Home of the Brave

"You...you want to help us hunt demons?" Ji Yao confirmed to Dai Yang with an incredible voice.

"Yes, if you have to do this." Dai Yang nodded to confirm.

"You, do you really know what you are talking about?" Ji Yao confirmed again, his voice even a little frustrated. "That's a hunting monster? Not only is it dangerous, but also for your cherished homeland..."

"For the Frost Mountain Range, demons are an important existence for managing demons. Without demons, raging demons would cause riots everywhere, right? Of course I know this." Dai Yang replied cautiously. "Instead of letting you go around at will, it is better to let me assist in the control, including cleaning up riotous monsters, and to minimize the influence of hunting monsters... But the premise is that you have to tell me the reason why you must hunt monsters."

"That's what you think, it's not wrong..." Ji Yao looked at Dai Yang and seemed to accept his statement, but still questioned. "But you, make such a promise casually, aren't we afraid that we can make up a reason to deceive you?"

"You won't do this kind of thing." Dai Yang shook his head and said affirmatively.

"You are so sure?" Ji Yao glared at him. "Are we jealous? There are countless guys we have deceived so far?"

"But I'm different from everyone else..." Dai Yang said with a shrug. "I'm not worthy of you fooling goose, am I?"

"That, that's..." Hearing the man's answer, Ji Yao seemed to have been hit hard by an accident, and his aura suddenly stagnated.

Under Dai Yang's gaze, Ming Ye showed a complex expression, biting her lips, as if she was struggling fiercely in her heart. Dai Yang did not urge her, but waited quietly for her answer. After about five or six minutes, Ji Yao suddenly relaxed the strength of his shoulders and let out a sigh.

"The reason why we hunt demons is because... we want to live."

Dai Yang didn't hear the small voice like a mosquito and flies, his eyes narrowed for a moment, and then Ji Yao continued to speak as he listened.

"We want to live, so we need Demon Soul Jade..." Ming Ye looked at Dai Yang with a gloomy look.

"We can only stop here. Believe it or not is your business."

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Many monsters live in the Frost Mountains, and these monsters are constrained by demons. Compared to monsters with low intelligence, demons know how to respect the authority of dragons and will not do things that anger the emperor at will. Therefore, the existence of demons is extremely important for maintaining the order and stability of the Frost Mountains, and this point is also recognized by the tribes of the Frost Mountains.

Speaking of the more famous monsters in the Frost Mountains, in addition to the "Sun Eater Wolf" Belmoshe who guards the Dragon Nest, and the "Red Stone Ghost Mother" Medusa who is next to the dwarves, they also rule the sky of the Bell Steppe. "The Crow King" Uranus.

Uranus, like Medusa and Belmohi, is also a superior monster. The superior demons all have their own demonic group, and the Uranus group is the most impressive beast on the Bell Grassland, the man-eating crow. Piranhas are the top predators in the grassland. When the piranhas fly over the grassland in groups, even the most ferocious wolves can only hide around. The valley where they inhabit is located in the western part of the Bell Grassland, and is called the "Valley of the Crow King".

"The Valley of the Crow King" is far away from Amaterasu Peak. It is not only the habitat of the man-eating crows, but also the palace of the demon Uranus. The wing people delineated the 100-mile land around the Valley of the Raven King as a forbidden zone and never approached easily. Although there are legends among adventurers that there are treasures buried in the Valley of the Raven King, even the most fearless adventurers will not want to prove the authenticity of this legend.

The ferocious piranhas, coupled with the higher-level monsters incarnate in terror, make the Dragon Nest Labyrinth as safe as a playground in comparison.

However, the Valley of the Raven King, which has always been regarded as the "forbidden zone for the living", has two uninvited guests tonight. Due to the poor night vision ability of the cannibals, and the two people acting silently like ghosts, they broke through the 100-mile restricted area without incident and came to the close range of the Valley of the Crow King. But it's almost reaching the limit.

"...Can't go any further."

Dai Yang hid his body in the shadow of the rock wall, looked up at the moonlight in the sky, and judged like this.

At this time, they were quite close to the entrance of the Valley of the Crow King, and further inside was the habitat of the man-eating crows. Thousands of cannibals live in the Valley of the Crow King. If the figure is exposed to the moonlight, it will easily attract fierce attacks from the ravens. With such close contact, there is almost no room for maneuver.

"What do you do then? Stop here?"

Ji Yao asked next to him. At the celebration in Sa'ri City the day before yesterday, Dai Yang confirmed that the next target of Ji Yao was the monster Uranus, so he asked her not to act arbitrarily on the condition of assisting her in hunting monsters. Although Ji Yao reluctantly agreed to such a condition, it was probably a relationship that was rarely restrained, and she seemed a little unhappy at the moment.

"So how did you go there?" Dai Yang asked back.

"Hmph, as long as we use our charm, the monsters are nothing but clouds." Ji Yao said triumphantly.

"Then it's the demon out of control again?" Dai Yang pointed out calmly, Ji Demon's momentum suddenly stagnated, and he couldn't help staring at him angrily.

"Then what good do you do?"

"Well, our goal is only the demon Uranus, and we don't need to conflict with the man-eating crows. I originally wanted to sneak in under the cover of the night, but this kind of moonlight seems to be more difficult..." Dai Yang groaned. Cast his gaze to someone far away. "There is no way, although it needs a detour, but I can only go over there."

"Which way?"

"follow me."

Dai Yang took the jealous demon into the shadow of the rock wall again. The two figures moved quickly in places beyond the reach of the moonlight, and occasionally kicked off one or two small stones, but they moved away before being noticed by the cannibal crow. After sneaking eastward for about half an hour, the two had already left the front entrance of Crow King Valley and came to the side wall of the valley. Dai Yang discerned the terrain, stopped in front of a weird rock, jumped on the rock, and looked around.

"What are you looking for?" Ji Yao followed curiously.

"There should be a cave nearby..." Dai Yang looked left and right under the moonlight.

"Cave? What cave?"

"A vertical crack about half a meter wide... Ah, I found it."

Dai Yang jumped off the rock and walked over, standing on the edge of the crack and looking inside, explaining to Ji Yao. "It's here. Entering from here is an underground cave. You can follow the cave to the depths of the Crow King Valley."

"How do you know this kind of place?" Ji Yao asked suspiciously.

"Because I've been here before." Dai Yang shrugged, then took out the prepared torch from his suitcase, and walked into the cave first after lighting it.

The inside of the cave was pitch black and there was no light. The torch in Dai Yang's hand was the only lighting in the darkness. Ji Yao closely followed Dai Yang's side and couldn't stop asking curiously. "Have you been here before? Why? Is there anything that attracts you to such a broken place?"

"There is no special reason, it was just fun at the time." Dai Yang replied casually while distinguishing the terrain in the cave with the torch.

"Fun? Would you run to such a dangerous place that adventurers would not dare to come for fun?" Ji Yao seemed to be unbelievable. "Why don't you look like this kind of person?"

"...You care about me." Dai Yang replied with Ji Yao anger, and then chose a certain direction to step forward.

The cave is deep and twists and turns, and the torch can only illuminate about one meter in radius, and the invisible cold seeps out from the darkness, making it creepy. Dai Yang guided the direction according to his memory, and Ji Yao did not hesitate to follow behind him. Although Dai Yang was moved by such a completely trustworthy behavior, he was quite annoyed by Ji Yao's constant questions.

"Tell us! Tell us! Why did you come to such a place?"

"There really is no special reason..." Dai Yang was so entangled that he had to tell the truth. "Remember when I told you when I was in the hotel? When I was a kid, I was a very bad kid. I swayed all day long, and I ran all over the places where I can take risks in the Frost Mountains. This is just one of them."

"Oh oh! Oh oh oh!" Ji Yao's eyes seemed to shine, and he asked excitedly: "It turns out that you rushed through the Valley of the Raven King when you were a child. What happened? Did you meet Uranus?"

"I haven't met the demon..." Dai Yang was very reluctant to recall the bitter memory at that time, but the jealous gaze forced him, so he had to bite the bullet and continue. "I ran into a dark bull head inhabiting an underground cave on the way, but it was not an opponent at all at that time. If Noin arrived in time to rescue me, there should be no bones left at this time, right?"

"How old were you then?"

"Uh, maybe five or six years old."

"Wow..." Ji Yao sighed as he listened. "When you are five or six years old, do you dare to run to such a place to take risks? It's a miracle that you can survive."

"...Sometimes I think it's incredible." Dai Yang scratched his head and tried to argue for himself. "Actually, the dark bull's head is not a powerful monster, but there was still a kid who hadn't grown up at that time. If you encounter it now, it will be okay to single out a group...Ah, beware there is a raised rock corner here. "

"Hmph, what's so good about bullying low-level monsters." Ji Yao poured cold water beside him, and at the same time carefully avoided the rock corners that Dai Yang reminded him, and then questioned: "Speaking of which, you deliberately took us away from this kind of difficult thing. Lu, is it just to find an opportunity to avenge the dark bull's head?"

"Of course not. This road leads to the depths of the Valley of the Raven King. Going out is the palace of Uranus, which can save a lot of effort!" Dai Yang advocated so, and emphasized: "Besides, the dark bull head is not so easy to meet. Monster...Of course, if you really encounter it, you are not allowed to **** it with me."

"Huh, didn't you still want to retaliate in the end?"

Ji Yao shrugged noncommittal, and was about to say something when suddenly a cold wind blew from the depths of the cave. The cold wind shook the torch for a while, and Dai Yang carefully guarded the torch without putting it out, but saw that Ji Yao next to him was covering his mouth and nose with his hands, frowning to reveal a depressed look.

"What's wrong?" He asked curiously.

"...Let's ask you, is you the only one who knows this secret path?" Ji Yao asked, pinching his nose with his hand.

"How would I know this?" Dai Yang shook his head. "I found it by accident, but there shouldn't be too many people who want to know."

"Then, your wish may soon be realized." Ji Yao said with a thick nasal voice. "We have already smelled it. The smell of monsters and the strong **** smell are mixed in the wind... You better be prepared. If we guess right, the scene in front may be quite spectacular?"