1338 Haze Forest 1

Because Crystal liked the food here, the tavern owner, Old Mike, rushed into the town's food supply store with the cooks before dawn, and brought all kinds of food back to the tavern like snatching.

Crystal ate until almost noon before finishing her first meal. She hid behind Raymond with some embarrassment, not wanting to be noticed.

The one-eyed sand man, Shariman, also had a slightly bulging belly. The fierce look he pretended to have before was gone. He used his usual silly smile and clear eyes to make the woman throw a suggestive wink at him from time to time after losing her fear.

In the no longer noisy and noisy tavern, the only table of guests came to eat, which made the calmed tavern owner, Old Mike, feel a little emotional. After his fear faded, he was too lazy to pay attention to the two horny women. Instead, he took a try-it attitude and begged the black-haired man to give him some advice.

Having witnessed the tavern owner turn into a giant like a monster after going berserk, Raymond, who was particularly curious, asked about other skills he practiced.

The tavern owner, Old Mike, realized that there was something going on, so he quickly told about the skills he practiced and the strength he should have.

After Old Mike's narration, Raymond learned that many skills of cultivation were circulated in this place far away from the high tower, and the tavern owner's practice was mainly to temper the body and release the magic as a supplement. After using the secret technique to go berserk, he could increase his strength by more than double in a short time!

Old Mike, who was burly and strong, looked like a middle-aged man, but his actual age was more than ninety!

Therefore, when Raymond conducted a detailed examination of Old Mike's body. He found that this guy was much stronger than the great knight in the high tower, and the power of the magic he could release was also close to the standard of a formal wizard.

The magical skills surprised Raymond. Because according to Old Mike, there are quite a lot of similar cultivation methods in the area around the Qinghaze Forest, but the emphasis is different.

Because the method of frenzy is to burst one's own vitality in exchange for short-term strength, Raymond's vitality check with the help of the chip shows that although Old Mike looks young now, he actually has little vitality left.

So after telling him these situations, Raymond took out a small bottle of medicine suitable for **hidden disease warming, handed it to him and warned him. "Although the method of frenzy can make you strong in a short time, there are quite a lot of sequelae. You can take one of these medicines every three years, which should be of some use..."

Old Mike, who did not expect to have such a harvest, was overjoyed and immediately bowed down to thank him repeatedly.

And when Old Mike left the hall and returned to the kitchen. Raymond, who had a sense attached to him, found that he actually gathered the cooks in the kitchen and divided the medicine in the small bottle on the spot, without any concealment.

I didn't expect that the tavern owner would have such a character. Raymond fell into thought after sighing. Because the potion he sent was nothing special, it was obvious that the distribution and circulation of resources were quite blocked after leaving the tower.

Old Mike, who noticed that Crystal and the one-eyed sandman Shaliman had finished their meal, had changed his clothes when he came out of the kitchen and offered to lead the way for Raymond and others.

Raymond thought about it and agreed. After leaving the town with Old Mike, he turned the one-eyed sandman Shaliman into yellow sand and rushed towards the interior of the Green Haze Forest according to the path guided by Old Mike.

Old Mike, who seemed to be sitting on a thin layer of sand, was extremely frightened at first, but after adapting to the speed of the one-eyed sandman Shaliman, he became excited, and after getting familiar with the one-eyed sandman Shaliman, he revealed his chatterbox nature and chatted happily with Shaliman.

Crystal, who had been unwilling to return to her hostage to rest, leaned against Raymond all the way, as if she was full and too lazy to move. She just looked at everything in the Green Haze Forest with curious eyes, especially those small creatures that shuttled and jumped between the big trees. She was very interested in them, and sometimes even made Shariman stop and beg Raymond with his eyes to catch those small animals or chicks stranded in the nest for her.

The periphery of the Green Haze Forest had long been swept clean by adventurers. Raymond, who was happy to get along with Crystal, was not annoyed at all. Although the speed of progress was slowed down, as long as he could see Crystal's bright smile, it was a relief for Raymond.

When everyone arrived at the first camping spot in the evening, it was already very lively.

The camping site specially opened up by cutting down trees, the teams that arrived early had already occupied the center, and the burning of dozens of bonfires also made the light and shadow in the forest particularly hazy.

Raymond, who had set up a tent outside the camp, lit a bonfire and asked Shariman to prepare the barbecue that Crystal liked. He noticed that the atmosphere here was a bit solemn. He asked Old Mike to go over and ask about it. Only then did he know that the news from the depths of the Qingmai Forest today claimed that a venomous tooth beast had escaped and was being hunted by the Fierce Beast Alliance.

"Lord Raymond, they said that it was a tooth beast that had reached the transformation realm. It entered the periphery of the Qingmai Forest because it stole important resources from the Fierce Beast Alliance. Any team that provides its trace can receive a reward from the Fierce Beast Alliance..."

Facing Raymond in the center of the camp, he understood the reason after listening to Old Mike's explanation. The strength of the magic beasts that have reached the transformation realm is equivalent to that of a second- or third-level wizard, and the strongest of the adventurer teams he has seen along the way is only at the level of a second-level wizard. If they really encounter the crazy tooth beast, these adventurer teams are likely to be killed, and there is no way they can receive the reward from the beast alliance.

Old Mike, who also understands this, is even more worried, which makes Shariman, who is already very familiar with him, ask the reason.

"Similar incidents occasionally occur in the Qingmai Forest, but every time such a thing happens, all teams will quickly withdraw from the Qingmai Forest. Otherwise, the impact will not only be a loss of time and supplies..."

At this point, Old Mike sighed, smacked his lips, and looked more helpless. He thought about it and then sighed. "Every time such an incident happens, the town will be overcrowded. My tavern has to extend its business hours and prepare more drinks and ingredients. Otherwise, these teams will cause many unexpected conflicts for a hot meal. Just thinking about it is a headache..."

Raymond laughed dumbly when he heard this. It was the first time he met a boss like Old Mike who didn't want the tavern to do well.

He didn't ask in the tavern before, so Raymond asked the reason in this camp.

Old Mike, who had already taken a pill, knew everything about Raymond at this time. Since he was interested, he told Raymond the reasons for coming here.

Old Mike, who originally lived in a small city in the southeast of Qingmai Forest, was originally a mid-level leader of a mercenary group. After making enough money by working hard, he lost a lot of his men because of a mission of the mercenary group, which made him want to retire and return to his hometown to settle down.

But it is not known whether it was because he would take many powerful mercenaries with him when he left, or because he was greedy for the wealth he had accumulated, the leader of his mercenary group actually put the responsibility for the failure of the mission on him, and personally led people to break into his camp to kill him.

"Only four of the forty-two old brothers were left that night. Although I avenged them and sent compensation to their families afterwards, the dead are gone and can never return to their hometowns..."

Old Mike's voice became lower and lower, and there was deep sorrow and self-blame in his expression, but Raymond, who was about to speak, turned his head and cast his eyes on the dark and quiet forest behind him... (To be continued...)