Chapter 297 - 175: Forgotten Realm 3
Chapter 297: Chapter 175: Forgotten Realm 3
"I guess you could say I saved your life, so the payment you gave me is more than fair."
Lu Cang smiled cheerfully. "Well, thank you, big sis."
’*Sigh*...’
’He doesn’t seem to have any sense of danger at all.’
’This kid has no idea what kind of danger he’s in.’
Along the way, he chatted with the Cat Girl for a long time.
He finally learned her name was Xiumi, and she lived on a continent called Miselux in the Moon Sea.
It was a nation of Beastmen.
Lu Cang wasn’t sure if it was as large as Ruijia.
’The Moon Sea...’
’It must be the sea region beyond the Secret Sea.’
’To think we could meet despite being so far apart. The influence of this place really is far-reaching.’
After staying here for a day, one would naturally leave the Forgotten Realm.
You’d return to wherever you came from.
However, this "day" might last longer than a normal one...
In Xiumi’s eyes...
This child, Lu Cang, would definitely not survive the day.
She couldn’t possibly waste this precious opportunity looking after him for a whole day. He would have to fend for himself.
’That’s why it was better for me to take those life-saving items from him. Besides, if he really runs into a Tier Four Demon, those items wouldn’t save a child’s life anyway.’
He walked with Xiumi for some distance.
His Perception was triggered again.
BOOM—
In the distance stood a white city wall. Lu Cang could see many Adventurers standing before it.
And a few kilometers away from this group of Adventurers...
...an Adventurer was battling a wildly thrashing Giant Snake.
Xiumi seemed to know that heading in this direction was the right choice.
She walked resolutely toward the city wall.
"We’ll come across a city wall up ahead."
"You can’t get in. Just wait by the wall until time is up."
Xiumi seemed quite experienced.
"Oh..."
Lu Cang didn’t object, merely giving a faint reply.
The two picked up their pace slightly, with Xiumi carrying Lu Cang as she ran.
After about an hour, they encountered a few Tier Three and Tier Four Demons along the way, all of which were easily dealt with by Xiumi.
They arrived before the city wall.
Lu Cang extended his Perception to probe the other side of the wall and found the ground covered in corpses.
There were humans, Demons, and all sorts of Special creatures.
It looked like the battlefield of a chaotic war.
Xiumi touched the wall and said to Lu Cang, "The Forgotten Realm seems to be the site of an extremely brutal war that took place during the Forgotten Moon."
"But that brutal war, along with the month itself and everything that happened within it, has been forgotten."
"All related memories, History, and even the entire battlefield were left behind in this realm, meow."
Xiumi turned to Lu Cang and said, "Kid, bringing you here fulfills my promise to you, meow."
"From now on, you’re on your own, meow."
Xiumi walked toward the city gate.
Before the gate stood several translucent phantoms. They raised their weapons at Xiumi.
In response, Xiumi produced a jade-white token in her hand.
The phantoms then lowered their weapons.
They undid the Restriction on the city gate, allowing Xiumi to enter...
’So you even need a permit to enter?’
"She has a token!"
"Kill her!"
"Cut her down!"
"Don’t let her in! Snatch that token from her!"
In the thick fog, many people saw the token Xiumi revealed, and killing intent surged!
’Tsk, tsk. These people are completely different from anyone I’ve met so far.’
’The people here are truly filled with murderous intent.’
However, upon hearing the battle cries from behind, a faint smile graced the corners of Xiumi’s lips.
Her crystalline yellow cat eyes instantly turned blood-red!
SWISH!
In an instant, she appeared before the closest person and, with one hand, ripped out their heart.
The next moment.
Her scimitar swung out, lopping off the next Adventurer’s head.
SWISH!
SWISH SWISH SWISH SWISH—
A blur of afterimages was all that could be seen. In a mere second, the Adventurers at the front of the charge were cut down like weeds...
Lu Cang took it all in.
’So, she was hiding her true strength.’
’This level of power... she’s not Level 4. She must be Level 5.’
’She’s quite good at hiding it.’
’It was the right call not to act rashly.’
After about a minute, the only one left standing was Xiumi, drenched in blood, as the other Adventurers scattered and fled in all directions.
’She deliberately revealed her pass to bait others into revealing their killing intent and trying to steal it...’
’She’s no saint.’
Xiumi collected their storage items one by one. Having killed so many people, her spoils were indeed plentiful.
"Well now, little fella, you’re not running, meow."
Xiumi clapped a hand on the shoulder of another Adventurer in the area.
This human Adventurer chuckled and revealed a token of his own.
"I have a token too, so I don’t need to steal yours."
"Well, congratulations then, meow," Xiumi said in a light tone.
After collecting all the storage items, she walked toward the city gate with a carefree air.
She swept the area with her Perception.
She found Lu Cang standing obediently by the corner of the wall, just as she’d left him.
’He probably didn’t see me go on that killing spree. What a shame. He didn’t get to see such a cool side of me.’
Xiumi went through the gate.
Then, the human man who also had a token went through as well.
Lu Cang looked at the city wall.
The wall was about a thousand meters high.
There was an anti-air Restriction and an impassable Restriction.
Lu Cang thought for a moment.
Then he flew straight up.
He didn’t use the main gate, instead flying directly over the top of the wall.
He landed on the other side.
His Perception swept the area. He saw a few figures searching through the piles of corpses, but indeed, he didn’t detect any Adventurers above Level 5.
They all had rather mediocre auras.
’An opportunity that comes once every four years.’
’I should explore with caution...’
Lu Cang considered for a moment, then sent out a dozen or so Tier Six King Level Undead to scout the dense fog farther ahead.
Lu Cang’s Perception swept over to a corpse. He walked over and picked up the Storage Bag pinned beneath it.
"There really are treasures here."
Inside was a seemingly powerful Combat Skill book: "Chaos Staff Stream."
The deeper he went, the more corpses he found.
There were plenty of good things left behind, but Lu Cang also saw more people...
’I heard people come here from all over the world. I don’t know how many have arrived, but it can’t be as few as I just saw.’
’This might just be one of the entrances.’
’Still, you can find so much just by scavenging. No wonder everyone likes coming here. I just wonder how many people have those tokens?’
After walking inward for a while, Lu Cang’s Perception swept across the area and spotted at least a hundred people.
’This must be a lawless zone.’
’If I killed them all, probably no one would ever know.’
’But why isn’t there more conflict? Only a few scattered people are fighting.’
’I’d better observe a while longer before acting.’
Besides, Lu Cang was still mentally opposed to killing indiscriminately.
While he was scavenging, someone started following him from behind.
They were about ten kilometers away.
And steadily approaching.
Their Perception was also locked onto him.
’A man holding a Dagger in a reverse grip. Must be an Assassin.’
Lu Cang continued picking up Storage Bags, pretending he hadn’t noticed him.
And then, after walking for another ten seconds...
...he felt the person suddenly accelerate. A mere three seconds later, a Dagger was pressed against the child’s neck.
SWISH!
The Dagger slashed.
No words were exchanged; the man went straight for the throat.
However, the blade sliced through the neck only to meet a wisp of faint mist. The child dissolved into bubbles and vanished.
’A phantom?’
THUNK—
Suddenly, he felt a chill run through his body. Reaching for his chest, his hand found the tip of a spear.
His Perception turned to look back, only to see a child staring at him with a cold expression.
’He...’
’How...’
’...did he notice?’
As the man’s consciousness faded, Lu Cang casually raised a hand and tore out his soul.
"So weak."
"But he had quite a few things on him."