Chapter 27 Setting the Mountain on Fire

Author: Xianyu Jienan

Chapter 27 Setting the Mountain on Fire

"Is this where it is?"

Karim wore silver armor and came to Ximu Village with Yamu and his party.

Some time has passed, and Ximu Village today is very different from that of then.

In the past, Ximu Village was very poor, but some people could still be seen.

But it's different now.

In just a few months, the entire Ximu Village became deserted.

Except for some old people, young people are basically extinct.

The reason for this result was that, in addition to the resentful spirits deep in the jungle, Yamu also contributed a lot.

Even though there were witches in that dense forest, the previous exploration had indeed yielded results for many people.

Many people obtain gold coins through green stones and thus have a certain amount of wealth.

After the resentful spirits broke out in the dense forest, these people were the first to move out.

Ximu Village is the place where their ancestors have lived for generations, but this place is too poor. The people living here can only live with wild animals all day long.

Coupled with the threat of evil spirits, naturally not many people want to stay in this place.

To a certain extent, these old people left behind are still here for the bounty.

Afterwards, Amu still needed them, so he hired them with a sum of money and gave them a sum of money to buy their lives.

"Lord Amu."

An old man came forward. He was the former leader of Ximu Village.

He also stayed, now looking at Yamu: "Do you want to go in now?"

"Let's get started."

Yamu nodded: "Let your people clear the way."

"yes."

The old leader sighed, but then he seemed to let go of something and started to move forward with his people.

In the dense forest, old people stood in front of the team and walked resolutely towards the dense forest.

Not long after, a scream came.

"There it is!"

Thorson immediately ordered: "The first group comes forward."

"yes!"

Brown was wearing armor, followed by nine knight apprentices, and walked directly towards the direction where the screams came from.

After a while, the confrontation began.

When the battle was over, the old man who had entered before came out.

Compared to before, his face was extremely pale at this moment, and his whole person looked bloodless.

The most concerning thing is that his two hands seemed to have dried up, completely withered.

The knight's apprentice's timely charge saved his life, but the previous attack from the wraith still cost him a lot.

But no one will care about this.

To the knights, these old men who are familiar with the terrain are nothing more than chess pieces used to explore the path, helping them to find out where there are wraiths, thereby reducing their casualties.

For the old people, their lives had been bought out by Yamu in the past, and now they are making money every time they explore the road.

The old man with withered arms endured the pain and continued to move forward, letting out another scream.

This time, he was not as lucky as before. He was freed directly from the attack of the evil spirits. His whole body was sucked out of life and turned into a mummy.

Then the next old man came forward.

A full half day passed.

Unknowingly, the entire dense forest was pushed forward by less than half.

After killing twenty or thirty resentful spirits, Yamu and his party stopped.

"Why is there no movement yet?"

Yamu looked in a certain direction deep in the dense forest, with some doubts in his heart.

Compared to last time, their progress this time was very smooth.

So far, except for the old man who was used to explore the way, no one has died in battle.

Several seriously injured people had already exited and were outside the dense forest.

However, there was still no movement on the female corpse.

Yamu still remembers that the last time he came here, he had just killed a resentful spirit when the female corpse attacked him.

However, this time they had already reached this level, but still did not elicit any reaction from the other party.

What is going on?

Could it be possible that the other party saw that they were outnumbered and simply gave in and hid?

An ominous premonition arose in Yamu's heart.

Soon, the unknown premonition in his heart came true.

The team slowly advanced deep into the dense forest, retreated when it got dark, and waited until the next day to enter again, leaving no opportunity for the resentful spirits to fight back.

After repeating this for several days, almost all the resentful spirits in the entire dense forest were cleared away.

Even if there is some leftover, it won't cause any trouble.

However, even so, no one could find any trace of the female corpse.

"That thing is hiding."

In the hall, Thorson's face was solemn: "I sent a few hunters to search, but as soon as I left the team, there was an accident and everyone was sucked dry."

"That thing is hiding in this dense forest. It has been hiding from us and dare not come out."

"What now?"

"Is it possible that you have been spending time with her like this?"

The faces of several people present were a little ugly.

Knights' senses are very keen.

Deep in that dense forest, they all felt the feeling of peeping in the dark.

There was indeed something watching them secretly.

However, compared to the irrational resentful spirits, this thing was quite cunning. Seeing that it was unable to fight against them, it actually hid.

Given the scope of the dense forest, they couldn't find it at all.

But if the people are dispersed to search, it will be exactly what the other party wants.

They tried exploring hunters to go out to search, but those hunters who were familiar with the terrain were attacked immediately as soon as they went out.

The situation is about to come to a standstill.

"What to do now?"

After discussing for a while, Thorson focused his eyes on Yamu: "You already have an idea, right?"

"Maybe I have some ideas."

Yamu was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Since the other party is avoiding us, why can't we change our thinking."

"Don't go find her, find a way to get her to come out on her own initiative."

"How to do this?"

Everyone present was watching.

And the answer given by Yamu is also quite simple.

A few days later, the sleepy Ximu Village became lively again.

Workers and slaves drawn from other places are working hard.

Barrels of kerosene were delivered.

"Is this what you came up with?"

Thorson looked at the workers who were repairing fire breaks and making various ignition devices, and he couldn't help but have a strange expression on his face.
To be continued...