Chapter 42: Born at the wrong time
"Roarββββ! Hmm~Hmm?
(Human?) Is there a human you know here? οΌβ
Erlie, who had become like that again, roared, even though she knew who her current body was, but when she saw the appearance of this curiosity, she still couldn't help but retreat.
Although this mask is quite interesting, it looks disgusting.
"Uh, Leigh?
I don't understand. β
"Oh roar ~ roarββ! (Oh yes, Purple!) οΌβ
"Just finished, what's wrong?"
Holding four rune stones and a few wonderful rune papers, Purple also walked over, listening to the sound very happily, as if he had slaughtered a stroke.
"Hmm! (Translate it for me)"
"Okay, okay..."
The three youkai communicated for a while, and they figured out the purpose of the Tengu girl, but Yakumo Purple also felt strange, what is a human doing here?
After all, worrying about whether you will be eaten by monsters or brutally tortured to death every night is enough for you, plus the influence of some monsters' demonic power, you can wonder if this human is disguised if you can survive.
Isn't it better to see is believing, though?
So the three youkai ran to the place where the humans lived.
It's very remote.,Hidden in a strange ruin.,There are some monsters living here.,But the environment isn't very good.,So this place is a place for those weak monsters to rest.γ
"I don't know who is in charge here, so it's a mess. Look at good things, there are more thieves..."
Ri Luo Yuan Yan added as he glanced at the two of them, his brows twisted slightly.
Because these two people said that there was a thief, they directly put all the things they were wearing into the gap. When she put the Jing Yue Knife, Elle deliberately narrowed the gap a lot, so that it could return to her storage space.
ββ¦ I don't think this reminder will be of much use to you... Forget it, just follow me.
By the way, help me keep an eye on the surroundings. β
"Roarββ! (Howl!) οΌβ
"Leigh said yes."
Navigating around several of the larger ruins, Ellie could clearly feel that something was staring at her, but in a blink of an eye, that gaze moved to the wrap on the tengu girl's body.
ββ¦ Knife Splitting Blood Girl? β
"Famous youkai?"
"It's notorious to humans..."
A low whisper reached Ellie's ears.
"You're famous, Ellie..."
The tengu girl, who can control the wind, can naturally hear the rumors in the wind, so she follows the words of these monsters.
"Hmm~ (No way...) οΌβ
"Youkai that feed on humans are still devoured every day, and you can't be famous if you don't want to be famous."
Purple shook her head, observing and listening to the whispers of the surrounding youkai in the gap.
"Be careful..."
"The demon tengu who came here for a long time... Who's the one in the back? β¦β
ββ¦ New faces... Or what's not famous? β
"There is no news on this..."
"They seem to have some messaging network... Is it possible to exchange news here? β
Purple listened as she began to analyze the conversation she had just had
"My advice to you is not to come here."
The tengu girl shook her head and pointed to her ear.
"The news network here is very chaotic, although there are a lot of them, but they are also very mixed, and the authenticity is relatively poor.
If you need accurate information, we at Tengu can provide some.
Well, well, these are the second, here we are. β
She looked at the ruins to the side, which didn't stand out much compared to the surroundings. It's just that in that ruin, there is a hole that is not too big or small, just enough for a strong male human to pass through.
"Roar~ (Climb in?) οΌβ
"That's right. I'll go in first. β
Yan gathered his wings, then handed the package forward, and bent down inside, followed by Erli and Purple.
The hole slowly walked underground, and in a blink of an eye the rubble and other debris disappeared, and became a place of earth and rock.
After climbing for a while, just when Elle thought that this was not a demon rat cave, the small space finally expanded.
It seems to be a natural crypt, but the building that was forcibly built here at the beginning suppressed this place, and there are no torches or lights in it, but there is a faint blue light illuminating the items of the cave.
If you look closely, it seems that there are many relics of exorcists, but they have been cleaned and maintained.
"Hmm~ (Mushrooms?) οΌβ
The low-pressure roar penetrated the ground**, alarming many small animals.
"It's a strange blue mushroom... That's right, little miss.
It's also very strange when I found this place below. β
The sound of the beast was suppressed by a pleasant voice, and the ears of the three monsters moistened, and the young man with a wooden stick walked out.
ββ¦ Miss Tengu, long time no see. β
The young man looked up, and then fluoresced, and saw a pair of misty eyes, looking blankly.
"Hmm~ (Do you understand?) οΌβ
ββ¦ Of course. β
Answering Erlie's words, the young man walked up to the three demons. Purple looked at the young man, and although she couldn't see the face clearly, Erli felt obviously unkind.
The young man shook his head and turned the stick sideways with both hands.
"I can perceive all the falsehoods below, this young lady, and that little young lady.
But the price is the lower eyes, and the constitution that can't see the sun. β
He tilted his head, his blurred eyes looking at Erri and Yakumo.
ββ¦ But when you bow down to this gift, you can also feel the beauty.
So the two, can you go to the disguise?
Don't worry, there's only one human. β
"Flim-tongued humans..."
"Hmm~ (You can)... Hear that? β
Before Purple could react, she had already torn off her mask. And the young man's expression stretched a little as Ellie tore it off.
"If you feel falsehood, then you can perceive the truth under falsehood.
For example, the young lady who has not given up her disguise can feel the beautiful face under the disguise. But you, little miss, you won't be able to see your face the moment you take off your disguise.
However, the young lady is very dissatisfied with Zaixia, so let's introduce myself first. β
The young man looked at the violet's immovable body again and smiled, as if he had seen the face under the disguise.
"Under is the virtue of the Zhongchen clan, for some reason, the previous surname was abandoned.
Just call me De. β
"Were you banished because you resemble a youkai?"
Purple said as she removed her mask, the yellowed papyrus skin absorbed into the mask. The young man froze for a moment, then nodded helplessly.
"That's right...... It's a pity that it really has nothing to do with monsters.
How can the descendants of the god of Tian'er House and the god of Rao Su Sun be monsters? It can only be said that he showed his non-human skills, and then angered the head of the family below. β
"Okay, shopkeeper, can you talk about specific things later?
I'm looking for something with you, this knife doesn't feel right. β
The Tengu girl interrupted them, after all, she had come to inspect the knives. She placed the naginata in front of Tak, and the edge of the knife was so dense that with a little fiddling with it, Ellie could use it as a rough saw.
"Hmm...... This material...
Where did you get it from? β
Toku glanced at Naginata, frowned, and felt that something was wrong with this, but he didn't give the tengu girl a chance to answer, and said to himself.
"The youkai who made this knife was very careful, but...
This mind is not matched with this material..."
"How did he see it......"
Erlie watched a blind man talk about something he couldn't have seen, and suddenly felt a little confused.
This ability is also too bizarre...
Purple walked around the crypt and saw what she could find.
"Tsk... I'll just say those kappa won't cheat us yet...
That's the problem with these materials, those tengus are really... Find a material and make such a big deal. β
"What's that material?"
"I don't know where they got the pieces of iron and charcoal, what's wrong?"
"Show me."
The tengu girl opened the package, and there were all kinds of iron pieces inside, some rusty, some tattooed with runes, and it was obvious that the quality was very poor and uneven.
Erli, who has never seen how to strike iron, knows that when these things are fused into the material of a knife, there will definitely be problems. Naturally, De also knew this, but after carefully touching a few, he felt that something was wrong.
As for the charcoal, Elle didn't feel anything, and De weighed it a few times, then gently pinched it, and shook her head.
"Miss Tengu... The quality of these iron materials is too messy, and there are exorcists' rune forgings in them...... You give these things to the Forge Monsters. It's good not to let the forged knife be scrapped, and to fight with such a weapon ...
As for charcoal, the quality is average, and it seems that it is not handled well, and it is also very troublesome for forging knives.
Also, Miss over there, don't steal anything, you hide them in... You can feel it in some places. β
After hearing this, the Tengu Maiden and the Demon Maiden turned around at the same time and looked at the embarrassed Purple, who was holding a bell-shaped magic weapon in her hand and was about to stuff it into the gap.
ββ¦ I didn't make a sound... And he also suppressed my voice with the realm. β
As for you...
Seeing the stunned Purple put the bell back, Erli said silently in her heart.
Ri Luo Yuan turned his head and asked De with an inexplicable smile.
"Where can I get this material to solve?"
"Charcoal is okay, after all, it's just a matter of quantity...
But if you need iron, either find a specialized iron mine, or you can find processed pig iron, otherwise your weapons are still in the same problem. β
"Isn't there a forger in the youkai?"
Elle asked.
"Rarely, little miss.
Aren't you a youkai?
Most of the youkai you see rely on their own physical skills or demonic power to fight, and you don't see many youkai fighting with weapons like humans.
And even if they had, they themselves had some insight into forging, because to protect their weapons. This is one of their means of saving their lives, how can they easily tell others? β
I don't know how to forge it, but I don't need those for the Jingyue Knife...
Ellie thought.