Moving About

"Let's head forward. We're in no hurry."

Yuno nodded and showed the two of them the images recorded in the projection pearl. At this moment, the passages within nearly a thousand meters around them were all displayed.

"We're beneath this world, so we should be heading upward. The most common things here are Echo Bats. Echo Bats feed on all kinds of insects, so this place is also full of poisonous bugs, toxic fungi, venomous mosquitoes, and poisonous flies. We should be careful."

Dole and Aixi nodded. After glancing over the surrounding passages, Dole decided they should simply continue straight ahead.

As they walked, Dole said, "Leave defense to me. Try not to use your own abilities for now; let's use the Wizard Tower's energy source first. We haven't been here before, so saving what we can is for the best."

A strange look appeared in Yuno's eyes. She glanced at Dole's waist, her gaze filled with envy. A Wizard Tower—the ultimate pursuit countless wizards dreamed of. Even in the imperial capital, it remained an unreachable dream for many.

There was nothing much to see on the outskirts. They only needed to keep moving forward while mapping the area as they went.

The lower reaches of this space were dark and damp. Dole could not understand why creatures like bats, which preferred dry darkness, would survive here.

Before they had gone far, they came upon an underground pool. Many green things grew within it, while mosquitoes and insects flitted back and forth around its edges.

A nutrient-rich pool, mosquitoes and insects, bats—it seemed to form a perfect ecosystem.

The three of them concealed their auras extremely well. Even creatures that relied on special senses could not smell them, so when Dole and the others reached the pool's edge, the poisonous