Sixth Ring Wizard

Chapter 49 Silence

Hrag is now quite a distance from the entrance to Moonwood; it will probably take him about half an hour to walk back.

"Using Deep Blue's detection, let's go a little further, but not too deep. If anything seems wrong, we'll come back immediately." After thinking it over, Herag decided to try to go a little deeper.

It's very difficult to find the outer perimeter of the Sleeping Mushroom now; the only option is to take a little risk and venture a bit deeper.

The dangers deep within Moonlight Forest mainly come from two sources: various powerful magical beasts and strange plants, and the possibility of encountering the wizard at Green Hut.

Deep in the forest, the ground was covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves, which Hrag felt were several tens of centimeters thick when he stepped on them.

With Deep Blue's detection capabilities, he didn't need to worry about holes under the fallen leaves.

Herag didn't dare to venture too deep, so he just wandered around the area and dug up eight dormant mushrooms in an hour.

"There are definitely more here than on the outskirts, but... it's a bit too quiet."

Herag found that during the time he had been there, there was not a sound around him; it was extremely quiet, eerily quiet.

He stopped immediately after noticing the unusual situation.

Herag carefully observed his surroundings, and the details he noticed made him frown.

Normally, there's always a gentle breeze in the mountains and forests, causing the leaves and grass to sway slightly, but at this moment, all the flowers, grass, and trees seem to freeze in a photograph.

Herag began to back away, but after a few steps, he realized he couldn't get out of this place.

The nearest tree behind him was ten meters away. He kept walking towards the tree, but no matter how he walked, he couldn't get close to it.

Herag stopped, trying to calm himself down.

He squatted down, and there was a blade of grass at his feet that was waist-high.

Herag touched it lightly, and the entire plant withered and collapsed rapidly, eventually turning into a pile of ash.

"Deep Blue, were there any unusual magical fluctuations during this time?" Herag asked, somewhat puzzled. He hadn't noticed anything unusual, and suddenly he encountered this strange situation.

"No abnormal magical fluctuations were detected," Deep Blue replied.

"Deep Blue, check if I'm mentally sound, or if I'm hallucinating."

Deep Blue immediately replied, "Everything is normal."

Herag pondered. In the current situation, wandering around would definitely not lead to a way out. Instead, he might end up in an unknown space, like getting lost in the sea fog.

"Wait... lost in the sea fog..."

Herag thought of his starry sky meditation method, which he could use to orient himself and find his way out of the lost sea fog.

He entered a meditative state and began to sense the positions of the stars in the sky.

After a moment, Hrag's expression turned serious.

Not only did he fail to sense the position of his four stars, but he also discovered that the position and number of stars in the sky had changed and were completely different from before.

"This constellation...it's like it's appeared on a strange planet."

Herag felt a sense of unease. Normal stars move in a regular pattern; it's impossible for the entire night sky to look completely different the next day.

Unless, you are no longer on your original planet.

Helag took a deep breath and began to think of a solution.

He must not wander around at this time, lest he touch upon some unknown taboo and turn to ashes like that blade of grass.

Cough...cough...

Herag heard faint breathing sounds, faint and distant, but particularly clear in this deathly silent place.

Before long, three people appeared within the detection range of the deep blue light. They were three men running frantically, looking quite disheveled.

The man in the lead was wearing a magnificent wizard's robe with gold trim, while the other two wore ordinary wizard apprentice robes.

Herag noticed that all three men had a cabin mark on their robes, indicating that they were all wizards from Green Hut.

"Deep Blue, test their strength."

After Herag gave the order, detailed data appeared above the heads of the three men for him to review.

Strength 6.2, Agility 6.8, Constitution 7.0, Spirit 18.9.

Strength 3.7, Agility 2.9, Constitution 4.1, Spirit 9.5.

Strength 3.5, Agility 2.5, Constitution 3.5, Spirit 8.3.

All three of them had higher attributes than Herag, especially the leader, whose mental strength had reached the standard of a third-class wizard apprentice, and whose physical stats were also clearly at the standard of a third-class wizard apprentice.

With nowhere to retreat, Herag could only find a dense thicket to hide in, but this hiding was of little use to the three of them.

The grass and shrubs in the bushes, like that blade of grass, would quickly wither and turn into a pile of ash if touched.

"Lord Rune! We're already inside Moonglade, it's easy to run into their people!" The person with the lowest mental strength warned as he ran, panting heavily.

Rune, the third-class wizard apprentice, glanced behind him in terror, then angrily said to the person next to him, "What can we do! I'd rather die at the hands of the people of Moonglade than at the hands of that monster behind us."

Another person said, "Lord Rune is Lord Malcolm's younger brother, so Moonglade shouldn't dare to kill him easily. If we lure Shiva to Moonglade, we can actually trick them."

"Idiot! We're not even sure if we can escape! I had to use up a precious enchanted item just to buy us a little time!" Rune sped up, quickly putting distance between himself and the two behind him.

The two who were lagging behind exchanged a glance and realized the seriousness of the problem.

Rune was much faster than them, so the monster behind them would definitely catch the two of them first.

After realizing the problem, the two started running wildly, their faces turning red, as if they were using all their strength.

"Malcolm's younger brother..." Upon hearing this name, Herag recalled Malcolm, who had slaughtered the entire Baron's family at the castle.

He remembered that when Malcolm introduced himself, he said he came from Green Hut.

"What a coincidence! His own brother actually has the strength of a third-class wizard apprentice." Herag felt a bit overwhelmed.

Rune and his two companions quickly reached Hellagur's side. Rune immediately noticed Hellagur's presence, but he didn't even glance at Hellagur and kept running forward.

They quickly realized what was strange about the place, and Rune's expression changed drastically: "What's going on! Why can't we get through!"

"Could it be that the people of Moonglade have set up some kind of obstacle here?" someone nearby speculated.

Rune glanced at the spot where Hellagur was hiding, stretched out his hand, and quickly formed a fireball, which then flew towards Hellagur's location.

"Ice Shield!"

"Mana Shield!"

"Dark Energy Shield!"

Herag had been watching their movements closely and was ready to run the moment Rune turned his head. He immediately cast three shields and activated the Wind Spirit's Ring, dodging the fireball.

The fireball exploded on the spot, turning countless plants and trees into ashes and raising a cloud of dust.

(End of this chapter)