East Meet West

149- Escorting out of the Dark Forest 4

And the reasons for me to take Armelia with me are,

First, I want to roam the whole continent with her and let her see the whole world. And it would be a lie if I said that I don’t have any feelings for her and want her to accompany me.

Second, there is the condition that for every increase in cultivation, new information will be unlocked in the ‘Brown book’. So, for every level increase in my cultivation, the new unlocked information will guide me to lay a proper foundation.

Third, according to the old man, who gave us [Posi-Nega-Tive sutra] and [Nega-Posi-Tive sutra], when Armelia and I, practice these 2 dual-cultivation methods together, the results will be 100% but if it is practiced with someone else, then the results will be less than 30-50%. Of course, I have used it on Sheela.

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‘creak’

The door was pushed open and I stopped the debate that was happening inside my mind.

It was Armelia who arrived.

I found that her eyes were red and her mood was depressed. She said,

“Orochi, I want to go with you.”

“Armelia, I cannot do that because if any human expert finds out your identity, then it could get dangerous and our strength is still weak. Please understand, I cannot risk your life.”

Armelia walked to me and said,

“Then stay here for few more months. With the help of dual-cultivation technique, I will quickly become stronger and I will be able to assist you.”

Armelia looked at me with hope and eyes which were filled with tears.

“Sigh... alright. But you have to promise me that if anything goes wrong, you will come back to the dark forest and there will be no more discussion on that. And first I will have to ask for your mother’s permission.”

“OK!!!!”

Armelia jumped with joy.

I went to meet Sheela to discuss about this and Armelia tagged along.

After some discussion and Armelia’s begging, Sheela finally agreed but she laid down certain rules and conditions, in which the major rule was that she will follow my words. And she has to return back in 6 months. Armelia first quarreled with Sheela on the time period matter but Sheela was stern and refused to agree. Then Armelia reluctantly agreed and ran out to prepare her things for the travel.

Since we were alone, Sheela advised me that I should go to areas where humans have low cultivation, like countries that are controlled by Kingdoms. In the countries, humans with cultivation above the Mortal realm are rare to see, and luckily on the outskirts of the Dark Forest, there is a border that separates the Saurastra kingdom and Windy country. This country comes under the jurisdiction of the Saurastra Kingdom and the country also pays heavy taxes to the kingdom. According to Sheela, the highest cultivation in the country is under the Royalty realm, and those characters all serve the Royal family of Windy country. The major powers in the country apart from the royal family are 3 sects and 3 big families. And the highest power they have has not even reached the Actualization stage.

Listening to her advice, I felt it was reasonable. I still need to increase my cultivation. And I can gather resources in the Windy country. And after few months, I can send back Armelia and then travel back to the Saurastra Kingdom, to gather information on Lily Connor and the three bastard friends (Jack Ray, Simon Taylor, Mark Anthony).

Armelia was ready and waiting for me. Sheela gave me a map of the dark forest, which would help me travel back to the Lamia tribe and she also marked all the forbidden areas which would help me avoid other monster tribes.

Sheela assigned a newly promoted Royalty realm Lamia to escort us out of the Dark Forest and will also protect us in the shadows.

Before leaving, I met all the acquaintances like Amy, Julie, Emily, etc, and bid them goodbye. My relation with them has not progressed much due to my cultivation schedule. But I intend to improve our relations but it can only be postponed until I return.

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After I let the Lamia tribe, I felt very refreshed.

I guess I got bored of the secretive and confined life that I had lived in the Lamia tribe. I did not explore out of the Lamia tribe due to the fact that the other monster tribes might capture me.

But now that I have left the Lamia tribe, I feel very good.

The Royalty realm Lamia who was escorting us was called ‘June Lama’ and she broke through into the Royalty realm 2 months ago.

June Lama is also a cousin of Sheela. She is 1.7 meters tall and has a great body. As for beauty?... hehe... to me every anime woman is a beauty there is no difference. Unlike, Sheela and Armelia, June’s hair color was brown.

But she has a cold personality and throughout our journey, she hardly spoke more than 30 words.

According to what Sheela said, if we walk along the marked safe route, it would take a week to get out of the Dark Forest. But it cannot be helped as other monsters might chase me if I get spotted.

Although, there are two monster race individuals with me, so in a sense that should make things easier but that’s where the error is.

Because, we are walking out of the dark forest which looks like they are escorting me, so that means I am friends with them, which would make the situation look like the Lamia tribe is collaborating with the humans and that might lead to trouble of the Lamia tribe and the enemies will take this situation and attack the tribe.

So, we have to avoid monsters as much as possible.

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Along the way, I picked up herbs and ores that could be exchanged for money. But unfortunately, I could not kill any monster which will give me ‘exp’ and I could level up. As that might attract other monsters.

And I placed them in the storage that I received from Sheela as a small gift.

The space inside the storage was not big, just half a meter wide and high. [To those who did not understand: the space inside the storage ring is 50x50x50 or length, breadth and height is 50 cm]

We walked in the day and rested in the night. We did not hunt for food but ate what was stored in our storage rings.

After 5 days, we finally reached the border which separates the Inner area and the Outer area.

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