The next day, after breakfast, Gray left the castle with the dry food and water and other tools he had prepared the day before.

Riding an ordinary horse at the horse farm, he headed straight for the Akaba Forest.

A little more than two hours later, he arrived at the edge of the Akaba Forest.

Finding a remote place to tie his horse to and carrying a leather-sewn backpack, he strode towards the red leaf forest.

Poof, poof, poof!

After all, it was a peripheral area, and all he would encounter was some ordinary beasts, and he did not hide his whereabouts at all, walking in the direction of the imperial ruins in his memory.

Naturally, he was attacked by wild beasts from time to time along the way, and in this regard, he had already cut the attacking beasts in half with just one sword slash.

Dodging the splatters of blood, he kept moving forward at a fast speed, slaying beasts that even a blood warrior of lower strength could reach, for him now, it was as easy as chopping melons and vegetables.

"Whew-"

A black bear lifted its feet off the ground and slapped its huge forepaws at Gray.

It was covered in black hair, taller than its peers, reaching three meters, and its open mouth had huge and sharp teeth, and a pungent fishy stench came from it.

Swish!

The moment its huge forefoot slapped at Gray, Gray stomped lightly on the ground, its speed suddenly increased, and then it staggered past the black bear.

The black bear's paw stopped in mid-air, as if he had forgotten to take a picture of it, and the hideous head also maintained the appearance of opening its mouth and roaring, but it never closed again.

Poof!

At its waist, a red line of blood appeared, blood rain spurted, and then the huge body suddenly broke into two pieces and fell to the ground heavily.

In front of it, where blood couldn't splatter, Gray stopped and looked back at its corpse.

"I'm afraid it's already comparable to the next blood warrior!"

Among human beings, even if they are not implanted with bloodlines, there are people who can improve their strength to the next level of blood warriors through hard tempering.

Among the beasts, it is obvious that this kind of alien existence will also appear, and this black bear is.

Shaking his head, Gray withdrew his gaze and continued on his way.

Don't say that the combat power is comparable to the lower blood warrior, even if the combat power is comparable to the middle blood warrior, there will be no difference under his sword, and it will only be killed with one sword.

After all, he is a blood warrior now, and he is not an ordinary blood warrior.

Going straight all the way, such a way of hurrying, the speed is naturally extremely fast, and soon, he has gone deep into the Red Leaf Forest, the area that is relatively inward.

It took less time than the last time I came with Viscount Fergus and Bernal.

After all, with him and Bernal at that time, Viscount Fergus couldn't show his speed, but this time, only he was already a fierce blood warrior, and his speed was naturally extremely fast.

Coming here, he was much more cautious.

The infrared perception ability obtained from the Shadow Snake was invoked by him to the sharpest degree.

Within a few tens of meters, all the animals hiding in the woods were clearly visible in his eyes.

Because he has the most powerful characteristics and abilities of the three blood beasts on his body, he is not afraid of ordinary fierce blood beasts, and only those fierce blood beasts that can be used to deduce the "special blood method" can make him fearful.

However, after all, he came this time to explore the relics of the empire, not to hunt blood beasts, so naturally he could not meet the best.

Of course, if he really encounters it, he doesn't mind fighting, just as it is an experience to increase his combat experience.

Rounding several places where there were traces of the blood beast's activity, he finally came to a canyon.

The canyon is several hundred meters wide, with flat mountain walls on both sides and dense forests in the middle.

This is also a place where there may be fierce blood beasts, no, it shouldn't be said that it is possible, it should be said that it is certain.

The last time he returned from this canyon with Viscount Fergus and Bernal, he heard the terrifying roar of a powerful blood beast in the canyon.

Moreover, the corpse of the shadow snake they killed was also dragged into this canyon.

By all indications, there is a blood beast in this canyon.

"It's been so long, I wonder if you've left?"

Without much hesitation, Gray stepped inside, this was the place to go, and whether he wanted to or not, he had to pass through it, unless he wanted to take a long detour.

And now he is no longer the original median blood warrior, but a fierce blood warrior with extraordinary strength.

If he really encountered, he didn't mind fighting, even if he was defeated, with the speed of the wind wolf, he would be able to escape.

And it also has the ability to shadow, which can lurk in the shadows, and the other party may not be able to detect him.

Most of the trees in the canyon are red-leaved trees, but there are others, among which Gray saw wild apple trees with pink apples and sparse banana trees with yellow bananas.

Whew

Just as he had walked more than a mile inside, almost in the middle of the canyon.

A roaring sound similar to that of an ape, like a sonic bomb, wave after wave, catharsis throughout the canyon, reverberating back and forth.

Rustle, rustle!

At the same time, there is the sound of tree branches being violently shaken.

"Really?"

When he looked up, he saw the momiji trees in the distance swaying, as if something was rapidly approaching him.

Rustling!

With the violent rustling of leaves, a behemoth soon followed, moving from tree to tree, towards this side.

It's a giant ape-like blood beast.

Covered in thick black hair, he was tall and burly, standing on top of a branch, which was overwhelmingly bent downward, and one could not help but worry if the fork would be broken.

The most special thing was his two arms, which were extremely thick, even thicker than the two legs, and the black hair on them was thicker than anywhere else.

Standing on the overwhelmed branch of the red-leaved tree, it looked down, looking at where Gray had been before.

When he saw that there was no prey in his imagination, his ape face was full of doubt.

Before, when it was resting on a tree, it happened to see prey appear in this direction, and immediately rushed to it.

But now, it didn't see the prey.

Whew, whew!

Sniffed the remaining scent in the air, but it wasn't a scent-tracking beast after all, and it couldn't find the direction of its prey's escape.

After a few frustrated moves around the trees, it eventually moved away.

Shortly after the great ape left, in the shadow of a tree, Gray stepped out.

Glancing in the direction the great ape had left, he staggered a little, and then continued, heading for the other side of the canyon.

Although he was not afraid, he did not come to hunt blood beasts after all, so he chose to hide in the shadows and avoid this giant ape.

Shadow ability, sure enough, is worthy of the excellent ability to sneak attack and dodge, in the dense woods, there are shadows everywhere, with shadow ability, he is like a fish in water, and he easily found a place to hide.

After walking a few miles through the canyon, surrounded by red-leaved trees, a complex of buildings spreading for thousands of kilometers appeared in front of him.

Desolate, lonely, and lonely, it is as if it has been abandoned by the world.

Naturally, this is the remnants of the empire.

He walked into the ruins, easily found the entrance to the secret room, took out the simple rune lamp, and then carefully passed through the tunnel where there may still be a mechanism, and entered the underground space of more than 1,000 square meters.

The underground space was as empty as the last time I came, the rune lamp above my head was still shining, and the metal giant that had been cut in two was still in its original position.

He walked straight to the room on the right wall with the gold coins, a hint of anticipation and apprehension in his eyes.

The men before them had given up on these Empire-era gold coins, it was only his guess, and now was the time to test it.

His eyes looked inward, and the next moment, a look of extreme joy appeared on his face.

"Guessed right—"

In the room, a dazzling golden light appeared, still shining and dazzling, just as when they left, the pile of gold coins had not been touched at all.