There were only two swordsmen left, one senior swordsman and the other journeyman warrior. Just Phoebe alone was enough to make it hard for the two of them to escape death. Han Shuo turning around only sped up the speed of their deaths.
With a flash of his space ring, Han Shuo took out a crossbow and inserted an arrow into it. He was already facing one of the swordsmen. Just as they suddenly retreated and wanted to escape, Han Shuo's crossbow had already been fired, shooting towards the back of the senior warrior's heart.
The senior swordsman who had turned around and planned to escape had no choice but to turn around and block the arrow, but by the time he'd shattered the crossbow arrow shot by Han Shuo, Phoebe was already standing in front of him.
The Little Skull who'd killed the fire mage held a bag in his left hand and jumped down from the roof with a whoosh. The skeleton shook for a bit and was already standing in front of another journeyman swordsman with his sword.
When Han Shuo walked over with a cold smile, the two swordsmen suddenly slashed their own necks with the longswords in their hands and fell to the ground.
"These are the people of 'Shadow Ghost'. If they know that there's no way out, they'll choose to end their own lives!" Phoebe shook her head and put the sword in her hand back into her space ring, frowning as she spoke.
At this moment, the Little Skull arrived in front of the two corpses and began to loot their bodies with practiced ease. When he'd hung two more bags in his left hand, he picked up the bone knife and walked happily towards Han Shuo, handing a total of three bags to Han Shuo.
Smiling as he touched the Little Skull's skull, Han Shuo took the three bags and cursed out loud after taking a look, "Damn it, three poor bastards, and only ten gold coins!"
Rolling her eyes at Han Shuo, Phoebe didn't examine the corpses and directly said to Han Shuo, "I've never seen someone as greedy as you. There's no need to examine the corpses, you won't find anything. The people of 'Shadow Ghost' don't bring anything important when they go out to do things, so just give up, they won't bring you any wealth. "
Hearing Phoebe say this, Han Shuo cursed again and chanted an incantation to send the Little Skull away. He then grinned and said softly, "Didn't you leave with Andrew? Why are you suddenly back?"
"You're hurt?" Phoebe was startled and immediately walked towards Han Shuo. She revealed a worried expression when she saw that Han Shuo's body had been slashed by the wind blades. Her space ring lit up and gauze and medicine appeared in her hands. She no longer held back and said gently, "Don't move!"
It was rare for Han Shuo to see this kind of expression on Phoebe's face, and he was slightly touched. He stood there dumbly without moving and watched as Phoebe carefully applied the medicinal powder on his wounds and bandaged them with gauze.
When Phoebe was done, she finally tugged at Han Shuo and exhaled softly, "You've picked a good place. There are two large mansions around this alley, and the people from both families are gone. No one came out despite the fierce fighting here, so it looks like the houses haven't been sold yet. However, we can't stay here for long. Although the security here isn't very tight, there will still be soldiers patrolling the streets every once in a while. We should leave as soon as possible. "
"Let's go." Han Shuo agreed and left with Phoebe, hurrying towards the northern part of the city. He asked along the way, "Right, you still haven't told me why you suddenly came back."
Seeing that there was no one around, Phoebe furrowed her brow and said in a low voice, "In Grandpa Andrew's carriage, he told me that Grover has been doing business with the barbaric orcs recently. He actually sold the Empire's weapons to the orcs. This matter has too many implications, and the Empire will never let him go once they find out.
If I take control of the Merchant Guild, Grover definitely won't be able to conceal this matter. Therefore, he won't wait for me to take control of the Merchant Guild and will certainly kill me before that. Otherwise, once this matter is exposed, Grover will find it difficult to escape the Empire's punishment no matter how strong he is. After I found out about this, I knew that he would definitely kill you first. I was worried about you, so I left Grandpa Andrew midway and came to find you. "
Nodding, Han Shuo said, "So that's how it is. No wonder that Grover wants to kill us so quickly. It looks like as long as you have this bit of evidence, Grover will die without a doubt."
"That's right!" Phoebe smiled coldly and thought for a moment. She sighed and said, "However, now that Ellis knows of my strength, I think Grover will definitely think of another way. The next time there's an assassination attempt, I think even I will have a hard time dealing with it."
Han Shuo knew that his own strength was limited. If he couldn't even deal with Phoebe, then he likely wouldn't be of much use. The only thing that could help Phoebe was his sensitive senses for assassins. After thinking for a moment, Han Shuo said, "I'll leave for a moment and come find you when my injuries have healed. Grover is our common enemy now, I know what to do."
"Alright, but don't return to the Academy no matter what. Since Grover knows of your identity, you'll face great danger if you remain in the Academy for the next few days!" Phoebe mused for a moment and said to Han Shuo.
Nodding his head to indicate that he understood, Han Shuo told Phoebe to be careful and left by himself. The three original demons accompanied him from beginning to end. They didn't discover any other activity until Han Shuo arrived at the cemetery in the mountains behind the Academy.
After returning to the cemetery of death, Han Shuo first practiced a bit of magical yuan. Under the circulation of magical yuan, Han Shuo's wounds had a cool feeling and the pain was greatly reduced.
It was already noon the next day after he slept. Now that all the ingredients had been gathered, Han Shuo impatiently left the cemetery of death and headed towards the dwarf village. He planned on having the dwarf village chief, Calvin, forge the Demonslayer Edge for him.
The dwarf village was within a small mountain valley and there were enormous trees covering the front of the village. If it wasn't for the fact that Han Shuo had followed the dwarves here before, he really would've found it difficult to discover where they lived.
Now that Han Shuo was familiar with the road, he arrived at the dwarf village in a short while. After passing through the enormous trees, a dwarf standing guard in front of him held a sharp axe in his hand. When he saw Han Shuo, he immediately called out in a friendly voice, "Oh, good friend, you've come again!"
Following behind the dwarf, Han Shuo passed through a small shrubbery path and finally arrived at the dwarf village. Calvin, Bennett, and the others who had come upon hearing the news all came out to welcome Han Shuo with smiles on their faces. Fine wine was served after a while.
The dwarves lived in the small wooden houses they'd built themselves, and some also lived in hollowed out tree holes. There were only a hundred or so dwarves in this village, and women and children made up the majority. Only sixty or so of the able-bodied men could truly fight.
After spending time together, Han Shuo had already won the sincere friendship of the dwarves. They were quite generous to Han Shuo, and every time Han Shuo came over, they would welcome him with fine wine and meat, making Han Shuo quite moved.
"Han Shuo, how did you find the time to come over this time?" Calvin chuckled as he greeted Han Shuo.
Taking out the materials that Phoebe had prepared from his space ring, Han Shuo handed them over to Calvin, "Elder, these are the materials that were prepared according to your requirements. There's enough black iron ore as well, can you see if you can forge a weapon for me?"
Calvin took the materials that Han Shuo had handed over and carefully examined them, saying with pleasant surprise, "Yes, of course I can. It's a happy thing for us to have enough materials to forge a good weapon. Don't worry Han, we'll start work tomorrow and will be able to forge a weapon for you in about a week. You'll be sure to be satisfied. "
Han Shuo truly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this guarantee and immediately expressed his sincere gratitude to Calvin. The low complaints of a few dwarven women traveled in from the distance. Han Shuo's ears were quite sharp and he couldn't help but pay attention to their conversation.
"Ai, it's almost winter. We won't be able to secure our food in the snow, and the village chief has already taken out his stored rations to entertain the guests. I don't know how we'll get through the winter if this continues! "
"That's right. A few days ago, I heard that those damned Ogres appeared in the vicinity again. It looks like these ogres are going to plunder again in order to get through the winter. If they discover our village, then we'll have to move again. I really don't know when these days will come to an end! "
"… …"
Han Shuo heard every word of the dwarven women's conversation. Han Shuo was a bit moved. It looked like the lives of the dwarves weren't as easy as he'd imagined. But even so, they always brought out the best food to entertain Han Shuo whenever he came over. This made Han Shuo feel quite apologetic.
After thinking for a moment, Han Shuo sighed lightly and said to Calvin, "Elder, do you not think of me as a friend?"
"Han, why would you say that? Could it be that we've done something wrong?" Bennett, who had a good impression of Han Shuo, was the first to exclaim in surprise and look at Han Shuo in confusion before Calvin could open his mouth.
Shaking his head, Han Shuo sighed, "Why do you worry about food and the ogres, but not tell me, your friend?"
"Han, it's because we're good friends that we don't want to trouble you. In addition, because of your help, we've already obtained a lot of ore. We can forge many weapons with these ores. We won't have to be afraid of those ogre villains this year! "Calvin sighed in relief when he heard Han Shuo's words and responded with a smile.
"No, since the elder is willing to take out the village's winter rations for me, I have to do something as a friend. Don't worry, elder, I'll head to the human society and help you resolve your winter rations problem. Apart from these, I can help you deliver anything else you need. "
"How can that be? Although we're friends, we can't trouble you. We also want to purchase these items from the human society, but we'll have to pass through a long stretch of the Dark Forest to get there. Not only will we be attacked by magical creatures, but we may also run into adventurers with ill intentions. That's why we have to stay here.
Han, I know that if you help us purchase these items, it'll cost you a lot of gold coins. We can't trouble you like this. I think if we work a bit harder, we'll be able to make it through this winter. "Calvin said.
"Then it's decided. I'll help you think of a way to deal with your winter rations and the threat of the ogres. You can continue to focus on forging weapons and leave the rest to me."
Han Shuo did some mental calculations. The dwarven village had a population of a hundred or so. According to the amount of food stored in the space ring, he'd be able to bring all the food they needed to the cemetery of death after a few teleportations. If he bought it from Phoebe, it probably wouldn't cost much either. Han Shuo was naturally willing to do this for the dwarves.
"Thank you, I thank you on behalf of my children and the mothers in the village!" A dwarf woman suddenly heard Han Shuo's promise when she'd come over to deliver some fruits. She was so moved that she immediately used the dwarven etiquette to express her gratitude to Han Shuo.
"Hurry up and go down." Calvin admonished and then said with equal gratitude, "Han, we only know how to brew wine and forge weapons. Because we rarely interact with humans, we don't have many gold coins. We're willing to brew wine and forge some weapons for you in exchange. Otherwise, I won't accept your good intentions!"
Although Han Shuo didn't covet their wine and weapons, he understood the dwarves' stubborn temperament and knew that they wouldn't be willing to accept good intentions for no reason. He finally agreed after thinking for a bit.
With Han Shuo's guarantee of winter rations, all the dwarves were seething with excitement. Even Calvin drank to his heart's content with Han Shuo, a rare occasion. One had to say, the wine that the dwarves brewed was indeed quite sweet and fragrant. Even the wine that Han Shuo had drunk in the Boozt Merchant Guild last night couldn't compare to their brews.
Because the Demonslayer Edge had been secured, Han Shuo was also in a good mood and drank to his heart's content with the dwarves. However, because of his training in magical yuan, Han Shuo had completely awakened as soon as he'd left the dwarven village. He'd vigilantly returned to the cemetery of death.
Before continuing to meditate, Han Shuo thought for a bit and decided to once again explore the boundary that was preventing Han Shuo from entering the depths of the cemetery of death. He wanted to see if he could break through the boundary with his current mental strength.
After using the round green ball to open up the passageway, Han Shuo focused his mental strength and abruptly burrowed in. His mind was instantly filled with bone-piercing pain, but because he was used to the pain that the round green ball brought him when training, Han Shuo forced himself to endure it. He raised his magical yuan to the maximum and charged straight in.
A crisp crack sounded as Han Shuo's body tilted and broke through the invisible boundary, his body falling towards the bottom of the passageway.
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