The Dark Forest.
Compared to the Sorcerer World, the Zambis Empire's exploitation of resources was still in a primitive state. As a result, most of the inner regions of the plane were undeveloped primeval forests or uncivilized regions. Places where humans could move about were surrounded by many dangerous creatures.
The Dark Forest at the western border of the empire was one such region.
There were many primeval creatures and terrifying magical beasts within the Dark Forest. They gathered there and multiplied, forming a unique and exclusive foreign world. This was a harsh problem that most plane worlds had to face.
Survival of the fittest, the natural selection!
Powerful magical beasts, with their powerful physiques and ferocious fighting styles, became the rulers of most regions. They fought for themselves, either in families, tribes, or alone. They occupied the regions with the richest minerals and plants on the continent.
Compared to them, intelligent races like humans had no competitive edge.
At the beginning of their existence, human beings did not have strong bodies, natural magic talent, and sharp teeth and claws. Therefore, they could only hug each other for warmth and struggle to survive in the gaps between the many savage ancient beasts and ferocious monsters.
If it weren't for humanity's outstanding ability to learn and create, allowing them to learn some powerful and strange abilities from the magical creatures as their teachers and pass them down and strengthen them, it would have been almost impossible for humans to become the ruler of the plane!
The first batch of Sorcerers in the Sorcerer World were ancient humans who imitated the natural magic patterns on powerful magical beasts and obtained some strange abilities. After tens of thousands of years of continuous accumulation and improvement, an effective Sorcerer cultivation system was formed.
It was precisely by relying on the Sorcerers that the humans of the Sorcerer World finally defeated all kinds of powerful magical beasts and became the largest race there. However, as the Sorcerer community grew stronger day by day, they gradually grew into a new 'race' that was completely different from ordinary humans!
The development of planes was almost the same!
The Envik Plane was on the same path of development as the Sorcerers World, but the power system it evolved into was similar to the worship of the Holy Light, which was similar to the belief of the gods.
Most of the humans in Envik worshipped the Holy Light, thus pushing a natural phenomenon that had no life and consciousness onto the altar. Faith was also a form of power!
It was precisely because of the continuous faith of millions of Envik citizens that the Holy Light became a powerful and unparalleled power. At the very least, in the Envik Dimension, this power had already been embedded in the Dimension Law, becoming an important pillar that supported the development and growth of the Dimension's consciousness.
With the blessing of the plane's consciousness, the power of the Holy Light pushed its devout believers to the peak of the plane's power.
As long as the Envik Plane continued on its current path, after thousands of years, there would eventually be one Holy Knight who would break through the shackles of the plane's power and become the first Holy Knight in the history of the Envik Plane.
And the moment he broke through, he would naturally become the first powerful God in the Envik Plane who used Holy Light as his source of power. When that time comes, the Envic Plane would finally have a firm foothold in the Multiverse, having the cornerstone to expand and develop outward!
Unfortunately, before the Envik Plane could give birth to its own Guardian God, the Deceit Witches discovered it and broke in. Then, they built the Witch Tower in a place called the Dabiri Highlands.
From that moment onwards, Envic Plane was in the countdown to being enslaved!
It could be said that if there was no Adde? Holy Knight Kale's desperate struggle had destroyed the interplanar transmission circle in the Witch Tower. According to the invasion process of the Deception Witches, Envik Bitwall would struggle for at most another 40 to 50 years before it would become a meal for the Deception Witches and become a secondary bitwall under their rule.
And now, with the changes in the situation, the Holy Knights seemed to have gained a certain advantage. They had the opportunity to capture all the Deception Witches and drive the forces of the Evil Sorcerers out of the Envic Plane.
Therefore, when there were signs of witch activity in the western part of the empire, the local Holy Light Chapel immediately sent out all their members to encircle and suppress the witch. They successfully trapped the witch in the Dark Forest.
However, that Witch's witchcraft ability was too strange. She could actually transform herself into any kind of creature, and then gain their trust, turning them into her guardian beasts.
A tier-2 Silver-tier Paladin was carelessly tricked into betraying the Holy Light and becoming a true Dark Paladin. And under the protection of this Dark Paladin, the witch successfully escaped into the Dark Forest, evading the search of the Holy Knights here.
As time passed, there were already two tier-3 Gold Paladins among the team of Holy Knights that gathered at the periphery of the Dark Forest, and as many as 21 tier-2 Silver Paladins. But the person they were searching for was just an ordinary tier-2 witch.
… …
In a dark and damp dense forest, Devon was carefully searching.
In order to make it easier to fight and move, he took off his heavy metal armor and only wore a silver chain armor with a thick cloak draped over him. The greatsword that he was used to usually had also been replaced with a thin rapier, paired with a matte steel round shield. These were all the equipment he had.
The Dark Forest lived up to its name. Tall ancient trees propped up a huge canopy, blocking most of the light from the sky, making the forest deep and dark. Even in the daytime, the forest was gloomy and gloomy, and it was hard to see the sun.
And in such a claustrophobic environment, there were indescribably terrifying magical plants that grew and multiplied.
They were mixed together with ordinary green plants, and unless one was a knowledgeable or experienced hunter, it would be difficult to identify them. And if an ordinary person approached them without any precautions, they would be dragged into the magical plant full of activated thorns by the vines, pierced by sharp thorns or branches, and then killed by having their flesh and blood sucked dry.
In order to avoid alerting the enemy, as a tier-2 Silver-tier Paladin, Devon did not cast any Holy Light protection on himself. Instead, he relied on his sharp reflexes and swift sword to eliminate the magical creatures and magical plants that tried to attack him.
The Holy Light that the Holy Knights mastered was good at buffing, healing, and purifying, but it was not good at scouting and searching. So in this Dark Forest, Devon needed to rely on the strength of his own swordsmanship, and not the overly dazzling Holy Light.
The Dark Forest was silent.
The magical creatures and beasts that lived in this forest, as long as they had not grown to an unparalleled level, needed to learn how to be quiet. They completed the whole process of hunting, hunting, reproducing, and resting in silence. Even at the last moment before death, they had to keep quiet as much as possible.
Sound would bring them enemies, and so would the overly dazzling Holy Light.
The first few groups of Holy Knights that entered the Dark Forest to search were not small in size, and there were even high-ranked Holy Knights leading them. But because they were too ostentatious, they ended up suffering heavy losses. The beasts and magical creatures that were hiding in the Dark Forest seemed to be extremely repulsive towards outsiders. They were easily attracted by the sound and light emitted by the groups, and thus secretly attacked the Holy Knights.
At the end of the day, the Holy Knights were just a group of human warriors that had been strengthened by the Holy Light.
If they were fighting on flat ground, with their enhanced strength and physique, they could easily crush magical creatures of the same tier. However, in the pitch-black Dark Forest, the combat power of the Holy Knights would inevitably be greatly reduced.
The long-distance trekking and crossing the forest made it impossible for them to wear thick and dense metal armor, and thus, they could not defend against the sudden poison attack from the withered leaves or vines. The overgrown shrubs and spiderweb-like vines and thorns made it impossible for them to wield the one-handed sword that they were used to. Even if they switched to thin swords or short swords, they would not be able to smoothly cut the neck of powerful magical creatures.
Therefore, the few groups of Holy Knights that went deep into the Dark Forest all returned in low spirits, losing many Black Iron Knights.
Therefore, the two Golden Knights had no choice but to scatter the many Silver Knights into the forest, carefully searching for the whereabouts of the evil witch and the defected knight. As long as they found their traces and reported back to the camp in time, the two Golden Knights would be able to lead a large number of Holy Knights to rush over and end the search operation with the lowest cost.
Night fell.
As the sky darkened, the Dark Forest became more and more unfathomable.
Devon stepped on the slightly slippery and sticky soil, quietly wandering in the depths of the forest.
Every time he stepped on the ground, he was very careful. If it wasn't the exposed soil, it was the pile of rotten leaves. He almost never stepped on the thorns and branches.
On one hand, it was very likely that it was a trap disguised by the magical plants. On the other hand, if he stepped on the withered branches, it would make unnecessary sounds and attract the attention of the dark creatures.
Apart from paying attention to where he stepped, Devon had to constantly scan the green vines that hung down from the tall ancient trees. Many of them were actually Blood-sucking Vines in disguise. There were also many poisonous snakes and leeches that liked to crawl on the vines. When someone passed by, they would silently climb onto the body of the other party.
Therefore, Devon carefully moved forward while quickly waving the thin sword in his hand.
Under the swift slashes of the sword, the Blood-sucking Vines were cut off one by one, and purplish-black blood with a fishy smell splashed all over the sky. One by one, the heads of the patched snakes and iron striped snakes were chopped off. Their long and powerful bodies twisted and twitched violently, stirring up a mess in the surroundings.
But at this moment, Devon suddenly stopped, raising his nose and lightly sniffing.
There was a thick rotten and moldy smell in the humid air, mixed with a hint of a woman's body fragrance. There was also the strange sound of splashing water.
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