Chapter 552: To Chase or Not to Chase? Yamila's Reliance

Big Nose wanted to get closer to that target which was also invisible, so he took a slight step forward.

But Yamila felt the invisible thing opposite her press forward by a large step, which made her feel increasingly endangered.

She raised both hands and stepped back gradually until her back was against the wall of the wooden house. Her hands, tucked inside her Cloak, were now ready to trigger Combat Magic at any moment.

Her breathing quickened; Yamila had not expected to encounter such a bizarre thing in this tiny place.

"That's why I hate the Forest! Especially primeval forests where few people go! In these detestable forests, there are always these bizarre things that no one can predict." She thought this to herself, planning that once her Magic was activated, she would immediately destroy the wooden wall behind her, and after reaching the open environment outside the room, she would release a Smoke Ash Barrier spell, using a large amount of magically simulated smoke to obscure the surrounding environment, allowing her to approach the perimeter of the Jiedian and summon her teacher's Magic Hut to help her fight.

Her teacher's hut was much more powerful than she was; ordinary Monsters and Magic Beasts were no match for that thing.

As long as she retreated into the control range of the hut, she would be safe, regardless of what this strange, invisible thing in front of her actually was.

But seemingly sensing the other's tension and danger, the Spirit Dog Big Nose did not approach to investigate the equally invisible Yamila further, but instead actively dematerialized itself and exited this bellows house.

And when Yamila sensed that the huge, invisible thing had exited the house, she realized one thing: the other party was so huge, yet when it entered the room, the entire room had not changed in the slightest.

The open wall on one side of the room had not been pushed aside, there were no obvious huge footprints on the ground, and the men who were constantly walking around and working in the room had not touched or made contact with the other party at all.

It was as if the other party did not exist!

But how could that be? Yamila was a Magic Apprentice; although she was not diligent in her studies, her talent was not fake.

From a very young age, she had been able to perceive things that ordinary children could not see, such as the withering of the big tree at the city gate—it wasn't because the tree was infested with insects, but because something in the root system was absorbing its life force.

Or perhaps the evil spirits that existed in the dark corners of the city and secretly harmed people.

Some people who seemed to be plagued by bad luck were actually being secretly cursed by certain things; others couldn't see it, but she could tell at a glance, which was why the cursed people's mental and physical states would get worse by the day, leading to one bad decision after another in business and heavy losses.

Therefore, she had been a famous Spirit child in her area since she was young. After becoming famous, she was presented like a treasure by the local Noble lord and sent to her teacher to study. For this, that Noble lord had given the little her one thousand Gold Coins as tuition.

It was just a pity that studying Magic was especially expensive; she had spent those one thousand Gold Coins in two years.

Never mind what her Magic level was now, this keen perception she had brought with her since childhood had never faded or diminished.

"Did it leave?"

She thought this, but suddenly a very bad thought flashed through her mind: since the other party could pass through crowds and walls without damage, could it also pass directly through the wooden wall behind her?

Thinking of this, she almost screamed, but barely managed to hold it in. She just didn't dare to lean against the seemingly safe wooden wall anymore, quickly walked around the working men, and the men's bodies, which had been alluring to her eyes before, no longer attracted her. Yamila walked quickly out of the room, and after arriving in the open outside, she turned around in place, and not finding that huge invisible Monster, she finally let out a long sigh of relief.

"Really scaring myself..."

With a self-deprecating laugh, she lost the interest to continue wandering around here, preparing to first retreat to her teacher's Magic Hut, re-equip her Magic gear there, have a good rest, and ease her tense spirit. Once she was ready, she would release her familiar to conduct remote Scout of the surroundings, and after confirming the situation was safe, she would return here to handle the mission.

After figuring out what to do, the still-invisible Yamila walked quickly toward the south side of the Jiedian, followed behind a patrolling Soldier to climb up the wall using a makeshift ladder, and then summoned her Yongqi to jump down from the wall, which was several meters high.

"Strong Wind Slow Fall!"

She activated the Slow Fall magic inside her soft-furred boots, and a sudden, violent gust of wind rose fiercely from beneath the feet she was about to jump with, instantly slowing her falling speed significantly.

Jumping down from a height of over four meters was basically no different from jumping down from a height of a few dozen centimeters.

When the strong wind blew, her Invisibility Cloak was lifted quite a bit, which made parts of her body appear and disappear, though apart from Jier looking over from afar, no one else saw anything.

After Yamila landed, she walked quickly toward the Forest and disappeared into the woods after a short while.

And Jier rubbed his eyes, wondering if he had just seen things?

It wasn't until the Spirit Dog Big Nose returned and told Jier about its new discovery that Jier realized something.

"You're saying that inside the Jiedian, there is an invisible woman? Staying in the last house on the east side that supplies air to the Furnace? She is invisible? Are you sure? Or is it that the people around her dislike her, so they act as if she doesn't exist?"

Jier had a complex expression on his face and was unwilling to believe this answer.

But Big Nose let out two "woo-woof, woo-woof" barks, incomparably certain that its judgment was not wrong.

Although the other party was also invisible, and even the Spirit Dog Big Nose could not see her form, Big Nose was a dog after all! Although it was temporarily composed of Divine Power, its nose was extremely good! It was also a capability it took pride in.

Besides, didn't its master Jier call it Big Nose precisely because it had a truly big nose?

"Then where did she go now?"

Big Nose raised its huge front paw, pointed at the south wall of the Jiedian, and let out a "woo-woof" bark.

Jier pursed his lips; he then confirmed that he hadn't seen things just now, but had indeed seen that when the other party jumped off the wall, her ability to hide her form had some ripples, so he had happened to see it.

"Should I go chase and take a look? And an invisible woman, uh, could it be that so-called 【Messenger of Flame】?"

Jier couldn't believe it; he had always thought that the so-called 【Messenger of Flame】, no matter what, should appear covered in flames, walking out with an imposing manner and a loud voice to call for the people inside to come out of the enemy Jiedian.

It turned out to be a woman who quietly and secretly snuck into the enemy Jiedian to operate.

"Not good! Big Nose, go quickly to the house on the west side of the Jiedian where the Metal Ingot are kept, and see if the Metal Ingot inside are still there! Go quickly! It's very urgent!"

Jier ordered while preparing to storm in and control the entrance and exit of the Mine at any time.

If the enemy had already completed the so-called transaction, then the Changmai Village Villagers in the Jiedian were in danger! The enemy would deal with these useless Villagers at any time to cover up the evil deeds they had committed.

Then, the battle would start at any moment; although it was different from what Jier had expected, there was no helping it.

But Big Nose went in and out quickly, returning to Jier's side shortly after to inform Jier that the Metal Ingot in the house had not moved and not a single one was missing.

"No transaction took place? Then what was that person doing? Is she the 【Messenger of Flame】? Or someone from another faction? Or perhaps, a Monster? A terrible Monster that is invisible, humanoid, and gives off the scent of a Human woman?"

Big Nose barked in dissatisfaction at Jier's wild guessing; its nose told it that it was just a Human woman, only she was invisible.

Invisible, well, it was just an alternative invisible state that others couldn't see, that was nothing.

"Alright, alright, an invisible Human woman. Not a Monster, not a Monster, your nose is very sharp."

Jier soothed the unhappy Big Nose and looked back and forth between the enemy's Jiedian and the location where Big Nose had pointed out the enemy entered the Forest.

"Dashu Bi'ao, I hope your prophecy isn't just talk, otherwise you've really screwed me over."

Jier jumped down from the tree, deciding to first Scout that invisible Human woman to see if she was indeed the 【Messenger of Flame】. Dashu Bi'ao said that finding this person was the key to rescuing the Villagers, so Jier would trust the other party once.

No, the other party's previous prophecies had all been correct, and just how high its abilities were, no one could say for sure; perhaps at this very moment, Jier's every move was still being watched by the other party.

Jier first informed the still-hiding Xueya Site about the situation inside the enemy Jiedian, letting Xueya Site also know the situation inside the enemy Jiedian.

"The enemy Knight is finished? And there is discord within them? The situation of the Villagers looks bad; I worry about some people—they might have defected to the enemy Soldiers, becoming running dogs for those Defeated Soldier, helping the Soldiers oppress other Villagers."

After hearing Jier's investigation, Xueya Site expressed his own view.

Jier thought much the same as him, so he nodded: "This is something that can't be helped. Humans always have the tendency to admire the strong; even if the other party is a bad person, as long as the other party is powerful, some people will ignore everything else and only care about pleasing them. This is also a kind of alternative way of survival."

"A way of survival? How truly base." Xueya Site spat with disdain.

Jier smiled slightly: "Who's to say it isn't? Fundamentally, this is the instinct for survival at work, but once manifested, it transforms into the appearance of assisting the strong in harming others. For the strong, they wish everyone else were like this, as long as it isn't their own side. But for the weak, these people are truly detestable."

Xueya Site carefully pondered Jier's words and discovered that the logic behind them was actually very complex.

"You climb up a tree and watch the enemy Jiedian. Remember, pay extra attention to the two wooden houses on the west side where grain and Metal Ingot are stored. If people gather there, keep a close eye on them using the captured Telescope. But be careful, don't use it facing the sun; the lens will reflect light. If the enemy sees a reflection on the treetops, they will discover you."

Xueya Site took out the captured Telescope and fiddled with it, discovering that it was indeed as Jier said: if used facing the sun, the lens would emit a very conspicuous reflection.

"Then what should be done about this? Jier, since you raised the problem, you must have a way to solve it, right?" Xueya Site blinked and asked.

Sure enough, Jier did not disappoint him and held up two fingers.

"The first method is to find a piece of coarse Linen Cloth and wrap it around one end of the Telescope. Don't think that because it's completely covered, you can't see; actually, try it, you can still see things in the distance. The coarse Linen Cloth has large holes between the threads, allowing enough light to enter the Telescope for you to see. Additionally, find a large leaf and wrap it around the front of the Telescope so the sun in the sky doesn't shine directly onto the lens."

"As for the second method, you just need to move to the shaded side, north of the enemy Jiedian. Go to the Northern Border of the Jiedian, with your back to the sun, and naturally, the sunlight won't shine on the lens."

Upon hearing this, Xueya Site felt both seemed feasible, so he decided to try both methods. Coarse Linen Cloth was hard to find in the Forest, but there were plenty of large leaves.

And moving to the Bei Mian was not complicated either.

So Xueya Site activated his Plant Concealment Cloak and quickly circled around to the north.

As for Jier, he also activated his Plant Concealment Cloak, then let the big nose follow the scent of that invisible woman to track her down.

Yamila walked quickly the whole way, constantly turning her head left and right to scout the peaceful Forest around her.

She was becoming suspicious, feeling that everywhere around her was a place for that huge invisible Monster to hide.

No, perhaps the opponent didn't even need trees to conceal its form; it might just be standing right there, greedily and bloodthirstily eyeing her.

But Yamila was not someone to be trifled with!

Along the way, she took out several powerful Magic Tool items and gradually warmed them up to activate them.

These were powerful Magic Tool items she could use to decide the outcome of a battle; they were good things given to each of them, the Magic Apprentice students, by their teacher before participating in the war.

Normally, these items were kept in the Magic Tower's treasure vault; for apprentices like them, let alone using them, it was rare to even see them once. They could only know their names from the Magic Tower's annual collection catalog.

But now, these Magic Apprentice students could use them for free.

Of course, only apprentices sent out on missions could temporarily obtain an extra Magic Tool like this.

And because Yamila was carrying out a high-risk, secret mission outside, her teacher had even given her three powerful Magic Tool items. Added to the one issued for participating in the war, she even had four of these powerful Magic Tool items on her.

One was a pair of Magic Earring, which could activate two layers of small Magic Hudun and actively release Magic Missile every ten seconds, without needing the Mage to operate it themselves.

The Magic Missile would autonomously seek out the enemy with the most hostility toward the Mage and actively launch an attack.

Another Magic Tool was a Magic Necklace; once activated, it could release a Flame Whirlwind surrounding the Mage, gradually expanding to kill all surrounding enemies. Moreover, this Magic Necklace could also actively release a self-destructing Magic Trap when the Mage died, blowing up a large area around them.

The third Magic Tool was a Waist Pendant; this thing could actively release a Magic Denial Shield to proactively defend against enemy attacks, which counted as a type of Protective Magic. This thing could even be used to hit people; once the Magic Hudun moved, it was extremely fast, and by changing the nature of the Magic Hudun, it could turn into an Ice Magic Shield to freeze approaching enemies. After turning into a Fire Magic Shield, it could burn approaching enemies to death. After turning into a Lightning Magic Shield, it would actively shock approaching enemies. After turning into a Wind Cluster Magic Shield, it could blow away approaching enemies and Arrow.

But Yamila couldn't operate such a complex Magic Tool; activating it and letting it defend autonomously was already enough.

The last Magic Tool was an Anklet; it had various types of Magic prepared on it to enhance the user. Even an ordinary person, after being buffed with multiple enhancement Magic, could go back and forth with a Refining Qi Warrior.

These items had previously been hidden by Yamila in the concealment space of her Cloak; after all, when she was doing that thing with the Soldier Captain Yeluba just now, she couldn't exactly carry so many obviously high-value Magic Tool items on her person, right?

So at this moment, she took these Magic Tool items out one by one and equipped them, and her whole person immediately became confident.

Now, even if that invisible huge Monster appeared again and launched an attack on her, she wouldn't be afraid.

"Hmph, not to mention the teacher's Magic Hut! You know, the so-called Magic Hut is the precursor building to a Magic Tower! If you dare to come again, I'll beat you into a pulp! Hmph!"

Yamila hummed triumphantly.

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