The Medallion

Two days passed in the twinkling of an eye. Rocky and Eunice had searched through numerous areas under Kohen's guidance, but they couldn't find any traces of the Army-blessing Scroll.

"Hey, little guy, can you find it or not?

I'm getting tired of all this searching!" complained Eunice.

She heaved Kohen upward and forced it to look into her eyes as she scowled at it grumpily.

Kohen stared back at her with an innocent, puppy-like expression that erased all the irritation she felt earlier.

"Oh, darn it! Don't look so sad. We'll find it soon," muttered Eunice.

She hesitantly patted Kohen on the head, trying to comfort it.

All of a sudden, the little pet abruptly straightened warily and hissed twice. It seemed like it had sensed something dangerous coming their way, as it glared fiercely toward the left of where Rocky and Eunice were standing.

Almost at the same time, Rocky also noticed the subtle shaking of the ground that grew stronger and stronger every second as if a huge monster was approaching.

"What's wrong, little guy?

Is something coming?"

Eunice asked Kohen, turning her confused gaze toward Rocky.

While Rocky and Eunice were looking at each other in bewilderment, an enormous shadow suddenly covered them. It stood at least ten meters tall, as high as a small mountain. Although they couldn't see clearly what it looked like, they could see the black spikes protruding from all over its body, which made it look like a gigantic hedgehog.

"Whoa! That thing is huge. Let's get out of here!"

Rocky was the first to react. He saw that they were at a disadvantage and immediately shouted a warning. He grabbed Eunice's waist and swiftly dragged her backward with him.

his feet dozens of meters away from the giant hedgehog. But it suddenly shook its huge body, and black spikes instantly shot out from it like a rainstorm, covering the area within a hundred meters with black spikes. The surrounding trees became collateral damage as the

defend against the spikes with their spiritual power, their defensive moves were helpless in the

"Eunice! Watch out!"

that Eunice was in grave danger, Rocky didn't have

he had adjusted his posture just in time to avoid it from hurting Eunice.

"Hurry! Run!"

before he completely lost his consciousness, he was able to whisper

and weak, sounding like he

and terrified. Rocky had just saved her life, at the cost of his own safety. She shook Rocky a few times but found that he wasn't responding, which made her even more anxious. She was afraid that the giant hedgehog would try to attack them again, so she didn't hesitate to grab Kohen from Rocky's shoulders, thrust it

erupted into a white ripple

the two of them had disappeared from where they

they were gone. It turned around and left, leaving the forest

Rocky to a small valley three hundred meters away. Thick foliage and gigantic trees enveloped the valley, which made it

and helped Rocky inside. She laid him on the ground, checked his body with her spiritual power, and made sure that he was comfortable. She found

She immediately tore off a piece of her skirt and pressed it on Rocky's wound to stop the bleeding. However, she realized after a few minutes that the bleeding wasn't slowing

and applied it onto Rocky's wound. Unfortunately, it didn't seem to

it

rate, he may bleed

Eunice murmured fearfully.

movement from her pocket. It was Kohen, who was wriggling and trying to come out.

it, little guy. His wounds might get infected if

Kohen. But to her surprise, she found that the

"Did—did you do that?"

looking at Kohen with

its tongue out as if it was asking for