After making the plan for the day, Shien did not delay much. As soon as he left the room, he immediately teleported to the outside of Bigusler's house.
He was still wearing a cloak.
Although the mysterious cloaked man's appearance would definitely be very sensitive and suspicious in the current imperial capital, Shien did not intend to move around in the imperial capital, so it did not matter.
The secret location that Jarvis had investigated was not in the imperial capital, but in the wilderness some distance away from the imperial capital.
If he rode You Lin, it would only take him a few minutes to get there, and if he used Teleportation, it would be even faster. It might not even take a minute to go back and forth.
In this way, Shien naturally did not need to hesitate much, and directly used Teleportation as a means of movement. Like a real ghost, he continuously teleported to the place depicted on the map.
So, after a while, Shien arrived at his destination.
"This is it, right?"
Shien appeared in a wasteland in a flash, took out the map, and confirmed it after taking a look.
This was a barren plain with very little vegetation. There were rocks everywhere, and the air was very dry. It seemed that it had been a long time since it rained.
In the Ragnar Empire, such a terrain was not uncommon.
The Ragnar Empire in the north had a dry climate, which was the polar opposite of the fertile Mithra Kingdom. Hence, the Ragnar Empire had been eyeing the Mithra Kingdom's territory covetously.
Of course, in this wilderness, there was no shortage of all kinds of monsters.
With the perception ability of [External Destiny], Sean sensed the reactions of many monsters. Among them, there were many groups of monsters that had gathered together and had been wandering in the surroundings.
However, the level of these monsters was not too high, with the highest being only 70. Compared to the monsters in the Tagore Forest, it was not just a small difference.
But that was also true.
The Tagore Forest was the largest magical creature forest in the human world. Many extinct ancient magical creatures resided there, and there were also many Legendary-level magical creatures. It was far from what other places could compare to.
Shien estimated that there was a high probability that there were no Legendary monsters here.
After all, this place was deserted.
If it weren't for the existence of one or two mana sources here, there definitely wouldn't be any monsters living here.
But at the same time, there would obviously be no one here.
"There aren't any precious treasures of heaven and earth, nor is there a rich source of mana. I'm afraid that the only people who would come here are the adventurers who have their eyes on the bodies of monsters and the material collection teams hired by the workshop."
Shien made such an evaluation.
This would undoubtedly be much more convenient.
"As long as I can find some signs of human activity here, it may be clues that point to the so-called secret location."
Shien put away the map.
The map provided by Harvey only pointed to this place in the end, and there was no further information.
After all, there was no news of the people he had sent. They had probably all been wiped out. Naturally, there would be no specific information sent back.
"How should I find it next?"
Shien mused.
After a while, he leaped into the air, ignoring his cloak that was blown up by the howling wind. He closed his eyes and began to concentrate.
After a while, he dashed into the air, ignoring his cloak that was blown up by the wind. He closed his eyes and began to concentrate.
Only those with extraordinary control over magic could do that. Shien also took the initiative to release mana, but instead of squandering it like before, he used it like a radar, tanning the mana into obscure ripples that swept in all directions.
This was something that could only be done by someone with extraordinary control over magic power.
Shien's [Hidden Destiny] had absolute manipulation of magic, and it was still possible to change the nature of magic and make it work like this.
The ripples of magic spread out in this wilderness, and once they touched other magic reactions, they would immediately rebound back to Shien.
Thus, Shien could clearly sense how strong and how many magic reactions there were in this wilderness.
Coupled with the perception ability of [Hidden Destiny], Shien was like a real radar that searched for magic, accurately sensing the magic of the entire wilderness.
This method of perception was probably something that even the max-level [Mana Sense] couldn't do, right?
Thanks to this, Shien noticed many things.
"There are two very large groups of monsters in the east, and they should be in a state of confrontation, each occupying a territory, and often have small-scale conflicts."
"There are scattered monster reactions in the west. There aren't any monster hordes gathered there, but there's a Level 88 monster. That monster is occupying a medium-sized Mana Spring. It's probably the lord of this area."
"There is only one group of monsters in the north, and it seems to be hunting."
"As for the south …"
Shien frowned.
"Why are there so few monsters in the south?"
Shien noticed a trace of abnormality.
Logically speaking, the terrain and environment in the south were better than the other three directions in this wilderness, and there was also a source of magic. Although it was small, there should not be so few monsters.
Monsters could directly absorb magic to increase their strength and grow. Since that was the case, the existence of a source of magic was a crucial issue for monsters.
For example, that level-88 monster directly occupied a medium-sized source of magic in order to occupy the magic and continuously improve itself.
Since there was also a source of magic in the south, then even if it was small, it should be able to attract many monsters to fight over it.
Unless …
"Is there a problem there?"
As such a thought flashed in Shien's mind, he concentrated all the magic and perception that had spread in all directions to the south.
All of a sudden, the magic reaction in the south and the feedback of the various situations became clearer.
"Roar …"
"Roar …"
As a result, it seemed that there were many monsters with keen senses that noticed Shien's magic and spying on them, and they let out all kinds of roars and roars.
This method of searching had such a drawback. Once the released magic was too obvious, there was a possibility of being detected.
"Restrain the magic, change the nature, and become more obscure."
As Shien thought about it, he constantly adjusted his magic and perception to make his search more hidden and harder to detect.
If Nadura was here and saw this scene, she would definitely be shocked, right?
Because if Shien's searching ability could be improved a little more, then apart from the range being far less, it would be no different from the spying ability he had when he transformed into nature.
Just like that, Shien constantly adjusted his searching method and kept improving his searching ability, radiating towards the south of this wilderness.
Finally, at a certain moment, Shien succeeded in finding something.
"This is …?"
Shien opened his eyes abruptly and smiled.
Just now, somewhere in the south, Shien's magic was actually blocked outside.
What did this mean?
It meant that there was something there that could block the spying and perception of others.
"A barrier?"
Needless to say, this was definitely not the work of monsters.
"Swish!"
In the next second, Shien disappeared without any warning, teleporting away.
…
This was a remote mountainous area.
There was water in the mountainous area, like a clear spring, converging into a stream, slowly flowing down, flowing throughout the entire mountainous area.
Shien's figure suddenly appeared here and saw the mountainous area in front of him.
"There really is a barrier."
Shien glanced around and found a faint film wandering in the air.
The magic power on it was very subtle, and without high-level [Magic Perception] and very close contact, it would be impossible to discover the existence of this barrier.
The function of the barrier was also very simple.
"Hinders perception, blocks prying, and effects such as confusion, detection, and so on."
Shien easily saw the function of this barrier.
"There is no isolation or defense effect. It seems that it doesn't want people who accidentally pass by this area to discover the abnormality here."
If someone came here and was inexplicably blocked and unable to move forward, then there was a barrier here, and there was something that could not see the light of day.
And the people who would come here were usually adventurers who came to hunt monsters.
If these adventurers accidentally discovered the barrier here, they would definitely think that there was a big secret here, or even think that there was some treasure left by predecessors, and then desperately enter to explore.
If that happened, it would be a big problem.
Therefore, the barrier here did not have isolation or defense effect, but it had the ability to detect.
In other words, once someone unknowingly passed through the barrier and entered, they would immediately be discovered by the people inside.
"Now I can be sure that there is a problem here."
If it wasn't for such an obvious design, Shien wouldn't be sure that there was nothing unusual here at all, that there was only a team of adventurers resting here, and to prevent monsters from attacking, a barrier was set up.
Now it seemed that there was really a problem here.
"Swish!"
Shien teleported, directly ignoring the existence of the barrier, and entered the inside of the barrier.
In this way, as long as they didn't touch the barrier, the barrier wouldn't react and warn the people inside.
Not everyone could be like the Elf Queen Sophie, who had a queen's palace that could spy on the magic reaction in the surrounding area.
Therefore, Shien teleported into the inside of the barrier, which could be said to be silent and did not cause any abnormalities.
After entering, Shien found that there was a different world here.
"Rumble …!"
This was the sound caused by the violent water falling from the sky, crashing down.
"There's actually a waterfall?"
Shien saw a waterfall, and saw a world full of water vapor.
Shien didn't look anywhere else, and just stared at the waterfall in front of him.
There was no other way.
"According to the normal development of the plot, there must be some kind of entrance behind that waterfall."
Shien indicated that he had seen through everything.
There was really no other way.
"This is a trap."
