C61

"… …"

"… …"

I'm going with them to the forest to investigate today. I'm a little nervous because this is the first adventure in a strict sense and I didn't have any partners previously. I don't know if they will despise me or not.

I'm going to wear my best equipment.

— —

"Main Task: Missing Workers"

"Do you accept the task!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Liang Yue jumped out of the window in front of her. Accepting this main quest, this should be one of the main quests of the Grassland Forest series.

"Mission: Missing Workers"

"Quest tip: Several teams of workers have been lost here. There seems to be some change in the depths of the Dark Forest. Find the first target!"

"Mission reward: 15,000 experience points"

"Target: Cursed Cat Demon 0/1"

After closing the window that allowed the quest to go out, Liang Yue knew the general target of the mission. It seemed that those workers had been killed by the Cursed Cat Demon, and from the looks of the missing team, the level of the Cursed Cat Demon wasn't that low.

This was the first time she had come to participate in a mission like this. It was obvious that she did not like places like the Gloomy Forest, and looking back at Cory, she felt somewhat dissatisfied with him. She knew that the entrance exams for the juniors were to hunt two monsters here, but she had clearly already passed the test, yet she was still afraid of taking it and frowned slightly.

It was as if Liang Yue and her companion were taking a stroll in the Rest House with two newbies following behind them. The team seemed particularly out of place. After estimating the time, Liang Yue felt that they should be deep enough.

Letting the team slow down, they advanced slowly. In the silent forest came the noises of the goblins. Liang Yue and the others continued forward and headed towards the goblins. He would give the rookies a chance to fight on this mission.

"Shh!" Gently pushing away the bushes, the goblins that were leading the team gathered together. The small open space was especially crowded as they sat around a fire. Something was being roasted on top of the fire as they constantly laughed unpleasant sounds of laughter.

33, no more, no less.

Liang Yue rubbed her smooth chin, indicating that Xi Yue and Ke Li were ready to attack. This was the first trial of the two of them in this adventure. Moreover, both of them used sabers, so Liang Yue wanted to see Xi Yue's actual combat ability.

Xi Yue and Ke Li squatted behind the bush. Their hands were holding the sabers at their waists, making an unsheathing gesture. Liang Yue and Xi Yue watched the two's performance and shook their heads.

They had actually prepared to charge forward and kill him!

The opposing side clearly had a lot more people than they did. Although they weren't very powerful, the problem lay in the fact that they had a lot of people and tactics.

Cory roared and took the lead in charging out. The Tachi carried a cold glint as it slashed across the neck of a goblin. Blood spurted out from the wound and splattered all around, or it was burnt by fire.

The surrounding goblins didn't know why this human would suddenly rush out. Before they could react, Corey hacked again with his knife, and at the same time, Xiyue saw that Cori had already rushed up with his knife. As if he had transformed into a different person, she rushed forward and hacked the two goblins to the ground.

Liang Yue's eyes squinted as she looked at the jumping numbers on the goblin's body. The two of them had already reached the point where they could quickly kill off ordinary goblins, but the damage dealt by Ke Li was clearly much lower than Xiyue's.

Each swing of Xiyue's blade could take away a Goblin's life, but Cory was different. He needed to use two or three moves to kill it, and their skills were not on the same level.

Although it was Xiyue's first time coming here, she was holding a blade the same as when they sparred. Every knife was aimed at the Goblin's vitals, and every attack was fatal, without the slightest feeling of weakness. More than thirty Goblins were easy for them, but in just a few minutes, the battle was over.

There were even organs and bodies scattered around the area. The bonfire crackled with the blood of the goblins, which made him feel a little disgusted. His eyes were a little red from killing just now, which was different from when he had used the first slash of Xiyue's blade. The blood he spat splashed onto the ground, and the light armor on his body turned darker.

Xiyue put away the blade and looked at the goblins that she had killed. She felt a bit disgusted, so she held her chest and retched. However, her body didn't splash any blood on the goblins.

Liang Yue and Xi Yue walked out from the side and glanced at Cory, who was panting heavily, and Xiyue, who was retching, and felt that their performance was not bad. Although they were not satisfied at the start, he walked to Cory's side and handed a water bag over, saying, "Your performance was not bad."

Xiyue gently stroked her little sister's back. Seeing her expression, Liang Yue quietly moved behind them. Relying on her height, she hung a water bag in front of them.

Xiyue snatched the water bag away and even opened his hand as she scolded him softly, "How strange. Why do you look just like a ghost?" Slowly, he fed the water to his sister. Then, a completely different older sister appeared in front of Liang Yue.

Liang Yue chuckled. She stealthily dragged Colley to the side, leaving the two of them with the space to exchange with Colley.

"How do you feel?"

Cory looked around the battlefield, took a big swig from his water bag, and said, "I had no idea I could do this."

Although it hadn't been long since he entered the academy, his strength had clearly improved. Killing two minotaur soldiers during the entrance exam would be much easier for him now.

Liang Yue patted his shoulder where no blood had stained it, and spoke with a tone as if she was praising him, "Although killing a goblin requires several knife strikes, you're already amazing!" But Cory heard comfort in it.

Suddenly recalling that he had just fought with Xiyue, he felt a little disheartened. It was as if he had seen Xiyue being killed in a single blow and his body wasn't even stained with blood after it was over.

Liang Yue consoled her, "Although you are the one with the weak mouth here, we will not abandon you here!"

Cory was a little confused by his calm words. "Are you guys planning to lose face?!"

After calming herself down, Xiyue recovered from her first kill. Liang Yue looked at his EXP bar and suddenly felt that this wasn't bad. He could actually share his EXP when he was in a party watching someone else fight.

"29,500/40,000!"

It looked like he was about to level up soon.

As they continued deeper into the forest, the Goblin and the Ox-head soldier met a few times and called for Cory and Xiyue to deal with them. On the other hand, Liang Yue and Xiyue seemed to be quite relaxed, but Xiyue was looking at them with a strange gaze.

Liang Yueyi righteously said, "This is for the novices to train themselves with. Later, when we are inside, let us come!"

After passing through the boundary, they reached the depths of the dark forest. The deeper areas were darker than the outer areas, and the damp air was blown out by the wind, making it seem even more eerie.

Cory stepped on the damp ground and felt that it was a bit scary here. After all, several adventurous teams had disappeared from this place recently. From the moment he entered, Liang Yue had already felt that something wasn't right.

They didn't encounter any minotaur outside. They were all goblins and ten-captains. After entering, they felt as if something was staring at them from behind. They glanced at Xiyue and became vigilant.

There was clearly no sunlight, but the trees here were exceptionally lush, lush, and strange. Dark green leaves rustled loudly, and occasionally a swamp would appear on the ground. In the entire forest, it seemed as if only four people were left.

Curry looked at the silence around him and felt a little creepy. He tightened the inner armor on his body to make himself warmer, while Xiyue pulled on the corner of her sister's clothes and hid at the back of Xiyue. She looked like a squirrel.

"Hiss …" A loud sound was heard.

Like a knife on a stone, the yellow body passed through the bushes, leaving a trail of hair. Its green eyes gleamed as it lunged at Cory, and the monster's mouth opened wide, aiming for Cory's neck.

There was terror in the eyes Kory looked at the Demon Cat. He wanted to retreat, but his body wouldn't obey. The sudden attack of the Demon Cat made him unable to react.

Liang Yue calmly watched the scene unfold before him. Even though Cory was about to be hit by the Demon Cat, his expression didn't change at all. His gaze was fixated at the deeper part, through the gap between the Demon Cat and Cory, and through the depths of the shrubs, staring at the purple light pulsing in the darkness.

What Liang Yue was wary of was never just an ordinary cat demon. He already knew that the quest target was the boss of Gloomy Forest, Cursed Cat Demon.

The Cursed Cat Demon in the dark and damp forest was trying to use the attack of its subordinate to create an opportunity for itself to sneak behind its prey and kill it.

It was crawling on the ground not far away, looking at the group of people its subordinates were preparing to attack. Its purple pupils revealed the three women, if it could capture them, it would be very happy, right?

The cat demon was about to pounce on the man, while the other women did not react at all. They must have been scared stiff, laughing inside, thinking that these humans were really stupid, actually daring to come here. The hunters who came to hunt down their own kind all turned into trash in their stomachs.

As Liang Yue looked at her, the Cursed Cat Demon felt a sword point at the woman who was leading them. She stared at him as if she could see through him. It felt a little flustered.

Meow — ah!" The cry of pain from his kin was followed by a muffled thud on the ground.

At the foot of a nearby tree, a cat demon was lying on the grass. Its abdomen was smashed by something, and blood flowed all over the surroundings.

Cory touched his own face in horror, realizing that he wasn't injured. He looked gratefully at Xiyue.

"Meow!" The cries of a cat demon could be heard from the darkness. The surrounding shrubs started to move violently, creating rustling sounds. The yellow figure continued to move about in the darkness.

A dozen cat-demons jumped out from the bushes and looked at the four of them as if they were about to explode. Liang Yue slowly unsheathed the Divine Chasing Sword from her waist and gently slashed at the darkness.

"Ding." A flame flashed from the darkness. The Cursed Cat Demon raised its claws to block the wind that was coming at it. Its long teeth moved behind the mask as it looked at Liang Yue's purple eyes with an even stranger expression.

It quietly hid itself in the darkness, its black fur blending together with the darkness. It crawled up and slowly approached.

Liang Yue pointed her sword at the group of cat demoness surrounding her, their numbers jumping out of her eyes.

"Cat Demon LV8"

"HP: 4000/4000"

"The Grassland Forest is the same as the Goblins and Zombies, with the largest number of them. They are divided into different parts of the Grassland Forest with extremely high attack power, but their defense and HP are extremely weak."

Liang Yue gently smacked her lips, as the Divine Chasing Sword slashed at the air.

"Meow …!" The yellow sword light separated the cat demon and its corpse slowly fell onto the ground, dying it in red.

"Attack!"

Xiyue pulled out her blade and rushed over. The blade was covered in blood as it collided with the Demon Cat. Corey was fighting with one of the Demon Cat, so he wouldn't be able to take advantage of anyone.

He reached out to take the mask off, and the Divine Chasing Sword continued to swing. "Ah …!" The curtain of the battle was drawn as the Demon Cat screamed miserably. Cory sat on the ground, admiring himself as he recalled his experiences with the Demon Cat.

Liang Yue lightly pinched the hilt of her sword. With an additional strand of gravity on the sword, she walked into a nearby forest. The drooping sword sucked up the grass, but it did not pull it up.

With increased speed, Liang Yue swung her sword at a certain location.

"Crack! Crack!" A cracking sound came from the ground as the Cursed Cat Demon jumped up and pounced towards Liang Yue. The eyes behind the mask looked like they were about to tear Liang Yue into pieces.

Liang Yue raised her head to look at the jumping Cursed Cat Demon. She cursed in her heart and then raised her sword.

The pink sword ripples continuously rotated. The Anzhou Cat Demon let out an unpleasant cry as it was sucked onto the sword ripples. Its body continuously moved about chaotically.

"Clang!" The white mask fell on the stones on the ground. It bounced gently and fell on the grass.

"Bang …" With a groan, his purple pupils lost their light. The Cursed Cat Demon lay on the ground.

"Mission accomplished!" Experience gained: 15,000

"Congratulations on leveling up LV16, 10000/80000"

"… …"

"… …"