What do you mean I've traveled to worlds geared towards children?

He simply said to everyone:

"I don't know how to send you back to your world, but there should be someone in the Magic Zone who can, so... stop arguing! Hurry up! I don't have time to be your babysitter forever!"

As the peace dove finished speaking, it became increasingly impatient, urging the conversation to end.

Seeing that they couldn't get any more information from him, they could only say goodbye to the peace doves and turn to leave.

Despite the peace doves' complaints of impatience with the children, they made sure to prepare everything they needed for the children before leaving.

First, he prepared a backpack for each of the four people.

The backpack contained food and water, a monster encyclopedia, and a map of the surrounding area.

Secondly, even after the children left the shelter area, he secretly followed them for a long distance to make sure they were safe before turning back.

This is what Ron sensed.

As for why it was able to sense it...

Ron gently closed his eyes, feeling the sensation of his spiritual power spreading out, and inwardly marveled.

As expected of myself, I learned how to project my mental energy in less than a day.

Yes, it's the projection of mental energy.

As a prospective mage, Ron had already obtained the methods for cultivating magic from the old mage.

This is what is known as mental meditation.

Through meditation, Ron can sense the presence of magic and cause it to gather within his body. He can also project his mental energy outwards as a means of perception.

Of course, this method of projecting mental energy is very crude. Other magicians, or even professionals who are more sensitive to mental energy, can easily feel the mental energy sweeping through their bodies.

However, in this world, it's not bad to use it temporarily as a means of detecting danger.

But then again.

Normally, Ron, who is only a beginner apprentice, could not possibly possess such a large amount of mental power and be able to project it outwards for scanning.

But he's not just an ordinary apprentice; he's a mythical beast warrior.

Perhaps after signing a contract with the Frost Wolf and becoming a Phantom Beast Warrior, Ron's mental strength was greatly enhanced.

This is probably one of the reasons why his mental strength talent is also at the Saint level.

Once outside the shelter's area, the surrounding environment remained largely unchanged.

As the name suggests, the Endless Forest is a place with countless trees.

Although Ron wasn't entirely sure how big the Phantom Beast Continent was, since it was called a 'continent' and the Endless Forest occupied a quarter... or even a third of its area, it must be extremely vast.

It would be virtually impossible to leave the Endless Forest in a short time by walking on foot alone.

This is probably why the peace doves wanted them to go to the town that could help them teleport away from the endless forest.

But speaking of which, what was the name of that town again?

The peace dove doesn't seem to have said anything...

"Ah, I can't walk anymore!"

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Chen Xiaolian was the first to stop and collapsed to the ground without any regard for her image.

She used her backpack as a pillow, leaned against it, and lay on the ground complaining:

"We've been walking all morning, and I haven't even seen a trace of the town, let alone a single magical beast! Could that big pigeon have been lying to us? Just to get rid of us 'troublemakers'?"

Jiang Chen also stopped. He took out a map from his backpack, compared it with the map, and said:

"According to the markings on the map, the town that Mr. Peace Dove mentioned is still quite far away from us. Before we can reach that town, we need to pass through two mythical beast villages."

"A village of mythical beasts?" Chen Xiaolian tilted her head. "Mythical beasts... have villages?"

“Yes.” Jiang Chen opened the Mythical Beast Encyclopedia and explained, “Most mythical beasts, whether they are of the Reality level or the Extraordinary level, actually possess intelligence. That’s what the encyclopedia says.”

"...Does it have intelligence?" An Yan asked doubtfully. He thought of the big black bear from yesterday and asked hesitantly, "But the bear we encountered yesterday didn't seem to have any intelligence."

Jiang Chen guessed:

"It must have been corrupted by darkness, right? After all, a normal roaring bear should have brown skin."

"Ah, speaking of which, the roaring bear we encountered yesterday was indeed black," Chen Xiaolian said, realizing.

Ron also came over to look at the map, and after realizing he couldn't understand it, he asked Jiang Chen:

How far is it to the next village?

"Well, at our current pace, it will probably take another half an hour or so..."

"Help!!!"

Ron and Jiang Chen were still chatting.

The sudden cry for help interrupted their conversation.

The children instantly perked up and all looked toward the source of the cries for help. Only Ron looked helpless and sighed inwardly.

A new journey, a new adventure, new companions or enemies.

Wow, I have to say, this is truly a classic.

Ron sighed inwardly.

Chapter 18 already said you should stay outside.

Someone is calling for help...

Perhaps it's not accurate to say that.

It should be said that there are 'mythical beasts' calling for help.

For kind-hearted children, hearing cries for help, they have no reason not to go and investigate.

An Yan, who was already warm-hearted and kind, was the first to run towards the source of the cries for help.

Ron and the others did not hesitate and followed closely behind An Yan.

The creature calling for help wasn't far from the group; they had only run a few steps when they saw the phantom beast crying for help.

It was a green caterpillar, which looked like a giant caterpillar magnified several times. It was trembling on the tree, crying out for help.

And the reason it cried for help was quite simple.

A large black wolf was staring at it menacingly under the tree, looking as if it wanted to devour the green caterpillar.

"They are a real-world level phantom beast—the Insect Baby, and a transcendent-level phantom beast—the Night Wolf…!"

Jiang Chen, the know-it-all in the group, glanced at the encyclopedia and immediately recognized the names of the two mythical beasts in front of him.

When Chen Xiaolian saw the baby phantom insect, her expression became very subtle, as if she was afraid of something.

She hid behind An Yan and asked Jiang Chen:

"A real-world level mythical beast? In reality, caterpillars don't talk!"

"Real-world level mythical beasts refer to those that look exactly like real-world creatures and do not possess any particularly excessive supernatural powers. Look at that baby insect; doesn't it look exactly like a real caterpillar?"

As explained by Jiang Chen, a well-known science expert.

Chen Xiaolian shouted, "It's precisely because it's so similar to reality that it's scary!!"

"Alright, let's not worry about that for now. This baby bug looks like it needs our help!"

An Yan interrupted the two's argument and immediately transformed, intending to go forward to rescue them.

But Ron stopped An Yan when he was about to step forward to help:

"Wait a moment."

"Huh? Ron? What's wrong?"

"I have a feeling that the timing of this baby insect's appearance is a bit off."

Ron squinted at the baby bug.

Perhaps influenced by the opening sequence of "Fantasy Warriors" that he had seen before, Ron couldn't help but think of the giant spider that was his opponent in the opening sequence when he saw this baby insect.

Indeed, the baby insect was worlds apart from that giant humanoid spider.

But... they're all Bug-type, right?

Who can guarantee that this baby insect and that giant humanoid spider are not related?

That's what Ron thought.

Unfortunately, he couldn't share his guess with An Yan and the others. He couldn't very well tell them that they were all in a children's anime and that the bug baby might be connected to the villain.

Ron felt it was better to do things that break the fourth wall less often.

"Never mind that! This werewolf looks like it's been corrupted by darkness. We're here to defeat the darkness and save the Beast Continent, right? Then we should save those who are being persecuted by the darkness!"

An Yan said righteously, and then walked past Ron and ran towards the baby insects over there.

Tsk, what a perfect, righteous protagonist...

Although I don't dislike this kind of thing, it can still be quite troublesome sometimes.