Lin Li touched the Dream Garden in his hand, and pressed Xiao Hua back into it. He thought to himself, The baby Elemental Wyrm has already hatched, so there's no need for it to devour so many magical elements. Although those magical beasts are a little silly, without the abnormal waves of magical elements, who wouldn't be willing to live a peaceful life?
As if to prove Lin Li's words, the team walked all the way until the evening. Although they encountered a few magical beasts along the way, they weren't as large as the previous two times. There were even a few clever magical beasts that knew how to escape. In the previous two waves of magical beasts, those magical beasts fought ferociously without retreating, as if they had a blood feud with them.
At night, the team set up camp to rest. There were many more defensive magical devices in the camp, and there were also a few times more guards than before. But to everyone's surprise, the night was surprisingly peaceful, allowing the people who were on tenterhooks to finally have a good night's sleep.
The next morning, the team prepared to set off again. After a night's rest, everyone's spirits were more or less recovered. This rare night of peace was very important to the adventurer team, because they were going to step into the real life forbidden zone of the Haiga Mountain Range today.
There were level-18 and level-19 magical beasts everywhere, and it wouldn't be strange if they were unlucky to encounter a Legendary magical beast. The worst thing was that according to the news from the Ledin Kingdom, there seemed to be signs of prehistoric magical beasts appearing here.
Although there was a large-scale purge in Anril during the reign of the High Elves, and most of the prehistoric magical beasts were exterminated or chased away, no one could guarantee that the prehistoric magical beasts were really extinct in Anril. The prehistoric magical beasts of the same generation as the Wyrms and Titans were at least level-23 or level-24. If they were unlucky, they might even be in the Sanctuary-realm …
The current Anril was no longer the star-studded era of 1,300 years ago. Most of the Sanctuary-realm powerhouses lived in seclusion, and wouldn't appear even once in hundreds of years. Some even entered the gaps between time and space to explore the most fundamental secrets of this world.
Sanctuary-level magical beasts could be said to be the most terrifying existence in the world. If they were to really encounter one, it would probably depend on luck how many of them would be able to escape, even though the three major forces had hundreds of people and five Legendary-realm powerhouses to keep watch.
After entering the depths of the Haiga Mountain Range, not only did Cheyenne and the rest become more cautious, but even Lin Li became more vigilant. This was an area that very few humans dared to set foot in since the prehistoric times. Even the Elven Kingdom, which was close at hand, was unable to include this land in its territory.
As the team moved forward slowly, Lin Li also seized the time to study the treasure map in his hands while being on high alert. Although each of the three forces had a copy of the treasure map, the one in Lin Li's hands was the real deal. The one in the Malfa Family's hands was just a copy of Adelo's. As for the Dark Blade, it was obtained through a traitor in the Malfa Family, and it was a dungeon of dungeons.
In the eyes of others, Lin Li had been very leisurely for the past two days. It was as if he had come to the Haiga Mountain Range to hunt. However, in reality, Lin Li had not been idle. He had been studying the treasure map repeatedly, and it could be said that he had memorized every detail.
Through his understanding of the treasure map, Lin Li naturally knew that the Malfa Family and the Dark Blade had indeed made full preparations for the Immortal King's treasure. Although they had made some changes to the route according to Osric's adventure notes, they were still on the right path in the end. According to the treasure map in his hands, if they continued to walk in the depths of the Wang Haiga Mountain Range for another three days, they would almost enter the range of the Immortal King's treasure. It was just that no one knew exactly where the treasure was.
"These two days seem to be unusually peaceful …" Lin Li released the Warlock's Eyes into the sky, and carefully looked around the team. It seemed that he did not find anything unusual. These two days seemed to be too peaceful. Apart from the two magical beast attacks, the team did not encounter any danger at all.
However, in the depths of the Haiga Mountain Range, which was known as the forbidden zone for life, peace itself meant that something was wrong. According to the legends, the Haiga Mountain Range was a place where magical beasts were everywhere. It was simply a paradise for magical beasts. All sorts of powerful magical beasts had lived here for tens of thousands of years. How could they tolerate such a large-scale invasion of their territory?
Lin Li looked at the position of the Legendary masters in the team, and casually used a magical crystal to push Xiao Hua back into Dream Garden.
Although Lin Li had seen powerful existences like the Elemental Wyrm and the Titan Spirit, he did not dare to be careless in the face of the legendary prehistoric magical beasts. He had defeated the Elemental Wyrm's projected avatar with the help of the Heart-piercing Potion, and the Titan Spirit had actually lost to the Requiem Array. However, if he were to face a prehistoric magical beast that was close to the Sanctuary-realm, Lin Li dared not guarantee that he would be able to target its weakness again.
Even Lin Li could not help but feel anxious. He even hoped that something would break the peace in front of him as soon as possible. He seemed to have a feeling that the longer the peace lasted, the harder it would be for the adventurer team to endure the difficulties they encountered.
Lin Li was not the only one. The expressions of the other Legendary masters also became more and more solemn. It was as if they were more eager for a wave of magical beasts to attack them.
The unusual peace lasted until the afternoon of the day, when it was finally broken. The group of mages in front of the team encountered a sudden attack.
In a place like the Haiga Mountain Range, the practice of using Bandits as scouts was no longer as suitable as it was in other places. Archmages who had mastered the Levitation Spell were much better at reconnaissance than ordinary Bandits. Moreover, the mages of the Dark Blade were different from ordinary mages. Apart from studying magic, they also had to learn certain Bandits' skills. Hence, they were far better at reconnaissance than ordinary mages. The group of mages who had been attacked was responsible for being scouts and keeping an eye on the situation in front of the team.
There were about a dozen of them, and they were all level-17 or 18. They could be said to be the best scouts in the Dark Blade, and even the Malfa Family had suffered losses from them before. However, this time, they were shot down by a rain of arrows as soon as they flew close to a forest. Although they did not die on the spot, at least half of them were severely injured.
The Archmages of level-17 or 18 had extremely strong defensive abilities. Even if they were to stand there and let others shoot at them, it would be difficult for ordinary people to hurt them. Moreover, the power of thrown weapons would be weakened when using the Levitation Spell. Hence, it would be even more difficult to break through the Archmages' defenses.
However, the current situation was the opposite of what people thought. The rain of arrows from the forest below almost turned the Archmages into porcupines. Fortunately, the group of mages was well-trained. After being attacked, they did not immediately retaliate blindly. Those who were lightly injured immediately returned to the team to report, while the others activated their defenses to protect the seriously injured and slowly retreated.
After receiving the news that a team of Archmages actually suffered such a huge loss in a wave of arrows, the entire team of adventurers immediately became nervous as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
The team spread out outside the forest and picked up the seriously injured scouts. Everyone was ready for battle. However, at this moment, what walked out of the forest was not a powerful magical beast, but a group of green-haired, sharp-eared elves.
However, the appearance of the elves did not ease the atmosphere. The elves were either nocking their bows or wielding their magic staffs, which made the atmosphere even more tense.
Although humans had already accepted the existence of the Elven Kingdom, and the Elven Kingdom also had many dealings with the human kingdom, the conflict between the two races could not really be resolved in the past 1,000 years. The elves viewed humans as enemies, and humans similarly viewed the elves as aliens. If they were in the outside world, there might be some restrictions, but they were in the Haiga Mountain Range now, which did not belong to any force. Hence, there were no such restrictions.
On the human adventurers' side, several Legendary-mages had already arrived at the front of the team. Just when a huge battle seemed to be about to break out, the Legendary-mage Borg of the Dark Blade suddenly laughed.
Borg didn't say anything to anyone, and instead flew straight towards the elves. He didn't seem to be surprised by the appearance of the elves.
There was silence, and only the faint sounds of conversation between Borg and the elves could be heard. Borg spoke to one of the elves for a while in fluent elven language. Although they could not be considered to be having a pleasant conversation, they did not seem to be antagonistic, either. As they conversed, a few more elves walked out of the forest.
Upon sight of the elves that walked out, Lin Li's pupils constricted slightly. The elves that came out later were not simple at all. He could tell from the energy fluctuations that they possessed that they had definitely reached the Legendary-realm. In fact, one of them was even stronger than Vidas, who Lin Li had encountered previously. He reckoned that he was already level-23.
Like the High Elves, the elves had a long lifespan that humans were jealous of. During the Dark Age, they even inherited part of the bloodline of the High Elves. That allowed them to be more talented in magic than humans. It was hard to say who was right and who was wrong during the war at the end of the Dark Age, but one could believe that if the elves had not been purged, the elves would probably have inherited the status of the High Elves and become the rulers of Anril again.
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