Chapter 850 The Remnants of the Immortals (1/2)
The Good Luck Inn was one of the rare double-story buildings in town.
Lin Huang and the rest stayed in the biggest dormitory in the inn.
”Now, we're basically sure that there are many humans living in this foggy area as well as a ma.s.sive amount of monsters around. People are living in two types of places. One is the town that we're currently in where security is low while the other one is the cities, which is the safest place. They're similar to the human footholds in our world, just that the cla.s.sification isn't as detailed.
”There are many towns while the guards depend mainly on the officers from the local authority. The officers are called 'warriors' and their aura is basically below holy fire-level. People who are more powerful than warriors are called immortals. To the commoners, only immortals can fly. I'm guessing that the 'immortals' they've labeled are cultivators above holy fire-level, but they have a different cultivation system than we do.
”There are only 12 cities with high walls surrounding them and immortals guarding them. They have to pay a high accommodation fee in order to live in the city in return for the protection. Hence, most of the people who can't afford it only live in the towns. Although the towns are invaded by demons, it's still much safer than living in the wild.
”The demons that they talk about are monsters of our world. These monsters are scattered all over with many varieties. Most of them consume humans and other animals. A minority of them don't consume humans, but they're not exactly friendly to humans since they hunt and kill them for fun.
”These demons live in groups while many of them are of different kinds whereby the most powerful one will be the leader. Some of the demon leaders can even speak the human language. These demons usually live near towns where humans are easy prey. Apart from that, places with more monsters have a head honcho which they call a demon king. The demon king is in charge of a territory.
”According to what the local authority said, demon kings have powerful abilities while some of them can even kill immortals. From my speculation, those so-called 'demon kings' have a much more powerful ability than the leaders. They should have immortal-level combat strength, but we've no idea for now if there are any monsters that are more powerful than demon king.”
Tan Lang summarized the information that he had gathered one by one. He had gotten most of them from the local authority earlier.
After leaving Xiao Yu's house earlier, Lin Huang and the rest headed straight to the local authority. The officer saw all ten of them flying, so he told them everything that he knew and answered every question quickly. The information they obtained from him was much more detailed and clearer than what the woman had told them earlier.
”I guess only 'immortals' can give us more detailed information. I think we should head straight to the city to know more about the situation from the 'immortals',” Li Jia suggested.
”The cities have curfews at midnight when people are prohibited from entering and exiting. The officer said that demons that fly won't be able to fly into the cities as there's a prohibitive barrier in the sky above the city wall. We can only head over there when the city door opens tomorrow morning. Let's rest well tonight.” Tan Lang came up with a plan.
”I think we should clear the demons nearby before we leave,” Lin Huang who was standing aside said all of a sudden.
The rest looked a little uneasy upon hearing what he said.
Lin Huang could roughly figure out what they were thinking about. After all, the people in this world were different from theirs. It was unnecessary for them to protect the people, so they were unwilling to put in any effort to help.
”I'll take a walk. You guys rest well.”
”I'll go with you.” Seeing that n.o.body responded, Shen Tao patted his thighs and stood up.
”It's alright. I'll go on my own. I'll come back in a couple of minutes,” Lin Huang rejected Shen Tao's kind intention.
He could feel that Shen Tao was actually unwilling to do it, but he initiated accompanying him just so Lin Huang did not seem so awkward alone.
Lin Huang hovered into the sky after getting out of the inn and headed towards the Black Dragon Mountain.
Li Jia shook his head and said while smiling and watching Lin Huang vanish into the sky, ”Young people just can't sit still.”
”You look even younger than him,” Shen Tao teased.
”I'm already 28, which means I'm already an uncle,” Li Jia wanted to look mature, but his baby-face was not convincing at all.
”Your constipated face makes you look nothing older than 18!” What Shen Tao said made everyone burst out laughing.
Black Dragon Mountain was less than 300 miles from the town, so it only took Lin Huang a short while to arrive above the mountain range.
The mountain range stretched up to a hundred miles across and it was filled with dense, lush greenery and hulking trees.
”b.l.o.o.d.y, release your Leech Pods and see what's the deal about this world. Also, look where those demons are hiding.” Lin Huang had hidden b.l.o.o.d.y when he was with Tan Lang and the rest, so he did not get it to release its Leech Pods to look around to prevent b.l.o.o.d.y from exposing itself.
Although the Leech Pods could hardly be discovered under usual circ.u.mstances, it was possible for one to see them if the distance was very close. After all, Tan Lang's ability was considered the best of the best among immortal-level powerhouses while Li Jia had extraordinary spiritual energy since he was a Bug Master.
Although they were all from the Heaven Alliance, Lin Huang did not want them to find out about b.l.o.o.d.y's skills. Hence, he used an excuse to get away from the people before getting b.l.o.o.d.y to release the Leech Pods. Killing the demons surrounding them was just something he would do conveniently.
b.l.o.o.d.y found a demon after releasing its Leech Pods for a moment.