Wizard Immortal

Chapter 141 Moving Forward

In the spacious yet dilapidated living room, Ariel sat quietly on the floor, looking at Adir in front of her, her face showing extreme fear and her eyes filled with intense unease.

She has been living in this high-rise building for four or five months now.

At first, it was alright. Although it was located on the edge of the danger zone, it was still relatively safe, and it was close to the old villages, making it convenient to search for things inside.

But in the last two months, she has often felt that something is watching her. One night, she even vaguely saw the face of a woman with half of it rotting, staring at her with a vicious look.

All of this reached its peak recently, and on several occasions she could even feel that the woman was standing by her bedside, silently watching her all night.

All of this filled her with deep fear, so when she heard Adir's words, she felt a chill run down her spine.

Standing beside the old wooden table, feeling Ariel's gaze, Adir didn't turn around, but simply said, "You can rest assured for now. At least for a month, that thing won't appear again."

He wasn't lying to her.

The remaining things in this building aren't too powerful. Even if they were to harm an ordinary person, the person would need to stay in the building for a long time to be infected by its aura.

The reason that scene happened last night was because Ariel stayed in this building for too long, which met the basic conditions for triggering the event.

If Adir hadn't been there, Ariel would have been directly confronted by the strangeness here last night, without any unexpected incident.

After last night, the remaining eerie force field here has been affected by Adir, and it is estimated that it will not recover for at least one or two months, and it is unlikely to reappear.

Of course, if this girl doesn't leave during this time, she will eventually face certain death.

"A month?"

Hearing Adir's words, Ariel suddenly shuddered.

She stared blankly at Adir, her mouth slightly open, clearly wanting to say something.

But Adir had already given her no chance.

He didn't look at the girl in front of him, but silently opened the living room door and gently applied force with his hand.

With a creak, the door in front of him was opened.

Adir's expression was calm, with a sword at his waist, and he walked straight out, clearly preparing to leave.

As I stepped outside the gate, a refreshing breeze rushed in.

Standing still, Adir turned his head slightly and looked at the land a few meters away from the gate.

There, a few coarse white hairs appeared out of nowhere, carrying a peculiar odor; it was unclear what they were left behind.

This was left by a creature from last night; it walked right past the gate and left a trace.

With his face calm, Adir walked silently into the distance, observing the faint traces around him through the chip's monitoring.

Behind her, watching Adir's departing figure, Ariel quietly stood up from where she stood. Her face, covered with terrifying blood clots, stared blankly at Adir's back, lost in thought.

Time slowly passed.

After a while, her eyes hardened, and she quickly ran to her room, took a small bag from under the bed, and dashed out to catch up with Adir.

Noticing the panting figure behind him, Adir turned his head slightly, glanced at it, and didn't pay much attention.

A few hours later, under Ariel's questioning gaze, Adir once again walked to a familiar place.

This is the same village as before. Everything around it seems unchanged, looking ancient and dilapidated, with an eerie atmosphere.

Upon arriving here, Adir took out a map from the bag he was carrying.

The yellowish map looked worn out, and it showed the detailed terrain of the area, along with two very obvious circles.

Several years ago, when Adir first came to this world, he saved a nobleman named Alar and obtained this map from him.

There are two distinct circles on the map; one is this village, and the other is clearly the place where Aral was located back then.

Having returned to this world, this map has finally come in handy.

Gazing quietly at the map, Adir fell into deep thought, pondering his next destination.

At this point, his main goal was to acquire the resources of this world, especially the crystal cores born from those strange creatures, so as to meet the standards for becoming a formal wizard as soon as possible.

For Adir, the biggest challenge in achieving this goal lies in finding those eerie places.

After all, as an outsider, he was completely in the dark about this world, and searching for strange places alone would certainly not be very efficient.

With that in mind, and looking at the dangerous areas marked with red lines on the map, as well as the directions indicated therein, Adir quickly made a decision.

"Let's head in the direction marked on the map. If possible, it would be best to explore those dangerous areas."

Having made up his mind, Adir put away the map and walked towards the side path.

Beside him, Ariel, dressed in a dirty gray robe and carrying a large bag, consciously followed in Adir's footsteps.

After walking a long distance, it was almost nightfall when Adir finally stopped in one place to get some rest.

They found a cave, and in the cold, damp cave, Ariel skillfully lit a match and began to use flint to start a fire.

"Sir, would you like some?"

After setting the fire, Ariel breathed a sigh of relief, then took out several pieces of white plant root from a bag next to her, which looked like they had been washed very clean.

Adir glanced at Ariel beside him and calmly accepted the gift that Ariel offered him.

"Test complete, no toxicity..." The voice of the chip's mechanical components rang in his mind.

Hearing the chip's notification sound and glancing at Ariel beside him, Adir took a bite.

The dry taste came from my mouth, with a faint sweetness that lingered for a long time.

At night, Ariel curled up in a corner, wrapped her gray robe tightly around herself, and managed to fall asleep.

The cave was already cold and damp. Because she was in a hurry to catch up with Adir, she didn't bring much with her. Now she could only wrap herself in her clothes and lie down on the ground to endure the cold.

Outside, a constant stream of noise created a somewhat oppressive atmosphere.

Hearing the sounds outside, Adir quietly stood up and went out.

As soon as I stepped outside the cave, a figure over three meters tall came into view.

It was a monster with three legs, covered in gray fur, and a ferocious wolf head. It was slowly crawling towards the cave, seemingly sensing the presence of living beings inside.

Upon seeing Adir, it roared and charged toward Adir at incredible speed, leaving a black shadow in the moonlight.

However, just as it reached Adir, it suddenly flew backward, a dent appearing on its chest with specks of blood showing on it.

The next moment, a flash of silver light appeared.

Adir stepped on the monster's chest, and drops of blood slowly dripped from the black longsword in his right hand.

Beneath him, the monster's life force had completely vanished; he had killed it with a single sword strike.

"Unknown energy influence detected; subject's physical attributes begin to improve." At this moment, the voice of the chip in his mind sounded again.

Hearing the mechanical prompts in his mind and seeing his physical attributes increase, Adir's eyes lit up with joy: "It really worked!"

Through the chip's detection, he could clearly see the increase in his physical data. In addition to the increase in physical attributes, even his mental strength had slightly increased.

This immediately relieved him.

Adir had initially worried that this unknown power would only enhance his physical strength and not affect his mental power, but now that he had received the results, he could rest assured.

"Since the power gained from killing these monsters can increase my mental strength, then I suppose that crystal core should be able to do the same."

Standing still, looking at the scene in the distance, this thought flashed through Adir's mind.

Although Adir did not know exactly what the unique power of this world was, he could record its exact nature through the chip.

Through the chip's detection, Adir understood that the power gained from killing strange creatures and the crystal core obtained after eliminating the monsters were actually the same in nature, only differing in magnitude.

Therefore, since the power gained from killing strange creatures can increase mental strength, the power contained in those crystal cores can naturally do the same.

This is undoubtedly good news for Adir.

Gently sheathing his longsword, Adir turned to look around.

Thanks to the half-elf's excellent eyesight, he could see clearly even in the darkness, under the dim moonlight.

Outside the cave, in a desolate wilderness, as night fell, some creatures began to stir, moving about and making various noises.

However, despite this, the number of mutated creatures among them was not large, and there were very few that could compare to the one beneath Adir's feet. It was not as terrifying as one might imagine.

Watching this scene quietly, Adir's expression remained calm: "It seems that even in this world, there aren't many mutated monsters with strength comparable to knights."

Compared to the vast amount of energy contained within the crystal core, the power gained from killing mutated monsters is very low. For Adir at his current level, he would need to kill at least knight-level monsters to have a noticeable effect.

(End of this chapter)