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If Avilan had known what expression was on Zhou Yu's flame-like face behind him, he probably would not have ended the topic there.

Avilan did not look at Zhou Yu. He merely gazed toward the horizon where the boundless land met the starry sky.

"An unknown world... Members of the Radiant Knights have already appeared. Could those old friends from back then come here too?"

Since he could come here, and members of the Radiant Knights could come here as well, that meant others might have come too.

Transmigration was not a privilege belonging to him alone, but a benefit available to everyone. The odds were simply absurdly low, and the danger far too great.

Who could guarantee that those who died in accidents were truly dead? Could their souls not have transmigrated as well?

In the past, he would have scoffed at the idea of transmigrating even once. But now that he had experienced it himself, how could he doubt it?

"If that's the case, then as long as the entire world knows the name Despair Fortress..."

If they were here, perhaps word would reach their ears.

If those people found out, they would definitely come. Avilan had that much faith in their friendship.

But conquering the world was a goal for the future. Despair Fortress was currently in desperate need of rebuilding; it could not even recover, much less conquer anything.

That night, after persuading Zhou Yu, Avilan left Despair Fortress alone, leaving Zhou Yu and Arthur in charge of it.

After wandering around the Messiah Great Forest by himself for a while, Avilan realized he was lost. He could not find a way out of the Messiah Great Forest, yet he did not want to fly because the risks were too great.

It was said that terrifying creatures such as dragons existed in the Messiah Great Forest. In myths, dragons were basically boss-level beings, not something Avilan could defeat alone.

It would not be worth it if he alerted a dragon. Though he was lost, he had a clear sense of Despair Fortress's location, like a navigation system. Even if he did not recognize the way, as long as he followed the direction of Despair Fortress, he would definitely be able to return.

Avilan arrived at a place where the paths were tangled and complex. Which road led to the surface? He truly had no idea which one to choose.

In the end, he could only use the oldest and most straightforward method: toss a coin, then pick a road at random.

After walking for who knew how long, Avilan finally felt hungry and subconsciously raised his head.

His gaze swept across the surroundings.

Then a flash of light caught his attention.

Their eyes met.

When Avilan saw what it was, excitement could not help appearing in his eyes. On a large tree not far away was a terrifying giant snake. Its horrific appearance even made the snakes from his previous life seem cute. Its entire body was covered in harder, sharp, piercing scales, and it was a pitch-black venomous snake.

Avilan, meanwhile, was the prey the snake had targeted.

Because Avilan possessed an item that concealed his mana aura, he gave off the illusion of being an ordinary person. But how could an ordinary person have reached the depths at the edge of the Messiah Great Forest alone?

Unfortunately, this giant snake, more than ten meters long and as thick as a barrel, was clearly not very intelligent.

"Just when I was getting hungry, food came right to my doorstep." A satisfied smile appeared on Avilan's face. He slightly raised his hand, lifting the Gun Staff in his hand like a somewhat longer pistol.

"Light Bullet."

A sphere of light filled with light-element energy immediately shot toward the giant venomous snake. Despite its enormous body, the snake was incredibly swift. It slid straight from one large tree to another, causing Avilan's Light Bullet to miss completely.

A trace of cruelty flashed through the giant snake's eyes. He had fought human mages before. Their spells required chanting and time to cast. As long as he dodged the attack and quickly closed in to counterattack, he could deal with this "prey."

That was why mages were often accompanied by shield warriors.

Avilan cast a level-fifty magical shield over himself and coldly watched the giant venomous snake pounce toward him.

The giant venomous snake opened its mouth at Avilan and violently sprayed out a large amount of green liquid.

The green liquid that splashed onto the ground immediately corroded pit after pit into the earth.

Yet Avilan remained completely still.

Under attack from the level-35 monster Venomous Giant Snake. Lost 1 HP.

Avilan immediately let out a sigh of relief and slowly raised his hand. Countless Light Threads flew from his hand, directly binding the Venomous Giant Snake.

The Venomous Giant Snake rolled about on the ground without pause, but the more it rolled, the tighter the Light Threads wound around it. In the end, they scraped open the scales on its body, and bright red blood slowly flowed out.

"A level-35 normal monster."

The Light Spear Staff gave a soft crack, and the Venomous Giant Snake's head exploded.

He cut off the fattest, most tender section of meat from the Venomous Giant Snake's middle and placed it over a fire to roast. As for whether it would poison him, there was no need to worry.

Even venom attacks could not harm Avilan, which showed just how high Aslan's poison resistance was.

Looking at the corpse on the ground, Avilan pondered for a moment before beginning to chant. He directly sacrificed its flesh and blood, opened the Demon Realm Gate, and summoned demons.

After sacrificing more than five hundred jin of flesh and blood, he directly summoned three Horned Demons for Avilan.

The three Horned Demons immediately dropped to one knee and saluted Avilan. Avilan pointed them in a direction, then fired a ray of light into the forehead of one of them. That Horned Demon saluted again and headed toward Despair Fortress.

Avilan discovered that demon summoning here was completely different from in the game. Demons summoned without flesh-and-blood sacrifices could last at most three days, compared to three hours in the game, and they did not possess much independent awareness, acting entirely according to commands.

Creatures summoned through flesh and blood, on the other hand, were independent lives with their own consciousness and thoughts. Unless they died, they would not disappear.

Unfortunately, demon summoning could only be used three times a day, and the strength of the demons summoned each time depended entirely on the quality of the flesh used in the blood sacrifice. A Venomous Giant Snake like the one just now was only a level-35 normal monster, so it was absolutely impossible to summon a demon above level 35.

Wandering aimlessly through the forest was not a solution either. After finishing the snake meat, Avilan continued walking without a destination, only this time he did not wander about as casually as before.

Instead, he consciously sensed the mana around him. With his strength, his sensory range actually exceeded ten kilometers. Monsters in particular, with bodies containing mana, were as conspicuous as giant light bulbs, allowing Avilan to spot them instantly.

As expected, these "powerful" monsters that ruled their own territories all became flesh and blood for Avilan to summon Horned Demons.

Why did he only summon Horned Demons? Because Despair Fortress was in urgent need of manpower. They only needed laborers; there was no need for such high-level demons. On the contrary, demons that were too powerful would not work at all. They only knew slaughter and destruction.

That was also why there were so many low-level demons in a place like the Demon Realm, where the strong preyed upon the weak.

Before long, Avilan sensed a group of monsters approaching. This was the first time since arriving here that someone had come looking for him.