Wizard: I crush legends with martial arts.

Chapter 113 Underground Forest

Alphonse and his party continued walking and came to a rather large stone chamber.

Although it is not as large as a small square, it can still be considered spacious.

Just like in the tunnel, everywhere was covered in the slime left by dead slimes and the corpses of walking mushrooms.

However, there are four doors on the stone wall.

"Which door do we go through?" Mia turned to Alphonse and asked.

"What do you think?" Alphonse asked in return.

"Let me decide?" Mia was taken aback.

Midio couldn't help but interject, "I think the third door is better."

"I didn't ask you." Alphonse completely ignored Midio's opinion.

"Why?" Midio cried out in dissatisfaction.

"Because I think women's intuition is more accurate," Alphonse chuckled and said.

Mia looked at the four doors, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Then let's go with the one on the far right."

Midio pouted, not very happy, but had no choice but to obey.

Alphonse doesn't really care which path he takes, since he's here to explore anyway, but Mia has the strongest perception, so it might be better to let her decide.

Taixi had no objections; he was selecting fresh walking mushroom corpses with the intention of not wasting ingredients.

The backpack had limited space and couldn't hold much, but that didn't stop him from cutting off the walking mushroom's feet.

That's the most prized part, but it's only about the size of a regular shiitake mushroom.

The slime was helpless; having been killed by the mercenaries who came to adventure, its internal organs and slime were all mixed together, making it difficult to separate.

We continued forward, going around in circles, like walking through a maze, but we could feel that we were going downhill.

This time, we finally encountered some living, weak monsters.

They're just walking mushrooms, slimes, giant scorpions, and the like.

It was solved easily.

This site is indeed very strange; monsters seem to emerge from underground.

But it's really not dangerous.

There were too many ingredients, and Tai Xi had already packed quite a lot, so I was too lazy to clean up anymore.

Before long, they were back in a stone chamber.

This stone chamber is slightly different; the interior walls are semi-circular, and there are six deep passages in the stone walls.

"What's next?" Alphonse once again handed the decision over to Mia.

Mia wasn't entirely sure when she answered, "I'll stick with the far right one. I can sense a strong life force in that direction."

"Okay." Alphonse walked towards the rightmost passage without hesitation.

Following my previous life's gaming habits, I usually keep going right in a maze until there's no way out, then turn left, and I'll most likely find my way out.

For example, the infamous dungeon crawler in The Legend of Sword and Fairy is like that, dragging out the game's duration.

Mia's choice of the rightmost path was exactly what she wanted.

We passed through a long and winding passageway.

Alphonse suddenly caught a strong smell of grass and wood.

A breeze was blowing through the underground passage.

I quickened my pace and turned a corner.

In the distance, the view at the end of the passageway could be seen, revealing a lush, verdant forest.

It's not unusual to see a forest on the ground, but this is an underground relic.

"Wow!" Midio exclaimed.

Mia frowned. Although she hadn't encountered any danger, the ruins were indeed rather strange.

The four of them stepped out of the passageway and saw a vast and boundless space outside.

Countless tall trees stand like giants, their branches and leaves intertwined to form a dense canopy. Light can only filter through the canopy and fall on the ground, creating dappled light and shadow, resulting in a dark atmosphere beneath the trees.

The ground was covered with a thick layer of decaying leaves and dead branches. Underneath this dense vegetation, all sorts of strange plants grew in competition, and even the tree trunks were covered with ancient moss and vines.

Moreover, a thin mist hung in the forest, making the area appear eerie.

The air was humid and stuffy, and an eerie silence permeated the still air, with only the rustling sound of leaves colliding when the wind blew through the treetops.

Along the passageway, you can see stone walls stretching to both sides, seemingly endless, indicating that this primeval forest is indeed located underground.

It's really strange that these trees don't need sunlight?

Could sun-drenched moss also have the effect of replacing sunlight?

Just then, a strange cry came from the depths of the forest, like the mournful scream of some creature, which sent chills down one's spine.

"Let's go! Let's go take a look!" Alphonse had already noticed that there were still footprints left on the vegetation on the ground.

This indicates that adventurers have already traversed this area.

"Wait!" Midio called out to Alphonse, silently chanting a spell. He waved his staff and pointed at Alphonse, a faint light falling on him and disappearing in an instant.

Alphonse, completely unaware of anything unusual, couldn't help but ask curiously, "What kind of magic is this?"

"Insect repelling spell," Midio replied, then continued casting the spell, casting it on Mia and Tessie as well, before casting it on himself.

"This is an essential spell for entering the forest, but it only affects ordinary insects. It won't work on monsters or snakes, so you still have to be careful," Midio earnestly warned, like a little adult.

"That's quite convenient," Alphonse smiled. "At least you can finally be of some use."

"Don't treat me like an ordinary child! I'm a magician!" Midio said unhappily. "Although I'm not very strong, I know a lot of magic!"

Alphonse patted his head. "You're the weakest in our team, and you're the one we need to be most careful with."

This is no joke. After practicing the Blood Fiend Demon Art, Taisi's strength has greatly improved. He is no longer inferior to a warrior with third-level battle qi. Moreover, he has been adventuring everywhere, and has even entered the orc-inhabited country of Bozak. His experience in exploration is extremely rich.

Mia, needless to say, is incredibly strong.

Only Midio knows some first-tier magic and still needs someone to protect him.

Upon entering the forest, Midio exclaimed in surprise, "The fog here is strange! My magical perception is blocked! The range I can sense is very short!"

He had almost gotten close to the crack where the giant scorpion was hiding in the passage before, but after being reminded by Tessie, he learned his lesson and activated his magic perception early on to prevent encountering danger again.

However, the thin mist in the forest hindered his senses.

"Me too, my sensory abilities have been weakened by this fog," Mia chimed in.

"Just be careful." Although Alphonse couldn't project his spiritual senses outwards and wasn't affected in any way, his internal energy didn't become agitated, indicating that the mist was non-toxic and not miasma.

Suddenly, that strange scream came from afar again.

The sound was incredibly sharp, like a baby crying, or like fingernails scraping against glass. Even from a distance, it sent chills down one's spine.

(End of this chapter)