Chapter 24 - Dinner Time Already? (1/2)

Krune was in a good mood, he even saved a group of cultivator that was being chased by a demon python, he didn't kill the python though, after receiving their thanks, he just said if they want to thank him, just be sure to let the wisps go in the future, although he is almost 100% sure that they would still try to capture a wisp if they saw one in the future, if at least one of them decides to keep their word, that would have been worth already.

Three days later, Krune finally left Katiu Forest, he already got a map from the cultivators he saved earlier and asked them to teach him how to ready it, wisps are indeed intelligent after all, Krune had to only hear once to understand how to do it, he is bound to never forget again.

His first task was to find the road to Kaley City, with the help of the map it didn't take long for that, there was a village beside the road to the Kaley City, after arriving there he found out that he didn't necessarily need to go by foot, there were carriages that could be rented and groups of cultivator that formed groups to go together, although the order in the country is relatively high, that was only after one leaves the danger zones, before passing through immigration checkpoint, anything that happens inside the danger zones is not of the concern of the country, otherwise, no one would need to sign the agreement when entering it.

To Krune's surprise, there was quite a few Foundation Establishment cultivator here, but after pondering a bit, he thought that it was to be expected, the reason that he rarely saw a Foundation Establishment cultivator inside the Katiu Forest is because the forest itself is huge! One could see that by the fact that Krune, who had a speed comparable with 5th stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, took over a week to leave the borders of the inner forest to the outside. Simply put, the foundation establishment cultivators inside Katiu Forest are spread through it's range.

As a wisp, Krune knows that information is of vital importance, so he asked around where he could find information easily, turns out that the mercenary guild branch was the best option, a lot of cultivators gather there to hire or to be hired as a mercenary, after walking a little, Krune spotted a five stores building on distance, one could see the enormous board above the entrance with a crossed bow and sword mark, the mercenary guild emblem.

Krune entered and went to the balcony, there was a small queue there so he had to wait quite a few minutes, while waiting he paid attention to the people around, by paying attention to their spiritual energies, Krune could see that between every ten Foundation Establishment cultivators, at least one or two were demon beasts in their human forms.

'Seems like Gony ans Casfer weren't lying after all, it's very normal to see human form demon beasts around, as long as you can achieve your human form, you can walk between the humans.'

It didn't take long for his time to come, the receptionist was surprisingly a female demon best in her human form, he looked at her for a bit to see if he wasn't seeing things wrong, the girl noticed his absent mind while looking at her, she had received this kind of look before, although she is beautiful, she had seen quite a lot, Krune wasn't looking at her because of her appearance, but because she was a demon beast just like him, she gave him a smile and spoke

”Little guy, it is still to early to flirt at moment, you have a long queue behind you, leave it for night time.”

She simply blinked at him after that.

Krune almost jumped, he noticed that he was paying way too much attention to the female in front at him, the people behind him heard that and laughed hard.

”Hey brother, sister Rany already has an owner, you better stopping having ideas about her.”

”Aren't you cocky? To make we wait longer while you admire the beaut, can't you see we want to take a look too?”

Several other people also joked with him.

Today, Krune learned a feeling he had never felt before, he learned how to feel embarrassed, although he knows what it is to be embarrassed, this is his first time feeling it himself, the more aware he got about his situation, the redder his face got.

'Holy shit, let me die, please!'

The sister Rany behind the balcony just kept smiling, she could totally tell, this is the first time this guy left the Katiu Forest, she loved to prank those guys, today was no different, and Krune just got to be the target. Quite a few of those who were laughing knew about this too, some of them even feel for that prank themselves, it feel really good to see others suffering what you suffered.

”Alright everyone, you will scary the rookie, sorry little guy, consider this your first leave baptism, I got a lot of first timers like you before, that demon beast in human form five position behind you was just like you before, am I right, Douly?”

She turned to a burly guy a few meters behind Krune, he was quite big and full of muscles, judging by the spiritual energy around him he is definitely a demon beast too, she gave him a blink of an eye.

”Sister Rany, can we forget about that? It was years ago, it's time for you to leave me of the hook, don't you think?”

He felt quite helpless, why did he have to be the closest old victim from the past, he has now been dragged into the situation together. Rany just laughed a little more and turned back to Krune.

”Okay, what are you looking for here?”

Krune was feeling even more hopeless than the Douly guy, but he composed himself quickly, he is a wisp, he will not lose his temper because of that, he will simply follow the flow, although he was still feeling quite awkward.

”Cough, cough. I would like to know the best way to go to Kaley City, the conditions on the way and if I should go with a group of people or alone.”

Rany just nodded, she receive quite a feel people and demon beasts in human form requiring the same information every week.

”The safest way to leave the danger zones is indeed to go together with a group, but you better pay attention to the groups that form at the exit of the village, some of them are not really going to Kaley City, they just want to rob those who join them on the way.”

Krune wasn't surprised, when he found the groups that were forming beside the road to Kaley City, he had already thought about this possibility, he even spotted two or three who looked quite suspicious.

”In that case how should I chose?”

She replied straight away

”That's quite simple, can you see that not much people here are wearing a badge with the same emblem as the one outside above the entrance? Those are the mercenary guild badges, although I can't say it's fool prof at least those wearing it would usually be going to Kaley City seriously, you just need to ask around that corner.”