Aptuo, the hunting ground, for the monsters in this world, this place name is like thunder!
In the testing center where Jihuan is located, there is a stone that tests the strength. It is said that it is from Aptuo. In order to touch the stone from Aptuo, countless Yefar monsters have come to the test center for testing.
According to legend, Aptuo is a place full of demonic energy. It is said that there is black mist lingering there all year round. Those mists represent the initial demonic energy, and all demons are bred from this demonic energy. Perhaps it is precisely because of the abundance of demonic energy that various monsters of various sizes were born there.
In the beginning, only very basic monsters were born. They wandered away from the place where they were born, annexing monsters that were weaker or stronger than themselves, and became stronger and stronger.
Completely separated from the outside world, there is a set of evolutionary mechanisms there, and many varieties of monsters that have disappeared from the outside world can still be found there, not only monsters, but also plants!
Many monsters found the rare species of monsters that had been extinct in the outside world and made a fortune. Over time, it became a legendary place - the hunting holy land, Aptuo!
Aptuo is so famous that there are no monsters who don't know about it.
"Tuo! Tuo!" Look, even a little monster as big as a black egg knows that although he didn't remember the full name of Aptuo, he somehow remembered a sound,
"Oh? You also know Aptuo." He told Jihuan that when they were about to go to Aptuo, Black Egg was sitting in Ajin's arms and playing. A Jin picked up the little monster's two small claws, and the little monster clasped A Jin's palm tightly with his fingers.
"Poo! Poo!" The little monster answered him loudly.
"That's right, it's the fossil in the test center." Immediately knowing that the little monster thought of the green stone in the test center, Ah Jin smiled slightly: "Dark egg, you haven't touched that fossil, right?"
The black egg blinked, and after a while, the little monster lowered his head in a guilty conscience.
Originally, under the education of A Jin, the black egg no longer wanted to touch the stone, but the other monsters didn't care at all, knowing that it was the dung fossil of the Aptuo monster, more people came to touch it. Now, The stone had been touched so brightly that it looked like a gem. After all, the black egg couldn't hold back. First he touched the stone, and then he touched it several times: it was slippery... warm... it was as wonderful as it was with body temperature. Stone…
Kind of like poop indeed!
After touching the black egg, I quickly sniffed the paw carefully, and found that it was not smelly at all, so I was relieved.
But after that, he often helped Chiu Chiu wipe the stone.
Basically, black eggs are little monsters who love to help Chiu Chiu.
Without paying attention to Heidan's small movements, Ajin continued to talk to Jihuan about Aputuo:
"... This time, I claimed to be a demon beast trader, not entirely because I learned from the newspaper that the profession of local demon beast trader is popular and popular, and there is another reason..." He is no longer the same as before. Remain silent, and from time to time, I am willing to tell Ji Huan what I am thinking about.
Jihuan has always benefited a lot from his analysis, so Jihuan is also willing to listen to his explanation.
Staring at the twirling hair above the head of the little monster in his arms, Ajin paused, then said after a while: "The former boss of the West Ninth District, named Trud, you haven't seen that monster before, but I brought it with me. Black Egg attended the hundred-day banquet of his little monster."
Although, Trud is dead, the little monster is now gone.
"That day, the monster that served as the utensil for the Hundred Days Banquet was a rare abyss monster. Trud was very proud of it, but he sold it for a while and didn't say how to buy the monster."
"Now that I think about it, there shouldn't be any other places where such beasts are, but they may have been caught from Aptuo."
"Aputuo is originally a secret realm, and it is basically difficult to reach from other areas. I have been there a long time ago, because I didn't find anything special there at the time, and I didn't pay attention to it since then. After Saroye changed the terrain , Many places have become different from the original location, and so is Aptuo, but I vaguely remember that it is now probably in the northeast, and the monsters here like to raise monsters, which may also have something to do with this secret realm."
"It now seems that Aptuo is indeed in the northeast, and if Trud has obtained the magical beast that is only available in Aptu... It is very likely that Trud has been in contact with the northeast before."
"If I can come here, so can Trud. He has been operating in the West Ninth District for a long time, and there should be monsters in the east who know him. Of course... the other party may not know his identity, maybe it's just a transaction, these are for the time being. do not know."
Ah Jin's eyes were quiet, he seemed to be staring at the black egg's hair, and through the delicate hair, his thoughts were projected into an imaginary scene.
Ji Huan turned his head to look at A Jin, without interrupting A Jin's thoughts.
"That night, the night when the black egg picked up the green leaves..." Here, Ah Jin used "the night when he picked up the green leaves" instead of "the night when he met the Faceless Demon", it was obviously the same day, This statement is even more clear, but as long as the black egg is there, he will never take the initiative to mention the faceless demon. After all, the little monster was greatly stimulated by the faceless demon at that time.
This is the thoughtfulness of Ah Jin.
When he wants to treat someone well, you will notice his intentions in every detail.
It's no wonder that Mr. Nier has put his heart into A Jin so quickly - he sighed inwardly, and Ji Huan continued to listen to A Jin.
Hearing his name, Heidan also raised his head.
So now it is not the little monster's hair that falls in Ah Jin's eyes, but his big eyes.
Black eggs are also black eyes, very black, with no whites of the eyes. The eyes are big and black. They are not black like Jihuan's warm and penetrating black jade, nor are they black like stagnant water like Ajin, but darkness.
There was never a reflection of people in the black egg's eyes, only the endless darkness.
The little monster's posture of looking up, but it collided with the posture of that night. Did the black egg look up at the faceless monster like this that night
And the faceless devil is in his present position.
For a moment, A Jin seemed to return to that night. He had only heard the experience in Heidan's description, but at this moment it was like his own experience.
For a moment, Ah Jin seemed to have become the faceless monster that day. He lowered his head to meet the little black monster, then raised his head, looked forward, and landed on the shelf in front of him.
At this moment, the thing on the shelf in front of him is—
"I thought about it later that there was a painting, a sculpture, and a pipe in front of the faceless demon that day."
"The paintings and sculptures are nothing special except that they are antiques. If you think about it carefully, what is special is the only smoking pipe in the vicinity that is not antique."
"It was Trud's pipe. After his death, his subordinates brought all his remaining property to me in order to please me. Knowing that I like art collection, the key is to Trud. Germany's art collection. Unfortunately, Trud has no vision in this regard. Many artworks are fake, but those pipes are made by famous artists, and the materials are very precious, so I just put them in the warehouse. ."
When he said that, Ji Huan also remembered.
"That's right, because the yard over there was decided in advance to entertain the little monsters, so all I asked to put there were some ornaments that were not easily damaged, and there was indeed a pipe among them."
"I checked that pipe later, and there is no special mechanism in it. Of course, there may also be something, but it has been taken away by the faceless demon." pursing his lips, Ajin looked up at Jihuan .
"but-"
"Warcraft, leaves... If the clues of these things all point to the northeast, then there must be a problem here."
"Though we don't know what the problem will be. But for sure—"
"There are secrets here."
Looking at Ah Jin's black eyes, Ji Huan's mind was completely occupied by the dark black.
"But in this way, the other party's goal is not me, but to get back something on Trud, not in other yards, only in such a remote corner, he really doesn't seem to be looking for something I."
"In this way, on the surface it seems that the other party is dark and I am bright, but in fact it is just the opposite."
"I'm really looking forward to it..."
Under the warm yellow light, A Jin said everything he was thinking.
The way a man who is always complacent and full of mystery finally reveals all his inner activities... It's really funny.
This kind of Ah Jin looks a little neurotic and a little nagging, but...
It's kinda cute too.
Looking at A Jin who continued to mutter to the black egg, the black egg faced A Jin with a stunned expression, and that scene—
Ji Huan suddenly laughed, but he quickly blocked the smile with his hands, and with a stern face, he continued to prepare luggage for his party in a serious manner.
The preparation time was short, as they were about to travel to the colder north, they needed thicker clothes, in addition to a group explanation with the entourage.
After all, the content of the mission has changed.
They didn't take a train this time, it was said to be "flying from the sky", thinking that it might be a means of transportation such as an airplane, Jihuan didn't care too much.
However, when they saw the giant flying monsters parked in front of their group and learned that these monsters were the means of transportation they were traveling—
Jihuan was still stunned.