Chapter 154 Mind Demon's Lair

Su Lun's mind raced as he listened to Yuta recount the secrets of the Daru tribe.

He had seen detailed information about "Mind Flayers" in ancient books.

These creatures were subterranean, afraid of light, and solitary. They generally did not venture above ground.

Moreover, due to their mythical bloodline, they were born with a bloodline pressure higher than other creatures of the same rank, equivalent to "Gold-tier" monsters. In adulthood, they had a high probability of becoming "Lord Monsters" dominating one area.

For Mechanical Alchemists, the materials they produced were of very high quality.

The [Mental Tentacle] prosthetic that Su Lun wanted to refine at Tier 3 would be best made with a "Mind Flayer Brain"!

Moreover, the most important reason Su Lun dared to think about it was that this type of monster had a single attack method.

In terms of combat power alone, Mind Flayers of the same tier were even easier to deal with than Nightmare Spiders.

These subterranean monsters were very similar to ordinary puppeteers, controlling "puppets" to fight. Their own combat power and defense were very weak. At most, they had some mental attack skills, such as [Mind Blast].

But this kind of attack was invisible and very difficult for ordinary people with weak mental strength.

But for Su Lun, as long as his mental strength was not crushed, the threat was not too great.

And his mental strength was now mutated, so it was not easy to crush him in terms of numerical value.

Su Lun estimated that even Tier 5 Mind Flayers were not fatally threatening to him. At least Tier 6, plus tier suppression, could reach the level of "crushing".

Besides, Su Lun could also control puppets himself.

Since both used ranged attacks, it was not certain who was afraid of whom.

If it was just mental control, it would be a big trouble for others, but for Su Lun, there was still plenty of room for manipulation. Mechanical armor and wooden puppets were not afraid of mental control.

The only thing to consider was whether the "living puppets" it controlled were particularly difficult to deal with.

.......

The bonfire was burning brightly, and the aroma of the wild boar meat on the grill was extremely rich. Amber-like grease dripped from the meat, falling into the fire and making bursts of "hissing" sounds.

The two ate and chatted.

The firelight illuminated Yuta's pretty face in orange, and also danced in Su Lun's thoughtful pupils.

Yuta was pure and kind, without as many complicated thoughts as humans, but she also saw that Su Lun was very interested in the "Mind Flayer".

She looked at Su Lun for a long time without speaking, then cut him another piece of meat, thought for a moment, and then said, "If Mr. Su Lun really wants to go, then... I'll take you there secretly."

Secretly?

Hearing this word, Su Lun immediately understood. He glanced at her and smiled slightly.

After all, it was a forbidden area of the Daru tribe. Su Lun naturally knew that the risks were certainly not small, and the threats were definitely more than just Mind Flayers.

Yuta was willing to risk taking him there, which was already a great kindness.

He shook his head and said, "No hurry. I'll consider this issue after I know enough. If it's too dangerous, I'll give up."

"Yes. When you go to the Holy Lake, the chiefs will know more."

Yuta responded, and seemed to think of something else, and said a little timidly, "But, you can't let Grandma Wolf know that I said I would take you there. Otherwise, I'll be nagged again..."

As she said this, her pair of furry wolf ears twitched playfully again. This look was completely different from the ruthlessness she had shown when facing the pirates. She looked like a timid little girl who wanted to do something bad but was afraid of being scolded by her parents.

Su Lun laughed and said, "Okay!"

.....

After eating almost all the roasted meat, Su Lun continued to tinker with his weird puppets by the fire.

There was also a military tent set up by the fire, but Yuta said that she was not used to the delicate textiles of humans, and preferred the soft and fragrant grass.

She rested on the grass not far from Su Lun.

After running for a day, she was extremely tired.

The warm bonfire dispelled the darkness, and the two were together quietly like this.

For some reason, Su Lun felt an unprecedented sense of peace in his heart in this desolate primeval forest.

He didn't know where this feeling came from. He looked at the sky, looked at the trees, and glanced at Yuta, who was already asleep.

As if sensing his gaze, Yuta's soft furry tail behind her hips swayed in response. She didn't wake up, as if to say that she knew.

Su Lun looked at it, smiled slightly, and continued to engrave runes on the puppet.

At midnight, the surroundings were already pitch black.

The night was very good tonight.

However, it could not be appreciated at the bottom of the jungle.

Looking up, one could see a few stars, shining brightly.

Su Lun's perception was now very sharp. He could clearly hear the movements of those "predators" who came out at night, and also found that several waves of magical beasts were peeping at the camp in the distance.

Probably afraid of the fire, they looked and left.

He originally thought it would be a peaceful night, but unexpectedly, he suddenly heard intense gunfire and explosions beside his ear.

Su Lun's eyes froze, "Huh?"

The gunfire was as dense as a rainstorm. Just by hearing it, he could judge that it was a large battle with at least hundreds or thousands of people.

"Slave-catching team?"

Su Lun immediately realized something.

There were no human territories in this Silent Forest. The only possibility for such a big commotion was a team that captures slaves.

He had also learned before that slave-catching teams usually attacked the Yaren tribes at night.

The darkness was a great danger for the Daru people, who were in a primitive state and had limited vision.

But for the slave-catching teams who attacked in groups and had "alchemical night vision" and various lighting equipment, there was not much difference between night and day.

Even because the Yaren people were resting in their tribes at night, they could wipe them all out in one fell swoop.

The carving knife in Su Lun's hand stopped, and he frowned: This place was already the deepest part of the forest. The slave-catching team had come so deep?

At this time, Yuta suddenly woke up.

Hearing the gunfire in the dark night, she seemed to recall a nightmare-like experience, and her face instantly became serious and murderous.

She obviously understood what the gunfire meant. Localized beastification appeared on her face and hands in an instinctive reaction, and her eyes were full of sharp hatred. She said angrily, "Damn it! It's those hateful slave-catching teams!"

Yuta's wolf claws protruded, and she quickly climbed up a very tall giant tree not far away.

Su Lun frowned and controlled the Eight-Armed Spider Spear to follow.

The two climbed to the top of the giant tree, which was nearly two hundred meters high, and their vision immediately widened.

As far as the eye could see, there was a black dense forest and rolling hills.

The moon and stars were sparse, and the visibility was very high.

Su Lun saw the lights flickering on a sunny hillside dozens of kilometers away.

Because it was so far away, the lights looked like fireworks, but Su Lun saw that it was the light of flares.

"That's the direction of the 'White Deer Tribe's' mountain village!"

Yuta immediately recognized the location of the fire and showed anxiety on her face.

But Su Lun was pondering something else.

Daring to besiege a Yaren tribe meant that it was a large slave-catching group, and that there were at least two or more Tier 4 professionals in the group.

.......

"Mr. Su Lun, you wait for me here. I'm going to help my tribesmen!"

Yuta gave an anxious cry, and immediately transformed into a beastly body and jumped off the giant tree.

She didn't give Su Lun a chance to react, and quickly窜entered the dense forest.

Naturally, she did this because she was afraid of embarrassing Su Lun.

After all, he had saved her twice, and had already taken too many risks for their Daru tribe.

Yuta had experienced the disaster of her tribe in the past, and knew how cruel those hateful slave-catching teams were. The "White Deer Tribe" was a medium-sized tribe. The fact that those enemies dared to attack meant that there were very strong professionals among them.

She herself didn't have the certainty of protecting herself on this trip, and didn't want her life-saving benefactor to take risks with her.

Besides, the slave-catching team was also human...

Su Lun watched Yuta plunge into the dense forest, and sighed slightly, and he could tell that Yuta was afraid of embarrassing him.

But without hesitation, he followed her.

He had the Eight-Armed Spider Spear and spatial displacement, and quickly caught up with Yuta, who had transformed into a silver wolf.

Yuta was slightly surprised to see that he had followed so quickly, but she was more anxious and apologetic, "Mr. Su Lun, you... you didn't have to come."

Su Lun didn't explain much, and said with a nonchalant smile: "Can you give me a ride? I'm not very good at long-distance travel."

The slave trade was the pillar industry of the Luying Empire. He may not be able to stop this deformed business caused by this social environment. But he didn't want his friend Yuta to die. He would feel relieved to follow and take a look.

Yuta looked at him, knowing that he was not going to leave. Her pair of blue pupils flickered, and she hesitated, but could only nod.

The silver wolf paused slightly, and Su Lun jumped on its back.

The violent explosions and fires dispelled all kinds of magical beasts in the forest.

The two traveled all the way, encountering a large number of disturbed animals.

Yuta was extremely anxious, and her running speed was extremely fast. In less than half an hour, the fires burning the mountains had already shone on their faces.

The two were not in a hurry to get close to the mountain village, but found a giant tree and observed the situation from above.

......

On the other hand, in the mountain village of the "White Deer Tribe".

The wooden mountain village wall had been blown out with a large section missing by explosives. Watchtowers and city walls were covered with the bodies of the Yaren people...

The battle was almost over.

The Yaren people who used spears and bows were ultimately no match for the well-equipped, long-planned slave-catching team.

The tribe's druid, the old Deer Clan man, resisted desperately, but was eventually outnumbered and seriously injured by several Tier 4 professionals.

This was a large slave-catching group, with about two thousand people.

Their clothes, equipment, and combat mechs all had the group logo of a "human face sun and iron axe".

This was the exclusive slave-catching group of the Sun Slave Trading Company.

The tribe's druid and several surviving Deer Clan warriors were tied to the altar. The Yaren people were driven to the open space under the altar, and they were all put on magic-forbidden iron chains and explosive collars.

There were still sporadic gunshots in the mountain village, as the members of the slave-catching team were searching for the Yaren people hidden in the houses one by one.

The high-level battle had ended, and the troublesome resistance forces had all been killed.

Counting the battlefield was the work of the low-level members.

Several leaders of the slave-catching team gathered together to count the harvest this time.

Gold nuggets, ores, magic cores, herbs, and various materials were piled up like mountains on the square.

The people in the slave-catching team were more or less stained with blood, which made them look terrifying.

But at this moment, their faces were full of joy of harvest.

"Hahaha... These natives are so extravagant. They use all these valuable gems and gold nuggets to worship some idol."

"It's still more rewarding to directly take the mountain village. Selling these materials and other things back to Luying will be worth at least a billion or eight hundred million..."

"Hey! Captain Longte, can you restrain the people in your team? The battle has just ended. If you can't control the gun under your crotch, aren't you afraid that the Yaren people will cause trouble again?"

"Vice-Captain Yakubu, let the brothers have fun first. Anyway, the owner of this batch of goods doesn't have any requirements, as long as they are alive. They won't stay in our hands for a few days."

"Yes, we are going to make a lot of money with this batch of slaves. A high price of 200,000 is comparable to the price at the Luying auction house. And we don't have to escort them out. Tsk tsk... Those guys in the Luying military are really generous!"

"Tsk tsk, I didn't expect the military to come to the Silent Forest. Hey, leader, what do you think those guys in the military are buying so many slaves for?"

"Probably they discovered some 'cursed space' or dangerous place and need slaves to test it out. Who cares? We just need to deliver the people to the designated location as agreed."

"There are many treasures in this forest. I heard people say that they found antiques before. Could it be that some ancient ruins have appeared?"

"What if it's ancient ruins? The Luying military has intervened. Is it our turn to think about it? I also heard that this time, a general from the imperial capital came, who is not a small figure."

"..."

.......

The bloody looting in the mountain village continued.

On the other hand, on a giant tree hundreds of meters away, two figures, a man and a wolf, were watching this scene.

Su Lun carefully observed those people through binoculars, and through lip reading, he also saw the dialogue of several people clearly.

The slave trade was destined to be bloody and cruel.

Out of ten Yaren people, only two might eventually appear alive at the auction house.

Su Lun frowned slightly as he looked at the bodies all over the mountain village.

It was said to be a legitimate business, but this act of burning, killing, and looting was no different from pirates, or even worse.

But what puzzled him even more was that those people seemed to have mentioned the words "ancient ruins"?

People from the Luying military also came?

Beside him, the white wolf transformed by Yuta's fur had slightly exploded, and a low roar was suppressed in her throat, and her eyes were full of hatred.

But she also knew that there were nearly two thousand enemies in the mountain village, which was not something she could change at all.

Su Lun patted her body to comfort her.

He carefully observed the several leaders in the "C position" in the slave-catching team. Although he didn't know them, they didn't look like Tier 5.

Thinking about it, he asked: "What tier is that Deer Clan Druid?"

Yuta endured the grief and said: "That is Elder Tagu, a very strong Tier 4."

"Yes."

Su Lun was relieved to hear this.

His speculation should be correct.

If there were no Tier 5, at least there was no fatal threat to him in that slave-catching team.

Yuta on the side felt very helpless. The number of enemies was so large that they could destroy a medium-sized tribe. It was not something she could change alone.

But she couldn't just watch her tribesmen suffer.

While they were still in the forest, there might be some opportunities.

Yuta thought for a while, and said in a very firm tone: "Mr. Su Lun, I want to follow them and see if there is a chance to save my tribesmen. This is the grievance between our Daru tribe and those damned slave-catching teams. Please don't participate!"

After a pause, she said again: "Go to the 'Eagle's Beak Pass' I said before. There will be my tribesmen waiting there..."

But before she could finish speaking, Su Lun shook his head and narrowed his eyes slightly: "I'm afraid we can't leave. They have already discovered us."

He looked at the few bees flying around him, and realized that there was a [Bug Controller] among the opponents.