Unable to communicate with the Forest Troll, Han Shuo didn't linger there. He didn't go to the Forest Troll's village to find the old priest who knew the common language. Instead, he went back the way he'd come, sneaking back to where the Redbud Knights were camped.
Cecilia, who possessed the magic scroll to create a space door, might not be as strong as Kassel's group, but it shouldn't be a problem for her to escape with her life. Han Shuo felt that something wasn't quite right with the Redbud Knights of the Brut Merchant Alliance appearing in the Dark Forest. Emily couldn't tell him the truth because of Cecilia, so Han Shuo decided to investigate on his own.
Using the remaining yin demon to scout the way, Han Shuo released his consciousness to sense all kinds of auras within a certain range. The noon sun shone tenaciously through the layers of leaves on the ground of the Dark Forest. At first glance, these tenacious rays of sunlight looked like a bunch of sharp arrows.
Han Shuo, with his extremely sensitive senses, was like the most skilled hunter in the forest. His figure moved quickly without making a sound. With the help of his abnormal consciousness and the yin demon, Han Shuo snuck back to the area where the Redbud Knights were camped in a few minutes.
The knights that were scattered all over the place were resting lazily. They were squinting their eyes as they discussed some topics that were not suitable for children under the warm sunlight. From time to time, a few low and obscene laughter could be heard coming from the crowd. There were also some knights that were determined to train their Qi alone.
The magic barrier around the central tent hadn't been removed yet. Faint screams could be heard from inside, as if some criminals were being tortured and interrogated.
Han Shuo patiently hid in the leaves of a large tree, observing the Redbud Knights. He used his powerful consciousness to cover the small area he was hiding in, preventing anyone from approaching or probing. A yin demon silently roamed among the group of knights, eavesdropping on their conversations.
Most of these knights were talking about some boring topics; however, some of them looked solemn as they were discussing some topics that should not be heard by Han Shuo. A yin demon lurked securely around the knights who were discussing serious matters, slowly listening to their reflections on the mission this time. Through these people's nonchalant narration, Han Shuo gradually understood their purpose in coming to the Dark Forest this time.
An indistinct magical pulse emanated from the tents in the center of the scattered knights. Another three soul searching spells were released. Han Shuo, who had long since sensed it, hastily withdrew a yin demon into his body and used magical yuan to completely conceal his presence.
When the magical undulations from the three souls faded away, a gigantic Sky Eye appeared in the void above Han Shuo's head. The Sky Eye looked down for a while before gradually disappearing.
"Woo …"
A battle horn made of bull horns was suddenly blown. A loud shout came from the tent, "Assemble, prepare to depart!"
The lazily resting Redbud Knights immediately sprang to their feet when they heard the sound of the bugle horn. They began to tidy up their weapons and armor, full of energy as they walked towards the sturdy warhorses that were grazing and drinking water by the small river in the back. A vast and mighty aura of slaughter abruptly spread out.
They were indeed worthy of being one of the top ten knight regiments on the Continent. Nothing could be seen when they were resting, but once they were ready to depart, that kind of valiant aura naturally emerged. Hidden in the foliage, Han Shuo was inwardly apprehensive as he watched the assembled Redbud Knights. He began to worry about the various races in the Dark Forest's underground world.
The Redbud Knights had traveled thousands of miles into the Dark Forest this time in order to deal with the underground world. The underground world was rich in all kinds of strange ores and crystals and jades used to make magical weapons and protective gear. However, the exit from the underground world to the surface world was very well hidden. It was very difficult for people above ground to discover it.
As a grand druid of the Druidic Order of the Dark Forest, Kassel had always known about the entrance to the underground world from the Dark Forest. During one of his explorations in the underground world, he had inadvertently discovered that the lizardmen had excavated a small magic crystal mine. The value of a magic crystal mine was very high. Out of greed, Kassel had violated the Druidic Order's teachings and wanted to monopolize that small magic crystal mine. However, he had been chased out by an unknown powerful super rank magical beast in the underground world while slaughtering the lizardmen.
Flustered and exasperated, Kassel had returned to the Druidic Order in an attempt to use the Order's power to eliminate the lizardmen and the powerful super rank magical beast. Unfortunately, the peace-loving druid elder, who believed in the Goddess of Nature, had rejected Kassel's proposal and even reprimanded him. Blinded by greed, Kassel had angrily injured the elder druid elder who had reprimanded him and fled the Dark Forest under the Druidic Order's pursuit. He didn't know how he had hooked up with the Brut Merchant Alliance.
The riches of the underground world and that small magic crystal mine had successfully aroused the interest of Celt, the commander of the Redbud Knights of the Brut Merchant Alliance. In the end, under Celt's leadership, the Redbud Knights had sent out all their elites and entered the Dark Forest after a long and arduous month of trekking. They planned to make a fortune in the underground world.
Celt's temples were grizzled white, and his weather-beaten face had many traces of time. The extremely tall Celt's eyes were calm and gentle. If he didn't know his goal this time, Han Shuo would have found it very difficult to associate him with a greedy plunderer just from his appearance.
After walking out of the central tent, Celt took out a clean white handkerchief and carefully wiped the traces of blood on his hands. He looked at the assembled Redbud Knights and casually asked a young mage beside him, "Why hasn't Master Marceau returned yet?"
"I'm sorry, I don't know why Master hasn't returned yet." The young mage was obviously a bit reserved in front of Celt and hastily replied.
Celt casually threw away the blood-stained handkerchief and looked at his clean and slender hands with satisfaction. He said in a calm voice, "Forget it, Master Marceau already knows our destination this time. Since she can fly, she'll definitely rush back after finishing her business. Let's leave first."
A resonant whistle suddenly came from Celt's mouth. The ear-piercing whistle tore through the sky. Not long after, an enormous shadow gradually flew over from the distance. When it neared, Han Shuo discovered that it was actually a twenty meter long green dragon.
This green dragon was quite a bit larger than Gilbert. Not all species of dragons were measured by size, but green dragons happened to be one of those species where the larger their size, the stronger they were. A twenty meter long green dragon was definitely a super rank magical beast that had evolved twice. Otherwise, it would be impossible for it to be so long.
Celt leapt seven or eight meters into the air. The green dragon gently landed so that Celt could get on. Celt was only 1.8 meters tall and only took up a small space on the twenty meter long green dragon's body. However, the aura emanating from his body wasn't something that the green dragon's enormous body could conceal.
Celt, who was sitting on top of the green dragon, let out another long and loud roar. The green dragon carried him like a dark cloud that covered a large patch of the sky, rapidly flying into the distance. It seemed that they were heading in the direction that Kassel was pursuing Cecilia's group.
The Redbud Knights tidied up their tents under the leadership of a few senior captains. They mounted their warhorses and slowly headed in another direction. That was the entrance that Han Shuo had entered the underground world last time.
No one would dare provoke such a powerful group even in the incomparably chaotic Dark Forest. The magical beasts in this area weren't low in intelligence, and certainly wouldn't come out to seek their own deaths. Therefore, the Redbud Knights were unruffled along the way and didn't encounter any obstructions as they headed towards that area.
As they were leaving, several tents in the center were suddenly set ablaze by Marceau's student's fire magic. After the group left, Han Shuo flew up and saw that the charred corpses were lizardmen corpses. It looked like they were planning on obtaining some information from the lizardmen.
Celt had most likely left on his green dragon to find Kassel. With Celt's strength, if he joined the chase for Emily's group, Han Shuo was very worried that Cecilia wouldn't be able to easily escape even with the space door. After hesitating for a moment, Han Shuo decided to follow Celt and see what was going on.
At this moment, an enormous figure glittering with golden light flew in Celt's direction like a long and narrow bolt of golden lightning. Han Shuo also heard a familiar angry roar.
"It's the golden dragon that was trapped in the forbidden area last time. Eh? He seems to be attacking Celt. This is getting more and more interesting!" Han Shuo saw the situation through the yin demon and cried out in alarm as he quickly flew in that direction.
"Damned robber, how dare you steal my treasures while I'm not here. Hurry up and hand it all over!" The golden dragon roared all the way and shouted at Celt, who was riding on top of the green dragon. Lightning crackled as it twisted its enormous body and shot towards the green dragon.
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