Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
On the outskirts of the Magical Beast Forest, there were only four hunters who managed to escape from the pursuit of level 6 magical beasts.
Seeing that the magical beasts behind them were no longer pursuing them, the four hunters relaxed and began to move forward slowly as they discussed.
“D*mn it, we really screwed up. We didn’t manage to get anything at all.”
“Enough, we barely escaped. We’re lucky we’re still alive”
“That’s too strange. The Magical beast Forest has always been very stable. This sudden madness, could it be the work of the black mages?”
“Who knows? We must spread the news and inform the Mage Alliance. There are many students from the Magic Academy inside. If we were late, those students would have died. If we had known earlier, we wouldn’t have gone in.”
“Then I’ll inform the Lin family in the South City. I think I saw the Lin family’s eldest daughter just now.”
“I’ll go look for the members of the Mage Alliance. I happen to know a few of them.”
“Let’s go together…”
Having just avoided a life-and-death crisis, the four hunters were not as vigilant as usual. They moved in a very close distance.
Speaking of the critical moment, two of the hunters suddenly jumped up and launched a sneak attack on the other two hunters. Because they were too close to each other, they did not think that their comrades would kill them. They did not have any gold coins on them, why did they attack them?
As if sensing the doubts of the two hunters, the hunter who launched the sneak attack and smiled sinisterly. Dark magic patterns flashed across their bodies.
After disposing of the bodies, the two hunters looked at each other and returned to the Magical Beast Forest.
They did not go deep into the forest. Instead, they cruised around the periphery, pretending to be here to gather information. When they encountered any mages who had escaped, they immediately killed them.
In the Magical Beast Forest, Lin Suxin and the others were moving deeper into the forest while thinking that the escaped hunters would call for reinforcements. They did not expect that none of the hunters would not leave.
The level 6 magical beasts were moved away by the level 7 magical beast. After Lin Suxin and the others entered the territory of the level 6 magical beasts, they basically did not encounter any magical beasts.
“Suxin, do you think we can wait for the Academy’s reinforcements?”
“The level 6 and level 7 magical beasts are following behind us. The road ahead is still safe. If we go further in, we will reach the territory of the level 8 magical beasts. Should we go back and fight with the Two-headed Wind Wolf?”
“Don’t.” Lin Suxin subconsciously pulled her friend and said with some hesitation, “We still have a chance. We cannot just wait and do nothing.”
After saying that, she touched the entrance of the magic space behind her. Inside was the ink wash painting that Senior Ye had given her previously. He had even specially instructed her to bring it with her when she went out to meet her friends. They had indeed encountered danger. Since it had not been activated, it was definitely not the right time. Senior would not harm her.
And with Senior’s ability to grasp the laws of fate, how could he not know what was happening here?
“Where is the chance?”
The other three girls widened their eyes and asked in disbelief.
They were about to enter the territory of level 7 magical beasts, and after that would be the territory of level 8 magical beast. A level 8 magical beast was equivalent to a human mage, and a level 9 magical beast was comparable to an archmagister. It was said that there was an even more terrifying King of Magical Beasts above them.
They were stepping into the trap. Where was their chance?
Lin Suxin shook her head, “I can’t say it now. Believe me, there’s still a chance.”
“Don’t go back until the last moment. We can’t defeat a level 7 magical beast.”
The three of them fell silent and finally chose to walk forward.
…
When the students entered the territory of the level 7 magical beast, many teachers from the academies rushed over from the periphery. Hundreds of students sent out distress signals. It would be devastating if there were heavy casualties.
The teachers from the various academies looked at each other, and everyone subconsciously frowned.
The students who were allowed to take on missions related to the Magical Beast Forest were all intermediate mages, and some of them were advanced mages.
In total, there were more than a hundred intermediate mages, but how come they were trapped in the Magical Beast Forest?
The distress signals could not transmit any more information, so they could only guess the situation inside.
After a moment of silence, a middle-aged man with a magic array badge on his chest stood at the front, he said, “Hello, everyone. I am the Dean of the Dark Moon Magic Academy. There are seven advanced mages and ten intermediate mages who accepted the mission and entered the Magical beast Forest. They are now trapped.”
“Please tell me about the strength of your students and the crisis they have encountered.”
It did not mean that the teachers were necessarily strong. Some of the talented students were even stronger than the teachers, and they had the advantage in numbers.
If they rushed in to rescue the students, they might fall in the trap as well.
The teachers of the other academies looked at each other and finally reported the strength of their students one by one.
They had spent a lot of time to come here, and they didn’t mind waiting a little longer.
After collecting the information, the dean of the Dark Moon Magic Academy frowned, he said helplessly, “The situation is not good. The students inside are capable of fighting against a level 7 magical beast. Now that they are trapped. Either a level 8 magical beast has appeared, or there are more level 7 magical beasts.”
“Then we can’t just leave them alone. I’ve sent a message to the Mage Alliance. Let’s go in and take a look first.”
“Okay, it’s settled then.”
Many of the academy teachers discussed with each other, leaving a few weaker ones to wait outside while the rest entered the forest.
The moment they arrived, the bounty hunters patrolling outside immediately went into hiding, sending out a message at the same time.
…
In the depths of the forest, in the territory of a level 9 magical beast.
The black mage who had previously discussed with the King of Magical Beasts walked out from the shadows.
Here, he took off the black robe that covered his entire body, revealing the magic patterns carved all over his body.
“Have you brought the item?”
A ferocious black Devil Dragon stuck its head out from the void, looking down.
“Respected King, the item has been brought. Please accept the goodwill of my organization.” the black mage bowed slightly, taking out an amethyst shaped heart and half a bottle of Water of Life from the magic space that he carried with him.
The Amethyst Heart was the agreed deal, and the Water of Life was an additional gift.
The Devil Dragon’s eyes flashed with surprise, and then he opened his mouth and swallowed it. “Very good, I will get the level 8 magical beasts to cooperate with you. When the archmagisters coming in, I can help you hold them off for a while.”
“If there are other deals in the future, we can discuss them. If the price is enough, the billions of magical beasts in the Magical beast Forest can help you.”
The black mage’s eyes flashed, and he felt a little uneasy.
His original goal was to use this incident to pull the Magical Beast Forest into the picture. In the future, when the Mage Alliance encircled them, they would be able to use the force of Magical Beast Forest to resist them. But now that the Devil Dragon had made the decision. Not only did he swallow the Water of Life that the black mage had given him, but he would also treat the operation of restraining the Mage Alliance in the future as a business. The black mage needed to pay more for the cooperation of Magical Beast Forest.
The Devil Dragon did not care about that. He knew what the black mage was thinking, but he did not want to care about it.
This time, he obtained the Water of Life. A level 7 magical beast was the strongest magical beast he could mobilize.
With the Amethyst Heart, he could nurture another level 9 magical beast. In the future, no matter what changes happened on the continent, the status of the Magical beast Forest would not be shaken. Perhaps he could rule the world with this.
Thinking of this, the Devil Dragon disappeared into the void with the item that the black mage had gave him..