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Published at 9th of August 2023 06:03:28 AM


Chapter 52

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Xia Nuo reads very fast, and he has already seen the end of that ‘Monster Encyclopedia’.

The last monster introduced in ‘Monster Encyclopaedia’ is a kind of monster called Ke Da’er. They have strong survivability, and their appearance is like a large glutinous rice dumpling, which looks round.

The author also carefully matched pictures for them. The Ke Da’er on it looks soft, with two small horns growing on its head, which looks extremely harmless.

Seeing this at first, Xia Nuo was a little puzzled as to why Ke Da’er was introduced at the end.

Because obviously, the order in which the author introduces the magic beasts is arranged according to the rarity and level. The higher the rarity and level, the later in the order.

As for a magical beast like Ke Da’er, both in rarity and level, it is common, and there is nothing unusual about it, yet it is placed at the end. Xia Nuo felt a little puzzled.

But he soon found the answer from the afterword of this book.

The author wrote in the postscript: “After ten years and three months, this “Monster Encyclopaedia” was finally completed with the help of my mentor and friends.

In order to explore magic beasts in the book, I have travelled almost all over the continent, and I have met many interesting and like-minded friends, and Ke Da’er (Allow me to be sentimental about putting him in that category) is one of them. “

“… with his permission, I have recorded him in this book. No, maybe it’s more appropriate to use ‘it’ – yes, the friend Ke Da’er I’m talking about is not a human being, but a monster. “

“Everyone can’t imagine, and can’t believe, that monsters can appear in the form of humans, and have the same or even higher intelligence level than humans. Its behaviour and language habits are no different from ordinary humans. If I didn’t know the truth from the beginning, I would not be able to discover its real body. “

“It is Ke Da’er, a monster named after his own group. Although Ke Da’er often humbles himself that he is just an ordinary monster, the difference between it and the same kind is like a natural moat.”

“Here I have to mention ‘mimicry’, my friend has an ability similar to ‘mimicry’, the specific performance is – it can easily imitate not only the appearance and characteristics of monsters but also magic plants, freely switching between different identities – its human form is also one of the results of imitation.”

“The strange thing is that other Ke Da’ers don’t have this ability, but my friend said that this is its innate talent. I haven’t been able to find a reasonable explanation for this.”

“I once had a guess, maybe its true identity is not the Beast Ke Da’er, but because it has imitated Ke Da’er before it has this recognition? But in response to its strong request, I still classified it as the magic beast, Ke Da’er, which is why I introduced Ke Da’er at the end-this only special case is special enough. “

“…during the trip, my friend kept changing identities, and he never seemed to get tired of this kind of game, until we came to the wilderness, and my friend said that it wants to take root here like a tree, and we respect its choice. “

When Xia Nuo read this, his heart beat faster involuntarily, and the sound of ‘bang bang bang’ drummed his eardrums.

——He had a hunch that he was about to learn a very important clue.

Xia Nuo gently turned over the last page. There was only half a page of text recorded on it, but it was extremely important information.

It reads: “We parted like this. The lifespan of monsters is much longer than that of humans. I don’t know if I can see it again in my lifetime.”

“Readers who read this book, if you are lucky enough to meet it, please say hello to it for me, tell it for me: I am very grateful for its help to me before, and no matter what, I regard it as my friend ( Even if it doesn’t think so in its indifferent nature).”

“It has black hair and blue eyes, which is very rare on the mainland and is very easy to identify. And for many years, it has never changed its appearance as a human being. I have reason to believe that it will still look like this when you meet it. — on December 26, 1550”

Trees, vast wilderness, black hair and blue eyes… The identity of the man has been clearly revealed.

Strangely, after guessing Kan Lan’er’s identity, Xia Nuo suddenly felt a sense of relief in his heart.

It seemed that after waiting, the other boot finally fell to the ground, and the troubled residents downstairs were finally able to sleep well.

The previous speculation about the man’s identity has always been like a huge stone pressing on his heart, making him feel dull and panicked.

But now, after knowing the man’s identity, Xia Nuo was finally not as uneasy as before.

However, he immediately remembered another thing. Before he received the blessing of the holy tree, he was really manipulated in secret, right? So, has his luck not improved?

Xia Nuo’s focus shifted strangely. He was in a daze when a cold body leaned against him. The man pressed his fingers on the unclosed pages of the book and asked in a low voice: “Have you seen this already?”

“…” Xia Nuo was about to answer, but suddenly remembered that they were still in the ‘cold war’, so he pretended to be indifferent and said “Um.”

Without words, both of them knew that Xia Nuo had already learned the man’s true identity.

Even though his true identity was discovered, the man’s expression was not surprised, nor did he feel guilty after being exposed as a deceit. Instead, he said to Xia Nuo with great interest: “Did you know? In fact, the ‘Monster Encyclopaedia’ that can be bought on the market does not have an afterword. The publishers all thought that the author was old and confused, and imagined such a kind of magical beast that could not exist at all, so they deleted it with aspirations. “

Although Xia Nuo seemed unmoved on the surface, his ears had already been pricked up, earnestly catching every word the man said.

The man felt it looked funny, but he could only hold back, not daring to show it: “What you are seeing now is actually the only original copy published by the author at his own expense.

It took me a lot of thought to get it from the author’s descendants. “

The man didn’t continue after saying this, Xia Nuo finally couldn’t bear it anymore and asked, “What else?”

Won’t you explain who you are?

The boy’s eyes finally focused on him as he expected, the man deliberately dragged out his tone, enjoying the boy’s long-lost attention: “And——”

“—and I want to apologise to you.” The man lowered his eyebrows and said sincerely, “It was my fault for deceiving you before. I have seriously reflected on it. Forgive me, please?”

The man knew that there was no need to make any excuses at this time, so he just admitted his mistake.

Xia Nuo was slightly taken aback, he didn’t expect the man to find the correct strategy method through eavesdropping, but…

He thought for a while, and made a request: “I read the introduction to Ke Da’er in “Monster Encyclopaedia”, can you change into your original form and let me see what the real Ke Da’er looks like?”

“……”

The man showed a rare look of surprise but was misunderstood by Xia Nuo, he was a little disappointed: “Is it not possible?”

Of course, it’s possible, but this request is too simple, which makes the man a little unbelievable.

“Of course.” As if afraid of the boy’s repentance, the man answered quickly.

In just the blink of an eye, a dumpling that looked exactly like the picture in ‘Monster Encyclopaedia’ appeared in front of Xia Nuo.

It has fluffy white fur and looks round and round on the outside. The two small horns on its head only have a pointed point, which is cutely bent outward.

A monster like Ke Da’er doesn’t have limbs and usually moves by bouncing, and the man’s current image is no exception. Except for a pair of blue eyes, he is not much different from the image in the picture.

No matter what kind of creature it is, as long as it is small and round, it will make people feel as if it was cute and harmless, just like the Ke Da’er in front of Xia Nuo.

He looked at it carefully, and it was really hard to connect the small one in front of him with the man’s tall figure, and it was even more incomparable with the huge body of the holy tree.

The dumpling in front of him let him look at it, and even bounced a few times, trying to show him in all directions, and made a childish ‘chirp’ sound.

—— His image is not as important as his Chang An.

“……”

Xia Nuo suddenly pursed his lips tightly, and the expression on his face looked a little dignified.

What’s wrong? Did he do something wrong again?

The man’s heart skipped a beat, and he couldn’t help but stop.

Unexpectedly, at the next moment, the boy suddenly bent down, the man only felt his body lighten, and a pair of warm and soft hands hugged him, his perspective slowly raised to the level of the boy, and then——

The young man stared quietly for a moment, hugged him in his arms, rubbed his face against his fur, and muttered to himself: “No, it’s too cute, I can’t stand it…”

“……”

This kind of treatment was completely beyond the man’s expectations. When it was stuck on the young man’s warm chest, he felt dizzy for a while, and asked involuntarily, “Chang An, have you forgiven me?”

“Of course not.” Xia Nuo replied without hesitation, he looked at the dumpling in his arms in surprise, “What made you have that illusion?”

The man, “……”





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