133. Canyon

In the secret realm of Geri's Mind Secret Realm.

In the square, a patch of land was slightly uneven, and next to it lay a large horse lying dead.

Sulu, panting heavily, stripped the armor off the unconscious Heavy Knight, revealing a fairly pretty face—it was none other than Geri!

"Monster-type defense is that simple: defeat the monster, and you can do whatever you want!"

"The combination of the Spirit Chains and the [Rogue] ability seems quite good... Could it be that I should specialize in practicing whip-type weapons from now on?"

In fact, this Heavy Knight was not weak, almost at the level of a second-tier warrior, and he also had an extraordinary creature assisting him.

But Sulu used a trick to turn the cavalry into infantry, which made them easier to defeat.

Even so, it took some effort to subdue the knight.

At this moment, looking at the semi-conscious Geri, he spoke without hesitation:

"Your name!"

"Geri Lena!"

"Extraordinary profession?"

"[Soldier]!"

Soon, Sulu obtained the information he wanted.

"So... there really is an irregular Black Market in this area, located in Charles City!"

"This Geri is a Tier 1 [Soldier] who wants to pursue the [Ranger] path. She's currently accumulating Gold Dragon for the Tier 2 [Ranger] class information. She's already contacted a seller, and it will cost around two hundred Gold Dragon..."

As for other information, Sulu didn't concern himself with it.

In this respect, he was quite restrained and did not pry into the woman's privacy.

"Alright... all you have to do now is forget all of this and have a good dream!"

He left quickly, and everything on the field was rapidly returning to normal...

early morning.

Good morning, Geri!

After Sulu finished washing up, he deliberately lingered in front of Geri.

Good morning... Sean!

Geri's expression was a little strange; her original strong woman persona seemed to have collapsed, and she had become less fierce.

'Damn it!'

Seeing this, Sulu cursed inwardly.

Subconscious hypnosis does have its limitations; it works on ordinary people, but most superhumans resist it.

Neither Jessira's fear last time nor Geri's subtle closeness is a good thing!

The most important thing in altering memories and influencing the mind is to do it naturally, so that the person being manipulated shows no abnormality and remains completely unaware.

This obvious change in attitude is 'abnormal'!

If Geri had close family or friends around her, they would definitely find it strange and might start investigating.

"The [Occultist] who casually peers into the mind is perhaps no less terrifying than a cultist who manipulates the soul..."

Sulu pondered, "Is it because there are too few people who follow the path of the [Thaumaturge]? So not many people know the secrets of the [Medium] path?"

But thinking about it again, it seems quite normal.

Upgrading the Soul Projection skill from LV2 to LV3 requires 300 experience points! And upgrading from LV3 to LV4 requires 600 experience points! That's more than advancing to the second tier of a profession!

"Generally speaking, the Soul Projection level of [Occultist] is around LV2, and LV3 is extremely rare, because if they continue down the [Mystic Scholar] path, they will not need to further improve their Soul Projection level, and they will not be able to access the second layer of the Spirit World!"

"Only those who aspire to the path of the [Thaumaturge] will put more effort into their Soul Projection level, but since they don't have Attribute Panel, their progress will inevitably be very slow. Besides... the [Thaumaturge] path is almost extinct; how many people even know about it now? Everyone thinks that the [Occultist] path ultimately leads to the [Mystic Master] path, so they haven't paid much attention to me? What a stroke of luck!"

Sulu felt extremely fortunate.

With so much experience invested, it's been very rewarding.

At least in terms of access to information, ordinary people have almost no secrets from him.

This further strengthened his resolve to explore the Spirit World.

Even just touching the second layer of the Spirit World has brought such benefits; if one were to explore further, perhaps even more treasures could be found.

"Of course, it's also possible to directly encounter some incomprehensible, terrifying being..."

After quickly finishing their breakfast, the two mounted their horses again.

After cycling for several hours, a canyon appeared before Sulu.

"Beyond this area lies an indigenous protected area, where various dangers await!"

Geri said to Sulu, "You must be careful."

"Thanks!"

Sulu remained silent, wondering if this woman had taken a liking to him. Could the unintentional influence left by his subconscious be manifesting in such a strange way?

"Let's go in!"

After the reminder, Geri was a little confused. She liked tough guys, not the Scholar type!

After silently repeating it to herself a few times, she squeezed her legs together, and the white horse neighed and charged into the canyon.

Sulu followed closely behind.

Some information surfaced in my mind.

"Kangni State Nature Reserve... Gaosuo Indigenous people, in primitive tribes, who have mastered professions such as [Witch Doctor] and [Totem Warrior]..."

This world is different from the previous one. If the natives didn't possess some extraordinary power, they would probably have been wiped out long ago.

The [Witch Doctor] profession is quite unique, specializing in cultivating exotic plants and animals and using them to create various potions with magical effects.

These were all recorded in the casual books in the White Tower, and Sulu happened to have read a section of them.

"Of course... this is just a small adventure. If it doesn't work out, so be it... at worst, we can go to the extraordinary market in Charles City and wait there; maybe we'll find something..."

While pondering, the two men and their two horses charged out of the canyon.

On a piece of cactus, a lizard with two tails stuck out its tongue and disappeared in a flash.

"Is this... an indigenous conservation area?"

Sulu looked around at the scenery, which was no different from the outside.

But Inspiration suddenly became slightly tense, indicating an increase in the level of danger.

"Yes, be careful of the natives!"

Geri reminded him again, "If this were in the past... the time of William the Conqueror, their scalps would be worth a silver coin."

"So... the price I paid for inviting you is equivalent to five hundred Gaosuo?"

Sulu asked with a smile.

"You'll think it's totally worth it!"

Geri had only spoken halfway when she suddenly became alert and drew her gun.

Bang!

A gunshot rang out from the east.

"There's someone here! And they're outsiders!"

Geri stated with certainty, "The native Gaosuo only use primitive bows and arrows and javelins!"

"Poachers?"

Sulu's first thought was that some sneaky hunters were trying to steal the rare animals in the protected area.

"How about it? Want to go take a look?"

"Geri asked."

"Let's go take a look!"

Sulu didn't want to cause trouble, but considering his previous statement about being Scholar, he couldn't resist the urge to be curious, so he nodded in agreement.