The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 286 Abnormal Route

In the mountains and forests, even a novice-level gold-probing skill wouldn't be able to penetrate the thick layers of soil and explore deeper into the ore in a short time.

In Moran's view, the wilderness survival course was essentially a way to indirectly urge the little witch to learn all sorts of magic and knowledge in the form of tasks.

The little witches were all bound to character cards she created with magical level progression, and Moran knew their skill levels all too well.

Since the start of wilderness survival classes this school year, the little witches' magical learning progress has been rapid, all thanks to the pressure of classroom assignments.

However, since the classes were short, most of the knowledge was acquired hastily, focusing only on the casting methods. The understanding of magic itself and related theoretical knowledge was insufficient.

The magic that all the little witches learn on their own outside of class is basically only at the apprentice level.

This quest, which involves collecting crystal ore and iron ore, and crafting magic stoves and crystal potion bottles, can utilize four types of magic: Gold Prospecting, Mining, Refining, and Alchemy.

When the little witches learned alchemy, they learned it. There were alternatives to mining and refining, but only gold prospecting was something they had to learn to have a chance to complete this task.

There aren't many young witches who know the art of gold finding to begin with, and even fewer who are at a higher level.

No wonder they were teleported to the Lone Peak Forest, where the soil layer is thinnest and mineral resources are richest.

Although the area she was in was still shrouded in mist on her map, the distance from the area that Qingcaodi had already explored told her that she was deep in the Lone Peak Forest.

Then there must be giant eagles.

Moran then cast an invisibility spell on himself.

It was fortunate that she did that; before the vines could even carry her out of the burrow, a giant eagle discovered the vines that were growing rapidly inside.

Moran quickly had the vines fling her out of the burrow, and the next moment, the vines were snatched away by the giant eagle to use as nesting material.

The thick vines, once brought back to the cave, withered and became thin strips, crumbling into dust with a mere scratch.

The giant eagle asked in confusion, "(◇)?"

After Moran was thrown out, she landed gently on the ground.

Looking at the surrounding mountains, I immediately felt a chill run down my spine.

The surrounding rocky mountains are filled with the nests of giant eagles—it's terrifying!

Fortunately, she had practiced her invisibility technique a while ago in preparation for mining in the Lone Peak Forest and avoiding harassment from the giant eagles, and had broken through to the beginner level.

Now, as long as you don't move too fast and start running, the invisibility spell won't fail.

Otherwise, today's task would be really troublesome!
Moran walked slowly, using his gold-detecting technique to probe for underground minerals.

Since it is deep in the isolated peak forest, most of the underground minerals have not yet been mined, making them much easier to find than on the edges.

She immediately found a large cluster of high-quality white crystals, more than enough to craft crystal potion bottles.

The mining technique allowed them to extract the white crystal directly through the soil and rocks. The shrinking technique shrunk it, and they hid it in their satchel.

Then continue walking slowly, looking for iron ore.

Perhaps it was the magic of luck that worked, because after walking for a short while, she came across a small cave, and after going inside, she found iron ore.

Taking advantage of the cave, they evaded the giant eagle's gaze and successfully crafted the magic stove and the magic potion crystal bottle inside, thus completing their mission.

Moran looked around and exclaimed, "Huh? Where's the portal? Dean! I've completed my mission!" Only then did the portal reluctantly appear.

Moran went out immediately. Mining wasn't something she was in a hurry to do right now. She needed to at least build her residence first, and then stockpile various plant and mineral materials.

Otherwise, if you accidentally encounter danger and can't handle it, and are rescued by the Guardian Dean, all your materials will be confiscated.

As soon as he was teleported back, Moran went to see the magic waterbed.

In previous classes, everyone's teleportation locations were similar, and the difficulty level was also quite high.

Vasita and Sylph don't know how to become invisible, so how are they supposed to detect ore under the sharp eyes of the giant eagle?
The magic waterbed was empty; there wasn't a single little witch in sight.

Vasita and Sylph were not there either.

Moran breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed their mission was progressing smoothly.

Then Moran looked at the monitoring screens for Vasita and Sylph and was dumbfounded: "Why is it so dark?"

Upon hearing this, Amisha couldn't help but say, "They're taking the normal route!"

The content of the wilderness survival course has remained unchanged for many years.

This lesson was originally intended to have them fall into the burrow, discover the underground caves of the Lone Peak Forest, search for and collect ores, and then learn magic such as Feather Fall, Gold Detection, and Mining, so that they wouldn't be helpless when they encountered precious mineral veins in the wild in the future.

That's why the portals were opened in various underground caves. To ensure they obediently entered the caves, the chosen caves were large and deep, surrounded by many giant eagles. Even the mission hinted at entering the caves, since the final mission requirement was to safely return to the surface.

There are many ways to get out, whether it's finding another cave, using various magic spells to climb out of the original cave, or digging a hole.

As a result, Moran's maneuvering perfectly avoided the normal route.

Moran was also exasperated: "Dean, you should have said so earlier!"

The hole was so deep that she felt uneasy just looking at it. Of course she would have come out if there was a way to get out!
Amisha: "..."

Who would have thought that a course that had never encountered any unexpected problems since its inception would experience such an incident with her today?
"Dean, how about I start over?" Moran said. "It hasn't been that long since then!"

“No need!” Amisha said, “You’ve already mastered the skills required for this lesson, so there’s no need for you to take it again.”

If they hadn't mastered it, they wouldn't have deviated from the normal route and completed the task so quickly.

"Are you sure there's nothing I missed in this lesson?" Moran pressed.

“No!” Amisha said definitively.

"I'll be going now! I'll save the review video for the next wilderness survival class," Moran said. "If I go back now, I can still make it for lunch!"

"Let's go, let's go!" Amisha waved her hand.

Moran retrieved her flying broom, flew to the breadfruit forest, picked some breadfruit, returned to her dormitory, and made breadfruit cakes and breadfruit juice from all the breadfruit she had picked. She shrunk them down and put them in her satchel as an emergency food reserve for the next week.

This time, she needs to prepare food to enter the inner area from the yellow sand.

Finally, I picked some fresh vegetables, took some meat from the refrigerator, and made a hearty lunch.

After lunch, Moran flew northeast.

Senior Lilith lived in the mountains outside the boundary between the yellow sand and the green swamp, so she also chose to walk from the yellow sand, which was closer to the green swamp.