An invincible journey starting from a different race

"Abel..." Aitch said, "But aren't you always worried that Aesop will go astray or encounter danger?"

"Yes, I've always been worried about these two points, but Aesop has been gone for more than a year. Have these two points I'm worried about really happened?" Abel smiled gently. "I always thought Aesop would go astray, but in fact, he is becoming more mature and stronger every day. He is growing in his own way. Do I have to deny him as a person just because his growth path is different from what I expected? I watched Aesop grow up. How could I not understand what kind of person he is?"

Hearing Abel say this, Aitch couldn't help but nodded: "Indeed."

"As for the dangers he's faced... He's already crossed that threshold. How many people in this world can threaten him?" Abel sighed softly. "Besides, he's my most proud disciple. If I don't trust him, how can I say I know him best? He's been away from me for a year. He's been through a lot and met a lot of people, but none of these things have defeated him. Instead, they've made him stronger. This also proves that my idea of keeping him by my side was wrong."

Aiqi was silent for a long moment, then said softly, "Indeed, I've been out there for a few months this time, and I've gained quite a bit of insight. The world out there is very complex and full of temptations. I don't know how many people become addicted to it... like that bastard Kent. But little Aesop is different. Even when faced with temptations of one kind or another, he never neglects his cultivation. For this reason alone, he's far superior to most people, like Kent."

When Ayki mentioned Kent, Abel's expression darkened. He said calmly, "Don't compare my beloved disciple with that scumbag. That's an insult to my beloved disciple."

Aiqi nodded: "I understand. But have you really thought it through? You won't ask us to look for Aesop again?"

"Of course." Abel quickly put on his smile again. "I have a complete understanding of everything Aesop did and everything he went through, and I'm proud of him. I've even started reading his Fables. Look, this is the latest copy that was sent to me, and I haven't even started reading it yet."

Seeing that Abel had already started reading Aesop's Fables, Aiqi couldn't help but feel touched. He thought that the master and disciple had finally come to understand each other. Then he couldn't help but smile: "Look at what that brat has written in the latest volume. We've been looking for him for a long time, but we don't know where he went."

"Haha, so he's my beloved disciple." As Abel said this, he opened the latest part of "Aesop's Fables" and then said with some surprise, "Aesop actually has a title... Patrick Star, what the hell is this?"

Seeing that Abel's expression was gradually becoming unhappy, Aiqi immediately reminded him, "Hey, hey, hey, Abel, you were just saying that no matter what Aesop did, you could understand him and be proud of him. Isn't that the case now?"

"Of course not. I, Abel, always keep my word. When Xiao Yi asked for this title, it must have this meaning. Let me look for it... Look, there's even an annotation."

"Oh? What's the meaning of that?"

"Let me see." Abel slowly recited, "The breasts are big like stars, they shine brightly when held in my palm~ (Please sing it to the melody of the Black Cat Sheriff theme song)"

Aiqi was stunned.

This...is more like being sung than reading, and it has a very rhythmic feel.

After singing, Abel raised his head and looked at Aichi, and then...

"Abel! Abel, what's wrong with you?! Don't die, I'm going to pinch your Ren Zhong right now!"

375 Furui Street

"Aesop."

"what happened?"

"I just suddenly wondered if your teacher would see your Aesop's Fables," Stank said. "If he did, and happened to see your latest annotations for the title, he wouldn't be angry, would he?"

Aesop thought for a moment and said, "Probably not. I think my teacher is quite generous."

"Really, really so generous?" As the victim, Bruce naturally refused to believe it. Thinking back to Abel's threats to him, Bruce felt a little scared. "Compared to your teacher, the demons are all innocent and kind."

At this moment, nearly two weeks have passed since they defeated Reinhardt, and they have left the coast and returned inland.

Of course, they did not leave immediately after dealing with Reinhardt, but stayed there for two days to recuperate.

These two days of rest were mainly for taking care of Bruce and allowing Aesop to study his faith magic more thoroughly.

Of course, the most important thing is that Aesop is collecting payment.

On the first day, I collected payment from the Siren mermaid in the morning, yi-ya-yi-ya-yo, and in the afternoon, I collected payment from the Haval mermaid, yi-ya-yi-ya-yo.

The next morning, he collected his reward from the Merlo mermaid, "Eeyah, eyah, yo." In the afternoon, he fused the three mermaids together and collected his reward from Rusalka, "Eeyah, eyah... yah, yo." After two days of collecting rewards, Aesop's body gradually became thinner and his face gradually paler, so everyone hurriedly pulled him away.

"This is all for your health! It's not out of jealousy!" Gan Qiu said.

But Aesop didn't mind it much. After all, they were mermaids, so they just wanted to have some novelty. Just one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight bites would be enough. There was no need to get too sick of it.

Of course, this departure does not mean it is a farewell forever.

As long as Aesop is willing, he can still establish contact with them. After all, Rusalka promised him that as long as he is willing, he can command the three mermaid sisters to merge at any time. Aesop just needs to contact them after reaching the beach.

As for how to contact...

Anyway, Aesop had three more conch shells hanging around his waist, making a total of five conch shells. When he walked, the conch shells collided with each other, making a crisp sound.

This made the four bodyguards who knew the inside story feel a little speechless. They wondered if Aesop would hang a lot of conch shells around his waist in the future.

If that day really comes, Aesop might as well stop calling himself Patrick and just call himself Conch Drifter.

"Speaking of which, where should we go next?" After withdrawing his attention from Aesop's conch, Stank couldn't help but sigh, "It feels like I've been constantly on the go and haven't had a good rest at all."

"Yeah," Gan Qiu agreed. "I haven't been to a proper nightmare shop in almost a month! Do we have to keep running away like this for the rest of our lives?"

These two sentences were obviously said to Aesop, and Aesop was not stupid. After thinking carefully for a while, he said: "Let's go back to Dream Town."

They were slightly stunned, and then Jer asked, "Can we go back to Dream Town now? Your teacher doesn't want to see you anymore?"

"My teacher won't do it himself," Aesop replied. "Besides, after gaining Reinhard's power, my range of perception has greatly expanded. If other teachers come looking for me, I'll know long in advance, so it's not impossible to run away then. Also, I think my teacher should have sensed my newfound power. Given his personality, he might just let me go."

"why is that?"

"Because my teacher might think that I can learn more outside," Aesop replied, "and it's something he can't teach me."

There's nothing you can teach me... Visiting the Dream Demon Shop?

Several people looked at each other.

Although I don't quite understand the logic behind this, since Aesop said so, I can only believe him. After all, he is the one who knows his teacher best... at least better than them.

Does that mean I can finally return to Dream Town?!

Stank and Ganqiu were so excited that they almost shed tears.

You have to know that they have been out for several months.

Who knows how they have been getting through these past few months? Without being able to go to the Nightmare Shop, every day feels like a year!

Now, they are finally going back!

They are finally going to return home as wanderers.

Ah, it feels like something wet is about to flow down.

"Alright, let's get ready to go home!" Stank spurred his horse, excited. "On the way home, one nightmare a day! Jer, how long will it take us to get back to Nightmare Town?"

"About another month."

Upon hearing the time, Stank and Ganqiu immediately wilted: "Another fucking month?"

If they wait another month, the enthusiasm they had finally ignited will cool down again!

This kind of hot and cold state can really cause problems!

"There's nothing we can do about it. You think it's far, but I think it's far too." Jer spread his hands helplessly and said, "It's our fault for being out for so long this time. But since we're already on our way back, we'll just have to be patient."

"How can we endure this? How can we possibly endure this?" Gan Qiu said, "It's been a whole month. Who here can endure this?"

Aesop replied, "I can."

"Shut the fuck up! Can you guys who are full stop showing off to hungry people?" Gan Qiu said through gritted teeth, "Aren't you afraid that we will eat you up?"

Stank suggested, "How about we go back to that Nightmare Street? The street where you get the mermaid quest? Aren't there some interesting shops there too? And it's pretty close, too."

"It was still close, but not now," Jel said. "If we turn back, it will take about a week, but then it will take even longer to get back to Dream Town. Are you sure?"

Would it be more troublesome to go back?

As soon as these words came out, Gan Qiu and Stank were immediately in a dilemma.

Damn it, this doesn’t work and that doesn’t work either.

May I ask where the road leads?

At this moment, Bruce, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly spoke up: "If you really want to go, I know a good place nearby... Of course, I don't know if it's a good place for you."

Stank and Ganqiu immediately turned to look at Bruce: "Where are we going?"

"A rather special Nightmare Street." Bruce said, "It's full of orcs."

"Is this a street full of orcs? What's it called?"

"It's called Furui Street."

If conditions permit

"Forui Street..." Jer looked up at the sign above his head and couldn't help but raise his hand to correct it, "Hey, Bruce, isn't this called Beast Road? How can it be Forui Street?"

"It's indeed called the Beast Road," Bruce said, "but I've always called it Furui Street... Don't you think Furui Street is more descriptive than the Beast Road? Well, you'll see once you go in and take a look."

Yes, they had arrived at Furui Street.

What surprised everyone was that this street was very popular. Looking up, it was full of nightmares soliciting customers and bodyguards looking for suitable nightmares. It was even as lively as the Nightmare Town.

"There's actually a Nightmare Street this big." Stank immediately rubbed his hands together, "I didn't even know about this before! What a sin, what a sin... No, why should I feel guilty? It should be Bruce, you've never brought us here before, you're such a sin!"

"To be frank, it's true." Gan Qiu crossed his arms and nodded as he said, "If you hide your happiness from your brothers, you will get anal fissures."

"...What kind of vicious curse is this?" Bruce said angrily, "What do you mean I didn't bring you here? I never thought you guys didn't know about this place. This is the most famous Orc Nightmare Street."

Jer stroked his chin and recalled, "I think I came here a long time ago, but I remember there weren't many shops back then. I didn't expect it to have developed like this in such a short time."

"When was the last time you were here?"

"About a hundred years ago."

"...Then what are you talking about?" Stank said angrily. "For us short-lived people, your statement is as outrageous as saying, 'I haven't been here, but my great-grandfather was, and it's changed a lot.'"

Aesop asked curiously, "So you and your great-grandfather went to the same store? Is there a saying that three generations of a family have a crush on the same nightmare? It's like, 'Ah, you look exactly like your father.'"

Stank fell silent for a moment, and then he spoke slowly after a while: "Aesop, if you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb."

The idea of a nightmare demon receiving three generations of a family... is terrifying just to think about it.

In order not to think too much, Stank had to quicken his pace and stepped into the Furui Street called "Beast Road" first.

"Hey, guests over there, look over here~ this way, this way."

As soon as they came in, they were spotted by several nightmare girls. They turned around and saw several enthusiastic nightmare girls waving at them. Their good looks and figures immediately attracted them.

But after I got there, I realized that these nightmare girls... no matter how you look at it, they are human.

Stank couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you humans? Why are you on this street?"

"We're not purebred humans." A nightmare demon raised his "cat paw" and said with a grin, "Just look at this and you'll know."

With the reminder from this nightmare, everyone discovered that the hands or feet of these nightmares were in the shape of orcs, or they would have a long tail.

"Is this thing of yours really not a prop?" Stank couldn't help but question.

"Tsk, sir, this is your first time here, right?" The nightmare blinked and said, "You might not understand the rules here. All nightmares on this street must be certified and have a certain level of orc blood before they can open a shop here. And we are indeed orcs, but our orc blood content is not that high."

Aesop nodded thoughtfully: "That means the human content is relatively high."

"...What kind of weird statement is that?" The nightmare tilted his head, then said, "But the general meaning is the same. After all, these parts of ours are genuine orc parts. If you don't believe me, you can try it."

As these nightmares spoke, they held the hands of others with their furry claws, making them feel that the claws were indeed real.

"How about it, guests? Do you want to try it out?" The nightmares with cat girl blood asked with a smile.

Everyone exchanged glances.

How should I put it? These cat girls are indeed cute, but that's just a comparison. To these well-traveled and experienced criminals, they still lack a bit of interest. They feel like the most ordinary nightmares in the nightmare town.

"Sorry." Stank pulled his hand out of the claw and said, "We still want to take a closer look and go inside a little further."

"Want to see more?" The incubus didn't seem upset after being rejected, but instead said nonchalantly, "But it's true, it's best to see more on your first visit. There's a rule on this street: the further you go in, the higher the level of fortune... the higher the level of beastification. People like us are incubus with the lowest level of fortune, only about 2-3%. Aside from our hands and feet, everything else is the same as a normal human."

"Does Fury's level get higher the further you go in?" Stank looked at Bruce, who had been here before, and asked, "Bruce, have you ever been to the innermost part? What's the scene like there?"

Bruce shook his head and said, "I haven't been to the innermost part. In fact, I haven't been here many times, and I have no interest in going all the way to the end."

Gan Qiu was a little confused: "What is this? Shouldn't this street be the most suitable for you? Your Furui acceptance ability should be the highest among us, right?"

Bruce glanced at Ganqiu and said unhappily, "Nonsense! I'm an orc myself, and a purebred dog-orc. So in my eyes, my kind are just normal people. There's nothing special about them. If I have to say, humans and elves are the real formidable ones in my eyes."

Bruce's words made everyone suddenly realize.

Yes, he originally went to be an orc, so naturally he didn’t have much feeling towards other orcs.

So for this kind of thing, we still have to ask what humans, who are the most different from orcs, think about it.

"Aesop," Gan Qiu asked, "If it were you, would you rather find a little wild cat or a little kitten?"

Aesop thought for a moment and replied, "If conditions permit, I'd rather find someone else."