Text Game: It All Began when a Cat-eared Girl Took Me In-Chapter 960 - 473: The Bitter Meimo Kingdom, Dark Night Pope Ai Xue (4k)
Tirsiu Calendar, 3111, January 13.
A strange combination of adventurers entered a Hollow Flower on the edge of the Golden Kingdom and disappeared into the vast wilderness.
It was only after they had vanished that a large group of people and horses gradually arrived.
A man with half his face covered by a black cloth looked to one side and said ominously, "Did you say the young miss from Duke Moro’s family in Praying City came here?"
A gaunt man approached eagerly and said, "Yes, my lord, I obtained this information from villagers of a nearby small village. Some villagers saw them enter the village to buy food. Even though they had disguised their appearances, the red and gray hair was quite conspicuous. Afterwards, their route led them this way. Based on my judgment, they likely entered the Hollow Flower. They haven’t been gone long; if we hurry, we might still catch them."
This was like having two epic Lost Yuan Qi artifacts plus a bunch of resources, enough to elevate an ordinary Transcendent to the peak of Tier Four. Although advancing to Tier Five required individual potential, even if unnecessary, it could still be used to benefit one’s descendants.
Even if he couldn’t claim the bulk of the treasure, just earning his boss’s favor and getting a little reward would ensure a worry-free life for his latter years.
"Where does this Hollow Flower lead?" the half-faced man asked.
The gaunt man flipped through his map and said, "Reporting to my lord, according to the map, it should lead to the Dark Night Country."
The other side of the half-faced man’s face stiffened as he frowned and said, "The Dark Night Country, eh? That complicates things. It’s not a place we can just barge into. With our strength, we might just get abducted and exploited..."
Of the four existing countries on the Mang Continent, besides the Tianguang Empire, which has the ’Winged people’ as a humanoid race, the Dark Night Country hosts the most humanoid species.
Vampires, Demonic Clan, and humanity form three major powers within the Dark Night Country. While these powers compete against each other, they have also established the Church of The Dark Night, directly led by each reigning Lord of the Country and Dark Night Pope.
If people from other countries enter, while their lives might not be easily taken, they generally end up far from well-off.
From what the half-faced man understood, these people either had their wealth wrung dry by crafty humans like themselves, were captured by vampires to be imprisoned and bled daily in dungeons, or were drained of energy by entities like Meimo and other Demonic Clan humanoid creatures, and eventually sent back to their own countries with both money and dignity lost.
However, there were also many who intentionally went to the country to experience the ’sensual hospitality’ of the Meimo ladies.
Even if they might contract some strange illness, for those individuals, the price was considered worth it.
"Which city in the Dark Night Country specifically?" the half-faced man asked further.
The gaunt man whispered softly, "Er, according to the map, it seems like... the City of Desire, Del Kasa. The location of the Hollow Flower opposite is not far from the edge of that city, about one kilometer away."
The half-faced man hesitated for a long time before finally saying, "We better go back first and send a message to let the one from Praying City decide. We’ll just take the report reward."
If the report’s information is verified as credible, there’s a reward for that too.
It wasn’t that he was too cowardly.
The City of Desire—just the name of the city seemed extraordinary. With his slight build, if he went there and got targeted by any vampire or Meimo, whether he could even return alive to the Golden Kingdom was questionable.
Moreover, who knew if right on the other side of the Hollow Flower there might be old silver coins waiting in ambush, just waiting for travelers from other countries to fall into the trap.
"Whatever you think is best, boss."
While the gaunt man felt regretful, he glanced at the Hollow Flower once more before leaving.
On closer inspection, he suddenly noticed something was amiss.
The Hollow Flower, recorded since the remotest ages and purported to never wither, was showing signs of withering.
Its enormous petals were slowly petrifying, losing their vitality.
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The City of Desire, Del Kasa, was marked on the map with just a brief introduction of the city’s name, specifying it as a large city with a four-hundred-meter-tall Divine Tree.
It was about the same size as Winter City, where Luo Xi had once been in the Dream World.
At the moment, the sky hadn’t completely darkened yet.
Luo Xi and her three companions had traveled through the Hollow Flower and, without giving it much thought, entered the nearest city.
With Florecia’s thorough preparations, Luo Xi’s identity as a carrier of the Mutant Factor wasn’t detected, and she was allowed to enter the city without issue.
As soon as she had come in, Florecia excitedly exclaimed, "Let’s buy food, let’s find a restaurant! I can’t stand eating those sweet potatoes we got from the village every day anymore!"
They had barely managed to evade the larger towns by using a secluded Hollow Flower to leave the Golden Kingdom, and they urgently needed to properly resupply in a big city.
As for whether there were dangers in the city or not.
That was a joke.
Florecia declared that the high-tier scrolls she had stolen from home were still ample enough. If they couldn’t fight a high-tier Yuan Qi beast, couldn’t they handle a few petty thieves?
They had also disguised themselves, so even if the continent-wide warrant had reached here, the locals wouldn’t likely recognize their identities immediately.
