Falling Leaves Town is a certain distance from Greenfield City, and it usually takes a day by carriage to reach it.

Herag and Ed followed the road ahead, walking for four hours without finding any abnormal traces.

All around the road were forests and wilderness, with no one living there.

Due to the presence of demons, there were no longer any mountain villages here, with at least town-level settlements.

In the afternoon, the two finally found a damaged carriage.

The carriage was tilted and fallen on the ground, with a lot of fruits and fabrics scattered around.

The horses pulling the carriage were missing, and there were many bloodstains on the ground and traces of heavy items being dragged.

Herag checked inside the carriage, but didn't find Andar, and there was no one here.

"This is Uncle Andar's carriage." Ed recognized the carriage and said heavily.

Herag glanced at the bloodstains on the ground, touched and smelled them, saying, "There are three kinds of bloodstains here: horse, human, and another that seems to be from some kind of animal, but I can't be sure."

"There are also footprints here…"

Herag looked aside and found a pile of small footprints on the ground.

Judging by the footprints, the animal isn't large, but there are many of them.

"Wolf footprints." Ed recognized them.

Ed said, "But there shouldn't be any wolf packs active near this road. Could it be a group that recently migrated here?"

"Let's go and check it out."

Herag observed the footprints, which extended from the road into the grassland beside.

At the same time, there were traces of heavy items being dragged away.

Judging by the traces, it's likely that the carriage horse and Andar were dragged away.

Seeing these traces, Ed also deduced some things and began to feel saddened.

They were familiar neighbors since childhood, all like family.

Upon receiving this bad news, naturally, he felt a bit saddened.

"I must find Uncle Andar." Ed's hand flashed with light, revealing a black longsword.

Herag could see he was angry, wanting to avenge Andar.

He didn't say much, just followed the traces into the nearby forest.

The forest was quiet, only some small birds were chirping in the trees.

Herag and Ed followed the traces deeper into the forest, arriving at a flat grassland after about an hour.

In the center of the grassland, a wolf pack was roaming, some wolves were lying down sleeping, others wandering around.

Herag immediately spotted, in the distance, a pile of remains, seemingly the horse's corpse, now eaten down to just bones.

"Damn wolves!" Ed saw this scene and directly charged, black sword in hand, towards the wolf pack.

Herag didn't have time to hold him back.

He felt something unusual about this place; the wolf pack wasn't really an issue and could be easily dealt with.

Ed was too young and too angry, so in his rage, he charged without thinking.

Herag followed Ed and paid close attention to the surroundings.

At this time, Ed had already charged onto the flat grassland, attracting the wolf pack's attention.

The Wolf King howled to the sky, and the wolf pack gathered, rushing towards Ed and Herag.

These ordinary beasts were no match for them; after the first wave of attack, only wolf corpses surrounded them.

The Wolf King and the remaining seven or eight wolves stopped and turned to flee.

Ed pursued, swinging his black sword to take out one wolf after another, completely annihilating the pack.

Aside from revenge, Ed was eliminating future threats by killing the wolf pack.

The wolf pack's territory was not far from the road, posing a great threat to the people in Falling Leaves Town, so it needed to be resolved early.

"I wonder where this wolf pack came from. Now the threat should be dealt with." Ed said.

Herag pondered, "Maybe not; no human remains were found here."

"Could they have been completely eaten?" Ed speculated.

Herag shook his head, "Bones can't be completely eaten, and even if they were, there would still be some bloodstains left, but I found no human bloodstains here."

Herag's perception of blood essence was very keen, and he found no trace of human blood here.

"Then where is Uncle Andar?" Ed was puzzled.

Herag looked to the distant mountains, "He must be over there."

Ed followed Herag's gaze and saw, on a distant hilltop, a towering black gorilla standing and watching them.

"Demon!" Ed immediately recognized it as not an ordinary animal.

The black gorilla's whole body was covered in black armor, resembling human-made armor.

But a closer look revealed that this black armor was actually the gorilla's own muscle tissue.

"It seems to be controlling the wolf pack." Herag said.

Judging by the surroundings, the wolf pack's grassland was just outside the gorilla's resting place.

This wolf pack acted as guards for the gorilla, and it was awakened by the fighting noise.

The gorilla appeared undaunted, seeing the pair and looking at the dead wolves with anger, roaring a deafening sound echoed in the surroundings.

Going on all fours, it began charging down the mountain, with a massive power heading straight for Herag and Ed.

"High-tier Demon!" Ed exclaimed.

High-tier Demons match the power of a High-tier Exorcist; Ed was only an Official Exorcist, far from reaching the level of a High-tier Exorcist.

Herag had compared the power systems during his time in the Wizard Plane.

High-tier Demons and High-tier Exorcists roughly equate to Liquefaction and Crystalization Wizard's Level, similar in combat strength.

Herag stood forward saying, "I'll engage it head-on, you find an opportunity to strike from the side. Using the special traits of your black sword, you can injure it. But be careful not to get hurt; this beast seems very strong."

Ed nodded, moving to the side, avoiding direct confrontation with the gorilla.

He knew his physical power couldn't compete with the gorilla, needing to take advantage of side attacks.

The gorilla was extremely fast, already jumped embodying downhill momentum, swinging its fists toward Herag with great force.

Herag did not retreat, eyes fixed on the gorilla's movements.

As the gorilla's fist approached, Herag's muscles tensed up, and he threw a punch forward simultaneously.

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