Dorma City, the city's adventurer's guild branch head Eschenbach has had a headache recently, and the reason for the headache is from the Devil's Wrath Canyon in the west, although Ania killed Ottokaron in the Devil's Wrath Canyon last time, Ania also told Eschenbach about the existence of at least two Ottokarons in that canyon.

After that, Eschenbach had other adventurers go to investigate the situation, and the results were ......

"Still no news?" Eschenbach asked his assistant, "Have the adventurers who were commissioned to investigate the Devil's Fury Canyon still haven't returned?" ”

The assistant nodded and replied, "No...... And there have already been other adventurers who have taken this mission to go to the Devil's Wrath Canyon, and those new adventurers have not received any news now. ”

Eschenbach slapped the table when he heard this, and the wide palm collided with the table and bounced up the documents on the table, Eschenbach said angrily: "Why is someone still taking that task?!" Go get out of it! A few adventurers have already had accidents in such a dangerous mission, and now they are entrusting other adventurers to go there to die? ”

The assistant was taken aback by Eschenbach's slap, and she hugged the reports in her hand and said: "Because many people have heard that Otto Karon in the Ghost Wrath Canyon has been killed by Aniah, so when they saw that we released the task of investigating the Ghost Wrath Canyon, there were seven adventurer teams who took the task at the same time, and they just followed the order they decided, if the previous team of adventurers did not return within the specified time, the other team of adventurers would go to ......"

"Quickly inform the remaining adventurers, forbidding any adventurers to go near the Devil's Fury Canyon again, and ...... What about Joseph? Where did that old guy go to Joseph? "Now, although Eschenbach is unwilling, he really has to choose Joseph, who made Joseph the only steel-level adventurer in this guild? Although Joseph broke a leg, nothing should happen to him based on his experience, right?

So the assistant hurriedly ran out of the room to look for it, and easily found Joseph downstairs.

"Huh? Eschenbach looking for me? Joseph didn't know why Eschenbach was looking for him at this time, because he hadn't taken the task for a long time.

But since this branch minister is looking for himself, let's go and see what is going on, right?

So Joseph followed his assistant to Eschenbach's office, and as soon as Eschenbach saw Joseph come in, he said, "Joseph, I have a difficult task for you to complete here. ”

"Isn't it? What else can I do, this old bone with a broken leg? Joseph walked up to Eschenbach, picked up a piece of jerky that Eschenbach had placed on the table, nibbled on it, and said, "If it's not a crusade, that's fine, but if it's a crusade...... You know it's a bit of a struggle to fight a red-eyed koala in my current state. ”

Eschenbach waved his hand and smiled: "It's okay, didn't you go to crusade against some monsters, remember the Devil's Fury Canyon?" ”

"Remember, what's wrong? It's not going to be for me to look into it, is it? "Joseph has been investigating several times before, but in the end all of them have come to nothing, and now that Otto Karon is dead, it should be okay to investigate there, right?

"Do you remember what Ania said before? Naotokaron...... Actually, it's not dead yet. It should be said that there are other Otto Karons in the canyon. Didn't a team of adventurers take a mission and go to investigate some time ago? As a result, the team has not returned yet. ”

Joseph immediately understood what Eschenbach meant, and he nodded: "I know, I'll investigate." Then you tell the other adventurers not to go near that demon's wrath for this time, and I'll go pack my bags and leave today. ”

"Please......" Eschenbach didn't know what to say, so he could only bow deeply and say, "When you come back this time, you will retire, right?" ”

"Retired fart, I haven't gotten tired of living an adventurer's life." Joseph said as he swiped a piece of jerky from Eschenbach's table.

……

Two days later, Joseph finally arrived at the top of the Devil's Wrath Canyon, which was actually a very familiar place for him, after all, he had investigated this area many times, and there were even adventurers who had fought with Otto Karon here, so among the adventurers who could survive the battle with Ottokaron...... I am rare.

"Otto Karon in the plural...... Joseph only knew that Ania had said that there was more than one Otto Karon down here, but why had Joseph never found it before?

There are plurality of monsters like Otto Karon in this world...... Anyway, the bottom of this canyon shouldn't be very big, if there is a plural of Ottokaron, why have you never found it? And...... How does the plural Ottokaron allocate the limited resources beneath this canyon? In the past, it was not often that Ottokaron went up to the canyon in search of food, but it has become a little more frequent in recent times. But it was also because of the control of the Adventurers' Guild that fewer animals fell below this canyon, so Otto Karon had to come up to find food.

So now we can deduce a few possibilities, the first is that there are only about two Ottokarons in this canyon. If it were just two, the decaying corpses at the bottom of the canyon would be enough for them to eat. But this possibility was overturned by Joseph himself after he put on a gas mask, and the decomposing corpses below were once again investigated by Joseph, and these corpses were no longer edible.

Joseph had heard from the Dark Mages that Ottokaron had a keen sense of smell and was particularly picky about food. It does not eat excessively rotten food, and if a food is rotten more than it can handle, it will choose to abandon it and go to it to hunt fresh prey.

That's why not all of the corpses down there were eaten by Otto Karon.

Now the question arises, since the decomposing corpses below are actually not enough for Otto Karon to eat, why does Ottokaron not feel very frequent when he goes up to the top of the canyon? Was it Otto Karon who came up and wasn't actually noticed? Or is it not coming up very often?

With these questions in mind, Joseph walked back into the canyon. He was worried, what if suddenly an Otto Karon appeared out of nowhere? He had seen the strength of Naotokaron, and there was absolutely no way to defeat the other party in his current state. If you really meet Ottokaron, there is only one thing you can do, right? Run away.

"Speaking of which, it looks like the Devil's Fury Canyon has been formed for hundreds of years, right? There are so many corpses piled up over the years, and they have all been paved......" Joseph looked at the corpse at his feet, and suddenly seemed to sense that something was wrong...... Won't it be broken down?

Joseph had forgotten about this all along, why was the corpse in a state of rotting flesh, rather than completely decomposed? Under normal circumstances, it should have become a forest white bone in the past few hundred years, but there is still flesh and blood on the bones here......

Joseph's face was even more ugly, the body had not been completely decomposed, but simply remained in a state of decomposition......

The "click" almost scared Joseph's heart out, this old adventurer who has gone through hardships is actually very timid, mainly because no one can be bold in this situation, right?

Joseph looked back behind him, and the voice seemed to be coming from behind him not because of the presence of Ottokaron, but because of another human like himself.

The man was dressed like an adventurer, and he looked at Joseph in front of him for a moment, and then saw Joseph's prosthetic leg: "That leg...... Are you Mr. Joseph? ”

There was hardly anyone in Derma who did not know Joseph, and when he met Joseph here, he excitedly said, "Are you really Mr. Joseph!" ”

Joseph nodded and asked, "I am, who are you?" Why is it here? ”

Joseph couldn't recognize the adventurer because he was wearing a gas mask, and if he could see his face, he would have been slightly impressed even if he didn't know his name, right?

"I ...... My name is Arabu and I'm a Silver Adventurer...... Our team was the second team that came to investigate after receiving the task of investigating the Devil's Wrath Canyon, because the first team did not return within the specified time, so our team came here to investigate. But...... But we were attacked by Ottokaron......"

Joseph couldn't see the expression under his gas mask clearly, but judging from the weakness with which he spoke, he must have not eaten for a long time, right?

So Joseph opened his luggage, took out the dry food and the water bag, and said, "Eat something first, how long have you been under here?" ”

Arabu hurriedly took the water and food, temporarily removed the gas mask from his face, and devoured it, and after a short time he ate all the food in his hand.

Arabu, who put on his mask again, took a deep breath before replying, "Our team went down to this canyon the day before yesterday, and originally thought that Otokaron in the canyon had been killed by Aniah, so there was no danger here...... But less than half an hour after we came down to investigate, an Otto Karon suddenly appeared and attacked us...... I got separated from my teammates and wanted to go back up but didn't have a chance to leave because there was always Otto Karon wandering around there......"

Joseph asked, "Didn't you read the notes when you picked up the goods?" The guild has made it clear that there is a high probability that there are other Otto Karon instances below the canyon, why are you so careless? ”

Arabu was ashamed and said, "We ...... We thought it was just a reminder for the guild to tell us to be careful...... After all, Ottokaron had already been killed by Ania a long time ago, and we all watched Ania bring back Ottokaron's body. We didn't expect that a monster like Otto Karon really existed, and there was a second ......."

So that's what these young adventurers are......

Joseph sighed, and had to choose to send Arabu back to the top, after all, there was a lot of danger down there, if Arabu stayed below, Joseph had no confidence to be able to protect him, and Joseph couldn't even protect himself.

"You said there was Otto Karon wandering around at the entrance of the passage?" Joseph hadn't seen Ottokaron when he came down just now, and if Ottokaron was wandering down there, why didn't he kill himself the moment he came down? Does it have any purpose in putting itself down?

The two cautiously approached the road that led to the canyon, and there was no sign of Otto Karon in the vicinity.

"Looks like it couldn't hold you and left on its own, right?" Joseph pointed to the slope and said to Arabu, "Go over yourself, I will continue to investigate the situation in the canyon, and I will not send you up." ”

"Good...... Okay, thank you, Mr. Joseph. Arabu was relieved that he could finally leave this hellish place, and had been here for two days, not even sleeping properly. Now all he could think about was to go back to it, find a city or a village, and sleep well in it.

Watching Arab walk up the slope, Joseph waved back to him as he turned back and waved back, and although it took a little water and food, it was worth it as long as he could ensure that the adventurer returned safely. After all, this young man still has infinite possibilities in the future, who can guarantee that he will not be the next steel-level adventurer?

And just as Joseph and Arabu waved, the stone wall behind Arabu suddenly collapsed, and a dark red figure rushed out of the stone wall, and the strong teeth bit off Arabu's body in an instant, even the light armor could not play any role. Arabu didn't even know what had happened to him, only the smile on his face was introduced into Joseph's eyes after the gas mask had fallen off.

After killing Arabu, Ottokaron, who had emerged from the stone wall, ignored Joseph below and began to gnaw.

"Brute!" Joseph felt as if his brain was under the control of something, he didn't want to pull out two short knives and was about to rush up to fight the Otokara, but when Joseph's two short knives were just pulled out, Joseph also saw another figure coming out of the stone cave that was also Otokaraun, and Otokaraon in front of Joseph had two ......

If it's just one Ottokaron, Joseph might have managed to deal with it a little, but if it's two Ottokaron, how can he possibly beat it?

Steel-level adventurers are also people, and steel-level adventurers have no one's ability to change a war, no overwhelming magic, and no terrifying stepping into the air. He has always had only experience as an adventurer, and only the skill of using weapons. But these are also due to his age, and Joseph, an old man, has no way to deal with the two monsters in front of him.

The other one, Ottokaron, who came out, didn't seem to want to come up to fight Joseph, he just glanced at Joseph, and then walked over and gnawed on the lower half of Arabu's body.

Joseph's leg was shaking, and even with a prosthetic leg, Joseph could feel it trembling. It's fear, Joseph understands it. Even after countless battles, Joseph still felt fear.

He knew that he couldn't act rashly at this time, and if he was impulsive, he would end up in the same fate as Arabu......

Now that the two Ottokarons were eating Arabu's corpse, Joseph had no choice but to escape.

Gritting his teeth, Joseph's body began to retreat. Joseph, who was guarding the two monsters, chose to retreat.

……

In Dorma City, Eschenbach always felt uncomfortable inside, Joseph was getting older, and one leg was broken...... Is it really okay to let him investigate the dangerous Devil's Fury Canyon? Monsters like Ottokaron are simply not something that ordinary adventurers can defeat, if something happens to Joseph because of this investigation......

At this moment, there was a knock on Eschenbach's office door, and his assistant said outside: "Chief, someone wants to see you." ”

"Nope." Eschenbach covered his head and said, "I don't have time right now, I don't want to see anyone." ”

But even though he didn't see him, the door was opened. Eschenbach looked up and said, "Didn't I just say that I don't see anyone?" Come in......"

Eschenbach was stunned, he was still slightly impressed by the person in front of him at this time.

The man was wearing light white leather armor with a pale blue mane. But what made Eschenbach's eyes more concerned was the slender waist rod and the two short knives hanging from his waist.

"I've heard you've been struggling lately about the Devil's Fury Canyon, haven't I?" As soon as Eschenbach looked up, the delicate-looking girl in front of him snapped his fingers and said, "What about Joseph?" Shouldn't that guy normally sit downstairs? Why didn't you see him today? ”

He ...... He's gone to the Devil's Fury Canyon to investigate the situation......" Eschenbach replied to the man in front of him.

"Are you mistaken? That old guy has a broken leg, and you're still letting him go to such a dangerous place?! The girl slapped her hands on the table in front of her in a hurry and said, "When did he leave?!" ”

"Yesterday, he should still be on his way now, right?"

"Prepare me a horse, as well as food and water...... How many times have I told you, don't let him take on those dangerous tasks again, why don't you listen! I'll settle accounts with you when I come back! ”