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Moreover, this small settlement is not a true settlement, but just a small market.
There are many markets like this in the rainforest, where you can buy medicinal herbs that can only be found in the rainforest, or the hides, flesh and bones of certain demons.
Most of the people in the market are small demons with high magical power; they buy materials needed for their magical research here.
Many of these demons are not even residents of this area.
The true inhabitants live hidden in the rainforest, following the law of the jungle where the strong prey on the weak.
We left the market and continued deeper into the area.
Layton transformed into a giant bear, traversing the rainforest with ease. No demons could stop them before, and with the bear's paws clearing the way, they simply tore a path through the jungle.
“This is a great place to level up,” Annie said.
Lycorina glanced at the sky obscured by the giant trees, her staff still glowing like a light bulb, and grinned, "I don't really like this place..."
It was dirty, smelly, dark, and oppressive!
"Why is this a good place to level up?" Lycorina asked again. "Isn't this environment bad for our combat?"
"First of all, this is a city inhabited by demons."
Only intelligent demons live in cities; they are residents, not beasts.
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"Hmm... there are unknown dangers in the forest, and it's easy to be attacked by different predators?" Lycorina asked doubtfully.
"Yes, the forests of the demons are chaotic."
"But the demon cities are orderly," An'i said.
"But how is this any different from the demon's forest?"
"It's called a city, but it's basically a forest, isn't it?" Layton asked in a deep voice as he cleared the way.
“Intelligent demons won’t provoke you lightly,” An Yi said calmly.
A giant beast standing seven or eight meters tall is still a very large creature even in this rainforest where the sky is nowhere to be seen.
In the demon race, size is equivalent to strength.
"But even demons without intelligence wouldn't provoke us, would they? Wouldn't they be scared away?" Layton retorted.
"It's different. Demons living in places like this have a sense of territory."
Any demon with a brain would know you're just passing by and wouldn't even glance at you.
"A brainless demon would think you're here to prey on them, and they'd either hide or... show up and fight you to the death," An Yi said.
Layton: "???"
Even Lycorina couldn't help but complain, "But there's no point in working this hard!"
"Their intelligence is insufficient to understand 'meaning'."
“They’re just scared, that’s why they’re attacking you,” Annie said.
“Ah…” Lycorina thought for a while, but still couldn’t understand.
If you've ever seen a cat, it's easy to understand; cats will intimidate and attack enemies when they are in a state of extreme fear.
Cats in a state of extreme fear cannot simultaneously process the information of fleeing and intimidating enemies.
Therefore, even if it still has a way out, it will bare its sharp teeth and arch its back to intimidate its opponent.
Because it felt it had nowhere else to turn.
Some demons simply broaden the scope of this "desperate situation".
6. Mental state similar to "Holy crap! My territory has been invaded! What kind of monster is this? Is it coming to eat me? No way, I have to take it down and show that I'm really tough!"
Of course, they don't actually have such thoughts; it's purely an instinctive reaction.
Even though most of the demons' beasts would run away immediately, there would always be one or two out of hundreds of demons who would take the initiative to attack.
Even if there are only one or two such individuals, with the vast number of demonic beasts, there will still be dozens or hundreds.
This is a city of demons, and the demons possess a certain level of intelligence.
Therefore, as Layton cleared the way, not only were there any carnivorous demons, but even the plant demons that were eyeing him menacingly by the roadside would shrink back in fear.
They knew very well that the giant bear wasn't targeting them, and that they would be safe if they didn't provoke it.
"Then why is it good for leveling up? You still haven't told me," Lycorina asked again.
I just said "firstly," so what happened next?
"Because in such places, every area will inevitably have a top predator at the level of a minor leader."
"Do you think the demons in this city will form an organization?" An Yi asked.
“It doesn’t seem like it!” Lycorina said immediately.
Along the way, I actually unlocked quite a few illustrations in the encyclopedia. Most of the demons were scattered and didn't seem like the type to form cliques.
"Hunting and eating are the rules of this city."
Forming a group would only allow other demons to take away your food, so there is no need to form one.
"This means that as long as we find the top predator in the corresponding area and kill it, we've killed a minor boss," Annie said.
“That makes sense…! But, An Yi, how can you be so sure that even if the other party is a minor leader?”
Conversely, wouldn't not having formed an organization mean they're just a slightly stronger demon race? They might not even be considered minor leaders, right?' Lycorina countered.
Layton: "Yeah! That's one possibility!"
Even Milu nodded silently beside him.
The reason, of course, is...
An Yi used to level up in places like this!
The top predators in each region are considered minor leaders, and unlike ordinary demon cities, they are not supported by a large number of demons.
Isn't that just about killing wherever you go and leveling up effortlessly?
However, such places were not well-regarded by the heroes of the previous life.
Fear of the dark is human nature, especially in such a dark jungle.
It looked extremely dangerous, and unlike typical demon cities, it didn't offer any cultural products, so naturally, few brave warriors came.
An Yi: "In the previous demon city, the strongest demon in a region was considered the leader."
This is also a demon city, so the strongest here is naturally the leader.
Moreover, even if it wasn't, we've already arrived here.
"Since we're already here, let's try killing one first."
Layton: "Yeah, we're already here."
Lycorina: "Alright, since we're already here..."
Miluko: "..."
So what reason is there since we're already here?!
Chapter 236 Auto-pickup, activated! (4k)
[Rank B Dungeon: Twin Caves]
Mission objective: Kill the Rotten Venomous Mother Spider (0/1)
Recommended by: 4+
Recommended level: Lv300+
Having grown accustomed to the usual notifications for entering demon cities, a notification with a slightly different format suddenly appeared before the four of them.
This also brightened the eyes of the three people who were bored and waiting to travel, except for An Yi.
“Anyi! Did you see that?” Lycorina asked excitedly.
Annie: "I saw it."
"When we usually go to Viscount cities, it seems like we need to conquer the city and have more than 100 people, right?"
"The recommended level range has also changed from 100 to 300 to only level 300 and above," Lycorina said.
Seven-meter Luke was initially just puzzled, but after hearing what he said, she was suddenly shocked.
Could it be... that they directly entered the territory of some powerful demon race, rather than Viscount City?
“Perhaps there are no cities here, but there are supreme rulers and predators,” Annie said calmly.
If he could know what Milu was thinking, he would answer, "You guessed it, but only half right."
This place is indeed the territory of a powerful demon race, and it can also be considered a viscount's city, but it's not a city...
It was not a granary, but rather the granary of that demon lord with the strength of a viscount.
7. "The Rotten Venomous Mother-and-Child Spider?"
This is a rather troublesome demon race.
On the surface, it looked like a giant spider, and that was indeed one of its main forms.
However, the other party has another entity—
A spider no bigger than a human finger.
The large-sized body possesses extremely high toughness and destructive power, while the small-sized body can release terrifying toxins.
The name itself describes the main attack method of the venomous mother spider.
That is the poison that rots bones.
"We've entered their territory. Change tactics, Mr. Layton. Return the [Formless] to Her Highness."
"Her Highness the Saintess and Miss Miluco shielded themselves from all magic," An'i said.
"it is good!"
The giant bear that had been clearing the way suddenly shrank and rapidly transformed into Layton's original form.