Chapter 765 - What a Miracle! (1/2)

Xiao Luo did not promise Ghost anything. He neither agreed nor disagreed. He really did not want to take her, but this girl saved him. He just could not refuse her. So, he decided to play it by ear.

“Little Luoluo, we need to leave the Dark Forest as soon as possible. My brothers are much more horrifying than those blue wolves.” Ghost was leading the way. She had opened her small red umbrella.

Xiao Luo found her very weird. It was very dark in the forest, but she was always holding an umbrella. He also found Ghost was intentionally avoiding the sunlight getting through the bunch of leaves.

‘Was she afraid of sunlight?’ Xiao Luo thought. Since his right foot had been injured, he was walking with a wood stick behind Ghost.

Duck Emperor was staying comfortably in the waist pocket of Ghost, poking its head out to see the world. From time to time, it would look back to roll its eyes at Xiao Luo, as if it was saying, “You don’t want me, but someone does!”

At noon, they stopped by a river to take a rest.

“I’ll go and find some fruits. Little Luoluo, wait for me here with Duckling. Don’t walk around,” Ghost told Xiao Luo. Then she disappeared after a few leaps.

Xiao Luo sat down cross-legged to heal himself. He would not waste any opportunity for that.

Duck Emperor felt estranged from Xiao Luo since he gave it to Ghost without hesitation. Of course, that was only what Duck Emperor thought. So it questioned Xiao Luo again, “Goddamn jerk, wouldn’t your heart ache?”

Xiao Luo ignored its complaint. Then it occurred to him that it was a very good opportunity to get rid of Ghost.

Becase Ghost knew this forest well, she would not run into any danger without him or Duck Emperor, and he was not willing to take her to the sacred place of the Light Clan indeed. After all, he was not going there for sightseeing as he claimed.

Opening his eyes, he ended his healing process. “Duck, let’s go.”

“You are not going to wait for that little girl?” Duck Emperor said in surprise.

“I didn’t say I would take her to the sacred place of the Light Clan,” Xiao Luo argued. Then he started to walk.

Duck Emperor was struck dumb. Then it cursed, “Mother ducker. No wonder your heart won’t ache. Jerk, you don’t have a heart at all.”

It followed him while cursing. However, it flew into his pocket in the end. After all, that was free transport for it.

To avoid being caught up by Ghost, Xiao Luo changed his route on purpose. Of course, they were still more or less going in that direction, to Mu City as pointed out by Ghost. However, after going around three or four hours in the forest, he was embarrassed to find that he had got lost. The mountains were endless, and the trees were boundless. It just looked the same everywhere.

“You look worried. That tells me you are lost. That is fate. We will be stuck here. We will become savages,” Duck Emperor commented.

Xiao Luo was not in a good mood. Duck Emperor’s irony really pissed him off, so he gave its head a punch. “Shut up!”

“Mother ducker. You are lost, and you don’t even allow me to talk about it.”

Duck Emperor went on nagging him, “Well, let me fly into the air to see whether there are people around. As long as there are people, we can follow them and leave the Dark Forest for sure.”

Then it flew out of Xiao Luo’s pocket. It turned into a white ray of light and flew up 300 feet. After looking into the distance, it flew back excitedly.

“There is smoke from cooking a few miles away. They must be mercenary coups that came into the forest to hunt exotic beasts. Let’s go.”

“Are you sure?” Xiao Luo was still in doubt. After all, he did not find that annoying duck very reliable.

“Mother ducker, believe it or not. Just keep walking around here aimlessly. Let’s see who will get anxious in the end.” Duck Emperor lifted its head proudly.

Xiao Luo rolled his eyes at it and took it back into his pocket. Then he went in the direction it had pointed out. After 1.6 miles, he did see smoke rising slowly from far away.

“See? I didn’t lie, did I?” Duck Emperor spread its wings.

“The credit goes to you this time.”