Chapter 777 A Surge Of Ants (Part One)


    The secret guards carefully watched while Harper skillfully cut off the poisonous snakes'' heads.


    Without a hint of hesitation or disgust, she then peeled their skin and cut their stomach. Such a


    beautiful woman was butchering such a dangerous animal but they didn''t think that she was rugged at


    all. Instead, they felt like she was gant and heroic. It actually made her even more charming.


    "Two snakes are not enough for us. There''re fifteen of us!" Diana eximed while she approached


    Harper. The snakes were poisonous with very sharp teeth. Their toxins were concentrated in their


    head. So as long as their heads were cut off, the whole team didn''t need to worry about being


    poisoned.


    "Enough!" Harper replied while she took out a small tripod from her pocket. When she refined pills in


    the Birch Pass, she found out that the tripod could change size after being infused with spiritual power.


    She had already experienced going to another world and being reborn, so she was kind of used to this


    kind of thing. She didn''t think that it was strange at all.


    But the others were not like her. For the first time, they just witnessed how an object went from a small


    one to arge one. They could only look at Harper in awe and worship.


    "We don''t have any water. The water here is not safe for drinking," Dianained once again,


    reminding Harper that everything around them was poisonous. Even the rain from the sky was toxic


    because of the miasma.


    "Who said there''s no water?" Harper rhetorically asked while her eyes fell on a lush tree. The tree was


    very thick, and its leaves were big and appealing. She pulled out the dagger and stabbed it into the


    trunk a few times. Soon enough, the tree''s sap came out. She put the tripod under it so it could collect


    the sap.


    Diana''s eyes widened in shock. "Harper, did they throw you into this Labyrinth Swamp while you were


    growing up because your father didn''t love you?"


    "Some of the ces I''ve been to are even more terrible than the Labyrinth Swamp, but I still managed


    to survive." After that, Harper picked some wild grass nearby while the sap was being collected. Diana


    had a very keen eyesight and realized that the herbs that Harper was picking were not wild ones but


    precious medicinal herbs. Any of those would cost a fortune!


    "Oh my God! This is the Heavenly Spirit Herb. I can''t buy this outside no matter how much I pay. This


    is..." With that, Diana''s eyes lit up. She wanted to snatch the herbs from Harper, but thetter was


    already walking behind her to go to the other side. Harper asked someone to start a fire and put the


    chopped snake meat into the tripod to make soup. The tripod was almost filled with sap. So the twelve


    secret guards were sent to collect the sap and fill up their water bottles. Howard was helping Harper


    with cooking, but he was thinking, ''When did Harpere to the Labyrinth Swamp? Moreover, is there


    really another ce more dangerous than this swamp?''


    Diana could only stare at the valuable medicinal herbs in Harper''s hands which had been out of stock


    in the market for so long. They were considered treasures but right now, they were being boiled as


    ingredients to make soup. She couldn''t hide her disappointment while she sighed deeply. If she could


    keep these medicinal herbs, she could refine so many rare pills by them. Yet, they were being cooked


    into a pot of snake meat soup by Harper. This must be the most expensive soup in the world!


    When the snake meat soup was ready, Diana started eating. She was still upset about it. But after


    eating the first mouthful, she actually felt good. After the second, she feltfortable. After the third


    mouthful, she suddenly felt that it was worth it to cook all of the herbs into the pot of soup. She had


    never eaten snake meat soup as delicious as the one she was eating.


    "Harper, you know, if you cook and start a business, you''re going to be sessful!" Diana said,


    gobbling a big portion of soup.


    Harper only rolled her eyes. "Why should I be a cook when I can be a princess living an extravagant life


    without doing anything?"


    "Agree. How can Her Highness be a chef?" the twelve secret guards stated in chorus. Then, one of


    them said, "For me, it''s such an honor and privilege to have a chance of eating some food which is


    cooked by Her Highness. It''s so delicious. It''s a pity that His Highness is not here."


    At the mention of Matthew, Harper''s eyes softened in an instant. She was forced to enter the Labyrinth


    Swamp. And even before that, it had been days since theyst saw each other. She didn''t know how


    he was and whether he was able to settle the dispute in the Birch Pass. She could only hope that he


    would find it in him to be calm if he found out that she had entered the swamp. Harper thought that


    hopefully, he had enough trust in her abilities to survive this ce.


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    When Howard saw the change in Harper''s expression, a touch of sadness flitted across his eyes.


    "Shall we rest here for tonight?"


    "Yes, we''ll settle in here for now," Harper responded while she put down the wooden bowl. It was made


    from the material around them by the secret guards so they could eat the soup.


    Harper scattered some powder on their surroundings. She then took out the Sacred Seal, infused


    spiritual power into it, and enclosed all of them in an enchanted barrier. "Well, partner up with


    somebody in the group so we can take turns in sleeping and standing guard throughout the night. Let''s


    sleep early. We need all the strength we have to continue our journey tomorrow morning."


    That night, everyone slept well. However, when they woke up, they found a bunch of poisonous insects


    outside the enchanted barrier. Seeing the piles of dead insects, the small team felt creepy. They were


    thinking the same thing. Without Harper, they wouldn''t have survived the Labyrinth Swamp for a day,


    even if they were skilled in martial arts!


    "Your Highness, what direction should we go to?"


    Harper stretched out her hand and pointed in a direction. "That way."


    "The Labyrinth Swamp covers a veryrge area, so it will be a waste of time to pass through it. Do you


    know the way out?" Diana asked with evident doubt.


    "Before I came to the South Kingdom, I have studied a lot of its map. It says that the Labyrinth Swamp


    connects the South Kingdom to the Great Jade Kingdom. In addition, it leads to another


    ce."