Chapter 240: Darkness
“The young lady of the Slavitt family left Magic Tree Airport not long ago to collect some materials.”
“But after that, the girl disappeared without a trace. She hasn’t been seen since then.”
“The Slavitt family is very angry about this. They gave us a lot of pressure at the Old Airport, so we can’t do anything about it recently. I’m very sorry, Wizard. The Goblins didn’t mean to offend you.”
The big bird spoke helplessly.
Heath raised his eyebrows and asked casually, “Missing? No clues at all?”
Since Magic Tree Airport was under the jurisdiction of the Alves family, they should have set up a magic circle to monitor the surrounding area. Moreover, a family of the Slavitt family’s level… They should have some protection measures for the members of the family. Even if they were in danger, it was impossible to leave no clues.
The big bird shook its head. “No.”
“We’ve looked at the crystal ball. There’s nothing on it.”
After a pause… The big bird said, “In short, this is the Dark Forest. The geographical environment is complicated, and not all places can be monitored. Moreover, there are many people here. We can only ensure the safety of the airport. Sir, you must pay more attention to your own safety after you leave this place.”
Heath nodded. “Okay, thank you for your advice.”
After saying goodbye to the big bird, Heath immediately moved forward, came to the tree hole in front, and jumped down.
The inside of the tree hole was hollow, like a long tunnel slide. The slide was spiral-shaped, and it rotated all the way down.
The inside was cast with a wind-type acceleration spell. After entering, the speed suddenly increased, as if it was flying. One could even hear the fierce sound of the wind breaking.
After sliding for more than ten minutes, the slope in front of him began to gradually slow down. His speed also gradually decreased until he finally stopped.
Clack! A soft sound was heard.
Heath slid out of the hole in the tree and stood firmly on the empty ground.
After dusting himself off, Heath turned his head to look behind him.
Behind him was an incomparably huge tree. The trunk of the tree was thousands of meters in diameter, and its height was at least hundreds of kilometers. One could not see the end of it at a glance. When he raised his head, he could only see the branches spread open. Lush leaves grew on the tree and covered the entire sky.
“It’s truly spectacular…”
No matter how many times one saw such a World Seed, one could not help but be amazed. In front of such a huge object, even a Wizard was as small as an ant.
“This is just a small world tree,” Nina said from the side with a hint of disdain in her tone.
Heath asked, “Do they grow a lot in Faran?”
“Of course.”
Nina nodded. “There are many things like world trees, world turtles, and world fruits in Faran. Our Academy is built on a big lizard. The teachers find it boring to stay in one place, so they often take all of us students on a trip. We can also collect some necessary materials on the way.”
Heath raised his eyebrows. He knew that Wizards often went on trips, but it was very rare for them to bring all the teachers and students along.
He could not help but ask, “Is it so wonderful? Then I will see the truth.”
Nina said straightforwardly, “No problem.”
After a pause… she advised, “If you want me to say it, don’t go to Dawn Tower. That shabby place is no longer good. Those who stay there are stubborn old men who don’t want to make progress. Other than some outdated knowledge, there is nothing to learn there.”
“Why don’t you come with me to Ares College? I can introduce my teacher to you. Although his temper is a little strange, the old man still has real talent. If you can get his recognition, you will definitely benefit a lot.”
“Stigmata Wizards are also divided into different grades.”
Nina seemed to look down on Dawn Tower. After learning that Heath was going to Dawn Tower, she tried to persuade him to go to Ares College.
Heath said casually, “We’ll talk about it when the time comes. It’s still early anyway.”
He knew very little about this Ares College. No matter how high and mighty Nina said it was, of course, he could not easily believe it.
Nina pouted. “Up to you.”
“Let’s go. Let’s find the materials first.”
As they chatted, Heath led Nina to the forest in front of them.
Although they had been in the Dark Forest for a long time, Heath had always stayed in the bloody battlefield. This was the first time he had entered the real Dark Forest.
Just as his name suggested, this was a dark forest.
There was black soil under their feet, and all they could see were black trees. Their trunks were tall and big, and their lush branches blocked out most of the sunlight. As a result, the sky was very dark, walking into it was like walking into an abyss.
Pitter patter.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak.”
In this dark space, all sorts of strange sounds could be heard from time to time. In the flourishing pile of weeds, there were even some bright spots of light.
Most of them were glowing bugs or the eyes of some kind of beast.
Wu wu!~ Wu wu wu!~
The dry and white mountain wind blew through the forest, and there were frequent ‘wuuuuu wuuu’ sounds, like the shrieks of a devil.
It was eerie and terrifying.
This was the first impression that Heath felt.
“Squeak, squeak…”
Whoosh, whoosh!
After walking for a while, a series of uncomfortable squeaks suddenly sounded in Heath’s ears. Then, he saw something scurrying around in the treetops, quickly approaching him.
After a few breaths, he could vaguely see a monster appearing on the tree trunk next to him.
It was a huge spider.
It was about two meters tall, and its entire body was white. There were red patterns all over its body, and the eight green replicas looked extremely strange.
“White Devil?”
Heath’s gaze lingered on the spider for a while, and soon recognized its identity. It was a demonized creature called the White Devil. It was a high-level demonized insect species, and a close-combat demonized creature. It had a few spells, and its overall strength was about the same as a Wizard.
“Squeak squeak!”
At the same time, the White Devil on the tree let out a sharp screech and jumped down from the tree trunk. It raised its two forelimbs that were as sharp as blades and chopped down at Heath.
Heath’s toes touched the ground and jumped back, easily avoiding the spider’s attack.
Then, he raised his right hand.
On his right hand, there was a leather glove with five fingers exposed. There was a small pocket on the glove.
This was Heath’s special dimensional glove. The space inside was very small. It was specially placed with some equipment that he usually used in battle so that he could take it out at any time during battle.
At this moment, the light on the dimensional glove flashed and disappeared. Soon after, a dark red greatsword was already in his hand.
Holding the Red Demon greatsword, Heath looked at the White Devil in front of him with great interest.
This was his first time hunting such a creature, and such a creature would usually be able to obtain quite a lot of attributes, especially when it was a Wizard-level demonized creature.
‘How many attribute bonus points can this give me?’
With anticipation in his heart, Heath held the greatsword and charged forward like a fierce tiger.