Chapter 698: Heaven’s Gif (1/2)
GDK 698: Heaven’s Gift
Faced with the intensely trusting eyes of these people, Han Shuo hesitated for a moment before he decided to tell the truth. “Those who cultivate in the edict of life have enormous advantages and convenience when surrounded by nature. Currently, this is the only clue I have discovered. We have no better option but to fumble around while keeping our eyes wide open.”
“I see. Well then, let’s move forward and head into the depths of the mountain range,” Carmelita understood that it was very difficult to deal with those who cultivated in the edict of life. In addition to Han Shuo having proven his capabilities, she did not feel that Han Shuo was incompetent and agreed with him.
The party proceeded by heading into the depths of the Miasma Cloud Mountain Range. Han Shuo’s demon generals constantly surveyed the area and spread out evenly around him. They were very careful in making observations and left no stone unturned.
The party had entered several hundred kilometers into the mountain range and they came across many powerful magical beasts along the way. However, all those powerful magical beasts kept a distance away from the party of gods, foreboding as they were.
Although the demon generals had been flying all around through the mountain range, they no longer found any more traces of those infiltrators. Carmelita, seeing that they had arrived at the center of the mountain range and that the miasmic gases were growing more concentrated, couldn’t help but begin to feel agitated.
“Any further discoveries?” Kalina the plump woman asked Han Shuo yet again. She too had gradually grown impatient and was obviously rather anxious when none of them could find the slightest trail of those infiltrators.
“The mountain range is just too vast. There’s no way we'll find any clues so quickly,” Han Shuo replied with his brows tightly bunched. He too felt very helpless about finding nothing new despite having the help of his demon general. However, there wasn’t a better solution that he could take.
“My Lady, how about if we spread out? We could cover more ground,” Kalina hesitated for a moment before she suggested to Carmelita.
“That won’t do. We would have better chances of finding them by dispersing but this is too risky. Whoever is so fortunate to run into them will be done for before they can even spread the news,” Carmelita rejected resolutely. After giving a helpless sigh, she continued, “Let’s continue searching. Perhaps we will find something soon.”
Kalina did not insist. She too let out a sigh before joining the rest of the party in wandering aimlessly through the mountain range.
Unknowingly, five days had passed. Although Han Shuo did not travel through the entire mountain range, his demon generals, however, had visited basically every region in the mountain range. But even then, his demon general did not discover any more signs left by those who cultivated in the edict of life. They only saw some magical beasts roaming around as well as some rare natural treasures.
Gradually, not just Kalina, but even Han Shuo felt bored. He even started to harbor suspicions about the reliability of Carmelita’s information. Suspecting that that bunch had left the mountain range long ago, Carmelita even lost her patience and started to randomly bombard the ancient trees around her. This disturbed Han Shuo’s demon generals observation power.
“Perhaps they've have left. Let’s go, we will leave,” after yet another day, Carmelita had lost the last bit of her patience and officially gave the command to retreat. The crowd let out a sigh of relief upon hearing those words. They were all too bored to continue their futile efforts any longer.
With Carmelita having made the decision, no one had any objection and everyone got ready to retreat from the mountain range.
“Hold on!” Han Shuo who had been silent all along suddenly cried out when the party was prepared to board the airship.
“What’s the matter?” Carmelita's triangular eyes turned to look at Han Shuo puzzled as she asked, “We haven’t come up on anything in the last ten or so days. Don’t tell me you've discovered something just as we are leaving?”
“Up ahead, there’s a mountain with lush, verdant trees. It houses a pretty decently sized cave where magical beasts are constantly departing from. I didn’t pay much attention to it earlier but now that I think of it, something seems odd about it.” Using a demon general, Han Shuo noticed that the number of magical beasts running out from that cave had grown, immediately drawing his suspicion. From the behavior of those magical beasts, they appeared to have been forced out of their dwellings.
“Yes, I remember it now. Most plants on the mountains are sparse and fragmentary, but that mountain is an unusual one - the plants there are very lush. Is that the mountain you are referring to?” the plump, one-eyed woman Karina asked. She appeared somewhat astonished.
“Yes! That’s the mountain!” Han Shuo said with suspicion, “The mountain isn’t just strange because of its thriving flora, the magical beasts there seemed to have been forced out from their cave. We have visited so many places over the Miasma Cloud Mountain Range but discovered nothing. Perhaps that was because the bunch has been hiding in that mountain cave?”
After hearing Han Shuo’s words, Carmelita who had instructed the party to withdraw, suddenly had her hopes reignited. After thinking for a bit, she nodded and said, “Your words make sense. Let’s go, we will check it out. Perhaps we might find something in the cave.”
At Carmelita’s instruction, the party returned to that mountain that they had previously passed by. When they arrived at the cave entrance, they saw herds of magical beasts storming out from the cave in succession. Some of the magical beasts appeared panicked and alarmed. They dispersed as soon as they saw Carmelita and her party.
Although the magical beasts on Elysium were much, much mightier than those on Profound Continent, their intelligence, for some reason, seemed to hardly grow on par with their strength. Although they had obviously evolved way past rank five, six, and or even seven, Han Shuo did not discover any that could take on a human appearance.
When the magical beasts dispersed in all directions, Han Shuo sent a few of his demon generals into the cave. After entering the cave, his demon generals soon discovered that there were even more magical beasts trying to make their way out. There were also a lot of branches and paths inside the cave.