The Hero Turned Into A Potato And The World Fell To Ruin Chapter 60: Since You Insist, We Won't Hold Back

"Ugh, I never expected I would still have to activate the third layer of magic," Yaine grumbled while scrutinizing the charred remains on the ground. "It's all turned to ashes. How are we supposed to research this?"

"There was any other choice. This monster's life force was too strong." Calidora crouched beside Yaine, poking at the blackened ashes with a stick. "It looked like it could regenerate infinitely, and burning was probably the only way to kill it."

"If it could really regenerate indefinitely, it wouldn't have burned away so quickly." Yaine sighed. "It was so disgusting I lost control and incinerated it. I should have been patient and zap it a little more. Perhaps some tissue could have been saved for studying."

"But something still doesn't feel right," Mervant said as he approached. "If this thing was so strong, why did it run away during the day?"

"Because it isn't the same entity." Yaine shook her head. "I never expected this plan to be effective, yet this thing still got caught. At that time, it seemed like something was off, so I made preparations in advance.

"Now it seems my hunch was right. It didn't struggle in the swamp and only started resisting once my spell was nearly complete. I can only assume it intentionally got caught, probably to devour us."

"Does that mean to say, regardless of these creatures' individual intelligence, there's at least this sort of highly dangerous one with comparable smarts?" Mervant frowned. "Ugh… I'm thinking, how about we just fly over? I can carry your student and Osar on one trip, then you and Nini on another. It'll just be two trips, but we'll make it."

"No, you guys aren't summoned beasts and have to stop for rest." Yaine shook her head. "Moreover, you two can't fly fast when carrying others. With rest stops counted in, it would still take at least three days to reach the swamp's center. You'd be in danger if you encounter an attack when resting. Don't forget, these creatures can come ashore."

"But at least the time spent resting would be shorter," Mervant argued

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