Chapter 74 - 74 : Hunt 3 (1/2)

”....Our clan is not far from here if we begin walking now, it'll probably take us 2 days or so.”

It's already been 15 minutes since Arthur began asking the questions, and the good thing is that this beastmen Jackob answered perfectly, almost as if it was planned, Arthur knew that the other party was not telling lies, so he just clapped at Jackob a few times while saying

”Good good! It's really great to encounter someone so cooperative, I tell you what, why don't you guide us to your clan”

Jackob, who barely had the time to breathe, was momentarily startled, he hesitated for a second before replying

”S-sir, as I have already said, h-humans are prohibited t-to come to the c-cla..n”

”Ha ha ha, no worries, we're demons, ain't that right, Lucy?”

As he said that, Arthur playfully looked at Lucy, who has been silent since a while ago.

The silver-haired woman nodded at Arthur while muttering 'Yes', but albeit that, Jackob was still restless and continued

”S-sir, demons are e-even worse than h-humans, the c-clan will not s....s-spare you! The relationship between our race and the others are very chaotic...”

”Will not spare us? Ha ha ha, alright alright, just guide us there and that's it, we'll not bother you anymore..”

Jackob knew that insisting will not matter, this man is extremely stubborn and persistent, he sighed and nodded at the couple.

Arthur summoned the black cloud, which is the fastest way to travel while carrying other people except for Lucy, Astrith wasn't here so that was the only way, he could also use the bone dragon, however, it was much slower than the cloud.

Previously, the cloud matched his speed but since his stats reached the millions, it's speed didn't match him anymore, which is a pity but it nonetheless was very fast, probably a bit slower than Astrith.

The sudden appearance shocked Jackob, he stared at it with eyes full of curiosity and fear.

”With this, we should reach your clan much faster, so why don't you hop on?”

Arthur didn't wait for Jackob as he embraced Lucy's waist and jumped on the cloud, it was approximately 5 meters long, so it's wide enough for the three of them.

Few seconds passed before Jackob snapped out of his daze and jumped on the cloud, it was not floating very high, so for someone with his stats, even when weakened, he still managed to easily do it, however, his gaze was on the nearby frozen worms.

They were probably dead, so getting some of their saliva is easy, he was very reluctant to let this chance go away.

”W-wait, can you p-please remove your i-ice? I need something from the wor-ms..”

It seems that it took him a lot of courage to say that, which confused Arthur a bit, there is no need to be this scared of them, maybe demons or humans are like monsters to beastmen? But it can't be to this degree, right?

Anyways, with but a thought, the ice melted and the dead bodies of the worms fell on the ground, they instantly died since the moment they were frozen by the ice, it's coldness is just too much for weak creature, especially when Arthur's intelligence is so damn high, of course, he didn't use all his strength, but even 1 percent of it is a lot..

Jackob jumped from the cloud and went near the worms, he then skillfully removed their sharp teeth and some transparent yet disgusting liquid from their big mouth.

It only took him a few minutes to finish collecting all he needed, a broad smile appeared on his face, he now had so much saliva that he could make a fortune out of it, well by fortune, I mean a few gold coins.

He then hurriedly jumped on the cloud and sincerely said

”Thank you for waiting, these things are very important for me”

He didn't have a storage ring so he put all of that in his backpack which was thrown a couple of meters away, the smile never left his face, it's like he never was fearful of Arthur and Lucy earlier.

Since he got the cure for his mother's illness, then that's all it matters, so what if they come with him, they could take of themselves.

”The clan is toward the Wes..”

Before he could finish, his eyes widened and he couldn't utter a single word, he even forgot to breathe from the shock.

A dark barrier was already formed around the cloud to protect from the wind resistance, and the cloud was flying with an extreme speed, even after half a minute, not a word came out of Jackob's mouth, he was just too shocked to be able to speak, basically, he became speechless.

It took them almost 2 hours to arrive at what appeared to be a populated area, the cloud's speed was heavenly for Jackob, but for Arthur? It was beyond slow, if he flew here, then it would barely take a dozen minutes.

”Hey, is this your clan's territory?”

Arthur finally spoke after a long silence, well he had been silent toward Jackob, but in the course of this short trip, he chatted with Lucy and read some books, as for Jackob, he just stood there, motionless, watching the surroundings which are blurring and changing every second”

”A-ah, w-what? O-oh, y-....yyyes yes! It is”