The blue-haired girl stared, dumbfounded.
"You..."
Veril took half a step forward.
"Awooooo~~"
The Disaster Beasts let out frightened cries and scattered.
"Not bad."
Veril relaxed her hand, letting out a sigh of relief.
Before she acted, she hadn't been sure if she could defeat such large monsters, but it turned out to be quite easy.
And the rewards from these Disaster Beasts were plentiful.
Life energy, over 30 points from each one.
This battle alone had replenished her Life energy by over 60 points.
"Isn't this a great place to level up?"
Lost in thought, the beautiful blue-haired girl then looked at Veril with shocked eyes.
As if she had just realized something, she quickly asked, "Who... exactly are you?"
Veril: "..."
"Speaking of which, I've never seen anyone with white hair on this continent before. And why is your power so immense? You defeated the Disaster Beasts with just your fists."
Veril pondered for a moment, realizing she didn't know how best to answer the question immediately.
After all, she was new to this world.
So, she casually made up a story: "I... got lost."
"Lost?"
Seeing the timid white-haired girl before her, the blue-haired girl fell into an awkward silence.
"This is the most dangerous place on the continent, the Demon Realm Forest. It's filled with monsters, all sorts of Disaster Beasts and demonic creatures. I wouldn't have risked coming here if it weren't for the Core of State of Mind. And even then, I brought a whole bunch of magic items with me. How could you, an ordinary girl, dare... Wait, you don't seem ordinary either. How could a normal person punch a Disaster Beast to the ground?"
She seemed to be struggling to understand.
Veril looked at her, unsure how to explain.
"Detect!"
At that moment, the other girl suddenly raised her staff.
A beam of light shone down...
"What? Why is there no information on you?" the blue-haired girl's expression turned strange.
Veril mused.
Judging by the name, it was likely a magic spell to view the target's stats and status. It couldn't see her, perhaps because she was an outsider and this world had no record of her information.
The exact reason was unknown, but she'd get used to it.
Still, the girl in front of her was truly beautiful. Had she arrived in a world full of stunning people?
Veril looked at her with curiosity.
Faced with the white-haired girl's puzzled expression, the blue-haired girl seemed to fall into an odd contemplation.
"Wait, was the location where I found you a bit off?"
She seemed to recall the place where they met: a ruined temple.
Veril looked at her with a question mark in her eyes.
"Never mind, I need to leave this forest. Regardless, thank you. If you hadn't intervened just now, I might have been done for."
The blue-haired girl breathed a sigh of relief and expressed her heartfelt gratitude to Veril.
"Do you want to leave with me?"
"Yes." Veril nodded.
She was unfamiliar with everything here, so she might as well try to glean some information from this girl.
She recalled Chen Ning saying that the Second Era in the real world was the Magic Era, but by the current Fifth Era, most of the magical heritage had been lost.
The world she was currently in was undoubtedly magical. At the very least, the other girl carried a staff and had cast some dazzling magic skills.
There might be some secrets hidden here.
She began walking with the other girl.
They didn't encounter any Disaster Beasts on the way, but there were quite a few wild beast attacks.
Each time, Veril reacted faster than the other girl could use magic, throwing stones the moment the monster appeared, either stunning or killing it.
The more they fought, the more shocked the blue-haired girl became.
"Is this girl a monster?"
She looked no different from an ordinary girl, yet her body was like a fortress, strong enough to break a tree with a single punch.
As night fell, a light rain began to fall from the sky.
After getting wet for a while, the two of them quickly escaped into a mountain cave.
"Achoo!"
Veril sneezed.
She had caught a cold.
The blue-haired girl beside her lit a campfire, took off her blue magic coat, and after drying it, draped it over Veril's back.
"I haven't seen your clothes before. Please forgive my rudeness, but isn't this kind of outfit a bit... dangerous?"
"Dangerous?"
She looked down. She was actually covered from head to toe, just that everything was white.
Still, white stockings did have a certain allure.
Perfect, Veril decided to use this time to level up.
She consumed 320 units of life energy and leveled up to LV9.
The blue-haired girl conjured a cup of water from what seemed like a space ring and brought it to her. Veril took it and found that it was pure, so she drank it down.
"Hmm, are you perhaps an existence from another world? I've heard rumors about this forest. Ancient civilizations left behind otherworld summoning magic arrays here, which are said to be able to summon beings from other worlds. Your hair, and your appearance, clearly distinguish you from the people of our continent."
Veril was slightly taken aback, remembering the magic array she had stood on when she arrived.
But the next second, the girl gave a wry smile and shook her head, "Never mind, I must be overthinking things. How could such legendary tales be true?"
Chapter 56: Building a New World
Due to the difference in the passage of time, after spending a day in the mountain cave, only 2 hours had passed in the real world.
The morning sky was a clear azure, with sunlight casting golden rays upon Veril's snow-white long hair.
"Could you really be from another world?"
Looking at Veril's fair skin, which was as translucent and radiant as jade under the sunlight, the blue-haired girl was momentarily entranced.
"Right, what's your name?"
"Veril."
"I'm Karu, a mage."
Veril could tell.
Her gaze drifted to the distance, and only then did she notice a faint blue arc of light enveloping the horizon.
"What is that..."
"You mean that light barrier? They say it's the edge of the world or something," the girl said uncertainly. "Rumor has it that if you head towards it, you'll never reach the barrier."
"..."
Veril had entered through colored bubbles in her dream.
In reality, she hadn't seen any such bubbles outside.
"It seems that seeing the world in a dream state is completely different from being truly within it."
With that thought, the two continued on their way.
Karu followed behind this time, watching the white-haired girl's small steps the entire way.
Veril turned her head, and Karu immediately shifted her gaze away in embarrassment.
"Um... you're really quite beautiful, I got a little lost in thought."
Veril: "..."
As long as she didn't drool over me like Lan Xinyu.
"Right, we'll be leaving the forest area soon. I still need to bring the Core of State of Mind back to participate in a competition. Have you thought about where you want to go?"
Veril put on a thoughtful expression.
"Oh, did you really lose your memory? Yesterday you said you couldn't remember anything, and you ran off into this dangerous jungle alone."
Veril quickly nodded, "I don't seem to remember."
So in the end, she had to pretend to have amnesia.
She had been quite confused all day, unable to connect with many of the things Karu was talking about.
However, Karu mentioned that she was a student at a magic academy and seemed to have come out to find an item to help her win a competition.
The Core of State of Mind would allow her to display greater strength in magic battles. If she placed in the top three, she would receive money from the academy to treat her mother's illness.
"You really don't know anything? How about... you come with me to the academy? My school is quite prestigious, and the dorms there are single rooms, so you'd have a place to stay."
"Okay."
Veril nodded.
Before long, a town appeared.
Calling it a town was a stretch; it was more like a village.
Some people wearing leather armor and other uniforms were milling about, but Karu didn't linger there for long.
Honestly, if you didn't count Veril herself, Karu's outfit was exactly like the main party or an important NPC in an RPG. Everyone else looked like mere background characters, while she, in her gorgeous mage robes with flowing blue hair, was clearly from a different art style.
"Damn, she's so pretty. If I transmigrated to a world like this and met her, I'd definitely be smitten." Veril was glad her threshold was higher now, with so many cute and beautiful clones. She wouldn't be so easily captivated by just one cute girl.
The two of them continued for a while, arriving at a place that resembled the countryside.
After walking for about a few kilometers, a small, dilapidated castle standing alone next to a wheat field came into view.
"This is..."
"My home. I'm so sorry, I'm a fallen noble." She sighed with great helplessness. "Now, only my mother remains in the family. Although the noble title has passed to me, I'm powerless to revitalize the family."
After asking them to wait a moment, Karu hurried into the castle.
Before long, she ran out with red eyes.
"I need to spend money to hire two guards. A thief group has been active nearby recently, and they even came to steal some of our family's valuables."
"Mmm~~"
Watching her retreating back, Veril didn't know what to say.
"A fallen noble, huh?"
The surrounding terrain was clearly a vast plain, with golden wheat ears stretching far into the distance.
Judging by the surrounding fences, a large area of land should have belonged to her, but that was all.
"I'll try to communicate with the main body... Hoo, the time difference is really uncomfortable."
She found it actually easier to contact the Loli Dragon.