Wanderer Camp

Suddenly, three heads popped out of a pit not far away...

They threw off the camouflage covering them and quickly ran towards the direction of the boulder.

The female wood Elf Ranger ran ahead with her long legs, carrying a bow on her back, and moved as nimbly as a deer...

She leaped lightly onto the boulder, completely ignoring the Dark Creatures gathering from all around.

The Half-Elf ranger, who was lagging behind, frequently fired magic arrows imbued with Ice Elemental, killing the Dark Creatures that kept gathering.

The markings on the female Wood Elf's face startled Roy, but when Roy noticed her clear eyes, the female wood Elf Ranger gave Roy a bright smile:

"Do you need help? Are you Priest at the Goddess of Freedom Temple?"

Roy lay limply on the boulder, looking at the Wood Elf ranger before him, and asked in confusion, "Who are you...?"

The Wood Elf ranger smiled smugly again, "We are a group of Demon Hunter in the Dark Land. We usually wander around the Dark Land, hunting down demonic mists, and occasionally we hunt down these more dangerous Dark Scythe."

Seeing Roy's bewildered expression, the Wood Elf Ranger explained:

"The Dark Scythe is the one you just used to kill that Dark Creatures. Oh! Did any elf ever tell you that you speak Elven Language very well..."

Roy smiled shyly and explained, "Actually, I'm a Half-Elf, and I've lived in the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom since I was a child!"

"You actually dare to travel alone in this land, you've got some nerve!"

The Wood Elf ranger praised Roy.

"..."

This left Roy speechless. Was lying here the price of his audacity? The Wood Elf ranger reached out, took Roy's limp hand, and shook it, introducing herself. "My name is Evele, it's a pleasure to meet you!"

"My name is Roy!"

Roy said with some difficulty.

Although Roy did not admit that he was a Priest, Evele believed so.

She assumed Roy was a Priest who had fallen from the Expeditionary Force, but she didn't want to pry into such a shameful matter. So she grinned and said, "No need to explain, we understand. Actually, there are Priest in the Wanderer Camp around here too."

At this moment, the two companions had cleared away the nearby Dark Creatures and climbed onto the boulder, standing behind Evele and looking down at Roy lying on the boulder.

Evele extended a friendly invitation to Roy: "Would you like to come back to camp with us?"

In this situation, Roy had no choice at all and could only nod gratefully.

The red sky over the dark land quickly turned completely black...

The surrounding Dark Creatures became incredibly active, and the Half-Elf, still holding his longbow, continuously fired Ice Elemental magic arrows, killing Dark Creatures that approached.

The human warrior crouched down, looked at Roy's face, and asked in surprise:

"Humans?"

The Wood Elf ranger Evele replied from the side, "He said he was a Half-Elf!"

"Oh!"

The human warrior bent over, his hands gripping Roy's armpits, intending to help him up from the boulder.

"I'll carry him on my back!"

The human warrior said to Evele.

Evele stood up, jumped off the boulder first, and led the way...

The human warrior carried Roy on his back and followed Evele's steps as they jumped off the boulder.

The Half-Elf ranger lagged behind, responsible for covering the rear.

The human warrior kept an eye on Evele, the wood Elf Ranger was walking ahead, while also keeping an eye on the unusually active Dark Creatures around them.

His shoulders were broad, Roy, lying on his broad back, didn't feel much of a bump when running...

This was the first time Roy had walked in the wilderness of the Dark Land after dark. Dark Creatures roamed around him, and they wrapped Roy in a tattered cloth, completely concealing Roy presence.

After walking for a while, Roy had no idea where they were going; it seemed they were getting further and further away from the Darkness Gate Expeditionary Force Camp.

However, they seem to have a unique way of finding their way in the dark.

Roy narrowly missed colliding with the Dark Creatures hurtling through the air several times.

There's no way around it, these Dark Creatures are just too active.

And those Dark Creatures are everywhere...

"Have you gotten separated from your companions?" the human warrior asked Roy in Imperial Language.

Roy couldn't understand his Imperial Language, so he could only speak in Elven Language:

"What are you saying? I don't understand Imperial Language."

The human warrior could only switch to Elven Language and ask, "Where are your companions? Have you gotten separated from them?"

"Um, actually, I'm the only one who came out hunting this time!" Roy said honestly.

The human warrior paused slightly, then said to Roy in a deep voice:

Even if you are truly alone, don't tell others casually. The best answer is to say that your companion will be back soon.

He then chuckled and said to Roy, "This is a world where the strong prey on the weak. This world follows the survival rules of beasts. Only the strong can live. Among the Demon Hunter who survive here, very few have not had blood on their hands!"

Roy asked in confusion:

"Then why did you save me? Shouldn't you have waited for me to die before taking all my wealth, or just killed me and stole my belongings? Wouldn't that have been more in line with the survival rules of this world?"

"Our companion is injured and needs your help, after all, you are Priest! That's why we plan to take you back to the Wanderer Camp ..."

After the human warrior finished speaking, he paused for a moment before introducing himself to Roy: "By the way, my name is Stand, Half-Elf ranger behind me is called Luo Lai Paji."

"..."

Roy's gaze was somewhat dazed. The other party had so bluntly stated their intentions, and he was genuinely worried: if he arrived at the Wanderer Camp, healed their companions, and then was killed by them, that would be too tragic.

To be honest, this Wanderer Camp was quite far from the Darkness Gate Expeditionary Force Camp. This three-man Demon Hunter team carried Roy for a full half day in the dark wilderness before finally arriving at a dimly lit, dilapidated camp.

A campfire was burning in the center of the camp.

In this Dark Land devoid of vegetation, Roy couldn't guess what was burning in the campfire, its embers flickering coldly...

The camp was so dilapidated that it looked like a garbage dump in a wasteland. No one knew what methods the Wanderer Camp had used, but those Dark Creatures that were unusually active at night had stopped moving around in this area.

There are some guests in the Wanderer Camp...

The human Stand carried Roy into the camp and led him to the campfire. Then he took out three soul crystals from his pocket and threw them into the fire.

Stand said to Roy, "You shouldn't be short of this, right? The rule here is that for every night you stay, you have to throw a soul crystal into the fire."

Roy struggled to pull a soul crystal from his Magic Pouch and casually tossed it into the campfire.

This area was once a major battlefield.

The Expeditionary Force of the Goddess of Freedom Temple slew a Dark Lord here, so until a new Dark Lord appears, the aura emanating from here will cause many Dark Creatures to automatically stay away.

So this place quickly developed into a camp for homeless people.

The camp is home to many Demon Hunter who enter the Dark Land to train, hunt, and seek thrills.

Some of the guests were simply mercenaries who had secretly withdrawn from the Expeditionary Force. Unable to return to the Elf Continent through the Darkness Gate, they could only drift through life in the Wanderer Camp.

There's a small trading market and a place to exchange potions in this camp, but there's also an unwritten rule that if you want to stay overnight, you have to throw a Soul Crystal into the campfire.

The Demon Hunter sat around a campfire, seemingly warming themselves, but what emanated from their bodies was a faint aura of darkness.

The Demon Hunter warming themselves by the fire were all Dwarf Warrior. They seemed to be together, but they also seemed to know Stand. When they saw Stand carrying a human back, they all craned their necks to look behind Stand.

"Stand, where did you find him?" a Dwarf Warrior asked in a deep, booming voice.

"To the northwest, there's a Priest who deserted his post," Stand chuckled in response.

"You guys are really good to that guy Raine, you're even helping him look for Priest everywhere!" the Dwarf Warrior shouted at the top of his lungs, as if afraid no one would hear him.

"That guy Raine is the shield warrior of our squad. If he's gone, it'll be my turn to step up. So this time, we have to wake him up no matter what!" The human warrior laughed after saying that.

The human warrior Stand placed Roy outside a tent, let Roy lean against a tent pole, and gave him a cup of water, which he then poured down his throat...

After drinking a glass of water, Roy felt much better about his dry throat.

Having heard that the Stand Demon Hunter Squad had brought back a young Priest from the wild, many guests in the camp came over, glanced at Roy, and then hurriedly left.

After seeing Roy's face, everyone left expressionlessly.

"Are all the people here this enthusiastic? Do they all come over to greet newcomers as soon as they arrive at the camp?" Roy leaned against the tent and asked the newcomer, Stand, with great curiosity.

"Hehe!"

The human warrior Stand couldn't help but burst into laughter twice, laughing so hard he was almost speechless.

Evele, the Wood Elf who came out of the tent, gave Roy a deep look before explaining, "They came to see Roy not just to say hello. Their purpose in coming here is to confirm whether you are an enemy they had a feud with in the wild."

"If they really are their enemies, they will take advantage of your weakness and kill you all at once..."

At this moment, the Half-Elf ranger Luo Lai Paji, who was following behind, added a comment.

He completely silenced Roy.