93: Chapter 93: Wiping Butt 93: Chapter 93: Wiping Butt Evil Wolf certainly had reasons to be happy.

No profession is easy, and as a guide, if you have the bad luck of encountering a group of dimwits, not to mention those who score high and perform low, it is the fear of unnecessarily attracting unwanted enemies.

If you help, you might encounter danger; if you don’t, and a client dies, who would dare do business with you again?

You would end up being the one to clean up the mess.

What was supposed to be easy money ultimately became hard-earned money.

At first, Leon’s aggressive behavior towards the Lizardfolk was indeed worrying, but after a few admonitions, he behaved quite well, especially just now when he somehow managed to enter the cave leading to the Dark Territory even before him, which was really surprising.

Evil Wolf felt that this mission was secure.

“Now we just need to go through this cave, and beyond it lies the Dark Territory,” said Evil Wolf excitedly, imagining sending Leon into the Dark Territory and then heading back to Crossroads City.

Ten Gold Coins would be enough for him to live freely for a while.

Leon nodded slightly and then looked back curiously, asking, “Those Lizardfolk are entrenched in the ruins, they must know about this cave, right?

Why do I see no traces of Lizardfolk here?”

“Why do you think?” Evil Wolf said, “Move a bit further in, and you’ll find out.”

Leon touched the cave wall, rubbed his fingers, and said, “Spiders, there are a lot of spiders living here, right?”

“Did you touch a cobweb?” Evil Wolf smiled, “Go on, guess what kind of spider?”

“Phase Spider?” That was a spider Leon was somewhat familiar with.

“No, that’s not it,” Evil Wolf shook his head.

“Then I don’t know,” Leon shrugged his shoulders.

“Ettercap, giant spider, and Dead Stinger Spider,” said Evil Wolf.

“The first two aren’t much of a threat, but you must be careful with the Dead Stinger Spider.”

Evil Wolf took a deep breath and continued, “Especially the Dead Stinger Spider that resides here; it’s a big one, as big as an elephant, with ten legs instead of eight, covered in sharp barbs all over, and its eight eyes look more human than spider.”

“Fortunately, it doesn’t reside right on the only path leading to the Dark Territory.

As long as we carefully avoid it, we should be fine,” Evil Wolf’s serious expression relaxed momentarily, “That’s the point of hiring me as a guide.

I can help people who wish to enter the Dark Territory avoid many dangers.”

Evil Wolf gave Leon a glance and laughed, “No need to be nervous now, we’re still far from where the Dead Stinger Spider resides.”

Evil Wolf chuckled and walked forward, only to accidentally step on a spider web.

“Damn, why are there so many cobwebs here?” Evil Wolf cursed, holding onto the cave wall trying to pull his foot out, his hand stuck onto another web.

Where there are cobwebs, there are often spiders.

The trembling web alerts the spiders residing on it, and immediately two giant spiders along with an Ettercap crawled out.

Giant spiders are just regular, enormous spiders.

But an Ettercap is different, it is a human-shaped spider, its silk glands on the lower belly can shoot out spider silk to form nets for binding, trapping, or even killing prey.

It also uses the web to create intricate net traps around its dwelling, and even manages and cares for a swarm of spiders much like a Shepherd herds sheep.

Seeing the enemies, Leon didn’t rush forward.

Instead, he grabbed Evil Wolf’s hand, pulling him out of the enemy’s attack range, as protecting NPCs was of utmost importance.

“What the—” Just as Evil Wolf started speaking, he saw the Ettercap and giant spiders coming out, quickly understood what was happening, retreated, and drew his Heavy Crossbow.

The Ettercap and giant spiders were formidable foes, at least for an average adventurer.

But for Leon and Evil Wolf, who frequently traversed the Dark Territory, they were hardly a challenge.

Leon led with his half-sword in front while Evil Wolf provided cover by firing from behind with his Heavy Crossbow.

An Ettercap and two giant spiders were hardly a challenge.

“Watch out not to step on the webs,” Leon reminded.

“No, it’s…” embarrassed to be reminded by a client, Evil Wolf’s face strained as he explained, “Not right, something’s off.

Normally, there shouldn’t be webs from Ettercap and giant spiders here, just some small spiders that are common everywhere.”

“It seems it’s been a long time since I’ve been here, my information is somewhat outdated,” Evil Wolf sighed.

“This time, I’ll be more cautious, there won’t be a repeat of what just happened.”

“Alright, let’s keep moving.” To ease the awkwardness, Evil Wolf didn’t want to stay a moment longer.

The two cautiously avoided the webs and moved slowly forward.

As they delved deeper into the cave, the lighting grew better due to the frequent presence of glow rock, Night-Glow Crystals, and bioluminescent moss, lichen, fungi, etc.—main sources of light in the Dark Territory.

Although Evil Wolf continued to lead the way, Leon, with his excellent Dark Vision, was always able to spot enemies in advance.

After being warned by Leon twice, Evil Wolf finally couldn’t bear it any longer.

He had his pride, just like no driver can tolerate a passenger in the front seat constantly nagging, even if they were correct, and said, “You don’t need to remind me, I can see…

You have Dark Vision, but my eyes aren’t bad either.”

“You’re a human, right?

Humans don’t have dark vision,” Leon observed Evil Wolf’s ears, the round ears indicating he was pure human without any elf lineage, “Relying on those glowing minerals and plants, can you really see clearly?”

“Besides my eyes, I also have a nose, and my nose is very sensitive.” Evil Wolf sniffed, then continued, “Eyes only see straight ahead, but with my sense of smell, I can detect hidden enemies.”

Hearing this, Leon wanted to speak but then held back, thinking to himself that when it comes to noses, talking about smell, you shouldn’t show off skills that are subpar compared to mine.

In terms of sight, hearing, smell, and taste, I totally surpass you.

“So are you leading the way, or am I?” Evil Wolf snorted, “Left, this time let’s go left.”

Leon stopped talking, too lazy to speak anymore, lucky that he was in human form which made it easier to communicate, otherwise who knows what terrible things he might do.

Not sure how long they had walked, the labyrinth-like cave really was a bit confusing.

Leon wasn’t inclined to speak, but he couldn’t just watch a key NPC who leads the way go to his death, like a giant Dead Stinger Spider hanging in the air of the cave, yet Evil Wolf remained indifferent.

“Are you sure it won’t attack us?” Leon couldn’t help asking.

“What?” Evil Wolf stopped and turned his head.

Leon raised his hand to point and said, “Look up.”

Evil Wolf slowly lifted his head, and suddenly saw a giant Dead Stinger Spider staring at him, initially motionless until their two eyes met its eight eyes…

The Dead Stinger Spider, lying in wait for a long time, naturally had the advantage of striking first, quickly spitting out two fangs connected by webs, one missed Evil Wolf, but the other hit his thigh, immediately secreting a thick viscous substance.

“I remember, I’ve seen you, you won’t escape this time.” Dead Stinger Spider, unusually intelligent, often nests with other spiders, utilizing other spiders to build defences before their nest, even using a whisper-like voice to speak.

While speaking, the Dead Stinger Spider tugged on the web, attempting to pull Evil Wolf closer…

Unlike ordinary spiders, each of its ten legs ends in a claw-like hand, allowing it to pull the web like humans pull ropes.

The Dead Stinger Spider had already pulled Evil Wolf down, two of its legs raising, ready to grab him.

Naturally, Leon wouldn’t let it succeed, charging forward and cutting the web-like silk with his sword.

“Who are you?” Dead Stinger Spider lunged at Leon from above the cave.

Leon didn’t save his skills, especially since growing into a teenage dragon, he didn’t run out of Mana as quickly as before when casting spells, he promptly used Gathering Form and Scattering Energy to dodge the Dead Stinger Spider’s attack, swiftly flying to the creature’s head, carefully avoiding the barbs, those eight eye-like eyes truly disgusting, quickly he stabbed his sword into the central one.

The intense pain drove the Dead Stinger Spider mad, jumping and hopping on the spot, stretching two legs to attack Leon.

Seeing the legs coming, Leon decisively released the sword handle, jumped down from the Dead Stinger Spider’s head, and quickly moved away, glancing at Evil Wolf, who was using a Heavy Crossbow to attack the remaining eyes of the Dead Stinger Spider.

The Dead Stinger Spider’s vitality was incredibly robust, it kept on fighting despite the continuous attacks from Leon and Evil Wolf, it howled and charged fiercely towards Leon.

Without his weapon, Leon might have run, but he didn’t; instead, he faced the Dead Stinger Spider, raising his hand and using immobilization spell combined with a blast of Samadhi True Fire, directly turning the Dead Stinger Spider into a dead spider, roasting it.

“Dead?” Evil Wolf approached the Dead Stinger Spider, “That easy?”

“I’ve heard that the shells of Dead Stinger Spiders can be used to make armor, there’s someone in Crossroads City buying…” Evil Wolf touched the Dead Stinger Spider, only to see its originally hard shell quickly cracking, “Burning it makes it unusable?

I never heard that Dead Stinger Spiders can’t withstand burning.”

Leon didn’t explain; his Samadhi True Fire could not only scorch external objects but also sear souls, burning felt great, but when it came to collecting loot, it was always sorrowful, each use had to be carefully considered.

Leon was wealthy and not greedy, unbothered by the little loot; he only cared that the Dead Stinger Spider was dealt with, the Dark Territory hadn’t arrived yet, they had to continue moving forward, not sure how much longer, after waiting a few minutes looking at Evil Wolf still examining the Dead Stinger Spider, he asked, “Is your leg okay?”

Evil Wolf lifted his leg and said, “Not much impact.”

“You were saying you were going to help me avoid Dead Stinger Spiders…

If I hadn’t reminded you, you’d have walked right under one, and by now you might be dead,” Leon couldn’t help commenting.

“Ah…” Evil Wolf was stunned, “No, that’s not right, I remember clearly, the nests of Dead Stinger Spiders aren’t here, they are further ahead, quite a distance ahead, even for hunting they wouldn’t come here…”

“That’s what you said the first time we encountered an Ettercap and a giant spider.” Leon reminded.

Evil Wolf suddenly fell silent; he glanced at Leon, really wanted to explain, but since Leon kept reminding and challenging him, it had bruised his ego badly and made him feel bad, so he was somewhat careless, but he just couldn’t bring himself to say it.

“You said before, the thing you hate most is cleaning up after others.” Leon, slightly spiteful, he remembered Evil Wolf saying this to him when he was killing Lizardfolk for him, “Actually, I also don’t like cleaning up others’ messes…

not doing their own jobs well, forcing us to work overtime to handle it, not even willing to offer a meal, haha.”

From that moment, Evil Wolf pretty much shut up and stopped talking, the two of them progressed much faster.

Another monster appeared, it was a cave troll, as tall as a building, its skin looked like rubber, with only one arm…

clearly bitten off by some creature, still bleeding, emitting a foul smell.

“How did that cave troll end up here too, and injured…” Evil Wolf finally spoke up, his expression grave, “There must be some terrifying new creature in this cave.”