Stone Pillar Eagle Nest

After entering the Thousand Mountains Stone Forest.

What Linsey and Red sensed first was not the dangerous Devil Beast, nor the danger brought by the rugged terrain, nor the vigilance against the unknown territory.

They felt very comfortable.

The Thousand Mountains Stone Forest features jagged rocks and a dramatic elevation change.

This makes climbing extremely difficult, but it also means that the temperature range is very wide.

They had only advanced for a little over half a day.

Linsey and Red have already found a suitable altitude.

Having instantly escaped the pervasive dampness of the Great Forest, traveling here was indeed 'easy' for two awakened individuals with sufficient stamina.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it has a bit of a picnic vibe.

"Linsey, I hate forests."

"Whether it's the basin before or the stone forest now, it's more comfortable to stay in than the hot and humid forest!"

Hong readily gave her evaluation.

The two were currently halfway between two stone pillars.

She smashed a moss-covered rock and sat on the cliff face, closing her eyes and letting the wind blow from afar slap her face.

"This place looks pretty good to me. Shall we stay here tonight?"

"That works too." Linsey had no objection.

His gaze swept past Hong's long, black hair, which was flying wildly everywhere. Looking up at the sky, he saw that the sun's rays were already beginning to disappear behind the horizon.

"The two of us can easily trek through these mountains and rivers."

"But when night falls, it's best to find a campsite to rest."

Linsey and Red were standing on a drop of about 100 meters.

During the day, with a wide field of vision and agile movements, the two are unlikely to encounter any problems.

But at night...

Despite having equipment and potions to enhance eyesight.

But it's best not to take risks that you can avoid.

As he spoke, Linsey took out Meteorite Pickaxe from his bag, struck the stone pillar beside him twice, and dug a hole in it.

Swoosh—

Red went straight in, only sticking her head out.

Closing my eyes felt like falling asleep right there, or like a worm crawling out of a rock.

Linsey couldn't help but ask, "Is it really that comfortable?"

Hong didn't even want to open her eyes:

"Next time we run into the forest, you'll know without using those strange things."

Linsey neither confirmed nor denied this.

Seeing that Hong was no longer willing to move, he continued to swing his Meteorite Pickaxe, widening the cave in the stone pillar to prepare dinner for the two of them.

At night, the sky outside is filled with the long cry of eagles.

After the day's battle, the Black Eagle clan also sent people to conduct reconnaissance.

Although their eyesight was excellent, they were unable to see through the stone pillars and discover Linsey and his companion hiding inside.

Instead, it was the direction in which Black Eagle appeared and left.

Linsey, hiding in the stone pillar, saw everything and thus confirmed that the route was correct.

He opened the map and zoomed in to the maximum range of reconnaissance.

Finally, on a huge stone pillar, they saw a large number of Red Dot, exactly the same as the information given by Black Eagle.

"I didn't lie at all."

"At this rate, we should be able to get there by tomorrow and then we can completely resolve this trouble... But since these Devil Beast obey the rule of the strong, perhaps we can do something else after we win?"

Linsey for a moment, then yawned.

He took out some materials to seal the entrance to the cave, and then dug a few small holes for ventilation. Soon after, he also quietly fell asleep in the cave.

The next morning.

As dawn broke, the sun had not yet even appeared in the sky.

Linsey broke through the stone wall, and she and Red set off again.

As they approached the Black Eagle clan's lair, they slowed their pace to avoid detection.

even so.

That afternoon, the two successfully reached the huge stone pillar.

"Linsey, what do we do?" Red turned to look at Linsey. "Should we just go for it and charge in quickly?"

Linsey's thinking is very clear:

"Our most important target is the Black Eagle King."

"This is the only Fifth Stage Devil Beast in the flock. Once we take care of this leader, the other Black Eagle can be easily killed and dispersed."

The situation in the Thousand Mountains Stone Forest is that of a feudal state in which various ethnic groups lived together and occupied the land.

Once the leader is successfully eliminated, the other individuals will most likely scatter like birds and beasts. Even if any remain, they will be suppressed and killed by Devil Beast from other places.

Even if the Black Eagle has a flight advantage.

Without the leader who was the only one to have seen Dragon Beast, they were no longer a threat.

Linsey then took out the Hawk Eye Potion she had made yesterday, drank it down in one gulp, and handed some to Red as well.

"Here, drink this."

"The effect lasts for about three minutes, so remember to keep your field of vision open."

After the drug was administered, Linsey's pupils contracted instantly.

Although the enhancement time of the Hawk Eye Potion is short, its effects are extremely exaggerated.

Looking into the distance, he could now see the details of the soil and rocks at the top of the stone pillar; looking closer, he could even see the floating trails of dust particles in the air! This sudden improvement in vision even brought a brief feeling of dizziness.

Red, who was standing next to Linsey, trusted her completely. She took the Hawk Eye Potion, put it in her pocket, and drank the first bottle without hesitation.

Then she shook her head, just like Linsey.

Linsey's confirmed situation:

"Red, have you gotten used to it?"

"No problem!"

"Let's go!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the two figures moved and rapidly ascended the stone pillar in the next second.

The nest chosen by the Black Eagle clan was originally a dangerous place that was difficult for ordinary animals to climb.

But Linsey and Red are quite different.

Using climbing axes and crampons crafted from Survival Module, the two were able to climb even completely vertical cliffs, their physical strength as Awakened beings propelling them upwards almost continuously! "Screech—"

Before long, the two had reached four-fifths of the way up the stone pillar.

The Black Eagle above had no idea that anyone would come to attack them, so much so that the first Black Eagle to spot the two people couldn't even believe what it was seeing below.

Whoosh! The arrow shot out instantly.

The Black Eagle, which only had time to utter a cry of alarm, plummeted from the cliff edge and crashed to the ground, becoming a limp corpse.

Linsey and Red sped up again.

In the blink of an eye, the two arrived at the top of the stone pillar and found that the top was uneven, with the Black Eagle mostly nesting at the edges.

Only at the top center of the stone pillar, a large number of dead tree branches form a pouch-shaped nest.

The Black Eagle King, which I saw from afar yesterday, is now resting inside.

"Humans!" Realizing Linsey and Red were approaching, the eagle king was also enraged. "I don't want to fight you, but how dare you offend me like this!"

The Black Eagle King issued a threatening statement.

Then it will flap its wings and take off from the nest.

However, before its huge, black wings could even unfold, Red had already thrown off its climbing axe, leaped high into the air, and in an instant crossed the dead branches of the nest, arriving directly above its body.

Sa—

The Black Eagle King saw a javelin.

Its sharp tip gleamed with a poisonous emerald green, and an aura of death enveloped it.