Two attacks

A ten-metre-tall fence ran through the undulating mountains, separating the forest on the other side of the mountains from the road on this side.

Two thousand imperial soldiers were stationed at the relay station in the Black Crystal Mountains.

Joaquin and her team were only allowed to enter after showing them the mission document issued by Princeton Royal Academy and paying the tax to enter the relay station.

Although it was just an ordinary relay station in the Salt Alkali Forest, the completely militarized management made everyone who entered the place unconsciously puff out their chests in respect for the great strength of the Imperium.

Yesterday, Locke had just found out that the Salt Forest they were going to enter was a place where super-ranked major monsters lived. Aomar had already sent a large number of troops to surround the Salt Forest hundreds of years ago.

The fence strictly limited the boundary between the major monsters in the Salt Forest and ordinary people outside. Judging by the strong aura that emanated from the relay station at all times, no one doubted that if a major monster dared to cross the line, it would be greeted with a destructive attack.

In fact, it wasn't just the Salt Forest. Aomar had stationed a large number of troops in the Hundred Thousand Mountains in the north, the Southern Cross Forest, the Moller Highlands in the northwest, and the Baikal Coast in the east.

It was only because the Salt Forest was too close to Princeton that they received such treatment.

High-ranked major monsters were strong enough to destroy cities and towns. If a super-ranked major monster were to show its might, even the main city of a province would suffer.

Their destination this time was the outer part of the Salt Forest. Most of the major monsters there were mid-ranked, so they wouldn't encounter a high-ranked major monster unless they were extremely unlucky.

High-ranked and super-ranked major monsters lived in the swamps in the heart of the Salt Forest, which was miles away from their mission location, so they didn't have to worry at all.

After resting at the relay station for a day, they entered the Salt Forest.

Due to the swamps and wetlands, the carriages were parked at the relay station and they entered on foot.

There was an advantage to walking on foot, which was that it was quiet. As long as they were careful, they could avoid most dangers.

Locke stood on a tree with the map he bought from the relay station and looked up at the rough terrain around him. After confirming the direction, he jumped down from the tree.

"We still have to walk another five kilometres to the southeast!" Even though their mission location was at the outskirts of Salt Forest, it would take them at least a week to get there.

Along the way, they marked a few spots, which were the campsites they had discussed last night.

"Alright, lead the way. Let's go." She waved at Angelina and the others and followed behind him.

Salt Forest was very different from the forests he had entered before. The lowest trees here only reached his knees, while most of them were cactuses and shrubs. The taller ones could reach more than ten metres, and even he had to spend a lot of effort to climb them.

The distinctive characteristics of the environment exposed the problem of the group's concealment. Today, they had accidentally barged into the territory of two demonized creature families.

These magical creatures that lived on the outskirts of the Saline Forest were rarely lone rangers or powerful single-target creatures. Living in groups was their main way of survival.

The first wave was made up of small creatures like fire ants. When Chris accidentally stepped on one of their nests, a large swarm of them appeared in an instant. Fortunately, there weren't many fire ants, so Daenie and Mina managed to disperse them after casting a few water and cloud spells.

Although they had successfully avoided danger, they didn't let their guard down. Fire ants were weak creatures in large numbers and were resistant to fire. Even the strongest magicians in the team couldn't do anything about them.

However, it was also this encounter that made Locke realize why Mina's progress was the slowest among all the casters in the team.

She actually majored in the unorthodox Cloud Magic. Not to mention the Cloud Magic, even its upper branch, the Air Magic, was the most disliked type among the many Magicians.

No matter how rich the academy's magic collection was, there were very few records about this type of magic. Mina could only take it one step at a time.

The second wave of monsters was a small tribe of scorch salt wolves. Locke was very fond of wolves. The moonlight wolves had left a deep impression on him, so he slaughtered two or three of them on the spot.

When the few Scorched Salt Wolves saw that the situation wasn't right, they immediately slipped away. Saline Forest was a muddy and swampy place, and it was their home ground. They disappeared without a trace.

The heroic manner in which Locke slaughtered the three Scorch Salt Wolves with a swing of his sword shocked everyone in the team. They weren't afraid of creatures like the Scorch Salt Wolves in a one-on-one fight, but as wolf-type major monsters that lived in packs, very few of them would choose to fight alone.

The two attacks in a day were just a small interlude in their mission. They had to reach a leeward cliff before dark, which was their campsite they'd marked last night.

Angelina decided to let the little scorpiondrake out today. The swamp was the scorpiondrake's favorite place to live. As soon as it came out, it was extremely excited and ran around with big strides, curious about everything.

Ever since this scorpiondragon hatched, it had been in the main city area of Princeton. Normally, it couldn't even get out of its courtyard. Strictly speaking, this was its first time coming into contact with a new environment, and it was its favorite wetland environment.

Initially, Angelina wanted to recall the scorpiondrake after it made such a ruckus. However, she didn't expect that it was a high-rank major monster and was a huge deterrent to low-rank major monsters and poisonous insects.

Ever since it came out, there were almost no poisonous insects or ants around. If it weren't for the bones hidden under the bushes and the spider webs everywhere, they would've thought that they'd come to an ordinary forest.

Since the potential threat had been driven away, they simply let the scorpiondrake play on its own.

The scorpiondrake's ferocious appearance and sharp green scales didn't scare them. Instead, it attracted the interest of Joaquin, Chris and the others.

As casters, Joaquin and the others were very curious about familiars. They hadn't found a suitable major monster yet, so they hadn't signed a contract yet. Chris and Bob, on the other hand, were attracted by the scorpiondrake's cool appearance.

"It'd be great if I had a mount like this." Bob looked at Angie with envy. He couldn't imagine what it would look like for the 1.7m tall Bob to ride on Angie, which was less than two metres tall.

Even Daenie plucked up the courage to touch Angie's head. Angie was already two years old, so its intelligence was close to that of a seven or eight-year-old child. It could immediately sense if someone was malicious towards it, so it let them touch it.

Locke and Angelina also secretly ordered it not to move around. Angie's venom could even poison mid-rank major monsters. ()

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