following from a distance and didn't dare to get close to them.

"Alright then."

The two men were disappointed.

They thought that they could make a fortune by making a deal with Riya. The two of them silently looked at Samuel and guessed that this man should have made a lot of fortune through this matter from Riya.

Tsk, how cunning.

They were envious.

Samuel purposely ignored their gaze because he knew very well that it was impossible for him to give up on the opportunity that was delivered to his door. Since he had a chance to make a lot of fortune, why can't he use it?

Anyway, it was not a big deal for him to accept Riya's trade.

Each got what they need.

That was how business is.

The other people also could guess the meaning of these two people's look and Amelia stifled her laugh. Because she knew with how cunning her brother is, he should have gained a lot from the trade with Riya.

Of course, she would not say it out loud.

With the jade doll in front, the group walked inside and soon came into intersection.

"Which way to go?" Peter asked curiously, looking around like a curious child.

Samuel passed a sidelong glance at Peter. "If you're that eager to go, you're free to go ahead."

"No, thank you." Peter shook his head quickly.

He didn't have that much live saving means. Once he was exhausted, it would mean instant death for him.

Peter didn't want to seek death yet.

He still wanted to live for a long time.

It was also because of this reason that Peter had never tried to explore the crack on his own. He knew his limitation very well.

Even though he could reach the best state of his body through training and conditioning, but he lacked the auxiliary means of protection. This meant that when his body failed or he was too tired, then he would be at risk of death.

Peter was not stupid and would not take any unnecessary risk.

"This one." Riya pointed to one of them. "The others are dead end and there are a lot of magic ants there. Do you want to clean them up or leave them be for the time being?"

Samuel thought for a moment. "Isn't it better to kill them?"

"Ants had no way to reproduce if the queen are killed, so they're basically harmless." Riya shrugged.

This was common sense even in that world.

So when they were entering the ant's nest, they would usually not bother with these worker ants.

If it was necessary to progress, they would kill the ants. But if it was not necessary, then they would ignore these worker ants and simply blocked the way to prevent these magic ants from surrounding them.

In any case, a worker ants couldn't live that long.

As long as they dealt with the ant queen, the entire ant colony would be destroyed sooner or later.

"It's really troublesome." Peter snorted.

He had no way to deal with these magic ants on his own, so he could only turn his head to look at Samuel.

"Then I'll just close down the place." Samuel clapped his hand.