Volume 1 Chapter 103: Duskmere

  Whoosh!

  In the coachman's terrified gaze, a cyan wind blade cut in, about to slice into his skull.

  Wow!

  A streak of green light flew in at an angle and collided with the wind blade, exploding into fragments.

  The coachman narrowly escaped death, sat down on the shaft with a thud, and couldn't speak for half a day.

  Xiao Chen and the others had already stood up, only to see a young man of about twenty standing ten meters in front of the car, wearing a six-star law robe, with his eyebrows furrowed and a look of arrogance on his face. When he saw that his Wind Blade had been blocked by someone, his expression changed instantly.

  "Who's there? Come out!"

  "Who are you, striking people at will? You're still justified?" Xue Tong jumped off the car in a huff.

  When he saw Xue Cui, the young man's eyes lit up and he smiled: "It turns out you're just a little girl."

  "Oz, what are you doing?" Another man came over and saw in the distance ahead that a horse carriage had overturned by the side of the road with someone lying beside it.

  "Dalmond, brother, I've stopped a carriage." The Oz turned his head, his face taking on a slightly respectful tone.

  The young man who walked over was tall and majestic, with a gentle smile on his face. What surprised people the most was that there were seven bronze stars on the chest of his robe, this person turned out to be a high-level mage.

  At this time, Xiao Chen and others also got off the horse cart. The appearance of Jia Luo Xue and Xue Wei made the eyes of several young people opposite shine, especially the twins, which was extremely rare.

  "Hello, I'm Desmond." The tall and kind young man walked over, his eyes scanning across Sherry and the others with a suave demeanor.

  "Hmph, you think you can act recklessly just because you outnumber us? This carriage driver is just an ordinary person, and you were going to kill him just now." Xue Hui said coldly.

  Tall and majestic youth Dasmont's eyes flashed, turned his head towards Oz and said in a cold voice: "What's going on? Oz."

  "Who allowed him to insult me just now? He's a commoner and he dares to insult me." Oz argued.

  "Shut up." Dusmond scolded, then he walked to the pale-faced coachman and handed him a small bag. "Sorry, coachman, I apologize on behalf of my companion. He's also in a hurry, we have an injured companion. Here are 200 gold coins as compensation for your mental distress."

  Two hundred, the car driver took over the bag of gold coins, his face excited, didn't expect to have so much compensation, two hundred gold coins, is a large sum, he drove a year's worth of cars and may not be able to earn this amount of money.

  Suddenly, he burst out laughing: "Nothing's wrong, nothing's wrong, I was the one who was wrong just now, scolding people."

  As for this result, Xue Tong and others couldn't say anything about it. Others had already apologized and compensated, they couldn't just keep clinging to it.

  Daxi turned around and said to Xiao Chen and the others, "Actually, it was our hired carriage that suddenly overturned halfway. And my companion was also injured. We wanted to hail a carriage to hitch a ride, so we were in a hurry."

  Xue Hui originally disliked that guy named Oz, but seeing the person lying in the distance, it was hard to say no.

  Daxmunde continued: "We are students of Tianxing Academy, a few people, it seems that you should also be going to the Night-colored Forest."

  "So you're also students of Tianxing Academy." Xue Tong still didn't have a bad feeling about this gentle-looking Dusmon.

  "Are you too? That's great, help me out, my friend, I really can't walk the road anymore. I'm willing to give 500 gold coins per person, how about it?" Dusmond begged.

  "Master..." Xue Hui and the others looked at Xiao Chen.

  "You decide for yourselves." Xiao Chen's gaze swept over several men, saying lightly.

  The three women looked at each other and nodded towards Dassmund.

  "Alright, thank you, thanks a lot." Dusmon hastily said to Oz: "Let's go, we'll go lift Sami up."

  Before long, everyone got on the carriage. With three more people, the carriage seemed even more crowded. Xue Wei and Xue Cui were half leaning against Xiao Chen's arms, sitting on one side of the carriage, while the other side was occupied by the three new passengers, including a young man with bandages wrapped around his foot.

  Three people, occasionally speaking with Xiao Chen and the others, according to them, they had not come to the Nightglow Forest for training for the first time, especially Dasmond, who was a Seven Star Mage and also an inner court student of the Skystar Academy.

  Inner courtyard, this is a place where strong and talented people gather, it's a holy land in every student's heart.

  Galois and twins were both deeply respectful.

  They are already six-star mages now, and it seems that they are not far from the inner court. As long as they can advance one more star, however, no one guarantees that this step can be crossed before the age of 25. The threshold from intermediate to advanced is even more difficult than breaking through from one star to six stars.

  The inner court has an age limit of twenty-five years old. If you can't break through to the seventh star, the inner court won't accept you either.

  This Dusmon, seems to be very good at talking, and soon became quite familiar with the three girls, making them all start calling him "Dusmon big brother". After all, his seven-star strength was enough to earn respect. Moreover, this person was also very enthusiastic about sharing some of his previous experiences in the Night Forest, which was a great help for the three girls who were entering the Night Forest for the first time.

  The awkwardness originally caused by Oz slowly disappeared.

  "And this young brother, what should I call you?" Daxton looked at Xiao Chen who had been meditating with his eyes closed and not joining the conversation.

  Xiao Chen slightly opened his eyes and gazed at him for a moment without saying a word.

  Xiao Chen's coldness made Desmond's face slightly pale, and Oz's eyebrows were raised. Just as he was about to speak, he was pressed down by Desmond.

  "Our young master doesn't like to talk." Xue Wei explained.

  "Hehe, it's okay..." Daxton smiled indifferently, but in his heart, he was thinking of Xiao Chen's gaze when he slightly opened his eyes to look at him earlier. That gaze made him feel a little unnatural.

  Because of the many people, the horse carriage ran even slower. From early morning till the sky turned dark, they finally arrived at the edge of the Night-colored Forest.

  "We're here." Dusmond said with a smile.

  Twins Galo and Xue hastily looked out, at the end of the road, under the night sky, a dense forest appeared there, in the forest, there were some bright spots flying around, making the forest exude some beautiful and magnificent flavors, it was impossible to imagine that this was a place comparable to the Black Blood Swamp.

  "How beautiful!" The three girls all exclaimed.

  The horse carriage stopped at the edge of the forest, and a group of people got off. The three women were somewhat excited, having driven for a whole day, but they didn't feel tired at all.

  "That's a nocturnal firefly found only in these woods," Desmond explained, "it absorbs moonlight and uses it to illuminate its entire body."

  "It's late today, we can set up camp at the edge of the forest and rest for a night, then head into the forest tomorrow." Dusmon and others seemed to have no intention of leaving.

  To this proposal, everyone had no objection. On the edge of the forest, there were indeed many tents set up. It seemed that they were also adventurers and trial-takers who came to experience the "color" of the forest at night.

  They found a clearing and set up two tents for Xiao Chen's group, while Tasman's group also set up two tents not far away.

  As Xiao Chen and others settled down and ate dry rations, Dasmond and three others walked over.

  In their hands, they grasped a few thin-skinned small animals and walked over. Daxmon smiled and said: "You are indeed newcomers, still eating this kind of thing. If we were old-timers, when coming to the Night-colored Forest, we wouldn't even prepare dry rations. Because the Night-colored Forest is abundant with a type of long-tailed rabbit, its meat quality is extremely fresh and delicious, and roasted it's absolutely unparalleled."

  "Eating this is too cruel." Xue Wei Xuetu looked at the rabbit with its skin peeled off, feeling somewhat unbearable.

  "Hehe, wait till it's roasted, you won't be saying that then." Dusmon skillfully lit the fire and strung up the cleaned rabbit with a wooden stick. He took out some seasonings and expertly grilled them over the flames.

  As he continued to stir, add seasonings, and roast, the aroma wafted out in waves, golden-colored oil seeped out of the meat, extremely enticing.

  Ten minutes later, a rabbit was roasted, and Dusmon handed over the whole rabbit: "Have a taste."

  The roasted rabbit meat was golden in color, no longer bloody as before. The aroma of the cooked food was incomparable to dry rations. Snowy hesitated for a moment, then took the rabbit from him, tore off a small piece of meat and tasted it, her eyes widening brightly.

  "Delicious, young master, sister, Galo sister, you guys try some too."

  Xiao Chen tore off a piece of meat and put it in his mouth, the aroma was tender and crispy, just as Daxi said, but his eyes contained a faint cold smile.

  The crowd devoured the first rabbit in an instant, Desmond had already roasted a second one and handed it over.

  "It's too delicious, thank you Dasu!" After eating and drinking to their heart's content, everyone sat around chatting until midnight before dispersing.

  The next day.

  Xiao Chen and others who had rested for a night got up and prepared to go to the Night-colored Forest to find the Moon-colored Flower.

  Daxi and the others walked over, saying: "Galo Xue, Xue Wei Xue Rui, let's go together. We're going to the forest anyway, and we can take care of each other. You two are newbies with little experience, I can show you the way."

  After sharing a carriage ride yesterday and roasting rabbits last night, the three women have already regarded Dusmont and others as friends.

  "Master, Dasmond said he'd take us there, what do you think?" Xuetong asked.

  "You decide for yourselves." Xiao Chen remained noncommittal.

  "Alright." Xue Tong smiled and said: "Then, Dasu big brother, I'll trouble you to lead the way."

  "Alright, no problem." A glint of sharp light flashed in Dusmon's eyes, and he exchanged a look with Oz, Sami smiled and said: "Let's go."

  A group of people, led by Dasmond, walked into the forest.

  Samy's leg is still not fully recovered, but for a fighter, even with a broken leg, he can still exert his strength, so Samy is still following the team, just a bit slower.

  In the forest, Tasman's strength was the strongest and most experienced, becoming the leader of this temporarily formed small team.

  A group of people walked slowly, deeper and deeper into the dark forest.