Chapter 375: Abby's Advancement
Three days had passed since the previous incident.
By this time, Minos and Abby were near the center of the Flooded Valley.
After that attack, the two had encountered two other groups of criminals throughout this forest. Still, neither team was stronger than the last. Due to this, they were quickly exterminated by Minos!
Finally, the young Stuart had collected all of their items and accumulated a fair amount of resources for the Black Plain. He still hadn't stopped to count his winnings, but he was sure that he would have good earnings when he finished this matter.
And as to why he wanted to destroy the local bandit group, well, that was because of two factors.
First, he had found out from that previous individual that there was a criminal camp in the middle of the Flooded Valley.
Because of that, as Minos and Abby already had to pass through this place, it wouldn't make much difference for their trip to stop and fight these thugs. Furthermore, they were training during this trip, so there was nothing better than destroying these enemies!The initial posting of this chapter occurred via Ñøv€l-B!n.
Of course, if the bandit camp weren't in their way of travel, then Minos wouldn't bother to do such a thing. He had his priorities, and naturally, he wasn't going to change his schedule just because of these people.
Second, Minos was doing this for the gains he could make. Obtain Blue-grade techniques would not be difficult, but it would be pretty expensive. That, of course, is related to the fact that large organizations and noble families monopolize these techniques.
As a result, Minos had no reason not to collect these items, especially since these bandits had already attacked them. Furthermore, now he and Abby were aware of the camp in the Flooded Valley!
His town's public library already had many combat-focused techniques, but that was still only a fraction of the number of great noble families. So, Minos wanted more!
With more techniques of different types, characteristics, etc., citizens with varying fighting styles could emerge. And maybe such a thing would make some of these people better understand their innate abilities, making them even better!
On the other hand, these 5th stage cultivators always had various spiritual artifacts and pills, things that would be useful to place in the Mercenary Guild or the army's Rewards' Hall.
Items produced by specialists in spiritual professions generally had good durability. As a result, even second-hand items would still be valuable to many people, especially in the impoverished north of the Central Continent.
Anyway, from what Minos had discovered of that bandit, there were about 50 of them in a camp in the central region of this forest.
The strongest was someone at level 47, and the rest were between levels 43 and 46.
In that place, there were also many captives working for them, while several prisoners were kept incarcerated. And naturally, some people were worth more than others. Consequently, they would have different destinies.
At that moment, when Abby's body seemed a little tense, a cracking sound resounded from the depths of her being.
Finally, she woke up from her cultivation session and felt her spiritual energy reach the beginning of level 43!
"Congratulations, Abby!" Minos said this as he approached her, smiling.
"Hmm, thanks."
"Mmm~"
After that, the two kissed for a few seconds, while the blue-haired girl felt energized and happy for her progress. She had already gathered spiritual energy to reach this level even before she started to cultivate the Silver-grade technique provided by Minos.
But even so, with that fact and the struggles she had been having with him, Abby had still managed to reach that level a few days in advance.
And that made her happy, mainly because she wouldn't be much below Minos' level in the short time!
Other than that, in the past few days, she had also fought some of the thugs Minos had faced.
Naturally, she only did this after the young Stuart had eliminated the most severe threats. Then she could kill her opponents one by one, with her partner ready to protect her...
That was a safe way to fight and usually provided by the bodyguards of young nobles like Abby.
The bodyguard would take care that the young nobleman's life would not be at risk while these individuals could have real fights!
And to release the frustration of her losses to Minos, Abby was finding their arrangement very satisfying. This girl had acquired great contempt and disgust for people who enslave others after the events in that nightclub in Hadria, where the Black Market was located in the Cromwell Kingdom.
Because of that, Abby naturally didn't feel bad about killing these criminals, at the same time that she released her frustrations...
"We shouldn't be too far from the bandit camp. Let's go." Minos commented after separating his lips from Abby's and looking at the horizon.
"Hmm."
And as they prepared to leave that place, some beasts began to appear in the vicinity, circling that tree that Minos and Abby were.
There were dozens of them, and each looked like snakes with colored scales and a pair of wings near their heads. The weaker of them just crawled through the wet terrain of that place, while a few, the stronger ones, flew in the skies.
"Feathered Serpents!" Minos and Abby said in shock simultaneously as they gazed at the group of beasts surrounding them.