Guild Boss's Ambition

The answer is unclear.

But the good news is that they haven't attacked me so far.

As the saying goes, two fists are no match for four hands, not to mention that there are tens of thousands of bats and insects here.

"God has given me such a generous gift. Am I the protagonist of some story?"

"As a corresponding price, you should at least give me looks and talents that match the protagonist, right?"

"I'm just a little better than mediocre. Why did this happen to me?"

Even though I was confused, I did not sit still and wait for death. I immediately began to scout the surrounding environment. Since I appeared in the cave out of nowhere, I had no idea about the direction of the exit. If I were an experienced hunter, I might be able to guess the location of the exit through information such as wind direction, temperature, surface humidity, etc., but I was just a junior high school student.

The knowledge of junior high school students is very limited.

The things in this cave are very strange, and the things I am familiar with are far rarer than the unfamiliar ones.

This place is nothing like the civilized world I know.

“This is…”

After walking about 200 meters, I made a strange discovery while walking slowly in the cave with my head down. In an inconspicuous corner of the cave, there were a few scattered wheat plants. During the autumn harvest, I helped farmers harvest crops, so I was very sure that it was indeed the wheat that everyone eats on a daily basis, but...

"How can plants grow when there is no sunlight?"

"Or is it still night time here, and the sun will shine in the morning?"

"What are these red light bugs? Why are they everywhere?"

In addition to wheat, I found several other different plants on the ground of the cave. The space inside the cave became wider as I walked forward. Looking ahead, the terrain in front seemed to be endless. As far as caves are concerned, the space here is really too large and unnatural.

Or maybe this is not just a cave, but an underground world where dwarves live?

However, even in the dwarf kingdom, no one has ever heard of the existence of red light bugs.

"Are there any humans here?"

Gazing at the distance, I estimated that my physical strength might not be able to support me for much longer. I was teleported here at noon, right after class. When my stomach started growling with hunger, I remembered that I still had the task of collecting food to survive. I was horrified and cold sweat broke out on my back.

There were a lot of edible wild vegetables along the way, but the problem was that I couldn't find any water.

Since there are bats living in the cave, I infer that there must be a water source here.

What do those bats eat? Since they don't eat red light bugs, they must have other prey. The existence of one creature means the existence of another, and where there are plants and animals, there must be water. If possible, I really don't want to pin my hopes on invisible groundwater. Excavation work is very physically demanding and may not be effective.

To find the water source, I walked quickly, following the bats flying above the cave ceiling.

Eventually, I just found what they were eating.

It was a dense swarm of moths.

I've heard that bats don't need much water, or that they can get enough water just by eating moths.

As for the prey moths, most of their larvae survive on plant leaves, while the adults store nutrients for reproduction by consuming tree sap and nectar. Their presence means that there are probably trees and flowers nearby.

"Can trees really grow in caves?"

"No, or maybe I'm wrong. These moths could have flown in from outside the cave. Since moths are phototactic, they would be attracted by the red light bugs and thus mistakenly enter a cave full of natural enemies of bats. And since the red light bugs have the ability to attract moths, the bats don't eat them?"

"Although this explanation seems to make sense, I feel like this cave cannot be explained by common sense."

"That's right! This cave is a freak!"

I started tracking cave bats and then switched to tracking moths. I walked almost a kilometer and was finally shocked to find a forest in the cave. Above the forest were countless red light bugs. They were like the sun, shining warmly on the trees and creatures below. I could hear the howling of wild beasts from afar in the forest.

Where there are wild animals, there should be rivers and streams.

When I got here, even without thinking, I could already smell a cool and damp air.

The most dangerous places in the wild are places with water, but in order to survive, I must try to enter the forest.

The trees in this cave forest are lush and tall, and most of them are over 500 years old. As soon as I entered, the shadows of the trees blocked most of my sight. At the same time, I could vaguely sense many prying eyes through my intuition. When I was on guard against them, they were also on guard against me.

Let's just keep to ourselves - okay?

With the uncomfortable feeling of thorns in my back, I gradually went deeper into the forest. Soon I heard the sound of flowing stream. For safety, I did not go directly to the stream, but walked to the higher side of the forest, climbed up one of the big trees that seemed to have fewer insects and beasts, and then scouted from the high ground to the low ground.

My cautious approach was correct, as there were several bobcats in the area upstream of the stream.

My intuition tells me that those mountain cats are very strong.

However, there were only a few wild deer in the middle reaches of the stream at this time. Although these wild deer gave me the impression of being very strong, herbivores are always safer than carnivores. I took out a water bottle from the space ring, drank up the half bottle of water in it, then walked closer to the stream and filled half the bottle with stream water.

The wild deer ignored me, so I filled the water tank and left immediately.

After securing a water source, I began to prepare food. The forest is a good place with abundant supplies, but most of the fruits growing on the trees are species I don’t recognize. In order to avoid death by poisoning, I decided to take a risk and only eat the rabbits running in the grass. Rabbits are not dangerous and are very easy to catch. I caught several with a simple rope trap.

The next step is to find a place where we can rest safely for the night - although I'm not sure if there is night in this cave.

After walking for a while, I found a cave inside a cave.

It may sound a bit strange, but it is indeed the case.

The cave within the cave is not large, only about the size of the guest room of the stone house. Using the fire crystals that are essential for home and travel, I successfully made a fire in the cave. I was so hungry that I didn't think much about it. I immediately skinned the two rabbits I caught, sprinkled them with spices that I just collected along the way, and then grilled them on the campfire.

After a while, the fragrance filled the air and many little friends appeared in front of the cave entrance.

"Damn it, I'm asking for trouble."

The mountain cats that were originally upstream of the stream now blocked the exit of the cave.

I didn't have to think too much about it. It must be because my rabbit was so well decorated that it attracted them here.

I had just eaten half of the rabbit meat, so I had to throw the remaining half away reluctantly.

Ga-ga-ga-ga-ga!

A round of noisy noises rang out, and within a few seconds the rabbit meat was chopped up by seven mountain cats.

"It's okay, take your time eating. I have another one. Eat it and leave quickly."

I prayed and threw out the last one.

Ga-ga-ga-ga-ga!

There was another round of ferocious eating sounds, and the second round of rabbit meat took about a minute.

After eating the rabbit meat, the mountain cats once again cast their demanding eyes on me.

Help! What should I do?

Do you want to fight? Can you win?

If there were only one or two, we should be able to defeat them, but──

Just when I was about to cry, the mountain cats suddenly stopped moving.

Not only were they motionless, their surfaces were also coated in a silvery-white color, as if they had been petrified by magic.

Looking at the insects in the cave again, the light they emitted changed from red to blue. With the appearance of blue light, a strange figure slowly emerged in the cave that was originally empty. The figure was about three meters tall and had the outline of a human. It was wearing almost sealed warrior armor and was the most dangerous existence as well as Miss Bai Ye.

"Human? Apart from him, I haven't seen one in a long time."

"In this forgotten world, there are actually such weak humans?"

The tall warrior slowly stood up, looking down at me, and said in an inhuman yet solemn voice: "Girl, who are you? How did you get to this place? Strange? Why do you look so familiar? Are you human? Hmm? I remember now, you are indeed human? Interesting! You are very interesting! Let's chat, friends from another world."

Since the giant's words and actions were very strange, my ideal idea was to turn around and run away.

Unfortunately, the giant grasped my body in his palm with one hand and brought me in front of him.

This allowed me to see clearly what was inside the helmet, and inside the two holes were two real emeralds.

This giant is definitely not a human being, and it is very likely not even any living creature.

"You... who are you! Where is this place?" I asked in horror.

"This is one of the four origins of the world. Here are His favorite things, but He hasn't come to us for a long time. How long has it been? Thousands of years? Tens of thousands of years? It's too long ago, I can't remember. Can you chat with me? Apart from eating, sleeping and fighting, I haven't communicated with anyone for a long time."

Just chatting──

"can!"

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47. Magical Pollution (Taimi)

(Taimi-Moni)

After I agreed to chat, the giant put me back on the ground.

Although I don't know what this giant is, it's definitely a good idea to show him a friendly attitude.

I patted my frightened heart and introduced myself, "My name is Taimi-Moni. I came to this place because of a teleportation magic. You just said that this is one of the four origins of the world, but where exactly is it? Which direction of the Bright Alliance is it located? Do you know the way back to the Bright Alliance?"

"The Alliance of Light? Never heard of it."

The giant sat down in the small cave and said calmly, "I am the guardian of this place, Perseus. I have never left this place, and I have rarely met humans, so I don't know which area the Bright Alliance you are talking about is. But I know a way for you to return to the world of the living. If you want to go there... hm?"

In the middle of the conversation, the giant suddenly stood up and drew his weapon from his waist.

Its weapon is a samurai sword.

Although its body is huge, its movements are not clumsy at all.

The upright giant Perseus looked towards the cave entrance, and surprisingly there was a dark cloud at the entrance.

"What is that?" I asked warily.

"Filthy beast." said the giant in a deep voice.

Before I could ask, the black mist cloud had transformed into another huge figure. Unlike Perseus' burly humanoid body, the black mist incarnation was a ball of flesh covered with tentacles, floating in the air. When its shape was fixed, the tips of its many tentacles simultaneously emitted dazzling beams of light.

The beams actually hit the giant, but the giant relied on the resistance of its armor and blocked all the beams without any harm.

Roar!

Then the giant shouted, thrust his sword forward, took a step forward, and cut the meat ball in two.

The flesh that was stabbed by the sword shattered into dust, fell to the ground and disappeared.

As I was watching, I asked, “Is it solved?”

The giant sheathed his sword, returned to the cave, and sat on the ground: "Well, for now."

I asked with lingering fear: "What is that? It's really dangerous."

The giant calmly explained, "Those are foul beasts created by the evil power of the void. They are the scourge imprisoned in this world. For tens of millions of years, I have been fighting these foul beasts. Recently, they have grown stronger and stronger. Even I am gradually feeling powerless. If this continues, the foul beasts may break through the restrictions and appear in the Yang world where humans live."

"Void?" I felt that the name sounded familiar, so I asked, "What is the void evil force you are talking about?"

Perseus explained: "The world you lived in in the past is the Yang World, and the independent space where you and I are now is the Elemental World. To understand the Void, we must first understand the relationship between the Yang World and the Elemental World. To put it simply, the Elemental World is actually the Yang World's element reserve library."

I smiled bitterly and asked, "I'm sorry, even if you have used simple terms, I still don't understand."

Perseus patiently said, "The energy of the world is conserved. To cast magic in the Yang World, it must consume the corresponding magic elements. As more creatures can use magic, the number of magic elements consumed each day also increases. However, the number of magic elements in the Yang World itself is actually very scarce."

I couldn't help but gasp: "The more you talk, the more confused I become."

Perseus further explained: "For example, the Yang world is a well that can produce two portions of well water every day, which can feed two humans. However, the first two humans later mated with each other and gave birth to more offspring. Therefore, the two portions of well water are not enough to meet the needs of the entire population. Therefore, humans need to explore more water sources."

I guessed, "Is that the elemental world we are in?"

"That's right." Perseus nodded affirmatively. "The magic elements that are insufficient in the Yang World are all borrowed from the Elemental World. Whenever humans borrow a magic element from the Elemental World, the lost part will form void evil power in the Elemental World. High concentrations of evil power will turn into foul beasts. Foul beasts are ferocious by nature and aim to destroy all living things. They are the restraining force of the world."

At this point, I kind of understand.

I pointed to the entrance of the cave within the cave and warned in a trembling voice, "You...it seems that there are a few more of those foul beasts you mentioned."

Perseus was not surprised by this, "Normally, there will be at least a hundred battles every night. You wait in the cave."

Perseus stood up and walked out with his tall and strong back.

After a while, I heard the sound of fierce fighting outside the cave. I didn't have the courage to go out to take a look. I just prayed that Perseus would be the winner. After about ten minutes, my expectation was met and the rock-hard warrior returned triumphantly. Unfortunately, its victory was not without a price. Several shocking cracks appeared on its armor and its forearm was broken.

Despite its horrific injuries, it did not bleed, as if it were not a living being.

"Are you alright?"

"It's okay, just take a rest."

After returning to the cave within the cave, Perseus walked to the petrified mountain cats. As the giant approached, the mountain cats' bodies began to weather rapidly. The weathered dust slowly turned into Perseus' flesh and blood and armor. When all the mountain cats were absorbed completely, Perseus' body returned to its original state.

I was not scared by this. Compared with the way humans eat, Perseus's behavior was much gentler.