"It's more serious than you think …" Connoris said with a hint of schadenfreude in his voice. After he finished speaking, he sighed with intoxication. "Ah, the air of freedom is really fresh …"
"…" Lin Li almost fell on his butt. "Please, have some awareness as a hammer. What air of freedom is there for a hammer? Just forge iron honestly, you'd better …"
"If you were locked in a dark space for a few days without knowing when you would be released and how long you would be in there, you would be able to understand how I feel now!" Connoris' voice was filled with resentment when he talked about this.
"Alright, alright. As long as you are obedient and don't create trouble for me, I will try my best to let you stay outside …"
"Really?" Connoris perked up when he heard that.
"Cut the crap!"
"Oh, yes. Why are you here?" Connoris was not happy for long before he suddenly realized a problem. "I remember when we were in the Eternal Furnace, you said you wanted to go back to Alanna …"
"I did, but I was unlucky. Someone's Teleportation Portal was broken, and he asked me to come over to take a look at what was wrong with it. Who knew, before I could take a look, I got into big trouble. Look at the surroundings, where is the exit of the Teleportation Portal?" Once Lin Li talked about this, he was furious. That old man Andoine was too irresponsible. He only said that the Teleportation Portal was broken, but he did not say how bad it was. Lin Li thought it was a small problem, but he did not expect that he could not even find the exit after coming out of the Teleportation Portal …
"Who is so ruthless to ask you to come to the Cinder Woods to check on the Teleportation Portal?"
"My teacher, what's wrong?"
"You, you, you … You must owe him a lot of money!" Connoris was dumbfounded. Even his words seemed to be stuttering. "It's over, it's over. You and I are both in big trouble now!"
"What exactly is going on?"
"Do you know where you are? This is the Cinder Woods of the Sleeping Dragon Highlands!" Connoris almost roared the last sentence.
"What the hell …" Even Lin Li was shocked when he heard that. Although he was not from Anril, he had heard of the Cinder Woods. Back when he was in the Sunset Mountains, Andoine had told him that there were 10 places in Anril where magical beasts were the most dangerous. Even if a Legendary powerhouse were to barge in, his life or death would depend on his luck.
One of them was the Sunset Mountains. Every time the Black Current came, even people like Andoine had to flee.
Unfortunately, the Cinder Woods was also one of them.
Moreover, to a mage, the Cinder Woods was far more dangerous than the Sunset Mountains. This was because it had another name — the Magic Graveyard.
The reason why the Cinder Woods was dangerous was not because of the high level magical beasts, but because this dark forest had always been shrouded by a kind of power. Under the influence of this power, the power of a mage would be greatly weakened. A Legendary-level mage could only exert the power of an Archmage here, and an Archmage would become a Magic Shooter who could not even use the Levitation Spell.
According to Andoine's own admission, he had suffered a big loss here in the past.
That year, when Andoine had just broken through to the Legendary-realm, he flew over the Cinder Woods with the Power of Flight. Then, he encountered that terrifying power, and the Legendary-mage suddenly became an Archmage. If it was not for the old man's quick reflexes and casting the Levitation Spell, he might have fallen on the spot and become paralyzed.
Until many years later, when he mentioned this to Lin Li, he still had a face full of lingering fear.
That place was like hell. It made me drop to level-16 in an instant. It was worse than being hit by the Mark of Decline!
Thinking of this, Lin Li hurriedly recited the Levitation Spell.
As expected …
After he finished chanting the Levitation Spell, there was no movement at all. In the past, the air magic element would surround him as soon as he finished chanting, but today, it was as if it had disappeared without a trace. He couldn't feel any upward buoyancy at all.
"F * ck …" This time, Lin Li really felt like banging his head against the wall. This vast forest was full of dangers, and now that his magic power was severely weakened, if he met a powerful magical beast, he would not be able to resist at all.
Lin Li did not give up, and tried a few more spells in a row.
Fortunately, other than the Levitation Spell, most of the other spells could be used. This time, Lin Li was slightly relieved. At least he was not as unlucky as Andoine, who dropped four levels at once. From the current situation, he only dropped one level. To Lin Li, this loss of one level was not unacceptable.
After all, he had just broken through to the Archmage realm, and had yet to master many level-15 spells. More powerful spells, such as the Flame Shield, could only be mastered at level-16. It might seem scary to go from an Archmage to a Magic Shooter, but to Lin Li, the only thing he had lost was the Levitation Spell.
"Fortunately, fortunately …" Lin Li wiped his sweat, and his heart calmed down a little.
So what if he lost the Levitation Spell? As long as he had the power of level-14, with all kinds of potions and scrolls, it should not be difficult to deal with ordinary magical beasts.
"Connoris, do you have any good ideas?"
"Don't ask me, I'm just a hammer …"
"…" Lin Li was so angry that his eyes rolled. Now you remember that you're a hammer …
"Why don't we look for it first?" Seeing that Lin Li's expression was not right, Connoris felt a little guilty, and suggested carefully, "Anyway, I know the way in this forest, and I remember that this place is not far from the Breezy Plains. If we can't find it, we can go to the Breezy Plains first, and then think of a way to return to Alanna …"
"Alright, let's look for it first." Lin Li thought about it, and other than this, there seemed to be no other way. He picked up Connoris and carried it on his back.
He had to admit that this appearance was a little weird.
Wearing a black robe, holding the Winter Staff in his hand, and carrying a hammer on his back, it looked out of place no matter how one looked at it.
"This damn place …" Lin Li cursed as he walked.
The environment of this place was really too bad. Even when he came down from the Sunset Mountains, he had not suffered as much as today. There was no ecological balance at all. The sky above his head seemed to be dyed, and the dark clouds did not disperse no matter how hard he tried. The ground under his feet was full of mud, wet and slippery, and he would fall if he was not careful. The trees in the forest were even denser, and all of them looked the same. If it wasn't for Connoris, who knew the way, Lin Li, who had no sense of direction, would have gotten lost long ago.
Moreover …
Even an old horse like Connoris could be unreliable sometimes.
"Yes, yes, yes, I remember this place. You'll see a small wooden hut less than 200 meters ahead. I remember that should be the residence of some hunters. If you're lucky, you can rest there and get some water to drink."
"Is that so?" Lin Li was thirsty and tired from walking. Suddenly hearing that there was a place to rest, he was instantly energized.
But when he reached the place, there was no small wooden hut …
Other than a thick and dense forest, there was nothing!
"Uh … I mean, 1,300 years ago, there used to be a small wooden hut here …"
"Do you believe that I'll put you back into the ring again?" Lin Li was so angry that he was dizzy. Was this bastard purposely going against him? He even brought up what happened 1,300 years ago, and he was so stupid to actually believe him …
"What can I do? I was sealed on the hammer by Osric 1,300 years ago. Have you seen a hammer that can run around on its own?"
"Shut up!"
Lin Li was so angry that he was about to lock this fellow back into the ring when he suddenly heard a rustling sound from the bushes in front of him.
"There's movement!" Lin Li's heart tightened, and he quickly hid behind a tree.
Then, he saw a short and fat figure coming out of the bushes with a wretched look on his face. He ran forward hurriedly, and looked back sneakily at the same time. He looked restless as if he had just stolen something and was afraid of being caught by the owner.
"F * ck!" Lin Li looked at that wretched fat face, and immediately felt as if a thunder had exploded on top of his head.
This, this, this … Isn't this Fatty Shaun!
Damn it …
This time, Lin Li was completely dumbfounded.
When he arrived at Andoine's tower last night, Lin Li suddenly remembered that he had ordered herbs that cost tens of thousands of gold coins from Fatty Shaun. In the end, after the banquet ended, he was pulled away by Andoine, and forgot to go with this fellow to get the goods. Now, that fatty must be blaming him …
Lin Li did not expect that in one night, this fatty seemed to have grown wings, and flew straight from Alanna to the Cinder Woods. Moreover, he looked wretched, and did not know what other sneaky things he had done.
"Shaun!"
Lin Li shouted from afar, and the fatty was immediately dumbfounded. "M-m-m-mr Mage?"
Shaun's shock was not lighter than Lin Li's.
He clearly remembered that this young mage was still in Alanna yesterday. Why was he here today? Could it be that he was the same as him?
Shaun shook his head subconsciously. Impossible, this was absolutely impossible!
"Shaun, why are you here?"
"This …" Shaun's expression became a little unnatural when he heard this. He stammered "this" for a long time, but could not come up with a reason for "this".
"Nothing, I'm just asking." Lin Li saw the expression on his face. How could he not know that this fella was hiding a secret? However, Lin Li understood very well. Who didn't have a few secrets in this world? Since Shaun was unwilling to say, Lin Li naturally would not pursue the matter. He only smiled, and changed the topic. "Oh yes, why are you so flustered? Did you sell the young magical beasts again?"
"No, no …" Shaun's fat face turned red when Lin Li mentioned the past.
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