Wizard: Starting from Escaping Another World to Pioneering

"Yes, it's you."

"Morde said coldly, staring fiercely at Matthew," Morde said.

"What, you have a problem with that?"

At this moment, all the intermediate apprentices turned their gazes to Matthew, their eyes filled with warning.

The others in the "cannon fodder group" breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

The expressions on people's faces varied: some felt sympathy, some were relieved, and some were gloating.

"Hurry up and go!" Mold shouted sternly.

Matthew clenched his fists, a surge of anger rising within him.

He suddenly understood a profound truth.

Weakness is the original sin!

He took a deep breath and strode toward the cave entrance in the valley.

"We must survive!"

……

The cave was covered by a thick patch of weeds, a peculiar weed that grows taller than trees in the freezing cold.

Matthew had never seen this plant before.

He only stepped inside after scanning the system and finding no abnormalities.

He slowed his pace, his eyes scanning the darkness as he went, afraid of missing a single gap.

Fortunately, he did not find anything unusual.

Soon, he moved forward along the cold stone walls on both sides and entered the valley.

Behind Matthew, other apprentices began to enter one after another.

The valley was larger than I had imagined, and it was filled with tall, unidentified plants.

The apprentices responsible for scouting the way lined up again to form a human wall and slowly advanced.

For fear of alerting the enemy, no one in the group used illumination magic.

The valley was pitch black in the dead of night, with visibility of only a few meters.

The intermediate apprentices are alright; many of them have undergone some organ modifications, allowing them to perceive their surroundings even in the dark.

However, the apprentices who were responsible for scouting ahead could only proceed cautiously.

Of course, this does not include Matthew, who can foresee danger through the system.

As the group ventured deeper into the area, they still found no trace of the Snow Fang Clan.

This gave him a bad feeling.

We walked for a little while longer.

Matthew's gaze inadvertently swept over an open space.

【Name: Snow Abyss Flower Mother】

Ingredients: ...

Wait... Snow Abyss Flower Mother?

Although I haven't heard Mold describe the Snow Abyss Flower Mother, just from the name I know it's incomparable to the Snow Abyss Flowers outside.

Matthew glanced at the others and realized that they hadn't noticed anything unusual ahead.

In the dim moonlight, beside him stood Jenny, her face as pale as a sheet of paper.

Jenny felt Matthew's gaze, and she forced a smile, completely unaware of the fate that awaited her.

Matthew couldn't reveal his secret, so he didn't offer any warnings and could only wish them good luck.

"One step, two steps..."

Matthew calculated the distance to the open space in his mind, while simultaneously channeling magic into the ring.

As he moved forward step by step, his heart was in his throat.

Finally, one of the "cannon fodder" members of the scout team stepped into the open area.

Suddenly, the ground began to shake, as if something was growing out of the ground.

Matthew shouted, "What is this thing?"

Immediately afterwards, he rolled awkwardly to his side, inadvertently activating the Round Shield spell he had prepared beforehand.

A circular, transparent shield quickly enveloped his entire body.

At the same time, a flower bud more than ten times larger than a regular Snow Abyss Flower suddenly burst through the snow and brushed past Matthew.

Jenny, who was next to him, wasn't so lucky.

Before she could even scream, she was swallowed whole by the gaping maw of the Snow Abyss Flower.

The next moment, Snow Abyss Flower Mother began to chew, and a grinding sound that made one's teeth ache came from between the bones and teeth.

Matthew felt something hit his shield, and when he looked up, he saw it was an arm with a ring issued by the school.

Before there was time to mourn for Jenny, hordes of humanoid monsters wielding bent wooden clubs emerged from the woods.

These magical beasts were covered in thick fur, with only their eyes and crescent-shaped fangs showing.

"Damn it! We've been ambushed by these Snow Fang Clan members."

Mold was the first to react, and he quickly cast an arrow spell, pinning one of the Snow Fang tribesmen at the forefront to a tree.

"Slaughter these despicable, inferior creatures!"

Seeing this, the others also began to use their own witchcraft.

"Kill them all!!!"

"Boom!" Various flames, thunder, and magical energy exploded in the darkness, and the blinding light illuminated the night.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Matthew removed the ring from the severed arm and then quickly retreated.

What a joke! He's just a scout, a "cannon fodder" for the main battle. Let those mid-level apprentices handle the fighting.

He withdrew from the center of the battle and came to a large tree.

Although this place is only relatively safe, it is at least safe from the impact of magic.

Even so, one Snowfang warrior still managed to catch up.

Fortunately, as the intelligence indicated, the individual strength of the Snow Fang Clan is not particularly strong.

These low-level creatures just swing their wooden clubs around randomly; their attacks are no match for the round shield.

Matthew withstood a blow from the Snowfang tribesman while simultaneously slamming his right hand into the ground.

Vines suddenly sprang from the cracked earth, wrapping around the enemy's neck like nimble snakes, and abruptly pulled him off the ground, hanging him high in the tree.

The Snow Fang tribesman hopped around a few times before falling silent.

On the entire battlefield, apart from the enormous Snow Abyss Flower Mother and the Snow Fang Clan leader posing a threat to the wizard apprentices, the rest of the Snow Fang Clan members were essentially slaughtered on one side.

"Woo—", just then, the Snow Fang tribe leader blew his horn, and a deep, long cry echoed through the valley.

A sudden commotion erupted deep within the dense forest as a group of red-skinned humanoid monsters rushed out from all directions.

These monsters had twisted and ferocious faces, and their forelimbs were a pair of sharp claws covered with barbs.

"These are Bloodclaw Beasts; these guys are much more troublesome than the Snowfang Clan."

As more and more Bloodclaw Beasts joined the battlefield, the situation reversed.

Those dark red figures moved swiftly across the battlefield, always managing to evade spells at bizarre angles.

A mid-level apprentice, surrounded by more than a dozen Bloodclaw Beasts, couldn't keep up with the spellcasting speed and was torn into pieces by their sharp claws.

Mold was getting anxious.

He was the strongest of all the apprentices present, but he was still struggling under the combined attack of Snow Abyss Flower Mother, the Snow Fang Clan leader, and dozens of Blood Claw Beasts.

He shouted, "Retreat first, don't let them surround us!"

Upon receiving the information, all the intermediate-level apprentices retreated.

Matthew channeled his magic to maintain the round shield, also wanting to retreat with the main force.

However, his physical strength was limited, and when he rushed to the exit...

Only he and a few others, including Mold, remained in the entire valley.

At this moment, a large group of magical beasts surged from behind him, while Mold, who was entangled by magical beasts elsewhere, was about to break free.

Matthew didn't think twice and quickly made his way to the exit.

The moment he escaped the valley, he threw Jenny's ring into the patch of weeds that he had to pass through in front of the cave entrance.

He turned around and summoned the illusory panel to the ring in the grass.

"System, extract the specific pheromone."

These pheromones are a powder that, after being extracted by the system, were scattered on the pile of weeds.

After doing all that, Matthew ran out without looking back.