The Heavens: Cthulhu started from Hokage

After Clementine left the underground darkroom, an imperceptible black mist swept over the blood candle and followed closely behind.

It wasn't until he left the cemetery and was in the forest with mottled tree shadows that Hidan revealed his true form and showed an interesting smile.

Hidan heard every word of the conversation between Clementine and Khajiit that they thought was secret.

"Hehe, that girl named Clementine is so interesting. If I had the chance, I would really like to kill her, but it's a pity that the apostle won't let me."

"Judging from the conversation between Clementine and the black magic uncle, the alchemy kid is going to be in trouble, but -"

Hidan put his thumb up in his mouth, bit his nails lightly, and thought:

"They actually want Oslet's life. That guy Oslet looks like a simple person no matter how he looks at it. Would anyone like him have a grudge against him? It's really hard to understand. Forget it, I don't want to So many, go back and report to the apostle first."

Hidan's body turned and turned into a wisp of black mist again, floating towards the northeast of Yelandur.

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Outside the gate of Yelandur City, there is a suburb ten kilometers away from Kahn Village.

As a fortress city, Yelandur is surrounded by many beasts, monsters, and demihumans. Even the suburbs around the city walls are extremely dangerous, so much so that there are not many residential buildings in the suburbs.

As soon as you leave the city gate, you will see a large field of wild grass. Whenever the wind blows, the grass will be blown into the shape of waves.

The carriage, loaded with supplies and specially reinforced with steel, was parked on the dirt road outside the gate of Yelandur.

The dirt road continues to extend, leading directly to the nearest human gathering place to Yelandur, the village of Kahn.

Barreare's escort assembled here.

"Are the supplies ready? Mr. Barreare." Bai Yuan asked.

"Well, everything is ready."

Nfirea Bareare smiled shyly at Baiyuan:

"Please call me Nfirea from now on. Mr. Barreare's title is too unfamiliar."

"Well, Nfirea, you can also call me Baiyuan from now on." Baiyuan nodded.

He turned around and saw that all the adventurers in front were fully armed.

Oslet stood beside Bai Yuan, holding a sword with a sharp cold light in his hand, ready to protect him at any time in order to fulfill his original promise.

The four members of the Dark Sword waved and shouted cheerfully:

"Brother Auslet, Mr. Baiyuan, Momo and Nabe, let's get ready to go!"

"Wait a minute." Ainz Ooal Gown, whose pseudonym was Momo, said:

"I saw on the map that there are two routes from Yelandur to the northeast to the village of Kahn. Which one should we take?"

"Let's take this route." Peter Mock took out the map and placed it on the carriage seat, pointing to the path marked on the map.

On the map, the two routes to Karn Village are to go north and then go east along the forest, and the other is to go east first and then north.

From a safety perspective, the first route is much more dangerous than the second route. After all, walking along the forest will inevitably encounter monster attacks, so most travelers will choose the second route east across the plains.

The route chosen by the Black Sword at the beginning was the safer second route.

From a guard's perspective, their choice was not wrong.

However, Ainz Ooal Gown raised objections.

"By taking the forest line, while completing Nfirea's commission, we can hunt monsters and obtain materials in exchange for higher rewards. I think that taking the forest line will be more profitable."

Ainz Ooal Gown changed his name to Momo and became an adventurer in order to make a name for himself.

The best way to become famous is to defeat more powerful monsters in front of everyone, and take the second safe route, which is really not in line with Ainz Ooal Gown's original plan.

"But..." Peter Mock looked hesitant.

No one knows the dangers of the forest better than the adventurers of Yelandur.

At this time, Bai Yuan said:

"I agree with Momo's proposal."

"Hey, why?" Peter Mock looked at Bai Yuan.

Why.

The reason was naturally that Bai Yuan planned to take advantage of the situation when encountering monsters to test Oslet's strength and his identity under the gray robe.

Bai Yuan explained:

"If it's just you, the Black Swords, who want to escort Nfirea, it's best to choose a safe route when you don't have enough strength. But now that Momonabe and I have joined the escort team, its strength has been greatly improved. It’s perfectly fine to pursue higher compensation.”

"As a magic caster, I can use magic of level three or above. So, do you feel relieved?"

"Third-level magic means that Mr. Baiyuan, your strength is at least above Mithril." The worry in Peter Mock's eyes faded slightly.

"Nabe and I are no weaker than Baiyuan." Ainz Ooal said respectfully.

In this way, after confirming the strength of Shirabuchi and Anznabe, Peter Mock judged that the risk of this trip was greatly reduced, and agreed to take the route closer to the forest.

The further you go, the more luxuriant the surrounding trees become. You can see a large dark green forest in the distance. The trees grow unusually strong and tall, and the branches and leaves growing high up there block out the sunlight.

Looking from the outside in, the dense forest is pitch black and very mysterious. No one is sure whether a powerful monster will suddenly pop out of it.

"Everyone, if you go further inside, you will find the Duwu Forest. Monsters may appear here at any time. We must be on guard." Peter Mock said loudly.

"Mr. Bai Yuan, please don't stay too far away from me later. As a mage, you are not good at close combat. You need me to protect you."

Auslet pulled out his big sword and made a posture ready to strike at any time. He made a serious voice and asked Bai Yuan behind him to be careful not to stay away from him.

Bai Yuan smiled faintly.

"Mr. Auslet, I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation."

I don't know how long time has passed.

"There is movement!"

Lukrut, the guerrilla who was walking at the front, suddenly spoke in a nervous tone and raised his brown longbow and pointed it forward.

"finally come!"

Bai Yuan and Ainz Ooal Gown sighed in their hearts at the same time.

They had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

"The enemy is in the hidden forest!"

Lukrut warned, shooting an arrow with a clear parabola in the direction of the forest.

This arrow is not for killing the enemy, but for measuring distance.

But the monsters in the forest didn't think so. They just thought that the adventurers in front of them were a bunch of rookies who couldn't even shoot arrows accurately, so they appeared from the bushes without hesitation.

The vanguard of the monsters were a dozen or so child-sized goblins, wielding smaller maces and charging with strange cries.