Magic: My equipment slots have no restrictions

"Yes...yes."

Seeing Viktor's serious gaze, the girl paused for a moment, then nodded in response like a chick pecking at rice.

As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly regretted it.

If I hadn't meddled and saved the person in front of me, would I have ended up in this situation?

"I can help you, but you'll have to pay me afterwards."

However, Viktor's words stunned her again, and for a moment she thought she had misheard.

But before she could think, the other person's voice came again:

"Brothers, what has she done to upset you so much?"

The girl was about to respond, but suddenly realized that the other party didn't seem to be talking to her, and turned around to look at the three-headed demon wolf in surprise.

"Waaah..."

Upon seeing this, the three-headed wolf growled from its rotting throat and stared at the girl with hostile eyes.

Viktor, meanwhile, listened thoughtfully to his "comrades'" words:

"This human broke into the Decaying Forest while we weren't looking and broke off one of the tree people's arms."

"After we discovered this, we wanted her to come over and apologize, but she used magic to attack us instead."

Hearing this, Victor looked speechlessly at the black wooden wand in the girl's hand.

Having obtained civilian status, he naturally came to understand some of the information about the Decaying Forest.

Tree-people are evolved from withered trees in this forest and can only be considered first-tier demonic creatures.

However, due to the decaying forest, these treants absorbed the aura of corruption, and the wood on their bodies turned into magical materials, attracting countless mages.

"Did you break that stick from a tree here?"

Viktor asked the girl helplessly.

"Yes...yes."

The girl responded, staring warily at Victor, clutching her wand tightly.

"That's why I came to the Forest of Decay."

Viktor couldn't help but chuckle at her stingy manner.

"roar!"

A demonic wolf also howled at the opportune moment, startling the girl so much that her shoulders trembled slightly, and she clutched her magic wand, not daring to utter a sound.

However, Viktor felt a slight sense of relief upon hearing the roar.

The other party warned the girl that she must apologize to the injured tree spirit, or she would be turned into nourishment for this place.

Viktor glanced at the bewildered girl and thought to himself, "What a mess this is."

The Decaying Demon Wolf truly lives up to its reputation as the guardian of this place; it would grind any outsider to dust simply for breaking a branch.

Fortunately, he managed to smooth things over.

"Brothers, you've misunderstood. Actually, this person is a friend I brought in. Today, I wanted her to ask the Tree Man for some branches."

Victor looked at the three large dogs, shook his head and chuckled:

"Who knew she didn't know the rules, took the branches and left, but was intimidated by the men's heroic demeanor, so she took action."

As he spoke, the blonde girl beside him blinked, wondering what the point of Viktor's words was. Could these monsters really understand him?

But as she finished speaking, when she looked at the three demonic wolves again, she noticed that a stiff smile had appeared on their rotting faces.

"?"

The girl's beautiful eyes widened in disbelief at what she was seeing.

If she had some doubts when Viktor spoke to the dire wolves before, she really couldn't hold back when she saw the dire wolves' human-like expressions.

Have the brains of the dire wolves evolved to this extent?

I must tell my father about this!

Oh, and this young man too.

Why does the dire wolf show him no respect at all, yet treat this ordinary person so well, when he is clearly the magician?

She glanced cautiously at Viktor, only to find him staring at her. She puffed out her cheeks, feeling a little embarrassed and annoyed.

"roar."

The wolf beside him growled and patted the girl's head with its mangled paw, its eerie gaze fixed on Viktor.

It means: "This human has some sense, but if he is found attacking the tree people again and breaking the rules of this place, hmph."

"Of course."

Victor nodded, knowing that this ordeal was finally over.

Fortunately, they only encountered low-level demonic wolves on the outskirts of the Decaying Forest; otherwise, they would have been much harder to fool.

"I'll leave the matter of Senior Tree Man to the three of you. I'll bring you some tonics next time."

Viktor bowed slightly and added in a natural tone.

Upon hearing that there were tonics, the three demon wolves growled in agreement and turned to patrol.

Viktor stood there, watching the wolves walk away and seeing nothing unusual around him, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Who exactly are you? You have no magic, yet you can communicate with monsters?"

At this moment, the girl could no longer hold back. While disgustedly removing the rotten bits of flesh from her hair, she asked the question she had wanted to ask ever since Victor started talking to the dire wolf.

You have to understand, even an elite magician like her father.

When communicating with monsters that haven't learned the common language, one can only understand their monster language through the art of clever speech.

Moreover, it can only be done outside of corrupt places.

"You want to know?"

Viktor looked at the blonde girl, who was half a head shorter than him, and asked casually.

"certainly!"

"Let's talk after you pay me."

Faced with the girl's curious gaze, Viktor shook his head and then naturally changed the subject:

"It's getting dark, do you have a way to get out of here quickly?"

Upon hearing this, the girl's expression changed slightly, only then realizing that it was already dark and no longer dusk.

"No...no."

Her face turned deathly pale, and she responded in a low voice.

Viktor was completely taken aback by this response.

Seeing that the other party was dressed in an extraordinary manner, they probably came from a wealthy family, and surely they would have brought teleportation scrolls or something similar.

Who knew that it was less useful than myself?

"Well... it's not like there's absolutely no way out."

Seemingly sensing Viktor's displeasure, the girl explained in a low voice, "It's just that this space is isolated from the outside world."

With that, the rune ring on her index finger flashed, and five gold coins fell into her palm:

"This is the deposit for taking me out; there will be more compensation later."

Viktor's eyes lit up.

Having received most of the original owner's memories, he naturally knew that he was just a worker in a bakery, earning only two silver coins a day.

The fact that the other party simply pulled out five gold coins means they're either stupid or from a wealthy family.

"walk slowly!"

Victor readily agreed, took the gold coins, and led the girl toward an exit.

As the son of thorns in this place, his mind is like it has a Gaode Map Max version installed, he can walk out even with his eyes closed.

After that, the other party should be able to use the girl's teleportation scroll, and will most likely survive the night.

"Oh, right."

Seeing Viktor's composed expression, the girl, who had almost been chewed up by the big dog, quickly regained her composure and took the initiative to chat with him, her words full of curiosity:

"You must be a commoner, right? The Decaying Forest is a hundred miles away from the nearest civilian area, so why would you come to such a... dangerous place?"

Thinking of the boy's composed demeanor, she hesitated before saying the last few words.

Why did you come here?

Victor wasn't quite sure about this either.

Why did the original body travel so far to come here? That memory did not recover along with the other memories.

Viktor was at a loss for words.

As I was pondering this, I noticed several blurry figures standing in the distance, their expressions slightly grim.

He raised his right arm to stop the girl:

"There's something going on up ahead."