Chapter Fifteen: Malice

  After dinner, a hundred steps walk, live to ninety-nine. Whether this statement is right or wrong, at least it's not something everyone can do, for example, Stillberg has gone back to sleep, Sasseur is still lying on the grass, only Mo Xinko is walking around, cultivating swordsmanship has given him a good body.

  Suddenly, Sasori muttered: "Mōshuku, what you just said... how did you catch the back-haired lizard?"

  "What's wrong with something snatched from the beaks of two human-faced eagles?"

  "Damn it!" Sasori leapt up in terror and shouted: "Sannin! Sannin!!"

  Before the words had fallen, Xian Ni'er rushed out of the forest and shouted: "Shut up! Don't make a sound!"

  Mo Xink and Sasu were both taken aback. They had just commented on Xian Ni Er, thinking that she was an inexperienced hunter, otherwise she wouldn't have decided to let Sasu lead the way in front. But now, Xian Ni Er's aura was shocking, her eyes gleaming with a cold light, and no matter how they looked at her, she didn't seem like a rookie who had just started training.

  Just then, a sharp cry came from the sky, Han Jin looked up and saw through the gaps in the leaves that there were more than a dozen black dots circling in the air.

  "The Man-Faced Eagle has come back for revenge!" Xian Ni'er whispered: "Into the tree hole, quickly!"

  "The Human-Faced Eagle" made Han Jin's blood boil with excitement, he still remembered Sasou's words, the Human-Faced Eagle was a fifth-tier magical beast, this meant that they might obtain better magic crystals and better food. If not for Xian Ni'er's second half of the sentence, due to his craving for energy, Han Jin would have raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, let's go! Take them down..."

  The untimely fantasy ended in an instant, and the next moment, Han Jin and others hid in the tree hole. Although he had no specific concept of the attack power of the fifth-order magic beast, he knew how tense Mo Xinkuo and others were. The magic crystal would be there, and energy would also be there... Now the top priority is to protect himself.

  This thicket of trees was located on the edge of the Tarasha mountain range, with no particularly tall ancient trees. The hollows they chose to hide in were also small, and the five people had to squeeze together. Stierlitz was the most unfortunate, being sandwiched between Sauer and Müller, his face less than three inches from Müller's buttocks.

  What a fiery and seductive body! This was Han Jin's feeling, of course, he didn't have the guts to say it out loud. Xian Ni'er was tightly pressed against him, both of them could feel each other's heat, but Xian Ni'er's eyes were calm, while Han Jin's eyes were a bit unfocused.

  As the saying goes, warmth is a thought, he had just eaten half of a large lizard's back hair, which was quite full. In the small tree hole with a woman squeezed together, it was also quite hot. To say that there was no psychological activity at all would not conform to the normal male mentality. Although Xian Ni Er's appearance was very ugly, her seductive body curves made up for some of the shortcomings, and Xian Ni Er's breath was like orchids, her body emitting a faint fragrance, which could add points. Moreover, visual effects are not the most important thing, you can choose not to look, but breathing cannot be turned off.

  "Have those human owls found us?" Sasori said in a very low voice.

  "It shouldn't be." Xenia also replied in a very low voice: "The eyesight of the human-faced eagle is not that good."

  "Xian Ni Er, did you see those human-faced eagles too? How many were there in total?"

  "There were about fifty or sixty of them."

  "What?!?" Sasuke exclaimed, he had just been lying on the grass and happened to see those flying human eagles, but the leaves were too dense and he couldn't see the exact number.

  "This is strange, we are still on the outskirts of the Monster Forest, how can there be so many Harpies all of a sudden?" Mu Xin asked with furrowed brows.

  "Mo Xinke, have you done something wrong?" Han Jin asked in a low voice.

  "Me? No."

  "You just stole a lizard, and they all come out to get revenge? It's not that serious, is it?" Han Jin paused for a moment: "I guess you not only stole their stuff but also molested them!"

  "Get out!" Mo Xinkai shouted in anger.

  The tense atmosphere in the tree hole was swept away, and Sasuke barely held back his laughter: "Moshika, this is really not their fault, you're just too much."

  Moxinke stared at Sasou, his body moved slightly, and Sasou involuntarily let out a muffled hum. They were too close together, Moxinke deliberately squeezed him, making him feel like he was going to suffocate.

  Xian Ni'er's eyes flashed with a hint of a smile, and then she said in a low voice: "Don't be reckless, the human-faced eagle is still up there."

  Mo Xinkē finally calmed down, and everyone quietly waited. After a while, the eagle's cry grew fainter and farther away. Xian Ni'er quietly crawled out of the tree hole, observed for a moment, let out a long sigh, and beckoned to indicate that everyone could come out now.

  "Lesson learned! A painful lesson indeed... Mo Xinkē, next time you do something bad, make sure to silence the witness, got it?" Sasō said with a sigh after regaining his freedom.

  "You little scamp... I'll silence you right now!" Mozeko reached out to grab Sasori's arm, but just then, Shanniel suddenly raised her finger: "Listen!"

  Everyone held their breath and listened carefully, but they couldn't hear anything.

  "I can't hear anything." Mo Xinkai shook his head and said.

  "There's a commotion on the other side of the mountain." Xanier hesitated for a moment, and smiled wryly: "We can't recognize the appearance of demons, and demons can't recognize ours either. Someone must be having bad luck instead of us."

  Mo Xinkuo and Sa Suo looked at each other, they had to admit that although they were in different professions and had different experiences, they were both young, passionate, and had a conscience. Time hadn't yet left its mark on their hearts with the cold stamp of self-interest. This was something they had stirred up, but it ended up being borne by some other strangers, resulting in disastrous consequences that made them feel somewhat uneasy.

  "What to do?" Mo Xinkai looked at Han Jin, the reasons he came up with were not all fabricated, and what he had seen and heard during these days made him have a general understanding of Han Jin. So when he encountered a headache, his first reaction was to listen to Han Jin's opinion.

  "How strong is the combat power of a fifth-order demon beast?" Han Jin asked.

  Mo Xinke pointed at Sasou.

  "What?" Han Jin didn't understand.

  "I'm a Thaumaturge, 5th rank profession." Sasori smiled and said: "In principle, the combat power of a human-faced eagle should be about the same as mine..."

  Sassou noticed that Han Jin didn't understand the concept of magical beasts, so he explained it patiently. Magical beasts are roughly divided into ten ranks, and above those is the top rank, which is called the "Superior Rank". The strongest magical beasts have surpassed the standards for ranking, so they are called "Transcendent Beasts". Similarly, human professionals also have their own systems, such as the highest title for a magician being "Great Mage", and the highest title for a swordsman being "Sword Saint". Both of these titles possess the strength to rival that of Transcendent Beasts.

  The scene looked a bit strange, but in fact Sars's expression ability was not that bad. His narrative was just very wordy and sometimes even needed to be repeated, while Han Jin's understanding ability had always been excellent, and he could understand everything with just one listen. However, now he seemed to enjoy listening to nonsense, no matter how repetitive Sars was on a single point, he remained serious and never interrupted Sars' words.

  On the edge of the Tala Xia mountain range, these people who gathered together due to various coincidences, none of whom were fools, Mo Xinke lazily sat on the ground wiping his giant sword, while Xian Ni'er somehow ended up in the treetops, playing with a green leaf in her hand. They all couldn't be bothered to listen to Sasou's nonsense or watch Han Jin's performance.

  At first glance, it seems that no one has made a decision yet. In reality, they have already reached a consensus. First of all, Han Jin and Sasou are opposed to going to rescue people. At this time, explaining the mainland's occupational system is just a way to delay time. Moreover, Mo Xinkuo and Xian Ni'er did not reiterate whether or not to go for the rescue, obviously defaulting to Han Jin and Sasou's choice. The young people's skin is still a bit thin, at least they don't want to leave their companions with a selfish impression.

  Everyone seems to have forgotten about that matter, so Sasori didn't mention it again. Han Jin suddenly remembered something: "Moshenke, the human-faced eagles are so strong in battle, how dare you provoke them?"

  "I'm just snatching things, not fighting to the death with them." Mo Xinko said carelessly: "Besides, I launched a sneak attack. When I rushed over, one of the human-faced eagles was still in the hole of the back-haired lizard and hadn't come out yet, only revealing half of its butt... Hehe... I just went up..." Before he could finish speaking, Mo Xinko suddenly shut his mouth.

  "Oh..." Han Jin and Sasu Ou said in unison, their voices filled with deep meaning.

  "You two are a sorry pair! How filthy!" Mo Xinko exclaimed in anger and laughter.

  "Right, you should wipe it cleaner." Han Jin smiled and sat down beside Mo Xinkai.

  "Alright, let's get serious!" Mo Xinke secretly glanced at Xian Ni'er hiding in the treetops and said in a low voice, "Who is that female hunter?"

  "How did you suddenly become interested in her?"

  "In front of us, take out the space ring... Hehe, I thought she didn't know the evil of human hearts at all and was a little fool, but later..." Mo Xinkai said thoughtfully: "Raphael, your brain is better than mine, you tell me."

  "It's actually quite simple, she doesn't think we pose any threat to her." Han Jin smiled.

  "Chop! A treasure hunter!!" Mo Xinkai sneered.

  "Let's be honest with each other, I'm actually a swordsman too... and I'm the Sword Saint!" Han Jin said very seriously.

  "Have you gone mad? Are you daydreaming?" Mo Xinkai threw the giant sword in his hand to the ground: "Go, if you can run a thousand meters with my sword, I'll acknowledge you as the Sword Saint."

  Han Jin smiled and picked up the massive sword of Mo Xinkuo. With his current physical ability, running a thousand meters with this sword was absolutely no problem, but he couldn't actually go for a run, that would be idiotic. Han Jin shook the massive sword in his hand: "Don't you believe me?"

  "You run, as long as you can run a thousand meters, I'll believe it." Mo Xinkai said with a sly tone.

  "What I said you didn't believe, but she says she's a treasure hunter and you believed her?" Han Jin smiled.

  Mo Xinkai was stunned for a moment: "Didn't we rescue her from Hei Ya yesterday?"

  "I don't think so," Han Jin said slowly. "I guess... it's that her profession isn't good at dealing with group attacks, the black crow was already attacking her when we rushed out, but think about it carefully, was she injured? Her hair wasn't even messy!"

  "What's she doing with us..."

  "There's no need to think too much." Han Jin interrupted Mo Xinkai's words: "As long as she doesn't have malicious intentions towards us, that's enough."

  "How did you know she didn't have ill intentions towards us?"

  "What do we have?" Han Jin's face was filled with disdain: "Is she trying to snatch that broken sword of yours, or is she after my black crow's magic crystal? Or perhaps she can't get married and wants to snatch a husband back home?"

  "It's possible, it's very possible!" Mo Xinkai slapped his thigh: "Just by looking at her, you can tell she's definitely not going to get married, so..."

  "Please shut up! Even if she wants to steal a husband, with me and Sasou around, it's not your turn, you're safe."

  "Hmm... men like to look at women's faces, but it's different when women look at men." Mo Xinkai said with a tone of experience.

  Han Jin didn't know what to say anymore and fell silent.

  But Mo Xinke didn't want to let Han Jin go, he stretched out his tightly clenched fist: "Do you have this?"

  "Do you have this?" Mo Xinkai puffed out his chest muscles.

  "Do you have this?" Mo Xinkai pointed at his own thigh.

  Han Jin looked at the giant sword in his hand, he now wanted to smash it into Mo Xingke's head, this was the second time he had the idea of committing violence against Mo Xingke.