Chapter 25 Summary

A peaceful night.

In the early morning, Kewen, who was leaning against the roots of the tree, had not waited for Erza to make a sound, and he opened his eyes as the footsteps approached.

"Awake?" Erza stopped five meters away from Kewen, then turned around and walked towards the fire, greeting as she walked, "Come over for breakfast, and then we'll continue on our way."

Kewen got up and looked at Sa Shou, who was sitting by the fire eating jerky.

Not long after breakfast, Erza packed her luggage again.

The three of them left this small open space and continued to go deeper into the mountain range under the guidance of Sa Shou.

This time the road was very calm, and I never encountered any monsters again.

At noon, Sa Shou's footsteps stopped after stepping into a small piece of grassland.

Raising his finger to point to the 'bull horn-shaped' mountain in the distance, Sa Shou said to Kewen and Erusa: "That 'magic horn mountain' is the place you are looking for, and the euphylla blooms halfway up the mountain there."

"Really!?" Erza cheered in a low voice with joy: "That's 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 opposite, through which you can enter a canyon, and behind it is a gravel wilderness, and then the 'Magic Horn Mountain' descends. ."

"Thank you very much! Mr. Sashou!" Erza thanked very politely, and then said with a smile: "Then you can come here, and I will pay you now!"

"No no." Sa Shou smiled and shook his head and waved his hand: "I also have to go to the canyon in front of me, where I will collect some 'magic blood flowers' and bring them back to the town to sell."

"Magic blood flower?" Erza recalled for a moment, and then suddenly said: "The book says that magic blood flower grows in blood with magical power, and now there should be a breeding base in the kingdom, it seems that the price is not expensive. Why did Mr. Sa Shou come to the mountains to collect?"

"Because the 'Magic Blood Flower' here is of better quality." Sa Shou replied with a smile.

"So that's the case." Erza smiled and said, "Then let's help with the collection at that time, as a thank you to Mr. Sashou for his help."

"Thank you so much!"

Sa Shou opened his mouth and laughed, letting the thick beard float into his mouth, so he quickly closed his mouth again.

"Then let's go!" Erza urged, walking forward quickly.

After more than half an hour, the team crossed the grassland, passed through a cave tunnel that was 100 meters long, and finally reached the canyon that Sa Shou said.

Going deeper into the canyon for dozens of meters, Erza's eyes kept looking around, but she didn't find any shadow of the 'Magic Blood Flower'.

Therefore, she couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Sashou, where does the magic blood flower grow?"

"There is still about two hundred meters ahead." Sa Shou replied: "There is a natural blood pool over there, and the magic blood flower grows in it."

Erza was stunned, and then she stopped looking around and continued to speed up her pace.

Not long after, a wind blew from the canyon ahead, and the strong smell of blood rushed into the nostrils of Kewen and Erza.

After moving forward for a while, I finally saw the shadow of the blood pool.

Without waiting for Ersha to urge, Kewen suddenly greeted: "Elsha."

"Ah?" Subconsciously slowing down the pace that was about to accelerate, Erza turned her head and asked, "What's the matter, Kewen?"

"The mission is about to be completed." Kewen chuckled softly: "So, shouldn't it be time to recall the entire mission and make a summary?"

Hearing this, Elsa immediately nodded: "Okay, let me recall."

Continuing to travel for about fifty meters, Elsa said with a smile: "Well, I have finished recalling and made some conclusions. Next time I go out to do a task, I will definitely be more fully prepared!"

"Really?" Cowen confirmed with a smile.

"What's wrong?" Erza wondered, "What is true or false?"

"Want to hear my opinion?" Kewen 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 advancing side by side with Kewen.

"Let's start with the news we found in the town." Kewen started and said softly, "What is the news about Mr. Sashou?"

Erza was stunned for a moment, and smiled apologetically at Sa Shou who turned her head, and then replied a little embarrassedly: "The townspeople say that Mr. Sa Shou is the best hunter, and he is very familiar with the interior of the mountains."

"Well." Kewen said in a nasal voice, "Then, 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 mages? We are protected, so you don't have to worry about safety, right?"

"Then..." Kewen did not comment on Erza's conclusion, but continued to ask: "Why didn't you promise to tell us the route at first, and then promised to lead us?"

Erza once again returned an apologetic expression to the seemingly Sa Shou: "Because Mr. Sa Shou needs to make money?"

"Then as a hunter." Kewen continued to ask: "Why do you appear so ignorant about prices?"

"Because, because Mr. Sashou is a hunter, he only knows the price of beasts, but I don't know... the price of euphylla..."

"Then how does he know the price and quality of the 'Magic Blood Flower'?"

There was a slight smile in Kewen's tone, staring at Sa Shou who was leading the way in front, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help raising his lips when he saw the other's stiff walking posture.

Before Erza could come up with a new answer on her own, Kewen continued, "How many beasts and monsters have we encountered along the way?"

Erza recalled subconsciously, "Yes..."

"Why..." Kewen interrupted immediately: "As a hunter who is most familiar with the mountains, why did he lead us to meet so many beasts and beasts at first, but then we didn't see any of them?"

Still waiting for Erza to return to her senses, Kewen seemed to be influenced by President Makarov, and said softly: "There is no reason to have beasts and beasts in the outer areas of the mountain range, and even more inside, you can't see any of them. Are you here?"

"Recall the attacks we received along the way. At first, it was just a non-threatening beast. After that, the beasts that appeared one after another were stronger than the previous one."

Glancing at Ersha, who was beside him in memory, Kewen continued to remind: "The same is true for the later monsters, from being easily defeated by you until almost evenly matched with you."

"Finally." Ke Wen once again glanced at Sa Shou, who was a little out of shape, and then said, "It seems that after you showed your highest strength, we never met any beast again, right?"

Elsa raised her pretty face and stared at Sashou's back with tangled eyes. After biting her lips lightly, she said weakly, "It should be... it should be Mr. Sashou... I want to try our strength. Right? If the strength is not enough, Mr. Sashou will not lead us forward..."

"Cough!" Sa Shou made a move, turned around, and agreed with a difficult smile: "I, that's what I meant!"

Kewen ignored the other party, turned his head and asked Erza another question: "As a hunter, is it enough to just lean under the roots of a tree for the night in the wild?"

"I-I trust your strength!"

Sa Shou turned around to explain again, and then quickly raised his finger to the blood pool 30 meters ahead, changing the subject and said, "Look! We're almost there! You can also collect some 'Magic Blood Flowers' and sell them!"

Kewen still ignored the other party, glanced at Erza, who was silent and a little depressed, and then raised his hand and patted Little Loli on the shoulder.

Looking directly at the blood pool in front of him, Kewen said in a flat tone as he moved forward: "A real hunter will never be overconfident in his memory, and will leave his own mark in the complex terrain."

"Although you took us around a lot along the way, I didn't see a single mark."

"Also, you said that the route is hidden, but omitting those detours, it seems that it is not difficult to find here, right? After all, the grassland in front of the cave is too iconic."

"You once asked for a million gold, but the bargaining was too careless, making you appear to be unimportant about money, and instead focus on other aspects. It is too inconsistent with your situation that you need to support your family. "

"Along the way, you kept testing Erza's strength, and led us to take the initiative to touch and attack again and again, until we reached the limit of Erza's strength, and our route no longer appeared detours."

"As a hunter, I didn't set warning traps around when I was resting, and the resting position was very random. Is it because of my confidence in my own strength? Or do I know that there will be no more monster attacks?"

Stopping, the three have come to the blood pool.

Kewen looked down at the pool of blood in front of him, and continued to speak plainly: "Fukke Mountains, the name means illusion, illusion, there is a special kind of magical beast in the mountains, which mainly eats flesh and blood with magic power, and uses magic spar as supplementary food. "

"so……"

Kewen glanced at Erza, who was trembling slightly beside him, and then looked at the guide who was also trembling, and said softly without any fluctuations in his tone: "Mr. The ethnic group will add meals and use our financial resources to buy magic crystals outside, right?"

"And this blood pool..." Kewen lowered his eyes: "Most of the blood in this should come from the wizards who were eaten by you, right?"

"Haha!"

Sa Shou suddenly let out an inhuman roar, and jumped over the blood pool with a diameter of nearly ten meters.

After landing on the opposite side, Sa Shou turned to face Kewen, pursed his lips, showing his fangs hidden under his thick beard.

The next moment, figures jumped off the cliffs on both sides of the canyon, surrounding Kewen and Erza...