Planning to take advantage of their numbers against a less populous team, they arrogantly gathered the entire guild, but ended up being slaughtered instead... The King of the Tenth Generation had an inkling about their situation: Could it be that the opposing team was just inside the gate?
Otherwise, even if this other team had high attributes, relying solely on the game’s AI mechanism, it would be near impossible to pull off a four against fifty.
The only explanation is that the opponents entered the gate and could tap into their full potential. Only in a human versus AI combat could such a stark disparity be created.
And those with access to ’the gate’ are clearly only possible among the core members of the major forces. These people definitely aren’t the type that a third-tier small guild like theirs can afford to provoke.
Inside the Elf Forest, Mu You watched the scattering crowd and timely ordered his team to halt.
"Aren’t we pursuing them?" Lin Hai was still eager for more.
"Don’t chase after a desperate enemy, especially given how valuable our time inside the gate is. We don’t have time to waste on these people." Mu You shook his head.
"I see... But that battle was so satisfying!" Lin Hai exclaimed excitedly.
This battle brought a windfall of experience and life-span for the team. Being in a group of four, each person gained over four hundred experience points and more than thirty years of life.
With this wave of experience, Lin Hai jumped straight to level nine, Little Ya also rose to level eight. As for Mu You and Lin Xue, the experience they needed was too much, and this little bit of experience was like a drop in the ocean and didn’t allow them to level up.
"Break it up, go about with your own businesses, the two of you carry on leveling up, I will bring Little Sea back." Mu You said.
"I don’t need any escort. My respawn point is right beside the gate, master, you can just kill me and send me back to the city." Lin Hai said.
Lin Hai cast a ’Pain Shield’ spell on herself, spread her arms out and said, "Come on!"
Mu You didn’t bother talking, he simply ordered the Troll War God to come over, who after a few swings, turned the cute little sister in front of him into a corpse.
After watching the dead nun turn into a speck of light and disappear, Mu You and Lin Xue called out, mounted their chocobo, and headed towards Little Ya’s residence.
Then, through the teleportation array in the wooden house, they went back to the peaceful village and set off again towards the Black Forest.
On leaving the village, Mu You stopped by the Owl Shop at the entrance of the village.
Unfortunately, there wasn’t anything worth buying today. The only spell scroll available was one for a spell he had already learned: ’Nether Fire.’
With no opportunity to freeload, Mu You departed and headed directly to the Black Forest.
Previously, it would take 16 hours to ride a donkey to the Black Forest, but now with the Chocobo, the journey was greatly shortened. An hour and a half later Mu You stopped at the edge of a dark forest.
This was a splendid forest spread out over hundreds of miles. Under the remnants of the moonlight, it was like the back of a giant shark protruding from the water, unfurling in a curve towards the horizon.
However, a thin, hazy fog enveloped the outskirts of the forest. Coupled with a dense canopy of trees, it seemed to completely isolate any light. The bright moonlight could not penetrate the forest one bit, making the forest terrifyingly dark.
This forest was originally missing in the game. Mu You had thought he would have to rely on Vivian for directions upon arrival, but surprisingly, he could see the forest directly.
At that moment Vivian crawled out of the bag, landed on Mu You’s shoulder, and seeing the state of the forest, she solemnly said, "Someone has been here."
"Oh?" Mu You was surprised, "Who?"
"I’m not certain, but the Black Forest should normally be concealed by an illusory realm, making it invisible to ordinary people. Now the illusory realm has been deliberately dispelled." Vivian said.
"So that means someone has already gone in?" Mu You was startled. There were many treasures in the Black Forest, and Vivian’s remains were also inside. If someone had already entered, would the body have been damaged?
"No, apart from the illusory realm, the Black Forest also has a maze barrier to protect it. Anyone who enters without guidance will get lost within the barrier. At present, only the illusion has been dispelled, the maze barrier hasn’t been destroyed..." Vivian explained.
This word reminded Mu You of his own experience—when he first entered the Black Forest in the game, the forest would ’move,’ like a shifting maze, causing him to wander around the edge of the forest, unable to find any passage, until the crow appeared and guided him into the forest.
Nonetheless, even if the barrier hasn’t been broken, as long as someone has discovered this place, there’s a chance they left some traps or something. They would need to tread carefully.
Mu You withdrew the Chocobo and summoned the Battle Eagle and Little Spider, as well as the Netherworld Demon Child and two trolls to ensure full preparedness. He then cautiously stepped into the forest leading the summon beasts.
But just as he entered the forest and had walked only several dozen meters, he suddenly saw two red points of light locking onto him.
Through his Night Vision ability, Mu You could clearly see that these were the eyes of a brown bear that was slowly approaching him.
From the information given by the Omniscient Crystal, this was a level eight Storm Bear. Mu You had encountered one of these magical beasts on Qubai Mountain. It didn’t have any special abilities, its strength came purely from its powerful physical capabilities.
Mu You, only a new player at that time, could easily deal with that Storm Bear. Now, of course, it was even less of a problem.