Ever since the Awakening Bloodline transformed into a tall, pitch-black Nightmare Beast, Carrot has made a qualitative leap in terms of physical strength and speed. It can now easily run more than 300 kilometers a day without showing a hint of fatigue.

It was Barrett's riding skills that now constrained their speed, and the brute still couldn't get used to the long rides.

Not only the appearance and physique, but also the eating habits of 'carrots' have also changed a lot. It has changed from a normal herbivore to an omnivore, preferring fresh meat with blood on it. The sharp teeth in its mouth are no less than any ferocious carnivore when it tore at its prey.

At this point, a day and two nights had passed since Barrett left the drow elf village. After riding for half a day, the barbarian was resting under a beech tree.

He bit a slightly sweet hairy grass in his mouth, and held a map of the surrounding area of the city-state of Muya in his hand. On the other side of the tree, Carrot, the nightmare beast, is devouring a ferocious rabbit the size of a calf.

That's the rabbit that Carrot hunted on its own.

At that time, the ferocious rabbit appeared in a miscanthus not far from the beech, it provocatively emerged from the grass, and then in front of Barrett and 'carrot', pulled a lump of stool full of round particles, and then twisted his buttocks, Shi Shiran was ready to turn back.

Barrett knew that ferocious animals were basically not afraid of people, but it was the first time he had seen such a personality as the one in front of him. Just as he was about to use the Resonant Tomahawk to give the daring rabbit an axe, the 'carrot' beside him suddenly disappeared from its place and entered the shadow plane.

After two heartbeats, Carrot burst out of front of the Furious Rabbit, stomped his hoof on the rabbit's spine, and then bit the dead rabbit back under the tree......

Barrett pointed to a human village on the map called Antoine's Wine Cellar, where his next mission would be. The barbarian didn't know the origin of the name of the village, but he knew that it wouldn't be long before he arrived.

There was a sound of bones being crushed, and Barrett looked sideways to see that the 'carrot' had swallowed the ferocious rabbit in a moment, leaving only a broken spine and a few ribs on the ground.

Even the rabbit's big head, which I don't know what it contained, was chewed raw by the nightmare beast 'Carrot', and the sound the brute heard at this time was made when it chewed the rabbit's head repeatedly.

Barrett got up and walked towards his mount. The smell of blood in the carrot's mouth was quite strong, and the sulfur smoke from the nose was really unpleasant.

The barbarian took two carrots from the spatial ring and handed them to the Nightmare Beast.

'Carrot' raised his head and stared at Barrett with burning eyes, its flaming hooves slashing twice on the ground, then leaned its head over, picked up the carrot from the brute's hand, and ate it in two bites.

Barrett gently stroked his mount's neck, and the next moment, he stepped on his feet and turned over on his horse, running to the next mission location.

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At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Barrett finally arrived at the location of his next mission, 'Antoine's Wine Cellar'.

Because the Nightmare Beast was always wrapped in thick smoke and flames, and the scene and movement were a little too large to lead it in a lively dwelling, Barrett patted Carrot's body to let it return to the shadow plane, and then walked towards the gate of the village alone.

"Hey, man, you've got a pretty good mount. A guard in chain armor and armed with a spear at the gate of the village said to Barret, "There aren't many adventurers who can ride a Nightmare Beast these days, and you're the third I've ever seen in my life." ”

"It's okay, it's just more convenient. Barrett responded, "At least you don't have to worry about the mount when you're on the risk." He looked at the guards' robes, plain gray-white with wavy stripes, but no family crest on them, indicating that there were probably no lords in this human village.

"Nightmare Beast isn't something anyone can ride, and besides, you're alone. The other guard, with a sword at his waist, looked the brute up and down and said, "You look like you're a great fellow." ”

Barrett shrugged, "A lot of people have said that, and I don't want to deny it. ”

"Quest or sale?" asked the Sword Guard.

"Tasks. Barrett replied simply, "It should have been posted by someone from your town, and the location is also here." ”

"I've posted a quest in the city-state of Muya before, but no one has picked it up for a long time. The spear-wielding guard next to him asked the barbarian, "Is it because the reward for the task I gave was too low? I gave out thirty gold coins at that time, which is all my savings that I have accumulated so hard over the years." ”

It's not low, I only gave seventy silver for my tiring and tiring cargo delivery task, and most of the tasks that may have the danger of casualties are only about 100 gold coins, "The level of remuneration is related to the difficulty of the task." Barrett explained, "What mission did you post in the first place?"

"I want you adventurers to help me find an elf wife. The spear-wielding guard said with a serious face, "I'm not kidding, seriously, I always dreamed of finding an elegant and noble elf to be my wife, this is my childhood dream!!"

Then you can continue to "dream". Barrett sneered in her heart. Missions, which are generally illegal or unreasonable, will not be released by the Adventurer's Guild, unless it is a joke mission like this that is completely impossible for anyone to take.

On the black market, the price of an elven slave is thirty gold coins followed by three or four zeros, and this kind of transaction is generally only available in the Holy Ara's Kingdom.

"Don't listen to this guy's. "The Sword Guard looks quite old. "You should be the first time you've come to us, you can ask us if you need to know anything, it will save you a lot of trouble. ”

At this time, there were not too many pedestrians coming and going in the village, and the two guards seemed to be a little bored, and it may be because of the nightmare beast that they pestered Barrett to ask questions like this, but they were indeed able to help the barbarians.

"Uh......" the brute mused, "do you know a man named 'Phil Pike', who is supposed to be an old man according to the mission. ”

"Oh!" the two guards snapped, "it turns out to be Old Phil's mission again." ”

"Again?" Barrett asked, frowning.

"Old Phil is a bit ...... You know, older people always have a little bit of a normal brain. The spear-wielding guard smacked his lips.

"He is over 90 years old and has no children of his own, only a nephew. The Longsword Guard continued, "Is the person who issued your mission for this mission named Steven Pike?" and after receiving Barrett's affirmative answer, he nodded again, "That's right, that's Old Phil's nephew." ”

"Old Phil used to be a little mentally unusual, but this year it's even worse. Sometimes he thinks that there are people around him who may want to harm him, and sometimes he thinks that some people are plotting to do something wrong. "He doesn't trust the people of our town, and always begs his nephew to find adventurers from outside to help him and protect him." If his nephew didn't agree, Phil Sr. went on a hunger strike. I've heard that the current king of the griffon kingdom would do the same, and to be honest, it works. But when I used it to my mother, it didn't work once. ”

"His nephew is a businessman, quite rich, and when he encounters such a helpless thing, he wants to spend money to buy a clean house. "When you see Old Phil, you just have to do a little perfunctory and stay at his house for two days, and then you can leave, and then the poor old man will stop for a while." Rest assured, his nephew will pay. Because before you, there have already been two waves of adventurers. ”

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