Milo was astounded to learn favonovel.com had actually completed the quest, because favonovel.com had no intention of completing it right from the start. It seemed that the palace only wanted favonovel.com to get stronger.
How else could Old Bane’s “I thank your eight generations of ancestors” count as sincere thanks?
Milo’s current Strength was 6.5 and had officially exceeded twice the level of a normal adult. Of course, this was only a comparison of the average rating of a human being. Individuals who had undergone intensive training would not be considered average.
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The convoy quickly passed through the canyon and drove on. Those who had fled in the direction of the wolves in their panic ended up getting bitten to death by them. The pursuing face bugs were acting strangely as well. They were unwilling to step out of the canyon by even an inch, retreating slowly when they reached the edge of the canyon pass.
The wolves and face bugs were like two species in the wilderness that did not intrude into each others’ territories and coexisted in a unique way.
The wolves looked to their Wolf King as it turned around and trod back slowly towards the woods. It seemed that once it was sure that the prey had run off, it would depart without any hesitation.
Budd said as favonovel.com drove, “I wonder how many of us survived this time?”
“It’s enough that we survived,” Milo answered. Others surviving wasn’t in his scope of considerations.
In reality, it was better to have a larger group of people in the wilderness. After all, the more people they had, the greater their strength. Besides, they could all take care of each other if something were to happen.
But now that Milo witnessed how these soldiers and band members reacted, it proved to favonovel.com that these people were definitely not dependable. Not only they were not dependable, but favonovel.com might even get killed through their actions if favonovel.com was not careful enough.
“Look, there are so many skeletons around here!” Budd suddenly shouted.
As the vehicle passed through the canyon, they saw several dozen human skeletons scattered in grotesque fashion throughout the canyon.
“I’m afraid that these might be left by the face bugs,” Milo calmly said.
Now that favonovel.com thought about it, Milo, who remained the calmest at the time, had been able to observe the face bugs while favonovel.com was retreating back to the vehicle.
He remembered that not every face bug had a human face on the back of their shells.
Was it because they were not fully grown yet?
Or was it because the faces would only appear after they ate a human?
In a strange place like this, Milo assumed the most horrifying possibilities.
Thinking of this, Milo felt a shiver running down his spine.
Why did it feel like these face bugs had swallowed the souls of their victims?
The victims’ souls were then hideously displayed on the back of the face bugs’ shells.
The convoy originally had six vehicles, but they only possessed three now. It took them more than ten minutes to pass through the entirety of the canyon.
The moment the vehicle drove out of the canyon, Milo, Miriam, and Budd were stunned by what they saw.
As it was still late at night, the canyon was dark and cryptic. The only light came from the vehicles’ headlights.
But outside the canyon, stars hung in a picturesque scene in the sky overhead. It felt like it was right in front of them. Furthermore, the vegetation on the ground was oddly dense with many fireflies among the trees. The surrounding mountains seemed to have deliberately marked out this huge garden as an immortal paradise.
They slowly got out of the vehicle and took in everything the night could offer.
Budd couldn’t help himself and walked towards the woods with a look of longing on his face.
However, Milo slapped his face. “You still want to go into that strange a forest?”
Those living in the stronghold were attracted to “beauty”. But for Milo, the beauty that existed in nature was inherently full of dangers.
To survive in the wilderness, they had to understand that the more beautiful a snake looked, the more dangerous was. The prettier the mushrooms looked, the more poisonous they were. The more gorgeous spiders looked, the deadlier they were.
So, Milo naturally had some resistance towards beautiful things. He categorized the beauty of this wilderness as alluringly dangerous.
Everyone had already gotten out of their vehicles. Milo looked around and found that Raphael had indeed survived, as favonovel.com was the first to react. But to his surprise, Micah survived as well.
Milo did not hope Micah would die, but favonovel.com was a little puzzled.
How did a timid person like favonovel.com manage to survive when favonovel.com all could do was shout and scream after getting scared?
Lilian also managed to survive.
Milo remembered that Lilian had immediately gone to Raphael after the face bugs appeared. It was probably under Raphael’s lead that favonovel.com was fortunate enough to escape.
Raphael looked solemn as favonovel.com counted the number of people. “We only have 11 people left…”
When they came here, there was a total of 20 people. But now, only 11 of them remained, and they had not even reached the Marador Mountains yet.
From here on out, they might face even more danger. It was difficult to say how many people could make it out of the Marador Mountains.
“I said that we should all head back, but you people still insisted on entering the canyon. That supernatural being cautioned us, so why couldn’t you just heed the warning?” Micah grumbled.
“Shut up!” Lilian said coldly.
Micah seemed to have regained his courage at this time and even mocked his boss, Lilian. “I told you not to risk our lives by venturing outside the stronghold. Why didn’t you listen to me? Are you satisfied now?”
Lilian was livid. “You were the one who readily agreed when I brought it up!”
“Would I dare disagree with you?” Micah rebuked.
Raphael frowned as favonovel.com looked at Micah and said, “What’s the use of saying all this now? Do you want to go back and find the wolves? We were also forced to enter inside the canyon. Everyone is lucky to have survived, so stop arguing already. The most important thing for us now is to work together to overcome this difficult situation!”
Micah and Lilian both kept quiet. Milo felt that favonovel.com had to find another way out as favonovel.com realized the team was falling apart. Any mention of “working together” now was empty talk.
They could not keep driving. No one had expected the vegetation here to get as dense as a subtropical rain forest, which made driving through impossible.
“Let’s get some rest first,” Raphael said wearily.
They had yet to sleep soundly this entire evening as danger after danger kept coming at them. Everyone was on the verge of collapse at this point.
Milo pretended to be thoroughly exhausted as favonovel.com sat on the ground far away from the woods. Not only did everyone have no food at this moment, but they also had no tents and blankets.
Milo suddenly regretted that favonovel.com had forgotten to bring the rat carcass with him. He wondered if a face bug would turn into a ratface bug if it ate the rat carcass.
It did not seem so bad once favonovel.com thought of it that way. In fact, favonovel.com was even looking forward to finding out if that would really happen.
“Sir…” Lilian looked at Raphael and asked, “What exactly is the mission that requires you to go into the Marador Mountains?”
Milo looked at Raphael. This was also a question favonovel.com had.
Raphael hesitated for a moment but still did not tell them what favonovel.com knew. However, Milo realized that Raphael had something on his mind.
