"Where have you been, Pure White? I haven't seen you for a while."
"Well... I had some things to take care of..."
In the moving carriage, Oyado happily chatted with Baijie. Although Oyado knew that Baijie had been petrified before, she immediately understood the meaning behind my previous statement that Baijie rushed over from the neighboring city to help.
Truly, she is my clever little sister!
"Listen to me, earlier we..."
As I watched them chatting happily, I turned to look at a few people next to me.
At this moment, Bai Yueguang sat next to Hei Luoli, watching her intently. Although Hei Luoli had already fully recovered her health and there were no abnormal conditions, she still hadn't woken up.
Even if I used a potion to wake her from her coma or used magic to dispel abnormality, it was useless.
I don't know if it's because Hei Luoli is a native of this world and our methods are not very effective on her, or for some other reason, but Hei Luoli just wouldn't wake up.
Bai Yueguang next to her also had a serious expression. At this moment, he hadn't regained his normal state yet. Instead, he had long flowing white hair and fiery red eyes that looked like they were on fire.
What was even scarier was the small horn that had appeared on his forehead... well, ghosts like him usually have a horn on their heads.
"What are you looking at? Have you never seen someone with a horn before?" Bai Yueguang looked up at me and said.
"Yeah, it's the first time I've seen it."
"..."
Bai Yueguang smiled wryly and continued speaking.
"I never thought I would be saved by this mission to save Hei Luoli. As for the mission reward... it brought me back from the brink of madness."
"Oh, I see. No wonder it was so quick. I was really struggling back then when I used Blood Moon." Thinking back to when I used Blood Moon, I solved it by myself. I didn't expect Bai Yueguang to have such good luck this time.
Well...
But it couldn't be said that it was good luck for Hei Luoli to be unconscious.
"Seriously, it's really frustrating to be saved by a mission like this." Bai Yueguang shook his head helplessly and then touched something in front of him. His hair and eye color slowly returned to normal.
"So, transformation has become a skill now?"
"Yeah, speaking of which, your [Oni] and my [Ghost Possession] are quite similar, aren't they?"
"Not at all. [Oni] can only be used when equipped with [Ghost Breaker], while [Berserk] can only be used when equipped with Blood Moon. Neither of these can be considered my own abilities. So far, apart from destroying the skills of the [Sacred Beacon] and obtaining them, I have to... wait a minute, does destroying them allow me to learn them?"
"Hey, hey, you shouldn't just casually destroy equipment."
"I know, I'm just kidding."
I smiled wryly and then looked at Tusu, who was still stunned in front of the carriage. It seems that what happened just now has left him unable to recover his senses.
It seems like this is the first time he has encountered such a situation since becoming a merchant, right?
Speaking of which...
Do high-level demons usually appear on the road?
A normal mercenary wouldn't be able to deal with such high-level demons, right? Currently, even a level A mercenary would need 5 or 6 of them to have a chance of fighting to a draw. Well, they could at least escape.
Who do you think can casually confront the boss like us without considering life and death? People only have one life, after all.
It's really bad, I feel like this world is about to undergo a big change.
But...
How did such a strong monster come about?
Could it be Snake Eye?
If that's really the case, then it's really bad. Is this going to be a large-scale survival of the fittest?
Or maybe they think the people in this world are too weak and want them to become stronger in adversity?
Oh my, can you guys do it after I reach the maximum level?
It's tiring to suddenly encounter a boss on the road! And there's no warning or anything, it's really frightening!
"In summary, the only advantage now is that there are fewer people, so we can all fit on the carriage."
"Actually, we can also ride horses..."
"No!"
I immediately declined after Bai Yueguang finished speaking.
"I don't want to ride horses! It's hot and uncomfortable! It's unreasonable!"
"Is that so..."
"That's right! Exactly like that!"
Seeing my resolute gaze, Bai Yueguang could only smile bitterly.
"Well, fine..."
"Master doesn't seem to like riding horses, but didn't you ride a wolf before?"
The nearby Pure White suddenly said.
Hey, can you sit down? What are you trying to do standing on the carriage?
Forget it, as long as you're happy.
"That feeling is completely different, you know?"
"...Is that so? Master is truly strange."
"I'm not strange! What's strange is finding people who can ride horses. By the way, when will we reach the next destination like this? Although I found a walking route on Tuss's body, it's not like a GPS, so I can't determine the time."
Actually, I just followed the shape of the map, compared it to my mini map, and used a compass to look at the direction of the change to find the way. I don't even know if this is the right way to go.
But in order to reduce time, I kept using acceleration magic on the carriage all the way, transforming the whole carriage into a high-speed train, rumbling straight towards the destination.
And because of the acceleration, we passed by Duoge Academy's ruins before noon and entered a plain surrounded by shrubbery.
Speaking of which, I've read books about the Empire of Witte before. It is indeed a country surrounded by plains and lakes. There are a total of 7 cities in the whole country, but 5 of them are built on islands in the center of the lakes, and the other two are on the lakeside.
In short, it's a very strange place.
And...
We can already see our destination, a castle built in the center of the lake.
Blue Lake City.
