After two days of traveling, Ace finally came to the mysterious forest. It is said that many years ago, it was originally a base for the empire to collect trees and make paper. Later, because it was too far from the imperial capital, this paper base was abandoned.

"Alas, without the wind magician's auxiliary magic, I'm really too tired to walk fast." Ace stood outside the forest and couldn't help but sigh.

Although he can often find some commonly used herbs on the road and make some potions that can improve stamina, thus improving his running speed and endurance to a certain extent, the effect is not comparable to wind magic.

But luckily, his mental strength is relatively strong, so he doesn't need much sleep every day, so it only took him two days to get to this forest.

Ace adjusted in the forest, preparing to go deep into the forest alone.

It's still winter and many animals are still hibernating, so the forest is particularly quiet.

Ace walked slowly through the jungle and explored all the creatures around him that were less than level 4 in strength, and found that he basically didn't feel any animal scent except for a few mice that breathed weakly.

"Strange, although it's still winter, the forest is so big that at least some animals such as tigers, wolves, foxes and leopards should come out for activities!" Ace thought it was a little strange.

After a while, Ace came to a clearing in the forest. He saw a large area of grassland, with withered yellow leaves, which seemed to have no vitality.

"There is more or less the smell of small rats in the forest. Why is there nothing here? Ace was very confused. He thought as he walked deeper into the grass.

But when he took two or three steps, he immediately noticed that something was not normal. I felt like my feet were stuck to the ground, and it was hard to pull them out.

Looking down, Ace was surprised to find that his feet had fallen to a depth of 15 centimeters on the ground at this time, and his body was slowly sinking.

Ace hurriedly used "extreme speed" to get himself out of his original position quickly.

Looking at the big "grassland" in front of him, Ace was terrified. It is clear that this is not a wild grassland at all, but a large swamp, but the swamp is overgrown with weeds, making it look like an ordinary grassland!

Ace couldn't help patting his chest: "This is really dangerous. If it had been a little later, I think I would have died tragically in this vast and mysterious swamp. ”

While Ace was still shocked, he suddenly heard someone shouting.

"Help, help, who can save me!" The sound is faint and seems to be ready to disappear at any moment.

Ace frowned. He didn't want to meddle. After all, he didn't feel the man's breath. It was clear that this person's strength had reached at least level five. If he is really in danger, he should be able to solve it on his own without having to do it himself.

In addition, since Ace's last hunting operation, he has also learned one thing: don't trust others easily. Two months ago, on the grasslands, the Ace trio were robbed of their trophies by five high-ranking magicians due to their lack of vigilance, although they later got the eggs.

So, from then on, Ace instinctively raised his vigilance. At this point, the voice of the cry for help may be someone else trying to deceive themselves with their sympathy.

Just as Ace was about to leave this terrible swamp, a faint voice sounded again: "Woo woo, I don't want to die, who will save me!" "The voice is already low. Without Ace's strong mental power, it would have been impossible to hear it.

Ace hesitated for a moment, and finally curiosity drove him to see what was really going on. In any case, as a dark mage, if he does encounter dangers and traps, he can also rely on "hidden" magic to escape quickly.

Ace moved quickly in the direction of the sound, and because he was worried that there would be an ambush on the way, he used "extreme speed" and kept shuttling through the woods at the edge of the swamp, and soon came to a reed thicket.

At the edge of the reeds, a thin man of about a teenager was deeply immersed in the swamp, with a thick layer of earth covering his waist and only half of his body exposed.

The man looked a little dark. At this time, he lowered his head in frustration and looked very weak. He tried to struggle to get up from the swamp, but the harder he worked, the faster he sank.

In the blink of an eye, muddy water was flowing to his chest. His chest was crushed by the sand around him.

"Help, woo, I'm still young and don't want to die." His voice was full of desperation. He seemed to know that he was going to die here today, so this sentence was more like saying it to himself. The voice was barely audible.

Ace found out that the man didn't look like a fake. If it's a scam, there's no need to get bogged down. It's too risky. The surroundings are quiet, and you don't feel the smell of being ambushed at all.

"Don't move, I'll do my best to save you!" Ace said in a low voice.

The man heard this and quickly looked up. When he saw Ace, the expression of despair immediately disappeared and was replaced by a burst of ecstasy. He couldn't help but cry with joy. I thought I would die here today, but I didn't expect someone to really come to save him.

"Please, help me." The man said excitedly. His body was still sinking as he spoke.

"Don't move. The more you move, the faster you sink! Ace said, and looked around. He wanted to find a tool that could save people.

Soon, he saw a broken trunk not far away with a flat cut in it, which he believed was left over from the paper base.

He immediately ran over, dragged the trunk to the edge of the swamp, and pushed forward. The trunk of the tree was scratched along the sediment on the surface of the swamp to the side of the unfortunate guy.

Ace stood on the trunk "Extreme Speed", then grabbed the man's shoulders and pulled it up.

This originally very thin man was surrounded by the stickiness of the swamp, which made Ace feel very heavy.

After Ace pulled hard, the man in the depths of the swamp rose more than ten centimeters.

All of Ace's strength was used. At this time, the trunk is pressed and sinks into the sand. Ace hurriedly returned to the shore with great speed, and repeated. He wanted to use this method to save this unlucky guy.

After Ace repeated more than a dozen rounds, the magic power in his body had been basically exhausted, and the physical exertion was also extremely great, but the unlucky guy was basically about to be dragged out, and now only two calves were still stuck in the quagmire.

"Wait a minute, I need to get into meditation. You help me keep an eye on my surroundings. Ace wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a little fatigue.

The guy was a little panicked: "I'm about to come out, can you help me again?" Please! It seemed to him that once a magician entered meditation, it could be as short as a few minutes or as long as half an hour, and in such a long time, he might sink into the swamp again.