Chapter 497: A Newcomer to the Demon Society

Chapter 490 – Newcomers of the Devil Association

“From the moment you sign the contract, you are a member of the Demon Association, and now your first lesson is to walk into the Demon Valley alive.” The Demon Warlock in charge of recruiting apprentices was a somber middle-aged man, dressed in decent dark green robes, using well-maintained hands to carefully roll up the long scroll signed with all the newcomers’ names and handprints, and after storing it close to his body, he coldly spoke to the hundreds of newcomers in front of him with both anticipation and fearful eyes.

The headquarters of the Demon Association is not in Misty City, because no city owner dares to let a group of Demon Warlocks stay in their own city, in case they see a group of demons outside that day, in all likelihood, it’s not that they are violent, but that those Demon Warlocks finally can’t hold back their nature, and they play the old game of summoning demons with blood sacrifices.

This kind of behavior is no different from lying on a powder keg and smoking, so the headquarters of the Devil Association is located in the Devil Valley not far from the Misty City, which is also an important smuggling route, because there is no ungrateful person who will come to the headquarters of the Devil Warlocks to search for smuggled goods.

But this also means that there will not be any legal and moral constraints and protection, so arriving alive is just the first lesson that newcomers need to face, not the end, but the beginning.

Fortunately, this was not the first time the Demon Society had recruited apprentices, so these newcomers were more or less psychologically prepared, so even if they were terrified and uneasy, they knew how to keep their mouths shut, and none of them were stupid enough to want to quit now.

There had been quite a few fools who had done so, but from the moment they signed the contract, it was no longer their turn to make their own destiny, so the fate of those fools could be imagined.

“Very good, I like the look in your eyes right now, try your best to live, only those who arrive at the Devil’s Valley alive will be qualified to perform the Devil’s Blood Ceremony and become a true Devil’s Apprentice.” This Demon Warlock nodded to the newcomers in front of him, turned around and summoned his winged demons to fly away.

As if abandoned, the apprentices didn’t waste any time, in twos and threes they began to walk towards the outside of the city, they needed to cross the fog in as short a time as possible, walking on foot for dozens of miles to arrive at Devil’s Valley, this was not an easy task, even if they had grown up in the area, recognizing the direction in the wild mists was still something that depended on luck, not to mention the fact that there weren’t just bandits outside of the city, but also the godly Misty Wolves.

The bandits might not mess with them for the sake of the Devil’s Valley, but the fog wolves wouldn’t miss their meal, so they had to arrive before they completely lost sight of them before nightfall, so there was no time to waste.

Thankfully, even the poorest newcomer had a wooden knife prepared for him by his family, and many of the newcomers not only had better equipment, but had also received at least two or three years of training in battle techniques, so these newcomers were not without a fighting chance.

Jinx was one of them now, except that apart from a short sword and a crossbow, she carried no other weapons and no armor, only a backpack of herbs and a potion that her mother had prepared for her.

This weak and helpless appearance didn’t let Jinx be rejected or even bullied, instead, she quickly gathered a few newcomers with good equipment around her, forming an independent squad and rejecting others to join.

The reason was very simple, an apothecary who knew how to heal added more than one insurance policy to their lives in the next road or for a long time, so to protect her as much as possible was to save their own lives, so her side spontaneously gathered some people.

Jinx had wisely not refused the protection of these people, in fact it was the very persona that her well-intentioned father had created specifically for her.

As a smuggler, Jinx’s father was very aware of the dangers of an organization like the Devil’s Society, but he was powerless to stop his daughter from joining, and in order to save her life, not only did he keep one of the magical props that he regarded as a bottom card for his daughter to keep close to her, but he also created a persona specifically for her.

Showing ferocity, showing cleverness, showing loyalty can’t add to the chances of survival, because in the eyes of the higher-ups they are just tools, who cares what the tools think.

And newcomers and apprentices don’t have a cooperative relationship with each other, the fierce competition makes them do anything, so harmless and useful is the best way.

An apothecary apprentice who could provide simple healing and help without bringing more harm was undoubtedly safe from becoming a deliberate target, but all the conception needed to rely on Jinx herself, which was very testing. It was a good thing that Jinx hadn’t been raised to be a little white flower, in fact, her father hadn’t purposely hidden his profession or intentionally avoided the darker side of the world in front of her, and her mother had personally taught her how to grow herbs and configure potions, which would become her capital to live on.

At that moment, the city gates on the south side of the Misty City were wide open, and in the cold eyes of the guards, hundreds of newcomers from the Demon Society walked into the mist in pairs.

The south is already rainy, the Baichuan Valley’s canyons and water flows inevitably bring more water vapor, converging to the low-lying areas to condense into a very thick fog, once you walk in, your body will become wet.

Good at this time is the daytime, under the refraction of the sun, barely able to see the situation within a few dozen meters, which for the fog has been considered good weather, after all, can see the sunshine of only a few days a year, can not ask for too much.

“Now that everyone is in a squad, introduce them all, I’ll go first.” Jinx’s squad said as one of the tallest and strongest of the newcomers opened his mouth after walking out of the city gates not too far away.

“Haldir, fifteen years old, born from a knight family, received seven years of knight training, already a trainee knight.”

The age at which the Demon Society accepts newcomers is between ten and fifteen years old, so it can be said that Hadir is stuck at the upper age limit, coupled with his knightly family background and good training, giving him a physical quality and strength that is stronger than that of an average adult, and together with the iron-encrusted leather armor on his body, the longsword and the round shield, he instantly gained the right to speak in the squad.

The second strongest bald boy then spoke up, while the person beside him opened his mouth, but finally acquiesced.

“You can call me Iron Hammer, fifteen years old, son of a blacksmith.” Iron Hammer’s skin was rough, and his hands were covered in calluses and burns, but his physique was strong, carrying a one-handed hammer in his hand, and a wrapped iron and wood shield over his other hand, so his strength was obviously not bad, at least not among the newcomers.

Next were the fourteen year old hunter brothers, Misty Wolf and Misty Leopard, armed with hunting bows and both knowing about field hunting and trapping.

These few people were actually carefully selected by Haldir, first of all, all of them were not as good as him, not even having a proper name was proof of that, so with his status as a knight family it was easy to gain the right to speak, and then take command of this temporary squad, and secondly, their strength was not bad.

Iron hammer don’t look like the brain is not good, this kind of talent dare to fight, encounter things is really dare to go on, and easy to be taken in, because the blacksmith can contact the highest status of the people is the knights, it is estimated that since childhood dreamed of becoming a knight squire, this can be seen from the introduction of his own identity, the other party’s attitude change.

Although the hunter brothers are a little smarter and have the cunning of a hunter, but the two men of low birth are prone to lower their voices and show obedience in the face of people of high status, which is not yet accustomed to the change of identity.

In fact, from the moment they signed the contract to become the newcomers of the Demon Society, they were actually on the same starting line, regardless of whether they were the sons of nobles or commoners.

With these three people, plus an apothecary, even going to register an adventurer squad wasn’t a disgrace.

(End of chapter)