The Sovereign Dragon Ring

Episode 58's

Within the countless peaks of the Magical Beast Mountain Range were countless ageless trees and forests that made traveling through the range extremely difficult. What makes it more difficult is the constant need to pass one peak and abyss after another, or perhaps take a circular path.

“When traveling within the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, do not carve a path through pre-existing thorns and brushes. It is best to take an alternative route. "Doehring Cowart continues to benefit from his experience to Linley.

Linley listened carefully as he stepped forward.

"Remember, the biggest mistake you can make in the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts is to keep making noise. This will cause many magical beasts to notice you. Even if you are forced to make a sound, you should leave the nearest area immediately. ”Doehring Cowart continues. “Remember, if you are injured, you should immediately do your best to stop the blood loss. The smell of blood will attract animals as well. The noses of magical beasts are much more sensitive than us humans. ”

Linley nodded.

Countless huge crowns of trees covered the entire sky. Looking at them, Linley recalled some of the information he had obtained from the books in the Ernst Institute. In a place like this, where even the sun is blocked, we must learn how to distinguish north, south, east, and west.

Agile like a monkey, Linley jumped over a series of unruly tree roots and vine growth, but just as he walked past …

"Whoahs. "Linley took a cold breath when she saw something not too far away.

The bodies of three men and two women were several tens of meters away from him. The five corpses had yet to decompose, but the bite marks on them were very visible. All the bodies have been dismembered. The body of the male half-footed was eaten, and a giant hole tore through his stomach, with his gut cut open scattered. Half of the female corpse's head had been eaten, leaving a single eyeball and a white skull bone with a few strands of hair attached.

Linley's face turned pale, and he forgot to breathe.

“It should have died three or four days ago. "Doehring Cowart appeared next to Linley, carefully examining the corpses. His face was still quite calm. "Linley, look closely. On everyone's chest, there were several similar and inconspicuous wounds. If my guess is correct, these five people should have been killed by humans, and most likely, by one person. ”

Linley.

"Doehring Cowart, you're saying that someone killed them?" Linley looked at Doehring Cowart, surprised.

Doehring Cowart smiled calmly. "Linley, this is your first visit to the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts. After you have been here a little longer, you will realize that in the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, other than dealing with the attacks of local ferocious beasts, you will be aware that in the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, You should also be on guard against other human attacks. ”

“Human attack? Why do other humans attack? "Linley felt a hint of anger begin to grow in her heart.

In the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, local monsters already had a huge advantage based on their countless numbers. He did not expect that the humans here would fight amongst themselves, instead of helping each other.

“It's very normal. Why do humans venture into these mountains? Most came here in hopes of obtaining magicite cores. If they killed magical beasts, they would only obtain one core, but if they killed humans, that person might have several magic nuclei in their backpack, or even more. "Doehring Cowart stroking his white beard.

Linley finally understood.

Greed!

"Linley, you have to be careful. Based on what I see, the person who killed these five people should have extraordinary abilities. If you look at the clothes of these people, you can see that the four of them are warriors, while one of them is a Magus. But the five of them were killed at the same time by a clean blow through the heart. The ruthless precision of this attack was terrifying. However, since we do not know how powerful these five people are, it is difficult to estimate their murderous strength. "Doehring Cowart frowned. "But for these five people to be willing and able to brave the dangers of the Invisible Beast Swamp Mountain Range showed that they were not weak. From this alone, we can safely say that the person who killed them was, at the very least, no weaker than you. ”

Linley stepped forward to take a closer look, then nodded in agreement.

The killing blow was very clean and direct.

“It's still just the outer limit of the mountains. Quick in. “Doehring Cowart laughs.

Linley nodded, then continued his journey deeper into the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts. On his way, the sight of corpses of both men and monsters became very common, as well as many rusty weapons. Linley also occasionally ran into some weak monsters.

Nightfall. Linley and the little Shadowmouse were resting while each chewed on the boar's leg. Linley sat on the ground, while a small Shadowmouse sat on his shoulder.

"At night, one cannot light a fire in the Magical Beasts Range Mountain Range. “Doehring Cowart once again instructs.

“Understood, Grandpa Doehring. "Linley knows quite a bit about the basics of survival here. This place was not an ordinary wilderness, and the ferocious beasts here would not be afraid of fire.

Sitting on the ground, Linley calmed down and closed his eyes, while starting to feel the flow of earth essence and wind essence around him. The feeling of elemental essence around him was similar to the feeling of being in the arms of an old man.

Due to his overwhelming affinity with the earth essence and wind essence, Linley could sense it quite clearly.

"Earth Pulse. Wind Flow. "A peaceful smile was on Linley's face, as he began to fall asleep. Linley had total confidence that any vibration on the ground caused by something approaching, or wind disturbance caused by something moving quickly to him, would immediately resuscitate him.

This is an ability possessed by earth magi and wind magi.

The night slowly grew deeper. Cowering in front of Linley, the small Shadowmouse 'Bebe' also started to emit a very light and calm snoring sound. The night wind had also been cool, but at this time, it was summer in the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts. Only at night will it feel cool and refreshing. On that day, it felt very hot.

Late night . Everything's dark.

"Dressing, rustling. "The soft sound of something rustling in the grass could be heard.

A pair of powerfully built Windwolves with sparkling blue feathers paced around in the forest. Their green-colored eyes carefully inspected their surroundings as their powerful limbs quietly lurked in the area.

Their cruel white fangs glistened with a cold light at night.