327 Bone Calamity (1/2)

The cloud of miasma covered the entire Black Swamp and made it impossible to see anything inside.

Lumi could not find the people mentioned. She whispered in a doubtful tone, ”Where are the people being...”

She did not finish asking before she began hearing the sound of splashing water. It came from the Black Swamp.

Shortly after, she saw the humans came out of the cloud of miasma and continue rushing straight towards their direction.

These humans did not see Lumi and Leon hiding on one of the Weeping Trees. They intended to enter the Weeping Forest.

”Eh? Why are they running over here? I thought this forest is supposed to be dangerous for living things...”

”Maybe they believe running to this Weeping Forest will give them a better chance at survival.”

Leon already deactivated [Spirit Eyes], but he continued to observe with a serious gaze.

The six humans ran with frantic looks and urgency. In their hurry, their hoods dropped and revealed their facial features. A hint of horror could be seen in their eyes.

It appeared that whatever was chasing them must be quite powerful, if not outright horrifying.

”Who's chasing them, Leon? Could it be the demons?” Lumi asked. She was quite curious about demons. She heard of them in the stories, but she has never actually seen one.

”There's a chance it could be the demons, but there's also a chance it could be something else. Whatever it is, we will find out soon enough.” Leon answered vaguely with a bit of speechlessness.

”What the heck? What difference is there between saying that and saying nothing at all?”

”I don't have the Heavenly All-Seeing Eyes or something like that, alright? You ask me, but who do I ask?” Leon shrugged.

”Ahh... I was just asking anyway.” Lumi pouted.

”Let's just observe quietly for now. I'm curious to see what is chasing them.”

”Are we just going to observe? If we help them, they will become grateful to us, you know?”

”Ha... that goes without saying. But if we want to help them, we must first ask ourselves if we can even help them or not.”

From what Leon could see, these people had very robust bodies. They might be body cultivators, and reasonably strong ones at that. They might not be all that much weaker than he was.

If Leon were sent out his divine sense, he would be able to gauge their level, but doing so would also give away his location.

…

After the six humans entered the Weeping Forest, they did not stop until they were roughly 50 yards deeper into the forest.

The group leader swept the others a look and frowned immediately. He barked, ”What are you all waiting for? Quickly put on your gas masks! Do you want to hug trees until death or something?!”

”Big Brother, can you tell us why we needed to give up on the mission? We haven't even found the people were tasked to find, nor did we get time to look for treasures! How are we going to explain to the Chief?”

”Yeah, what exactly is going on, Big Brother? Demon patrols are easy to spot, but I did not see any signs of them. Even if we run into one, there was no need for us to fear them, right? We did finish off the last group of patrols we encountered last time…”

”We rarely get the chance to enter the Black Swamp. Why did we have to leave without looking for some treasures? Boohoo, I still want a Tier 4 soul weapon…” The youngest male complained.

No one except the group leader seemed to understand what was going on. They were suddenly told to quickly get the heck out of the Black Swamp and run towards the Weeping Forest if they did not want to die.

They had never seen the group leader so fierce before. But because of that, they were able to understand that they were in a dangerous situation.

”Shut up! Forget about the mission. We will just tell the Chief that the people we were looking for are dead! As for the treasures… We can forget them too! We need to worry about our own lives right now!”

Beads of cold sweat ran down the side of the group leader's face, and his eyes darted between the Black Swamp from time to time.

Evidently, the group leader was incredibly nervous. Everyone noticed this and frowned.

Their group leader was by no means a coward. Otherwise, he would not have been able to become their group leader. Only the more valiant of warriors within the tribe can become group leaders.

The group leader was someone who can go toe to toe with Lesser Demons on their own. Although he stood no chance against Greater Demons, he would not show such fear. Only Archdemons could instill such fear in the group leader.