Chapter 172

After Mizunuki Ryosuke announced the content of the mission, even Mizunuki Guangyan, who was the most high-spirited, couldn't help but become serious in his heart at this moment.

"Mizukage Secret Scroll," just hearing this name, one knew that this should be a rare treasure.

Although he didn't know how such a treasure was lost outside, several people could almost imagine it.

Such a treasure must be under extremely tight guard and concealment; even with the intelligence provided in the mission scroll, wanting to obtain the "Mizukage Secret Scroll" should still be full of difficulties.

In the imagination of the three squad members, this mission should include a series of troublesome processes such as spying for intelligence, infiltration, and theft.

Terumi Mei and the three, according to the mission content, had already established such a concept first.

But in any case, the meaning of a ninja's existence was to complete the mission.

Since they had already accepted the mission, knowing that it was full of difficulties, the three in the squad had already prepared to sacrifice for the mission.

But what exactly was going on, they would have to wait until they reached the mission location to find out.

As a ninja, a forced march was a situation every ninja must face.

In extreme cases, ninjas usually only rest for three hours a day to recover their physical strength, and the rest of the time is all maintained for marching.

A ninja's speed was already beyond ordinary people; under high-intensity forced marches, traveling thousands of kilometers in a few days was also normal.

Finally, after experiencing a long forced march, Mizunuki Ryosuke's squad arrived at the mission location first.

According to the description of the mission scroll, Ryosuke's squad gradually moved away from areas of human activity along the way and stepped into the rarely visited high mountains and ridges in the inland of the Land of Water.

The current location was so remote that it wasn't even marked on the official map of the Land of Water.

In the Ninja World, humans were not the absolute overlords.

Deep in the high mountains and ridges and large river swamps, there were still many ecological environments that normal people couldn't understand.

In these ecological environments, various dangerous species often grew.

Even some of these species had intelligence not inferior to humans.

They might be giant snakes that were hundreds of feet long and stretched for hundreds of miles; or they might be giant frogs that could jump into the clouds with one kick; or they might be giant slugs hidden underground with terrifying volumes that couldn't be estimated

No one knew what kind of secrets were hidden in the places where these terrifying creatures existed.

Because of this, humans and these terrifying monsters gradually formed a tacit understanding.

Most humans would choose to establish settlements in plains and coastal areas, staying away from these terrifying and dangerous unknown creatures.

And in the high mountains and ridges and some swampy rivers, it was the paradise of these creatures.

Occasionally, one or two lucky humans would gain the friendship of monsters after accidentally entering the territory of these creatures, becoming partners recognized by the monsters.

Even more so, this friendship would be passed down with the continuation of the bloodline.

Some human families even established common interests with these creatures for generations.

Humans who gained recognition could write their names on the summoning scrolls of these creature groups.

In the future, they could use the Summoning Technique to summon creatures from the group to fight at any time.

And these dangerous creatures and monsters later had a new name in the Ninja World, which was "Summoning Beasts."

This was a valley that had not yet been explored in the Ninja World.

Looking down from a high place, this valley seemed to have been split from the middle by a giant axe.

In the gorge where the valley split, there seemed to be endless emerald colors representing mystery.

And at the end of the valley, there was a mountain peak that pierced the clouds.