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1.93% The Desolate Era / Chapter 28: Eastmount Marsh

Capítulo 28: Eastmount Marsh

In the mountain forest outside the West Prefecture City.

Ji Ning, Mowu, and his maidservant Autumn Leaf were each seated on a black ferobeast. This beast was shaped like a leopard, and its body was covered with faint leopard-type patterns. It had a single horn on its head. This was an extremely ferocious type of beast. It could clamber up mountains like flat land, and was extremely fast. It was an excellent mount, but of course, it was a bit inferior to a tamed monstrous beast.

Given Ning's status, he was being quite low-key in riding this sort of mount.

"West Prefecture City." Ning turned and looked back, staring at the distant, enormous city. He had lived there ever since he was young.

"Let's go!" Ning shouted.

With a kick to the waist of the mounted beast, the mounted beast immediately leapt forward at a gallop, while Autumn Leaf and Mowu hurriedly rode their own black ferobeasts behind.

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Winter left. Spring came.

On a grassy area within a mountain village, there were dozens of fur-clad men moving forward happily, half of them carrying burdens on shoulder poles.

"Uncle Dala!" A clearly inexperienced, spear-wielding youngster called out excitedly, "Before this, you never let us visit Eastmount Marsh, and you said that Eastmount Marsh was extremely dangerous. But this time…we encountered no danger at all, and we managed to catch so many fish. It will be enough for our tribe to eat for a long time."

A heroic, bear-like figure next to him laughed, "Ah Yi, you brought us good luck. This time to Eastmount Marsh, not a single tribesman died. This is very rare. However, don't underestimate Eastmount Marsh. Eastmount Marsh is one of the places in this area with the most Diremonsters within an area of ten thousand square kilometers. But of course, the fish in Eastmount Marsh are boundless in number as well.

"Ah Yi, this is the first time you've gone fishing with us. After a few more trips, you'll know how dangerous it is. When we go back, you need to exercise more and refine your ki. Only when you are strong will you be able to live a longer life." A one-armed man next to them laughed.

"Ah Yi isn't a child anymore. This time, when we go back, we need to find a woman for Ah Yi. Let's get some good furs and go to one of the neighboring tribes to exchange them for a fertile woman with big buttocks."

"Get a few more women, so they can birth a few more childrens."

The older men were all teasing this youth.

Just at this time, from the brambles and bushes nearby, a monstrous beast with black fur was lying in wait. Its fur was extremely smooth, and the contours of its body were sleek and soft. It seemed like a panther of some sort. A faint hint of green could be seen in its eyes, and its body was nearly seven meters long. Its furry mane was extremely tough, and it was shaped like a ring of circular spikes.

It was waiting. Waiting for an opportunity.

"Don't worry about that. I'll find one for myself." Ah Yi was a bit embarrassed, and his face was turning red. He hastily called out.

"Haha, he's shy."

The older men laughed.

Suddenly…

"Roaaaar!" A black blur suddenly pounced over, pouncing directly towards the closest tribesman, a man who was holding a carrying pole.

"Monster!" The other tribesmen hurriedly roared in anger, and the spears in their hands thrust out. They had painstakingly trained since their youth, and had been refining their internal energy for dozens of years, and now possessed great strength. "Bang!" The enormous black blur's claws easily swept aside the spears, knocking them to one side.

"Quick."

"Kill."

The surrounding tribesmen all roared with anger, thrusting out with their spears as well. As a small tribe, they didn't possess any profound Immortal techniques, making spear and polearm type weapons extremely popular amongst them. So long as they trained a few simple movements every day, after a few dozen years, their power would still be extraordinary.

"Hua!" Stepping on the polearms, the enormous black blur easily leapt up and pounced towards the center of the group of tribesmen.

These tribesmen often went to Eastmount Marsh to fish, and thus they selected a fairly safe return path, one which rarely encountered monstrous beasts. But caution was bred into their bones, and so the tribesmen with the carrying poles were all in the center, while the powerful tribal warriors with weapons at the ready were on the outer perimeter.

"A monster!" The one-armed man called out hurriedly. "Careful." As he spoke, he brandished his single blade, pouncing towards the massive black blur.

"Monster, die!" The most powerful of the tribal warriors, the bear-like, 'Uncle Dala', also brandished his long greataxe as he threw himself towards the black blur.

"Kill!"

The nearby tribesmen were all going crazy.

All of them knew how powerful Bi'an Tigers were. Just then, six powerful warriors had surrounded and attacked this Bi'an Tiger, but it had easily stepped on their weapons and jumped into their center, causing them all to understand…that this was most likely an extremely terrifying monstrous beast that had already reached the peak of the Houtian level. Today, it was possible that several of them would die.

"Grrrrrrrrrr." The Bi'an Tiger roared angrily. Unlike before, where it moved quickly, this time it stayed where it was, attacking wildly.

Clang!

The one-armed man was sent flying backwards by the collision, while Uncle Dala continued to chop downwards with his greataxe while roaring wildly. The Bi'an Tiger had also noticed that this greataxe wielding human was the most dangerous of the group, and so he didn't pay any attention to the other tribal warriors, using his sharp claws to smash directly against the greataxe, causing its trajectory to be altered. However, the greataxe still landed on the flank of the Bi'an Tiger, chopping out a massive wound. Only, the Bi'an Tiger's muscles around its flank tightened, and very little blood flowed out. The main problem was that the greataxe hadn't landed a deep enough blow. At the same time the Bi'an Tiger batted the greataxe aside, roaring, the Bi'an Tiger opened its massive maw and bit down towards Uncle Dala.

"Uncle Dala." The somewhat stupefied youngster, Ah Yi, was stunned and called out.

"Dala!"

"Dala!"

The surrounding tribesmen were all worried as well.

Suddenly…

"Shua!" Something flashed past like a glittering meteor from afar, instantly penetrating the Bi'an Tiger's skull, then flying out from the other side before penetrating into a giant tree…and then shot out from the other side of the tree as well.

"Grrr…"

Uncle Dala fell to the ground, with the massive body of the Bi'an Tiger on top of him, blood covering Uncle Dala's face.

"Uncle Dala." The youngster, Ah Yi, immediately ran over. He was at the verge of tears.

"I'm fine." That powerful tribesman pushed the Bi'an Tiger off, then stood up while rubbing his face, finding that it was covered with blood. "This isn't my blood. It is the Bi'an Tiger's blood."

The one armed man walked over and took a glance as well, first looking at the corpse of the Bi'an Tiger, and then at the nearby tree. His pupils contracted, and he whispered, "For an arrow to pierce through the rock-hard skull of the Bi'an Tiger, and then through the black arrowwood tree…that's simply terrifying. In addition, the Bi'an Tiger suffered the arrow in mid-leap. This archery skill…"

"Definitely a godly archer."

"A godly archer shot this arrow." All of the tribesmen stared at the corpse of the Bi'an Tiger, then looked afar into the general direction from which the arrow had come from and where the godly archer must be.

Hua! Hua! Hua!

Three figures drew from deep within the mountain forests. The tribesmen watched carefully…and soon, they were able to see them clearly. Three people, riding extremely handsome black ferobeasts. The black ferobeasts moved through the mountain slopes as though they were travelling on flat land, and quickly arrived before the tribesmen.

"Uh…." Seeing the three people in front of them, all the tribesmen were awestruck.

They were riding handsome black ferobeasts, and wore extremely meticulous, beautifully made beast fur clothes. The person in front was a seemingly very young and handsome young man, while by his side was an extremely beautiful girl. The men could swear to themselves…that they couldn't find such a girl as beautiful as this one in their entire tribe. Although she was dressed in warrior's clothes, it couldn't hide her beauty. As for the man on the other side of the youngster, he emitted a fierce, ferocious aura, causing the hearts of these tribesmen to quail.

"Hu." The older man leapt down from his black ferobeast, walking over to the tall, thick black arrowwood tree, snatching out the arrow.

"Young master." The man walked next to the youngster, respectfully offering him the arrow.

Ji Ning accepted it.

Although they had prepared many arrows for this adventuring expedition, if they abandoned every arrow they shot out, they probably would run out of arrows soon. These were all extremely good arrows…they could be used multiple times.

"Honored young master." The one-armed tribesman went forward, respectfully bowing. "Thank you for acting to save us. Might I ask if there is some way in which our Metalstone Tribe can serve you, young master?"

The other tribesmen didn't dare to make a sound.

Someone who brought a maidservant and a manservant while adventuring…this clearly was no ordinary person. And in addition, he had been referred to as 'young master' earlier. Someone who was respectfully addressed as 'young master' was generally the son of a tribal chief of a major tribe with tens of thousands of tribesmen. Clearly, this youngster should belong to an extremely large tribe.

"Are you familiar with Eastmount Marsh?" Ning, riding on the black ferobeast, asked them.

The tribesmen looked at each other.

Why was this young master going to Eastmount Marsh? He definitely couldn't be going there for fishing like they had, right? It would definitely be very dangerous.

"I am." The powerful, dark-skinned Uncle Dala strode forward. "I have been fishing in Eastmount Marsh for dozens of years now, and am very familiar with this place. Young master, if you wish to go to Eastmount Marsh, I can lead the way for you."

"Excellent." Ning, mounted on the black ferobeast, laughed ,and then with a flip of his hand, tossed over a 'beasthead' of gold. "Come with me, then."

Accepting the beasthead of gold, Uncle Dala's eyes instantly lit up. This beasthead of gold, weighing exactly ten pounds, would be more than enough for his child to live off of for the rest of his life. He immediately gave it to the nearby one armed man. "Help me take it back and give it to my eldest son. If I die, then help me take care of my three little kids."

"Alright." The one armed man nodded.

"Report your name." Ning said.

"Honored young master, you can address me as Dala!" Uncle Dala said respectfully.

"Dala, mount on her black ferobeast." Ning pointed to Autumn Leaf's mount. "Autumn Leaf, you come sit with me."

"Yes, young master."

Autumn Leaf leapt down, then immediately mounted Ning's black ferobeast, then held her arms around Ning's waist. She had served Ning since he was born, and they were as close to each other as real siblings. In addition, as Ning's personal maidservant, it was essentially determined long ago that she was Ning's woman, and thus there were no taboos between them.

Uncle Dala, holding his breath, carefully mounted the black ferobeast. He had never ridden on such a fine mount before.

"Let's go."

Ning ordered.

Hua!

Ning and the others rode the black ferobeasts, quickly disappearing into the mountain forests.

"Uncle Saber." The youngster, Ah Yi, asked frantically. "Uncle Dala is going to take them to the Eastmount Marsh. Will it be dangerous?"

The one-armed man nodded. "They aren't like us. That youngsters is definitely the son of a leader of a large tribe, and has received the finest instruction since he was young. That arrow was probably loosed by him. He has most likely come to Eastmount Marsh for a rite-of-passage adventure! He has to kill a certain number of monstrous beasts, but Eastmount Marsh is too large and too complicated an area. Just relying on a simple map isn't sufficient, so they asked for Uncle Dalat to help lead the way."

"Rites-of-passage? But that youngster isn't an adult yet." Ah Yi said.

"Some people look older than their age, others look younger." The one armed man said.

Actually, right now, Ning was just eleven years old, although he was already 1.7 meters tall, the same height he was in his past life.

"But that young master was very benevolent." The one armed man sighed. "Just then, when the Bi'an Tiger ambushed us, if that young master hadn't intervened…several of us probably would have died, and the first to die would have been your Uncle Dala! Having had his life saved, your Uncle Dala would go guide them, even if it cost him his life. In addition, the young master gave him a beasthead of gold. Ten pounds!"

"Hurry, hurry, hurry." The one armed man suddenly shouted. "Butcher that Bi'an Tiger's corpse and take it back."

"Quick."

"Come."

One after another pulled out their knives and hatchets, quickly butchering the Bi'an Tiger's corpse, and then they continued on their return trip.


Capítulo 29: Entering the Marsh

Ning's squad, mounted on the three black ferobeasts, charged through the borders of the mountain forest.

"Look." Uncle Dala pointed in front. "Eastmount Marsh is up ahead."

"Eastmount Marsh."

Ning stared off into the distance.

An enormous, endless lake stretched far into the distance, flashing with the beautiful light of the spring sun. At one glance, one could see flying beasts diving down and snatching up fish, or some tails of enormous aquatic creatures wriggling amongst the reeds. Occasionally, a massive head would be seen. This was the world of monsters!

"Eastmount Marsh." Ning murmured. "We're finally here."

Eastmount Marsh was located between the territory of the Ji clan and the Ironwood clan. The Ironwood clan was a hegemonic power on par with the Ji clan, but it was the Ji clan's enemy!

Eastmount Marsh was over a thousand kilometers wide, and was on par in size with a 'province' in his previous life. Such an enormous lake…naturally had countless monstrous beasts here. The monstrous beasts which the Ji clan knew about numbered up to twelve!

Ever since leaving the Ji clan of the West Prefecture and adventuring ,Ning had wanted to go fight with a few Xiantian level Diremonsters, but Diremonsters were all hidden within the deep lakes and tall mountains. How could they be so easily found? In the past, he had spent nearly an entire month searching an area without any success. Furious, Ning immediately changed their path and headed straight to Eastmount Marsh!

"There are many monsters in Eastmount Marsh, and many of them are early Xiantian level. I refuse to believe I won't encounter a single one." Ning was like a newborn calf who didn't know the meaning of fear. However, he didn't dare to be too incautious either, because many clansmen of the Ji clan had died here in Eastmount Marsh, such as his grandfather, who had died here at Eastmount Marsh!

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"Mowu. Autumn Leaf." Ning leapt off the back of his black ferobeast and instructed, "Eastmount Marsh is too risky a place, and there is danger everywhere. In addition, the black ferobeasts are of no use in the water. The two of you, take these three black ferobeasts and head to the Metalstone Tribe. Wait for me at the Metalstone Tribe!"

Mowu and Autumn Leaf glanced at each other. They could only reply respectfully, "Yes, young master."

"Dala." Ning looked at the swarthy, big man. "You and I will make a trip to this lake. Help me get used to the general areas around here, and then you can go back and rest at the Metalstone Tribe as well."

"Yes, young master." Uncle Dala said respectfully.

"Let's go."

Ning immediately headed forward, and Uncle Dala, hefting his greataxe, followed behind. Autumn Leaf and Mowu watched as their young master entered the distant Eastmount Marsh. Although they were nervous, there was nothing they could do. One of them was a maidservant, while the other was nothing more than a person assigned to teach the young master his abundant mountaineering experience. Their power was far inferior to Ning's.

The vast lake was filled with myriad beautiful scenes.

"Within this great lake, there are places with islands of firmer terrain and grasses as well." Uncle Dala laughed. "In fact, there are even some small villages. But of course, most of the muddy areas, if you step into them, you'll sink into the marsh…and in addition, there is of course the immeasurably deep lake itself. Within the marsh, it is difficult to move about, and if you aren't careful, you'll sink into it."

Ning was right next to him.

"Our Metalstone Tribe has lived in a village near the marsh for centuries now, and often come here to fish. We know exactly where which roads are passable and which aren't." Uncle Dala was very confident.

Pa! Pa!

Striding through the mud, Ning followed this tribal warrior through Eastmount Marsh.

"Look." A beastskin parchment appeared out of nowhere in Ning's hands. "This is the map of Eastmount Lake. Lead me to these circled areas."

"Ah!" Uncle Dala was terrified. "These…these are all places where Diremonsters are hiding. These are the most dangerous places. We don't dare go near them."

"You don't need to go near them." Ning shook his head. "Just lead me there, and tell me from afar how to go."

Uncle Dala's forehead was covered in sweat. He nodded. "Alright. I'll lead you, young master."

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Eastmount Marsh was simply too vast. It was indeed quite slow for them to move through it relying on their legs alone. In addition, this was Ning's first time coming here, and the various meandering pathways stretched for thousands of kilometers. Fortunately, the experienced Uncle Dala guided him to one hidden pathway after another, allowing them to easily navigate this marsh.

In the blink of an eye, over a month passed.

Ning had carried food and beverages within his kalestone, and in addition, they could roast the meat of some monstrous beasts. Whenever they went to sleep, they would just find a random patch of dry land or grass. Ning wasn't in a hurry to go challenge those hidden Diremonsters. First, he wanted to locate them. Afterwards, he would travel by himself and relying on his 'one with the world' level of footwork to easily walk atop the surface of the lake water. He would be able to traverse a thousand kilometers in but a single day.

"This is the last place." Uncle Dala pointed from afar at a distant place, where the luxurious growth of aquatic plants, at least three meters high, waved in the wind. "Right there, where the aquatic plants are growing, is the lair of a Greater Beast. Supposedly, this is an extremely, extremely large rhinoceros, an aquatic rhinoceros the size of a small mountain."

"Alright. Let's go back. After returning to the Metalstone Tribe, I will definitely reward you heavily." Ning said.

"Young master, you've given me enough." Uncle Dala said hastily.

This seemingly delicate youngster was actually terrifyingly powerful. During their month in Eastmount Marsh, they had been attacked by quite a few monstrous beasts, but all of them died to but a single blow of the youngster's sword! Ning didn't care about the corpses of the monstrous beasts either, but Uncle Dala's heart ached every time. This was monstrous beast flesh. If they sold it, the tribe would be in a much better situation, but he couldn't carry it all back, so all he could do was to carve out a few choice parts and take them with him.

"Hrm?" Ning and Uncle Dala both suddenly stared into the distance.

From afar, there was a squad of troops, with quite a few figures within.

Deep in the marsh, there were solid areas, muddy areas, and even hilly areas, along with a large mountain. That mountain was known as the East Mountain, which was why this marsh was known as Eastmount Marsh.

Off in the distance, a squad of apparently several hundred soldiers could be seen clustered in on a hill. Suddenly, ten figures ran over at rapid speed towards Ning and Uncle Dala.

"What's going on?" Ning frowned.

"Quick, let's leave." Uncle Dala was so frightened that he immediately turned tail and ran.

Shua!

One of those ten men was wearing blue metal armor, and with a howl, he leapt forward at an astonishing speed, blocking off Uncle Dala's escape path.

"The two of you." The blue armored man stared at them coldly, pausing only briefly to glance at the exquisite beast fur clothes on Ning's body, before continuing disdainfully, "Come with us!"

"What do you want with us?" Uncle Dala, seeing the man's armor, immediately bowed and said respectfully.

The other nine walked over as well, all of them dressed in armor.

"Hurry up. If we tell you to follow us, then follow us. Otherwise, you die here!" These armor-clad guards all stared coldly while hefting their weapons, clearly very skilled.

Uncle Dala looked at Ning.

"Let's take a look for now." Ning was actually quite calm. These armored guards were clearly no ordinary people, but to him, they were like nothing more than wild chickens facing a ravenous dog. But why did the armored guards want them to follow? If it wasn't necessary, Ning didn't want to so casually slaughter others.

"Move."

"Hurry."

Under the watchful gazes of the ten armored guards, Ning and Uncle Dala headed towards the hill.

There was some grass on the hill, and there were currently hundreds of people there. Most of them were lying there with their hands and feet bound, while roughly a hundred armored guards were in a perimeter around them, while there was a stone seat in the center. On the stone seat, there was a bulky, muscled man, at least six and a half feet tall, wearing thick armor and with a dominating gaze.

Ning stared in surprise at the tall armored man who sat in the middle. The 'demonstone' in Ning's pocket was currently radiating heat. Clearly, it had sensed the presence of a nearby monster. At the same time, Ning could vaguely feel that the massive armored man escorted by the many guards had an extraordinary aura.

"There's a Diremonster." Ning hurriedly inspecting everyone carefully.

Only humans were nearby. A monster which could take human form was, without question, a Diremonster!

Ning had brought many objects with him on this journey, and a demonstone was one of them. Demonstones…were a type of special natural rock. Once they sensed the aura of a monster, they would emanate light and heat. Some cities that were even larger than West Prefecture City would have 'Monster Revealing Mirrors' installed on the city gates, which were formed from multiple demonstones. So long as a monster drew near, the Monster Revealing Mirror would immediately radiate light.

Humans had a human aura, while monsters naturally had their own monstrous auras. This was a type of life aura.

"Dala!"

"Uncle Dala!"

Suddenly, several voices rang out.

Ning and Uncle Dala both turned their heads and saw that amongst the bound people, there were ten of them calling towards the two of them. This caused Uncle Dala to immediately have a distressed look on his face. "Black Tiger, why have you been bound here?" Those ten or so people belonged to his tribe.

"Dala, why are you here? That giant person is a Diremonster. He's going to eat us all." One of the bound tribesmen called out frantically.

"Diremonster?" Uncle Dala was shocked.

Ning stared back at that massive man in heavy armor, seated in the center of that ring of armored guards. Taking a careful glance, he saw that the giant man had a hint of blood at the corner of his lips, and he was currently smacking them in a satisfied manner. This caused Ning's heart to immediately become filled with an urge to kill. "So the Diremonster which my demonstone sensed is him! Eastmount Marsh has a total of twelve Diremonsters. I wonder which one he is."

"Shut your mouth." An armored guard walked over and kicked that bound man, kicking him wildly and repeatedly. "All of you, shut your mouths."

"You are harming your fellow humans for the sake of a Diremonster, and you want us to shut our mouths?"

"And you are the venerable Blue Guards of the Ironwood clan. You really are a disgrace to the Ironwood clan!"

"Kick away, kick as much as you like, kick us all to death."

The people being kicked shouted wildly.

"Stop it!" The massive, heavily armored man seated on the stone bench rumbled. His voice was very deep, as though coming from a bullhorn. "If you kick them to death, then I'll eat you."

The armored guard glanced at the heavily armored giant, and then unhappily stepped back.

"Aquatic Rhino King!" A bald armored guard growled, "We have already helped you capture over five hundred people. Our comrades have spread out everywhere to capture people, and have already done our part. Give our young master back to us, and our Ironwood clan will act as though this never happened. Otherwise, if the situation escalates, Aquatic Rhino King…you should know that you are unable to bear the fury of our Ironwood clan."

Watching from a distance under escort from two armored guards, Ning's eyes lit up.

Aquatic Rhino King?

There was only a single Aquatic Rhinoceros amongst the twelve Diremonsters of Eastmount Marsh. It was an early Xiantian level Diremonster!

"Early Xiantian level?" Ning's eyes were filled with a killing intent. "I've searched a long, long time for a Diremonster of this level of power. This really is a case of 'searching far and wide to no avail, but then discovering it all of a sudden'."


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