Chapter 198 Noah: Here I Give It to You (Ch 198)

“Well, now that we have captured the golden lion, let’s help clean it up and see if we can find any good materials.”
Noah called them and prepared to start making the golden lion play its final value.
But seeing Mirajane’s conflicted look, he asked:
“What’s the matter? You look so hesitant.”
“I want to leave the body of the golden lion to Elfman.”
“You want him to receive it, right? Okay, then leave it to him.”
As soon as Noah heard it, he knew Mirajane’s plan and agreed immediately. The three people next to him also nodded.
Mirajane smiled when she saw them like this, but she quickly put it away and said seriously:
“That won’t work. After all, we agreed that Erza, I and the other two would split the rewards for subjugation missions, except for SS-level missions and escort missions, and you wanted the corpses of those monsters.
Now you are just giving me the corpse of an S-class monster. This is not fair to you.”
Noah looked at Mirajane’s expression and knew that she really didn’t want to take advantage of him, so he said:
“It doesn’t matter, but if you think I’ll suffer a loss, then just give me your share of the reward.”
Noa saw that Mirajane wanted to say something, so he waved his hand to stop Mirajane from speaking, and said to Mirajane, Erza and the others:
“If you need anything, just tell us. We are companions, so just tell us directly. If we can give, we will give. If we can’t, we will help find a solution. Don’t worry too much.”
Erza and the others nodded as well. Mirajane looked at Noah deeply and finally nodded in agreement.
They had discussed the issue of rewards before starting their journey. Since Noah said that he would not take action except for SS-level missions and escort missions, the rewards for other missions would be divided equally among the four of them.
In order to thank Noah for bringing them to the SS-level mission, and also because Noah himself needed it, the corpses of the conquered monsters were handed over to Noah for disposal.
The corpses of ordinary monsters are fine, but the corpses of S-level monsters are very valuable. This is also part of their reward for Noah bringing them to do the SS-level mission.
Even if Mirajane gave her share of the reward to Noah now, it would still be far from enough to cover the value of the golden lion’s corpse. After all, this was an S-class monster, and it was even more powerful than the previous beast king.
But since Noah had already said so, Mirajane had no choice but to bury her gratitude deep in her heart.
In addition to the help Noah had given their three siblings before, they unknowingly owed Noah a lot.
There was a gleam in her eyes as she looked at Noah intently.
The eyes of Urrutia and Sono on the side suddenly became sharp, and they came between Noa and Mirajane at the same time, blocking Mirajane’s sight.
“Well, since Noah has already given you the body of the golden lion, there’s no need to stand here. Wait for Noah to help put it away. Let’s go over there and rest for a while.”
“Yes, Erza, come and rest for a while while Noah comes to deal with the body of the golden lion.”
Ultear pushed Mirajane to the side, and Sorono quickly grabbed Erza who wanted to help.
“You guys go and take a rest. I’ll take care of the golden lion’s body and the surrounding environment.”
Noah waved at them, signaling them to leave, and Erza followed Sono to the side to rest.
After taking a look at the corpse in front of him, and then looking around at the large number of trees that had been knocked down in the battle, Noah began his work.
He first processed and preserved the body of the golden lion according to the requirements of receiving magic.
Then Noah raised his hand and a magic circle unfolded in front of him.
“Green Magic!”
A large number of tree seedlings emerged from the ground around Noah and grew into towering trees in the blink of an eye.
Noah continued to release magic, and soon the forest that had been destroyed by the battle returned to its original state and became even more dense. The big crater caused by the explosion was also restored by Noah’s magic.
When everything was done, there was no sign that a fierce battle had ever taken place here.
When we arrived at where Urrutia and the others were resting, they had already taken out a lot of food and sat down to eat.
“Is everything done?”
Urrutia was the first to speak when he saw Noah coming back.
“It’s all done, let’s take a break and continue our journey.
It will take us more than ten days to reach the location where the demon Shutli was spotted. Are you all ready?”
Noah sat down, picked up some snacks from the ground and started eating, while asking.
“We are almost ready, it all depends on the actual effect.”
Erza answered Noah’s questions while eating her favorite strawberry cake.
“We don’t know the specific strength of the demon, so we can only prepare according to our strengths and the information we know.”
Urrutia continued and Noah nodded.
“That’s fine, I’ll see how effective your results are then.
By the way, I remember that Elfman and Lisanna looked unhappy when they left. Did something happen?”
Just now when Mirajane mentioned Elfman, Noah remembered that when they left, the expressions on Lisanna and Elfman’s faces were not very good.
Lisanna, in particular, looked like she wanted to cry.
“Nothing, I just assigned them some tasks before I left. I will assess them after we return. If they fail to meet the standards, they will have to train twice as hard.”
After hearing what Mirajane said, Noah could only mourn for Elfman and the others for a few seconds. No wonder they looked so sad, it turned out that their “parents” had assigned them homework.
Then they rested for a while before continuing on their journey.
After more than ten days, after clearing out a lot of monsters along the way, they finally arrived at the place where the demon Shutli was last seen, an extremely dilapidated town.
The once bustling streets were now reduced to charred ruins. Looking up, signs of a raging fire were everywhere within sight.
The streets were filled with ashes, the half-burned doors on the houses were crumbling, the windows had long been shattered, the glass was scattered all over the ground, and the walls still had scorch marks left by various fires.
The whole town was extremely quiet, with only the occasional sound of birds singing and frogs croaking.
Occasionally a gust of wind blew, picking up the ashes on the ground, which turned into black snowflakes and fell down in the air.
Under the bright sunshine, this former town, now in ruins, looked extremely desolate.
When Noah and his companions walked into the town, they discovered huge footprints on the ground, which clearly showed that this place had been invaded by huge creatures.
“Is this the town that the demon Shutli once destroyed?”
Kongno looked at the ruins and asked Noah who was standing beside him.