Chapter 223 Within the Secret Realm
When the hair was halfway inside, its speed suddenly increased, as if it was being sucked in by something, and purple light appeared on the thin hair.
"My hair is definitely not so tough, and it keeps pulling?"
Natsu quickly let go of her hand when she felt bad, and her silver hair quickly disappeared into the mirror-like crystal wall.
"Master, what's going on?"
The little Lori in black flew to her side worriedly.
"I don't know, we'd better stay away from these crystals."
Natsu stopped Gladys, who was curiously leaning towards the wall, and pulled her to the back.
"Master, do you want me to go over and have a look?"
The little Lori in black volunteered.
"Don't go, this crystal mirror may be a kind of portal that will suck people into another dimension, and if it's one-way, even you won't be able to come back."
Natsu dragged her out of the air, keeping her from the crystals.
"It's okay if I don't lift the invisibility, master......"
The little Lori in black leaned into her arms and whispered.
"Go up there and reconnoitre, don't lift your stealth without my permission."
Natsu patted her on the back and lifted her into the air.
"Come out - the book of stench!"
Natsu* stretched out a hand forward and activated the summoning spell.
The void slowly revealed a musty book with an unpleasant smell embedded in it, a common low-level monster that often appeared in ancient libraries.
"Go in there, and then come out."
She gave orders to the monster book.
After hearing her words, the terrifying eye of the monster book turned around a few times and flew into the crystal wall in a swaying manner.
As soon as it entered, the crystal wall seemed to get some signal. The originally transparent wall suddenly became a real mirror, and the scene behind it could no longer be seen, only the two people in front of the mirror.
"Ding, ding."
Natsu took out a small wire used to pick the lock and knocked on the crystal wall, only to find that it had turned into a solid state.
"This thing is really weird, wait for me first."
She created several powerful enchantments at the entrance to the teleportation circle. A vigilance circle has also been added next to the outermost layer of the concealment barrier, ensuring the safety of the teleportation array on the maximum distance.
"Let's look elsewhere."
Then she took Gladys's hand and left there and began to explore this labyrinthine world of crystals.
The black-clothed little Lori obediently flew high in the air, acting as an early warning radar, and from time to time there were a few erected or floating crystal walls around the two people below, like a dazzling mirror, in which countless of them were reflected.
"Come out - scavenging rats!"
"Show me up - Demon Cockroach!"
"Follow my callβslime snails!"
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Natsu summoned some of her least favorite monsters, and then gave them a command:
"It's all spread out. Find a crystal to go into, don't repeat! Then return here in a qiΔ way. β
Although her summoner level is not high, under the effect of strong spiritual power, those monsters felt the pressure of the strong, and honestly drilled into the surrounding crystals one by one, and none of them dared to disobey the order.
"Keep walking, we still have a lot of time now, unless it's really an endless world. Otherwise, we can definitely explore it. β
Under the guidance of the little Lori in black, Xia called up the system map. As the three of them traveled, the unknown area above continued to decrease, and after about two hours, a rough prototype could finally be seen.
"This area is really not small, our speed is not slow, but after walking for so long, we still haven't found the edge."
They walked in a straight line. Two hours have been walking a long way, but there are still countless crystal mirrors in front of me, and nothing else is seen at all.
"Wait!"
Natsu stopped suddenly.
She turned her head to the back, and there was a fierce look in her eyes:
"The alarm circle has been triggered, and something is attacking the barrier I have set!"
She took off her trousers that were in the way. Wings stretched out from the stockings, and Gladys flew towards the road.
"Kaz, Kaz!"
Flying at a much faster speed than exploring on the ground, it didn't take long for them to reach the starting point, only to see the filthy rats with red eyes gnawing at the outermost layer of the Earth Barrier, and the Concealment Circle seemed to have no effect on it.
"Master, this mouse is so big...... Yes? β
The little Lori in black looked at the mouse's message and was strange:
"The information on this scavenging rat says it's your master's summon......"
"What?"
Natsu lowered Gladys to the ground, where she was ready to help, trying to get in touch with the rat in her mind.
The scavenger immediately ran underneath her, lying there motionless, looking very submissive.
"It came out of that crystal wall? It's still getting so powerful. β
Xia carefully looked at the changes in this mouse, and found that its size was more than double that of the original, its pupils, which were originally only slightly red, had become scarlet, and its limbs and tail were much stronger, and bulging muscles could be seen on it.
"Which mirror did you come out of? Take me to see it. β
She let the scavenger lead the way, until she came to a medium-sized crystal not far away, and found that the crystal wall had regained its original crystal appearance, rather than a mirror that only reflected the human figure.
"It's ...... Scary? Lots of enemies? β
After the scavenger increased in strength, it was able to express some simple meanings, and kept trying to describe the danger inside to Natsu, and then told her that she had defeated all the enemies inside, and then the mirror lit up, and then it felt that its strength had suddenly become much stronger.
"Interesting."
Natsu's eyes showed interest.
"Master, this is not the ...... in the Magician's Residence."
The little Lori in black said next to her.
"Well, it should be a place of the same nature as that."
She slowly scanned her surroundings:
"This should be a secret realm used by ancient elves to improve their strength, but it seems to be a little more dangerous......"
Xia frowned, contacted the creatures he had summoned, and found that only the scavenging rat in front of him had returned safely. The others should all be more than lucky.
"No, it's just that although the scavenging rat is a monster, it is not a very vicious thing, and its own strength is not weak, and its escape ability is especially clever."
She quickly noticed the difference between the minions.
The Demon Cockroach is a very brutal carnivore that will attack almost any creature it sees. Cruel by nature.
The Stinking Book is a very sinister monster by nature, often sneaking up on adventurers in the libraries of those ruins and ruins, sucking their lives, and in the eyes of many people, it is completely the embodiment of evil.
These two monsters, like most of the other things she summoned, belonged to the dark camp, so how could the High Elves' training ground be suitable for them?
"Come out β plateau pigs!"
Natsu summoned a rat creature again.
This little mouse is white all over, surrounded by a strong magical power, and is a medium-level summoned creature, not to mention its cute appearance. The strength is the best in the class, and like the scavenging rats, he is very good at escaping.
"Go ahead, since the black mouse can come back, you can do it too."
Natsu let the little mouse run into the crystal wall.
Sure enough, only half an hour or so later, the little mouse returned from inside the wall, and it was a full circle in size. The mana fluctuations on his body are even more vigorous, and he has obviously completed his promotion.
"After the crystal wall was used once. Won't it change back right away? β
Xia looked at the still opaque crystal behind the mouse, and had some understanding of this secret realm in his heart.
1γ Each time the crystal is used, it will have a certain cooldown limit.
2γ Evil creatures are almost certain to die if they enter, but good creatures are relatively safe.
3γ Even good creatures, if they are too weak, can still be dangerous inside.
The third conclusion is reached. It's because the slime snail didn't come back either.
This monster is a very low-key creature, moving slowly, almost never attacking other creatures, and only occasionally eating some leaves with magical powers.
However, it is very weak in its own right, and it will be preyed upon when it encounters a slightly stronger enemy. Probably this is the reason why it did not come back, indicating that this kind of secret realm still exists with a certain danger.
"It can improve the strength, and it is not very dangerous...... How can such a good thing be missed? β
Natsu's eyes burned.
Although she is not a good person, she will never be on the side of the evil camp, at least she never kills innocents indiscriminately, and she doesn't like to bully the weak, and she often pulls out a knife to help the weak.
But she wasn't impulsive.
She first asked the black-clothed little Lori to call up the known monster information, and made some classifications according to the strength, temperament and area of the summoned object.
"Raise the Arcane Mage to Lv30, and there are some more out-of-the-way summoning classes, all of which are raised to Lv30!"
After sorting out the information, she gave instructions to the little Lori in black.
"With these guys, it should be possible to make an accurate reference."
An hour later, Xia sat on the ground with a little tiredness, looked at these scattered summons, and took a pill to restore his spiritual power.
Even for low-level spells, it would not be easy to achieve such a number in front of you.
Among these summons, there are strong evil creatures, and there are also ordinary monsters with weak strength, but they are good at stealth and sneak attacks, and among the good creatures, she did not recruit the tragedy of slime snails, but found a few representative powerful individuals, and let them enter some small crystal walls.
She had a feeling that the difficulty of these crystal walls also seemed to have something to do with the size, and she didn't dare to touch those crystals that were often several meters high.
It didn't take long for some kind creatures to return from those crystal walls, and their strength had increased considerably, including a swamp frog that was not very good at fighting, which made Xia even more convinced of his guess.
"Hey, there's a monster back?"
Xia was surprised to find that the stinking book she had originally summoned had actually flown out of the crystal mirror. And the change is very large.
Not only was the unpleasant stench gone, the half-rotten pages were much more complete, and the mold spots on it were gone, but there was a strange glow in that terrible one-eye, which was characteristic of spiritual monsters.
"Come on, come over here."
She beckoned the Book of Stench to herself. I looked around it for a long time, and my mouth was amazed.
"Master, its level has increased a lot, from the original lv27 to the current lv91, I don't know what happened in the past few hours."
The little Lori in black looked at the information bar, and the expression on her face was also surprised.
"Cheng DΓΉ, who has been promoted from a low-level monster to a second-turn monster, what a terrible guy, is the Book of Stench so strong?"
No matter how you look at it, this guy doesn't seem to be a very powerful type.
"It seems to have evolved a spirit spell. Master, this will take a big advantage in battle. β
The little Lori in black said the key point.
But soon she became worried again:
"Master, your summoner's level is too low...... Now it is all oppressed by strong spiritual power, and it feels your strength before it dares to resist, but it will be dangerous to leave such an unstable thing by its side. β
"Monster Repatriation!"
Xia used the skill of sending the summoned object back in the summoning technique to the Book of Stench, so that he did not break the contact, and he was not afraid of causing any trouble when the other party was around, and he could recall it again when the class level increased. That's all it takes.
If you choose to liberate the summon directly, it will be difficult for the same monster to appear again the next time you summon it.
"This guy seems to have a lot of potential. It's a mutated monster.,It's still a rare spiritual category.,I hope it won't be destroyed by other things over there.γ β
"Alright."
Xia ate some food, drank some water, smacked his palm, and stood up from the ground.
"Stephanie. Take out the long black knife. β
She put the long sword on the ground and took it from the black-clothed little Lori.
The sharpness of the black long knife is about the same as that sword, and the texture is also very strong, and holding it is equivalent to one more magic swordsman class, which has a lot of improvement in overall strength.
"The hosts. Do you want to go inside? Be careful. β
The black-clothed little Lori saw so many summons return safely next to her eyes, and her worries were reduced a lot, and she didn't stop her master.
"Gladys, wait for me here, I should be back soon."
Xia hugged the spider beauty, got into the sniper box with the black long knife, and then asked the black-clothed little Lori to throw the box into a small crystal wall.
The teleportation symptoms that seemed to have been stretched by that body struck again, and when the symptoms were completely gone, Xia suddenly pulled out the black long knife and jumped out of the box.
"Bang!"
The box tumbled and fell to the ground.
In front of her eyes, a small green light seemed to be frightened and flew to the side, and she smelled a sweet smell in her nose.
"Oh?"
A man with a sneer on his lips appeared in front of her.
The man was wearing a Westminster School uniform, with a sword in one hand, and seemed to be about to go up.
"What's the matter, don't you dare to attack?"
The man said with a mocking look:
"You used a rock splitting slash just now, why is it only half out?"
He laughed triumphantly:
"Do you already know the power of my secret sword technique? Hahaha...... Why don't you do what I just said? Take off all your clothes here, and then kneel before me and ask me to spare you......"
"-Jersey?!"
Seeing the man's face, Xia blurted out.
"That's it! Don't attack casually, wait for him to come! He should be using a secret sword that has been circulated in the Western Continent, a kind of swordsmanship that specializes in defending against counterattacks! β
A familiar voice sounded from not far away.
Natsu's gaze swept to the place where the voice came from, and he was shocked to find Lorraine lying on the ground covered in blood, struggling to get up.
"Hey, little beauty, where are you looking?"
Jersey looked dissatisfied, held a sword flower with one hand, and sneered:
"Lorraine, as a man who is about to die, isn't there a little more nonsense you talk about, but soon I will shut you up."
He said dismissively:
"My strength is much stronger than hers, she can't come over, I can't attack it yet?"
With that, he swung his sword violently and forced it in a defensive stance. (To be continued......) R1292