Chapter 40 Payment For Saving A Life

The demon dogs were very cunning as they fought their enemies. Instead of going all-out from the outset, they preferred to round up their foes in small groups.

And when their enemies were finally exhausted, they would finish them off.

Like a cat that would always torture a mouse before eating it, demon dogs enjoyed watching their enemies struggling while helpless and desperate until they died.

It was particularly enjoyable for these two demon dogs to see their prey in such a vulnerable position. It was a lot of fun for them to play the game before devouring the prey.

They knew the young man had been running for a long time and was now worn out. At this point, he was yearning to sit down and rest.

However, like two ghosts, the demon dogs relentlessly hunted him down.

The man was aware of the demon dogs' notorious habit. The thought of being tortured before his hunters finally devoured him made him sigh loudly. 'How could I have been so unlucky to run into these two devils?' he thought to himself.

The dogs were getting closer, yet no one had still shown up to rescue him. It looked as if he would end up as their meal.

With nothing to lose, he called out, "Hey, buddies! Don't you think it's better to make friends than enemies? Since fate brought us together, how about we become friends?"

Trying to be friendly, he offered the bag of magic herbs he collected from the mountain. "It includes several Ganoderma lucidum that took a thousand years to grow. There's also dragon-shaped dates produced every five hundred years. All are incredible natural gems, and I spent a great deal of effort to pick them. If you let me go, I will give all of them to you..." he trailed off.

"Hey, are you listening? Why are you still chasing me?" he hollered.

With no one coming to his rescue, the young man had to negotiate with the demon dogs to survive.

It surprised Austin to hear the young man rambling even as he was stumbling forward to escape.

"Whoops!" the young man cried out.

He fell on the ground and rolled over several feet. Austin saw that he had tripped over the root of a tree due to sheer exhaustion which caused him to fall.

Assuming their prey was finally worn out, the demon dogs moved faster. They jumped a few times at extremely high speeds and blocked the young man's way, with one in front of him, the other behind.

wanted so badly to rush up to it and beat it himself, seeming to have forgotten that he had almost died a while ago.

But Austin was not about to let the dog escape, or he would lose a beast core of a diabolic beast at level one.

In a blink of an eye, he appeared in front of the demon dog.

After several rounds of lopsided fighting, Austin stabbed the demon dog in the middle of its head with the long sword.

When he pulled out the sword, a beast core rolled out from the hole in the demon dog's head. He picked it up with the metal blade and it jumped into his hand.

Then Austin proceeded to the dead demon dog, hit its head and got another beast core.

The young man's eyes gleamed in envy as he watched Austin take the beast cores into his hands.

Still jovial after his near-fatal experience, he called out, "Hey, buddy! Nice to meet you. My name is Herbert, and I'm an outer disciple. Thank you very much for saving my life! I really don't know how to express my gratitude."

His gratitude was said sincerely.

Austin acknowledged this and nodded lightly.

"You're welcome! It's not a big deal," he said.

Bending down, Herbert picked up the big stuffed bag, opened it, and grabbed a handful of herbs.

"Buddy, please take these. It took me several days to pick these magic herbs."

The young man's eyes beamed a smile, his generosity genuine.

As his lips twitched, Austin tried to hold back laughter while looking at the bag.

It was full of low-cost magic herbs like ground bone grass, violet grass, and magic flowers, among others.