Wizard's Journey

Chapter 326 The Nest of the World (Part Two)

"Lord Green, where are we going?"

The Thousand-Eyed Crab stood in mid-air above its ear-hole nest, asking in a muffled tone, one of its claws gripping a low-lying shrub covered in ice crystals, which it kept feeding into its mouth.

Grimm shook his head and said, "You can wait here. If needed, I will summon you using the Key of Friendship."

Green did this because even with the enormous body of a third-level creature like the Thousand-Eyed Giant Crab, it lacked the ability to conceal its aura. It was likely that wherever it went, even if some rare species remained in this nest space, they would be scared away.

"Oh, I see, creak, creak..."

The thousand-eyed crab kept chewing on the leaves covered with ice crystals with its tiny mouth, making a "crunch, crunch" sound.

Green glanced at the myna bird playing with the mud monster on the other side and asked, "What about you?"

"I?"

The myna bird was taken aback. It actually used one wing to prop up its chin and pretended to think for a moment. Then, it seemed to have come up with a good idea and chuckled mischievously, "Hehe, young master, you can go now. I'll take my leaf beast and go for a stroll by myself."

Beneath the mask of truth, Grimm curled his lip. This guy…

"Okay, be careful, and come back when it's time."

After giving some instructions, Green ignored the myna bird and flew alone into the depths of the dark lair, wielding the Ram Horned Skull Magic Staff.

Further away, several wizards who had lit up the elemental light flew further and further away, becoming blurry little dots of light.

Click!

Green stepped onto the hard rock of the nest and keenly sensed that several small creatures had been frightened and quickly ran away. Judging from the perception of the ultrasonic positioning magic, these were just a few ordinary snow worms that could be found anywhere.

Lighting up a beam of elemental light, Green observed the surrounding vegetation with the eyesight of a normal human.

Beneath the ice crystal protective layer lies mostly dark vegetation, and the plants inside clearly do not grow through photosynthesis, so they must obtain nutrients from the soil.

Feeling that the elemental light's vision was far less convenient than ultrasonic positioning magic in this environment, Green extinguished the elemental light.

After sniffing carefully, Green took a few steps and picked up a clump of black, gelatinous substance from the ground.

"Um?"

Green noticed that some roots were emerging from under the rock, slowly but visibly wrapping around the black, gelatinous substance he had just picked up.

As Green picked up the black, gelatinous substance, the roots reflexively and quickly retreated into the cracks in the rock.

After standing still and thinking intently for a moment, a fire bat slowly appeared at the top of the ram's horn skull magic staff in Green's hand, radiating light and heat.

After a low hum, the firebat flapped its wings and flew toward the seemingly ordinary low tree next to Green.

boom!

Intense flames erupted, and the powerful shockwave was almost unbelievable, as it was merely a fire bat spell casually cast by a level one demon hunter. The powerful bonus attributes of the Ram Horned Skull Magic Staff were on full display.

Green stood there quietly, his eyes fixed on the burning shrub beneath the mask of truth.

The ice crystal protective layer on the dwarf tree had no effect whatsoever on the Green Firebat magic, but it seemed that the plants here contained very little oil and that their composition was very different from that of the wizarding world, making them extremely difficult to burn.

However, thanks to the inextinguishable nature of Grimm's flames, the dwarf tree was burned to ashes after a short while, without any mutations occurring.

"It seems that although the roots have some special evolutionary methods, it is still just an ordinary plant with no value."

Some plants possess active defensive capabilities.

When encountering such plants, many witch hunters are willing to turn them into bonsai or guardian plants. Some powerful guardian plants can even be sold for witch essence and traded.

However, Green continued to bombard the ground with his ram-horned skull magic staff.

After several attempts, the frozen, hard rocks on the ground began to soften, and Green found a thick root from a short tree.

This root was actually resembling a python, constantly contracting downwards, as if hiding and unwilling to expose itself.

Green smiled and swung his Ram Horned Skull Magic Wand at the middle of the thick root. In an instant, the thick root struggled wildly as if it had been electrocuted, and then broke in two, with milky white sap flowing out.

"Well?"

Green was surprised by the sweet fragrance of the milky white sap. After thinking for a moment, he ignored its struggles and forcibly pulled the broken root out of the frozen rock.

Thud, thud, thud...

This severed root, about three meters long, was jumping around on the ground like a broken gecko tail.

Green took out a crystal bottle, held the severed end of the root, and squeezed it hard. Immediately, a stream of fresh white juice flowed into the crystal bottle, filling the air with a fragrant aroma.

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!

As Green squeezed out the milky white sap, the severed root kept lashing at Green's body, but for Green's powerful physique, it was not even a tickle. A look of unexpected gain appeared on his face beneath the mask of truth.

"Adding some of this creamy flavoring to future desserts should work quite well."

After saying this, Green seemed to remember something else and added, "Oh, right, give another bottle to Mentor Peranos and Aunt Alice. Senior Brother Varo should be very interested as well."

After pulling out several thick roots from the ground and collecting several large bottles of milky white sap, Green finally stopped digging up the tree roots with satisfaction, leaving one living root for transplanting.

As he walked through the low-lying woods covered in ice crystals, Green examined the black, gelatinous substance in his hand.

After a while, Green opened a dimensional gap and threw the black gelatinous substance into it.

"This feces contains abundant activated energy but no minerals, so it must have been left by some kind of carnivorous creature. However, the information in the crystal ball only mentions a species called the ear-hole rabbit in this nest space. It is a creature that eats plants and minerals, and there is no information about any carnivorous creatures at all."

Frowning in thought, Green's figure gradually disappeared into a dark grove of low trees...

Five hourglasses later.

In the pitch black, Green used ultrasonic positioning magic to search for the owner of the black feces, but to no avail. Instead, he found some interesting nesting plants and several energy crystals full of ice elements.

Suddenly, a magical fluctuation in the distance caught Grimm's attention.

After thinking for a moment, Green took to the air and flew quickly toward the direction of the magical fluctuations.

A short while later, Green stopped in mid-air.

Ahead, thirty-six Ming Wizards were working together to form a huge magic net. The magic net was constantly closing in on each other, and the magic net threads were made entirely of lightning, which would pass through obstacles such as trees and vegetation without causing damage.

Every now and then, with a sizzling sound, a rabbit with an ear hole tries to break through the magic net, only to be stunned by the electric shock.

Some ear-hole rabbits also released a strange sound wave, which should be the magical ability of ear-hole rabbits mentioned by Araragi: the sound of ice and snow that is extremely effective against ice and snow energy.

Regardless of the type of sonic ability, it is far more damaging to physical objects than to energy bodies, not to mention the ear-hole rabbit, a native creature of this nest world, which has evolved a unique sonic ability to counter ice and snow.

The power grid was attacked by the Ear-hole Rabbit's Ice and Snow Sound, but it did not produce any response.

Immediately afterwards, the ear-hole rabbit, in a panic, continued to hop and run toward the center of the ever-shrinking magic net, filled with despair.

These long-eared rabbits have gray-black fur, range in length from 30 to 70 centimeters, have six legs, and very small heads, but two large ears that resemble dinner plates. They can unleash the wondrous power of "sounds of ice and snow."

Gradually, the range of the magic net became smaller and smaller.

These little creatures had nowhere to hide anymore. They huddled together in the empty space at the center of the magic net, looking in panic at the magic net that was closing in from all directions, and... the terrifying wizards who were manipulating the magic net to close in.

"There are quite a few, probably over a hundred."

A wise wizard laughed heartily, looking at the panicked ear-hole rabbits in the center of the magic net with great delight, like several old farmers who had just harvested a bountiful harvest.

On Grimm's side, a demon hunter who was responsible for gathering the magic net turned to look at Grimm, and after confirming Grimm's identity as a dark wizard, asked, "What can I do for you, demon hunter?"

At this moment, more than ten mechanical puppets rushed into the magic net. After stunning the ear-hole rabbits with an electric current, they continued to capture the ear-hole rabbits inside the magic net and throw them into metal cages.

There was more than just one dark wizard, Grimm.

Further away, the old witch Ara, whom they had only parted ways with not long ago, seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and nodded toward Green.

After Green nodded in return, his eyes gleamed beneath the mask of truth as he said, "Now that we've seen them... let's buy two of these little creatures from you as experimental specimens."

"Haha, no problem, no problem. I'll give you the lowest price, just five wizard coins."

This wise wizard was a magnanimous person, and he said this.

(End of this chapter)