An invincible journey starting from a different race

"Hey, hey, hey, what do you want to do now?"

Aesop turned to look at Stank and Jair, and said seriously, "I think the purple flower in the room is very helpful to my magic. I am very interested in it, so I think..."

"Go back and lick it again."

Stank and Jair almost knelt down to Aesop.

"Elder Yi, please retract your magical powers!"

"Don't you know what you're doing?!"

Aesop was a little confused: "What did I do?"

"Uh……"

Stank and Jerdan looked at each other.

They didn't know how to tell Aesop.

Although telling the truth was the most convenient, before they left, Zita had already looked at them with the Eyes of Death and whispered in Jel's ear.

"Jer, even if you are my elder, if you talk nonsense~"

"You can try~"

Zita's words reminded Jel of her father, the violent tree demon who swung tree roots at people. Jel was afraid that Zita would also become evil like that, so she could only nod and agree repeatedly, which could be said to be a complete lack of the demeanor of an elder.

As for Stank, it was even more so. He still owed Tita a lot of money for drinks, so he could only do what Tita said.

And what Zita meant was to let Aesop understand that there are some things that should not be done.

But I absolutely cannot tell you the specific reason!

This made it very difficult for the two of them.

This Aesop sometimes seems quite knowledgeable, but sometimes he seems... not so knowledgeable.

In the end, they could only force an explanation by saying, "The flower was raised by Zita, and he loved it very much. Now you have messed it up, so Zita is naturally very angry."

Fortunately, Aesop really believed it.

"Is that so?" Aesop thought for a moment and said, "That's indeed my fault. I didn't think of that. I'm sorry, it's all my fault for not having enough common sense."

Stank and Jer saw it without Isodo saying anything.

In reality, human magicians all share a common flaw. Because they are short-lived, they must devote their limited time to acquiring infinite knowledge in order to gain greater power. As a result, the vast majority of human magicians are rather pedantic, old-fashioned academics. These traits, pedantic and unsympathetic, are practically universal across the continent, and they often lack self-awareness.

But fortunately, Aesop is very self-aware, which makes Stank and Jair quite satisfied.

The child is teachable.

"That flower belongs to the store manager. I really shouldn't have touched it."

"It's good that you understand this..."

"So I'm going to buy it right now." Aesop turned and walked away, "Then I can study it slowly."

...Nima!

After stopping Aesop again, Stank and Jer finally realized that this wasn't going to work. For an academic magician like Aesop, it was impossible to prevent him from understanding the origins of the universe.

But they couldn't tell Aesop in person.

Then Aesop can only realize it himself.

Stank and Jer exchanged glances, and the two like-minded people quickly understood each other's meaning with amazing tacit understanding.

"Aesop, it's just a flower, nothing special." Stank put his arm around Aesop's shoulders and said, "There are still many things in this world worth studying."

"But I just want to study that flower first."

"Ahem, the flower is indeed interesting, but there's more than just that one," said Stank. "Why don't we go to the Incubus Shop?"

Aesop was a little confused: "Why did you go to the Dream Demon Shop? What does this have to do with it?"

"There's a flower demon in the Dream Demon Shop!" Jer snapped his fingers and said, "Aren't flower demons more valuable for research than flowers? Don't you think?"

Aesop thought about it and felt that this seemed to be the truth.

"But didn't you say before that you haven't found a suitable nightmare for me yet?"

"So we're going to help you find it now." Stank chuckled. "Though flower fairies aren't technically nightmares, they're still very interesting. I'm sure you'll like them. Even Jer raves about that place!"

Jer nodded as well: "That's true."

The reason for going to find the flower demon is actually because there are no other tree demons in this town except Zita, so the only way to deal with it is to use the flower demon.

But it doesn't matter, they are probably all relatives.

In this way, Stank and Jair brought Aesop to another tavern. The name of the tavern was "The Flower Fairy's Secret Tavern". The picture on the sign was a beautiful flower fairy wearing white socks with a grape under her feet.

The slogan below is.

“Grapes that are stepped on are the most delicious.”

Brother Twenty-Eight, this tastes wrong.

"Didn't you say you were going to the Dream Demon Inn?" Aesop asked, "Why are you in the tavern again?"

"Ahem, why are you going to the Nightmare Shop in broad daylight?" Stank coughed twice and said, "So, let's drink some wine to stay healthy... I mean, this place is actually not much different from the Nightmare Shop. You'll see later."

As they spoke, Stank and Jer exchanged glances, and they saw weakness and helplessness in each other's pupils.

They had been tormented by Aesop for too long last night, and it was already very late when they left the food and wine pavilion. They couldn't find any good nightmares at all, so they had no choice but to go to a place where there would never be a shortage of nightmares.

That is the starting point and apex of the nightmare!

The purest nightmare shop! A tower filled with thousands of nightmares... Well, let's talk about it later.

That shop was great in every way, except that going there was too risky. If they had nowhere else to go, Stank and Jer would never have bothered to go there. Otherwise, they'd be like this now, in broad daylight, looking like zombies crawling out of their coffins. They'd originally planned to rest up for the day at the food and wine kiosk, but Aesop had chased them out along with them.

The baby is really sad, but he can't say it.

"Hey, boss, three glasses of wine!" Stank found an empty table and greeted a middle-aged man directly. "As usual, we want Nana to mix it herself."

The boss was a dwarf with a beard. He made an OK gesture to Stank and then went into the back room. Soon, he came to the three of them holding a plate with three glasses of wine.

"A new face?" The boss looked at Aesop and said with a smile, "Is this your first time here?"

Aesop nodded.

"Don't worry, even though this is your first time here, I can guarantee that once you try the drinks Nana mixes, you'll absolutely love them. I think I'll be able to see you again soon."

The boss confidently placed the wine glass in front of Aesop, then showed Aesop his missing big black tooth and left to entertain other guests.

"Isn't this tavern owned by a flower fairy?" Aesop asked Jer, "Why is the owner a dwarf?"

"It's a joint venture, right? The dwarf provides the money, and the flower fairy provides... the legs." Jel answered Aesop while taking a sip of wine and then revealed an intoxicated smile. "It's really delicious."

"It tastes even better when I think about how Nana stepped on it step by step." Stank said to Aesop with an auntie smile, "It's not time yet. Nana will come outside to step on it later. Then you'll understand why we brought you here. She's really great!"

Aesop didn't quite understand. He looked down at the wine in front of him and felt that it was a little different from what he knew.

Although he did not drink, one of his mentors did. In order to please this mentor, the Deya royal family would send him a lot of good wine every year. This mentor would occasionally drink a few glasses while teaching Aesop, so that Aesop could smell the flavor.

The smell of the wine in front of him was different from what Aesop remembered.

Is this its special feature?

Aesop picked up the wine glass and took a sip like Jer did. It tasted a bit sour and astringent, and didn't seem very tasty.

"It seems you're not very good at drinking." Stank saw Aesop's jerkiness and laughed loudly, "Don't worry, as long as you get used to it, you'll be able to notice its deliciousness!"

"Yes, yes." Jer nodded repeatedly and said with a smile, "This store has only been open here for less than a month and it's already established itself. Business is booming. You'll see later."

It seems like everyone likes it. Is it really my problem?

Aesop thought for a while and took another sip.

……

"Wow, there are quite a few new faces today." The dwarf boss, observing the outside from the kitchen, laughed a little. "Another one is about to get addicted to our fine wine... Thanks to the hallucinogens bought from the black market, even these adventurers can't sense anything amiss."

"But hallucinogens alone are not enough... Nana, are you ready to go?"

"Only by taking a two-pronged approach can we cheat these roughnecks out of their money and put it into our pockets!"

……

It was clearly daytime, but the pub's business was visibly booming.

The trio had been sitting there for less than ten minutes when they saw that the originally empty store was suddenly packed with customers. Everyone was drinking the same wine and looked very happy.

But Aesop still couldn't drink it, he always felt something was wrong.

Then, he looked at Stank, who had only drunk two glasses but whose face was already red, and suddenly came over and hugged him.

"Aesop, I know your life was rather dull before... but it doesn't matter!" Stank drank so much that his throat was almost knotted. "As long as you're willing to call me big brother, I'll protect you from now on! I'll take you to kill all the nightmares in this world, all, all, all..."

Before he could even finish his words, the guests suddenly became excited.

"Oh oh oh, Xiaona is here, Xiaona is here!"

"Little Nana, my little Nana, stop stepping on the grapes and step on me!"

Aesop also followed the crowd's gaze and saw a flower demon only as big as his palm flying out from the kitchen.

The flower fairy has pink hair and is dressed very coolly, and her white half socks are very eye-catching.

"Hello everyone, sorry for the wait~"

The flower fairy Nana greeted all the customers enthusiastically, and the customers responded very enthusiastically.

Even Stank and Jer couldn't help but rush to the table to cheer for the flower fairy Nana.

"Thank you all for liking the drinks I made~" Nana said, "I will work harder."

Then, under everyone's expectant gaze, Nana flew to the highest platform, where there was a not-so-big bowl with a few grapes in it.

Then, under the fierce gazes of the crowd, Nana slowly took off her socks and put her crystal clear little feet into the bowl.

So everyone became nervous, and Aesop could even hear Stank beside him panting like a cow.

"Well, I'm going to start now~"

As Nana exerted a little force, the grape cracked with a "pop" sound, and the juice dyed the other white socks that were still on purple.

“Oh oh oh oh oh!!”

……

"Nana is so captivating." Stank sighed, "It would be great if she were a nightmare."

"Yeah, it's a pity that she's a flower demon, so her size really doesn't match." Jer sighed, "But we're lucky enough to be able to drink the wine she mixed."

"Yeah." Stank nodded, then felt something was wrong. Why was the seat next to him suddenly empty? "By the way, where's Aesop?"

When they saw Aesop, they discovered that Aesop was already standing next to the flower demon Nana, staring at her straight.

Nana was startled: "Hey guest, how did you get here?"

"Hey, hey, hey! Who are you? How dare you get so close to Nana?"

"Get down quickly, or the stick in my hand will no longer recognize anyone!"

Stank and Jer looked at each other and were about to say something bad was going to happen when they saw Aesop grab Nana with one hand, and then, amid Nana's screams, put her feet into his mouth.

Everyone was stunned.

Mmmmm…

After tasting both the ones with socks and the ones without socks, Aesop spat out his saliva and turned to look at the stunned Stank.

"Brother, this doesn't taste right."

Twenty-nine Is this really what you stepped on?!

Stank originally thought that he was already a rebel among humans.

Possessing exceptional martial prowess, he was considered a true leader among adventurers. Normally, humans like him would either pledge loyalty to the royal family and become a high-ranking official, or purchase a plot of land and become a local lord. However, he decided to dedicate his limited life to the endless pursuit of nightmares.