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The Pyramid-Headed Demon handed over a map.
The rabbit-headed man continued, "This is a map of our city. Our city isn't very big, so you'll find where you want to go very quickly."
An Yi took it and glanced at it.
The four lines above extend from the trading market called "Purple Heart" in the center of the island.
One of the paths leads to the east side of the island, which is where the "hunters" live: the Hunter's Hut.
They are a powerful organization on the island, but they have a rather unassuming name.
After leaving the trading market, the four members of the Saintess Squad soon found the so-called "Hunter's Hut".
From a distance, it really was just a simple house.
A sign that read "Meeting Point" hung on the house, and outside there were benches and tables, like a rest stop, for the demons to sit and wait.
It seems there's a hunting plan for today, as several demon teams are waiting outside the Hunter's Hut.
I estimate there are about thirty demons.
The four of them naturally walked into the midst of the demons, and the surrounding demons ignored them.
The "Hunter" has obviously not arrived yet, because the bestiary shows that most of the surrounding monsters are level 10 or 11 demons.
"Hmm... we don't need to register or anything?" Layton said softly in human language.
In the past, he always had to apply for and be interviewed for jobs, even if it was just a temporary job.
An Yi: "If I didn't say so, then I don't need it."
It didn't say that you had to register to go.
Layton: "..."
Indeed, fighting demons is not like a job.
Once you arrive, just go and kill them, that's all!
About half an hour later, more and more demons began to gather, and what was originally a group of more than thirty demons became a large group of more than sixty demons.
Lycorina's eyes looked a little strange.
These are all demons of level ten or higher, which, when converted...
These sixty-odd powerful demon groups could easily plow through human territory!
What kind of demon race is being fought that requires so many high-magic-power demons?
Finally, the door to the Hunter's Hut opened.
A new encyclopedia entry was suddenly unlocked in the eyes of the three of them—
[Biographies: Withered Tree Spirit (★13)]
Strength: 40 Agility: 50 Stamina: ∞
Resilience: 60 Magic: 200 Intelligence: 10
Tip: 30
The withered tree spirit had no robes and looked like a human, but its whole body was like a dried-up plant, composed of twisted branches, vines, and rotten, blackened leaves.
If you were standing in the dim rainforest, probably no one would think you were a demon.
"Is everyone here?" The withered tree spirit had no mouth; its voice came from the dry branches of its head.
There was no response from the demons; they simply stood quietly, waiting for the withered tree spirit to give orders.
The other party didn't check the number of people, and just started asking; scar
"Come with me once everyone's here."
Without further ado, everyone here except for the Saintess Squad already knew today's target.
Some demons came for the materials they wanted, some wanted to profit from the spoils, and some had ulterior motives, their sole aim being to loot corpses.
The four members of the Saintess Squad are... Umbrella.
Let's go see what's going on. (Lin)
The Hunter's Hut is nestled against the edge of the island, with the underground lake directly behind it.
The withered tree spirit ignored the other demons, walked to the edge of the island, and leaped into the water with a splash. *Whoosh!*
Maintaining its floating posture, it then darted across the water, and in the blink of an eye, it flew along the vertically plunging current to one of the openings in the cave wall. *Swoosh*
The other demons also displayed their unique abilities: some flew away, some spread their wings and soared into the air, some summoned demonic boats to sail upstream, and some even spewed fire from their rear ends and darted into the cave.
Along the way, many demons were knocked over, with no order whatsoever. Some even fought on the spot in a fit of rage, while others blocked the cave entrance and were directly blasted to death by other demons.
Before they even left the cave, some demons had already fallen in battle!
The four members of the Saintess Squad managed to follow the fight out during a brief lull, avoiding being caught in the inexplicable brawl.
“…I can only say, they really are demons.” Lycorina couldn’t help but chuckle.
The demon race has never disappointed when it comes to acting crazy.
With some members lost, the demons have arrived on the surface, and the four members of the Saintess Squad have followed.
The withered tree spirit seemed to be deliberately waiting for the demons, maintaining a moderate pace to avoid losing them.
Demons can sense magical power, so they can naturally keep up.
The four members of the Saintess Squad were unable to sense magic and could only follow the demons they could see with their naked eyes.
High-magic demons aren't particularly agile, but they can all use magic to fly and move quite quickly.
At this moment, Milu was thinking to herself;
"We... just followed them out like this?"
They don't even know what level of demon they're going to be fighting!
The four of them are now tasked with defeating a level 10 demon, but these demons are all level 10 or 11. What if they were to defeat a level 12 demon? Wouldn't that be a huge risk?
Even a slight brush against you can take away half your life!
Moreover... the riskiest one is still that level 13 [Withered Tree Spirit].
The strongest lord in this land of So is only a level thirteen demon, but with the amplification of the lord, his strength surpasses that of all other level thirteen demons.
Q, but this also means...
The thirteenth-level demon race is the strongest demon race rank below the lord.
Following the other side to hunt demons is a way to weaken the enemy by using their strength.
But if the withered tree spirit wanted to kill the four of them, wouldn't it be just a matter of a single thought?
Kuna has 200 points of magic power!
Even now, a level 220 Layton only has a toughness of just over 100.
Lin's opponent possessed a magic attribute that was almost 100 points higher than theirs.
This is an absolute crushing defeat!
"Isn't it too risky for us to just follow them like this?" Layton asked.
Wumi Luke: "!!!"
Yeah, the risk is too great! Right?
An Yi: "...Since we're already here..."
Lycorina: "Yes, since we're already here."
Layton: "Well... fine, you know, we can't just turn back again."
Miluko: "???"
Since we're already here... what a load of rubbish!
[Sword Hero: They don't recognize us and have other goals. If things look bad, we should just run.]
Annie explained briefly in the chat group.
"Since we're already here" was just a casual remark; in reality, both Lycorina and Anyi had their own considerations.
[The Holy Hero: Risk makes it even more important to try and fail! If we don't try and fail, more heroes will die in places like this!]
Yes, she realized it.
If they could really follow these "hunters" to hunt demons, they could immediately defeat high-level demons without spending any time or effort.
Just like Annie said, if things go wrong, you can still run.
But if they don't verify the feasibility of this, how long will it take them to defeat the level 10 demons?
The main point is that if this works, other heroes can replicate their methods!
Isn't it normal to have risks if you want to reap rewards?
And if all else fails...
We can wipe out all the level 10 demons here!
Ignoring equipment, just kill all the level 10 demons around here!
These are all high-magic-powered demons, whose resilience is far inferior to that of the giant beasts in [Elephant City].
Even when hundreds of resilient demons came, An Yi still managed to cut them down, let alone a group of high-magic-power demons with low resilience.
Little did they know that the demon horde harbored a warrior of such high strength and agility as An Yi!
Of course, when circumstances allow, they prioritize upgrading while acquiring equipment.
In previous raids, the Saintess Squad had already tasted the benefits of various equipment.
After an unknown amount of time, the withered tree spirit stopped.
"Let's have a pre-hunt meeting!"
All the demons and the saintess squad stopped and gathered in one place.
The withered tree spirit's appearance changed rapidly, quickly creating a semi-circular space in the rainforest that enveloped the demons and the saintess's team.