"That's right, that's right~" A sudden voice made the two immediately separate, looking in surprise at the strangers in the spot where they had just been sitting.
"You are... the Doro Doro Brothers?" Asmodeus recognized who they were.
"Hey, hey, there's no need to be so nervous, is there? Don't you want to hunt Lord-class ingredients?" One of the Doro Doro Brothers, Ni Luo, looked at the two and said.
Most of the prey that appears during the Harvest Festival scores between 10 and 150 points. Few prey reach 1000 points. Lord-class ingredients, however, mostly exceed 3000 points and are large ingredients. To defeat them, most people must form teams to challenge them.
Ni Luo stepped forward and looked at Asmodeus Alice and Sabnock Sabro.
"Asmodeus Alice, Sabnock Sabro, how about we have a match?"
"Huh?" Asmodeus and Sabnock were surprised.
"As far as I know, attacking a student should result in disqualification, right?"
"Of course, not that. We're going to compete to hunt the Lord-class prey in the cave. If you win, all the points we've earned will be yours. We have... hmm... about 1200 points here."
"So, if we lose, we'll just hand over the points we have?" Sabnock said.
"No, no, no, we don't want that kind of thing, right! Right!" Yi Luo waved his hand and said to his brother.
"Yes, we specifically left the battlefield to come here to take that person back," Ni Luo explained.
"That person?" The two were puzzled.
"We've been looking for him for a long time! Right, right!" Yi Luo said to his brother.
"Yes, we finally found him, only to discover he's at Babyls, responsible for educating those weak demons growing up in the greenhouse." After speaking, he looked at the two with a fierce gaze.
Asmodeus and Sabnock immediately prepared their defenses.
"It's a waste for a demon as powerful as him to stay in school. That person's number one disciple is us. If you lose, give our Master back!" Yi Luo and Ni Luo also took attack stances.
"Our... Master?"
"Is he your Master?"
Asmodeus and Sabnock were both a bit confused.
...Inside the third intersection.
Two demons walked to a certain place and suddenly heard a sound nearby, so they rushed over to investigate. It was a shocking sight: a group of magical beasts respectfully lined up, offering food to the side. The two looked up and saw a white-haired girl sitting on a throne made of ice in the distance.
At this moment, a voice attracted their attention.
"Line up properly, and be received in order. Don't worry, this area has been dominated by Queen Kerori. As long as you provide a certain amount of rare items, she will not harm you." The two looked over and saw a bird-shaped demon talking to the magical beasts. That's right, it was Kerori and Camui.
"Over there, I don't like fighting. Violence is a weapon for the weak, so... I still can't eat them." As she spoke, Kerori appeased the magical beasts on her left and right: a purple wolf and a giant white fox.
"That's... a Blizzard Wolf... and a Snow King Fox... How did they appear here? These two shouldn't be magical beasts from this region..."
While the two were still in shock, Kerori looked at the magical beasts below and the other gazes secretly watching her.
"Being watched again. Even though I've hidden my Idol identity, I'm still eye-catching! Hmph hmph~ Although those days of special training were hellish, dirty, and vulgar, every day was endless summoning, summoning, summoning, and at the same time, I had to juggle Idol activities. Not a day went by that my heart didn't cry out. Since my cuteness can't be conveyed to these magical beasts, then! Seal away the cuteness, because after I seal away the cuteness! All that's left is beauty!"
Hancock: This young lady has a lot of potential!
Of course, besides brute force, there's also wisdom. The people from the Magical Organism Division at the second intersection are organizing people to collect ingredients, as not all ingredients move. Among the stationary ingredients, there are also rare ones that are not easily found. Those with knowledge of plants will have an overwhelming advantage when searching for ingredients during the Harvest Festival. In short, brutes have their methods, and scholars have theirs.
"Don't touch plants casually, or your hands might rot. No collecting without my instructions! Don't take off your gloves. Put the ingredients here!"
The people collecting nearby looked over.
"Indeed, having people from the Magical Plant Division makes collecting much faster, not to mention we also have..." A demon looked to a nearby spot where a lion-headed demon was collecting.
"We also have Schneider, the 'King of a Hundred Knowledges.'" A member of the Magical Plant Division walked over.
"Your knowledge is completely on par with mine. Thanks to you, we can collect ingredients so efficiently." Then, the Magical Plant Division member glanced at the ingredients in the bag.
"There's probably about 1500 points in here. You all continue collecting, we're going to the reporting hall first." The Magical Plant Division member said goodbye to the others and walked towards the reporting hall with Schneider and the ingredients.
Reporting Hall: A straightforward place to submit ingredients.
The person at the entrance of the reporting hall looked at Schneider.
"Want to cooperate? You've noticed it too, right? Although I said there are 1500 points, there are actually at least 2000 points. How about we split the remaining 500 points evenly?"
"It's a pleasure to cooperate." Schneider shook hands with that demon.
Brute force, intelligence, and the third power: strategy, which is deceiving others. Those who are highly skilled and eloquent always manage to deceive their opponents with their silver tongue. This is the demon's strategy.
"Phew, report complete. Leaving the team before the scores are announced can avoid being discovered. Shall we go back now?"
"I'm a bit curious about the terrain over there. I need to go take a look." Schneider refused to go with him.
"Oh, then I'll go back." After that person left, Schneider walked to the back door of the nearby reporting hall and knocked. A person came out shortly. If the previous person were there, they would immediately recognize this was the same person who had just received the supplies. That person tore off their mask, revealing Jazz's face.
The demon from the Magical Plant Division who returned to the team was immediately met with questions from the others.
"Didn't the captain go to hand in the ingredients?"
"Yes."
"But, the reporting hall should be to the east, right?" A team member pointed to the other side and said.
"Huh?"
Deception is mutual; the more cunning side always wins... The scene shifts to Iruma... Iruma and Lead... are looking for ingredients to cook?...It looks strange, but Iruma seems confident.
At this moment, outside the bookstore.
"Oh, found them, found them."
Two figures appeared outside the wooden hut Shesi had built.
Shesi only felt something rubbing against his chest in his sleep. It was so itchy... In Shesi's dream.
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