Chapter 182: Endless Forest
"Song Xinyi's mission this time is to go to the endless forest with people to find the longevity fairy fruit"
Shirley told Fan Zheming about Song Xinyi's mission, but Fan Zheming didn't seem to be very worried, because with Song Xinyi's current strength, ordinary undead creatures were more than enough to deal with the beasts in the ordinary forest, and there should be no danger. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
But the others who heard Shirley's words on the side suddenly jumped up, "Won't you?"
Fan Zheming was a little confused: "Is it dangerous in the Endless Forest?"
Kariston came over and told Fan Zheming" The Endless Forest is different from ours here, it is a forest with magical power, and strange plants grow in it, and there are individual plants that grow by absorbing mana, this plant is called a mana devourer, once the magician does not pay attention to being absorbed by this plant for a long time, then the magic cannot be used, once the magician cannot use magic, it is no different from ordinary people, it is very dangerous in the wild, and because every place in the forest is extremely similar, it is quite easy for people to get lost, so the combination of general entry is best to be a magician and a warrior, so as long as you ensure that you don't get lost, the situation will be better, of course, I just heard that I haven't been there”
Eli also added by the way, "Ordinary people entering the Endless Forest are equivalent to death, but if a magician goes in for a long time, and if he doesn't pay attention to encountering a mana devourer, he is just like an ordinary person, so it is not easy to survive."
Shirley told them another piece of bad news." Let's not talk about this, the news that the main force of the Ministry of Magic was transferred away has long spread among some high-level black magicians, so the people who know about it have also spread, so the lizardmen who were originally on the southern grasslands have launched an attack on the Second Empire and the Fifth Empire, and the lizardmen and orcs are almost all strong and poor in magic, so they can be stopped by relying on the magic guilds of the Second Empire and the Fifth Empire, and Song Xinyi must pass through the lizardman grassland if he wants to go to the Endless Forest, but now there is a big war there”
Fan Zheming was a little embarrassed, but he had promised Mr. Mondora to guard the base, and he couldn't lose his word, Kariston smiled and said, "You go, just leave me and Barles, Fang Shi, and Fang Yi here to watch the house, Eli and Lufalar are not from the guild in the first place, and staying here is just to help"
Fan Zheming showed a grateful expression: "Is it really possible?"
"Yes"
Fan Zheming suddenly felt energetic, he looked at Eli, hoping to have this powerful partner to accompany him, and Eli also smiled and nodded in agreement, and Lufarar, who was with Eli, also said, "Anyway, we just go out to hang out together, as long as you can experience yourself, you can go anywhere."
Ed and Irene also asked Shirley, "Sister Shirley, can we go with my brother?"
Shirley was a little embarrassed, so she could only persuade them, "You are all magicians of the Ministry of Magic now, you can't act without the permission of the Ministry of Magic, it's a time of war"
Ed and Irene looked a little disappointed, but Ed's mind moved and he asked again, "Shall we go in the name of rescue?"
Shirley smiled helplessly, "Their guild didn't offer a rescue to magic, did you?"
Seeing the frustrated younger brother, Eli came over to comfort them, "Leave this matter to my brother, you are still young, and there are still many experiences waiting for you, but since you are a magician of the Ministry of Magic, you should obey the command."
After saying that, Eli, Fan Zheming and Lou Falar immediately went back to prepare and set off in the afterglow of the sunset.
After some days of trekking, they came to the Hope Grassland in the southwest of the Fifth Empire, and after some inquiries, they learned that they were still one step too late, and they could not feel the magic of Song Xinyi and the others. The Hope Grassland is an endless and very vast grassland, the grassland grows a few trees sporadically, it looks full of life, but it is also full of danger, especially in the southern part of the Hope Grassland and the Lizardman Grassland, those neighboring towns and fortresses will be attacked by the Lizardmen every month, especially in these months, in the Ministry of Magic has not been able to organize a large-scale attack on the Lizardmen, these Lizardmen's behavior is even more rampant to the extreme.
But fortunately, the magic guild and the kingdom guard here, under the command of a few high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Magic, have fought heroically against the lizardmen who are not strong in magic and have been defending this land.
Eli and the others are all unwanted black magicians, so no one here knows and pays attention to them, as long as Lufalar is not found out by them to be a demon, the journey is still very smooth.
The guards stationed at the border took a look at them and let them go, only reminding them in a friendly way, "These days, the lizardmen are panicking, and if they feel that they can't do it, they will retreat immediately, and saving their lives is the first thing."
Eli also nodded his head in thanks, "Thank you for your attention, we will take care of it"
The captain of the guard looked at Eli's dress again, "You are not from the Second and Fifth Empires, are you? Tell you not to go to the Endless Forest, there are countless megalomaniacs who die in the Endless Forest every year, a few days ago, a group of magicians from the Third Reich said that they would go there to find the Longevity Immortal Fruit, and it is estimated that they will not be able to enter, and now the elites of the Ministry of Magic stationed here don't know where to go, they are really lost in the Endless Forest and have to wait for death! I don't know when the rescue team of the Ministry of Magic will come back."
Eli listened and thanked him, but the purpose of their trip was to see if Song Xinyi was okay, and after bidding farewell to the guards, they stepped into the Lizardman Grassland, which was similar to the Hope Grassland, that is, the humans who appeared from time to time in the Hope Grassland were changed to Lizardmen.
The grasslands are quite large, and there are few hiding places other than low mounds, so if they spot Eli the lizardman, they quickly lie down and hide themselves from the grass.
However, the lizardmen's team is basically composed of strong warriors, and they basically rely on their vision and animal-like sense of smell to find enemies, as long as they are out of sight, then their sense of smell is impossible to detect enemies.
In this way, Eli and the others hurried in hiding, and after a day they finally reached their destination, the Endless Forest.
The Endless Forest, located to the south of the Lizardman Meadow, is a relatively unusual forest, the trees inside are all crystalline, and they are so tall that the tops of the trees are barely visible from below.
Eli held his foot before entering the forest, "This forest seems to be different, somewhat similar to the Dark Forest"
"Well" Lufarar also affirmed: "I can hardly feel any magic in the forest, can these crystalline trees isolate magic?"
Fan Zheming didn't have time to listen to their research and analysis, and urged them, "Let's go in quickly, there shouldn't be any big problems"
Eli complained for the first time that Fan Zheming was a little too anxious, but he was more considerate of his friend's feelings, so he still followed Eli to the Endless Forest.
Not long after they walked in, they noticed the abnormality, and after turning a few corners, the same picture appeared in front of them again, but after careful observation, they found that it was not the case, and there were some differences.
After walking a little further, they found traces of a fight, presumably between the entrant and the natives of the area, and two huge wolves died in the middle of the road.
Fan Zheming looked at a giant wolf and cried first, "Oh my God! Such a big wolf! It goes well with the trees here."
Eli took a closer look, and these wolves were not only huge in size, but also had some different fur on their bodies, which had a distinctly crystallized feeling, two eyes were blood-red, and a large mouth full of sharp fangs, which seemed to be harder than steel.
At this time, Fan Zheming found that the eyes of these wolves were the same color as the crystal trees around him, curious, he approached the crystal tree, touched it with his hand, and suddenly he felt that the mana on his body was flowing to the crystal tree through his fingers, and when he felt that something was wrong, he immediately retracted his hand and told his companion, "This crystal tree is the mana devourer, I touched it just now, and I lost a lot of mana."
Eli hurriedly walked over to look at Fan Zheming, and there was nothing serious, so he told him, "This forest is weird, don't touch anything casually, don't step on some strange places except the familiar soil and earth"
Lufarar also observed the surroundings, and he told Fan Zheming, "I'm afraid that the crystal trees around here rely on mana to grow, but these trees should not be mana devourers yet, if you don't touch them, your mana will not be lost."
Just as everyone was aware of their surroundings, a cry for help was heard from deeper in the forest, and Eli and the others immediately rushed over, and after a few turns, they followed the source of the sound to find the caller.
The caller was lying on the ground, and in front of him was a huge crystal tree with a face and feet, and the crystal tree was not surprised by the visitor, and it was also very unfriendly from the expression.