Chapter 572: A Meeting in the Forest

"Wild boar? Two gold coins? Magic power?"

Jier could not understand what the other party was saying. How could a wild boar, common in these mountains and forests, be linked to gold coins and magic power? Could it be that this wild boar could be taken somewhere to be exchanged for two gold coins? And then find a Mage to use those two gold coins to replenish magic power?

Jier still roughly understood that after the other party released such a powerful magic at noon, replenishing magic power was likely an issue.

This place was remote and deserted; let alone the lack of a Mage community from the Saint Hors Kingdom, even the Mage system of the neighboring kingdom was far away.

Replenishing magic power in the wild was likely not an easy task.

Although he thought a lot, Jier focused his attention on the fact that the other party was currently separated from the Magic Creation of the wooden house. Feeling it was an excellent opportunity, he immediately drove the Shadow Bird to fly up, using the slowly moving wild boar as the center, and gradually circled to expand the search range.

He needed to know how far the 【Messenger of Flame】, that is, the invisible female magic user, was from that powerful Magic Creation. If the distance between the two was far, he still had a chance to intercept the other party halfway.

The Shadow Bird flew to a height of one hundred meters, and the field of vision expanded significantly. In just a few minutes, Jier discovered a small patch of fallen trees in a mountain hollow to the southwest of the wild boar, and in the open center of the trees sat a three-story wooden house.

Observing through the Shadow Bird's vision, Jier even saw some bold and curious nocturnal birds landing on the eaves of the wooden house, hopping around and pecking.

But the next moment, the wooden window next to the eaves opened automatically, and a suction force pulled from inside the wooden window to the outside. Some birds that were too slow to react or flap their wings to escape were sucked into the wooden window with a 'whoosh'.

Needless to say, those overly bold birds would not have a good end.

Jier quickly retracted the Shadow Bird, letting it return straight to him.

While retrieving the Shadow Bird, Jier used his strong will through the blessing emblem on his stomach to call back the Spirit Dog, Big Nose, who was patrolling around the Jiedian.

Woof! Big Nose's bark came from afar.

Big Nose quickly passed through the tents and the Defeated Soldiers, running straight over. Before the giant dog arrived, the loud sound that only Jier could hear came over once again.

Jier smiled and waved, signaling Big Nose to enter the Mine.

The huge Spirit Dog was not much smaller than the entrance of the Mine. With Big Nose blocking the way, if others wanted to pass through here, they could easily squeeze past, but Jier could not. However, he could easily touch Big Nose's body as if it were solid matter.

"Good dog, I have a task for you..."

Jier leaned against Big Nose's ear and whispered his request.

Woof woof!

Big Nose wagged its tail and immediately agreed to Jier's task.

Soon, in no more than two minutes, the Shadow Bird flying in the air turned into a streak of flickering black light, passing straight through the air of the Jiedian, and suddenly plunged into Jier's right hand.

Then, after a transformation, the egg-shaped pitch-black shadow Divine Power squirmed and changed into the appearance of a spirited crow.

Jier stroked the bird constructed from shadow Divine Power, then pondered in his mind a way to use a new ability of the Shadow Bird, and then concentrated his spirit, staring at the bird's pitch-black eyes that were looking at him on his right hand.

"Shadow Veil!"

Jier whispered, and strongly conveyed his need to the Shadow Bird. Then, the Shadow Bird on his right hand spread over Jier's body, roughly forming an olive-shaped pitch-black giant egg, wrapping Jier's entire person inside.

Looking from the outside, one could only see a three-dimensional shadow of black, looking terrifying and evil, but Jier, inside, only felt as if his surroundings were covered with a thin, pale black silk scarf, which did not affect his vision much.

And subsequently, Jier started walking, and this olive-shaped Shadow Veil would move along with Jier's movement.

"Good, keep it up like this!"

Jier strode toward the outside of the Mine, and Big Nose also successfully backed out, landing on all fours, waiting at any time for Jier to climb onto its body.

With a light jump, Jier jumped onto Big Nose's back, and then Big Nose leaped up, carrying Jier, who was covered by a mass of black mist and shadow, and ran forward with big strides.

It made no sound at all when running, and Jier was obscured by the pitch-black shadow, so no Soldier noticed his appearance and moving figure.

"Did I see wrong? Just now..." A Soldier responsible for guarding the entrance of the Mine rubbed his eyes and asked his companion.

His companion was casually adjusting the burning of the campfire with a branch and answered absentmindedly: "Did you see someone run out?"

"No, no. It's just that a black shadow seemed to have crawled out of the Mine," he explained.

But his companion misunderstood and immediately said: "Don't think about it, it must be those alien Beast people doing something; if they aren't stealing things, they are on the way to steal things."

"Then should we remind our companions?" the Soldier asked.

"Don't be a busybody. Look after your own things; others have no obligation to do anything for those who get stolen from. You just take care of yourself."

The companion gave a cold piece of advice, which finally persuaded the young Soldier who wanted to do more.

So the two stopped talking.

Jier adjusted to the bumps by moving up and down with Big Nose's vigorous leap.

To be honest, Big Nose's back was a bit worse than Tianxuecao's back; it was likely due to the different riding experience caused by Tianxuecao having a specialized Muan.

But the speed at which it ran in the Forest was truly too fast!

With a leap, Big Nose vaulted over the wooden wall that was several meters high.

Fortunately, Jier used the Shadow Bird's 【Shadow Veil】 to cover his whole body, otherwise, vaulting straight over the wall like this would definitely have been seen by the enemy's patrolling Soldiers.

"Good, head south, partner! Let's run south!"

The whistling wind blew past Jier's ears, and Big Nose deliberately avoided low tree branches to prevent those things from hitting Jier and causing him obstruction.

Before long, Jier estimated he was close to the wild boar carcass being dragged by the invisible other party, so he whispered to Big Nose.

"Slow down, partner. We are already close to the other party. Next, don't get any closer; the other party can discover you!"

He immediately canceled the Shadow Veil, retracted the Shadow Bird's power into his right eye, and then Jier disappeared instantly on the spot. When he appeared again, he was already wearing the Hard Cowhide Full-Coverage Armor with added Metal Armor Plates, and his weapons were all equipped, ready to enter battle at any time.

Lifting the Helmet Faceplate, Jier turned his head and listened carefully to the sounds ahead with his ears.

"I will never eat pork again! You damned, no, already dead wild boar, move for me!"

Seemingly out of strength, the invisible enemy was complaining about something.

Jier curled his lips slightly, holding the Hunting Sword in one hand and the Dwarf Captain's Long Spear in the other, crouching low, making a posture ready to charge at any time.

He had never fought an enemy who specifically used magic power before, but a Warrior like him definitely had to control the other party at the first opportunity. If necessary, knocking the other party unconscious and searching them, and restricting the other party from speaking, as well as their hands, were all necessary.

But these were just Jier's delusions; he did not know if doing this would be useful.

Hesitating a bit, Jier prepared to rush up and fight, but his body did not move.

He thought a lot, even suspecting whether the other party appearing in such a sorry state at this time could be a means to lure him? After all, he didn't know what special methods users of magic power had; who knew if there would be some magic trap waiting for him ahead?

Or, the Magic Creation in the mountain hollow not far away had already prepared to strike quickly. As long as the other party entangled him for a while, the Magic Creation would immediately arrive and kill or capture Jier.

The risk was still too great, and Jier was somewhat hesitant.

After all, this was no ordinary enemy; he held the outcome of the battle in his hands, or at least, he would not be defeated. But Jier did not have the slightest confidence when fighting an enemy who used magic power.

The inner conflict showed on his face; he furrowed his brows tightly, pressed his lips together, and clenched his teeth beneath them.

After hesitating repeatedly, Jier remained where he was, instead releasing a Shadow Bird to let it fly above the Shulin and scout the surroundings. Especially the trail left by the other party dragging the wild boar, and whether there were any traps nearby.

In the pitch-black Forest at night, the Shadow Bird, which was already black, was even harder to detect; at least, that was what Jier believed.

But he overlooked that for the invisible person opposite him, her perception was not limited to just eyesight.

"This dead wild boar! It's just too heavy. If Mimi still wants to eat, I'll have to think of another way. Hmm? What is that?"

Yamila, who had been complaining, suddenly froze. Although her state of being covered in sweat and panting heavily greatly affected her spirit and perception, she was sharp enough to detect something moving in the trees around her.

That was no nocturnal bird, but a type of Yinzhong Nengliang possessing supernatural power!

"A magic familiar? Is it for scouting or attacking?"

Yamila was startled and immediately dropped the Rope in her hands, no longer dragging the wild boar carcass.

She first wiped her sweat-covered face, then raised her head to look in the direction where she had sensed the other party.

Her naked eyes could see nothing, but her unique perception told her that there was something there, and it was moving rapidly above the Shulin.

Yamila was extremely nervous. She first checked if the Cloak providing her invisibility was working, and after confirming it was, she let out a sigh of relief. As long as she remained invisible, she could maintain a significant advantage in various situations.

With her mind racing, Yamila did not immediately launch an attack on the thing in the air, but instead lightened her footsteps and moved away from the wild boar carcass on the ground.

Secretly leaning against a large tree, Yamila focused her spirit, opened her perception, and used a Chao Ganzi Nengli she was born with to carefully probe all abnormalities in the surroundings.

Behind her, the life force of the large tree was circulating, while on the wild boar carcass in front, there was also intense, dissipating life force and the broken Spirit of the wild boar entangled with the carcass.

When she looked up, she found an exceptionally conspicuous Yinzhong Nengliang among the various life forms around her.

"Not Magic Power?"

She was startled. As a Magic Apprentice, she could easily identify Magic Power, but she had not expected that the thing scouting and monitoring her in the sky was not Magic Power, but something more akin to Divine Power.

"Divine Power? The power of a god? Are there Priests from the church nearby?"

She was somewhat confused, and when she turned her head to sense the surroundings, she discovered two things existing a few dozen meters ahead!

One unknown entity was radiating intense life force, and beneath that life force, there was Magic Beast Magic hidden and bound. As for the other, it was the secret Divine Power energy she had encountered at noon.

The enemy from noon had tracked her down!

She knew it!

Yamila panicked. Without a second thought, she immediately activated the two small Magic Hudun on her earrings. Immediately, two oval-shaped Magic Shield-like Magic Hudun, half a meter in size, floated on her left and right sides.

Following that, Yamila had the Huoyan Pipeng on her necklace preheat, ready to be released at any time. This thing was powerful, but the consumption of Magic Power was naturally not low, so if it was not necessary, she would not activate it immediately.

And when the Magic on the Magic Necklace was about to be activated, a cluster of faintly glowing flame-like light lit up at Yamila's chest.

She herself was invisible, but the state of these Magic Powers could not be hidden along with her. So, if someone looked here, they would see two slightly glowing small Magic Hudun floating in the air, and in the space between them, there was a tiny but bright flame light spot, emitting a dangerous feeling.

Still feeling insecure, Yamila suddenly remembered the mistake she had made at noon, so she immediately walked two steps to the side, cleared the space behind her, and activated the active Magic Hudun on the Magic Pendant at her waist, blocking this palm-thick, one-meter-wide Magic Hudun behind her.

At the same time, she whispered: "Agile Steps! Rapid Consciousness! Low-light Vision! Strength Enhancement!"

The first three were applied to her body, while the latter Magic compensated for the previous one.

After doing all this, she still felt it wasn't enough, so she took a small magic wand from the inside of her Cloak—it had a wooden handle with a fingernail-sized red Gem embedded at the top—and pulled out a Dagger with a blade flashing with light in her left hand.

Only then did she become bold; instead of retreating, she advanced, walking forward in small steps, and stepped onto the wild boar's carcass.

She spoke aloud: "No matter who you are, please stop hiding. I have already discovered you, please show yourself!"

Not far away, Jier raised an eyebrow. He hadn't expected that even though he was dozens of meters away, with large tree trunks blocking them, and he hadn't made any noise, he had been discovered by the other party just like that?

Jier nodded his head toward the Big Nose beside him, signaling it to separate to his left and right. Then, Jier pressed his left hand on the Hunting Sword and held the Dwarf Long Spear in his right hand, walking slowly toward the other party.

He did not launch an attack directly because that invisible female user of magic power had a very polite tone, and it did not sound like her hostility was very severe.

To be honest, Jier did not have the confidence to fight the other party, so he had an idea: should he just trade the smelted Metal Ingot in the Jiedian to the other party, or even give it to them, so that they could finish their business here as soon as possible and leave?

Especially to prevent the other party from joining forces with the severely wounded Knight and Defeated Soldier in the Jiedian. As long as they did not join forces, Jier was confident he could control the situation.

As Jier approached the other party, he also recalled the Shadow Bird flying in the sky. The Shadow Bird could increase his means of combat; although the Shadow Bird's strength was currently insufficient to help Jier much, having more means was always better.

About half a minute later, Jier stood on the ground ten meters away from the wild boar. He lowered his steel Faceplate in advance and let the Shadow Bird provide him with night vision capability through his eyes.

However, it was a pity that Jier only saw three Magic Hudun floating in the air, two in front and one behind, and there was also a bright light spot in the air that brought a sense of danger. Other than that, he did not see the other party's figure or appearance.

A distance of ten meters was, for Jier, a distance where he could lift his foot and lunge to stab the other party with the Dwarf Long Spear in his hand. This distance was just right for him, though he didn't know how the other party saw it.

"I have shown myself, so what about you? Do you also have to show yourself and remove the invisibility on your body!"

Jier shouted coldly.

His attitude was tough.

PS: The military parade today was really great! As a military enthusiast of over ten years, it was hard for me to identify the new equipment. It's just that the display time for each piece of equipment was too short, and I still have to watch videos online to identify them carefully.