Chapter 85

Although Timothy was completely saved by the mercy of a demon beast, he still could not help but to feel a heavy pressure entering into his body as he watched all four of the soldiers being dragged like literal trash. If he acted to try to save the four, it would seem honorable, but he would simply be killed by any of the demon beasts or the middle aged man.

"Hurry and head towards the military base so that your safety will be guaranteed. You cannot blame yourself for being as weak as you are, since you are so young and are already rather strong for your age. Just take this as a learning experience and one day come back when you are sure of victory to repay them back in full." Master Sei told Timothy mentally with some sadness in his voice.

"I am sure that each one of them had families that were relying on them which is why they decided to take on such a mission to turn in a bounty." Timothy replied as he thought about many things surrounding the scenes he had just witnessed, including the large amount of sheer strength that the middle aged man was able to wield.

"Master, they mentioned that the middle aged man took the Demon Blood Sacrifice. Do you have any idea what that consists of?" Timothy asked Master Sei, while having some ideas on his mind as well. If he could get his hands on the ingredients, wouldn't that mean that his power would improve greatly and he could dominate almost every human cultivator who was his age?

"Never think about doing that ritual, the moment you do, your entire existence is no longer in your control. The demon beast's blood would increase your strength by quite a lot, but you would simply turn into a living zombie who would be unable to go against any orders it gave you. Not just that, but depending on how powerful the demon beast was, it would be able to not only locate you wherever you are, but it would also be able to communicate with you a large distance away."

Hearing his master's explanation made Timothy's body tremble at the thought about such a fate. However, it made sense because every time someone received a way to experience such an explosive amount of an increase in their strength, there would of course be at the very least a risk concerning it.

"Anyways, once you get to the military campgrounds which we should be rather close to, you must be very agreeable and show no hostility no matter what the circumstances. You are delivering not just bad news, but all of the soldier's possessions. If the demon beast did not give you their possessions to hand over as well, they would most likely imprison you and treat you as an enemy." Master Sei told Timothy as he continued moving forward without stopping.

No matter how strong or weak they were, the demon beasts who saw Timothy entering and leaving their surroundings, chose to leave him alone just as he chose to leave them alone. Thinking back about what that level three demon beast had told him, it seemed that ever since he and Jacob entered the Monster's Wasteland, that it knew about them which also explained a little better why that lazy looking level two demon beast did not act against them, even when they were as good as dead!

After traveling for an entire day and a half, Timothy finally saw large tents in the distance surrounded by several arrays and scout type towers. It was clearly one of the many Stone Kingdom's military camps, but it looked like it was as big as an entire village even though he was still quite far from its entrance.

As he crept closer, Timothy began to slow down so that they would be able to not just notice him, but so they would not initially mistake him for an enemy and would at the very least question his intentions once he finally approached close enough. However to his surprise, a small group of soldiers began heading his way which caused him to pause his advancement towards the camp.

"Why is a child like you out here in the Monster's Wasteland, and not just that, but why does it look like you are actually coming from much farther in?" the leader of the group asked Timothy as the group of eight soldiers surrounded him completely while pointing spears at his body.

"I am originally not from Stone Kingdom, but wanted to test my strength by surviving within the Monster's Wasteland and have spent a total of six months within. My goal is to report something to your general which the level three demon beast gave me. The four soldiers I ran across while on the way over, were able to locate some middle aged man who apparently had a bounty on his head?" Timothy began explaining himself while also leaving out quite a bit of information.

"We will bring you into the camp, but you are to be handcuffed in energy suppressing cuffs made by our military's blacksmiths. If you agree to this, we will not harm you in any way as long as you comply. Give us your answer now, or we will be forced to take more drastic actions." the leader told Timothy while him and the other soldiers still showed no signs of letting their guards down.

"I will comply so please do what you must and lead the way because those four are in grave danger!" Timothy replied with his voice cracking slightly at the end of the sentence. He was indeed still very concerned for the four soldiers and his demeanor also showed this which is why the leader did not hesitate to place the cuffs onto his arms and escort him within the camp immediately following his answer to them. With Timothy wearing the cuffs, he posed absolutely no threat even to ordinary humans.