Chapter 196 "Devil Trampler"

Dafick Green is an inconspicuous and declining nobleman on the gray border.

Because of his hereditary title, he was able to retain the title of nobility. He was surrounded by only a butler, a few guards, and a few shabby carriages.

Originally, Dafik planned to cross the gray border today and go to a town a few hundred kilometers away to do business, but he did not expect to encounter a spider demon in such a remote area.

"What should we do? I heard that the Spider Tribe and the Undead Tribe are fighting for territory recently. Is there a fight happening nearby?"

The old butler and the guards looked at each other, somewhat afraid to approach the spider demon, even though it was just standing there.

Dafick opened the curtains and frowned slightly. "This spider demon doesn't look very old, and there's no news of any conflict nearby. Could it be abandoned?"

He has been doing business on the Gray Border for many years and has some understanding of the ethnic groups living here.

The spider demon clan, in particular, mostly lived around the gray border and had a tradition of abandoning their offspring who were born with defects.

Because such offspring will not live long on the Gray Border. Even if they go to the battlefield, they will only be transformed into undead by the Undead.

“It does look a bit abandoned.”

The old butler also reacted at this time, looking at the dazed little spider demon, it seemed that its intelligence had not yet fully developed, and it only knew how to wander aimlessly in a small area.

Dafik was silent for a moment, but finally sighed and said, "Forget it, let's leave some food for it. Whether it can survive depends on its own luck."

"But...we don't have much food."

The old butler was a little hesitant. After all, on the gray border, the growth rate of grain was extremely slow and the yield was extremely low. Basically, it had to be transported from far away, and the price was frighteningly high.

Only small nobles like them who have no power or influence would be allocated such a barren territory, otherwise they would not think of supplementing their family income through business.

"It's okay. We'll be there soon anyway. We can sell this batch of goods and exchange them for more food."

"Well, I'll listen to you, Master."

As the old butler spoke, he rummaged through the cargo, pulled out a few pieces of dried meat, and had one of his strongest guards deliver them to the little spider demon.

"Let's go. We have to get into the city before noon, otherwise we won't be able to get back in time at night and will encounter those undead creatures again."

"Oh, I hope this batch of goods can be sold at a good price. Those grain merchants are really becoming more and more unscrupulous."

As they talked, the convoy moved farther and farther away, gradually disappearing into the boundless grey land.

The little spider demon looked at the departing carriage in a daze, and continued to wander around. After a while, he found a layer of dried meat on the ground.

He lowered his head to sniff, then began to eat it bite by bite. His originally shriveled and skinny body became slightly rounder.

……

"Augula, how is the acquisition of the Luna Stone going?"

In the dream forest, Rhodes found Augla who was helping the dark elves build a house and asked about the situation outside.

"It seems that they have already purchased quite a lot. Recently, many outsiders have poured in and exchanged Luna Stones for a batch of food. I will ask my little brother to deliver it over now."

Augla said as he used the magic crystal to send a signal outside.

This was something that Irene and her friends had improved using the elves' magic communication stone. It could convey information within a certain range and was very convenient.

Sure enough, not long after, Lothar, who was in charge of the city's security, flapped his wings and flew over with dozens of Moon Stones in his hands.

"How is it? Is there any trouble outside?" Augula asked.

"That's not the case, but I just received news from Her Highness Aina that they have found out the location of Liberty City. I heard that many foreign souls have appeared there recently."

"Okay, I understand, you go ahead and do your work."

After sending Lothar away, Augra took the Moonstone back to the dark elves' residential area, found Rhodes, and told him about this matter.

Rhodes fell into deep thought immediately after hearing this.

"Foreign souls? It seems that after all four statues were activated, other parts of the forest have also begun to slowly revive. This is a good thing."

The Dream Forest is a spiritual plane. The more souls there are, the higher the spiritual level.

He didn't expect to recover to his previous heights quickly, but at least he could increase the number of souls in the woods, further suppress the pollution of the black soil, and then slowly recover to the point where he could live a normal life.

"But the problem is that all the guardians have not returned yet. With our current overall strength, I'm afraid we can't stop the influx of a large number of souls, especially those above the seventh level."

Augla was obviously still a little worried.

After all, when the Moon Goddess was still around, there were quite a few seventh- and even eighth-level souls in the Dream Forest.

"Don't worry. After the expansion of the altar forest, I think it should be able to accommodate seventh-level souls. Then we can go to Erin and the others to ask for help. Although having more souls is risky, it also has an advantage."

"What's the benefit?" Augula scratched his head.

"Are you stupid? Of course it's Legendary! We said before that the road to Legendary was cut off because there were too few people. Now that there are more people, can't you continue to advance?"

"Oh yeah, why didn't I think of that?"

After hearing what Rhodes said, Augula's eyes lit up instantly.

You have to know that they are now in the core area of ​​the entire Dream Forest. Both the spiritual level and energy concentration are much higher than other places.

Plus with the life fruits and holy water that Rhodes rewarded them from time to time, if they upgraded slower than others, they would have no point in living.

As long as he reaches level seven, the elders won't be able to do anything to him even if he steals the elders' treasures, hehe.

Thinking deeply, Augla laughed, and he looked as disgusting as possible.

Elder Tree Spirit: ???

"A question suddenly occurred to me."

At this time, Rhode changed the subject and looked at Augla with suspicion: "You can comprehend the domain talent at the sixth level. Could it be that when you were in the Sea of ​​Forest, you projected your consciousness into the fights and accumulated fame?"

"Uh... it seems to be true?" Augla touched his head, "Those who summoned me did give me a title."

"What's the title?" "Devil Trampler..."

"..."

Good guy.

I just exclaimed, "Great guy!"

It is really an unexpected result.

Originally, he just went out to earn extra money to make a living and keep his soul alive, but he unexpectedly earned a lot of fame.

Rhodes was now almost certain that it was because of the title of "Devil Trampler" that Augla had accumulated fame invisibly and had the qualifications to embark on the road to legend.

He even had some doubts that by then Augla might surpass Alpha and be promoted to the seventh level earlier than them.

What is this called?
Silly tree has good luck?
So, if he wants to be promoted to level seven in the future, he has to build up some reputation and get a more resounding title in advance?
What should I call it better...

Rhodes was thinking very seriously about his future hero title. He felt that the cooler the title, the better.

Or why not just let Alpha accompany him in a dragon-slaying scene in the future, and become a dragon slayer himself?
Rod the Dragon Slayer.

Hmm...seems pretty good.

It is said that the legendary warriors with the title of Dragon Slayer can deal extra damage to dragons, and different titles will have different bonus effects depending on how they are obtained.

For example, he had heard Augla and Alpha talk about a legendary thief called "Life Reproducer" before, who had an amazing speed in hitting targets and almost never missed a target, regardless of race.

That's outrageous.

"I would never want such a title anyway."

With a look of disgust on his face, Rhodes took the Moon Stone from Augla's hand and hurried back to the altar.

Now that the development of forest land has gradually been put on the right track and the purification progress of black soil has been greatly accelerated, it is a time when everything is in ruins and there is a lack of population.

He had to take this opportunity to recruit more believers, deceive more... bah! More souls into the Dream Forest.

The new plane that we just discovered today is the most suitable place. We have to go there first to understand the situation.

"I don't know whether they believe in the Moon God over there."

While murmuring, Rhodes absorbed all of the Moon Stone into the Dreamweaver statue, repairing about one third of it.

When I looked up, I could feel that the barrier covering the entire Death Forest had become much stronger, but the most obvious thing was the connection with that strange plane.

Rhodes calmed his mind and sensed the weak spiritual connection.

Swish!
The scene changes.

He appeared again on the familiar gray earth, and his body was still that of that silly little spider demon.

Just like when it came before, the little spider demon's soul was extremely weak, almost undetectable, and it was broken in many places, as if it had been bitten by something, and it was unable to form any independent consciousness at all.

"Poor little fellow, if there's a chance in the future I'll introduce Xiaobai to you. Maybe he can help you repair and strengthen your soul."

Speaking of which, Xiaobai is the direct descendant of the Weaver, and should be considered the ancestor of the Spider Demon.

Since he has seen it, there is no reason to ignore it, but he has to use this body for a while.

"Just like this, I will use your body and help you repair your soul later. This will be your reward."

Regardless of whether the little spider demon could understand him or not, Rhodes controlled his eight legs and wandered aimlessly on the gray ground.

Fortunately, the spider demon's upper body is humanoid, and it has two forelimbs for attack, which makes it much easier for him to move.

I walked and stopped along the way, and I didn't know how long I was lost. Finally, I heard a cursing voice coming from a distance.

"It's so abominable!"

"Previously, the price of grain was five silver coins per pound, but after just a few days, the price has risen to eight silver coins! They are clearly robbing us!"

"And the price of magic stones is the same. The previous purchase price was always thirty silver coins, but now it can only be sold for twenty-five silver coins. I curse them to fall into the cesspool and drown!"

Several shabby carriages were driving on the gray ground, and the curses were not concealed at all, which seemed very angry.

Dafik, who was sitting in the carriage, also had a sad face and said nothing.

The proceeds from the sales this time were much less than he had imagined. He only got some food and daily necessities, which was not enough to support the next harvest in the territory.

By then, we will probably have to sell off the property and land left by our ancestors in order to survive.

He is probably... the worst noble in the entire Gray Border, right?

Dafik sighed. Even though he had worked very hard over the years to run the business left by his ancestors, he still couldn't keep it. Instead, it got worse and worse.

"Master, look, it's the spider demon from today!"

Suddenly, a shout came from the side.

Dafik was stunned, he opened the curtain and looked outside, and sure enough, he saw a familiar spider demon standing in the distance, looking at them curiously.

Isn’t it the spider demon that I fed when I passed by today?

How did it get so close to the city?
Dafik's territory is located in a village outside the city, just outside the gray border. It is rare to see monster species there.

In order to hurry on their journey today, they deliberately went around to the gray border, and took the normal road when they came back. They didn't expect to meet the spider demon again.

"Could it be that he is hungry and wants to ask for some food?" guessed the old butler.

"It should be." Dafik nodded. "Forget it. The weather is bad now. Since we met, it must be fate. Let's give it some dried meat."

As he said that, he asked the guards to come over and bring the freshly bought food to the little spider demon.

(End of this chapter)