Chapter 873: Chapter 873

Following the Grey Elves, Du You and his companions also headed north. To Du You’s surprise, the Grey Elves’ speed was indeed quite fast, and it seemed amplified by the forest.

Within the Grey Elf troupe, the majority were tier three, and he did not see a single tier two.

There were fewer Mages, but there were many Archers. Even so, these tier three Grey Elves could almost keep up with his tier three Black Jade Griffin as they moved through the forest.

The Black Jade Griffin had to maintain normal speed to keep up with the group, or else it would fall behind. Meanwhile, Xiaozi was very relaxed, the disparity between tier four and tier three in speed was not negligible.

"Nothing found?" Du You asked the two sisters.

The sisters shook their heads, and Du You said with some frustration, "Damn, so many tier fours and not a single useful one among them."

It was unexpected for Du You that among all those tier four Grey Elves in the troupe, not a single one had any materials useful for his advancement. Could these Grey Elves be special? This situation was unlikely to occur under normal circumstances.

It was true that compatibility had a lot to do with advancement materials. But with so many tier four Grey Elves, so many Archers, and not a single useful item to be found, it struck Du You as very strange.

"Perhaps, you have some misconceptions," Elsa suddenly said as if she had realized something.

"What misconceptions? Let’s hear it," Du You felt like he was on the cusp of understanding something.

Elsa did not hide her thoughts and said directly, "It’s true that most people view weapons and equipment as important, but Elves are different from most people, they place more value on works of art."

More value? Wait, Du You seemed to understand. There is a very important criterion for advancement materials: they must be from beings above tier four, and those beings need to be quite renowned. But there was another factor, one that referred to items of great importance to these tier four adepts; ordinary items were of no use.

For many people, their weapons and equipment were indeed very important. Items of sentimental value or special significance were also crucial.

But Elves were different; these Elves did not value items used in battle, and certainly not when those in the hands of Grey Elves had no particular high value. What Elves truly valued were always works of art.

This was a common problem among most Elves, with only a few special exceptions, and the Grey Elves naturally exhibited this tendency.

However, they were now here to support a fight, so the Grey Elves wouldn’t carry these highly important art pieces with them.

"As I thought, it was the right choice to follow them, otherwise these items, the Grey Elves might not have been willing to sell them to us," Du You gave up searching and simply continued to follow the group forward.

The Grey Elves even ate while marching forward. They ate a kind of fruit that was given to Du You and the others as well, which tasted sour and sweet, like some kind of jelly, and was quite delicious.

However, for Du You, such food could not be considered a meal, but luckily, he had brought plenty of prepared food in his space to cope with the forest environment.

After three full days of travel, the group finally arrived at the destroyed large gathering place in the north.

Having just arrived here, Du You saw many traces of life on the ground, and as they proceeded, some bodies appeared along the path. These were Grey Elves who had met their tragic end here. At the sight of this scene, Xi Lu’s face turned somewhat grim.

"Spread out, search for Demons, and try to exterminate them all, don’t let any escape. I’ll contact the others."

Those who came to support were not just them; Grey Elves from different places had basically all hurried over.

"How is it, do you feel anything?" Du You spoke up.

Lin Yucha and Lin Yushi exchanged glances, then Lin Yucha said, "Yes, it’s the aura left by Demons; this place is truly destroyed by Demons." The two were Demon Hunting God Archers, highly sensitive to the presence of Demons.

"So it really is Demons, but how could there be Demons here?" Du You frowned.

He did not want Demons running amok in this world, knowing all too well that Demons were not ordinary creatures and that destroying worlds was a common occurrence. The reason so many low-level Demons appeared last time was entirely due to the low tier of that world.

But this world was different, this world’s tier was very high, and if a large number of powerful Demons invaded, he could not hold them off with his own strength. Du You would be heartbroken to give up an exclusive Otherworld.

"There shouldn’t be too many powerful Demons, otherwise, it wouldn’t just be this place that’s affected, it would be a major problem for the entire world," Lin Yushi seemed to know what Du You was thinking. The source of thɪs content is 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝⚑𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖⚑𝕟𝕖𝕥

"Really, are Demons that terrible?" Elsa’s little head couldn’t grasp it.

Du You said with a serious face, "They are much more frightening than you think. We’ve heard of many worlds destroyed by Demons, and we’ve even encountered one. If it hadn’t been for Professionals stepping in, that world would likely have been devoured by now."

Elsa’s face turned a bit pale; this was the first time she had heard of such a world-ending crisis. Previously, although Elsa had heard of Demons, she had only treated them as a kind of special Magical Beast.

"A Demon has appeared, it’s the most common Horned Demon, but it’s actually a fourth-tier one."

Du You pointed at a red shadow swaying under a tree in the distance. The two sisters were quicker to notice it than Du You, and Lin Yucha had even stealthily approached it. As soon as contact was made, Lin Yucha released an arrow.

With her own combat strength, coupled with the restraint against Demons, just a single Spiral Snipe shattered the scales on the Demon’s body, piercing directly through its heart. Even with the Horned Demon’s formidable strength, it did not last long.

"You damned Beastmen, one day we will destroy this world."

The Horned Demon’s muffled voice rang out, its speech automatically translated by the panel, allowing Du You to understand what seemed like a meaningless shout.

"Indeed, a fourth-tier Demon has sentience," Du You observed Lin Yucha extracting power from the Demon’s body. However, the power she extracted didn’t seem to satisfy her, of course, this had long become the norm.

"Let’s continue forward, and pay attention to the dwellings of the Grey Elves along the way," Du You pointed at the treetops, at some small, delicate wooden houses – those were left behind by the Grey Elves. If anything was still remaining, it would definitely be inside these.

The two sisters nodded without speaking and dispersed, slowly advancing forward.