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It was late into the night when the three of them finally decided to return to their tents to sleep.

Due to the wild boar incident, all three of them shared a tent. That way, they could increase the odds of them sensing danger and allow them to assist each other if they were attacked.

Thankfully, all was quiet that night, and the trio woke up early the next morning.

Leaving the tent as soon as he got up, Gerald realized that there were already a number of birds feasting on the wild boar’s carcass, with most of them being eagles and vultures. Gerald paid them no notice, and instead began packing up.

It was around nine when all three of them were up and ready to continue on their journey into the depths of the forest…

According to Old Flint’s map, walking past the phosphorite mountain area would allow them to accomplish their second step. Of course, that was easier said than done.

After all, not only was the phosphorite mountain extremely vast, but the trio had no idea what kinds of dangers awaited them there as well. With that in mind, they could only hope that they were prepared enough to face whatever obstacles they came across.

Up till this point, they already had to deal with the massive boar and the Soul Hunters… What a dangerous place…

Regardless, it was about two hours later when the trio finally came across a stream. With that, they then decided to replenish their water supply and take a short rest while they were at it.

Now sitting atop a flat stone, Juno found herself asking, “Say… Do you have any idea how much longer we’ll need to walk, Gerald…?”

Shaking his head, Gerald then replied, “Not at all… Based on Old Flint’s map, all I know is that we’ll need to walk past the phosphorite mountain area… Sadly, the map doesn’t really specify how huge the area is…”

Just as they were wondering how large the area really was, an arrow suddenly flew past all three of them!

Immediately turning to face the direction the arrow shot out from, the trio was greeted by the sight of a few men—donning black clothes—with crossbows in hand!

“Soul Hunters!” yelled Gerald as he instantly held onto Juno and Rey’s arms before bolting away with them.

The Soul Hunters themselves instantly began shooting volley after volley of crossbow bolts. It almost felt like it was raining arrows!

Thankfully, the trio managed to take cover in the forest.

“Dmn it! How do we keep bumping into those bstards! How unlucky!” grumbled Rey.

“Please don’t forget that the entire Soul Hunter organization is here. Since they’ve been divided into several small groups, it’s pretty much inevitable that we’ll constantly bump into them while we’re here!” explained Gerald.

Regardless, once they were sure that the Soul Hunters had lost track of them, all three of them couldn’t help but sigh in relief before resuming their journey…

After what had just happened, the trio found that it was safer to simply use the forest path instead of walking by the side of the stream.

Compared to walking in an open area—which would allow them to be easily found and attacked—, traveling within the forest would make them harder to spot. What more, there was also plenty of cover in the forest, making escape much more plausible there.

Whatever the case was, it was about half an hour later when they finally found a home in the middle of the forest.

“…Say, do you see that, master? To think that people would actually live out here in the middle of nowhere!” exclaimed Rey.

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Gerald and Juno appeared equally as surprised as Rey was. After all, who in the right mind would live this deep in the forest? It truly was mind-boggling.

After a short pause, Gerald then said, “…Well, since there’s someone living here, we may as well ask them if they know how much further we’ll need to walk!”

Nodding in agreement, the duo then began following Gerald’s lead as they walked toward the house…

However, they quickly found themselves retreating into bushes again when they realized that a few Soul Hunters were also walking toward that house!

After knocking on the door, what appeared to be the house’s owner opened it… and before he could even react, the Soul Hunters immediately rushed in!

Following that, horrified screams filled the air!

Hearing all the terror from inside that house, Gerald and the others quickly exchanged glances. The Soul Hunters were definitely there to eliminate that family… How inhumane!

Unable to bear the screams anymore, Juno found herself pleading, “Gerald, let’s help them! The Soul Hunters have really gone over the line this time…!”

Upon hearing that, Gerald nodded before turning to face Rey and saying, “Hide here while we resolve the issue, alright, Rey? Don’t make a move until we return!”

Of course, Rey wasn’t about to go against Gerald’s orders, so he quickly hid in some nearby bushes.

Seeing that, Gerald and Juno bolted toward the house! The second they arrived at the now open door, they were immediately greeted by the sight of a murdered couple lying in a puddle of their own blood…

The sight of that instantly infuriated the duo. For the Soul Hunters to do such inhumane acts… They truly were worse than beasts!

“You utter b*stards…!” roared the angered Juno.

At that moment, both of them heard a screaming girl coming from deeper inside the house.

“H-help me…!” screamed the desperate-sounding girl.

Wasting no time, Gerald and Juno then rushed toward the source of the voice…

Realizing that there were a few Soul Hunters standing in their way, Gerald immediately summoned the Astrabyss Sword before expertly slicing all of their necks in one swift slash!

As the Soul Hunters began choking on their own blood, Juno herself continued running toward the source of all the screaming. Soon enough, she entered the room where the terrified screams originated from… And she was greeted by the sight of a Soul Hunter forcefully pinning himself atop a plainly dressed girl!

Now brimming with fury, Juno instantly stabbed the disgusting man’s back before yanking him off the girl!

Since Juno was a cultivator, she was way stronger than these puny Soul Hunters. With that in mind, she easily lifted the human trash off the ground… and without the slightest hesitation, she sliced his neck!

Unable to even react, the man died almost instantaneously in Juno’s hands…

And just like that, the duo had gotten rid of all the Soul Hunters who had raided the house.

With the issue now resolved, Juno then began walking over to the frightened girl before sitting next to her… As she placed a hand over the poor girl’s shoulder, however, the girl instantly began screaming frantically as she instinctively curled up into a ball!

Heartbroken by the girl’s state of mind, Juno then slowly embraced her while saying, “It’s alright now… You’re saved…! It’s all going to be alright…”

It took a while, but after Juno’s constant reassurance, the girl finally managed to calm down slightly… However, now that the fear was gone, sadness instantly set in, and within Juno’s embrace, the girl began shedding tears, her wails resonating across the entire house…

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Her cries only made Juno’s heart ache even more. Gerald himself could only shake his head as he slowly walked out of the room…

Stepping out, Gerald then signaled for Rey—who was still hiding—to come over.

Seeing that, Rey then quickly made his way toward the house… But the second he saw how bloody it was now inside, he instantly dashed out again to puke his guts out! Since this was the first time he had seen such fresh corpses, it was undoubtedly a great shock to him…

Knowing that, Gerald couldn’t really blame Rey for his reaction. After all, Gerald himself was only this nonchalant toward the dead since he was used to seeing corpses by this point. With that in mind, Rey’s tolerance toward sights like these would surely rise the more corpses he witnessed in future.

Regardless, it was some time later when Rey finally gathered the courage to look at the corpses again. Once Gerald made sure he was fine, the duo then got to work burying the corpses. Naturally, they buried the girl’s parents separately.

Once they were done, Rey couldn’t help but growl, “Those people… they’re inhumane…!”

While Gerald didn’t reply, his solemn expression did the talking for him.

True to Rey’s words, the Soul Hunters truly were ruthless to be able to do such brutal acts…

After witnessing all this, Rey was now more determined than ever to become a cultivator. By working hard, he would hopefully be able to prevent scenes like these from happening…

his

Gerald cleared his throat before righteously declaring, “…Sir and madam… Since you were killed by those people, I’ll bestow punishment on them! I’ll make

the girl’s parents, and after hearing what Gerald said, the duo then vanished into thin

all, now that they had passed on in peace, they

that they were gone, Gerald drew the Astrabyss Sword before starting to

as Soul Eater, and casting it enabled him to completely exterminate villainous spirits. As Gerald had earlier said, any spirits caught within the punishing spell

dead Soul Hunters. After all, they deserved this punishment, and Gerald wasn’t

feel that he hadn’t

the chanting complete, Gerald then yelled, “Soul

out, the spirits of the Soul Hunters immediately merged into a white orb

into the orb of light, causing it to shatter

their souls

had done, Rey—who had been watching intently from the back—couldn’t help but feel that it was all very magical. It certainly made

then returned to the room where Juno and the girl

glance, the girl had completely calmed down by this point. Even so, she appeared reluctant to say a word…

realizing Gerald’s presence, Juno immediately pleaded, “Gerald…! Please, help

Gerald then asked, “…You’re suggesting me to do ‘that’?

question, Juno turned to look at the girl… before closing her eyes and nodding as she said, “…I’m sure. I don’t want her to live in despair for as

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much she wanted to help the girl. With that in mind, Gerald then replied, “…Very

was going on about, Rey could only continue staring at them with

walking toward the girl… before gently placing a finger on her forehead. The second he released his finger,

the orb began circling the girl’s head… First slowly, then faster… and

prompted to ask, “…What… was

good chunk of it in fact… Still, it’s better for her in the long run as long as she can forget all that’s happened

immediately shocked. To think

the process will also cause her lifespan to shorten, though we don’t exactly know how

was now free of her painful memories, her lifespan had now been decreased. One could only

girl could live happily after this, the

wasn’t long after before the girl regained

confused girl couldn’t help but ask, “…Who…

earlier so we saved you!” replied Juno with

to remember what had happened before… Of

tell us your name…?” asked Juno as her smile

girl instantly frowned.

quite a while, she simply couldn’t recall what it was. Shaking her head, the

turned

aware that there existed a possibility of forgetting quite a bit after undergoing the

know where you are?”

replied, “No idea… I don’t know where

her name or even her own home, it was clear that the girl truly had forgotten

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erasure technique truly was something

case was, Gerald then turned to look at Rey before ordering, “…Go see if you can find

as he instantly began searching around the

long after before Rey managed to find a book with her

said, “Master, I think I’ve found it! Her name should

the book from Rey, Gerald then looked at it before handing it to the

the girl couldn’t help but furrow her brows, a

her head again as she replied, “…I really can’t remember if

it’ll come back to you one day…” consoled

who are all of you…?” asked Juno in

remember us, it’s fine

After all, Yrsa was currently nothing more than a blank slate. Since she knew nothing, the only thing she could do was believe

that the trio couldn’t be villains since they did

suddenly asked, “Yrsa…

she was understandably shocked to hear that, Yrsa eventually nodded as she replied, “…I am. After all, I can’t

the three of them breathed sighs of relief. Since she was willing to come along with them, they could at

up a bit and get out of here!” declared Gerald, understanding

this place, then other Soul Hunters would definitely be able to

quickly packing up, the four of

didn’t need to remember such a painful incident, especially after Gerald had to decrease her lifespan just to

a Soul Hunter could be seen running toward a tent—that was located at the Soul

“L-leader! We’ve lost

many people were in that squad?” asked the cloaked man who had been

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the Soul Hunter then replied, “There were six

For six men to have lost contact just like that… Something terrible must

were able to contact

we’ve gathered, they were last heard from near the

must be found, regardless of whether they’re dead or alive!” instructed

clear!” yelled the Soul Hunter as he bolted off

and Juno had ended the lives of all six of those men… However, once the

dead Soul Hunters deserved what they got for

hour later when the Soul Hunters—who had been sent out to search for the men—returned to the campsite with the

as he rushed into the cloaked man’s

But first off, calm yourself!” retorted the cloaked man

sent out to search for the seventh squad… They’ve returned with six corpses! The seventh squad was

cloaked man furiously as he got up and walked out

stepped out, he was instantly greeted by the sight of six corpses laid out in a row… Each of them had deep gashes in

the angered man then growled, “…Who’s

after six of his men had been taken

across the neck! From what we’ve been able to tell, the assailant wasn’t using an ordinary blade either! As for the sixth victim, he died from a slice on his neck

divided in rank according to the colors their uniforms

lowest level wore black, and upon promotion, they would be given a red uniform.

how powerful he really was. In fact,

it turns out, our opponents this time aren’t ordinary threats!”

before reporting, “Leader! The fifth squad just sent in a report stating that they came across three individuals next to the stream the day before! Though the

could already see what

there was a high chance

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and forward my order around! Everyone’s to be fully armed at all times! Also, gather some purple Soul Hunters to hunt down that

the other Soul Hunters as they raised their fists in response. Gerald and the

long after before the night sky began

point, Gerald and his party had set up camp under a large tree and were already grilling the remaining

chatting with Yrsa, Juno chose to

them, but eventually, Gerald took in a deep breath before

had a hunch as to what his idea

your idea go along the lines of me accepting Yrsa as my disciple? You want

Since I’ve

and say that I’ve been thinking about that as well. After all, I can’t just let you have all the disciples! I want one as well!” replied Juno with

persuade Yrsa then!” replied Gerald, understanding that Yrsa’s consent in all this was equally as important. Even so, Gerald strongly believed that

mind, he then called Yrsa over

over, Yrsa then took a seat before asking with a smile, “Yes,

first off there are a few questions we’d

trusting girl rather enthusiastically. She appeared