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"Such a monster couldn't possibly exist in the Emerald Dream!"

"Therefore, the area your mentor connected to through slumber is most likely not the Emerald Dream, but some place very similar to the Emerald Dream, but filled with all sorts of bizarre and twisted creatures... Hmm, its dimensional entrance might very well be that strange energy source deep within the Howling Caverns. Honestly, I clearly warned him about that..."

"There's no such place; the Emerald Dream is unique!"

Hiyo quickly retorted.

“Nothing in this world is unique, even dreams can be beautiful or nightmares—by the way, Fei Ye, you don’t mind if we destroy all these things in front of us, do you?”

"They are all unnatural creatures, and destroying them is actually contributing to the balance of nature."

"That one sentence is enough, everyone needs it!"

Tannis flipped her right hand and pulled out a flamethrower.

"Follow me, burn a path through!!"

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Under the sweeping attack of Tanis and the goblins' multiple flamethrowers, the slimes, mutated velociraptors, mutated wind serpents, and other twisted creatures blocking their path were all dried out, turning into charred remains unrecognizable or worse. Some things hidden in the crevices of the rocks were also scorched by the seeping flames, turning into overcooked objects in the rising steam. The overcooked rocks crackled and shattered in the cold air blowing from the depths of the cave, like beans being fried.

"...While they are indeed unnatural creatures, Miss Tanis, what you're doing is still a bit..."

Wearing the gas mask and goggles provided by Tannis, Fei Ye looked at Tannis ahead, who was frantically unleashing flames with two flamethrowers, and her tone was conflicted.

"Relax, the Wailing Caverns are spacious with a relatively stable wind direction. Also, thanks to your mentor's work, the area is quite humid. In addition, although the fuel I loaded this time has a high combustion temperature, it's not the kind of fuel that can burn for a long time, so there's no possibility of it burning me."

Tannis tilted her head and threw a white phosphorus grenade forward. A mutated velociraptor that had clearly grown a third small claw was ignited into a fireball, howling and rolling on the ground before finally falling silent.

"No, no matter how you use fire, it's too..."

"I don't want to engage in a protracted war with these strange mutated plants and animals, or even things that I don't even know if they're even biological. I'm sure you don't want things to drag on like this either."

As she said this, Tannis retracted the flamethrower, which had been drained of fuel, into the storage space of her mechanical assistant. Then, she pulled out an anti-tank gun from inside the mechanical assistant, locked onto the slime monsters wriggling on the downward slope ahead, and pulled the trigger.

"boom!!!"

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After the swarm of slimes was blasted apart by Tannis's rocket, the path ahead suddenly became quiet. Although many mutated plants were still growing on the ground and walls, the mutated creatures had all disappeared.

"That's strange. Could it be that those mutated creatures didn't migrate out on their own, but were driven out?"

Arien pinched a large tree with intertwined vines and frowned. His knowledge of nature told him that the most likely reason for this situation was that the reason why those very powerful mutated creatures appeared at the cave entrance was because something even worse had appeared deep inside the Howling Cave, forcing them to leave their homeland.

"Can we find any clues?"

Hearing Arien's words, Tannis also became cautious. Although she had roughly learned from the fragments of memory how the Wailing Caverns had become a chaotic mess after Nararex went too far, there were bound to be variables in reality.

"It's difficult. After all, the nature of this place is distorted. With our druidic knowledge, it's practically impossible for us to communicate with them and obtain information. Moreover, there are no creatures within our sight that we can attempt to communicate with."

Feiye bit her lip, looking very unwilling.

"Including the turtle?"

Tannis pointed vaguely ahead, and at that moment, everyone noticed that in the stream ahead, a large turtle, more than twice the size of a normal turtle, with shells and other shells hanging from its shell, was resting in a small stream. Because its shell was dark in color, it looked like a rock at first glance.

"I'll give it a try."

Feiye decisively walked towards the stream, placed her hand on the head of the drowsy turtle, and began to try to communicate with it. A few seconds later, she exclaimed in surprise.

"Everyone, Kresh is conscious! It seems to know what happened inside this cave!"

V. Fang Druid

Before the centaurs swept across the land and the boarmen ceased to respect their gods, Kresh roamed the riverbeds deep within the Wailing Caverns. Although many creatures living in the strange natural environment of the Wailing Caverns tried to eat him like canned meat, they all failed before Kresh's incredibly tough shell. Over time, this turtle became the most leisurely creature in the Wailing Caverns—it didn't bother anyone, but no one could bother it either.

However, this peace was not long ago. After a person who exuded a comforting aura entered the Wailing Caverns and went to its deepest part, all the creatures in the cavern went berserk, attacking and destroying everything indiscriminately. When another group of such people entered, the chaos intensified.

So, after having its carapace gnawed by several velociraptors, Kresh decided to avoid the trouble and went back to its den to sleep. However, it discovered that its dreams were also becoming chaotic, making it impossible to fall asleep. Therefore, the big tortoise chose another good way to rest.

Clear your mind and space out.

That's the situation.

After finishing her conversation with Kresh, Fei Ye stood up with a frown. Although she had learned some things from Kresh, the situation had only changed from the blind men and the elephant to having a glimmer of light—Kresh had seen the direction Naralex had gone and the direction of the people Serfendis had brought afterward, but it knew nothing else.

"Serfendis and her mentor went in different directions... Why? That doesn't make sense."

Arien shook his head in confusion. He was not only Naralex's apprentice but also his childhood playmate, so he knew his mentor's temperament very well. So the question was, Naralex had undoubtedly gone to the source of the chaos to solve the problem, so why did Serfendis choose not to meet up with his mentor? Could it be that he had found a better way?

"Perhaps we should split up. Some of us can go find our mentor, while the rest of us can go up there to search for Serendis... Ugh..."

Before Fei Ye could finish speaking, a strange force struck her brain, almost causing her to fall to the ground, and a red light appeared on the mental interference device on her wrist.

What does this lamp mean?

Arien quickly helped Fei Ye up and looked at Tannis.

"This means she has just been subjected to a psychological attack."

Tannis's answer made Arien's eyes narrow.

"But! None of us were attacked, so why was Hiyo attacked?"

"I suspect this is related to Fei Ye just using druid magic... Arian, why don't you try casting a couple of minor spells?"

Arien nodded, raised his hand and cast Healing Touch, the most basic healing spell for druids. Less than three seconds after he finished casting the spell, his knees buckled and he knelt down, panting heavily.

"This feeling...?"

Arien, clutching his forehead, savored the sticky sensation that sent chills down his spine, and looked with lingering fear at the interference transmitter in his hand that was now glowing red—without this strange engineering gadget, he couldn't imagine what would have become of him and Fei Ye.

"Difficulty... Serfendis and the others...."

Fei Ye, who had also caught her breath, turned pale. Her experience with Arian had clearly shown her what would happen if druids of their level rashly used nature magic in a cave without any precautions!

"Feiye, don't worry, Serendis and the others... Oh my god..."

Just as Arian was about to comfort Fei Ye, several figures appearing at the end of the cave path in the distance interrupted his thoughts. Undoubtedly, those figures were all night elf druids, but the aura surrounding them was far from friendly!

"Corbrian! Don't let that power control your mind! Wake up!"

Feiye recognized the druids leading the group as Corbrain, who was the most skilled in shapeshifting magic among them, and with a sliver of unrealistic hope, she shouted loudly.

"Hehehe... Scarlet Leaf... You probably don't know how important and powerful the gifts this cave has bestowed upon us are. To me now, Naralex's knowledge is less than that of an infant..."

Corbyn's voice clearly reached everyone present, gentle yet deadly, like a...

"snake!!!"

A goblin screamed, pulled out his shotgun, aimed, and pulled the trigger. As the gunshot rang out, hundreds of venomous snakes of varying lengths, all undoubtedly ferocious, surged out from the cracks in the cave wall and the pools of water on both sides of the rock face, their hissing sounds echoing throughout.

"How come there are so many snakes here? I didn't notice them at all just now!"

Feiye took her staff from behind her back and stood back to back with Arian, looking at the swarm of snakes swimming and coiling around them with slight fear. Since there were no demigods of the wilderness who dealt with snakes, and snakes were too unpredictable in nature compared to other creatures, druids would not deal with snakes in most cases, let alone summon them.

However, it is clear that the swarm of snakes that are now emerging are undoubtedly Cobra's allies.

"The Wailing Caverns sheltered these creatures, granting them greater stealth abilities. In return, these creatures reciprocated by giving back their forms to nature, and we, too, have received the blessing of this form..."

Looking at Tanis and the others surrounded by his swarm of snakes, Corbrain's lips curled into a satisfied smile. Beside him, a pale yellow light gradually shone deep in the pupils of the night elf druids, whose minds had been twisted just like his own—a cold light that sent chills down one's spine.

"Corbrian! Have you betrayed your mentor?!"

Arien gripped his weapon tightly and shouted, but his shouts only earned him a sneer from Corbyn.

“Arian, if you had accepted the cave's blessing, you could have become our ally. Unfortunately, like Scarlet Leaf, you chose to stand against us… against us, the Fang Druids…”

After saying this, Corbrain raised his hands high, and the restless forces of nature swirled around him, twisting his body.

"Be honored! You are the first mortals to witness this powerful transformation magic!!!"

"Serpent Form!!"

VI. Naralex in a coma

Druids' polymorph abilities are always awe-inspiring, not to mention the feeling of several elegant night elves suddenly transforming into hissing snakes in front of you—it's not just awe-inspiring, it's disgusting.

"Corbrain! Have you forgotten your mentor's teachings? Be extremely cautious with Transfiguration! While the Transfiguration bestowed upon us by the spirits of nature can grant us immense power, if we cannot control the wildness of those spirits, we will be devoured by it!"

Seeing his friend transform into a perfect and magnificent venomous snake, Arian froze in place in terror. He knew that Corbrain's skill in Transfiguration was second to none among them, but he was far from being ready to attempt a proper Transfiguration!

"Hiss... Don't worry... I'm fine... Hiss... Come on... Prepare to die..."

Cobra moved his serpentine body, emitting a hoarse and unpleasant sound from his mutated throat. The last glimmer of humanity in the depths of his pupils had vanished, replaced by the cunning and cruelty characteristic of a cold-blooded animal.

Just when Corbrain's remaining wisdom made him feel confident of victory, Tennys's untimely voice rang out.

"I'm saying, are you just going to surround us with this bunch of things that, aside from being slightly mutated, are essentially just ordinary snakes?"

"Hiss...there's none...uh..."

Just as Corbyn was trying to come up with some grand pronouncements, a terrible smell assaulted his nostrils, causing his already throbbing nerves to twitch and almost make him vomit.

"Incomplete shapeshifting magic can directly twist a druid into the shapeshifting animal, even making them similar in physiological habits?"

Tanis sprayed a large amount of potent snake-repelling powder, a specialty of the trolls, into the air with the jetpack, causing the surrounding snakes and deformed fanged druids to suffer a series of terrible physiological reactions. She then retracted the jetpack into her mechanical assistant and pulled out a Gatling gun.

"You don't mind if I clear the area, do you?"

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Corbrain was bound hand and foot to the rock wall, with snake blood and fragments of snake flesh flowing beneath his feet. The goblins of Ratchet were collecting valuable organs such as gallbladders from the dead snakes. The remaining few Fang Druids lay motionless on the ground in a half-human, half-snake form.

"Tell me, Corbyn, what's the deal with this gem?"

Fei Ye tightly gripped a gemstone containing natural power, her eyes blazing with anger. As Nararex's student, how could she not discern the source of the power within the gemstone?

"Cough...hiss...you...cannot...fight..."

Although he has largely reverted to his night elf appearance, Corbrain's tongue is still a forked snake tongue, which makes his speech still incoherent.

"Don't ask anymore. His brain has been permanently warped by the Transfiguration. He looks like a night elf now, but he is essentially a hybrid of a night elf and a snake. I even suspect that his Transfiguration ability is some kind of instinct, rather than something driven by intelligence and magic."

Tannis put away the equipment after performing a simple full-body scan on Corbrain. She frowned as she looked at Corbrain's body structure displayed on the mechanical assistant's screen. This distortion seemed to be the result of a failed transformation, but on the other hand, wasn't this situation also a manifestation of the distortion caused by the power of the Wailing Cavern?

"Damn it! What did they do to the teacher? Why does the gem on his body contain the teacher's power?"

Arien slammed his fist heavily against the rock wall, and blood flowed down the seam of his fist.