The Land of Exile, as its name suggested, was a plane of exile. Those who could come to the Land of Exile were destined to be exiled evildoers. They were either villains or people who had offended the nobles. The Land of Exile was filled with ferocious beasts and countless experts, but only a few could walk out of the Land of Exile alive. The only thing that awaited the exiled was death. The only difference was when death would befall them.
The expert who had shot the hound beast was a three-meter-tall mutant. He wore a tattered robe and held a steel bow that was at least two meters long. His face was covered in dozens of scars, and the whirling wind under his feet allowed him to stand in the air, but it did not seem like he could stay that way for long.
He had already forgotten his own name. If he had to give a name, it would be General Iron when he was exiled more than twenty years ago. However, the name General Iron seemed to have been abandoned by everything in the world. There were no human relationships in the Land of Exile. There was only slaughter, and people would give up their dignity and everything just to find food.
General Tie landed on the ground and used his half-rotten leather boots to kick the hound beast's corpse. Immediately, black, rotting blood splattered everywhere. He pulled out the dagger at his waist and dug out a piece of the hound beast's flesh to take a sniff. A thick stench wafted over.
"F * ck!"
He tossed the rotten meat away and said angrily, "It's all rotten meat. I've been following it for an entire day. All my time has been wasted. I'm so angry!"
As he spoke, he flipped through the rest of the hound beast's meat. All of them were rotten. It was a disappointing hunt.
Swoosh!
Just as General Iron was flipping through the rotten meat, a blood-red light suddenly fell from the distance. Was that … the light of the exiled? General Iron's memory was still very clear. He had brought this light to the Land of Exile all those years ago. That … should be the exiled person, right?
"Human flesh … works too."
General Iron licked the corner of his lips. The last time he had eaten human flesh was not that long ago. Just half a month ago, it was a young man in his twenties. He was in the heavenly realm, but General Iron had killed him with a single palm strike. The flesh on his body was enough to last him for ten days if it did not rot.
Stepping on the ground, General Tie charged over as if he was flying, the dagger in his hand gleaming coldly.
However, when General Iron arrived near the exiled people, he was stunned. There was a huge crater with thick smoke rising from it. At the center of the crater, there was a golden ball lying there quietly. The light it emitted would occasionally surge and then disappear.
"What is this?"
General Tie picked up the ball and did not find it scalding at all. Instead, it felt cool and refreshing. Moreover, a wave of vigorous light elemental energy flowed into General Tie's body through the ball. It was very stimulating.
"This …" General Tie was taken aback.
At this moment, the sphere suddenly disappeared with a flash, turning into streaks of light. The light gradually condensed into the figure of a girl around five years old. However, the girl's eyes were blood-red as she stared at General Tie silently.
"It's a doll. What the hell."
General Tie grunted coldly and said, "Kid, who are you? Why were you exiled here? Tell me the truth, or I'll eat you. Understand?"
The girl looked at General Tie in a daze. There was a hint of fear in her blood-red eyes as she asked, "Where is this?"
"This is the Banished Land. Tell me first. Who are you?"
"I … I …"
The girl stood there in a daze. After a few seconds, she still shook her head blankly. "I don't know who I am either …"
"Then why are your eyes blood-red?" General Tie squatted down and placed his dagger against the back of the girl's neck. As long as the girl made any movements, her head would be removed immediately.
"I don't know either …" the girl said blankly.
"Hmph."
General Tie's palm moved gently. He was searching for a gap in the girl's neck bones so that he could kill her in a single strike. In the decades he had spent in the Banished Land, he had gradually learned to turn killing into an art. Otherwise, how hard would it be to endure the years of decay?
Just then, a cloud of smoke suddenly rolled over from the bushes in the distance. Strangely enough, the smoke did not rise up. Instead, it lay on the ground.
"Hmm?"
General Tie hurriedly retreated a few steps with his dagger in hand. It was a fog beast. The fog beast was one of the most common wild beasts in the Banished Land, but it was also one of the most lethal enemies. The fog beast moved silently and was used to hiding in the fog at night to ambush its opponents. Its teeth were sharp and it could kill its enemies in a single strike.
However, the girl frowned. Suddenly, as though she had gone berserk, the blood-red glow in her eyes intensified. She crawled on the ground and charged at the fog beast at lightning speed. Immediately, the fog scattered. The girl fought the beast in the fog. She was silent, but the fog beast let out a tragic cry that sounded like a cat's meow. In the blink of an eye, the fog dispersed. The girl was lying on the corpse of a fog beast that weighed about 50 kilograms. She opened her mouth and bit down on the fog beast's neck.
"You …" General Tie actually felt a little timid at that moment.
"What's wrong?"
The girl opened her mouth, revealing a pair of bloody fangs. How was this a girl? She was more like a tiny demon.
"You can … sense the fog beast?" General Tie asked.
"What's a fog beast?" The girl was confused.
"This one." General Tie pointed at the fog beast's corpse on the ground.
"Yes."
The girl nodded. "I can smell his aura."
"Is that so …" General Tie was very shocked. Regardless of what this girl was, the fact that she could sense the fog beast's aura proved that she was a natural hunter. There was nothing lacking in the Land of Exile except a hunter with a strong sense for danger. General Tie had almost been killed over the years precisely because he lacked this ability.
Therefore, General Tie suddenly made up his mind.
He lowered his body and placed his hands on the ground. Looking at the girl who was less than a meter tall, he said, "Little girl, since you don't know where this is, why don't you follow me? I'll give you food and protect you."
"Yes." The girl nodded, but she didn't seem happy or unhappy. She just nodded in agreement.
General Tie grinned, revealing two rows of yellow teeth. He said, "Since you're following me, you have to call me Dad. How about it? You be my daughter and hunt the beasts in the Land of Exile for me. I'll be your dad and protect you from being bullied."
The girl still nodded. "Okay."
General Tie was overjoyed. He grabbed the fog beast's legs and slung it over his shoulder. He said, "Then let's go home. This fog beast's meat is enough for us to eat for a week. We have to hunt the next prey within a week, or we'll starve. Right, what's your name? "
"I don't have a name," the girl said.
"Your … your eyes are red. In my hometown, there's a type of people with red eyes. We call them 'demon spirits'. How about this? You should be a demon spirit too, and a small one at that. I'll call you Little Demon?"
"Little Demon?" The girl was confused. "Then, I'll be called Little Demon?"
"Yes, your name will be Little Demon."
"I … I have a name." The girl finally revealed a hint of joy.
"Yes, you have a name. Let's go home now!"
Two figures, one big and one small, slowly moved under the starlight.
The Land of Exile was very vast. It was said that no one had ever reached the end. No one knew what was at the end of the Land of Exile, but one thing was for sure. Every inch of the Land of Exile had an owner, also known as a lord. If one wanted to become the owner of a piece of land, they had to kill the previous owner, and then … most of the time, they would be eaten. The Land of Exile didn't grow food. Almost all the food came from the exiles who fell from the sky, as well as the evil beasts that lived there. However, most of the evil beasts in the Land of Exile were very strong and hard to deal with. Smart people would rather provoke their own kind than wild beasts.
General Tie's' territory 'wasn't big. It was less than five kilometers wide. Beyond that was a dangerous region, so General Tie only hunted' invaders' in his own territory. Because his territory was too small, it was normal for General Tie to not be able to hunt for food for half a month.
Now that he had this Little Demon, General Tie couldn't help but feel happy. With Little Demon's help, hunting wild beasts shouldn't be a problem. If Little Demon could easily kill a fog beast, then killing other wild beasts shouldn't be too difficult. Even if he couldn't kill them, General Tie wouldn't suffer any losses. Plus, he could eat the fresh meat of a girl.
…
In the small cave, General Tie lived a life of barbecuing meat. However, he only cut off a small portion of the fog beast's hind leg. It weighed about two kilograms. He ate two kilograms, and Little Demon ate half a kilogram. That should be enough. Looking at her small body, she shouldn't be able to eat much.
Before long, the fragrance of meat wafted out.
The girl sat on the meadow and finally snapped out of her reverie. She immediately looked straight at the roasted meat on the wooden stick. She didn't say a word and only looked at it calmly. The corner of her mouth revealed a cute fang, as though General Tie would fly into a rage if he didn't give him food.
"Are you hungry?" General Tie asked with a smile.
"Yes." The girl replied emotionlessly.
"Come, eat." General Tie cut off a piece of meat.
The girl finished it in two or three bites and didn't find it too hot.
"It can't be?"
General Tie was dumbfounded. He cut off another piece of meat and the girl finished it in two or three bites.
Therefore, General Tie ate less than half a kilogram of meat out of the five kilograms. He had no choice but to change his plans. Given the Little Demon's appetite, he had to kill a new prey within three days or he would starve.
Starlight shone on the edge of the cave as the bonfire flickered its last bit of light.
The Little Demon fell into a deep sleep on the meadow.
General Tie held a dagger in his hand and sharpened a sturdy wooden stick into an arrow. As he did so, he glared coldly at the girl.
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