500 Epic Cave Story (1/2)
The next morning, Wang Lu and Ouyang Shang found the tribal great elder and directly put forward their request.
”Magic mark?”
The great elder was having breakfast in the tent—a plate of light vegetable soup. As soon as he heard the request of the two people, he drank the vegetable soup through his nose on the spot.
”How did you know the existence of the magic mark?”
For the desert demon tribe, the magic mark could be considered as an absolute secret, their top-level secret for the spark as their only hope. But in just one day, outsiders were able to hear it!
Wang Lu laughed and said, ”What a joke, after letting a professional adventurer walk around your city for a day, do you still expect to have any privacy left?”
From the side, Ouyang Shang argued, ”Junior Brother Wang Lu, what you just said is somewhat abnormal.”
”Senior Brother Ouyang, you seem to be saying that I'm not abnormal.”
”…”
The great elder gazed at Wang Lu seriously for a long time and then sighed. ”Since you guys already knew, then so be it. It's just that, you guys want us to give you the magic mark, so that you can observe the devil up close? I can't accept this request.”
Wang Lu said, ”Are you afraid that by taking this risk, you guys would be implicated by us? Then why did you let us in?”
The great elder hesitated—it was apparently hard for him to make the decision.
By inviting outsiders to come in, of course, he was ready to take the risk, but… in just a day, it had already progressed to the extent of directly facing the invisible devil, which was something that was beyond his expectation.
However, Wang Lu didn't intend to give him time reprieve.
”It doesn't matter if you don't want to provide us with the magic mark, it's the same as if we're going there bare naked. According to my understanding, the invisible devil is not sensitive to the creatures other than demon race. In the past two thousand years, the desert also welcomed many outside visitors, but they enjoy freedom to come and go. Even when they came close to the desert oasis, it did not easily cause a curse. Therefore, when the time comes, we just need to be careful not to trigger the sand poison. Well, then, goodbye.”
With that, Wang Lu turned around and left. But how could the great elder let him go just like that? Not to mention that the two of them were the only ray of hope that the great elder had ever seen in many years… Even if they could not care about their lives, if they accidentally provoked the devil, causing the curse to erupt, the entire tribe would suffer!
”... Do you want to have the magic spell? Okay, but at least give me a day to prepare.”
”Is it really that long? Would half a day be enough?”
”…”
Seeing the gloomy face of the great elder began to darken, Wang Lu realized that he had probably stepped on the bottom line of the opposite party.
”Very well, then let's see you tomorrow.”
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On the second day, still inside the tent of the great elder, Wang Lu and Ouyang Shang made another visit. Only this time, in addition to the great elder, there were two more people in the tent. They were two wrinkled old men who were already at the end of their lives. Their age… should be around fifty and could be considered as seniors within the tribe.
The great elder's face was gloomier than the last time. After seeing the arrival of the two people, he let out a humph and said, ”Let's start the preparation.”
Then, the two people beside the great elder suddenly pulled out their blades. Cold light gleamed from them.
Seeing this scene, Wang Lu was astonished thinking whether this was the preparation prepared for a day by the great elder? Throw down the cup as a sign and let out the ambushing five hundred executioners? The problem was… based on the two frail old men, were they worthy to be considered as executioners?
It was true that there were many gifted individuals in this tribe. And in terms of stage, there were twenty to thirty Jindan Stage level or higher people. But in terms of actual fighting capacity… Wang Lu alone was enough to kill the entire city inhabitants more than ten times. Thus, it was simply beyond foolish for the opposite party to resort to violence!
But the next moment, he saw the blades turn around and directly cut down their head!
Seeing the two fountains of blood that surged out toward the sky, Wang Lu frowned and asked Ouyang Shang, ”... Is this the tame head1 technique?”
”... I think you must have misunderstood, the tame head technique does not mean dropping your own head2!”
However, Ouyang Shang was not sure what the other person was thinking. Giving their own head on the first meeting, this must the weirdest gift on the first meeting ever. But soon he understood the hidden meaning of it.