On the same day, the three Grays arrived at a small town near the night forest.
After a night's rest, they spent some money to store the carriage in a tavern in the town. The three of them bought a lot of camping things, stuffed them into their rune space bags, and walked toward the night forest.
The benefits of the rune space bag are evident at this moment, and it is indeed a must-have for home travel.
The night forest is worthy of its name. In the forest, the light is extremely dark, and above the head are towering tree crowns that bloom like giant umbrellas.
When the three of them walked inside, it felt like they were walking under rainy dark clouds, which was extremely gloomy and depressing.
However, the three of them were not ordinary people, so they would not be affected by the environmental atmosphere. According to the signs on the map, the three of them went straight to the depths.
Along the way, many seemingly ferocious beasts fell under their sharp blades.
During the process, I also encountered some mercenaries on the outskirts of the forest.
They hunt wild animals and sell their skins for profit.
Of course, occasionally mercenaries will appear as robbers, robbing and killing other mercenaries, and turning the gains of other mercenaries into their own gains.
However, such a thing did not happen to the three Grays. Seeing the clothes of the three Grays, these mercenaries had no intention of provoking them.
As mercenaries, one must have a sharp eye. The clothes worn by the three Grays are obviously worth a lot of money. How could these people not see that the three Grays are not easy to deal with.
The three Grays didn't bother to pay attention and ran straight towards their destination, leaving behind the corpses of beasts along the way.
"Um?"
While moving forward, Gray suddenly turned back and rushed towards the direction he came from.
Like him, so did Sophia and Theresa.
After jumping out for tens of meters, five people wearing leather armor appeared in front of them.
Among them were middle-aged men and young people.
Seeing the three Grays who suddenly rushed towards them, the expressions of the five of them changed drastically. Their faces suddenly turned pale, and they subconsciously retreated backwards.
Whoosh!
Gray flashed out like lightning and appeared behind the five people.
The sword in his hand was placed on the neck of the middle-aged man at the end.
"No, don't kill us..."
The middle-aged man's body was trembling and he spoke in a panic.
"Tell me why you are following us!"
The three Grays looked at the five people with unkind eyes.
The three Grays had met these five people before. Half an hour ago, they met these five people in the night forest.
They didn't pay attention at the time, thinking they were just ordinary mercenaries. Unexpectedly, the five people were quietly following them.
The vegetation in the night forest was too lush, and the five people had been in the forest for a long time and had rich experience, so they didn't notice it immediately.
"For... for... fur..."
"fur?"
The three Grays raised their eyebrows slightly, understanding the purpose of these five mercenaries.
It seems that these five mercenaries saw that although the three of them killed the beast, they abandoned the beast's skin, and they had the idea of picking up the missing beast, so they followed the three of them all the way.
“It’s really about money rather than life.”
Teresa shook her head teasingly.
Knowing that the three of them were not easy to mess with, he still dared to follow them all the way. It was a typical example of wanting money rather than life.
If it had been anyone else with a bad temper, the five of them would have been killed before they even had a chance to explain.
"Let's go."
Ignoring the five people again, Gray and the three left alone.
They thought that this trip to the ruins was being targeted by an intentional force. Since they were just five ordinary mercenaries, they didn't bother to pay attention.
As for the thoughts of the five people, they were too lazy to care.
Money is a good thing, but it must be spent with life.
The three Grays walked away, and the five people who were so scared just now looked at each other with pale faces. After a long time, they became humane.
"Captain, do you still want to... follow me?"
The captain of the five was a middle-aged man with a hesitant expression on his face, and finally gritted his teeth and said.
"and."
In just half an hour, they had already harvested no less than ten furs, which was almost equivalent to what they had harvested in the past few days of work.
If they can continue to follow, the money they earn after this time may be equal to their gains in the past month.
He really didn't want to give up such an opportunity.
And he also saw that the other three didn't care about their mistakes.
The five of them followed Gray and the three from a distance, all the way deep into the night forest. After a few hours, they had already gone deep into the night forest.
The five people were all carrying skinned furs on their backs. The amount of furs was equivalent to more than a month's worth of them. In addition, all the killed beasts were killed in one blow. The furs were extremely well preserved. If sold, they would probably be worth Months of earnings.
The faces of the three people were filled with joy. This time they would go back and make a fortune. However, they felt a little uneasy in their hearts. They felt that the depth was too deep.
"Captain, we have gone very deep into the night forest. If we continue to go deeper, we may encounter blood beasts..."
One of the young mercenaries said worriedly.
"Follow me for another half hour."
As the captain, the middle-aged man gritted his teeth and was eventually taken over by greed.
After half an hour, they once again gained a lot. They already felt that something was wrong. The frequency of beasts appearing was too high, just when they were about to retreat.
"Look, that's, that's..."
A huge creature with a body length of nearly three meters in front lay quietly in a pool of blood and made no sound.
"It's a blood beast, it's a blood beast!"
The five people's expressions became ecstatic, their eyes were full of surprise, and they ran over without hesitation.
He took out the kettle to collect the blood and struggled to peel off the too strong fur on the blood beast.
"Get rich, get rich!"
The faces of the five people showed extreme excitement.
As long as they sell the blood beast's blood and this blood beast's skin, they will immediately become rich. They will no longer have to be dangerous mercenaries in the future. They can spend some money to open a shop and become a small businessman, and they will be comfortable for the rest of their lives.
Ouch—
At this moment, a roaring sound sounded. The five people looked up in horror and saw a tiger-shaped blood beast appear.
puff!
Before the five people could react, one of them had his head bitten off by the tiger-shaped blood beast, and blood splattered like a fountain on the neck where the head was broken.
The remaining four people screamed in fear and ran away in panic. The two young men even had a smell of urine coming from their bodies.
However, facing a blood beast, it was extremely difficult to escape. After just a moment, their panic and screams stopped.
“What’s the use of asking for money when my life is gone?”
Hearing the frightened and desperate cries behind them, the three Grays could naturally guess what was happening behind them, but none of them had any intention of returning for help, and instead walked straight forward.
They rescued the villagers because the other party suffered an unreasonable disaster. As for these five mercenaries, they brought it on themselves.
A few hours later, when it was getting dark, the three Grays stopped, set up a tent, and lit a bonfire.
Get dinner done before it gets dark, otherwise, when night falls, the bonfire will easily attract wild animals.
Dinner for the three of them was barbecue. They roasted the Thunder Eagle flesh and blood that had been processed in the town yesterday. It was Theresa who did it. Even though she had a big beard on her face, her barbecue skills were quite impressive.
After dinner, the three of them were assigned to keep watch.
"Old rules, take turns to keep vigil, one person keeps watch for four hours."
Gray watched the first half of the night, Theresa watched the middle period, and Sophia watched the morning hours.
At night, the purple moon in the sky sheds wisps of purple moonlight, but it cannot penetrate into the night forest. There is darkness in the night forest, but it is not as peaceful as imagined.
From time to time, there will be a roar of animals, which is nocturnal animals hunting and being hunted.
Gray was wearing a thick coat and sitting on a bluestone near the tent.
In his hand, there was a simple rune lamp, but it was not turned on.
Next to him, there is an hourglass. When the scale in the hourglass drops four scales, he can wake Theresa up and change shifts with him.
"Hey, it's really hard!"
The wait was long. After waiting for a long time, I looked at the hourglass, only to find that only two ticks had passed. It was not an ordinary hardship.
"At this time, the benefits of the ability to control corpses become apparent."
Gray couldn't help but think of using the ability to control corpses instead of keeping vigil.
Although Gray could no longer control the four blood beasts because of the distance, he could disconnect from a certain blood beast and then regain control of the other blood beasts.
But he was still wary of the two of them, so he was unwilling to reveal his ability to control corpses, even if it made the other party think that he had a magical weapon that could control corpses.
Otherwise, the ability to control corpses can be used to replace the three-person vigil.
Xixisuosuo!
Suddenly, there was a sound of leaves being squeezed away, and Gray looked over. Even at night, his infrared perception allowed him to clearly see approaching creatures.
"A common leopard?"
During the infrared perception, the outline of a leopard appeared in front of him. Judging from the size, this should be an ordinary leopard.
Whoosh!
Gray, who was sitting on the stone slab one moment, rushed over the next moment and appeared next to the leopard in the blink of an eye.
"Woo-"
Click!
There was a sound of bones being broken, and the unlucky leopard had his neck bone broken by Gray before he even had time to make a sound.
He didn't use a sword because it would create the smell of blood and attract more predators.
After dragging the leopard back, Gray dumped the leopard's carcass in the camp and prepared it for tomorrow's breakfast.
He sat down on the stone slab again and continued his vigil. After finally staying up for more than two hours, Gray woke Theresa up and got into his tent.
A wave of tiredness came over him, and he fell asleep in a daze.
But in the middle of the night, he suddenly heard a huge noise.
Ouch—
A roar seemed to be close at hand, and he suddenly jumped up, rushed out of the tent, and looked outside.
Then he saw Theresa facing off against a huge blood beast that was over four meters long.
This month’s rewards are over 600 (the starting point, the knight can only see the starting point), and a total of six chapters need to be updated. This is the sixth chapter, and the reward plus update is considered complete.
Well, if you want to see the reward record, you can ask me in the group.
(End of chapter)