Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

Almost the entire exploration team was poisoned, with the exception of Whitesprout.

Faced with Yellowteres’ anger, Whitesprout was full of panic. He kept shaking his head, stepping back step by step, and finally fell to the ground.

“It wasn’t me, it really wasn’t me!” Whitesprout shouted, denying everything vigorously.

Yellowteres approached him step by step, but suddenly fell to the ground halfway through.

His face was pale gray and his expression was grim, like a sick patient that had fallen into icy water, soaked in the cold water for a long time, then picked up right before he froze to death.

“Why are you not poisoned?” Yellowteres fell to the ground, he still glared at Whitesprout unwillingly, squeezing out the last words from his mouth.

Blueteres nearby suddenly said, “Ah! Could it be that the owner of the island made a move? Not poisoning all of us, but he saved one person’s life for him to survive and tell the story. It’s like the pirates, after looting a ship, they deliberately want to release some people and spread their notoriety.”

Yellowteres still had some consciousness left and he was puzzled after hearing this. “Who? Does this island have a owner?”

The discussion between Aupin and others in the tent was kept secret, even Yellowteres was kept in the dark.

Because the results of these discussions were mostly speculations, there was no direct evidence.

Telling the rest of the team would only cause a great blow to their morale, making them feel worried and anxious, and even have emotional breakdowns.

Both Yellowteres and Blueteres fell to the ground. Amongst the entire team, only Aupin was barely standing. Even so, the young man felt his body getting more and more cold, like he was falling into an ice cave.

Blueteres struggled to stand up from the ground, but failed after several attempts. His eyes fell on Whitesprout. He called out, “I remember, he didn’t eat goat, he didn’t have a single bite. This goat meat is poisonous!”

“Is this goat meat poisonous?” Violette was taken aback after hearing this.

Before eating the goat meat, she clearly checked that it was non-toxic.

“Does it have anything to do with the amount? Is it because we ate too much?” Aupin asked with a frown on his face.

Violette shook her head and smiled bitterly. “I checked a long time ago. But there is also a possibility that a certain toxin was not detected by me… Whitesprout, you really didn’t eat a bite of goat?”

Whitesprout nodded and stuttered, “Yes, yes, sir, I don’t like to eat goat, I eat dry rations mostly.”

Whitesprout’s actions lowered his suspicion, Aupin turned his eyes to Violette.

If Whitesprout was plotting anything, this was his best opportunity.

Aupin had almost no strength to fight back.

Thinking about it from another angle, even if Whitesprout wanted to plot against them, he would be stupid to act at this time. The teammates around him could increase his own chance of survival in the wilderness. The risk of being alone was too high.

Violette had fallen to the ground a long time ago. Her eyes flashed with a thought as she said, “Sir Aupin, please come over and use my dagger to cut a wound in my arm…”

Aupin nodded, he struggled as he walked towards Violette, then drew the dagger from her calf.

The sharp edge of the dagger sliced against Violette’s delicate and thin arm, creating a long wound.

Judging from the wound, the flesh on Violette’s body was already pale.

Blood should have spilled out from the wound, but only a tiny amount was flowing out. The blood temperature was low, with a strange blood-gray color.

Aupin immediately thought of zombies. He felt the cold wound and he couldn’t help but mutter, “Is it really a freeze poison?”

Violette frowned.

It looked like freeze poison, but not quite either.

Violette vaguely thought of something, but she couldn’t really grasp the thought that flashed across her mind.

My time is running out!

Violette felt her body getting stiffer and colder.

Soon, her heart would freeze and stop beating completely.

Violette knew that she had to make a decision as soon as possible!

“Sir, red… white bottle…” Violette pointed to the small leather pouch on her waist with a stiff finger.

Aupin immediately started to open the pouch full of densely packed medicine and potion bottles.

There were three bottles of potions matching the description from Violette.

Aupin noticed that all three were the same.

He knew that Violette had a good habit of using different bottles, bottle caps, labels, and other elements to uniquely identify each potion.

Aupin pulled off the white bottle cap, he lifted the tiny glass bottle to Violette’s lips.

Violette opened her mouth, Aupin began to pour the thick red potion.

After taking a sip, Violette suddenly rolled her eyes and passed out completely.

“…”

Such a scene shocked everyone that was still conscious.

Aupin’s heart instantly sank to the bottom of his stomach.

The only potioneer was in a coma, how could this be good?

“Take off… the goat skin… go back, walk back…” a hoarse and weak voice came.

After he tried his best to say these words, he passed out again.

Yellowteres and Blueteres were convinced by Palebeard’s words. Yellowteres could not move, but Blueteres still retained a certain ability to move, so he immediately took off the goat skin.

After taking a few breaths, Blueteres felt a distinct change.

“It works! I feel my whole body is starting to get warm again,” Blueteres whispered.

Strange.

The biggest function of wool clothing was to keep warm. When they were near the snow mountain, these newly made wool jackets made people feel blessed.

But now, after taking off the warm jackets, their frozen bodies regained some vitality.

What was going on here?

Aupin didn’t have time to think about it.

Although he didn’t understand the reason, he immediately gave an order to Whitesprout and began to help the fallen team members take off their wool jackets.

After these goatskin jackets were removed, most of the members who fell to the ground had the strength to stand up!

Violette and Palebeard were still in a coma, their eyes were closed tightly.

“Carry them, we will go back immediately!” Aupin was determined and did not hesitate.

The conscious members knew that the matter was urgent, so they tried their best to drag the unconscious members back through the same path.

Palebeard, Violette, Yellowteres and others were carried by the head goats.

Most of the goats that Aupin ordered to be captured were killed or injured, only the four strongest Bronze-rank head goats were left while the little goats were all dead.

The further they went, the better everyone felt as their strength gradually returned to their bodies.

Although the temperature in the air was getting lower and lower, everyone’s body and limbs were no longer stiff and frozen, but they became warmer and warmer.

Finally, when everyone returned to the spot where they had hunted the goats before, many people recovered.

Violette and Palebeard also regained consciousness.

Violette unwrapped the bandage on her arm and looked at the cut from not long ago. She noticed that the gray wound had returned to the normal red color of flesh, blood was flowing out naturally, and she no longer looked like a terrifying zombie.

It was almost as if everything that happened was just a nightmare.

However, the two dead bodies were a cold reminder of everything that happened.

Yes.

Two people were lost from the exploration team.

The two fell into a coma and did not wake up. When they went back to the original goat hunting grounds, their breath of life completely dissipated.

“I understand, I understand now why there are so many goats here. Because they are highly poisonous, whoever eats them will pay the price with their life!” Yellowteres said with a face of panic.

“This is a curse, a curse of the devil!”

“We can only stay here. If we leave here, we will be poisoned again and die!”

Everyone talked and discussed. They were all panicking as they looked at the goats grazing leisurely in the distance with fear.

The morale of the entire exploration team declined severely.

Aupin stood up, looked around, and spoke, “Everyone shut up! Calm down.”

Over the past few days, he had established enough prestige and reputation in the team. When he gave the order, everyone shut up obediently and stopped talking.

Aupin knew very well that reputation alone was not enough, the panic in everyone’s hearts had to be relieved.

Thus, he continued to say, “I am here, why are you guys panicking?”

“Things are far from hopeless. Don’t forget, we also have Violette. She is not only a mage, but also an extraordinary potioneer.”

Aupin seemed to have forgotten about Violette drinking the potion and fainting on the spot.

However, there were many people who saw this, and during the return journey, people began to spread this story.

Can she really do it?

Aupin understood the hesitation in everyone’s hearts, he smiled confidently and said, “We didn’t know the cause of poisoning. It is normal for us to make mistakes during diagnosis and treatment. We should always pay attention to using the right medicine. Now that we know the root cause, everything is completely different! How can the goat herd defeat us? Everyone, I will lead you away from this island. It’s too early to give up now.”

Everyone’s expressions of confusion and horror began to change.

Aupin had blond hair, light skin, and handsome eyes that shone like stars.

He was also the sole heir of the Centum’pin clan, a knight of the strongest human legion: the Templar Knights, and one of the competitors of the White Sand City Lord position.

Even though he was wearing damaged chain armor and the spears and swords on his waist were all poorly made, all these difficulties brought out the tenacity and the unyielding spirit of the young man.

He was like the rising sun at dawn: the sun was not bright, but it gave people hope.

He was like the flag waving in the wind at the top of the white castle under the blue skies. As long as one could see the flag, one would inevitably be attracted and led by it.

Violette and Palebeard looked at Aupin, they were speechless and in a daze.

“Sir, with you by our side, there is nothing to be afraid of! You are a knight, a Templar! You saved us!” Whitesprout shouted excitedly, breaking the silence.

“Sir, my brother and I will follow you to death, no matter when and where, no matter what danger awaits us,” Blueteres also expressed his loyalty.

The crowd gradually clamored.

“Sir Aupin is right!”

“If we follow Sir Aupin, we will definitely be able to escape from here!”

“That’s right. I will entrust my life to you, Sir Aupin!”