"I'll count to three, and if you don't leave, I'll let go," he said.

Once he let go, Lilulu would unleash herself without reservation.

As long as he no longer stopped her.

"Three..."

"Nana! Hurry up and go! If you die here, your mother will be even more upset!" someone behind him urged the stubborn girl.

"Two..."

The girl clenched her teeth and looked down at the burlap bag in her arms, her pupils flickering.

"Don't do anything foolish! This adventuring party should not have been something people like us could join. We can find another way to get your mother's medicine!"

"One..."

"Nana!!!"

The three of them threw down their belongings all at once.

Then, without looking back, they ran towards the edge of the forest.

Luo Ning deliberately waited a moment longer before releasing his grip on Lilulu's tail, only letting go when the sound of footsteps had disappeared completely.

As soon as her tail was free, Lilulu flicked its tip.

Instead of choosing to attack, she immediately went to pick up the three packages that the humans had dropped and held them in her arms.

"What's inside these?" Luo Ning asked, testing the waters.

Lilulu was angry.

She ignored Luo Ning.

Luo Ning figured it out.

He stopped trying to talk to her when it was clear she wasn't going to respond.

He picked leaves from the bushes and placed them on the now cold bodies in a simple gesture.

Man dies for wealth, birds perish for food.

They had come here for one purpose - money.

But this world operated on the law of the jungle, and the cold bodies at Luo Ning's feet were the embodiment of this rule.

A extremely soft sensation reached the soles of his feet.

He wasn't sure if the ground here was soft due to water accumulation or because it was soaked in blood.

It felt uncomfortable.

His chest felt heavy, his heart restless.

He wanted to say something, but Lilulu was not a good person to communicate with. However, she was the only one next to him.

She was the only one he could talk to, vent his emotions to.

"You're right. I created your character. Your personality, your killings, your preferences... you are the worst demon lord I've ever created."

"It was strange that I was trying to stop the worst character I created from doing the worst thing just now. But if I did nothing, I would feel even worse."

Luo Ning took a deep breath. What he had witnessed just now was enough to give him nightmares.

Maybe in the future, he would see even more of such things.

In this world, compared to the brutal social life on Earth, the 'brutality' here would be even more obvious.

"I won't go anymore. Let's find a clean place to rest. I'm a bit tired."

They had already moved several hundred meters away from that area, and Luo Ning decided not to move forward anymore.

Lilulu, who was walking in front, didn't say anything.

She effortlessly chopped down trees with The Laevatain and started a fire.

After finishing these tasks, she silently left, carrying the pitch-black scythe.

Luo Ning silently watched her.

His wife was angry.

The problem was serious.

He had no experience in coaxing girls.

He had just attempted to explain himself, but Lilulu had no intention of listening or talking to him.

But he had heard that when a girl is angry, trying to reason with her is asking for trouble.

He wasn't sure if that law still applied in this different world.

Lilulu's presence disappeared deep into the forest.

Luo Ning had no idea where she went.

All he knew was that his throat was parched and in need of water.

Should he go look for a water source nearby?

After hesitating for a moment, Luo Ning decided against it.

Lilulu had reminded him last night not to wander off.In case they come across any dangerous birds or beasts along the way, Luo Ning might end up giving them away for free.

Ah... If only I could do magic.

Next time Lilulu casts a spell, I can try to secretly learn from her.

Luo Ning sat cross-legged in front of the campfire, feeling slightly better from the warmth.

The light of the fire reflected in his pupils, and Luo Ning finally focused his gaze on the three square linen bags behind the fire.

Those were the things that the adventuring team wanted to bring back no matter what, even if it cost them their lives.

What on earth could be so important that it surpassed their own lives?

Curiosity led him to walk over and open one of the bags.

It was empty, there was nothing inside.

But Luo Ning quickly remembered that there were thousands of magical items in this magical continent.

Among them was one called a "space bag."

It was a pocket compressed with high-density magic, capable of storing things several hundred times larger than it appeared.

Luo Ning tried reaching his hand into it.

Soon, he grabbed onto something hard.

It was like a cylinder with grooves on the surface.

It was a... horn?

A horn from a magical beast.

It could be from a unicorn, or the largest one from a fire wolf with three horns.

The horn still had traces of blood on it, indicating that it had recently been cut off from a magical beast.

He reached his hand into the bag again.

Inside the small bag, there were various things with different textures.

Luo Ning turned the bag over and shook it.

Items inside fell to the ground, making a clattering sound.

They were body parts of various magical beasts.

There were horns of different sizes, sturdy chunks of meat, and bloody eyeballs.

The bag was full, and when piled together, it was as tall as Luo Ning's waist.

The putrid smell of decay made Luo Ning nauseous, so he stuffed everything back into the bag.

Without much thought, these things, without exception, were the most valuable goods in the human market.

Just like how Luo Ning knew humans would extract shark fins to eat. They would strip valuable things from animals' bodies and then discard the rest, letting it sink into the sea and perish on its own.

Humans are a sentimental species, but also the cruelest creatures.

"If it disgusts you, then don't take them out to look at them," Lilulu approached.

In her hand, she had a rabbit and a cup of clean water in a bamboo tube.

Lilulu stuffed clean food into Luo Ning's hand and took the bag from him, squatting down to pick up the scattered pieces of magical beast limbs from the ground one by one.

"... What will happen to these magical beasts whose body parts are taken away?" Luo Ning took a sip of water, and the feeling of nausea eased a bit.

"Nothing will happen. They were killed before their ears and eyes were cut off. Their bodies will rot on the spot, that's it," Lilulu replied without raising her head.