"Awoo…"
A desolate roar came from the depths of the forest. Other than Shadewind, the other six people casually turned their heads to look in the direction of the sound and continued their conversation. Finley also continued to pester Shadewind, who was pretending to be a poor hunter, and asked her about the legend of Shadewind that she heard from others. It was as if the roars of the magical beasts in the distance did not bother her at all.
At this moment, Feng Yingkuang's already pale face had a solemn expression, and his facial features were somewhat distorted. To outsiders, it was natural to think that this was the first time that this lucky fool who had followed his neighbor's brother into the forest and did not know any magic or martial arts was frightened by the cry of the magical beast.
"Haha! What a coward! A low-level high-level lightning wolf's cry scared you to this extent. You're really useless! Haha!"
Fenley mocked Windshadow when she saw that his expression was not good. She hugged Arthur's arm tightly and leaned against him, as if telling Windshadow that men should have the courage and boldness of her brother Arthur. Feng Yingkuang, who was also a man, was so weak and incompetent.
"Don't say that, Finley!" Arthur spoke up to stop Finley's harsh words." How many people do you think can reach the level of an Intermediate Mage at your age? Moreover, Feng has never learned any orthodox magic knowledge. How can he compare to you, who is known as a genius girl?”
Arthur reprimanded Finley with a stern expression, finally calming the annoying little woman down. However, Feng Yingkuang could tell from his words that he thought he was superior. It seemed that this handsome boy who looked approachable on the surface also looked down on her. Moreover, he seemed to be very familiar with his battle formation. This discovery completely wiped away Feng Yingkuang's remaining good impression of him.
" Hehe, it's okay…" Windshadow Craze hid his unhappiness and disgust and smiled awkwardly. He stood up and walked towards Karo, who was packing his luggage. He took the opportunity to escape from the curiosity of Finley and Arthur. He really didn't know how to answer those questions, especially the rumors that Finley had spread. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Hehe, you were scolded by Finley, right?" Looking up at Feng Yingkuang who had walked to his side, Karo continued to organize the Thunder Wolf hide he had just collected." Finley is only fifteen years old this year, but she's already an Intermediate Magician. Moreover, her family was one of the richest people in Cullen City. She was usually spoiled and spoke a little unlikeable, but she was still a good person.”
"Uh…I'm fine."
Feng Yingkuang felt that this simple and honest big guy was not simple. It was as if he had seen everything without batting an eyelid.
"Nothing? Why did he pull such a long face? Haha!" Karo put away the last Thunder Wolf hide and sat down against the big tree beside him." Come, sit here and rest for a while. There should be nothing much to do tonight." You can use my luggage in a while. It's colder in the early hours of the morning here. Look at your weak appearance. It's best if you don't freeze.”
Feng Yingkuang didn't refuse and sat down beside Karo.
"Um…thank you."
Karo smiled and took out a leather bag with water from his waist. He opened the cork and the fragrance of wine wafted out with the wind." Want a sip?”
"No, I don't know how to." Windshadow Kuang shook his head and rejected Karo's good intentions. He pondered for a moment before telling Karo the real reason why he was looking for Karo." Karo, do you know what Finley meant when she said that it was a low-level high-level magical beast? I'm referring to this beginner and high-level. How are they divided? Why haven't I heard of it before?”
"You don't know? Well, that's true. You shouldn't know.”Karo looked at Windshade Craze with a strange expression, then said something that made Windshade Craze's heart palpitate.
"This…is there anything wrong?”
"What he means is that you are not an adventurer, and you have not received any systematic learning in this area, so it is normal for you to not know the common knowledge of the continent.”It was unknown when Kathleen had arrived near Karo and Windshade Craze's resting place. She had obviously heard their conversation." Karo, am I right?”
"How could the talented Kathleen be wrong!" Karo raised his head and took a big gulp of wine. He stood up and said," Feng, if you have any questions, ask Kailin. She's a famous talented woman in Cullen City." Hmm…I'm going to roast some meat."
Until Karo walked away and sat beside the fire to roast meat, Windshadow Kuang didn't even look at Kathleen who stood in front of him. For some reason, Feng Yingkuang felt that the way Kathleen looked at him was a little strange, and there was an indescribable sense of discomfort. It seemed that she had seen through something and had doubts about her fabricated background. But where did he go wrong?
This feeling of giving the initiative to someone else made Windshadow Craze feel very uncomfortable, but he had no choice. Just like how he clearly knew that from the moment Karo and him sat down against the tree to rest, Kathleen had focused her attention on this side. When Karo finished his first mouthful of wine, Kathleen stood up and walked towards him. He could only pretend not to know. This feeling of being tied up made Windshadow Kuang extremely annoyed.
"As a man, aren't you going to invite the beautiful lady in front of you to take a seat?”
Just as Feng Yingkuang was letting his imagination run wild, Kathleen's beautiful voice entered his ears. He looked away in shock and raised his head." Oh, oh…I'm sorry. Miss Kathleen, please take a seat!" Feng Yingkuang, who had never encountered such a situation before, hurriedly spread out the blanket that Karo had left behind and invited Kathleen, who was standing at the side, with a panicked expression.
He sat down and muttered softly,""Women are so troublesome. Can't you sit if you want to? I'm not a gentleman…"
Kathleen knelt down elegantly on the carpet on the ground. She bent her legs and slowly sat down. Then, she stretched out her hands to tidy up her clothes.
Her series of actions showed her noble status and good manners. Sitting still, she seemed to have heard Windshade's muttering. She turned her head to look at Windshade, who had his head lowered, and laughed maniacally. That dazzling smile appeared on her face again.
"Hehe, alright. Mr. Feng, who is not a gentleman, let me explain your question.”
Upon hearing Kathleen's words, Feng Yingkuang raised his head and met the pair of eyes that made him feel irritated but were indeed very bright.
"Hmm, before I explain the classification of magical beasts, let me first explain the origin of this classification. I think this will make it easier for you to understand.”Feng Yingkuang's gaze made Kathleen lower her head, and a faint blush appeared on her not-so-beautiful face. She hid her embarrassment by playing with her hair, and she sorted out her thoughts before continuing." I think you should know that on the Rostocker Continent, people divide their combat aura into five levels. Other than that, there is the legendary Divine Combat Aura. People would usually call them by the different colors of each level of fighting energy, so there were blue fighting energy, red fighting energy, orange fighting energy, green fighting energy, and silver fighting energy. As for the legendary Divine Aura, it is colorless. Therefore, we should eliminate the Divine Aura for now. Do you know about this?"
Feng Yingkuang nodded, but his eyes kept scanning Kathleen. It seemed that he had found another item that piqued his interest.
Seeing Feng Yingkuang nod in reply, Kathleen quickly lowered her eyes to meet Feng Yingkuang's. The light in his eyes scared her and made her heart beat faster. After calming her rapid breathing, Kathleen continued to explain to Feng Yingkuang,""Since you know the classification of battle energy, I think you should also know the stages of magic, right? Regardless of the level of magic, it was the same as combat aura. It was divided into three stages: initial, intermediate, and upper. This was the general knowledge needed to explain the classification of magical beasts. Then, I will start from the origin of the classification of magical beasts!”
"On the Rostocker Continent, there is a very special profession. They traveled to various places on the continent, and those undiscovered secrets and mysterious places that were rarely visited were their favorite. They usually relied on the rewards from accepting missions and the treasures scattered in the depths of the continent to make a living. However, such missions were limited, and treasures could only be found by chance. As a result, these people would hunt some magical beasts on their travels and use the magical crystals in the bodies of the magical beasts to exchange for money to live and buy equipment. Among these travelers, there was no lack of people who were strong in martial arts. They had various levels of battle energy or magic, and the magic beasts that we are familiar with now are divided according to this.
According to the level of battle energy and magic required to kill a magical beast, we divide all magical beasts into four levels: basic, intermediate, high, and special. Each level is further divided into three levels: low, intermediate, and high. The magic beasts that could be killed by using Blue Basic Combat Aura and Basic Basic Magic were called Basic Intermediate Magic Beasts, and the levels rose in order. On this continent, there was only one type of magical beast that required Silver Battle Energy to be defeated. That is a type of special high-grade magical beast that exists in the records. We call it the Sprite.”
Kathleen stopped and looked at Windshadow Kuang, who was listening attentively to her explanation. A sense of pride welled up in her heart. This feeling shocked Kathleen. This was just common sense. What was there to be proud of? Could it be because of this man in front of her? Was it because she had explained the doubts in his heart and made him feel that what he had learned was useful? But why didn't he feel this way before?
The questions that came one after another puzzled Kathleen. This was a feeling that she had never experienced before, a feeling that she could not explain. A little sweet, a little excited, a little lost…
"Hmm…then why did Karo say that it was normal for me to not understand?”Feng Yingkuang interrupted her when he saw that she hadn't finished explaining her doubts.
"This…Karo means that you are not an adventurer, so it is normal for you to not know the classification of magical beasts. You know, the people I told you about who are traveling are called adventurers. The classification of magical beasts was a basic knowledge that every adventurer must have.”
"Then are you adventurers?"
"Hmm…I guess so." Kathleen pondered for a moment and straightened her wrinkled skirt." How should I put it? We are not professional adventurers, but we are indeed traveling now. It's just that our traveling is called experience. We don't make a living from it. Moreover, there are many people who are traveling on the Rostocker Continent for the purpose of training, and there are countless adventurer groups like us. So now, we call such people adventurers, not just those who engage in this profession. The general knowledge of the classification of magical beasts was something that every person who went out to train had to master, because sometimes, this could be something that could save their lives.”
Kathleen tried her best to explain what Windshade Craze wanted to know. She didn't mind it at all. Although she didn't know why she was like this, her heart told her so.
After hearing Kathleen's words, Feng Yingkuang finally understood that it was all because of his fabricated background. Since it was his first time out, and he had only been hunting ordinary creatures around the forest, it was very normal for him to not know the classification of magical beasts. Although he had wasted a lot of time, he had also learned about this foreign world. It could be considered that it was not in vain.
However, there was a bigger question in Feng Yingkuang's heart.
"Uh…Miss Kathleen, do you know what level of magical beast dragons are?”
"Dragon?" Kathleen turned around and looked at Feng Yingkuang in surprise. Her eyes flashed with confusion." Why are you asking this?”
"Uh…I heard that there are dragons in the depths of this mountain, so I'm a little curious.”
Hearing Feng Yingkuang's explanation, Kathleen looked at him in confusion. She picked up a strand of hair from her chest and played with it.
"Have you never heard of the legend of the dragon race? How could the people who grew up in the Kuge Prairie not know about the legend of the dragon race?”
"What? "Because I'm an orphan…" Feng Yingkuang lowered his slightly abnormal expression and explained in a low voice.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it.”" The real dragons are legendary creatures. Legend has it that they live in the depths of the Speckles Mountain Range. No one has ever seen them before." The portraits left behind were only drawn by people's imaginations. However, I once read in a very ancient record that a treasure hunter had seen a real dragon in the south of the orc gathering place. I don't know if it's true.”
Kailin's voice was a little gloomy. It was probably because she was not able to see the dragon race's glory." The dragon race that we've seen now is only a branch of the real dragon race. They didn't have a ranking system, because it wasn't something that humans could defeat. Usually, the country would send out the army to lure the adult dragon out of the nest, and then send out experts to steal its dragon eggs to hatch, raising and training them from a young age. These artificially reared dragons could no longer be considered true dragons.”
"I see." Feng Yingkuang raised his head again, and a look of realization appeared on his face." Then how do you divide the real dragons?”
"Because the true dragon race is said to be extremely powerful and close to the existence of gods. They are invincible. So we divided the real dragon race…"
"Awoo…"
Kathleen's words were interrupted by the same desolate and high-pitched cry that appeared for the third time tonight. The others seemed to be used to this situation and continued to do their own things. Karo was still grilling meat and drinking wine by the fire, while Finley was still pestering Arthur. Arthur seemed to be happy to see this, and he was whispering to Finley, causing her to laugh. The two people who seemed to be the followers of one of the four were still patrolling back and forth. They did not even look into the depths of the forest. Kathleen frowned slightly and was about to continue the topic when she realized that Windshadow Craze had already stood up.
Feng Yingkuang's gaze was locked on the direction of the sound. He was different from them. They only heard ordinary roars.
As for him, Feng Yingkuang, the Brahma Battle General, he could hear the information contained in the cries. He could hear the majesty, dominance, power, and terrifying killing intent contained in the cries...
He knew that tonight would not be peaceful.
"Feng, what's wrong? Why do you look so pale?" Kathleen stood up and walked two steps closer. She asked Feng Yingkuang with concern.
Shaking his head, Feng Yingkuang gave Kathleen a grateful smile." I'm fine, thank you.”
" Then you…" Kathleen didn't seem to believe Feng Yingkuang's words. Her eyes were filled with doubt.
"Hehe, I'm really fine, really!”
"Hmph, Sister Kailin, what could happen to him? A guy with such good luck walked in the Forest of Death for an entire afternoon without any mishaps. Now that we're beside him, what can happen? He's just too timid!" Finley walked over with Arthur. She seemed to have heard the conversation between Windshade and Kathleen. She curled her lips in disdain and looked at Windshade with disdain. "Humph! An idiot who didn't know anything, a coward! Why was Sister Kailin so concerned about him?”
"I…I didn't…"
Kathleen blushed at Finley's last sentence, but she didn't refute it as she already had some strange feelings in her heart. She just lowered her head shyly, and the thought of reprimanding her for Finley's deliberately belittling words had long been thrown out of her mind.
"This…Finley, that's not true. " I was scared just now. Kathleen, she…" Feng Yingkuang saw Kathleen's awkward expression and spoke up to help her out. He did not hesitate to take the responsibility.
"Humph!" Finley glanced at Windshadow Craze from the corner of her eyes. The contempt and disdain in her eyes became even more serious. Why are you standing so close to Kathleen? Are you trying to woo Sister Kailin? Look at yourself. Do you know who Kailin is? Do you know how important Kailin's family is? Humph! I'm telling you, you're not even worthy of being Big Sister Kailin's slave!”
"Finley! How can you say that? The wind is our companion!"
Never in her wildest dreams would Kathleen have thought that the playful and playful Finley would say such harsh and vicious words to Windshade. The blatant humiliation and contempt in her words made even her feel uncomfortable. One could imagine how Windshade felt at this moment. However, there was nothing she could do. Other than scolding Finley loudly and telling Windshadow that she treated him as a partner, she could not think of any other way to save Finley from her vicious words. She was stunned by the sudden situation and did not notice the smug and possessive look in Arthur's eyes.
"I'm sorry, honorable Miss Finley. I know that my actions have offended Miss Kathleen, who is as noble as you. Please accept my sincere apologies.”To everyone's surprise, Windshadow Craze was not angered by Finley's vicious slander. He even had a faint smile on his face as he bowed slightly to apologize to Finley.
"Feng, you…"
Kaelyn, who was confused, opened her mouth to say something, but she was interrupted by Windshadow Craze's slight bow. He then smiled and nodded at Arthur, who still had a friendly smile on his face. He turned around and walked to Karo, who was beside the bonfire, leaving behind a shocked Kaelyn and Arthur, whose expression kept changing.
"Humph! If Sister Kathleen wants a boyfriend, she should find a man like Brother Arthur. You country bumpkin who doesn't even know combat energy and magic should give up!”Finley looked at Windshadow Craze as he walked away and shouted at his back.
Feng Yingkuang, who had his back to the group of people, had a mocking look in his eyes. He raised his head slightly and looked at the place where the scream came from. A slightly evil smile slowly appeared on his face.
Karo, who was sitting by the fire, had been concentrating on the wine in his hand and the roast meat in his mouth. Even when Fenli had insulted Windshadow Kuang in such a loud voice, he did not react at all. He only focused on roasting his meat and drinking his wine. However, when Windshadow Craze left the tree and walked towards the bonfire, he muttered in dissatisfaction,""Great God of Light, you brought a demon to my side. Hmm…although I also want to guide him to the light, you have to let me eat first!”
Windshadow Craze sat down beside Karo, and Karo's soft muttering stopped at this moment. Windshadow Craze looked at Karo, who had been eating the roasted meat and drinking the wine, with a surprised gaze. He reached out and tore a piece of roasted meat from the grill and started eating by himself. He seemed to have not noticed Karo's muttering just now.
"Sister Kailin, sit down! Don't just stand there!" The current Finley looked like a completely different person. She was no longer as crafty and unreasonable as before. Her pretty face was filled with innocence." Brother Arthur, you sit too!" I helped you chase that annoying coward away. How are you going to thank me?”Without waiting for Kathleen and Arthur to agree, she pulled them onto the carpet under the tree.
"Finley, why did you do that? You will make Feng very sad."
Hearing Finley's words, Kathleen looked at Arthur with a strange expression, then scolded Finley in a low voice with a serious expression.
"Humph! What was there to be afraid of? He was just a lucky country bumpkin!”Finley retorted loudly as if it was only natural. Then, she turned around and threw herself at Arthur." Brother Arthur, do your best! I won't disturb you. After saying that, he stood up and walked away. He was still mumbling softly,"Hmm…I created such a good opportunity for Arthur. Please don't disappoint me! Humph, only Arthur is good enough for Kathleen. When I'm 16 next year, I'll marry Arthur with Kathleen. Hehe…Then we'll be together forever. Hmm…Those annoying magical beasts should stop disturbing Arthur and the others.”
As if she was deliberately going against Finley, just as the thought flashed through her mind, an extremely long and desolate roar followed.
"Awoo…"
A roar sounded, and everyone stopped what they were doing. Except for Windshadow Craze, everyone looked at the source of the roar in the depths of the forest in surprise, because everyone could hear that it was different from the others.
Before the group of adventurers could make any comments, the roars stopped abruptly. In the next moment, the roar was like a ripple, spreading in circles throughout the entire forest. The entire forest seemed to have been summoned by the roar just now. The roars of the magical beasts spread out in waves. First, the furthest one began to echo, then the second, the third…Slowly, the first group, then the second, the third…Soon, all the magical beasts in the forest seemed to be roaring, and the entire forest trembled because of this roar.
"What…what is going on?”Arthur asked with a pale face. The sword in his hand trembled slightly because of nervousness. At this moment, he was no longer as calm and composed as he had been earlier. He was no longer graceful and luxurious.
"Who cares what's going on? Aren't they just a few magical beasts? Hehe, I don't think I'll be short of money for drinks this year, right?”Karo was standing beside Arthur with his sword in his hand. His left hand was still holding a bag of wine that was about to be emptied. When he heard Arthur's words, he shook his slightly big head and muttered indifferently.
Kathleen and Fenli's relaxed smiles had disappeared, and they became extremely serious. Wisps of white light seeped out of her body as she prayed, enveloping her in a ball of white light. At this moment, she looked extremely holy. Meanwhile, Finley was desperately reciting an incantation and absorbing the surrounding water element as if she was preparing for a large-scale spell.
The two people who looked like servants stood in front of each other and scanned the surrounding forest with their sharp eyes. The veins on their hands that were holding the hilts of their swords were bulging. One could imagine how nervous they were now.
Other than Windshadow, who joined later, everyone was gathering their strength nervously to prepare for the unknown situation that might happen next.#
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