"Hahahahaha!"
"Hahahahahahaha!"
"Hahahahahahaha, holy shit, hahahahaha!"
Two bursts of laughter, sounding like a pair of lunatics, echoed throughout the forest.
The soul beasts resting nearby, the soul masters training in the area, the villagers in villages more than five kilometers away... without exception, all of them heard those two bursts of laughter.
"Whoa, boss, what was that noise just now?"
A tall, muscular man with tattoos on both arms looked at the refined-looking man in black robes beside him and asked.
"You're asking me? Who the fuck am I supposed to ask?"
"Who knows? Maybe two dumbasses barged in here looking to get themselves killed."
The muscular man rubbed his chin with one hand and nodded slightly.
"Then, boss... do you think they're so happy... because they found some treasure?"
"Huh?"
"What did you say?"
"I said, boss, did they find some kind of treasure?"
The black-robed man froze, then whipped his head around to look at the muscular man, as though waking from a dream.
"Holy shit, that makes so much sense!
Even a dimwit like you has a day when he uses his brain. What a miracle."
The muscular man nodded too, a hint of regret in his eyes.
"Then they're really lucky... if only we could be that lucky too..."
Smack!
The black-robed man slapped the muscular man hard on the head.
The muscular man stared at him in utter bewilderment.
"Boss, why'd you hit me?"
"Lucky, my ass... are you stupid? They found treasure, and they're right nearby. Don't you want to take a look?"
"I do..."
"Then what are you standing around for? Idiot, after them!"
The two immediately rushed toward the laughter. Along the way, the black-robed man and the muscular man kept pushing aside branches blocking their path, hurrying onward. But after they