Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

Anyway... even if it wanted to go back on its word and attack this human, it would never be this human's opponent.

The moment humans took out the "Divine Martial Art" from the void, the King Viper knew it had no chance of winning.

A human being who possessed "divine power" at such a young age was undoubtedly the legendary "reincarnated son of God". The Causal Horned Viper remembered it very clearly. Both its grandfather and its father had warned it many times not to provoke the "reincarnated son of God" among humans. Those guys were not a match for ordinary monsters.

The Causal Horned Viper believed that it was a blessing in disguise that it had encountered the "reincarnated Son of God" while seeking revenge for its tribe. Just being able to save the lives of other members of the tribe who were accompanying it was a blessing in disguise.

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In the wilderness, Jiang Ran saw the King Viper nodding respectfully to him and agreeing to pledge allegiance to him, and he was not surprised.

After observing the entire battle, it was found that this King Viper was not only brave and righteous, but also had considerable intelligence.

Unless you are a fool, you will never choose to fight to the death under such circumstances.

Even Gou Jian, the King of Yue during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, had to endure hardships for ten years. Even if this King Viper secretly wanted revenge in its heart, it would never turn against it today.

After confirming that the King Horned Viper agreed to pledge allegiance, Jiang Ran immediately began to train it. He told the King Horned Viper directly that he had only one purpose in letting it serve him, which was to make it responsible for carrying the equipment.

The reason why Jiang Ran spared the life of the King Viper was not only because he admired its magnanimity and responsibility, but more importantly, he was attracted by its three "characteristics".

The first trait is the ability to move deep underground. Not only can the King Viper move quickly underground, but it can also grasp the dynamics of the surface in real time. This allows Jiang Ran to maintain contact with the King Viper on the ground.

The second trait is its powerful storage capacity. The King Viper can simultaneously hold more than ten of its kind in its stomach without causing them any harm. This ability is perfect for storing equipment.

The last characteristic is the long-range delivery capability. Jiang Ran saw with his own eyes that the King Viper sprayed its tribesmen from the air at a distance of nearly one kilometer. With this ability, Jiang Ran can carry out various combat operations that will surprise the enemy.

However, even though the King Viper was so good, Jiang Ran did not give all his equipment to it for safekeeping at once for safety reasons.

As a first attempt, Jiang Ran picked up a large stone nearby, carved a word "snake" on it as a mark, and then let the King Viper swallow it.

Then, Jiang Ran began to teach the Disaster Horned Viper how to cooperate with him. He set three states for the Disaster Horned Viper, namely:

『Standby』;

『Alert state』;

There is also "combat status";

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In standby mode, the King Viper only needs to maintain a horizontal distance of no more than two hundred meters from Jiang Ran.

When on alert, the King Viper must immediately return to within a fifty-meter radius of Jiang Ran.

If it enters combat mode, the King Adder will follow Jiang Ran closely and respond to his instructions at any time, such as spraying the equipment box to Jiang Ran from a distance, or directly appearing from underground to participate in the battle.

"Do you understand?" Jiang Ran asked the King Viper.

The King Viper nodded seriously and gave Jiang Ran an affirmative answer.

So, Jiang Ran struck while the iron was hot and immediately began to try to cooperate with the Causing Horned Viper: "Okay, now spit out the stone for me."

The Caesar King Viper did as he was told seriously, but there was still a "small problem", that is, the stone with the word "dragon" engraved on it was covered with signs of corrosion.

This means that without a good way to protect the equipment, Jiang Ran would not be able to make the King Viper his own extra-large underground suitcase.

(It seems... I need to ask Masters Hanbing and Lieyan for some more advice...)

9.141 - Parchment Map

Jiang Ran believed that the two casting masters, Han Bing and Lie Yan, would definitely find a way to solve the problem of the corrosive liquid in the body of the King Viper.

What Jiang Ran needs to think clearly about first is how to cooperate with the King Viper in daily life and combat.

The first thing he had to solve was the problem that the name "King Viper of Disaster" was a bit too long.

"King Viper of Calamity, from today on, your name will be 'Gnaku'. Do you remember this name?"

Not surprisingly, Jiang Ran demonstrated his usual stable naming skills.

After "Little Motorcycle" and "Iron Egg", he came up with another "good" name that is hard to describe.

However, the King Viper had no objection to the name and even bowed to Jiang Ran with gratitude.

This is because the King Viper has never had a name, and it is an honor to be named by a powerful person now.

Thus, Jiang Ran's team accidentally added a new member, and it was another new monster after the "Thunderhorn Warhorse·Little Motorcycle".

One person, two monsters, Jiang Ran's team continues to add "abnormal" factors.

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After taming the "King of Disaster Horned Vipers, Gnaku" as his new subordinate, Jiang Ran set out to return to Yanji City.

This encounter and the incident with the newly added men happened so unexpectedly that Jiang Ran thought about it for a long time after the battle before he remembered his original purpose of coming to the outskirts of Yanji City.

(How ridiculous! I came here for training, but unexpectedly I ended up gaining a good subordinate.)

The reason why Jiang Ran found it ridiculous was that he had gone to the Quest Guild and the Tavern today in order to find a suitable "equipment carrier", but it was all in vain.

But now, the flowers he planted with care did not bloom, while the willows he planted by accident grew into a shade. Jiang Ran never dreamed that he could get the companions he wanted in this way. It was really absurd and ridiculous.

However, if you really think about it carefully, there are actually traces of it.

Jiang Ran vaguely remembered that someone in the tavern mentioned that "he once saw a giant snake monster around the Feiqi family's territory that could swallow a house in one bite, but it disappeared in the blink of an eye."

[Note: See chapter 9.136 - The Results of Intensive Practice]

Now that I think about it, isn't this referring to the King Viper?

So, could it be that the other rumors Jiang Ran heard in the tavern actually have hidden value?

(The declining cat-people... and the "crazy" leader of the human alliance...)

Jiang Ran thought about it and decided to put these macro-level issues aside for the time being. For him, solving the "Ancestral Wolf's Curse of Judgment" on his body was the truly important matter.

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October 187, 9

9:36 AM

[Confession death countdown remaining: 16 days]

"Curse of the Ancestral Wolf: 84 Days Remaining"

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Early the next morning, the Red Prison Elder Rodrigo and the Black Prison Elder Augusto of the Feiqi family appeared in the ruins of the Wakeno volcano on the outskirts of Yanji City.

The scout team that went to investigate the volcanic ruins last night reported to them that they had found several interesting places in the volcanic ruins that were difficult to describe in words. They hoped that the elders could go and confirm them in person.

After the Red and Black Elders arrived at the scene, they found that things were indeed not as simple as they had previously thought.

It turns out that this former base of the Snake Shadow Society is not just symbolic, but actually has a hidden world.

Elder Minghei looked at the several passages that stretched in all directions in the volcanic ruins, as well as the large pit not far away that seemed to have collapsed a few days ago. After thinking for a while, he suggested to Elder Yuhong that they could send more people to the ruins while the rescue operation was still being prepared, as there might be unexpected discoveries.

Elder Yuhong also agreed with this idea. The soldiers on standby were just sitting around doing nothing anyway. Besides, the ruins seemed to be safe and would not lead to any accidental loss of troops before departure.

Then, just when the Red and Black Elders were about to return to the Feiqi Family Manor to formally confirm the matter with the family, a soldier hurried over holding a roll of parchment.

"Elder! This... this is a new... new discovery!"

The soldier was sweating profusely and out of breath. Elder Minghei stepped forward, took the parchment, and then asked the soldier to step aside and sit down to rest.

"Is this something that those guys from the Snake Shadow Society missed?" Elder Yuhong came over and asked.

"Well...it's possible..." Elder Minghei answered as he slowly opened the parchment, fearing that he would accidentally tear the old thing.

After opening the parchment, the two elders saw a partial map with markings in the demonic language, but they could not understand what was written on it.

"Someone, call someone who understands the demon language to translate it."

Elder Minghei immediately realized the importance of the object in his hand. Although he could not understand the language of the demons, he judged from the style of the map that this was most likely a treasure map.

Elder Yuhong, who was standing nearby, also made some discoveries. After comparing the map from several angles, he came to a conclusion. He believed that the geographical location of this partial map was most likely the territory of the Bilizard family of the Kingdom of West.

"If I'm not mistaken, this place should be the forest area around Sunny Town and Shadou Canyon..." Elder Yuhong murmured.

Hearing the place names mentioned by Elder Yuhong, Elder Minghei immediately remembered that when they were looking for the "Pigeon Blood Red Stone", Viviana had sensed the existence of the Pigeon Blood Red Stone in that area, but unfortunately they returned empty-handed in the end.

Could it be that the map on this parchment is related to the pigeon blood red stone?

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Elder Minghei's guess was soon verified. The translator who came with them told the two elders the answer immediately after he was brought in, and what he said was exactly consistent with Elder Minghei's guess!

"Oh, Augusto, our Feiqi family is truly blessed by God!"

Elder Yuhong excitedly put his arm around Elder Minghei's shoulders, but Elder Minghei was not as excited as he was. He just calmly ordered someone to take the translator away to claim the reward.

"Rodrigo, it's too early to be happy. What if this map is fake, or a trap? Wouldn't it be a waste of joy?"

"Fake? That can't be right. Who would deliberately throw a fake map into this volcanic crater?"

"I'm just guessing, I hope I'm overthinking it."

Elder Minghei did not say everything he was thinking. He did not want to influence Elder Yuhong's judgment before he had evidence.

The reason why Elder Minghei had some concerns was that he vaguely felt that this seemingly old parchment map seemed a bit like a forgery.

As for whether the parchment had been aged, Elder Minghei only needed to go back and ask an appraiser to identify it. But if the parchment was really placed in the volcanic ruins intentionally, then it would be a big problem.

As far as Elder Minghei knew, the only person who had come to the Wakonuo volcano ruins in recent days and whom he could not completely trust was Banning.

9.142 - Profits

After layers of thought, a terrible idea finally emerged in Elder Minghei's mind.

Could this parchment map, which looks serious at first glance, have been forged by Banning and placed in the ruins?

Elder Minghei couldn't help but shudder. If this guess was correct, it might turn into a disaster for the Feiqi family.

Perhaps because he was afraid of this happening, or perhaps because his rationality suddenly returned, Elder Minghei quickly convinced himself that there was no way that Banning could do such a thing. This young man had no reason to harm the Scarlet Qi family, not to mention the "Pigeon Blood Red Stone·Filia" which was strongly related to Viviana.

However, Elder Minghei still planned to find an appraiser to authenticate the parchment map after returning to the Feiqi family manor.

——(At least we need to find out whether this map is fabricated or not...)

"Augusto, do you have any questions? If not, let's go back."

Elder Yuhong's urging pulled Elder Minghei back to the real world from his thoughts. He buried his previous thoughts in his heart and went back with Elder Yuhong taking the parchment map.

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After returning to the Feiqi family manor, Elder Minghei did not waste a moment and immediately found an appraiser.

The result he obtained was that the map on the parchment was indeed drawn recently, but as for who drew it, the appraiser had no ability to identify it.

Elder Minghei felt a little regretful that he failed to obtain the information he wanted, but this did not affect his judgment.

Now, it is basically confirmed that the parchment map is a fraud, but Elder Minghei does not intend to tell Elder Yuhong and others because he believes that doing so will only make the situation more difficult to control.

Elder Minghei's idea was this: first of all, no matter who made this parchment map, it was certain that the other party knew the Feiqi family very well.

"Pigeon Blood Red Stone·Filia", "Wakno Volcano Ruins"... these are the top secrets of the Feiqi family.

So, what was the other party trying to do by going to such great lengths to guide the Feiqi family to the Bixi family's territory? Was it to ambush the Feiqi family members, or to lure the tiger away from the mountain to launch a surprise attack on Yanji City?

No matter which one it is, as long as Elder Minghei sends a team of scouts to confirm the location on the treasure map, all doubts will be dispelled.

Such a fragile conspiracy is really not worthy of the careful planning of the parchment map itself.

——(Am I thinking wrongly?)

Elder Minghei couldn't find his own problem for a moment, but it didn't matter, because just as he had just thought, it would never be wrong to send a team to investigate first.

Even though he knew it was most likely a trap, Elder Minghei was willing to make such a sacrifice, because the "Pigeon Blood Red Stone·Filia" was of such great value to the Feiqi family.

As for whether Banning was the person behind the parchment map, Elder Minghei felt that it would not be too late to investigate after the reconnaissance team had found out the situation.

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