Volume 1: Raging Waves City Chapter 204 Magical Plant Ruins
Zhan Funi sneaked out of the academy under the leadership of Hai Di Xi Ke. Along the way, Hai Di Xi Ke showed the strength that an excellent senior student should have. As he just said, if it weren't for waiting for Zhan Funi, even if the academy patrol team was strengthened, he would not be found.
Of course, Jennifer was convinced that Hediciko must have frequently gone outside the school and was very familiar with the route.
After climbing over the city wall, leaving the campus, and entering the woods outside the school, you will be completely free.
The two of them shuttled through the dense forests in the mountains under the moonlight and arrived at the party on time. At this time, there were already fifteen students waiting here. They lit a bonfire and talked to each other around the fire.
Someone spotted Hedicco and Jennifer approaching.
"Haidisiko, you're late. And... who is this? You should know the rules of the party."
Hediciko was very familiar with these people. He waved to his companions and said to a boy who looked like the organizer, "Marcas, you should know that the academy has strengthened patrols tonight. I was almost caught by the Abyss Leopard.
Let me introduce you to Jennifer, who is from our occult department. She promised me that she would keep our secrets."
Marcus was a very tall boy, more like a strong boxer than a magician. He saw Jennifer approaching, and the girl in the firelight made him a little dazed.
But Marcus still asked cautiously: "I don't think I've seen you in the academy. I should know the student who was able to escape from the academy without being patrolled by the Abyss leopards."
Jennifer walked to the fire and warmed her hands, pretending to be tired and took a long breath: "I am a transfer student, and I have just entered Oulu College not too long ago. During this period of time, I have been studying the secret arts in the Department of Secret Arts and have not been out much.
I happened to hear about the party from Hediceco, so I asked him to take me to the party. I just wanted to make some friends, and you all seemed pretty cool.
Oh, by the way...I brought a bottle of wine..."
As she spoke, Jennifer took out a bottle of red wine from her arms.
Seeing the wine, all the students smiled. The college was very strict and it was difficult for them to get wine. Jennifer brought wine when she came to the party for the first time, so she was one of us.
Besides, she was brought here by Hediciko.
Jennifer opened the bottle of wine, and the students used magic to shape wine glasses out of different materials. The bottle of wine was quickly divided, and a group of students drank around the fire and continued to wait.
After waiting for another half an hour and seeing no one arrive, Marcus said, "It is estimated that the others will not be able to come, so we should hurry up and explore." A hundred years ago, a battle between the Oulu Battle Mage and the Abyss Mage took place here. The entire magical plant wall was destroyed and then abandoned because it could not be repaired.
I found an entrance to the underground before. If I’m lucky, I might even find a magic item from a hundred years ago.”
Hediciko also shouted: "There could also be evil spirits and monsters."
"Then let's destroy the evil spirits and monsters guarding the treasure!" Marcus took out his magic wand, and the magic power gathered at the top of the magic wand emitted a strong light.
The other students also took out their magic wands and released their magic power to make them glow.
"Let's go, follow me closely." Marcus walked in front and said to Jennifer, "Follow me, I will protect you if you are in danger."
Hedicico said: "Jennifer is very powerful, she should be the one protecting you."
"Really? I'm looking forward to it."
Marcus smiled at Jennifer , and led the adventurous students into the depths of the dense forest. Not far away, they came to a ruin made up of broken walls. The plants here were very lush, covering everything underneath. As they went deeper, the leaves above blocked the moonlight, and the surrounding plants turned out pieces of flickering fluorescence under the illumination of the magic beams in the students' hands.
Some of the plants seemed to be moving as if disturbed, which added a bit of weirdness the atmosphere and a strong fantasy touch.
The students who were on the expedition were all very excited. They were chatting as they walked, as if they were hoping something would rush out from the dark corners.
Jennifer followed in the middle of the team. Her sensitive intuition made her feel that the real danger was right beside her. She whispered to Hediciko, "Some of the plants here are different from the ones I know. They have undergone unknown mutations. Be careful and prepare your defensive magic."
"Have these plants mutated?" Hedisico shone the magic wand in his hand at the nearby plants, recalling his knowledge of magical botany and comparing the differences between the surrounding plants: "Indeed, there are some differences. But there was a battle here a hundred years ago, so some slight mutations should be normal."
"You should take some lessons on magical botany. If you look closely, you'll find that the plants that have mutated are all plants with very developed root systems. It's the abnormalities underground that have caused their morphology to change. I can't imagine what the scene underground is like if it can affect the surface on such a large scale.
Heidisiko, there is a high possibility that there are demonic plants underground, this adventure must be terminated!"
Marcus heard the conversation between Jennifer and Hediciko. He said, "Miss Jennifer, your guess is correct. There are no evil spirits or monsters underground here, but there are demonized plants. We should eliminate the demonized plants and find the source of their demonization. This is the real adventure.
Hey, are you scared?"
"The Abyss Leopard can't stop us, and the demonized plants can't stop us either."
“This is a meaningful adventure.”
"Marcus, are we there yet?"
The students were very motivated and no one backed down.
Marcus walked to a broken wall. He pulled aside a bunch of dry vines. Under the illumination of the magic beam, he could see a dark crack in the ground. "It's right here! I'll go ahead, you guys follow and don't fall behind."
Marcus jumped into the crack in the ground, and the other students entered one by one without hesitation. Hediciko spread his hands helplessly to Jennifer: "What should we do?"
"Go in, I hope she has sorted out her troubles."
"What did you say?"
"I said go in, follow me closely."
Jennifer jumped into the crack in the ground, and Hediciko followed.
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"Professor Clear Sky, you called me here to help clean up the magical plants, why am I the only one fighting?"
The red kestrel floated in the air, her long ponytail hair flying. She swung the rapier in her hand, and after the sword flashed, a vine that was curling towards her broke into several pieces and fell to the ground.
Then the red kestrel moved sideways in the air, avoiding a carnivorous plant that bit from behind. The sword flashed again, and the carnivorous plant broke apart, and the cut on the flower neck spurted out white thick liquid. The red kestrel dodged again, and the thick liquid splashed on the ground, corroding a small hole in the ground in an instant.
Since entering the underground, there have been constant attacks from demonic plants. Qingkong has been walking behind, and the red kestrel, who is the vanguard, naturally became the first target of the demonic plants. Moreover, the red kestrel found that he was like a magnet, and demonic plants from far away would come to attack him.
Let the clear sky behind you make you feel as relaxed as if you are on a picnic.
Qingkong opened the Ice Crystal Eye and observed the underground space.
The originally large underground plant breeding area was fragmented due to the space collapse. Some plants that adapted to the magic field here became the masters of this place, filling the entire space. Some of these plants went through the process of mutation and demonization and became very dangerous.
Those daring students, if they are careless and attacked by the demonized plants, are very likely to suffer casualties.
As an adventure map of the Oulu College area in the Anno game, Qingkong is very familiar with the environment inside, so he plays the role of a cleaner and eliminates all potential dangers.
Red Falcon was drafted by Qingkong, and they entered the underground crack area in advance and cleaned up the area along the way.
Facing Hong Jian's complaint, Qingkong glanced around and replied, "There is no light here. In addition to the sense of touch, the demonic plants also have very strong perception. Coincidentally, your perception is also very strong... When you radiate your perception to explore the environment, the demonic plants will naturally discover you, and then gather around you and attack!"
Hong Xun didn't expect that Qingkong called him here to use him in this way.
She immediately withdrew her outward perception, and sure enough, the attacking plants suddenly became blind, swaying left and right before shrinking back.
Hong Xun said to Qingkong with a smile on his face: "Ms. Qingkong, you are using me as bait!"
"To be precise, you are given a job. The academy has spent a lot of resources on you. If you clean up here, it will be counted as treatment expenses. How do you take back the senses? Let them come to be cleaned up on their own initiative, which is much easier than finding them one by one.
The students are coming, we need to hurry.”
Urged by the clear sky, Hong Jian had to release her perception again. At this time, she was like a "light source" and was sensed by the nearby demonized plants. The hunting instinct made the demonized plants try their best to get close to Hong Jian, and then quickly launched an attack.
This kind of straight-line attack, which required no technical skills, was a bit more intensive, but it was not dangerous to the Red Falcon. While dodging calmly, the rapier released a sharp sword light, and all the attacking demonic plants were quickly swept away .
The two of them cleaned while walking deeper into the crack path.
Qingkong remained alert, not missing any details around him. As an adventure dungeon in the game, these demonized plants that launched suicide attacks on the red kestrel were minor characters. The animals that could survive in this environment were the truly dangerous ones.
Besides, there is a very tough big BOSS here.
If those students mistakenly enter the BOSS's territory, there is no way they can get out alive.
After Kestrel adapted to the attack methods of the demonized plants, he was able to deal with them more easily and even had the energy to chat with Qingkong.
"Ms. Qingkong. Father... has he returned to the imperial capital?"
Clear Sky knew that the Red Falcon was asking about Yomington, so she answered, "Gone. He's been gone for a while."
"Did he ask about me? Or leave me a letter?"
"I don't know." Yomington talked to Luke about Red Falcon, but it had nothing to do with Clear Sky. She said to Red Falcon: "Your feelings for Yomington are partly tampered memories, and partly a disguise to gain your loyalty. You and your sister are tools for Yomington and the Cross.
I know it's hard for you to accept this while you're under the influence of your brain-modifying device, but it's the truth."
Hong Jian sighed and said, "When can I get rid of the influence of the brain transformation device and truly see the world clearly?"
Qingkong remembered what Dean Wilred had said to him. It was almost impossible for Hongkan to recover.
"Right now, the technology of Oulu Academy cannot change anything. But I believe that technology is always improving... magic, alchemy, transformation, secret arts, one day, there will be a technology that can remove the restrictions in your brain."
"I believe Miss Qingkong, but I don't know how long I have to wait..."
There were two red lights flashing in Qingkong's vision. She held the Tiangong Juexian bow in her hand, pulled the bowstring and shot. The icy spear shot towards the center of the two red lights. There was a hissing sound at first, and then there was no sound.
The red light also disappeared.
"What is that?" Hong Jian asked Qingkong while chopping the demonic plants that kept attacking him. "I just found it and you killed it."
"It's a mutant spider that feeds on demonized plants. Going forward is the mutant spider's nest. These things are very difficult to deal with, so it's best not to let them get close to you. You focus on dealing with the demonized plants, and leave this kind of thing to me."
Qingkong shot another arrow.
The Red Falcon also saw the appearance of the mutant spider that was shot to death. It was as big as a wheel, with two sets of red compound eyes on its head and eight claws covered with sharp barbs.
The ice spear shot accurately from the middle of the mutant spider's two sets of compound eyes, piercing through the spider's entire body and then firmly nailing it to the stone wall. The mutant spider that was not completely dead struggled to twist its body, its claws dancing, and spider silk sprayed randomly from its abdomen.
The mutant spider's movements attracted the demonic plants, which rolled up the spider's body and wrapped it inside themselves. The highly corrosive solution could decompose the huge spider into nutrients in a short time.
"Focus!" Qingkong reminded Hongjian and shot another arrow into the darkness: "The cry of the mutant spider is summoning its companions."
"Yes, Miss Clear Sky."
Hong Xun collected his scattered thoughts and immersed himself completely in the battle.
The mutant spider's dying cry was loud and piercing, and the sound waves traveled along the cracks in the ground and reached the ears of the students who had just entered the underground.
"Hey, did you hear anything?"
Markus, who was walking in front, stopped and shone a magic beam forward, but could see nothing but dense vegetation.
"It seems to be a sound coming from the depths." Jennifer walked to Marcus' side. She had already discovered the killed magical plants and knew that Qingkong was just ahead, so she began to carry out her mission with confidence: "Maybe there are not only magical plants here, but also real evil spirits and monsters. I suddenly became interested in this place.
Let's go and see what this adventure has to offer."
