Dark Forest.

Compared to the wizarding world, the Zambis Empire's exploitation of the resources of the original plane is obviously still in a primitive state of confusion. As a result, most of the interior of the plane is uncultivated primeval forests or wild areas, and the places where humans can move are still surrounded by many dangerous creatures.

The Dark Forest, located on the western edge of the Empire, is one such area.

The interior of the Dark Forest is home to a multitude of primordial creatures and terrifying demonic beasts, which have hoarded and multiplied there, forming a unique and exclusive extraterrestrial world. This is a serious problem that most dimensional worlds face.

Natural selection, survival of the fittest!

With their strong physique and ferocious fighting style, powerful monsters have become the de facto rulers of most regions. They are fighting for each other, or they are families, tribes, or alone, occupying the most mineral- and plant-rich areas on the dimensional continent.

Compared to them, an intelligent race like humans has almost no competitiveness.

At the beginning of their birth, human beings did not have a strong physical body, no natural magical talent, and no sharp teeth and claws, which made them only huddle together for warmth, struggling to survive in the gap between many barbarian ancient beasts and ferocious monsters.

If it weren't for the fact that human beings have extraordinary learning and creative abilities, and can use monsters as teachers, learn some powerful and strange abilities from them, and pass them on and strengthen them from generation to generation, there is almost no possibility for humans to become plane masters!

The first group of wizards in the wizarding world were ancient humans who obtained some strange and strange abilities through the simulation of the natural magic patterns on the bodies of powerful monsters. Then, relying on thousands of years of continuous accumulation and improvement and strengthening, a set of effective wizard training system was formed.

It is precisely by virtue of the wizards who stand out from the human race that the humans in the wizarding world finally defeat all kinds of powerful monsters and become the largest race there. However, as the wizarding community has grown stronger, they have gradually grown into a new 'human race' that is completely different from ordinary humans!

The development path of the plane is much the same!

The Enwick plane is apparently on much the same path as the wizarding world, except that it has evolved a system of power that resembles the cult of the gods.

Most of the Envik humans believe in the Light, and thus propelled a natural phenomenon that is lifeless, unconscious, and has been brought to the altar. Faith is also a power!

It is the continued faith of millions of Nwick people that has made the Light a powerful and incomparable force. At least, in the Envik plane, this power has been embedded in the laws of the plane, and has become an important pillar supporting the development and growth of the plane's consciousness.

With the blessing of the plane's consciousness, this light power in turn pushes the devout believers who believe in it to the pinnacle of the plane's power.

As long as the Enwick Plane continues to follow the current path, after thousands of years, one of the 4th Order Holy Knights who have gone forward and succeeded will eventually break through the shackles of the plane's power and become the 5th Order that will create the history of the plane.

And he, at the moment of breakthrough, will naturally become the first powerful god in the Envik plane to take the Holy Light as its origin. At that time, the Enwei plane can be regarded as having a preliminary foothold in the multiverse, and has the cornerstone of outward development and outward development!

Unfortunately, before the Envik plane could give birth to its own Patronus, the Witches of Deception discovered it, broke in, and built the Witch Tower in a place called Dabire Heights.

From that moment on, the Envik plane was in the countdown phase before being enslaved!

It can be said that if it weren't for the Holy Knight of Ade Kale's sworn fight to destroy the interdimensional teleportation array in the Witch Tower, according to the invasion process of the Witch of Deception, the Envik Plane would struggle for another forty or fifty years at most, and it would have become a meal for the Witch of Fraud and a secondary plane under their rule.

And now, as the situation changes, the paladin's side seems to have a certain advantage, and there is an opportunity to wipe out the deceitful witches and drive the evil wizard forces out of the Envik plane.

Therefore, when there were signs of witch activity in the western part of the empire, the local Chapel of Light immediately went out to encircle and suppress the witch, and successfully contained the witch in the dark forest.

However, the witch's sorcery abilities were so bizarre that she was able to transform herself into any living form, and then gain their trust to transform it into her guardian beast.

A second-order silver knight accidentally fell on the way, and was actually abducted by it to betray the Holy Light, becoming a veritable dark knight. Under the protection of the Dark Knight, the witch escaped into the Dark Forest, where she evaded the paladins.

With the passage of time, two Tier 3 Gold Knights have appeared in the ranks of Paladins gathered on the outskirts of the Dark Forest, and there are as many as twenty-one Silver Knights of the Rank 2. But the guy they hunted down was just an ordinary second-order witch.

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In a dark and damp dense forest, Devin searched cautiously.

In order to facilitate the fight and movement, he took off his heavy metal armor and wore only a silver chain mail with a thick and impermeable cloak wrapped over it. The usual big sword was replaced by a thin stabbing sword, and a small round steel shield with a matte finish, which was all he had.

The Dark Forest lived up to its name, with tall straight trees stretching out the huge canopy, blocking out most of the light cast from the sky, making the forest dark and dark. Even in the daytime, the forest is so dark that it is almost impossible to see the light of day.

And in such a claustrophobic environment, there are terrifying demonic plants that are indescribably grown.

They are mixed with ordinary greenery, and are difficult to identify without being a polymath or experienced hunter. As soon as ordinary people approach them defenselessly, they will be dragged into the demon plant full of activated thorns by the rising vines, stabbed into the body by sharp wooden thorns or branches, and then suck the flesh and blood of the whole body alive and die.

In order to avoid startling the snakes, Dai Wen, who was a second-order silver knight, did not bless himself with any protection of holy light, but relied on his sharp reflexes and fast sword to clean up those monsters and demon strains that attacked him in vain.

The holy light mastered by the paladins is good at buff blessings, healing, and purification, but they are not good at probing and searching, so in this dark forest, Devin needs to rely more on his own sword power, rather than the overly dazzling holy light.

There was silence in the dark forest.

The monsters and beasts that live in this forest need to learn to be quiet as long as they have not grown to the point of being invincible. They hunt, hunt, breed and rest in silence, keeping as quiet as possible even in the last moments before they die.

Sounds can bring enemies to them, and too will the overly glaring Light.

The first few groups of paladins who entered the dark forest to search were not small, and there were also high-level paladins leading the team, but they all ended up with heavy losses because of too much fanfare. The beasts and monsters that lurk throughout the Dark Forest seem to be extremely repulsive to outsiders, and are easily attracted by the sound and light of the team, so they stealthily attack the paladins.

The paladins are nothing more than a group of human warriors strengthened by the Holy Light.

If they fight on the plains, with their strength and physique after blessing, they can easily crush monsters of the same level. But in the dark forest, where you can't see your fingers, the paladin's combat power is inevitably greatly reduced.

Long jungle treks and treks through forests and streams have left them unable to wear thick, dense metal armor and defend themselves against sudden venom attacks from dead leaves or vines. From the raw shrubs and cobweb-like vines and thorns, the one-handed greatsword they are accustomed to cannot wield at all, and the thin stabbing sword or short sword they are disguised into cannot smoothly cut the neck bone of the powerful monster.

As a result, several teams of paladins who went deep into the dark forest returned with feathers, losing many Black Iron Knights.

As a result, the two Golden Knights had no choice but to scatter the many Silver Knights into the forest, carefully searching for the whereabouts of the evil witch and the defector knight. As long as their traces are discovered and passed back to the camp in time, the two golden knights can lead a large number of paladins to rush over and end the search operation with minimal cost.

Night falls.

As the sky dimmed, the darkness of the forest became more and more unfathomable.

Devin walked silently through the depths of the forest as he stepped on the slightly slippery and sticky soil.

Every time he stepped on the ground, he was very careful, either in the dirt where the fruit was exposed, or in the pile of rotting leaves, and almost never set foot in the thorns and branches.

On the one hand, it is likely to be a trap disguised by demonic plants, and on the other hand, if you step on a dead branch, it is easy to make unnecessary noises that attract the attention of those dark creatures.

In addition to paying attention to his feet, Devin couldn't help but glance at the green vines hanging down from the tall ancient trees. Many of them are also disguised as vampire vines. There are also many poisonous snakes, leeches and other poisonous insects also like to lie on the vines, when someone passes underneath, they can silently cling to each other's body.

Therefore, while moving forward cautiously, Devin quickly waved the thin stabbing sword in his hand.

Under the cutting of the swift sword wind, the bloodsucking vines were cut off one by one, and the purple, black and smelly blood water splashed all over the sky. One by one, the spotted snake and the iron snake were cut off by the snake's head, and the long and powerful body twisted and twitched wildly, stirring up the surrounding area.

But at this time, Dai Wen suddenly stopped, lifted his nose and sniffed lightly.

The humid air with a strong smell of rot and musty in the forest was faintly mixed with a hint of women's body fragrance, and there was also a strange sound of water.

Devin narrowed his eyes and slowly pursued the camera with bated breath.