The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 271 Burning the Giant Eagle
Moran hid inside the protective shell created by the earthen wall spell, quietly listening to the sounds outside.

Although the earthen wall created by the Earth Wall spell is not permanent, it will disappear once the spell is stopped.

However, the earth element's earth wall has stronger defensive capabilities than ordinary rock.

The eagle's impact did not cause any damage to the earthen wall.

With Moran's level of magic, it wouldn't be a problem for him to hold out until the giant eagle was burned to death.

She maintained the earthen wall technique, listening to the impacts that grew weaker with each beat.

Only when it was completely quiet outside did Moran carefully remove one of the earthen walls and peek outside.

The giant eagle lay on the grass not far away, its body charred black, barely clinging to life.

Lethal technique!
Lethal technique!
Lethal technique!
……

It soon lost all its vitality.

The giant eagle's feathers were the only thing of value; now that they're burned like this, they're basically useless.

Moran used the Corpse Burning spell to quickly incinerate the corpse, preventing it from attracting other wild beasts.

After all, the Lone Peak Forest was not as she had previously thought, and there were no large wild animals there.

However, since they all have wings and live on the top of the stone peak, the wind generated by the wind sensing technique cannot detect places that high.

Giant eagles are not entirely solitary beasts.

She encountered a giant eagle; there are only a few more she hasn't encountered yet.

At that moment, she was only thankful that she hadn't crashed headlong into the Lone Peak Forest on her broom, otherwise she would have had to re-infect the grass seeds and cultivate broom grass.

Moran dared not climb to the top of the stone peak so rashly again.

But we still need to go to the summit to see the condition of this peak forest.

She thought for a moment, then went back to the north side of the stone peak and rebuilt the vine ladder.

At least near the few stone peaks she passed, there were no giant eagles roosting.

She climbed from the north, but before she reached the summit, even the giant eagles deep within the peak forest couldn't see her.

When she reached the summit, she quickly cast a dark magic invisibility spell on herself.

That way, as long as she doesn't move, the giant eagle won't be able to see her.

"My God! Is it that big?"

Standing atop the stone peak and gazing south, Moran couldn't see the end of the forest of peaks.

Dark shadows circled in the distant sky, indicating that many giant eagles lived here.

With such a vast isolated forest of peaks, how long will it take her to explore it all on foot?

"We can't keep wandering aimlessly like this!" Moran carefully climbed down the isolated peak and returned to the vicinity of the hedge wall.

This time, instead of heading deeper into the isolated peak forest, she walked along the hedge wall and between the peaks.

The inner area was much larger than she had imagined.

Aimless exploration is too inefficient.

From that one glance into the distance, Moran understood that it was impossible for her to explore the entire inner area within a year by walking on foot.

She couldn't even figure out a single isolated peak forest.

Therefore, some trade-offs must be made.

The deeper you go into the Lonely Peak Forest, the more giant eagles you'll find.

The giant eagles are high in the sky with a wide field of vision, and it would be very disadvantageous for her if too many giant eagles were disturbed.

She doesn't necessarily need to confront these giant eagles head-on right now.

The lone peak forest has a thin soil layer, and giant eagles circle around it, making it dangerous and unsuitable for habitation. Only the minerals in the rock layer are relatively valuable. However, finding minerals is not her top priority right now.

Her current goal is to explore the inner area as extensively as possible, and even if she can't find Wild Boar Valley, she wants to find one or even several suitable places to live.

After finishing her wilderness survival course, she will start building her fourth-year accommodation.

If there's a shortage of minerals in the future, you can come and explore Gufenglin. There's no need to rush to go deep into it now.

There are clear differences between different terrains.

Moran planned to start from the junction of the isolated peaks and the hedgerows, and walk through the transitional areas of each terrain region.

Looking at the map, it's about walking around the perimeter of each type of terrain to figure out exactly what kind of terrain there is and how it's roughly distributed.

Finally, choose the most habitable terrain, explore it in depth, and find a place to build a dwelling.

In this way, although she cannot explore the inner area map clearly, she can still have a general understanding of the terrain and landforms.

The distribution of various magical plants, minerals, or wild beasts can be roughly determined based on the terrain and landforms.

This is the most efficient and reliable way to explore the inner perimeter area.

After a day of exploration, this was indeed the case.

Moran encountered virtually no difficult problems and had roughly explored the terrain where the inner perimeter and the hedge wall met.

From the breadfruit grove to the hedge wall leading to the dormitory area, it's all within the isolated peak forest area.

Beyond the hedge wall leading from the planting area to the magic training ground lies a grassland.

It's called Green Grassland on the map.

The grassland offered a wide view, and since there were no flying beasts nearby, Moran took advantage of the good weather and risked riding his flying broomstick into the air to look into the depths of the grassland.

The deeper they went, the higher the terrain became, and Moran seemed to see a cedar forest.

Entering from the magic laboratory in the northwest corner of the academy's core area and the hedge wall north of Crescent Lake, you'll find a wetland swamp called the Green Swamp.

Going beyond the hedge wall on the east side of Crescent Lake, it's even worse; there's a desert there, called the Yellow Sand Land.

To the south of the desert lies the Lone Peak Forest.

In other words, the area near the core of the academy is either a stone forest desert or a swamp grassland.

Different regions not only have different topography and landforms, but also different climates.

Moran walked around the core area of ​​the college along the hedge wall and concluded that there was no truly habitable place in the inner perimeter area near the core area.

At the very least, there should be mountains, water, and forests to be considered a truly livable place!
"No, Dean, I clearly remember that when I looked at it from the mountain on the academy, the inner area was mostly forest! How come it looks like this now?"

This was completely different from what Moran had imagined.

“Hedges not only serve as barriers, but also serve to obscure the view,” came Ms. Amisa’s voice.

Moran was convinced; it meant that everything he had seen on the mountain was fake.

During the wilderness survival class, Mingming had already entered the mountains and forests, which means that there must be mountains and forests in the inner area.

Now it seems they're all probably on the side far from the core area.

No wonder the senior students seemed to disappear as soon as they entered their fourth year; it was difficult to find them in the core area of ​​the college.

No wonder many female students prepare for a whole year but still can't establish a suitable place to live in the outlying areas.

It turns out that simply reaching a mountain forest that is rich in resources, has a mild climate, and is suitable for living is not easy.

The mountains and forests are in much more distant places.

Isolated peaks, grasslands, green marshes, and yellow sandy lands are all obstacles that prevent them from exploring further and finding habitable mountain forests.

This is really bad news.