A dull longsword and a heartbroken villager

Before the medicine could take effect, Garrett helped Snake away.

The remaining dozens of soldiers, without a leader, are unlikely to leave Longshan alive.

Garrett must take Snake back as soon as possible.

"Wow, I'm just like you after we fought," Naruko retorted.

"He left without even getting treatment for his injuries. He's really careless."

Both of their injuries were quite serious, not the kind that allowed them to move around freely.

Bray watched Garrett's departing figure.

As he watched, Bray's expression grew increasingly strange.

One minute later.

"Wait a minute," Bray said, calling out to Garrett and Snake.

"Huh?" Garrett looked at Bray strangely, not understanding why Bray had called him back.

"Can I see the grass you're tying to your belt?" Bray asked earnestly.

"The grass I'm wearing around my waist?" Garrett looked down and understood what Bray was talking about.

Isn't this the kind of grass that tastes like bread that I used to eat?

Garrett had casually brought some purple grass along earlier, intending to use it as an extra meal later.

I just didn't expect the dragon attack, so I forgot about it for a moment.

"You mean this grass?" Garrett asked, taking the grass off his belt.

“Yes, yes, yes.” Bray nodded quickly.

Bray stared at Garrett for a full minute, just to ask what the purple grass looked like.

Then he discovered that the grass leaves were shaped like fan leaves.

After all, Bray and his friends had saved Snake, and Bray said he wanted to see the grass, which Garrett readily agreed to.

When Garrett handed the grass he had picked to Bray, Bray's eyebrows involuntarily rose.

A rich, roasted wheat aroma emanates from this purple grass.

"Is this stuff poisonous?" Bray asked.

“It’s not poisonous. I’ve eaten it before. It tastes a bit like bread,” Garrett explained, having eaten quite a bit of it before.

This taste is truly unforgettable.

The rich aroma of bread is mixed with the steak flavor that Garrett has been longing for.

Unbelievable.

Bray weighed the grass in his hand, debating whether or not to eat it.

He took a deep breath, grabbed one, and popped it into his mouth.

"..." Bray chewed expressionlessly.

After chewing for a while, a glint of light flashed in Bray's dead fish eyes.

But then Bray fell silent.

The taste of bread, along with the taste that Bray had always longed for, was mixed in.

“It really is breadgrass,” Bray said to Garrett, though his expression looked a little complicated.

"What are you looking for?" Garrett sensed something.

“Yes, I have a request for me to find this breadgrass,” Bray said.

Do you know where you can find breadgrass?

Upon hearing Bray's words, Garrett immediately sighed.

"I guess you probably won't be able to collect it."

"Hmm?" Bray's brows, which had relaxed, furrowed again.

Bray stared at Garrett with dead fish eyes, wondering what Garrett meant by that.

"I found this herb in the area where the dragon is enraged," Garrett said, trying to dissuade Bray from picking it.

Where is that place?

“If you follow the river upstream, you should be able to find it, but I don’t recommend you take the risk.”

“Understood.” Bray nodded.

“These are all for you.” Garrett tossed all the breadcrumbs to Bray.

Then he really left, without ever looking back.

As for Bray, he didn't stop them and let them leave.

"Let's go. We know where the breadgrass is now," Bray said, stretching his limbs. "Oh, do you guys know where that...something-something grass is?" Little You said, silently taking a few steps back.

Now that the blood-covered human told Dead Fish Eyes where the breadgrass was, does that mean I'm out of the picture?

Thinking of this, Xiao You inexplicably relaxed.

Following Dead Fish Eyes is really stressful.

“Yes.” Bray glanced at Xiao You out of the corner of his eye.

"In that case, there's nothing for me to do, right?" Xiao You quietly took another step back.

Although Xiao You maintained her aloof demeanor, her constant small, retreating steps showed how much she wanted to get away from Bray.

The little humor silently prayed that he would never run into Bray again.

Seriously, please don't! I'm begging the author!

"None of your business?" Bray raised his head, staring at Xiao You with dead fish eyes.

Xiao You felt flustered under their gaze, and her expression began to betray her discomfort.

"What...is there something else?"

“Of course there is.” As soon as he finished speaking, Bray came to him.

One step, yet it covered several meters.

Wait a minute, why are they suddenly using such an exaggerated skill?

A hand was placed on Xiaoyou's shoulder.

Xiao You didn't dare to move, staring at the sword at Lei's waist, and swallowed hard.

"Without you, how will we get to that place with breadgrass?"

“I’m still waiting for you to help me drive away the dragon,” Bray said earnestly.

"Don't feel useless, be more confident."

"You are the best."

As he spoke, Bray nodded to himself.

"No, that human said that the dragons have all gone berserk and I can't drive them away."

Be more confident.

"I want to go back and stay in the cave." Xiao You's icy beauty facade finally crumbled.

He looked like he was about to cry but had no tears, which was heartbreaking to see.

"Exercise more."

"I want to go back and eat something," Xiao You said, feeling extremely wronged.

"Let's have those dragons for dinner."

"..." Xiao You didn't know what to say.

"Why don't we just run away? I'll transform into a dragon and fly away; that dead-eyed guy definitely won't be able to catch me!" The little ghost machine stirred, and a bold idea popped into its head.

That dead-fish-eyed guy can't fly! And he probably can't run very fast either!

If I can't beat her, can't I at least outrun her? I can be the Black Dragon myself, the rightful overlord of Dragon Mountain!

Xiao You unconsciously straightened her chest; Black Dragon needed to be confident.

"Clang—" A greatsword wrapped in its scabbard fell to the ground for some unknown reason.

"Excuse me, how did the sword fall down?" Bray murmured, bending down to pick up the greatsword.

"..." Xiao You's expression froze.

Liar, this dead-fish-eyed guy is a big liar.

Do you really think Xiao You is an idiot? It's not like she's never seen adventurers before, or swords before. How could a sword fall off its scabbard along with its blade?!

A threat! A blatant threat!

"How dare you threaten me! I am a mighty black dragon..." Xiao You mustered her courage and said to the vicious Bray in front of her.

Bray patted his longsword.

"..." Xiao You felt like a deflated balloon, her whole body feeling weak.

"I'll follow you, okay?" Xiao You had given up resisting.

He seemed to realize that he would **lie down** before he even started running.

Naruko, standing behind him, broke out in a cold sweat at the sight and covered Levy's eyes with her hands.

"Levy can't watch this." Naruko sighed.

"Hmm?" Levy stroked the fireball and made a puzzled sound.

“There’s a living, breathing demon up ahead,” Naruko said to Levy.

"But isn't that Bray up ahead?" Levy was puzzled. How could such a big Bray be a demon?

“Levy is still too naive.” Naruko smoothed Levy’s hair.

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Following Garrett's advice, Bray walked upstream along the river.

However, they did not encounter Garrett and Snake again on the way, and it is unknown whether they successfully led the surviving soldiers away from Dragon Mountain.

Bray thought the two men were quite nice; it was best that they hadn't perished.

According to standard plot points, Garrett should automatically assume he's the villain when he sees his group around Snake, and then, without listening to anything, immediately grab his sword and attack.

That's how adventure novels in bookstores are written.

However, Garrett was surprisingly calm and immediately grasped the general situation.

"Bray, the smell of blood!" Levy's voice from behind interrupted Bray's reverie.

"The smell of blood?"

"Oh! It tastes just like the meat we ate last time!" Levy added casually.

That dish, a mix of chicken and snake flavors, remains vivid in Levy's memory.

"That means there's a lot of dragon blood in front of us," Bray murmured.

“There are indeed remnants of abnormal magic nearby, the same as before,” Xiao You said to Bray, raising an eyebrow.

The magic that could drive Yalong mad also made Xiaoyou very uncomfortable.

Upon approaching the location of the dragon's rampage, Xiao You realized that the spell was likely intended to be used against a true dragon.

However, this spell was actually very ineffective against true dragons, so it was changed to be used against wyverns.

Thinking about this, Xiao You felt inexplicably annoyed.

"Ah, there are still a lot of corpses here." Without realizing it, Naruko had run ahead of the group.

Passing through the thicket of bushes, Naruko witnessed a horrific scene.

Countless soldiers in Imperial uniforms fell into pools of blood, while piles of dragon corpses lay around them.