Nyor Valley.
Mary was carefully moving through a shadowy forest.
Everything around her was pitch-black, and she could see shadows of different shades everywhere. She could vaguely feel the faint aura of life in many of the shadows.
Mary had to be very careful to avoid the shadows, because each shadow was actually a twisted and evil shadow creature. They densely covered the entire valley, tightly guarding all the paths leading to the black wizard tower.
These shadow creatures might not be very strong, but in Mary's eyes, they were weak life forms that could be destroyed with a single blow. However, in order to avoid alerting the enemy, she could only conceal all her life aura and carefully move through the dense shadow sentries.
As a foreign vampire, Mary could easily control the temperature of her blood, thus avoiding the detection of infrared perception and life perception. Coupled with her agility in stealth, these shadow creatures with average strength of an intermediate Apprentice would not be able to detect her presence at all.
The reason why Mary was so careful was not because of them, but to avoid the shadow mastiffs that moved through the Nyor Valley from time to time. They were like the hounds of the material world, with a highly developed sense of smell, and could sniff out the movement of any non-shadow element.
Fortunately, Mary was wearing the "Deception Orb" that Alice gave her. Under the cover of the strange aura, as long as she was not directly seen by these shadow creatures, she would not have to worry about being seen through.
This place was also known as the black secret realm, and it was also the area where the dark witch tower was located.
If it wasn't for the promise she made to Alice, Mary would not have come here to seek death even if she had lost her mind. After all, there were rank 2 and 3 dark witches stationed here all year round. Even the leader of the rank 4 dark witches, Circe, spent more than half of a year in this place.
Even with Mary's fearless personality, she could not help but tremble slightly at the thought of so many high-grade wizards.
No one could bear the crime of plotting to sneak into the Dark Witches' Origin Land. Therefore, if Mary did not want to be hunted down by the dark witches all over the world, the only thing she could do was to hide her identity.
Just as Mary was moving through the shadow of a grey tree, she suddenly felt a sense of danger. Her body flew up lightly and silently climbed onto a grey tree. Then, she squeezed gently and became one with the grey shadow of the tree.
Even though her movements were swift and silent, and she didn't release any aura, she still inevitably caused a trace of wind elemental energy to flow.
In the next second, five Shadow Mastiffs emerged from the shadows and sniffed around. In addition to the strong smell of shadows, there was also a trace of wind element in the air.
Although they were in the depths of the Shadow Valley, and the overly dense shadow substance repelled most of the magical elements in the Physical World, it was not too strange for a small amount of wind elements to enter through the gaps in the shadows.
Therefore, the Shadow Mastiffs spread out and patrolled. When they didn't find anything, they relaxed their vigilance.
Thus, with a slight shadow fluctuation, the five Shadow Mastiffs instantly appeared in another shadow a hundred meters away through Shadow Leap and continued their patrol.
After a long while, Mary finally squirmed out of the shadow of the big tree after confirming that there were no signs of trouble in the surroundings.
Seriously speaking, this was no longer the Wizard World.
The Dark Witches, with the powerful power of the Wizard's Pagoda, actually made a small area of the Wizard World overlap with the legendary Shadow Dimension. The overlapping area was also the area covered by the Shadow Forest in the Nyol Valley.
This way, the Dark Witches could continuously organize their forces to explore the vast Shadow Dimension, which had a space comparable to the Wizard World. The benefits from this were also obvious.
However, the Origin Wizard's Pagoda of the Dark Witches, as the core of the anchoring of the two dimensions, was always in the process of the conflict between the two Origins of the Dimension. Thus, the periodic eruptions of shadows, and the surprise attacks of the aboriginals of the Shadow Dimension would have a negative impact on the stability of the Shadow Valley.
With Mary's strength as a level one Vampire Wizard, it was simply impossible for her to break into the tightly guarded Origin Wizard's Tower of the Dark Witches. But as long as Alice was there, she could always find a crack in the tightest wall for you to walk through.
Thus, Mary moved forward step by step. It took her almost three days to travel four miles, and she was still two or three miles away from the towering Dark Tower.
But when she reached here, she did not move forward anymore. Instead, she found a slightly quiet clearing in the forest and slowly squeezed her body into the soil between reality and illusion.
From now on, until the eruption of the Shadow Tide a month later, she had to be nailed to this place like a nail. If not for the spatial turbulence caused by the Shadow Tide, she would not have any chance of breaking into the Origin Wizard's Tower of the Dark Witches. Only when the Shadow Tide washed and shook this overlapping area would she have the opportunity to take the risk.
Of course, what the so-called Shadow Tide was … When it would erupt … Mary had no idea.
But even if she did not know, it did not mean that Alice, who controlled the Tower of Destiny, did not know.
Alice, who was always watching the Dark Tower, had already planned all the rescue plans. The only thing she lacked was a powerful Wizard like Mary, who had the talent of an assassin.
Alice had made up her mind to rescue her only relative, the Poison Centipede, from Endor.
As for the consequences, she did not care about anything!
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Stonehammer Camp.
This was a large Ogre camp in the depths of the Dark Forest.
The Ogres' Stonehammer Mountain had been burned to the ground by Grimm, and it had become a barren mountain. Therefore, the Ogres simply set up a huge camp on the mountain, using sharp wooden stakes that were sharpened at one end and as thick as a person's arms wrapped around the entire mountain.
The powerful elite Ogre warriors, the small leaders, and the terrifying Twin-headed Ogre Wizard naturally lived in the belly of the mountain, while most of the ordinary Ogres built simple shacks on the mountainside and lived in them.
Due to the lack of planning and decorations, every Ogre wandered around as they pleased. The shacks they built were also scattered here and there. They were colorful, and the atmosphere was foul and chaotic.
When the sun rose, the small leaders of the Ogres came out from the belly of the mountain. As they walked towards the tall gate at the foot of the mountain, they used their thick black feet to wake up the sleeping Ogres.
"Get up … Get up … All of you, get up … You lazy bums … You don't do much work, but you eat a lot. Smelly Head, Blackface, get up … It's time to go hunting … "
Under his continuous beating and cursing, the Ogres grumbled as they crawled out of their shacks and empty spaces. They swayed their huge bodies and followed behind the small leader, heading down the mountain.
For a time, the entire Stonehammer Camp was filled with tall and strong figures. Shouting and cursing could be heard everywhere, and it was bustling like a huge market.
There were a total of 87 large and small Ogres in the Ogre Camp. There were 43 adult male Ogres, 22 adult female Ogres, 14 underage Ogre Warrior Candidates, and 8 Ogre Cubs.
Although the number of adult Ogres was only half of the total, for a savage and savage race like the Ogres, there were no incompetent Ogres who would just eat and wait to die. Almost all of them were tyrannical warriors. Even the female Ogres or underage Ogres could easily smash the heads of elite human warriors with a wooden stick that was as thick as a human's leg.
In the Ogre Camp, if any Ogre reached the age of old and did not die, they would be chased out of the tribe and become a wandering Ogre. That was why the Ogre Camp did not keep "useless people" who had lost the ability to fight!
On a high cliff five miles away from Stonehammer Mountain, Billis stood at the top of the cliff, silently watching the black mass of Ogres rush out of the gate and disperse into the surrounding Dark Forest.
Unlike the Beemen, the Ogres formed a small team of three. Most of the weapons they used were thick wooden sticks and stone sticks that they had ground themselves. Their hunting range was hundreds of miles wide. For adult Ogres, if they ran at full speed, they would have no problem running seventy to eighty miles in the morning.
This was a testament to their extraordinary strength and physique!
Strictly speaking, Ogres were also a type of creature that resembled humans.
They looked like humans that had been magnified several times. Their bodies were exceptionally strong and their strength was even greater. They were huge, ugly, and greedy magical creatures. Although they were strong, they were simple-minded. Even adult Ogres only had the intelligence of a five-year-old human child.
Only mutated Ogre Sorcerers could break through the limits of intelligence and become terrifying monsters that believed in violence and were cruel and bloodthirsty.
Regular Ogre Warriors had 7 points of Strength and 9 points of Vitality according to the Sorcerer system. The Twin-headed Ogre Zach had 11 points of Strength, 13 points of Vitality, and a whopping 4 points of Spirit.
Among human Sorcerers, 4 points of Spirit could only be considered an average Sorcerer. However, among the Ogres, it was an enviable figure with high intelligence!
Billis lowered his head and pondered.
Compared to the Ogres, the young Thorn Scorpions he had bred had 4 points of Strength, 5 points of Vitality, and 2 points of Spirit.
With these stats, the young Thorn Scorpions would have a slight advantage in a head-on clash with the Abebe Beemen. However, in a head-on clash with the Ogres, they would not be able to withstand a single attack from an adult Ogre.
It seemed that he could only defeat them with his wits!
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