Chapter 234: Dungeons & Dragons

Naimi Xisi searched the forest for a long time but found nothing, which made him inevitably a bit discouraged.

He kept walking, left the forest, and reached a paved road; just as he was about to turn back, he suddenly saw three cyclists in the distance heading toward him.

"Hi, hello."

When he got closer, he saw that the riders were three children—two white and one Black—who looked about the age of a second‑year middle school student.

They stopped in front of Naimi Xisi, looked at him with curious faces, and shyly greeted him.

Naimi Xisi glanced at them, and, still in a sour mood from a fruitless night, said irritably, "It's so late, you three kids still aren't going home—aren't you afraid of being eaten by wolves in the forest?"

One of the tall, skinny white children wore a defiant expression, a bit scared yet forcing himself to say, "Our friend disappeared in Monster Forest, and we came here to find him!"

"Mike! Why do you say everything! What a big mouth!" the chubby white kid and the hat‑wearing Black boy complained in unison.

"Monster Forest?"

Naimi Xisi's eyes flickered at the mention; the name sounded related to monsters—could the so‑called friend the kids spoke of have been taken by monsters?

Perhaps it's the same kind of monster he's been looking for!

Naimi Xisi speculated: to him, this world resembled his previous life, a tech‑driven age approaching the end of the Dao, where monsters are extremely scarce.

For a single place to suddenly spawn two kinds of monsters, the odds are too low.

"Kids, where did your friend disappear? Why don't you take me with you, and I'll help you look?"

The proud Juan Ce Long forced out a stiff, friendly smile and said to the three children.

"Eh," the child called Mike, clearly the decision‑maker of the trio, looked at him warily, as if he were some kind of villain.

"We don't need it! We can manage on our own!" Mike shouted in refusal.

Naimi Xisi raised an eyebrow: "You alone? Can you handle the monsters in Monster Forest?"

After hearing him, the three exchanged glances, and somewhat speechlessly said, "Eh, Monster Forest is just a name we made up; it's a location name in a game called Dungeons & Dragons, not a real place with monsters."

"Dungeons & Dragons?!" Naimi Xisi snapped his head up, his face full of disbelief.

When he arrived, he already thought this place couldn't be the world he once lived in, since the timeline differed and his former world lacked any so‑called "superpowers."

Yet now, he heard the name "Dungeons & Dragons" from those kids' mouths?!

The so‑called "Dungeons & Dragons" is precisely the setting of the game Baldur's Gate 3 he played before his crossing.

In other words, the story of Baldur's Gate 3, the story that took place in Frelen, the story of the Magic Net Multiverse, all exist in this world as a game!

"How could that be?" Naimi Xisi looked shocked.

"Could it be that someone deliberately edited information from the various worlds of the Multiverse into stories and spread them on this Earth? If so, what is their purpose?"

Naimi Xisi racked his brain but couldn't figure why the "Dungeons & Dragons" game, which only existed in his past life, appeared here. To say his former Earth had no connection to the Magic Net Multiverse, he had simply crossed into a world named "Dungeons & Dragons."

Though bizarre, a modern person who reads a lot of web novels can accept it.

But this Earth lies within the primary material plane—how can there be a game about this world existing?

At this point, Naimi Xisi truly realized that this seemingly ordinary world probably has a huge problem.

Seeing that the handsome older brother in front of them looked unsettled after he said Monster Forest was fictional, the three exchanged helpless glances.

"Um, big brother, if you don't have anything else, may we leave now?" Mike said cautiously, looking at him.

Naimi Xisi's mind was a mess, unable to care about them, and he simply waved his hand for them to leave.

Since Monster Forest is fake, he also can't find his own prey.

But just as the three children were about to ride away, the forest beside them suddenly rustled with a "swish" of falling leaves.

"Don't move," Naimi Xisi's gaze flickered as he shouted at the three children.

"W-what's wrong?" Mike asked hesitantly.

!

Naimi Xisi curled his mouth and said, "Nothing, I just hunted all night and finally it showed up. Huh, looks like it's not that I can't find it, but that I lacked the right bait to lure it."

Just as Mike and the others were bewildered by his words, a black shadow suddenly darted out of the forest!

"Aaah!! Monster!!" the chubby white kid shouted loudly.

They tried to run, but found not only a monster in front of them but also one behind, blocking the road.

The two monsters, one ahead and one behind, slowly closed in on the four of them.

"Help! Help! Ah, I don't want to die, Mom!" the hat‑wearing Black boy cried out, terrified.

Naimi Xisi, expression blank and impatient, shouted, "You're so noisy, shut up—it's just two monsters, what's so scary?"

The terrified children, shrieking, were stunned by his words—wasn't that scary enough?

They stared at Naimi Xisi in disbelief, and the next moment witnessed something even more astonishing.

The unfamiliar silver‑haired man gracefully lifted his right hand, his pale fingertip gesturing toward one of the monsters.

Four‑Ring Mana—【Energy Sphere】!

Intangible Mana interfered with reality, and the four Mana points instantly transformed under his will into Berserk thunder.

A dazzling bolt of lightning suddenly erupted above the monster's head, booming as if a bomb had exploded. Intense light instantly illuminated the surroundings. Countless tiny arcs spread like a spiderweb around the foe, crackling "zzzz," and the air seemed ionized.

The massive force from that lightning blast ripped small pits into the surrounding asphalt, sending dust flying. Under the sudden onslaught, the monster's body convulsed, its sunflower‑like huge mouth opening in a mournful roar; it tried to struggle but was tightly bound by the powerful current, unable to move.

In just a few seconds, the terrifying heat of the thunder baked the monster into charcoal, leaving it lifeless on the ground.

"Alright, there's one more; I'll let this one live," Naimi Xisi turned his gaze to the other monster, the silver hair fluttering in the air, his exquisite coat rustling in the wind, like a.

"Mage! Oh my, look, he's definitely a Mage!! I told you Mages are real!" Mike exclaimed excitedly.

(End of Chapter)