Under normal circumstances, Connor wouldn't be stupid enough to meet Firo under such a huge risk. However, what made Connor want to cry was that he was coincidentally leading Dezerby and the others to Navas Forest!
According to Connor's understanding of Firo's style of doing things, as well as what he learned from Marguerite, and the Church of the Storm's search for Firo, Connor judged that Firo would definitely not leave Navas Forest rashly in order to survive. He was most likely still in Navas Forest, a natural haven, to avoid the Church of the Storm's search, and was waiting for things to calm down.
In order to better cooperate, Connor gave Firo a locator magic item in the black package he gave to Firo in the bookstore. As long as the distance between him and Firo was less than ten kilometers, they could determine each other's location through the locator magic item. Therefore, Connor didn't have to look for Firo, but Firo might come looking for him.
No!
Not necessarily!
It was certain!
Connor was sure that as long as Firo found out that he was in Navas Forest through the locator magic item, he would definitely come looking for him in order to divert the pressure from the Church of the Storm and try to drag him down with him. Although that would definitely be helpful to Firo, it would mean big trouble for Connor!
After realizing the risk from Varga's message, Connor immediately made the decision to destroy the locator magic item on him. However, in the process of destroying it, Connor's coordinates had already been leaked. Now, Connor could only hope that Firo was not within ten kilometers of him when he destroyed the locator magic item. Otherwise, Firo might have already snuck over …
Just as Connor and Dezerby both had their own thoughts, their team began to search the Navas Forest. Because of the terrifying experience of encountering the group of Evil Spirit Spiders in the Sierra de Campania last time, this time, in the Navas Forest, which had more magical beasts and was more dangerous than the Sierra de Campania, the Church's arbiters were very careful. They did not dare to be negligent or careless in the slightest.
After searching for about an hour, Connor's mind power suddenly sensed that an advanced wizard apprentice scout in front of the team who was in charge of scouting the path seemed to have discovered something and hurried back. After glancing at Connor, he secretly transmitted a message to Dezerby.
Although he didn't know what the scout was saying to Dezerby, after hearing the scout's message, Dezerby's gaze immediately became serious. Connor's heart immediately became alert.
After a few seconds, the scout and Dezerby both ended the transmission. Dezerby thought for a moment and nodded at the scout who was on standby. The scout who received Dezerby's signal immediately saluted him and hurried back to continue scouting.
After the scout left, without waiting for Connor to ask, Dezerby took the initiative to transmit a message to Connor. "My subordinate said that two kilometers ahead, he found some dilapidated fences and dilapidated walls. It is very likely that there is something underground. However, he also found some Black Blood Fox Bear feces in that area, so he didn't act on his own. Instead, he came to me to ask if we should continue scouting."
After hearing Dezerby's explanation, Connor immediately became alert. According to Dezerby's description, there should be some ruins in that area, but it was now occupied by the Black Blood Fox Bear magical beasts!
Although Connor had never seen a Black Blood Fox Bear with his own eyes, Connor was not unfamiliar with this magical beast because he had read about it in ancient books.
In terms of appearance, the Black Blood Fox Bear was roughly the same as other bear-type magical beasts. They were both extremely large in size and possessed extremely powerful physical abilities. However, the difference between them and bear-type magical beasts was that the Black Blood Fox Bear's blood was black. Moreover, it had a pair of fox-like pointy ears, which was why it was called the Black Blood Fox Bear.
Because of its fox-like pointy ears, many people in the Magus World believed that the Black Blood Fox Bear was a bear-type magical beast and had the bloodline of a fox magical beast.
Although there was no direct evidence that the Black-Blooded Fox Bears had the blood of fox-type magical beasts in the Magus World, it was publicly acknowledged that the Black-Blooded Fox Bears possessed intelligence that far exceeded that of bear-type magical beasts, and was not inferior to fox-type magical beasts. This was also one of the reasons why the Black-Blooded Fox Bears had the blood of fox-type magical beasts.
Unlike the Evil Spirit Spiders that Connor's group had previously encountered in the Sierra de Campania, the Black Blood Fox Bear was a solitary magical beast. However, there were some Black Blood Fox Bears that had found a partner and lived together with their offspring. Adult Black Blood Fox Bears were generally rank 4 magical beasts and had the strength of an official Magus.
Because they possessed the powerful body of a bear-type magical beast and the high intelligence of a fox magical beast, according to the incomplete statistics of the Magus World, the chances of a rank 1 Magus winning against a Black Blood Fox Bear in a one on one situation was only 32%. This statistic was enough to show how powerful the Black Blood Fox Bear was!
In a world like the Navas Forest that belonged to magical beasts, magical beasts generally liked to use things like feces that carried their strong individual scent to draw a clear boundary between their territories. Thus, discovering the feces of a black-blooded fox bear ahead meant that if Connor's group didn't change direction and continued forward, they would enter the territory of one or more black-blooded fox bears. And this behavior was very likely to be seen as an invasion by the black-blooded fox bears, resulting in them being attacked by the black-blooded fox bears.
Because of this, the advanced apprentice scout that Dezerby had just sent out did not dare to delay after discovering the Black Blood Fox Bear's excrement and immediately returned to report the situation to Dezerby.
After thinking for a few seconds, Connor asked Dezerby, "You let your people continue scouting?"
"Yes! Since there are suspicious ruins ahead, we should at least take a look. Although the Black Blood Fox Bear is powerful, it usually lives alone. With so many of us, there shouldn't be any safety issues! "Dezerby nodded and admitted.
Hearing Dezerby's decision, Connor gave him a deep look but did not say anything in the end.
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