The Ferrore Mountains, 1,500 miles from the city of King Norton.

Pierce rode a dark horse and hurried to the teleportation array without stopping.

This horse, named 'Cloud Chaser', is a second-level magical beast that specializes in speed, and after being captured, it has been tamed by the Mercenary Guild and can be used as a mount.

Such a precious beast, Marcus did not hesitate to lend it to Pierce, the matter was urgent, and the latter did not refuse.

The Cloud Chaser could travel 3,000 miles a day, and Pierce had traveled overnight, so the sun had just risen when he arrived at his destination.

The mountains of Ferror are endless, and the area is even more vast, but due to the demon hunting trials, the places that are usually more desolate are now full of soldiers and adventurers ready to go.

Pierce rolled over and landed on the ground, slapping the head of the Cloud Chaser with his palm.

"Woohoo. ”

The Cloud Chaser snorted, turned around and disappeared into the vast forest.

Marcus had said that as long as he got to the place, he would be able to come back by himself, so Pierce hurried to the direction of the teleportation array after sending the Cloud Chaser away.

Asking along the way, Pierce came to a wide field.

Within a radius of a kilometer, all of them were heavily guarded, but Pierce didn't see the shadow of the Holy Cult Army, and even the adventurers who appeared here were far below their psychological expectations.

"Why are there so few people?"

Pierce looked around, but didn't find anything unusual.

Hundreds of adventurers were leisurely sorting out their weapons and equipment at this time, as if they were waiting for something.

"It's you!"

Just as Pierce was about to ask someone, he heard someone stop him.

When I turned around, I saw a group of young people.

The girl who stopped him was familiar, but Pierce was so anxious that he couldn't remember it for a while.

"Great, we're meeting again. ”

"You ......"

Pierce's gaze swept over the others again, and after a moment's hesitation, he finally remembered.

They had only met two days earlier.

Looking at the girl's gradually awkward smile, Pierce finally nodded.

"You're the ..... A student at Santa Mata College?"

"Do you really remember us?"

The girl, who had been a little lost, was now getting excited again.

Several of them were students of the academy, and in addition to this girl, there were two young people who had only met in the past few days.

The girl's name is Bonnie, and the other two are Jason and Isaac.

Except for Bonnie, the strength of everyone else here is not lower than the Bronze Sixth Order, and it will be very dangerous to enter the secret realm with her strength.

"I'm here to introduce you, this is my brother. ”

The girl grabbed a sturdy young man by the arm and brought him to Pierce.

"He saved me and Jason, Isaac's benefactor. ”

The young man, who was originally a little puzzled, immediately covered Pierce's hand tightly after hearing his sister's words, and his face showed a look that was even more excited than Bonnie's.

"So you're the hero Bonnie said you were, and it's a pleasure to meet you. ”

Without leaving a trace, Bonnie pinched the young man, who twitched his face, and then remembered to introduce herself.

"My name is Greg, a teaching assistant at Santa Mata College. ”

There are more than ten people on this trip to Santa Mata College, and the leader is Greg himself, as a teaching assistant of the college, his strength has also reached the fourth order of silver, it is said that he just graduated from the college, he was hired by the college as a teaching assistant, and his strength and talent are the best in the same class.

The students at Santa Marta College are very united, but Pierce is also popular with the students because of Bonnie and the slightly sister-oriented Gera.

"That's right. ”

After getting acquainted with everyone, Pierce immediately asked the doubt in his heart, "Why are there only a few hundred people around this teleportation array?"

Strangely, when Pierce asked this question, not only Bonnie and Greg, but also the other students couldn't help but be stunned.

"Because today is the last day to enter the secret realm. ”

Ultimately, it was Bonnie who explained.

"What?"

The change in Pierce's face startled Bonnie.

Greg saw that Pierce had something on his mind, so he immediately talked about what had happened in the past few days.

According to the edict issued by the king, the Demon Hunting Trial will start today, but just three days ago, the number of adventurers waiting in the Ferror Mountains had already exceeded 10,000.

For this reason, after the king negotiated with the Holy Cult Army, the teleportation array was opened a day earlier.

Hearing this, Pierce's hands couldn't help but tremble.

If this is the case, it has been at least a day since Evie entered the secret realm, and in that dangerous place, even a bronze horseman could not protect himself, let alone a weak ordinary girl.

"No, I'm going to go in now. ”

Pierce turned to leave, but was grabbed by Gregel's arm.

The former turned his head abruptly, and in the face of that murderous gaze, Greg subconsciously retracted his arm as if he had been electrocuted.

"This brother. ”

After thinking about it, Greg continued.

"The requirements for opening the teleportation array are extremely complicated, and it takes time to prepare, and it will take an hour to open the teleportation array next time. ”

"An hour. ”

Pierce gritted his teeth, his hands clenched into fists.

With every second she had, Ivy was in more danger.

The hour was torturous for Pierce, like the most cruel punishment, and he wanted to face the danger head-on, but all he could do now was wait.

Victor Family ......

I'm afraid the Victor family would not have thought that a boy as small as an ant in his eyes would have put his entire family on the revenge list.

Gradually, Pierce finally calmed down.

"By the way, do you know what's going on inside?"

Instead of rushing into the secret realm without a head, it is better to find out the situation inside in advance, so that it will be more helpful for you to find Aiwei.

A group of young students looked at Pierce, then looked at each other, bewildered.

The murderous aura on Pierce's body was too terrifying, which made everyone avoid him a little, but Greg, as the team leader, was obviously much more mature than the others.

"No one has ever entered the secret realm here, but I have heard some information from the teacher at the academy. ”

As the leader of a dozen students, Greg also did his homework.

Hearing that there was really gossip to be found, Pierce got serious.

"This secret realm is an ancient battlefield, several times larger than the Ferror Mountains, so it is more than enough to accommodate a million people at the same time. ”

Greg licked his dry lips, summed up the language a little, and continued.

"There are demonic beasts and remnants of the demons entrenched in the secret realm, and based on the experience of their predecessors, they have summed up six dangerous places that even the army is cautious to enter. ”

"The Netherworld, the Ghost King Desert, the Land of Flames, the Scarlet Plains, the Valley of Long Hatred, and the Mountain of Broken Souls. ”

Pierce listened with great attention, and the outline of a map had formed in his mind, and what Greg had said had been memorized by the others a hundred times.

"There are a total of ten waypoints in the ancient battlefield, named from one to ten, and each waypoint is guarded by the Kingdom Army and the Holy Cult Army, so these ten waypoints are the safest places. ”

The ancient battlefield was extremely dangerous, and by learning from the countless experiences of its predecessors, the Norton Kingdom already had an extremely elaborate plan of action and a backup plan, as long as all adventurers entered in a group, there would be few dangers.

Because, the demons in the secret realm never go out in groups, and they are far less threatening than the monsters.

"But ......"

Greg scratched his head, glanced at the students around him, and then leaned over to Pierce and whispered.

"None of the academy teams that entered the secret realm last time came back alive. ”