Large leaves blocked the sky above, and the occasional glow of fireflies floating among the leaves illuminated the path below, with several young figures walking along it.
"This is Gloomy Forest" Secret Realm. Because the danger level is 4★, not many people come here." The student walking in front introduced to the people behind.
"I came here for the first time last semester. I was a six-person team and entered the second level of the Secret Realm. I gained a lot, but the team members also suffered some injuries. I felt that something would happen if we continued to move forward, so we slowly withdrew."
"According to the risk classification of World of Shadows and Secret Realm, 4★ generally requires team members to be at level four to be considered safe. This is a place with a higher degree of risk."
"Most of the secret realms that mages explore and perform tasks are between 2★-3★. Starting from 4★, there are not so many people exploring. Because there are fewer people, you can often gain a lot from going to such secret realms."
Right now Sylutia is walking in the team. Apart from her, there are five other members, a total of six people, all of whom are from the same class as Thetis Student, including Sylutia and Muria is at the fourth level, and the others are at the third level. Having said that, these students are not far away from the fourth level. Considering the excellence of Thetis Student, their real combat power will not be much worse than the fourth level, and each has their own secret method that they are good at.
"Then where does the danger here mainly come from?" Walking in the team, Sylutia raised his head and curiously looked at the occasional fluorescent light falling between the tree crowns.
These trees have weak Radiant Moon"Aspect Power. Although they are not as high as First Order, the fluorescence they emit during this period is enough to illuminate the dim forest.
"There are some dangerous Magic Creature here, such as the second-order Silent Bat"Carrion Rabbit", the third-order Apple Forest Boa""Shadow-Walking Beast", and the fourth-order Hermit Spider"." The other party introduced.
"The last time we went on an expedition, we accidentally entered a Hermit Spider" nest and were attacked. Several people were injured."
Xilu Tia nodded, and then followed the team gradually deeper into the Secret Realm.
In the first half of the day, they walked under the shade of fluorescent trees, where they occasionally encountered some second-level monsters, such as Silent Bat that flew silently, and Carrion Rabbit that hid in the darkness of the trees."
"There's nothing gained by defeating these guys." The team member shook his head slightly.
Silent Bat is very small, and its blood also contains a variety of viruses. Even if it is used to extract Blood Wine, it is very troublesome. The wings can be used in some ceremonies, but the consumption is not large. The price when purchasing is very low, only a few gold coins per pair.
As for "Carrion Rabbit", it is similar. The flesh and blood on his body is stained with the smell of corruption, and his fur is not good, so no one needs it.
"If I take it back, I can probably sell a Carrion Rabbit fur for 2-3 gold coins, but I don't really want to take it. First, it smells bad, and I have to keep the package for more valuable things."
Sylutia listened to their conversation and recalled the previous expedition in the Woodland Alliance. If they were former teammates, they would definitely skin them happily and save them to take back.
I don't know if the members of the Mage Alliance are more squeamish, or if the elites of Thetis Student no longer look down on such petty gains.
It's probably the latter. Sylutia thought of his experience at Blanur, where many people wanted second-grade animal furs, although their value was limited.
Many of the secrets of the Mage system are related to Gold Steam and "Secret Speech". Therefore, in the Mage Alliance, metal ores, gems, high-grade paper, and ink will have a relatively high premium, and sales will not be a worry. As for other resources, the prices are average and the demand is much smaller.
Most of the animal furs purchased so far are processed in some workshops and turned into high-quality Beast Skin Parchment", which can be used to write scrolls, runes, secrets, etc., or to make spell books, instead of being used to prepare clothes and coats.
In addition to part of the animal blood being used to make potions such as Blood Wine, a considerable part is also used to make high-end ink, which is used for transcribing scrolls, spell books, rune inscriptions, etc.
For example, when Xilu Tia used to create weapons and equipment, some of the runes needed to be engraved with specially prepared ink.
After passing through the safer first layer of the Secret Realm, they continued to go deeper, and the surrounding environment also changed.
First, there are fewer fluorescent trees on the roadside. Affected by Distortion and Aspect Power, the shapes of the trees on the second floor Secret Realm begin to become weird. Some tree trunks seem to have wailing human faces, which is unsettling.
But these trees just look weird. In fact, they are not contaminated with enough Distortion and Aspect Power to transform them into some kind of monsters.
The environment gradually became dark, without the cover of leaves, the dry branches looked a bit barren, and there was silence all around. At this time, the members in the front of the team raised their torches, and the orange flames overflowed with hot wind and sparks, illuminating the surrounding area.
Rising Wind Torch, Alchemy Adventure props made by magicians. The torches are mixed with special Blazing Sun"Aspect Power fire oil, which can emit bright light and heat and dispel darkness and weaker illusions.
Bathed in the hot wind brought by the torches, everyone felt a lot more at ease, but now they also picked up their weapons and started to be on guard. After all, this was the second floor and there was a certain danger.
Sylutia is now walking in the middle of the team, her hands empty, and silver filaments are slowly outlined around her white wrists.
At this time, the team suddenly stopped. When someone wanted to ask why, the team member at the front raised Magic Staff, and a narrow Moon Blade appeared, and then shot out silently, hitting a Distortion tree in the distance.
A twisting snake body fell from the struck tree, and only then did the congregation know what had happened.
"My eyesight is so good, I can see it from such a distance."
"Let's go over and take a look at the harvest. I feel like a second-level forest anaconda." The three team members walked into the deserted woods.
Sylutia didn't go there, just looked at where they were going, and then turned away from the light.
It was a second-order Orange-skinned Forest Boa" that was hit, and now its body has been cut into two sections.
When the three members dug out Lin An's body and brought it back, Sylutia heard a faint sound. She turned around and looked again. She didn't know when there was a huge shadow silhouette behind the three people. Unfortunately, the three of them were not aware of it yet.
Before she had time to shout, a silver symbol mark appeared in Sylutia's eyes. The pattern of the silver symbol mark in her pupils rotated like a clock. Then Sylutia's figure rushed out and arrived in front of the three of them almost in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, the three people's eyes widened slightly, their expressions slowly changed, and their movements were different. It seemed slow, but in fact it seemed like this because Sylutia accelerated its own time.
She passed the three people and came to the huge shadow outline. The hidden figure realized that the girl in front of her was in great danger, so she did not continue to appear, but slowly disappeared, and the forest became desolate again.
At this moment, everyone reacted in surprise and looked at Sylutia who suddenly appeared behind them.
"Just now?" They also noticed something was wrong.
"I don't know what it is specifically, but it's probably the "Hermit Spider" you mentioned before." Sylutia shook his head.
[Hermit Spider](Level 4·Mist Shadow)
As long as a spider that can completely hide its existence is not revealed, the aura and fluctuations of its destiny will completely disappear, as if it is nothing. Its true body is in a special state when it is hidden, and cannot attack or sense."
Is it another monster with the "Mist Shadow" nature? Xiludiya feels a little familiar and nostalgic. Perhaps it is the powerful concealment characteristics of the "Mist Shadow" nature that allows monsters with this type of nature to survive in the secret realms explored. Otherwise, even if they are of high rank, they will be easily defeated by explorers forming a team.