(Heartfelt thanks to Yan Yu Jiangnan, Seven Sins Shattered, Erciyuan de Shuangxiezuo, Yuezuki Tatsuha, and Yunqi Qinggu for their rewards!)
Sparlier World, Giant Beast Forest...
Ever since the Beast King was born and the magical beasts rioted, no outsiders had appeared in this natural treasure trove of Sparlier World...
In order to prevent innocent warriors and magicians entering to hunt from suffering devastating attacks by the magical beasts, the three great empires—the Ai Lu Empire, Baruba Empire, and Phil Empire—had all established encampments along the edges of their respective borders near Giant Beast Forest.
Only after being managed by an encampment, forming a team with a clear purpose under the approval of its person in charge, and receiving dispatch orders could people enter Giant Beast Forest.
That was also so they could hunt magical beasts in Giant Beast Forest and obtain the resources needed to keep Sparlier World's markets running normally.
Without that reason, the encampments' task might have been nothing more than guarding Giant Beast Forest and preventing the magical beasts within from rushing out.
However, even though the encampments dispatched teams into Giant Beast Forest every day, there were no longer as many people in the forest as there had once been.
After all, people used to be able to enter whenever they wanted and leave whenever they wished. Compared to the present, where they had to organize themselves and enter team by team, the old days had offered far more freedom, so naturally more people had entered Giant Beast Forest.
Under such circumstances, no one knew that in a broad clearing within Giant Beast Forest, where danger and opportunity coexisted, there was something others could not see...
If someone could detect the anomaly in this clearing, then they would discover that around it stood a transparent barrier