The Devil Inside

She changed her gentle demeanor and said firmly and briefly, "No need."

Adrian was stunned.

He had intended to keep pestering her and push her on for a few more rounds to show how kind-hearted he was.

Leila's golden eyes, like those of a cold-blooded animal, wore away his courage.

He gathered his emotions and said, "Okay... I can lend you my horse. You guys might need it, right? Go and take my horse to Lady Leila."

"Yes."

The confidants untied the ropes and handed over the horses. With a prepared horse, the travel efficiency was greatly improved. There was nothing to refuse. Leila was reluctant but still said, "Thank you, Master Adrian, this is exactly what I need... I will give you the money later."

"It's my honor to be able to help you."

Adrian forced a smile, but in his heart -

A fury!

He realized it.

Just now, he was scared away by Leila's eyes, and fear grew in his heart, and he was momentarily confused.

The descendant of the Hawke family was actually... actually suppressed by just a look!

What a shame!

He looked at Han Solo with cold eyes, strode over and grabbed his arm.

"?"

Han Solo looked at the 1.9-meter-tall man in front of him and saw him slap three shining gold coins into his palm: "Adventurer, these three gold coins are enough to buy your life. I don't think you have ever seen so much money. Assist Lady Leila wholeheartedly. If she gets hurt, I will hold you responsible!"

what's up...

Han Solo broke free and threw the gold coins with all his might. One of the coins hit Adrian right on his brow, leaving a white mark.

The gold coins fell to the ground and there was dead silence.

Han Solo pointed at Adrian's nose and said angrily: "Watch how you talk to me, bastard."

Chapter 10#010 There is always a way out...right?

[Your rude counterattack surprised Leila. She didn't expect you to be so brave.]

[On the one hand, you did something she wanted to do but didn't want to do, and on the other hand, she was worried about what might happen to you next. In any case, your masculine appearance improved her favorability towards you.]

[The raid was successfully launched, and you gain 2 free points (from Rachel Darkwood's anxiety). ]

……

……

[Rachel was so happy that she went crazy. She saw Adrian's face turn red and he tried so hard to suppress his anger. She even forgot her impatience in an instant and just felt happy.]

【She suddenly realized that you have been performing well. 】

[Just the right amount of silence, just the right amount of care, restrained but with a sense of distance, yet warm. She thinks you are a good person.]

[The plunder is successfully launched, and you get 4 free points (from Leila Justin's jealousy, the star coefficient will double the reward). ]

……

……

[Free points: 29]

Han Solo looked at his panel, feeling refreshed.

It takes 55 points to upgrade the imprint, and now he has accumulated more than half of it. More importantly, he continues to deepen the good impression in Leila's heart, which is a double happiness.

Throwing the gold coin at Adrian's face was purely driven by instinct.

Han Solo loves to say NO to those who think they are right.

At that time, Adrian's confidants saw their master being humiliated and immediately surrounded him.

Adrian still knows the big picture.

He raised his hand to stop him, looked at Han Solo with murderous eyes, and said through gritted teeth: "You have guts."

Immediately, nothing happened.

He continued to escort Leila out of the stronghold on horseback, and watched her leave silently.

Rachel's inherent talent is "cavalry". With her ability to interfere, the horse team ran fast and steadily.

The riderless horses followed the team closely, changing horses every once in a while. Three hours later, at daybreak, Han Solo and the others arrived at the Mill Valley.

"how come……"

Leila looked at the scene in front of her with a serious look;

Rachel's hands holding the reins trembled slightly, and her knuckles turned white.

The road in the valley ahead has been washed away by mud and sand, and the rocks and loose soil stretch for who knows how many miles, with no end in sight.

There were huge trees that several people had to hug lying across the valley, with broken branches and leaves strewn all over the ground. The valley was in a mess, with even the corpses of monsters scattered around.

This road is no longer passable!

Leila asked, "What happened, a landslide?"

"I don't know..." Rachel shook her head. "It's not raining, and there are no reports of large monsters appearing. Perhaps the soil has changed due to the influence of magic. Nothing is strange in the dead zone."

no.

It's dynamite.

Adrian buried explosives in the mountain, which exploded and caused a large-scale landslide, destroying the road.

Leila was silent for a moment, then said, "Let's think about what to do first, Rachel. The landslide is very large, and our horses may not be able to pass through here."

Rachel pursed her lips tightly, and the expression on her cold and beautiful face was extremely serious.

She looked at the mess in front of her, gritted her teeth and said, "Let's abandon the horses and walk. The road conditions are too bad. The horses' legs will get stuck in the mud. Carrying them will only delay our progress."

"Walking?" Leila frowned. "We only have three days. Is that enough time?"

"There's no better way."

Rachel rolled off her horse, determined.

Han Solo finally spoke up: "Rachel, we can't abandon our horses. Three days is too short a time. Even if we travel day and night, we can't reach the core area on foot, let alone find the source of the dead zone."

Rachel was unmoved: "We abandoned the horses to pass through the landslide area. We may meet other adventurers along this route. Then, we can buy their horses. I have money on me."

"The adventurer has no horse!"

"...Mr. Han, why are you cursing?"

Leila frowned.

Han Solo continued, "You should know the price of a horse and the cost of raising a horse. What kind of people are adventurers? Three or five bottles, two punches, and my brother can also do military boxing; leave a card number, a token of appreciation, and fight more or less. Those gods who go hungry for three days and nine meals a day can kill them by raising a dog. Do you still expect them to have their own horses?"

Rachel thought Han Solo had a point.

But she insisted: "It doesn't have to be their own horse, they can rent a horse from a horse shop."

"No horse shop would rent a horse to an adventurer who intends to venture into the Dead Realm."

"..."

Rachel remained silent, her brows furrowed even deeper.

Han Solo added: "In fact, I know a way to bypass the landslide area."

Rachel's eyes lit up and she turned her head sharply: "Really?"

"I won't lie about this, but that place may be very dangerous now." Han Solo looked embarrassed, "There is a bee farm there, which cannot be avoided. The dead zone will infect all creatures in it, and the demonized bee swarm... I think it is very scary."

Animals infected by demons swell in size and become extremely bloodthirsty.

Leila's expression gradually grew serious as she imagined bees as big as fists swarming all over the hills.

Rachel was overjoyed and asked, "Is that road easy to walk on? How long does it take?"

"It's easy to walk, but it will take half a day longer."

"Han, please lead the way. If everything goes well, I am willing to pay you another 'Elzlia Gold Coin'!"

Elzliya gold coin, commonly known as the golden sheep coin.

The most valuable currency in circulation on the Zelmon continent, even recognized by the demons, one gold sheep coin is equal to more than 300 Zeslia silver coins.

This amount of money can support a female engraving scholar in Arendelle for three months.

"follow me."

Han Solo turned his horse around and returned the way he had come.

After a burst of rapid galloping, Han Solo suddenly discovered that he was very good at riding a horse.

If you think about it, this is normal.

After all, he is now very good at casting spells, and the Time Demon has given him many skills that should be unfamiliar to him.

Rachel followed silently, feeling uneasy. She heaved a sigh of relief when the horse team entered the dense forest beside the road and walked on a hidden animal trail in the lush green.

There is a play!

Seeing the greenery under her feet fade away, revealing the dark soil surface, which really looked like a "road", she couldn't help but ask: "Han, how do you know there is a road here?"

Han Solo turned around and said, "Before the outbreak of the dead zone, I came here with a few friends and ate honey in the bee farm."

This is a lie.

The reason he knew this was simply because he had been there in the game. When he was playing the game, he had explored this dead zone for a long time, and now it felt like returning home.

Rachel smiled and Leila was even more excited.

They looked at each other, with relief in their eyes.

Lyra rode her horse to catch up and said to Han Solo, "Han, do you believe in fate? Yesterday in the guild hall, I fell in love with you at first sight. I felt that you were very different from others! Oh - now that I think about it, this may be the guidance of fate. We are destined to meet! If it weren't for you, I really don't know what I would do!"

Rachel also said: "Thank God!"

Han Solo really wanted to say that one day when he becomes a powerful demon and comes back again, he hopes that Leila can still smile like she does now and believe in "destiny".

After thinking about it, forget it.

He heard a faint buzzing sound and said, "Don't be too happy too soon. The bee farm is just ahead."

Under the purple sky, an extremely simple wooden house appeared in front of the three people.

There is a large open space in front of the wooden house, on which dozens of square wooden boxes are placed in the shape of the Chinese character “回”.

There were bee demons dancing around the wooden box, each one was the size of a toad.

If you look closely, you can see that the bees' thumb-thick stingers are soaked with dark green viscous fluid. The dark green fluid drips onto the ground, emitting white smoke and corroding a deep hole as big as a head in the soil.

Leila looked solemn and asked, "Are those boxes beehives?"

Han Solo nodded: "Probably."

"Why are the beehives so big? They look more like coffins."

"...Don't say such unlucky words!"

Chapter 11 #011 Teamwork

As he got closer, Han Solo's heart began to surge.

He had seen the scene in the game before him, but it was a completely different scene when he was there in person. A thousand bees the size of toads flapped their wings at the same time, and the buzzing was so strong that it shook the earth.

The branches of the trees are swaying, not because of the wind, but because of the bees.

"We must clean up the swarm and eliminate it completely." Rachel spoke up. "If a person is pricked, he may be fine. But if our horse is pricked, it will definitely die."

Han Solo thought that if he was stabbed, he would most likely die.

But what Rachel said made sense, the horses in the team could not be injured.

Three days was too short, and the loss of the horses basically marked the end of the campaign.