Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

The sky was blue, but tree branches intersecting in the air cut the view.

As they moved forward, both Aupin and Violette felt that the air temperature was dropping rapidly.

At a place with a large field of vision, Aupin looked into the distance and saw a white patch of snow.

“A snowy mountain… Jesus, there is a snowy mountain on this island!”

Judging from the route of the Pig Peck, the island was obviously in the tropics. The rain forest was the expected environment, however there was not only a jungle, but also a snowy mountain. According to Yellowteres, there was also a desert.

“Sir, look, Yellowteres’ footsteps!”

Violette had a new discovery.

After looking, Aupin nodded and confirmed. “We are about to find him. We may be able to find other members of the exploration team too.”

They changed their direction because along the way, they not only found the footprints of Yellowteres, but also the marks left by the exploration team.

There were Usnea blocking the path, so Aupin raised the long-handled sickle in his hand and cut off the fungi that were hanging from the branches. They continued to walk.

This long-handled sickle was made from the spider’s legs.

With the help from Violette, Aupin made several spider war spears and a spider sword.

These newly-made weapons were sharp. They were of huge help for Aupin along this journey.

The battle with the spiders had greatly improved Aupin’s weapons and equipment.

Steel swords were far inferior to spider swords.

Normally, Aupin would be very happy, but now he didn’t care much.

These days, he had been thinking about the mutation that happened not long ago. His hands suddenly mutated into the sharp claws of the Monkey Tailed Brown Bear. After stabbing the eight-legged spider, the Silver-rank beast was burned from the inside out, causing a fatal blow!

Afterwards, he didn’t tell the truth to Violette, and his lies were quite clumsy.

But Violette did not ask any questions.

The empathy from his fiancée made Aupin feel guilty.

But what is going on?

The first thing Aupin thought of was the shapeshift spell.

Druids could become wolves, bears, and even flying dragons. Mages also had transformation spells, and thieves had camouflage spells.

Maybe I’m not just a Templar… Maybe I also have other identities?

This conjecture was immediately dispelled by Aupin.

Because no matter what the spell was, there must be a process of casting it.

However, the mutation in his hands happened naturally and there was no way he unconsciously casted a spell.

Not to mention, the use of low-level magic and battle aura was prohibited on the entire island.

So, is it my awakened bloodline?

Nobles had extraordinary bloodlines, these bloodlines were often accompanied by obvious characteristics.

For example, the bloodline of Emperor Holy Brilliance was the sanctuary bloodline. The lineages of the family, including Emperor Holy Brilliance, all had silver-white pupils and grew snow-white wings.

Half-elves with both elf and human blood also had pointed ears.

Human nobles with the blood of demons or devils usually had horns on their heads.

But why did my hands turn into brown bear claws?

Perhaps I’ve awakened the brown bear bloodline?

That would be too much of a coincidence, right?

So, the most likely reason is because of Violette’s medicine?

Aupin guessed that the medicine produced in that rescue was probably a shapeshift potion!

Because at that time, Violette instilled a large amount of blood from the Monkey Tailed Brown Bear into Aupin’s body.

And blood was the main material of the corresponding shapeshift potion.

While Aupin was saved, the effect of the shapeshifting potion was also hidden in his body. When he was facing the critical juncture of death against the eight-legged spider, the effects of the potion broke out.

Aupin felt that this was the most likely scenario, but he began to make follow-up guesses.

Does the effect of this shapeshift potion still exist?

Can it break out a second time?

If it takes effect again, how long will it last?

Aupin hoped that he could still shapeshift, that this mutation could still occur.

This could be a trump card.

And the face value of this trump card was high. Aupin relied on this to directly kill a Silver-rank beast!

Although there were various factors that assisted him in the kill, the terrifying offensive ability of the claws themselves was obvious.

As for the power decline, bloodline pollution, and other problems that may be caused by taking this shapeshift potion, Aupin could only leave these problems aside.

He did not have time to care about these problems!

It was all about survival.

These hidden dangers could be purified by a cleric at a Temple.

It was getting windy.

The trees made a rustling sound as the waves of dark green, olive, and fern colored leaves swished in the air.

The wind seemed to be blowing from the snow mountain, causing the air temperature to drop rapidly.

This did not cause any trouble to Violette and Aupin.

Although their clothes were thin, they carried a lot of hot ore.

They follow the footstep traces.

A gurgling mountain spring appeared in their sights.

“This should be groundwater.” Aupin made a guess after observing, “The spring water here is clear and cold.”

He didn’t rush to drink it, even though their water supply was low.

Wild water sources were not so safe. If he drank water rashly, he would probably lose his life.

“There are a lot of animal footprints here. There should be no problems.” Violette pointed to the soil around the spring, but suddenly her expression changed. “Wait, Aupin, look here.”

On the other side of the spring, they saw a lot of human footprints.

These footprints surround the mountain spring. Obviously, many people squatted here to collect the spring water.

“Good, some of the footprints are still new. It seems that we are very close to the exploration team. But for now, let’s fill our empty water bags first,” Aupin instructed.

They began to collect water.

Fortunately, they had their water bag, otherwise it would be inconvenient to explore in the wild without a vessel for storing water.

Violette squatted on the ground, extended her arms, opened the water bag, and began to fill it with water.

Aupin’s posture while fetching water was more cautious.

He didn’t lower his head, but kept it raised so he could glance around from time to time, scouting out his surroundings while filling the water bag.

There were many beasts in the wild that used water sources to attract prey. Once the prey lowered its alertness while drinking water, these beasts would strike like lightning and kill them.

Similar instruction was also given to human soldiers.

When drinking and filling water, keep one’s head up at all times to prevent any sneak attacks by the enemy.

Because of this, when an enemy appeared, Aupin was the first to notice and he alerted Violette.

The two stood up quickly.

One, two, three…

Some appeared from the forest, some stood up on the rocks, some loomed out of the grass.

Soon, the young couple discovered that they were surrounded.

Most of these people were wearing sailor’s clothing, with weathered, wrinkly dark skin. Everyone had weapons, mostly scimitars, but also swords, spears, and even bows and crossbows.

A Bronze-rank elite stepped out of the crowd and walked in front of Aupin and Violette.

After looking at the person, the glow in Aupin’s eyes dissipated.

Violette said unhappily, “You! Pfft, we finally caught you, Yellowteres!”