Chapter 154 - 130: Battlefield Reporter Duo!

Chapter 154: Chapter 130: Battlefield Reporter Duo!

"Me?" Salas pointed at himself in disbelief.

"Go to the Human Circle?!"

"Yeah..." Yu Zhun nodded with a solemn expression, while the other members couldn’t help but reveal odd smiles.

"We need someone inside the Human Circle to make contact with the humans there." Yu Zhun explained his idea. "Perhaps this way, we can figure out the fixed locations of the springs in advance and quietly destroy them without other teams knowing. This way, not only can we safely obtain more Spring Tokens, but we can also end a Dungeon that normally requires fifteen days much earlier."

Even though higher-level Dungeons took longer to complete, it was still rare for a Level 40 Dungeon like the Giant Demon Valley to easily drag on for half a month. This was the main reason Yu Zhun felt there must be a way to clear it quickly.

Yu Zhun’s words made a lot of sense. After listening to his analysis, Salas also felt that there might be other secrets hidden within the Human Circle.

Just as he was slightly swayed, Su Hong raised his hand from the side.

"If Sa isn’t willing, I’ll do it," Su Hong said, smiling as he patted Salas’s shoulder. "I’m quite interested in this task."

Salas shuddered.

Who could get used to the filthy, stinking environment of the Human Circle?

Seeing his reluctance, Su Hong actually took the initiative to offer...

"Su Hong, let me do it!" Salas suddenly straightened his back, a determined look on his face. "Leave this kind of task to me!"

"I’d better do it." Su Hong shook his head. He was about to say something else but was interrupted by Yu Zhun, who could no longer hold it back.

"Stop fighting, you two," Yu Zhun said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "What is there to argue about? I was planning on sending both of you together anyway."

Salas: "..."

Su Hong: "..."

"Although the roaming Giant Demons won’t deal damage to raiding players, only capturing them and preventing their escape, players aren’t absolutely safe inside the Human Circle." Yu Zhun looked at the two of them and paused slightly. "That’s because there might be other players who have also been captured and thrown into the Human Circle. And those players can harm us."

Salas had no damage output. Naturally, Yu Zhun couldn’t possibly let him go alone. With Su Hong going along, he could protect Salas.

Moreover, Yu Zhun had observed that among the six members of their guild, Su Hong ranked third in terms of Dungeon plot analysis. Second was the Rich Lady, and first, naturally, was himself.

As for why he didn’t send the Rich Lady to the Human Circle...

He was afraid she would blow him up with a single Blast Flame.

No, after changing her class to Arcane Magic Guide, the Rich Lady disdained using Blast Flame. Her go-to move was now the advanced skill, Purgatory Burst Flame.

In short, once Su Hong reached the Human Circle, he would likely discover clues that Salas couldn’t find on his own.

Su Hong and Salas exchanged glances and accepted this highly compromising arrangement.

Before entering the Human Circle, some preparations were necessary. Salas pulled out a bunch of items and tinkered with them for quite a while, while Su Hong got a lot of food from Su Yue. Terrified that the two of them would suffer in the Human Circle, she had emptied half her backpack of good stuff for them.

With everything ready, the two men, escorted by the others, slowly approached a Giant Demon wandering near the edge of the valley.

Upon seeing the group, a gleam of excitement appeared in the Giant Demon’s eyes. It let out a bizarre roar and charged straight at them.

"I’m off, guys. We’ll keep in touch via the buttons." Salas put on an expression of facing death with equanimity. He strode at the very front and was promptly scooped up by the five-to-six-meter-tall Giant Demon.

Under everyone’s watchful eyes, the Giant Demon skillfully pulled a hemp rope from its waist, tied Salas’s legs together, and slung him upside down over its shoulder.

Salas: "..."

Su Hong: "..."

Everyone else: "..."

"URGH!"

Pressed tightly against the Giant Demon’s bare lower back, staring at the tangled clumps of curly hair on its purplish-black skin, and smelling the stench wafting into his nose, Salas’s face instantly turned green as he couldn’t help but dry heave.

"I’ll take good care of him," Su Hong said, shaking his head helplessly. Seeing the Giant Demon turn to head back, he obediently followed closely behind it.

The Giant Demon, which had been preparing to return to call more companions to capture the rest of the humans, paused when it saw Su Hong obediently trailing behind it. A hint of a smile squeezed onto its fierce and hideous face before it swaggered off over the mountains and ridges.

"Ah! Stop shaking!! Holy f—URGH..."

Amidst Salas’s miserable screams, the one Demon and two humans disappeared into the distance.

"Next, we’ll find a place to set up camp and wait for their good news." Yu Zhun smiled and took out his Communication Button. "With Su Hong there, it shouldn’t be a big problem."

The others withdrew their gazes with odd expressions and nodded in unison.

They silently mourned for Salas for a single second.

***

The Giant Demons’ massive bodies and unique physical structures made them perfectly suited for traversing mountains and ridges. In the Giant Demon Valley—an ultra-large map where raiding players often lost their way—the Giant Demons knew the terrain like the backs of their hands and could even find shortcuts.

Soon, under the guidance of that Giant Demon, Salas and Su Hong arrived at the Giant Demons’ stronghold.

Watching tens of thousands of Giant Demons moving about in the stronghold, roaring and yelling like primitive men, both of them wore slightly nervous expressions.

The last time they had seen so many monsters was during the Red Moon Tide, and the oppressive aura of the Giant Demons was far stronger than that of those Demonized Creatures.

If these monsters were to show their health bars, the two of them would be instantly doomed.

However, this dangerous scenario did not actually occur.

The Giant Demon that had captured them returned to the tribe and let out boastful roars, much like a Hunter showing off their prey after a successful hunt.