As long as someone comes, Siegel can observe them, learn from them, imitate them, and figure out how not to touch the alarm.

But after waiting for hours, there was no movement in the forest. The cat-like earth elemental is still spinning around, digging through the mud beneath the leaves of the trees in search of tasty clods. It stands to reason that an explosion of earth elemental energy of that magnitude should be able to arouse the vigilance of the guards, but no one here cares?

Perhaps the Keeper was less mobile than he thought?Siegel continued to wait patiently, never closing his eyes in the darkness. The silence of the woodland contrasted sharply with his increasingly anxious mood, maybe there was something wrong with the previous plan?

Until dawn the next day, no one paid any attention to what was happening here. Siegel came out of hiding and found the elemental who had dug a pit in the woods to recuperate. It was comfortable, using the wet dirt as a quilt and looking at Siegel motionlessly.

"You little thing, you don't seem to be able to arouse their interest!" Siegel looked at him with a smile, then pulled out an earthy yellow gem from the space bag. "I don't know if you're lucky enough to really own this gem and become its owner. ”

This is an earth spirit stone, which contains a very pure earth element power, formed deep underground, and is very precious to people on the surface. It is a favorite food of a series of underground creatures, such as thor stone monsters and earth coelworms, just like desserts are as attractive to children. However, the earth spirits do not stand still after they are formed, they have the ability to move through the rock formations, like small fish moving along the ocean current. Sometimes. In places where the earth elemental erupts in a concentrated manner. It is possible to find the earth spirit stone. This is also another way to find such minerals in addition to excavation. Sometimes, however, the Earth Elemental Eruption may be caused by the Earth Essence Stone, and the two are indistinguishable from each other. It is with this property that it is not completely impossible for the appearance of earth spirit stones in the forest.

Earth Spirits are often used to enhance the magical effects of earth elementals, such as fossils into mud or stone skins. Earth elemental creatures are even more sensitive to it, as earth elementals can use this stone to strengthen their cores, allowing them to absorb and condense more elemental power.

In other words, to get bigger.

Siegel took out the stone at the same time. The Earth Elemental Cat jumped up from the pit he had dug and threw a few mud pills at the archmage's face. At the same time, it lowered itself, compressed itself like a spring, and then leaped to its feet, swooping down on the hand that was gripping the earth spirit.

Such a simple attack naturally had no effect, those mud pellets only needed to be sideways to dodge, and the earth elemental that jumped into the air was also grabbed by Siegel.

"Don't struggle, it's not trying to hurt you. Siegel shoved the earth spirit stone into the earth elemental's arms, and then gently chanted the incantation. If you let the earth element absorb it slowly. I'm afraid I won't be able to grow up for a few months. But Siegel mimics the process of super-large earth element fusion, which can greatly speed up its growth.

The earth elemental stiffens all over. Motionless. But when the mage lowered it to the ground, it twitched like an electric shock. The concentration and distribution of the elements began to change, triggering the out-of-phase of flying sand and rocks. Siegel immediately stepped back, ducked far away, and once again made his covert observations.

Small, medium, and large, it only took an hour, and the original small earth element was already close to three meters tall, and the energy that could grow still hadn't stopped. Where it was originally located, the earth elemental had been almost absorbed, and it couldn't be replenished for a while, so the elemental creature immediately rushed towards the depths of the forest, and he felt more elemental power in that direction.

The trees that blocked the way were directly knocked away by it, and even the big trees that were hugged by three people did not look much stronger than the seedlings. The animals that inhabit the forest scattered and fled in fright, and the howls of the trees were heard far away through the forest. It is impossible not to detect the threat this time, if a berserk earth element settles, it will seriously affect the elemental structure of the surrounding magic array. It won't be long before the earth elemental will find a flaw in the magic array, and then suck all the elemental power flowing inside like a leech sucking blood. Therefore, mages are all temporary summoning elemental creatures, not directly created like Siegel. Unless there is a near-infinite source of energy like the Mir Core, no one can afford the assimilation and destruction of the elements themselves.

One walks, the other chases, one makes no secret of his rage and domineering, and the other carefully hides his traces with the help of cover. The Earth Elemental continues to grow in size as it walks, and its massive weight allows it to step directly through the leaf litter and come into direct contact with the soil below, which further accelerates its growth. Under the catalysis of Siegel, the Earth Spirit Stone tried to turn into a giant earth element, but the concentration of surrounding elements could not support it at all.

Even without internal organs and associated feelings, the earth elemental understands what hunger is. In addition to absorbing elemental power from the earth through its feet, it constantly grabs the dirt with its hands and shoves it into its mouth. It stumbled upon a dwarven runestone, and discovered the power of the essence on it through contact. These old stones, which have been left behind after six or seven hundred years of experience, are a great meal that cannot be low-grade for the earth element. So the dwarven rune stones were pulled out one by one, and they were crushed and swallowed freely.

Some runestones were hidden under the trees, and when this pattern was discovered by the earth elementals, all the trees in their path suffered. It is difficult to excavate and destroy the vegetation of the elves with manpower, but the earth element exercises the power of the earth, and the roots of the tree are not very useful at this time. In order to find the rune stones, the earth elemental lifted up all the trees it encountered, and the entire forest was in shambles.

The elves and dwarves were now alarmed, and the threat was growing. Siegel became more and more cautious, following from a distance, not daring to reveal where he was. But after waiting for a long time, there was still no one to stop him.

This is so unreasonable!Siegel looked at the earth elemental giants rumbling away, and had a strange thought in his heart: is there no guard here at all?, he stopped and pondered this possibility. Of course, you can follow the earth elemental and let it help you forge a path. But that unusual abnormality is bound to expose itself. There's no way to keep it secret.

And there's no point in waiting any longer. Creating such a large earth element is the limit of natural power. Siegel couldn't think of anything more impactful. And it is possible to find a "reasonable" explanation for the phenomenon in the current environment. With his spells, he can certainly create a horde of elemental creatures and even summon an army of the undead. However, that kind of action can no longer play a role in temptation, and it is completely directly exposing yourself.

"In other words, follow the earth elemental all the way now, either bet that there are really no guards here, and everything will go smoothly, or go head-to-head with the guards here to see who has the stronger mana. Harder fists?"

Case...... Siegel looked at the ground around him that had been completely overturned, and swept away a portion of the dirt with his foot, simply carving out a teleportation circle. He contacted the magical ship Starsuo that was in the Star Castle, woke her up from meditation, made her invisible and came to the Yari Forest to provide support at any time.

"The plan couldn't catch up with the change, and I didn't expect the infiltration to turn into a forced breakthrough. I hope that the current situation can be maintained until the valley of Arge, although I am not afraid of them, but ......" Siegel thought for a moment, thinking that he was a little too perfectionist. So he laughed self-deprecatingly.

Whatever can be planned in advance, and everything can evolve according to your own wishes. In many cases, it is necessary to have a scheming mind. and also have the wrist to hold the sword.

After figuring this out, he felt that his thinking had suddenly cleared up, and there was a lot less depression in his chest. I don't know why, but it's a good thing. He walked on the soft path carved out by the earth elementals, stepping on the dirt that had been sucked aside. The swelling earth elementals and earth spirits disrupted the balance here, so elemental-rich winds were generated in all directions, concentrated in this area to replenish it. This is still a normal natural phenomenon, but Siegel has enough control to harness and transform these complementary elements to form his own spells.

Using these spells, he deftly pushed away the nearby detection mist, slowing them back to form a wall of fog. At the same time, he was careful not to miss the enemy.

Although it is not much different from what I did before, the mood is different. Siegel himself doesn't know it, but veterans of the battlefield know it well: it's not the moment of engagement that is really unbearable, it's the time before the battle. That kind of waiting, hesitation, apprehension, nervousness can eat a person alive. Siegel has participated in too few adventures, and his over-the-top comprehension has indeed allowed his strength to improve rapidly in a short period of time, but his mental training is insufficient. Just as during his life as a seafarer, he relied on experience and ability to avoid dangerous storms - he lacked the strength to move forward.

Now it's different, this power has germinated and will not disappear again. Sharpened swords must be unsheathed to be lethal after all, and powerful spells must be chanted to be effective. Siegel now stepped out of the shadows into the sun, leaving behind the burden of hesitation and traveling lightly.

Perhaps it brought good luck, but no one showed up along the way. This forest is full of magical enchantments and traps, but there are no watchdogs to patrol and fight back. Even if those druids are gone because of the passage of time, there should be a few golems or something left, right? The archmage didn't believe that the magic circle here was completely an ornament, specially designed to scare people.

The earth elemental has grown to a huge size, and the power of the earth spirit stone has begun to decline, so it is very difficult for it to become larger and stronger. Its ability to absorb energy is decreasing, and the need to move further into the woodland is gradually lost. The earth elemental found an area with a protruding rock and dug a pit in the ground to bury itself. This behaves as if it were a small body. So what happens in the outside world has nothing to do with it, unless it is attacked, it decides to slowly cultivate and grow here.

Siegel overtook the earth elemental's "bed" and continued to advance deeper into the forest. The surrounding topography has begun to change, with flat land replaced by undulating hills, more rocky bare surfaces, trees thinning out, and various grasses filling the hilly slopes and low-lying valleys. Siegel saw several streams flowing between the rocks, and the cool and sweet water was just right to wash his face and wake up Siegel, who had not slept all night. However, the stream was only a few tens of meters, and it seeped into the cracks in the ground and fell into an underground tunnel that was not known how deep.

These tunnels may be an extension of the Yari Valley, and it seems that they are not far away. (To be continued.) )

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