Age of Adepts

dark forest.

Compared with the Wizarding World, the Zambes Empire is obviously still in a primitive state of confusion in the development of its own plane resources. As a result, most of the interior of the plane is virgin forests or wild areas that have not been deeply cultivated, and the places where humans can be involved are still surrounded by many dangerous creatures.

And the dark forest located on the western edge of the empire is such an area.

There are many primitive creatures and terrifying monsters inside the dark forest. They gather there and multiply, forming a unique and exclusive extraterritorial world. This is almost a harsh problem that most plane worlds have to face.

Natural selection, survival of the fittest!

Powerful monsters have become the actual rulers of most regions with their strong physique and fierce fighting style. They fight on their own, or as families, or tribes, or alone, occupying the most mineral and plant-rich areas on the continent of the plane.

Compared with them, intelligent races like humans have almost no competitiveness.

At the beginning of their birth, human beings did not have a strong physical body, no natural magical talent, no fangs and sharp claws, so they could only huddle together to keep warm, struggling to survive in the cracks of many wild ancient beasts and ferocious monsters.

If it weren't for human beings' outstanding learning and creative abilities, and being able to use monsters as teachers, learn some powerful and strange abilities from them, and pass them down and strengthen them from generation to generation, it would be almost impossible for humans to become the masters of the plane!

The first batch of wizards in the wizarding world were the ancient humans who obtained some weird abilities by simulating the natural magic lines on powerful monsters. After thousands of years of continuous accumulation and improvement, an effective wizard training system has just been formed.

It was because of the wizards who stood out from the human race that the humans in the wizarding world finally defeated all kinds of powerful monsters and became the largest race there. However, as the group of wizards has grown stronger, they have gradually grown into a new 'race' that is completely different from ordinary humans!

The development paths of the planes are similar!

The plane of Envik is obviously on the same development path as the wizarding world, except that the power system it evolved is a kind of holy light worship similar to the belief of gods.

Most Envik humans believe in and worship the Holy Light, thus pushing a lifeless and unconscious natural phenomenon to the altar. Faith is also a kind of power!

It is the continuous belief of thousands of Envik people that makes the Holy Light a powerful and unparalleled force. At least, on the plane of Envik, this power has been embedded in the laws of the plane, and has become an important pillar supporting the development and growth of plane consciousness.

With the blessing of plane consciousness, this power of holy light in turn pushes the pious believers who believe in it to the peak of plane power.

As long as the Envik plane continues to follow the current path, after thousands of years, among the fourth-level holy knights who have gone forward one after another, there will eventually be one who breaks through the shackles of the power of the plane and becomes the fifth-level who created the history of the plane.

And he, at the moment of the breakthrough, will logically become the first powerful god in the Envik plane whose origin is the Holy Light. At that time, the Envik plane will initially gain a firm foothold in the multiverse, and have the cornerstone for outward development and outward development!

But unfortunately, before the Envik plane gave birth to its own patron saint, the deceitful witches discovered it, broke in, and then built a witch tower in a place called Dabyle Heights.

From that moment on, the Envik plane is in the countdown stage before being enslaved!

It can be said that if there was not the desperate fight of the holy knight of Ade Kalai, which destroyed the interplanetary teleportation array in the witch's tower, according to the invasion process of the deceitful witches, the Envik plane would struggle for at most four or five years. After ten years, it will become a dish for the deceitful witches, and become a sub-plane under their rule.

But now, as the situation changed, the paladins seemed to have a certain advantage, and had the opportunity to wipe out the fraudulent witches and drive the evil wizards out of the Envik plane.

Therefore, when there were signs of witch activity in the western part of the empire, the local Holy Light Chapel immediately dispatched all staff to carry out a siege, and successfully trapped the witch in the dark forest.

However, that witch's witchcraft ability is too strange, she can transform herself into any biological form, and then gain their trust, turning it into her guardian beast.

A Tier 2 Silver Knight accidentally fell for the Dao, and was actually lured by him to defect from the Holy Light and become a veritable Dark Knight. Under the protection of this dark knight, the witch escaped into the dark forest smoothly, where she avoided the hunt of the paladins.

With the passage of time, two third-tier golden knights have appeared in the paladin team gathered outside the dark forest, and there are as many as twenty-one second-tier silver knights. But the guy they hunted was just an ordinary level 2 witch.

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In a dark and damp dense forest, Devon was carefully searching.

For the convenience of fighting and moving, he took off the heavy metal armor, and only wore a silver chain armor, wrapped with a thick and airtight cloak. The big sword he usually used was also replaced by a thin thorn sword, coupled with a small steel buckler with a matte finish, this was all the equipment he had.

The dark forest lives up to its name. The straight and tall ancient trees propped up a huge canopy, blocking most of the light projected from the sky, making the forest deep and dark. Even in daylight, the forest is so dark that it is almost impossible to see the sun.

And in such a claustrophobic environment, indescribably terrifying demonized plants grow and multiply.

They get mixed up with common greenery and are hard to spot for anyone who isn't a polymath or an experienced hunter. And once ordinary people approach them unsuspectingly, they will be dragged into the magic plant full of activated thorns by the bursting vines, pierced into the body by sharp wooden thorns or branches, and then suck the flesh and blood of the whole body alive and die.

In order not to startle the snake, Daiwen, as a second-level silver knight, did not bless himself with any protection from the holy light, but relied on his keen reaction and swift sword to clean up those monsters and monsters who shot at him. strain.

The holy light mastered by the paladins is good at buffing, healing, and purification, but they are not good at probing and searching. Therefore, in this dark forest, what Devon needs to rely on is actually his own swordsmanship power, not that Too dazzling holy light.

There was silence in the dark forest.

The monsters and beasts living in this forest, as long as they have not grown to the point of invincibility, need to learn to be quiet. They complete the whole process of hunting, predation, reproduction and rest in silence, even at the last moment before death, they must keep as quiet as possible.

Sound will bring enemies to them, as will a too-blinding light.

The previous batches of paladins who entered the dark forest to search were not small in size, and there were also high-level paladins leading the team, but they all ended up with heavy losses because of being too fanciful. The beasts and monsters lurking in the dark forest seem to be extremely repulsive to outsiders, and they are easily attracted by the sound and light from the team, thus attacking the paladins covertly.

Paladins are nothing more than a group of human warriors who have been strengthened by the holy light.

If fighting on the plains, with their blessed strength and physique, they can easily crush monsters of the same level. But in the dark forest where you can't see your fingers, the combat power of the paladins will inevitably be greatly reduced.

Long-distance jungle trekking and crossing ravines made it impossible for them to wear thick and solid metal armor, and they could not resist the sudden attack of venom from dead leaves or vines. Raw shrubs and cobweb-like vines and thorns made it impossible for them to swing the one-handed sword they were accustomed to, and the thin thorn sword or short sword they changed into could not cut off the neck bones of powerful monsters smoothly.

As a result, several paladin teams that went deep into the dark forest all failed and lost many black iron knights.

Therefore, the two golden knights had no choice but to disperse the numerous silver knights into the forest, carefully searching for the whereabouts of the evil witch and the defected knight. As long as they are found and passed back to the camp in time, the two golden knights can lead a large number of paladins to charge straight over, ending the hunt with the least cost.

Night fell.

As the sky dimmed, the dark forest became more and more unpredictable.

Devon stepped on the slightly slippery and sticky soil, wandering silently in the depths of the forest.

Every time he stepped down, he was very particular, whether it was the dirt where the alders were exposed, or the piles of rotten leaves, he almost never set foot in places where thorns and branches were densely covered.

On the one hand, there is likely to be a trap disguised by the enchanted plant. On the other hand, if the dead branch is broken, it is easy to make unnecessary noises, which will attract the attention of those dark creatures.

In addition to paying attention to his feet, Devon had to keep scanning the green vines hanging from the tall old trees. Many of them were disguised by vampire vines. There are also many poisonous snakes, leeches and other poisonous insects that also like to lie on the vines. When someone passes by below, they can silently cling to the opponent's body.

Therefore, Devon moved forward cautiously while quickly waving the thin thorn sword in his hand.

Under the cutting of the swift sword wind, the vampire vines were cut off one by one, and the purple-black and smelly blood splashed all over the sky. One by one, piebald snakes and iron wire snakes had their heads cut off, and their long and powerful bodies twisted and twitched crazily, causing a mess around them.

But at this moment, Devon suddenly stopped, raised his nose and gently sniffed.

The humid air with a strong stale musty smell in the forest is vaguely mixed with a hint of female body fragrance, and also accompanied by the strange rushing sound of water.

Devon narrowed his eyes, held his breath and slowly chased the past.