Because the Dead Continent was only opened to the public at a later stage, until Ma Wen transmigrated, the Dead Continent had not been fully explored by the players.
As for the Secret Garden, although many guilds had passed this dungeon and understood the information behind it, because of the special nature of the dungeon, Ma Wen had not personally experienced it. The information he got was second-hand, so it was hard to say whether it was accurate or not.
In his memory, the origin of the Secret Garden was related to an ancient school of wizards.
The school of wizards was called the Mikensi School. The Mikensi Wizards specialized in Potionology. During their heyday, their branches were spread across every corner of the Dead Continent. Of course, at that time, the Dead Continent had not experienced a shocking change, so it was not what it was now.
At that time, the Mikensi School's position in the Dead Continent was similar to the Southern Wizard Alliance in the Fernand Continent. They occupied at least half of the continent.
They were good at Potionology and liked to cultivate potions. Therefore, under the initiative of a wizard from the Mikensi School, they opened up a unique space.
This space was very suitable for the survival of all kinds of potions, so they specially used it to cultivate potions.
At first, this Potion Garden was a very ordinary herb garden, but over the years, as the Mikensi School continued to expand on the Dead Continent, there were more and more potions in the garden.
These potions grew wildly and recklessly. Although the Mikensian wizards had set up layers of enchantments in the herb garden, the scent of the potions was still sensed by a powerful being.
It was a terrifying monster that wandered between Fernand and the astral world. It was drooling over the potions in the Secret Garden. Taking advantage of the opportunity when Mikensi Wizards were experimenting with summoning spells, it came through the space-time rift uninvited.
The monster swallowed many Mikensi Wizards. Although it was eventually sealed by the powerful wizards, the Mikensi School suffered a great loss and never recovered. The appearance of a monster from another space-time on the Dead Continent made the Mikensi Wizards very uneasy. They half-closed the Secret Garden and only left a few wizards to guard it.
After many years, the Mikensi School was constantly attacked by enemies from all over the world and gradually weakened.
That period of history was too long ago, and the information Ma Wen got only hinted at: at a certain point in time, the declining Mickens school was defeated because it could not fight against a powerful enemy. They fought a decisive battle outside the Secret Garden and suffered a crushing defeat.
The rest of the Mikansi wizards released the monster, ready to perish together with the enemy.
In the end, they succeeded. The enemy had indeed perished together with the monster.
However, they also failed, and all the Mikensian wizards were killed in battle. This sorcerer school that was proficient in Potionology only had a helpless sorcerer-apprentice left to guard the powerful and sealed secret garden.
The apprentice lived in fear day and night, fearing that other enemies would come knocking on his door. However, in the end, before the enemy even arrived, the creatures within the garden had already buried him.
In fact, many potions had their own intelligence. Even if it was the most superficial, it was still a living thing.
In the garden, a seemingly ordinary potion kept whispering to the last Wizard, Mikanshi, day and night.
It promised him great power.
The apprentice was bewitched. He got close to the potion, and in the end, his whole body and soul were devoured!
The potion swallowed the apprentice's soul and obtained the authority of the Secret Garden. It began to be dissatisfied with the status quo, and used its authority to constantly learn the knowledge left behind by the Mikensi School. This knowledge may be a means to cultivate and control potions for humans, but for the potion itself, it was a process of understanding itself.
The potion grew stronger through continuous learning. It swallowed most of the other potions in the Secret Garden, and finally became the King of Potions.
It gave itself a name, Eric. It was the name of the poor apprentice.
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To this day, the King of Potions, Eric controlled the Secret Garden. Its strength was terrifying, and in the home field of the Secret Garden, it was almost invincible.
The most important thing was that this guy was very, very cunning. No matter what happened, it would not easily appear in person. Most of the people who knew its face had their souls devoured by it — in fact, only players who had passed the dungeon would know that the King of Potions, Eric, was the potion that deliberately emitted a seductive aura to attract the astral monsters.
This guy was good at disguising himself. When the Secret Garden opened, he often turned into a very ordinary tree or grass, coldly observing the greedy humans or other creatures, sizing up the rare potions in the Secret Garden.
However, in fact, most of the potions were illusions. Most of the potions went into Eric's stomach, and the remaining potions either had an unbreakable seal set by the ancient Wizard Mikensi, or were so terrifying that even Eric did not dare to provoke them.
Therefore, every time the Secret Garden opened, on the surface, it was a grace left by the ancient Wizard to the future generations, but in fact, it was Eric's conspiracy.
It opened the door and tempted the strong to enter, just to have a full meal.
For many years, no one could see through Eric's conspiracy because it knew its limits. It would not provoke the truly powerful, and it would let the other party leave freely. However, this guy was proficient in illusions, and his level of illusions was probably comparable to that of the Master of Lies, to the point of making it real. Most people were confused, thinking that what they knew was the truth of the Secret Garden, but in fact, it was not.
That was just the "truth" that Eric wanted people to know.
Every time the Secret Garden opened, it was time for Eric to eat. Of course, there were some powerful potions in the Secret Garden, waiting for people to pick them, but they were very rare.
The injury of the Great Elven King was caused by the Divine Fire Punishment, and it took at least three masters with great divine powers to create such an effect.
To wash away the effect of the Divine Fire Punishment, there was only one potion that could do it — the Water of the Nether Lake. And in the information left behind by the Wizard Mikensi, there was indeed a clear potion catalog, and the Water of the Nether Lake was on it.
Ma Wen believed that Ibu must have seen this, which was why he was determined to break into the Secret Garden.
He did not know if the Water of the Nether Lake still existed in the Secret Garden, but since this place was open, he did not mind breaking into it.
For Ma Wen, it was important to be able to obtain the Water of the Nether Lake, but on the other hand, the King of Potions, Eric, was his target.
It was just that this guy was very cunning, and even if he knew his background, he had to be careful.
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In the Secret Garden, adventurers not only had to worry about the layers of traps set by Eric, the King of Potions, but they also had to be wary of the attacks of others.
After all, many ancient potions were very precious, and under the temptation of huge benefits, even many strong people could not control themselves.
What's more, there was the King of Potions. This guy was best at playing with people's hearts. He often used the method of mind speech to unknowingly control a person's inner dynamics, then magnify their shortcomings and take advantage of them.
In short, the Secret Garden was a place full of danger.
Many legends were buried here. This was also the origin of the "Legendary Grave" that the players spoke of.
This was not only related to the King of Potions, but also to the creators of the Secret Garden — the Wizard Mikensi.
In order to protect these potions, they set up many runes, arrays, and prohibitions in the Secret Garden.
Anyone who entered the Secret Garden would be heavily suppressed. Whether it was various abilities, skills, or specialties, they would all be severely suppressed.
The only thing that was not suppressed was personal attributes. Even legendary powerhouses would be severely suppressed in the Secret Garden, and their strength would only be reduced to about 20 to 30 percent of their original strength.
This was also the reason why Ma Wen dared to compete with other legends.
Although his skills and specialties were also suppressed, with the 30 points of God's Agility, Ma Wen vaguely had the intention of suppressing others in terms of attributes.
What's more, he now had another trump card — the Desperate Swordsmanship!
Martial arts techniques would not be suppressed by the Secret Garden itself. It was similar to a large Frost Demon cave. For such an environment, Ma Wen was already very used to the experience of dealing with Frost Demons in the past few days.
Therefore, in the Secret Garden, professions that practiced martial arts techniques would be more advantageous, the most typical being the monk.
It was a pity that few monks would enter the Secret Garden. Most of them were not interested in potions, so it was difficult for them to be persuaded.
As for the wizards, their spells would also be severely restricted.
In the Secret Garden, a legendary wizard was equivalent to a quasi-legendary wizard! This was a terrifying effect of lowering one's level.
However, few wizards could control themselves when faced with the temptation of potions.
Every time the Secret Garden was opened, a large number of wizards from all over the Dead Continent would come.
Most of them would die.
Every time the Secret Garden was opened, there were very few people who could come out alive. Only a few people claimed to have benefited from the Secret Garden, and most of these people were unknown and would soon disappear from the public eye.
However, no one could eliminate the attraction of the Secret Garden.
That was the effect of Eric's illusion spell.
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The information kept replaying in Ma Wen's mind.
As Ma Wen's influence grew, his "prophetic" effect on this world would become weaker and weaker.
He knew that he had to reach the legendary level as soon as possible before the Cataclysm. Only by improving his strength would he be qualified to challenge the Demonic Phoenix.
Otherwise, even with the help of the Sea Elf Queen, he might not be able to take Hathaway back from the Demonic Phoenix.
He chose to enter the Secret Garden this time not only for Ibu and Big Elven King, but also for himself.
If he could catch the cunning King of Potions, Eric, in the hands of a powerful alchemist, he would be able to make a very powerful magic potion with the mutated raw materials of the potion.
Ma Wen remembered that in his previous life, there was a Union that obtained part of the King of Potions from the Secret Garden. They successfully made a potion that could permanently improve one's attributes!
It was not a short-term improvement like the Dragon Power, but a permanent one. It was said that the improvement was not small.
It was very difficult to improve one's attributes in the legendary level. However, this potion could do it. How could Ma Wen not be tempted?
"Eric's characteristics are [Devour] and [Absorb]. He is called the King of Potions because he has devoured and absorbed many potions. His body has many powerful effects of the potions. "
"This guy is a weakened version of the Grand Lord's head. Back then, the Numan people extracted a steady stream of rare bloodline power from the Grand Lord's head, so the Numan Warlocks still have powerful descendants in Feynan. If I can control the King of Potions, I can also create a steady stream of powerful magic potions."
For many experts, this kind of magic potion was a fatal temptation.
In the upcoming chaotic era, Ma Wen needed more allies, and he also needed to improve the strength of his allies. And Eric was the best choice!
At this thought, a trace of excitement flashed in Ma Wen's eyes. His brain began to work frantically. He was ready to make preparations and plans in advance based on the information he had.
However, at this moment, the horses crossed a shallow river. In the thick fog in the distance, the silhouette of an ancient village was faintly discernible.
[Bretton Ancient Village], they had arrived!
In the dense fog, a faint layer of light flickered. Ma Wen frowned and quickly approached.
It was a layer of arcane barrier, and the barrier flickered with black flames.
Ma Wen looked carefully and realized that the entire Bretton Ancient Village was surrounded by an arcane barrier.
"[Blackfire Lava]? This Magus organization actually came to join in the fun? "
Ma Wen sneered in his heart, "Are they going to take over the whole place?"
Sure enough, before he could rush into the enchantment, two black-robed sorcerer-apprentices appeared behind the enchantment.
In the center of their robes was a black flame, and below it was boiling lava.
"Sir, please go back."
The Sorcerer-Apprentice on the left was older and said in a steady tone, "[Blackfire Lava] has already joined forces with other forces and legendary experts to control this place. Those who are not strong enough are not qualified to enter the Blackfire Barrier. "
The one on the right was more impolite. He looked up and down at Ma Wen. Seeing that he was young, he showed a trace of disdain, "Where did this little guy come from? You actually dare to come to the Secret Garden. Don't you know that with your strength, you will only die if you go to such a dangerous place? Hurry up and get lost, we are doing this for your own good! "
The Sorcerer-Apprentice on the left frowned slightly, but did not say anything.
In the western part of the Dead Continent, [Blackfire Lava] could be considered as a large Sorcerer organization. This time, when the Secret Garden was opened, their leader personally led the entire Sorcerer organization to occupy this place, and together with legendary experts, they prepared to enter the Secret Garden together.
Because the quota to enter the Secret Garden was limited, they did not want these quotas to be taken by others, which was why such a scene occurred.
The entire vicinity of Bretton Ancient Village was sealed by the Blackfire Barrier.
With at least a rank 3 Sorcerer overseeing the area, and together with their legendary experts, ordinary people would not be able to enter.
Hearing this, Ma Wen directly flipped over and dismounted, completely ignoring the two Sorcerer-Apprentices. With a Shadow Evasion, he directly passed through the Blackfire Barrier!
"You are courting death!" The Sorcerer-Apprentice on the right flew into a rage and was about to attack Ma Wen.
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