The Death List Novel - Chapter 365
Chapter 365 Kill Two Birds with One Stone
Upon closer inspection, the adult Gale Leopard was quite shocked. Its tail was more than three meters long and its body was more than 1.6 meters tall. Under its smooth brown fur, its muscles were like tiny mice running everywhere.
Qin Lun was only close to thirty meters away. The big cat’s ears trembled as it stared fixedly at the bushes where the youth was hiding. As a thief, Longer was better than Qin Lun. He was only discovered ten meters behind the big cat.
The big cat that had been pinched before and after only gritted its teeth and slightly arched its back. Its streamlined body gracefully turned around and let out a muffled roar from its throat. This was the way the Jungle King warned. If the enemy got any closer, they would probably take action.
Qin Lun stood up from the bushes and opened his hands to the Gale Leopard, expressing that he had no ill intentions. However, after he appeared, the Gale Leopard seemed to have been stimulated by something. Its pupils shrank, and its fur started to rise. Its front claws took a step forward, and it buried its head in its shoulders. It assumed a battle posture, showing obvious hostility.
Seeing this, Loner flipped his hands and a pair of daggers appeared in his hands. His expression became serious.
Qin Lun frowned slightly and waved his hand at Longer. He took two steps back and expressed his goodwill to the Gale Leopard again. Together, the two of them were enough to take down the Gale Leopard, but they were dealing with the Gale Leopard for information, not to capture and kill it. If the big cat did not cooperate, they would not succeed. No matter how smart the high-tier magical beasts were, they would still be the unyielding king of the jungle.
The Gale Leopard didn’t pay any attention to Qin Lun’s goodwill. Instead, it quietly sized up its surroundings. Clearly, it didn’t intend to fight against the two elves in such a disadvantageous situation.
Qin Lun was a little depressed. This magical beast definitely intersected with the elves in the jungle. The bandages on its hind legs were the best proof. It had seen the two of them before and did not immediately escape, which also proved this on the side. However, his reaction was a little strange, as if he had encountered a life-and-death enemy, and there was no room for compromise.
However, when he lowered his head and looked at himself, he immediately came to a realization. He patted his body and put away the Earth Dragon Lizard leather armor. The Earth Dragon Lizard was also a king of the jungle. It was a reptile of the Giant Lizard family. Its body carried a weak dragon aura. To the Gale Leopard, it was a natural enemy.
After he put away the Earth Dragon Lizard leather armor, the Gale Leopard was indeed slightly stunned. Although its black gemstone-like pupils still contained dense doubts, it still put away its fighting posture and sensed Qin Lun’s goodwill.
High-grade magical beasts all possessed high human-like intelligence. After the elves on the other side restrained their unpleasant auras, they knew that Qin Lun was basically not threatening.
Qin Lun smiled and took out an unknown piece of meat from his storage space and threw it in front of the Gale Leopard. This was a piece of yak elephant meat, a high-quality recovery-type world treasure. Even if it was cooked, it was still very attractive to magical beasts.
The Gale Leopard unhesitatingly waved its claws and swept the yak elephant meat over, revealing a trace of human disdain on the cat’s face. He’s the king of the jungle, not a domestic kitten. However, Qin Lun’s fawning behavior still made him lower his guard again. He twisted his butt, turned around, and continued to drink water.
Qin Lun rubbed his nose awkwardly and slowly approached. He picked up the yak meat from the ground. This was a high-grade recovery product worth thousands of broken crystals and could not be wasted.
Feeling Qin Lun approaching, the Gale Leopard shook its ears and growled in a low voice, but did not leave the water source. Perhaps the person who had rescued it not long ago was also an elf, causing the Jungle King to have a good impression of the elf, thus suppressing the stranger’s discomfort in entering the defensive circle of his body.
A smile appeared in Qin Lun’s eyes as he reached out to touch the head of the Gale Leopard with lightning speed. The cat stiffened and its fur rose again. However, it quickly calmed down. A pair of black gemstone-like eyes looked at Qin Lun without blinking.
After a while, Qin Lun stood up again, wiped the cold sweat off his head, and gave a thumbs up to the nervous Loner in the distance, signaling that he had succeeded. Qin Lun’s bloodline, the Moonlight Fairy, had been upgraded to a high-level Moonlight Fairy. His bloodline ability, the Fairy Tale, had also been improved. As long as a high-level magical beast like the Gale Leopard wasn’t on high alert, it would be able to communicate with its soul.
As for Longer, he couldn’t. Although his bloodline had also obtained the Moon Night Fairy, it wasn’t a transformation of the World Tree’s fruit. Not even a complete Moon Night Elf bloodline could be counted as a half-elf. Its bloodline ability was only wind and wood element affinity, and it did not possess the ability to elf tongue or recruit Moon Night.
“The Gale Leopard is willing to take us to find that elf?” Long Er asked doubtfully. After getting the answer, he immediately sighed with jealousy, “When this mission is over, I will say that I will upgrade my Half Elf bloodline. No matter what, I will transform it into a complete Elf bloodline. Forget about recruiting Yue Ye, I will definitely obtain the ability to speak elven things.”
Qin Lun smiled noncommittally as he followed the Gale Leopard that was clearing the path ahead. The low-grade elven tale could only communicate with the forest vegetation. However, it was not as powerful as him. His bloodline was obtained from a sublegendary item, the Knight Iron Cross, which had been upgraded by the Forest Goddess. Judging from the elves’ cognition, they were of the Ancient Era’s Elf bloodline and possessed the qualifications of an Elf Royal Clan.
The Gale Leopard ran as fast as lightning in the forest. What was even more rare was that there was almost no loud noise. If it wasn’t for the fact that this high-grade magical beast would have stopped and waited on the branches from time to time, Qin Lun and the others wouldn’t have been able to keep up. No wonder he was able to become one of the jungle kings with rank seven combat strength.
It was easy to tell the difference in abilities between Qin Lun and Long Er. In terms of combat strength, Qin Lun was confident that he could easily defeat Long Er, but as long as Long Er wanted to run, he would definitely not be able to catch him. Even if Qin Lun had the help of the Gale Steps and the Pentagram Crystal Mirror, Loner would still be able to throw him down ten streets.
Long Er called himself a scouting thief. He was fully sensitive to thieves. He was in charge of eliminating traps, tracking, and guarding the perimeter of the team. His footsteps were even greater than those of a summoned ranger. He could run at high speed for a long time without losing his strength.
Looking at Longer following the Gale Leopard with ease, Qin Lun knew that this person and leopard were being dragged down by him. However, this caused him to have a faint idea that the five murderers would definitely form a team in the future, and at some point, they would have to deal with other apostle teams.
Ordinary apostle guilds might not be as capable as murderers, but they all had their own expertise. If there was a think tank in the guild that could combine these unidirectional apostles into a whole, it would not necessarily be weaker than the Killer Demon guild.
While thinking, the Gale Leopard leading the way finally stopped in front of a huge oak tree and turned around to roar at Qin Lun and the other two, as if he was talking about the place.
Qin Lun and Long Er looked around and immediately felt a burst of shame. This place looked very familiar. They must have wandered around nearby. The huge oak tree crown in front of him vaguely revealed a corner of the tree house. However, if he did not carefully identify it, he would definitely not be able to discover it.
“Eh? It’s you guys?” Seeing the Gale Leopard and the two elves arrive under the tree, a surprised voice sounded from the bushes to the left of the oak tree.
A well-built female mottled deer paced elegantly out of the bushes and rolled on the grass under the trees, transforming into an elven druid wearing a deer horn hat and a raincoat.
The druid’s face was painted green, and no one could tell what it looked like. However, judging from the outline of its face, it should be a female elf.
“Ferrari greets Grandmaster. This is my companion, Morian!” Qin Lun bowed and bowed. The two names he gave were the few memories left of the storyline victims.
Ferrari and Moryn both belonged to the Jondahl Fairy, but they left the forest a few years ago to train as mercenaries. This time, he returned to Jondal because he was summoned by the Fairy Court. However, he didn’t expect that he would die at the edge of the forest not long after he returned.
‘”You” Elistine frowned slightly and looked at the two blood-stained elves with a trace of doubt. The two of them passed by her treehouse yesterday, and she ignored them when she thought they were two young elves who were training.
“Pu!” Before Elistine could ask, Longer, who had changed his name to Morrian, turned pale. He coughed out a mouthful of pitch-black dirty blood and collapsed to the ground with his chest on his back.
The elven druid dodged and arrived in front of Longer. He picked up his head and observed the dirty blood on his mouth. His expression tightened. He turned around and shouted to Qin Lun, “Help me carry him into the tree house. He’s poisoned.”
After a while, the sweaty druid finally finished dealing with the festering wound on Longer’s chest and gave him a patch of herbs to lie down and rest.
“Follow me!” Druid gently waved to Qin Lun. The two of them walked out of the tree house and started a conversation on the bamboo bridge outside.
“What did you guys encounter? The wounds on his body don’t seem to be caused by jungle creatures. It’s more like a knife wound. Furthermore, it’s a poisonous blade!”
Qin Lun told the story of the elven caravan in the most concise language, and said that the remaining members of the caravan were trying to find a way to rescue the hostages, while the two of them came back first to inform the royal court. “Originally, we wanted to report it directly to the royal court, but Morrien couldn’t hold on any longer today, so we had to find a druid to treat him first.”
‘”Yes, his physical fitness is very good. He shouldn’t be in danger. However, the toxins in his body are still troublesome. I need to find some herbs. Stay here and watch him. I’ll bring you back in the afternoon.”
Elistine still had some doubts in his heart, but Longer’s injuries weren’t fake. That kind of wound had already rotted for at least two days, and if it continued to drag on, his life would definitely be in danger. Moreover, the identities of the elven caravan and Qin Lun could not be falsified.
Qin Lun smiled as he watched the elven druid transform into an osprey and fly away from the bamboo bridge. His plan had succeeded.
Since he and Longer didn’t have many memories of the storyline’s deaths, they had to approach the Jondahl elves in a proper manner, so they inevitably had to undergo some interrogation. Rather than arousing some unnecessary suspicions, it would be better for Longer to receive a knife and wait for everything else to enter the Fairy Royal Court.
As long as they entered the Fairy Royal Court and confirmed the origins of the Fairy Caravan and the two of them, the Jondahl Fairy would subconsciously accept them. The interrogation was only about the Fairy Caravan, and they would no longer doubt their personal identities.
Apart from that, there was another reason for Longer’s injuries. Once the elven thief was injured, the upper echelons of the Jondahl elves would only consult Qin Lun about the situation, and he would have the right to choose the main plot. Long Er didn’t expect this, so he could only bury it in his heart.
Kill two birds with one stone!