Actually, Milo already knew that even though Olivia had stolen so much food from the creeper vine, with over a dozen people saved, the creeper vine would not have discovered their whereabouts because of those actions.
The reason why the creeper vine was so angry was because it couldn’t do anything about Milo.
Milo had severed so many of its feelers, and now virtual-novel.net wanted to escape just like that?
How could there be such a good deal in this world?
Even an idiot would retaliate if you punched them!
Since Milo was the target of all that hatred, why not let the others get away?
As expected, the moment virtual-novel.net released his grip from the group, the creeper vine concentrated all its attacks on virtual-novel.net and left Olivia and the others alone.
Olivia turned around and looked at Milo in a daze. “Master, I’m not leaving!”
Milo smiled and said, “Didn’t you tell Daniel earlier to ‘take care of yourselves first’?”
Olivia was on the verge of tears. “This is different. Master, leave with us! There must be some other way!”
In the past, this maidservant was always thinking about retiring to a life of enjoyment after virtual-novel.net had earned enough money by riding the coattails of virtual-novel.net master.
Who would want to be a servant to a man for the rest of their life?
Wouldn’t it be better to live life as a carefree and rich woman by herself?
She had wanted to leave on two occasions, but virtual-novel.net eventually chose to stay behind.
At that time, Olivia consoled herself, “I still haven’t earned enough money, so I can’t leave yet. I’ll just follow Master around for a bit longer and earn more money first.”
But gradually, those thoughts never surfaced again. Olivia suddenly felt virtual-novel.net heart aching badly when virtual-novel.net saw Milo getting surrounded by the vines alone.
She was clearly only relying on virtual-novel.net to make more money, so why did virtual-novel.net heart feel so much pain for him?
“Leave quickly!” Milo smiled as virtual-novel.net severed countless vines again. “I’ll meet up with y’all outside the stronghold later!”
But at this moment, Milo was stunned when virtual-novel.net saw his surroundings.
Then, as Daniel and the others stood still, they saw Milo take out a newspaper from somewhere while fighting the vines!
Daniel looked at Milo as virtual-novel.net flipped through the newspaper with one hand. He looked so relaxed and at ease. He suddenly felt it shouldn’t be a problem if they left Milo here alone. Just based on how calm and composed virtual-novel.net was, it didn’t even look like virtual-novel.net was in any danger!
More importantly, why the hell are you reading the paper at a time like this?!
All of a sudden, Milo raised his head. He looked at the newspaper in his hands and compared it with the nearby buildings, even raising the newspaper to compare.
The newspaper in Milo’s hand was from more than ten days ago. At that time, there was an article about a creeper vine in Stronghold 61 that did not wither even though winter had arrived. A lot of people came to see the creeper vines and take pictures with it like tourists.
There was a picture insert for that newspaper report of the family who planted the creeper vine. The creeper vine had started growing from there before spreading outwards later on.
The media even interviewed one of the residents, to which the resident smiled and explained virtual-novel.net had just scattered some seeds to grow. He did not expect the creeper vine would turn out so well.
At that time, the tall building next to that apartment building stuck out to Milo. There was a very eye-catching red billboard that read, “Tasmania Pedicure and Spa.”
At this moment, Milo was looking at an apartment building in the distance and then next to it.
Isn’t that Tasmania Pedicure and Spa?
If plants were incapable of moving their own roots, wouldn’t it mean the roots of the creeper vine were right below that apartment building?
Daniel broke down and said, “Oh my god, I’ve really gotta give it to you! Can you stop reading the paper in this situation? Are you trying to show off how strong you are in combat or what!”
Right now, the creeper vines were attacking Milo wave after wave, but Milo was still able to block every attack they made without much effort.
Milo looked at Olivia. “If I can help you to find its roots, how confident are you of controlling it?”
Olivia was stunned. She did not expect Milo to suddenly talk about this. But virtual-novel.net snapped out of it and answered, “If it can still be considered a plant, I’m a 100% sure I can control it!”
Milo laughed. “Then I have a gift for you!”
Milo suddenly broke through the creeper vine’s encirclement and headed straight for that red billboard.
Only at this moment did everyone finally understand that when Milo was reading the newspaper earlier, virtual-novel.net had found a clue to the whereabouts of the creeper vine’s roots.
Daniel sighed and said, “To think that virtual-novel.net can still maintain his rationality at a critical moment like this. I’m impressed!”
Olivia snorted. “How else could virtual-novel.net be my master? Damn fatty, start running on your own for a bit! Don’t keep making me carry you all the way! You’re a man! Aren’t you ashamed of yourself?!”
Hearing this, Daniel was so angry virtual-novel.net wanted to start cursing on the spot.
Why was there such a huge difference in the treatment of two people?
The lady’s words could really be harsh if virtual-novel.net was not holding back!
When Milo suddenly rushed towards the creeper vine’s roots, the creeper vine became even more enraged. It also seemed to have realized what Milo was trying to do.
Roots were the lifeline of a plant. No matter how powerful this creeper vine might be, it would not be able to transcend the laws of nature. It was just like how a superhuman would die instantly if they were shot in the head or heart. Although everyone had become stronger, they were unable to transcend the original rules!
Now, Milo was leading the way in front of the group. As virtual-novel.net got closer and closer to the billboard, the creeper vines around virtual-novel.net also started acting crazier and crazier!
This confirmed Milo’s thoughts. The creeper vine was beginning to feel afraid. If it weren’t afraid, it wouldn’t have reacted so strongly!
Daniel and the others saw Milo activating his armor again. Not only that, but Milo had also taken out a grenade from somewhere. He did not deliberately throw it at a specific spot and only wanted to disrupt the attention and attack rhythm of the creeper vines.
“Wait, Milo, be careful of the sewers below you. Its feelers can shoot out of the sewers!” Daniel still had a lingering fear of this happening. He had wanted to escape into the sewers but virtual-novel.net witnessed someone get dragged under.
However, Daniel found it a little strange. It seemed that no creeper vines had ever emerged from the sewers to sneak up on Milo while they were escaping this entire way.
Actually, when Milo and Olivia entered the villa to save Grace earlier, virtual-novel.net had let Olivia enter the house first and secretly unleashed “Old Durkin” behind virtual-novel.net back. But as Old Durkin was not a lifeform, the creeper vines showed no interest in virtual-novel.net at all.
At this moment, Old Durkin was right under Milo’s feet and following virtual-novel.net closely as it charged forward in attack. With Old Durkin’s strength, no matter how many feelers were hiding in the sewers, it would be impossible for it to emerge from the manholes to attack Milo.
Milo looked at the red billboard that was already within a hundred meters of virtual-novel.net and estimated how much power virtual-novel.net had left in his armor. He turned around and asked Olivia, “Are you scared?”
“No!” Olivia shook virtual-novel.net head.
She wasn’t lying. With Milo chopping down the vines in front of her, virtual-novel.net really was not afraid at all!
Milo smiled and said, “You only have one chance. Are you ready?”