After returning to the hotel, Li De took out a dark demon core and handed it to Hei Mang, who happily swallowed the demon core whole into his stomach and slowly digested and absorbed the energy in it. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Because Heimang is no longer a pure dark demon wolf, the dark power in his body is stronger than the dark magic power, so the number of magic cores that need to be consumed to improve his strength is naturally higher, according to Heimang's own estimates, at least four seventh-order magic cores are needed to provide it with sufficient energy to strengthen its own magic core to the seventh-order level.

After Hei Mang swallowed the demon core, he lay in a corner of the room, entering a state of false sleep, digesting and absorbing the energy in the demon core.

Lan Shan also lay quietly in the room, digesting the earth-based demon core in its body, as long as the demon core in its body was completely digested and absorbed, it could break through from the late seventh order to the early eighth order, and its strength increased greatly.

Because it was getting late, Li De didn't go out to toss anymore, sat cross-legged on the bed and entered a meditative state, cultivating spiritual power first, and then condensing magic power.

After a night of silence, early the next morning, Li De came to the mercenary union, which was also located in Beicheng, and before eight o'clock, the mercenary union was already crowded. As soon as Li De stepped into the hall, he heard many mercenaries gathering together to talk about what the chamber of commerce attendant said last night.

"I'll tell you, there's something big going on in the west!"

"What's wrong?"

"The legion sent by the kingdom to clear out the monsters has suffered a large number of casualties, including a mage team led by a magician, and it seems that it has encountered hard stubble!"

"No, I heard that in the mission issued by the kingdom, it is said that the strength of these monsters is average, and they are very scattered, so this is the task issued to us mercenaries!"

"The kingdom has always reported good news and not bad news, if you still want to go to the west to join in the fun, I advise you to be careful, I will not go to this troubled water!"

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Li De walked around the mercenary hall, and the news he heard was basically respectful of the matter in the west, which made Li De curious, and he really wanted to go to the west of the Wind Forest Kingdom to see.

Curiosity is curiosity, but Li De didn't go to receive this task at the first time, he came to the mercenary union for a few days, and after inquiring about the things in the west, everything was ready and received the task from the union.

In the cold wind forest surrounded by mountains to the west of the Wind Forest Kingdom, since the New Year, villages living on the outskirts of the forest have been attacked by unknown sources, more than a dozen villages have been destroyed, and the people have been sucked into dried corpses, or turned into walking corpses, the situation is very bad.

Based on the information obtained from the scene, the kingdom preliminarily concluded that it was a monster such as vampires that was causing trouble, and the number of vampires was still somewhat large. Later, the kingdom sent the legions of Wubian into the cold wind forest to clean up this group of vampires, and the results also proved that the original inference was correct, it was indeed the vampires who were causing trouble, and there were quite a few of them.

Since the Wind Forest Kingdom has always had vampires, werewolves and other monsters to harm before, and large-scale disasters will break out from time to time, so the kingdom is not too nervous about this matter. On the west side of the Cold Wind Forest is the Dark Land, and it is no wonder that any ghosts will come from the relatively low cold Wind Forest.

The kingdom's purge soon paid off, and there were no more cases of entire villages being slaughtered, but many hunters or adventurers who had entered the mountains were still killed by vampires. Due to the vast area of the Cold Wind Forest, the kingdom issued a mission to the mercenary union.

When the kingdom has always issued such tasks, the remuneration is very generous, and for a while, the mercenaries heard the news and received the tasks one after another, either in groups of three or five, or directly in the form of mercenary groups, and rushed to the Cold Wind Forest one after another.

But who knows, the traces of monsters that have disappeared since a few days ago suddenly reappeared, and the Kingdom Legion stationed on the outskirts of the forest was devastated, and a team of thousands of people survived, including a mage team led by a magician, and the situation became complicated.

When the royal family of the Wind Forest Kingdom heard the news, they were also furious, and sent a great magister and led more than a dozen mages to the Cold Wind Forest to find out the truth.

A few days later, the news came from the Cold Wind Forest, and the Grand Magus personally killed a vampire marquis and more than a dozen vampire counts, completely disintegrating the vampire's counterattack, but there were still many vampires hiding in the Cold Wind Forest, including no less than five vampire counts. However, compared to the situation of the previous days, it seems less alarming.

In the vampire clan, only those who have reached the level of Magus or Bronze Commander can obtain the title of Count, Marquis, Duke, and Prince.

The reason why Li De has been waiting in the mercenary union for the past few days is that he is waiting for this news, and there must be an upper limit to the adventure, although Li De has enough confidence in himself, but if he meets the powerful vampire marquis, it will not be a burp.

After receiving the task, Li De watched the mercenary union for a few more days, and after seeing that the situation did not fluctuate, he left the towering and precipitous Tianfeng City with Heimang and Lanshan, and headed towards the cold wind forest in the west.

Along the rugged official road, Li De kept shuttling between the mountains and mountains, only a thousand kilometers away in a straight line, and it took Li De a full ten days to reach the edge of the cold wind forest.

After coming to the Cold Wind Forest, Li De understood why this area was called the Cold Wind Forest, this cold north wind was three points colder than Tianfeng City and other places, such an environment was contrary to the low altitude of the Cold Wind Forest.

"Master, I feel a very thin dark aura wafting from the forest ahead!" "Standing at the edge of the cold wind forest, Hei Mang said with a little excitement.

The dark aura that permeated the air could only be detected by a dark demonic beast like Heimang, anyway, Li De didn't feel anything, and the same was true for Lanshan.

"On the opposite side of the Cold Wind Forest is the Dark Land, which is a paradise for dark species, and it is not an exaggeration to say that there is a dark aura in the forest, but it is obviously not normal for this dark aura to permeate this kind of place, there must be something strange in it!"

"Master, what do you mean?" asked Heimang, puzzled.

"I'm just a little guessing, let's go to the forest and talk about it!" Li De shook his head slightly, no longer thinking about this question.

"Yes, master!" replied Heimang in a low voice.

Lanshan looked indifferent, and his honest and lazy personality made it very reluctant to think about these problems, as long as Li De told it to do what it did, and faithfully carried out Li De's orders.

Heimang is different, although he is also very loyal, he also has his own ideas and opinions, and he always likes to communicate with Li De in trouble, rather than passively accepting Li De's orders.

After resting for a night at the edge of the forest, one master and two servants entered the cold wind forest early the next morning and began a new adventure.