The morning sun was bright and warm. But the people who came out of the carriage couldn't help but feel a cold chill running up their spines and sweeping over their bodies. It was like being swept by the cold winds of autumn. All around are vivid bloodstains, dirt and obvious traces of battle, as if a great war had happened here. And the creator of this ghastly image is now carrying a skinny monkey's body and discussing something with Caroline.
"You say this thing can be eaten, if you can eat it, make a full banquet of monkey brain is still good, this thing I have never eaten ..."
（I don't think so, remember? Their blood doesn't look normal, it's probably poisonous. It's better to give it up. Besides, you've chopped it up so badly, there's no way to eat it.)
"That's true, it's a shame ... yo, good morning everyone."
In the face of Jared's rather sparse greeting, all of them were frozen for a moment before slowly nodding their heads in response. However, their eyes were still fixed on the blood stains around them, and only after a long time did Tawana raise her guts to inquire, "Brother Jared, Sister Caroline, what happened ah ...?"
"Last night, a bunch of who-knows-what seemed to want to make a midnight snack out of us."
Jared said, casually tossing the one he was carrying to the side, throwing it behind a mound of dirt that looked as if it held something else.
"Originally I intended to take these guys as a courtesy for breakfast. But it seems to be a little bit not right, so I gave up ... Well, after a while, I also hope that Kelly you can help to burn these guys, in case it causes some kind of plague or something like that can be troublesome."
These guys?
The trio grew more and more puzzled, and their instinct was to look behind the mound, but Caroline stepped in front of them, shaking her head slightly.
(It won't help your appetites.)
This piqued the trio's curiosity, but since Caroline said so, Tawana and Kelly had no choice but to do so. Although she couldn't hear Caroline's voice, Serenity was a good judge of character, so she didn't ask any more questions and began to prepare the morning's meal. Steven and the guardian of the Tower of Pale kept a distance from them and did not join in. The girl who had wrapped herself in a white robe almost like the Pale Lord's mummy looked over her shoulder with curiosity. But Steven stopped her with just a look. The rest of the group didn't plan to ask, although they were currently traveling companions, the five factions of the Five Yew Towers had always been at war, and each tower held a different position. In terms of position, the Tower of Hierarchy and the Tower of Emerald Green have a better relationship, so Kylie was able to agree to travel with Serenity, but the relationship with the Tower of Pale Sky is very general, so she does not intend to deliberately close the distance between the two sides. On the other hand, Tawana's Tower of Darkness has always been a neutral system, not relying on any factions, and at the same time maintaining a good relationship with every faction, so no matter who accepts her, it's not a very difficult thing to do.
As Serenity chanted softly, an elf maiden made of water appeared at her side, and began to cook breakfast for Serenity. After all, the guardian's duty was to protect the magician in battle, not to be a servant in charge of cooking. So it's very normal for magicians to cook for themselves, and in fact, both Kylie and Tawana were gazing at the water sprite with envy at the moment. In fact, both Kylie and Tawana were looking at the water sprite with envy, because this kind of sprite is only possessed by those who have entered the realm of chanting, and it is a sign of true chanting magic. As for cooking, although it was a bit of a cheat, Serenity had the elf's help, so naturally it went very smoothly. And Tawana had no problems at all, thanks to her father's constant absence from the house and her independent habits. The only one who had a problem was ....
"Let me see, maybe I'll know what kind of animal it is."
Coming from a noble family and being spoiled since childhood, it was not unusual for a wizard to know nothing about cooking. So Kylie could only blush slightly in embarrassment, walk over to Jared and Caroline, and propose to them.
"Really?"
Jared and Caroline reacted to this in a way that they didn't really want her to see.
(Miss Kelly, it's better to wait until we're on our way. There's no hurry.) Besides, I don't think that's a sight to see before dinner.)
"It's not a problem, is it, and since you two can do it as if nothing has happened to you, I have no problem with it either. Don't underestimate the members of the Vito family, do you think I'm one of those weak women?"
Now that it was all said and done, there was nothing left for the two of them to say, so Jared shrugged his shoulders and led her over to the mound of dirt while he told Kelly a little bit about what had happened last night.
"Small bodies, long fingernails, swarms of humanoid creatures, and dark skin ... That must be the shadow monkeys."
It didn't take Kelly long to figure it out right away, and Jared wondered if she had an animal encyclopedia somewhere in her brain.
In Kylie's introduction, the two learned that shadow monkeys were not a kind of magical beast, but a kind of magic creature. Although there is only one word difference between the two, but the essence is very different. Wraiths are beasts that are born with a little bit of magic, and generally speaking, they will not attack each other except for those who are hungry or trespassing on their territory. Demons, however, are chaotic and will destroy or kill anything they see, and the Shadow Monkey is one of the most dangerous of them all. Not only do they have long, sharp nails and terrible venom in their teeth, but these small creatures work in packs, lying in the shadows and attacking their prey indiscriminately until they kill them. What's even more disgusting is that this behavior is sometimes not simply out of hunger or territorial protection, but more out of a sense of playfulness.
Anyway, there's no psychological barrier to killing a bunch of animals.
But when Kylie got a good look at what she was seeing, the fact that it didn't make her pass out from dizziness was the limit of the girl's patience.
The bodies of nearly a hundred shadow monkeys were piled up in the back of the mound, and each of their tiny bodies looked as if they had been mercilessly torn apart by the claws of a giant beast, revealing horrific and gruesome wounds, and blood mixed with brains and other bodily fluids to form a gooey mess everywhere, so it was no wonder that Caroline had said that it wouldn't help her appetite, and, in fact, Kylie had wondered if she'd be able to eat any more food for the rest of the day. In fact, Kelly was already wondering if she'd be able to eat anything else all day.
But I'm afraid the only lucky thing is that I didn't eat breakfast, otherwise I'd have thrown up by now.
Kylie could barely bear to chant her magic, and then summoned flames to burn these things to the ground, but when she came back to the group again, she was already blue in the face, but the pride of the nobility was still supporting her, which made this pampered young lady not to faint on the ground. Of course, it was impossible for her to eat her breakfast.
I can't believe it!
Kelly sat under a nearby tree, wrapping her arms around her knees as the cool breeze and air began to clear her slightly foggy mind. She sat there disgruntled, watching Jared and Caroline as they ate their breakfast. Not only were they not tired from the night's vigil, but they didn't even look disgusted. They had killed so many Shadow Monkeys, and it hadn't affected them at all? What's wrong with these two people's nerves?
After half grumbling, Kelly couldn't help but shift her gaze to Caroline. She was eating quietly, and even in the middle of nowhere, she was maintaining a good degree of decorum. From time to time, she turned her head slightly, as if exchanging words with Jared at her side, and then smiled. It made Kelly feel inexplicably sad.
I can't do what she does.
Even Kelly, herself, didn't understand why the thought had come to her.
After breakfast, the group resumed their journey. Jared and Kylie returned to the wagon to rest after a long night's watch, while Serenity drove the wagon - was she really a wizard?
"Those two are so affectionate."
Sitting in the car, looking at the two of them leaning on each other and falling into a deep sleep, Kelly herself didn't know why she suddenly came up with such a sentence.
"Well, because Brother Jared is very fond of Sister Caroline, I wonder when they're going to get married."
Tawana thought quite differently from Kylie, after all, she was still young and didn't know much about such things as love, but from little Tawana's point of view, she was of course very happy that her favorite brother and her favorite sister were getting married. So her behavior was quite pure. But when Kylie heard these words, a trace of anxiety surfaced deep inside her heart for no reason.
That's weird. What's wrong with me?
Kelly asked herself, but she couldn't get an answer.
Originally, when the Lord of Emerald Green sent her to join the investigation mission, Kylie could have refused the proposal on the grounds that she was injured and in poor health. But for some reason, she didn't. In Kylie's subconscious mind, it seemed that only under Jared's protection could she be considered absolutely safe. Otherwise, even in her heavily guarded home, Kylie felt quite fearful and uneasy, but up until now, she wasn't sure what the source of her impulse was.
However, as Kelly gazed at Jared and Caroline's hands subconsciously holding each other's in their sleep, a sudden flash of pain flashed through her heart.
For some reason, Kelly didn't like it.
Or rather, she already knows.