Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

On the other hand, as long as Wei'er is not in danger, Ai'er will not appear.

The best proof is that Jiang Ran hasn't seen Ai'er at night these days.

Therefore, Jiang Ran's final decision was to leave Ella Village on his own. It was time for him to move to another place to look for his next target.

Before leaving, Jiang Ran bandaged his wound with the needle and thread from Wei'er's home.

He cleaned up Wei'er's house, cleaned up the bloodstains left by the fight, closed the doors and windows, put the two keys back in their place, making the house look like nothing had happened. Finally, he helped Wei'er onto the bed, covered her with the quilt, and went out.

Jiang Ran wrote two letters overnight, leaving one at Wei'er's house and the other at the village chief's house. Then he packed his things and left Ella Village, temporarily living the life of a savage in the Ella Forest to improve his strength.

What happened last night made Jiang Ran realize that in this Prison Star world, even falling in love with a young girl is life-threatening.

Therefore, the blacksmith must be strong himself and his combat strength must be improved.

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In Ella Village, at Wei'er's home.

After the village chief left, Wei'er returned to her room.

On her desk lay two opened letters.

One was from Banning.

The other one was written by "El".

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Ella Village

- over -

Next chapter:

Shadow of Shadou Canyon

3.1 - Hidden Enemies

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[Prison Star Calendar]

October 187, 5

9:13 AM

〖Confession: 29 days left in the death countdown〗

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The sky of the Yuyuan Empire is always covered with clouds and fog.

The dark sky covers the land where demons roam rampant.

Among the thousands of demons, there is a human who is above billions of demons and below one demon.

No one knows the real name of this human, but his title is known to all demons in the demon land.

He is the "Lord of Eternal Winter," a man whom even the supreme being of the demon race, the "Single Demon God, the Unspeakable Name," would show some respect to.

The Lord of Eternal Winter always wears a hideous mask. If anyone asks, he'll say it's a "Stone Mask," a symbol of "Dark Will."

But no demon has ever truly understood what he is saying.

At this moment, the Lord of Eternal Winter, wearing a stone ghost mask, was pacing back and forth in the Ten Thousand Demons Hall of the Hell Abyss Empire. He just noticed that one thing did not develop as he expected.

——(The "One and Only Demon God" was transported to Wildforest on May 5th, which is seven days ago. However, the "Evil God Camp" has not yet sent a confirmation notice for the additional reward. This means...)

The Lord of Eternal Winter stopped in his tracks, realizing that his plan had failed. The "One and Only Demon God" had failed to kill the "Waiting to Die" who had traveled to the Prison Star World this time.

Recalling the situation on May 5th when the "One and Only Demon Lord" was teleported back, the Lord of Eternal Winter clearly remembered that the "One and Only Demon Lord" did say, "It's easy to burn him to death with a fire."

But in fact, the other party was not dead.

This means that the person waiting to die who was drawn from the "Good God Camp" this time took only 13 minutes to understand the situation after entering the Prison Star World, and designed a plan to make the Only Demon Lord mistakenly believe that he had successfully killed him, and then successfully escaped.

——(Is there really any way to avoid this instant death situation...)

——(Even though I've already killed 57 people waiting to die... I thought I could continue to be so relaxed.)

The Lord of Eternal Winter sighed.

"Can't new players just die on the spot? They're just causing me trouble."

Although he sighed, the Lord of Eternal Winter soon started walking again. He liked to walk back and forth when he was thinking. Even if he was eating, he would walk back and forth with his bowl in hand. Even if he was going to the toilet, he would first cut off his clothes and then pull up his pants and walk back and forth.

Not long after, the Lord of Eternal Winter came to a conclusion. He believed that the biggest problem now was that there was no way to identify the identity of the person waiting to die.

Since the Kingdom of Wildforest where the deceased were located was far away from the Hell Abyss Empire and was blocked by the Human Alliance's front line, the Lord of Eternal Winter was unable to send a large number of combat forces to conduct a carpet search and siege.

His only way to kill the dying person now is to ask the only demon god to use the teleportation ability, but the "special limitations" of this teleportation ability require him to first confirm the identity characteristics and approximate geographical location of the dying person before he can use it without any negative consequences.

Considering that even the only demon god has been deceived, the next actions of the dying person will definitely not easily reveal his identity as a time traveler.

What the Lord of Eternal Winter has to do now is to set a trap to make this dying person reveal himself. As long as his identity is locked, his location can be locked. After locking the location, he can once again ask for the combat ceiling of the Prison Star World: "The Only Demon God·The Unspeakable Name" to destroy him without leaving any trace.

Yes, the Lord of Eternal Winter is a staunch believer in the theory of "killing a chicken with a sledgehammer". He is not a fool who would naively send his subordinates who are only slightly stronger than the enemy to serve as experience packs for the enemy.

If you want to kill, then you must kill with real cruelty.

——(No matter what, these dying people with 『powers』 and 『curses』cannot be allowed to grow up.)

"Heavenly ghosts, earthly ghosts, listen to my orders." (Demon language, same below)

The Lord of Eternal Winter gave a light shout, and two ghostly demons immediately "floated" out from the ceiling and the floor. One was a falcon demon with wings, and the other was a snake demon with evil eyes glowing.

"Order one: Have Wildforest Kingdom's insiders establish 'Adventurer's Guilds' in major cities and towns, modeled after the 'Quest Guilds'. Anyone who accepts a commission will be referred to as an 'Adventurer'. Keep a close eye on anyone with the characteristics of a time traveler. If found, track them and report immediately."

"Order Two: Keep a close eye on any powerful newcomers who suddenly appear in the Wildforest Kingdom, especially those without any family background. Also, treat any once-in-a-century or once-in-a-millennium trash, such as those without magical powers, the same way. If you find any, keep track of them and report them immediately."

"Order Three..."

Having said that, the Lord of Eternal Winter took out a map from his arms and looked at it for a few seconds. When he saw a Sand Pouch Canyon near Ella Village and Ella Forest, he immediately had an idea.

——(Speaking of which, there's an old bastard from the demon clan who's always stationed there... He's a piece of trash, but for someone waiting to die who's just been in the Prison Star World for seven days, he's a formidable foe.)

"Order Three: Keep a close eye on Svalerok in the Rishadou Canyon of the Green Lizard Lord's territory. If he is killed, immediately track down the killer and any participants and report their intelligence."

"Just these three, go ahead."

"Heavenly Ghost obeys your orders."

"Under the command, Earth Ghost."

The ghosts in heaven and on earth disappeared as quietly as when Tathagata came.

In the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons, only the Lord of Eternal Winter was left.

He took off his mask and felt a little tired when he thought about the fact that he still had to formulate the strategy for the next month for the Hell Abyss Empire Army.

However, he immediately patted his cheeks to cheer himself up.

"The sun and the moon pass away, and the years are not with me."

The Lord of Eternal Winter glanced at the word "Jiang" engraved on his palm, regained his spirit, and left the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons.

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At the same time, in the Ella Forest, Jiang Ran was thinking about where to bury the damn box and ruby.

The so-called box and ruby ​​refer to the spoils Jiang Ran obtained from Wolf, the leader of the Scarlet Cloud Bandits:

『Wooden Gem Box』 and 『Pigeon Blood Red Stone·Filia』.

Through his identification ability, Jiang Ran could see that the description of "Pigeon Blood Red Stone·Filia" was:

"The Stone That Leads to Hope and Invites Disaster"

As of today, Jiang Ran has not seen "Hope", but he can see "Disaster" clearly.

Jiang Ran didn't know how Wolfe got this "Pigeon Blood Red Stone·Filia", but after getting the "Pigeon Blood Red Stone·Filia", Wolfe died at the hands of Jiang Ran.

假如没有超维之神眼的预知死亡画面能力，那江然也会在〖187年5月15日 - 下午1点14分〗，也就是三天之后因为『鸽血红石·妃莉娅』而死。

In Jiang Ran's opinion, this is a cursed stone.

(Where should I bury it?)

While Jiang Ran was thinking, the stupid loli jumped out.

(Benny: Isn't that underground cave where we set the trap to kill the bandits a good place?)

(Jiang Ran: What the hell, that place is too obvious, and seeing such a big hole, who wouldn’t want to go in and check if there are any goodies hidden there?)

Even if Jiang Ran used the barbs on his fingers to think, he would not choose that underground cave, but...

(etc……)

If it weren't for the silly loli's reminder, Jiang Ran might have forgotten an important thing.

The sudden chill on his back made Jiang Ran rush to the entrance of the underground cave at great speed. However, he was still a step too late.

Looking at the identification information of the footprints at the entrance, Jiang Ran really wanted to slap himself twice.

The footprint identification information shows:

"Footprints of the Living Dead Wolfe"

3.2 - Hunting the Living Dead (Update)

When investigating "Ghost Ai'er" before, Jiang Ran learned about the "ghosts and the living dead" from Grandma Kana.

[Quoted from "2.25 - Clouds of Doubt"]

After knowing that the corpses might turn into monsters, Jiang Ran planned to return to the underground cave in Ella Forest to burn the bandits' bodies.

However, because Wei'er's matter was more urgent at that time, Jiang Ran temporarily put this plan on hold.

Unexpectedly, in just 6 days, the body of Wolf, the leader of the Red Cloud Mountain Bandits, had transformed into a zombie and had begun to move.

(Benny: Ah... This time there really is a ghost.)

When the "ghosts|zombies" really appeared, the stupid loli was not afraid anymore.

The reason they were not afraid was that it was broad daylight, and the other was that Jiang Ran and the others already knew Wolfe very well.

Jiang Ran first checked the footprints at the entrance of the underground cave and confirmed that only Wolf had come out of the underground cave, and the other three bandits had not yet turned into zombies.

So Jiang Ran picked up some dry firewood and dead leaves, burned the bandits' bodies, and then began to track the footsteps of the "Zombie Wolfe".

Compared to the term "ghost" used by the brothers Dade and Bacon, Jiang Ran felt that it was more appropriate to define the current Wolf as "living dead".

In Jiang Ran's understanding, "ghosts" should be illusory existences, while "living dead" are closer to the feeling of zombies, and can be killed physically.

Based on the hunting skills he learned from the village chief, Jiang Ran judged that Wolf's footprints were still very fresh, and it was possible that he had just left the underground cave last night.

Given that the living dead possess the memories and wisdom of the deceased, Jiang Ran speculates that Wolfe's goals after his "resurrection" may be twofold:

One is to find Banning (Jiang Ran) and Igor for revenge;

The other is to return to the bandit cave to regroup and make a comeback;

Jiang Ran followed Wolf's footsteps all the way forward and gradually discovered that Wolf's current direction was Ella Village instead of the bandit cave.

(…It seems this guy still has some good brains even after death.)

The underground cave is closer to the bandits' cave and farther from Ella Village, but Wolf chose the longer one instead of the closer one, which shows that he took action after careful consideration.

It is not difficult to guess Wolf's thinking, because since Igor has betrayed him, and Fox, the only one who can compete with Igor, is dead, then if he goes back to the bandit cave now, he will simply be giving Igor his head. On the contrary, there may be a chance if he goes to Ella Village.

Jiang Ran quickened his pace when he thought that Ella Village might be in danger.

(Benni: Jiang Yan, don’t you seem like an efficiency-first person? Would protecting Ella Village be of any benefit to you?)

(Benni: Are you still obsessed with Wei'er?)

(Jiang Ran: It's a rare opportunity to hunt monsters. It has nothing to do with Ella Village or Wei'er.)