In the early morning, before Erza could say anything, Kewen, who was leaning against the root of a tree, opened his eyes because of the approaching footsteps of the other party.
"Are you awake?" Erza stopped five meters away from Coven, then turned and walked towards the fire, greeting as she walked: "Come over for breakfast, and then we will continue on our way."
Ke Wen stood up and looked at Sa Shou, who was sitting next to the fire and chewing dried meat.
After finishing breakfast not long after, Erza packed her luggage again.
The three of them left this small clearing and continued deeper into the mountains under the guidance of Sa Shou.
The journey this time was very peaceful, and I never encountered any monsters again.
At noon, Sa Shou's footsteps stopped after stepping into a small grassland.
Raising his hand and pointing to the 'horn-shaped' mountain peak in the distance ahead, Sasukai said to Kewen and Erza: "The 'Demon Horn Mountain' is the place you are looking for, and the night-blooming night flowers are blooming halfway up the mountain there."
"Really!?" Erza cheered in a low voice with joy: "Great! How should we go next?"
Sa Shou still pointed forward, lowered his finger, pointed to the cliff opposite the grassland and said: "There is a hidden cave on the opposite side. Through the cave, you can enter a canyon. Behind it is a gravel wilderness, and then there is the 'Magic Horn Mountain'.
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"Thank you very much! Mr. Sakari!" Erza thanked you very politely, and then said with a smile: "Then that's enough, I will pay you now!"
"No, no." Sa Shou smiled and shook his head, waving his hands: "I also want to go to the canyon ahead. I want to collect some 'Demon Blood Flowers' there and bring them back to the town to sell."
"Demon Blood Flower?" Erza recalled for a moment, and then suddenly said: "The book said that the Demon Blood Flower grows in blood with magical power. There should be a breeding base in the kingdom now. It seems that the price is not expensive.
, why does Mr. Sasukai come all the way to the mountains to collect?"
"Because the quality of the 'Demon Blood Flower' here is better." Sa Shou replied with a smile.
"I see." Erza smiled and said, "Then let's help collect them when the time comes, as a way of thanking Mr. Sakari for helping us."
"Thank you so much!"
Sa Shou opened his mouth and laughed, causing his thick beard to float into his mouth, so he quickly closed his mouth again.
"Then let's go quickly!" Erza urged, walking quickly forward first.
More than half an hour later, the team crossed the grassland, passed through a cave tunnel about 100 meters long, and finally arrived at the canyon Sashou mentioned.
After going dozens of meters deeper along the canyon, Erza kept looking around, but she didn't find any trace of the 'Demon Blood Flower'.
Therefore, she couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Sashou, where does the Demon Blood Flower grow?"
"Almost two hundred meters further." Sa Shou replied: "There is a natural blood pool over there, and the devil blood flower grows in it."
Erza suddenly understood, then stopped looking around and continued to quicken her pace.
Not long after, a gust of wind blew from the canyon ahead, and the strong smell of blood rushed into the nostrils of Corwin and Erza.
After moving forward for a while, we finally saw the faint shadow of the blood pool.
Before Erza could speak to urge him, Coven suddenly called out: "Erza."
"Ah?" Subconsciously slowing down the pace that was about to speed up, Erza turned back and asked, "What's the matter, Kewen?"
"The mission is almost completed." Ke Wen chuckled: "Then, is it time to recall the entire mission and make a summary?"
Hearing this, Erza immediately nodded: "Okay, let me recall it."
After continuing to march for about fifty meters, Erza smiled and said: "Well, I have finished recalling and made some summaries. Next time I go out to do a mission, I will definitely be more prepared!"
"Really?" Ke Wen confirmed with a smile.
"What's wrong?" Erza wondered: "What's real or fake?"
"Want to hear my opinion?" Ke Wen said while looking at the canyon cliffs on both sides in front of him.
"Of course you have to listen." Erza slowed down and kept walking side by side with Kewen.
"Let's start with the news we learned in the town." Ke Wen started and said softly: "What is the news about Mr. Sakari?"
Erza was stunned for a moment, then showed an apologetic smile to Sasuri who turned to look, and then replied with some embarrassment: "The townspeople said that Mr. Sasuri is the best hunter and is very familiar with the inside of the mountains."
"Hmm." Kewen said in a nasal voice, and then said: "So as a hunter, why did he only bring dry food with us into the mountains this time?"
"This..." Erza was stunned again, and then guessed: "Because, because we are magicians? We have our protection, so you don't have to worry about safety issues, right?"
"So..." Coven did not comment on Erza's conclusion, but continued to ask: "Why didn't you agree to tell us the route at first, and then agreed to lead us?"
Erza once again looked apologetically at Sakari: "Because Mr. Sakari needs to make money?"
"So as a hunter." Ke Wen continued to ask: "Why do you seem so ignorant about prices?"
"Because, Mr. Sasuri is a hunter, so he only knows the price of wild beasts, but he doesn't know... the price of epiphyllum..."
"Then how does he know the price and quality of 'Demon Blood Flower'?"
There was a hint of smile in Ke Wen's tone. He stared at Sa Shou, who was leading the way, and couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth when he saw the other person's stiff walking posture.
Without waiting for Erza to come up with a new answer on her own, Coven continued: "How many wild beasts and magical beasts did we encounter along the way?"
Erza subconsciously recalled: "Yes..."
"Why..." Ke Wen immediately interrupted: "As a hunter who is most familiar with the mountains, why did he lead us to encounter so many wild beasts and magical beasts at the beginning, but then we didn't see any of them?"
Still waiting for Erza to come to her senses, Ke Wen seemed to be influenced by President Makarov and said softly: "There is no reason why there are wild beasts and magical beasts only in the outer areas of the mountain range, but not even one inside.
Are you there?"
"Recall the attacks we received along the way. At first, they were just wild beasts without any threat. Then, the beasts that appeared one after another were more powerful than the previous one."
Glancing at Erza beside him who was lost in memories, Coven continued to remind: "The same is true for the later Warcraft. From being easily defeated by you, until they are almost evenly matched with you."
"Finally." Ke Wen once again glanced at Sa Shou, whose steps were a little out of shape, and then said: "It seems that after you showed your highest strength, we never encountered any Warcraft again, right?"
Erza raised her pretty face and stared at Sakari's back with tangled eyes. After biting her lips, she said feebly: "It should be... it should be Mr. Sakari... who wants to test our strength.
Right? If we are not strong enough, Mr. Sasukai will not lead us forward anymore..."
"Ahem!" Sa Shou made a move, turned around, and agreed with a difficult smile: "I, that's what I mean!"
Kewen ignored the other party and turned to Erza to ask another question: "As a hunter, do you just need to lean under the roots of a tree to spend the night in the wild?"
"I, I believe in your strength!"
Sa Shou turned around again to explain, then quickly raised his hand to point to the blood pool thirty meters ahead, changed the subject and said: "Look! We are almost there! You can also collect some 'Demon Blood Flowers' and sell them back!"
Kewen still ignored the other party, looked at Erza who was silent and a little depressed, and then raised his hand and patted the little Loli on the shoulder.
Looking directly at the blood pool in front of him, Ke Wen said in a calm tone as he moved forward: "A real hunter is never overconfident in his memory and will leave his own marks in complex terrain."
"Although you took us around a lot of detours along the way, I didn't see a single mark."
"Also, you once said that the route is hidden, but if you ignore the detours, it seems that it is not difficult to find here, right? After all, the grassland in front of the cave is so iconic."
"You once asked for one million gold, but your bargaining was too careless. It made you appear that money was not important, and your focus was on other aspects. It was too inconsistent with what you said you needed to support your family.
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"Along the way, you kept testing Erza's strength, leading us to take the initiative to attack again and again. Until we tested Erza's strength to the limit, our route stopped making detours."
"As a hunter, I didn't place warning traps around me when I was resting, and my resting position was very random. Is this because of my confidence in my own strength? Or because I knew that no more monsters would attack me?"
Stopping, the three of them had arrived in front of the blood pool.
Ke Wen looked down at the pool of blood in front of him and continued to speak calmly: "The name of Chuike Mountain Range means illusion, illusion. There is a unique kind of monster in the mountains. It feeds on flesh and blood with magic power as its main food, and uses magic crystals as its supplementary food.
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"so……"
Ke Wen glanced at Erza who was trembling slightly next to him, and then looked at the guide who was also trembling slightly. He said softly without any ups and downs in his tone: "Mr. Man-eating Ape with Human Face, are you going to bring us here?"
The tribe will have extra meals and use our finances to buy magic crystals, right?"
"And this blood pool..." Ke Wen lowered his gaze: "Most of the blood in it should come from the magicians who were eaten by you, right?"
"Haha!"
Sa Shou suddenly let out an inhuman roar and jumped over the blood pool that was nearly ten meters in diameter.
After landing on the opposite side, Sa Shou turned to face Ke Wen, pursed his lips, and exposed his fangs hidden under his thick beard.
The next moment, figures jumped down from the cliffs on both sides of the canyon, surrounding Ke Wen and Erza...