Star Railway: The Last of the Grammer Riders

Chapter 203 Side Quest: A Grand Adventure in the Magical World (1)

After everyone had tasted the candy given to them by Aha, they returned to their respective groups.

After confirming that everyone was ready, Ye Tianyu opened the portals to their respective worlds.

To help them integrate better, Ye Tianyu had already modified the information in that world beforehand, giving everyone a "local" identity.

This can avoid a lot of trouble.

For example, being blocked at the door because they are unregistered, or having difficulty moving around in a normal social structure.

Let's see what Black Tower's team is actually doing.
The six people crossed the teleportation array and arrived at a lush green forest.

Since I was new to the area, I didn't know the exact location.

The group could only figure it out slowly.

The Great Black Tower made many preparations to reduce the use of imaginary energy.

Take, for example, the drone she just showed us.

This drone is an older model, still powered by traditional electricity.

However, this model can generate electricity by absorbing solar energy. After modification, the energy conversion rate is extremely high, and the survey range has been increased.

To make it more convenient, a magnification effect has been added, meaning that it can be seen clearly within a range of 2000 meters.

The Black Tower conducted a simple survey using drones and obtained some valuable results.

First of all, this is a vast forest ecosystem that has not been developed by humans.

Within the area surveyed by the drone, there were no signs of human habitation.

Far to the north of the forest, there is a forest area that clearly appears to be polluted.

The beasts there are more bloodthirsty and ferocious than those in other areas, and they are also much larger in size.

It is suspected that the source of the polluted forest has been contaminated.

However, in the more distant southern areas, the drone could only zoom in on the barely observable areas, which were about 3000 meters away, where there were some traces of development.

That place is very likely a human settlement.

The forest in the distance to the southeast is significantly denser, and may also be inhabited by creatures.

Moreover, those creatures are very likely similar to the abundant creatures.

The west is a continuous mountain range of mines, which is a very long mountain range.

Its shape is somewhat like a dragon's spine.

The information has been collected in a simple manner.

"Alright, we've gathered enough information from the surrounding area. Next, we need to head southeast," the Great Black Tower said, pointing southeast.

"Hmm? Lady Black Tower, why not choose the south, which might be a human settlement?" the silly goose asked.

“My dear sister, you are still too naive!” Sirin said, puffing out her chest. “Without the constraints of civilization and rules, human evil can be amplified dozens of times over.”

"I know that, but to understand a world, shouldn't we learn about it from a civilization?"

“Because we can’t be sure of the strength of the creatures in this world. Just like Sirin said, the evil of humans is unimaginable. If we can’t defeat them with our strength, including myself, without using imaginary energy, then we will be in great danger, not to mention… we have two ‘children’ here,” the Great Black Tower explained.

"I have seen those disordered worlds, and ah, young and beautiful people like us who have no power to protect ourselves will only become prisoners of others."

“The reason I chose the southeast direction is because the vegetation there is lush, indicating strong vitality. Such a place is either the life core of a world or has been blessed by abundance. But clearly, this world has no imaginary energy, nor abundance. So it can only be that life core,” the Great Black Tower continued to explain. “And the life core stores the information of a world, the strength of a world, in many worlds. For example, Onvak is like that.”

“Assuming that’s the core of a world, its military strength must be among the most powerful in the world,” Nasita said. “And by going there, we can instantly ascertain the basic technological level of this world.”

"Yeah, pretty much. But as long as this world doesn't have the power to explode a planet, we can beat it."

“As expected of Lady Black Tower, you truly inspire confidence,” Cecilia said. “But Lady Black Tower, I’m curious how you knew the strength of this world?”

"It's very simple, all you need to do is..."

The Great Black Tower explained the formula for determining the strength of this world, only to find that most people didn't understand it at all, except for Narcida, the second-generation God of Wisdom.

"Anyway, you only need to understand one thing: in this world, unless someone appears who can destroy the world with one hand, no one can threaten us," the Great Black Tower explained succinctly.

Silly Goose nodded silently.

Xilin believed that she wouldn't be afraid even if the other party could destroy a star.

You see, after being mentored by several teachers, she's no longer the arrogant pufferfish she once was. "Your name is Nasita, right? Would you be interested in becoming my disciple?" The Great Black Tower looked at Nasita with a hint of admiration. This child was intelligent and adorable, a quarter of his own childhood self.

"A disciple of a genius from around the world? I feel like I can learn a lot from him," Nasita said after a moment's thought.

"Hmm, then you are my Black Tower's second disciple," the Great Black Tower said, tossing his hair.

"Teacher," Naxida said, clenching her fist and bowing.

"Hmm, if you encounter any trouble in the universe, you can mention my name, and no one there can make things difficult for you," the Great Black Tower said, patting Nasita's head.

"I understand, thank you, teacher," Nasita nodded and said.

The group slowly made their way towards the dense forest in the southeast.

During this time, they encountered powerful monster attacks, which were all dealt with by the silly goose with his bare hands.

After all, most of the people here are either mages or children.

Naturally, the goose with the highest physical strength led the way.

Just before they reached the forest, they encountered trouble…

It was neither a disaster nor an attack by wild animals.

Instead, it was dense fog and getting lost.

This was a problem they only discovered after walking for quite some time.

Although the dense trees make it difficult to distinguish the roads, the foggy weather can make people lose their way.

But don't forget, the Big Black Tower is used for drone flights.

However, the result she got was even stranger, because they had never left the area and had been standing still.

Instantly, the phrase "being trapped in a maze" came to everyone's mind.

The phenomenon of being "stuck in a maze" is actually caused by a large magnetic field affecting a living being's sense of direction, causing the being to keep walking in the same place.

There are many ways to solve this problem, the first being to deal with the spellcaster.

Secondly, some force fields are used to counteract the influence of this magnetic field.

The third is to leave the magnetic field area.

The first problem is finding the caster, because the magnetic field causes people to lose their sense of direction, so it is difficult to find the other party hiding at a distance.

Of course, you can also rely on wide-area attacks and sweeping fire.

The second point is naturally that there must be force field props that can counteract the influence of magnetic fields.

This kind of prop requires a high level of technology, and the maker must have a deep understanding and ability to manipulate gravity and electromagnetic forces.

Third, it is the simplest of all, because you only need to fly high into the sky and leave the magnetic field range.

As for why it's not about getting out, please, you've already been influenced in your direction, how can you possibly get out?

And they made a decision…

The second option is because they neither have the ability nor intend to provoke the other party in the first one, and they wouldn't do the third one.

Secondly, with the Great Black Tower present, she can create a force field that counteracts the influence of the magnetic field.

They even use their own abilities or teach others with similar abilities to offset it.

"Humans, you should not have come here." A clear, ethereal voice seemed to echo in everyone's ears. "Please leave now."

“Although I don’t know who you are, I’m sorry, but we can’t leave right now. After all, we still want to know what’s going on in this world,” the Great Black Tower stepped forward and said.

"Human witch, do you want to be an enemy of our elven race? You even kidnapped my young brethren?" the voice claiming to be an elven questioned.

"Hostility? Too bad, we only want the stories and information of this world, nothing more. I have no interest in your wars and schemes. Besides, they are not your people, but my disciple and her sister." The Great Black Tower held her magic staff as if she were about to attack at any moment.

Cecilia watched this scene without stopping it or making any move. She roughly guessed that the Great Black Tower was threatening the other party while stating their purpose.

The silly goose, of course, was unaware of this and assumed the other party was an enemy, so he drew his lance in preparation for battle.

　Happy New Year (Haki Bee's voice)! It's hard to believe another year has passed. At the beginning of last year, this book was still writing the story of the Immortal Boat. Hopefully, I'll have inspiration this year and be able to finish the story of Onfaros smoothly.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)