In the Wild The familiar voice of the chip in my mind is still ringing.
Hearing the voice, Athir subconsciously looked at the crystal in his hand.
The black crystals looked crystal clear, emitting a deep and mysterious light under Athir's gaze.
A weak heat flow slowly spread from his hands to all parts of his body. Under the inspection of the chip, Athir's physical fitness was still improving, although it was very slow, but this time it did not stop, and it seemed that it could last for a long time.
"The unknown energy will be exhausted in three days!"
As if sensing Athir's doubt, the voice of the chip in his mind rang again.
Athir put away the black crystal core in his hand, then stood up and looked behind him with some fatigue.
There, three natives of this world were looking at Athir with excitement. The heat in their eyes could be easily seen even though Athir could not communicate with them.
Athir was not interested in paying attention to them. After a great battle, he just felt exhausted all over. He walked to a corner and sat down, ready to have a good rest.
Seeing this situation, the three men dared to step forward and looked at the corpse on the ground cautiously.
It is now the middle of the night and the light is not very good. What they could see while hiding in the corner was actually very limited. Only then did they walk forward "curiously" to see the true appearance of the corpse.
However, in addition to curiosity about this strangeness, they still held a trace of fear in their hearts, so they walked very slowly, and from time to time they looked towards Athir, for fear that the corpse on the ground would suddenly crawl up.
It was only when they walked a few meters away from the body that they realized something was wrong.
The originally pale body of the woman has now been reduced to a bare skeleton. All the flesh on the body has disappeared, as if it had been annihilated by some force.
"This is weird..."
The middle-aged man in the lead barely managed to keep a calm expression as he stood there and said, "When this corpse was alive, it was actually just an ordinary person. If it hadn't turned into something weird, it wouldn't be surprising to see it like this now."
After saying this, he couldn't help but turn around and look at Athir who was sitting in a corner.
This was the first time he saw the scene after a strange death, and it was also a shock to his previous cognition.
Before today, he had never heard of anyone being able to fight against weirdness, let alone witness the end of weirdness with his own eyes.
Since the world changed drastically, countless people have died, creating a strange reputation. Not to mention direct confrontation, even just surviving a strange incident is enough to make the survivors gain great fame.
Warriors like Athir had never been heard of in the memories of these three people. To them, it was as if they had jumped out of another world.
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The next day, after dawn, the group walked out of the room and out of the building.
At the entrance of the building, a pile of mummies lay quietly on the ground, without any change.
Athir looked into the distance. At the place where the insect beast was yesterday, there was only black fluid and debris on the ground. Most of its body was gone, probably killed by other beasts.
He looked further away and saw a relatively fresh corpse in the distance. Now all that was left was a pile of broken flesh and bones, and long-dried red blood.
Looking at this scene, he couldn't help but shake his head, and he had a deeper understanding of the situation in this world.
Behind him, three people also walked out of the building. When they saw the corpse with only a few bones left in the distance, they turned pale.
Last night, if Athir had not come to their aid, their fate would probably have been the same, torn to pieces by all kinds of horrible beasts in the wild, without any chance of survival.
Athir stood there quietly, and a middle-aged man walked up behind him.
After what happened last night, they had become somewhat familiar with Athir. So they mustered up the courage to come forward and gestured to Athir, hoping that he would leave with them.
Despite the language barrier, Athir still understood what the other party meant and nodded.
The three people on the opposite side were immediately overjoyed.
There are many dangers from the city to the nearby settlements. It will undoubtedly be much safer with Athir.
They picked up some things nearby, especially the remains of the insect beast. Even after being eaten by wild beasts, there were still many materials that could be used. They were all carefully collected and prepared to be taken away.
Watching their actions, Atier stood there and thought for a while, then went up to cut off several claws of the insect beast and carefully collected them.
These insect claws are extremely hard and sharp, not much inferior to materials like black steel, so for Athir they are still worth collecting.
"Eri, it's time for us to go." Looking at the spot, the young man shouted at the middle-aged man in front of him.
The middle-aged man named Erri nodded, looked at Athir who was standing still in front of him, walked forward respectfully, gestured, and then left with his men.
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No one knows what has happened in this world. Whether in the city or in the wild, it is filled with all kinds of dangerous creatures.
They walked carefully in the city, and although they encountered some dangers, they carefully avoided them.
But when you get out into the wild, the situation is different.
Dangerous beasts in the wild are almost everywhere. After walking only a few miles, Athir saw several insect beasts wandering in the wild.
So, three days later.
On a plain, Athir walked slowly forward with the black sword at his waist drawn.
His face was calm, but his eyes were cold, and he looked quietly ahead.
There, a two-meter-tall insect-beast with sharp horns on both ends was roaring, and black body fluids were slowly flowing onto the ground.
There is a human face on their backs, and sticky liquid is constantly flowing on their bodies, which looks a bit scary and disgusting.
This was an insect and beast nest encountered in the wild, which happened to be blocking their path. In order to avoid trouble, Atier took action personally.
He walked forward quickly, his extremely fast speed creating a gust of wind. In the blink of an eye, he crossed a distance of seven or eight meters, rushed in front of the two insect beasts, and slashed forward with his sword.
A black sword light flashed, and the heads of the two insect beasts were chopped off almost at the same time. Black body fluids splashed everywhere and directly spilled on the ground.
With the vitality of the insect beasts, this was not enough to kill them quickly, so Atier stepped forward and struck a few more swords, which made them stop moving.
"The main body is affected by an unknown force, and its physical fitness begins to improve." At the moment when the two insect beasts were completely motionless, the mechanical voice sounded in his mind again.
A familiar warm current quickly flows through the body and disappears just as quickly, so short that it is almost unnoticeable.
There was a cheer coming from behind, far larger than the size of three people.
Not far away, Erri, with seven or eight people, looked at Athir and the corpses of the two insect beasts with excitement.
"Although this is not the first time I've seen it, every time I see it I can't help but sigh, what an amazing knight this is."
Next to Erri, a middle-aged man in armor was looking at the scenery in the distance, his eyes filled with fire.
This was a person that Athir and his companions met on the road. It was said that he was a real knight and had once held a title before the world changed drastically. After being rescued by Athir on the way, he followed them.
Apart from this person, the same was basically true for everyone else. Either they were rescued on the road, or they took the initiative to join in seeking asylum after witnessing Athir's terrifying fighting power.
These people were either knights or descendants of nobility, and the three commoners including Erri did not dare to refuse their joining.
Although the world has changed dramatically and several once huge kingdoms have collapsed in an instant, it does not mean that the royal family and the nobility have died out.
Because they had an army, although those nobles were in a miserable situation at this time and a large amount of their territory was occupied by various monsters in the wild, they were still able to maintain the security of some of their territories.
The aristocratic order has not completely collapsed. Everyone in this world, including the three of Eri, lives in the aristocratic territories and naturally has awe for these people.
In fact, as the number of people increases, the danger in the wild will also increase a lot. Therefore, apart from these people, those with low status are basically abandoned.
(End of this chapter)