Chapter 13

It was getting dark. The castle was located on the edge of the sparse woods. In the distance, the moon rose slowly from the horizon. The villages could be faintly seen during the day, but now they disappeared into the darkness. It was silent all around.

"Something is wrong here," the trainee paladin said. "In this season, it shouldn't be so quiet in the wild."

"The Departed Soul monsters can emit negative energy, so no creatures like them as a result. In addition to a few variant monsters in the Ashes Woods in the northwest, common demon beasts deliberately avoid the range of negative energy," the trainee priest said. He was very clear about these things. "But... when we come here during the day, there are many beasts here."

"Yeah, I planned to catch some beasts to barbecue at night," the trainee paladin said, sighing. "We can only eat solid food."