Newbie Guardians

Chapter 24 Contract

New information appeared in Huang Xin's field of vision again:

You have unlocked your inventory. Since you have no elemental attributes, your inventory cannot store any elemental items. Therefore, you cannot place any elemental items from the dungeon into your inventory, nor can you bring any elemental items into the dungeon.

Huang Xin looked and found that his longbow, short sword, and arrows were gone. In his inventory...

A short axe whose blade emits an eerie red light.

A dark green, round object.

Three pale gold crystals, each the size of a grain of rice.

Two small round cards, one as black as ink, the other dark green.

A translucent stone.

"This stone was given to me by the skeleton man Carlo."

Huang Xin muttered to himself as he took out the stone.

Item Name: Carlo's Contract Stone. Simply drip a drop of your middle finger's blood onto it to complete the contract. Carlo will then become your most loyal protector.

Huang Shen bit his right middle finger and dripped his blood onto the stone. Instantly, the stone turned into a pale white light that shot towards Huang Shen's brow.

A burning sensation ran through Huang Shen's brow. He instinctively wanted to reach out and touch it, but then he thought that might disrupt the progress of the contract, so he restrained himself.

After about half a minute, the burning sensation disappeared. New information appeared in my field of vision.

The contract is complete. You have gained a new active skill: Summon Carlo.

Summon Carlo: Once activated, Carlo will fight alongside you until Carlo is defeated, or you can manually recall him by activating the skill again. Cooldown: 30 minutes.

Huang Shen immediately activated his summoning skill, and the short skeleton Carlo appeared two meters away from him. As soon as he appeared, he peeked around, looking left and right, and suddenly grabbed a small tree and tried to pull it up.

Huang Xin grabbed him and took out the axe. Item information appeared in his field of vision:

The Ancient Tree Axe: Legend has it that there was a magical tree that could not be felled no matter how it was chopped. Over time, no one bothered to cut it down anymore. Bored, the ancient tree grew an axe from its own trunk. Thousands of years later, the axe blade had become harder and sharper than any metal, and no external force could destroy it.

"It truly is a divine weapon! Here, this axe is yours from now on!"

Huang Xin handed over the axe. Carlo looked at it with confusion at first, then indicated that it understood. It took the axe, chopped off the sapling in a few strokes, trimmed off the excess branches and leaves, whittled it into a stick, held it in its hand, and swung it a few times—it was quite easy to use. It then shoved the axe back into Huang Xin's hand, and proudly waved the stick in its hand, as if to say…

"It's chopped up. See? It works great, doesn't it!"

Huang Shen was utterly speechless. This guy's IQ was so low, he was practically impossible to communicate with. Suddenly, a brilliant idea struck him...

"Yes! That title!"

Huang Xin took out the black card, and the item information appeared.

Master of Underworld Languages ​​Title: Simply tap the card between your eyebrows to activate this title. Note that all cards are one-time consumables and will disappear after use. Titles you've already obtained will not disappear; once activated, you will immediately gain the corresponding ability.

Huang Xin slapped the black card against her forehead, felt nothing, and the card vanished. New information appeared.

You have obtained the title of Master of Underworld Languages. Do you wish to activate it? Note that only one language-related title can be activated at a time.

After Huang Xin chose to activate it, he turned around and said to Carlo.

"Carlo, throw away the stick!"

"Why? This stick is very useful; it's a shame to throw it away!"

"You can use this axe from now on. I don't need it, so you keep it. Give me the stick!"

Carlo handed the wooden stick to Huang Xin, took the axe, and thrust the handle into his chest, the axe firmly wedged into the gap between his bones.

Huang Shen covered her face. This guy always likes to do stupid things! Oh well, let it be.

Huang Xin gripped the wooden stick, stepped through the grass, and slowly walked forward, with Carlo following closely behind.

"Yeah, another title seems to be useful in the jungle."

Take out the dark green card, and the item information will appear.

Jungle Courier Title: Activating this title grants you an additional 5% movement speed increase, ignoring terrain such as grass and jungle. Note that only one movement-related title can be activated at a time.

Huang Xin decisively slapped the card against his forehead and selected to activate it.

As we continued walking, there were indeed no obstacles, just like walking on a flat road. Not even thorns scratched our clothes. This title is simply too convenient.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Huang Xin saw a girl of about seventeen or eighteen years old. Her hair was messy, her face was dirty, but her eyes were very bright. She wore simple leather armor, revealing her shapely abdomen and long, snow-white legs. She was carrying a longbow on her back and was running forward wildly.

"Were they being chased by a wild animal?"

Huang Xin looked behind the girl and saw a huge wolf with an arrow half-buried in its back. This was a wounded wolf, its ferocity heightened. Usually, the wisest course of action when encountering such a beast is to flee, not to fight. The girl knew the terrain intimately and ran incredibly fast, using the terrain to dodge each attack, narrowly avoiding the wolf's strikes. However, the wolf was too fast, and the girl was constantly in danger. Finally, the girl couldn't run anymore. She dodged a fierce pounce and quickly climbed a large tree, reaching a height of five or six meters in the blink of an eye. The wolf let out a long howl and charged towards the tree, leaping high into the air, its front paws striking the girl's back!

"Be careful!"

Huang Xin ran towards the giant wolf while shouting a warning. However, everything happened too fast. The girl reacted quickly, dodging to the side and avoiding a vital spot. The giant wolf's claws hooked onto the leather armor on her shoulder. Due to the inertia of its massive body, the hooking force was equivalent to hundreds of kilograms. The leather armor snapped open, and she was pulled to the ground along with the giant wolf.

The girl's body also dangled in the air and fell downwards.

Huang Xin covered her eyes, unable to bear watching any longer. While giving Carlo the order to save the girl, she prayed for her, hoping she could hold on a little longer.

Huang Xin was only about twenty meters away from the girl. With a loud bang, Carlo quickly pulled out his axe and swung it forcefully, hitting the wolf on the head. The giant wolf turned around and coldly looked at the man and the skeleton.

Huang Xin knew that the wolf was determined to die, and they absolutely could not fight it head-on. They could only hope that Carlo could hold on. After giving Carlo another command, Huang Xin rushed towards the girl's leather armor, which was covered with a longbow and arrows.

"Don't come any closer!"

"You're alright, that's great!"

Huang Xin was overjoyed and turned to look at the girl.

"Don't look! Turn your head away!"

The girl held her hands in front of her chest, clutching a few leaves in her hands.

Huang Xin was immediately embarrassed, his face turning red.

"I...I didn't mean to! I need a bow and arrows!"

"Don't look, I'm going to attack it."

"All right!"

Huang Xin gripped the wooden stick tightly, facing the giant wolf, and assumed a defensive stance.

On the other side, Carlo rushed up to the giant wolf, kicked it in the nose, and the giant wolf raised its head to avoid it, opened its huge mouth and bit down.

Carlo reacts extremely quickly. Despite its usual docile appearance, it is incredibly powerful in combat. With a single roll, it reaches out and snatches the axe, then swings it at the chin with a backhand blow.

With a loud thud, the wolf's jaw was smashed hard, its teeth hitting its lips, drawing blood, and it let out a howl of pain.

"Idiot! You're holding the axe upside down! Chop off its head! Chop off its head now!"

Huang Xin shouted loudly from the side.

The giant wolf turned its head, its eyes filled with cruel killing intent.

"Oops!"

Huang Shen instinctively turned to run, but with a whoosh, an arrow flew overhead.

The girl screamed.

Turn around! Don't look!

Huang Xin then realized that what she had just done was an instinctive reaction of crisis awareness, and hurriedly turned back.

"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to!"

Just then, I saw an arrow pierce the giant wolf's left eye, blood splattering everywhere. Then, an axe swung across with a whoosh, and the huge wolf's head flew up, crashing heavily to the ground and rolling seven or eight meters before stopping. Immediately afterward, with a thud, the headless wolf's body also crashed to the ground, twitching for a long time before finally coming to a stop.

Carlo shoved the axe back into his chest and ran back to Huang Xin's side. Huang Xin's body was stiff, and he didn't move for a long time.

"Okay! Turn it around now!"

"oh!"

Huang Shen turned around, head down, like a child who had made a mistake.

"I'm sorry! I really didn't..."

"Alright, alright, stop talking!"

"Okay! I won't say anymore!"

"My name is Hannah. Who are you? What brings you to our tribe?"