Three weeks later, in the Southeastern Corner Region, Locke's clone was in the Forbidden Forest. The Demon Dragon Rose had appeared on his body, its leaves resembling dragon wings and allowing him to fly swiftly through the Forbidden Forest.
"The core materials are Drunken Eggplant Juice and Stone Fir Heart. Both are First-Ring Magic Plants, and they can be found deep in the Forbidden Forest."
"There are a hundred types of edge materials, secondary materials, and auxiliary materials, but all of them can be gathered in the Forbidden Forest—"
"Seven-Star Grass, grass leaves, Talas Dates—"
Locke flew through the central region of the Forbidden Forest. Since he was currently a guest of the Forbidden Forest, the dangerous Magic Creatures and Magic Plants there had chosen not to attack him.
Within certain limits, the Forbidden Forest seemed to permit him to gather materials.
Of course, this was limited to casually taking things for free, roughly equivalent to plucking a few fruits to taste while passing by. That was acceptable.
But if he became too greedy, the Silent Bee Fairy would come out to stop him.
Previously, he had tried gathering a large quantity of relevant potion materials from within the Forbidden Forest in one go, and the Silent Bee Fairy had come over to stop him.
If he insisted, perhaps the King of the Forbidden Forest would come looking for him.
Therefore, in the Forbidden Forest, Locke took only as much as he needed. After all, the Forbidden Forest did not recognize the concept of private property. If everyone needed something, they simply picked it.
The only thing forbidden was storing supplies.
That was because storing more supplies than one could use was the first step toward creating private property.
Locke brought the materials back to his research institute in the