Magical girl? She got tricked into this!

"My lady asked me to pass on a message to you all. We will be leaving the border of Potter Country in a while. When we enter the dangerous desert area where the two countries meet, I would like to trouble you all to be on guard."

Ando Meiko nodded and replied, "I understand."

What was unexpected was that the "still some time" mentioned by the guard actually lasted for a full three hours, and it was already past three in the afternoon when we left the border.

This world is different from Ando Meiko's world. In this world, there is only morning, afternoon and evening, and the time unit is calculated in "cheng". Twelve chengs a day is converted into twenty-four hours, which is somewhat similar to the twelve hours of a day in China.

However, in Ando Meiko's translation magic, these would naturally become "hours" that she could understand. If the guard used "one and a half times", it would mean that she could understand it, but what the other person said was "a period of time".

This situation reminded Meiko Ando of the recipes she looked up online when she was learning to cook. Those tutorials rarely gave accurate answers on how to add seasonings. Instead, they used "a small amount, an appropriate amount" instead. It was impossible for beginners to understand this.

The border control was strict, and the entire Chamber of Commerce was under alert and inspection, including the goods and personnel. When it was found that Ando Meiko and others were Platinum-level adventurers, Ando Meiko simply explained that the little girl was her sister and did not patrol any further.

Perhaps it was because this little girl didn't play a very important role. To be honest, her casual look really made Ando Meiko feel relaxed.

The inspection was quickly completed. After the soldiers confirmed that the goods were not in serious condition, they ordered them to pass. As the border gate fell, the caravan vehicles moved outward like a long dragon. In just over ten minutes, they had all left the territory of Porter Country.

The borders between the two countries were not connected to each other. Due to the terrain, there was a large area between the two countries that could not be developed and was abandoned, becoming an uninhabited area.

Just like the desert between the Soul City on the border of Lance Country and the Sand Sea City on the border of Potter Country, the desert is separating the country from the Church.

Although there is only one letter difference between the two, the environment of the wasteland is slightly better than that of the desert, so it also has more abundant vegetation resources and Warcraft resources.

Therefore, walking in the desert is much more dangerous than walking in the desert. After all, both water and food are in short supply here.

The Chamber of Commerce's car drove away from the grasslands at the border of Porter Country and slowly entered the desert area. The terrain here is a bit similar to the Loess Plateau, with tall rock peaks and rift valleys everywhere. If you are not careful, you may even fall into an abyss from which there is no return.

When entering the desert, Melinda sent a guard to deliver a topographic map of the desert area to Ando Meiko and the others. The environment was complex with high and low areas.

The location of the rift was marked in great detail, and the caravan's route required crossing a rift that occupied more than half of the distance.

After a while, the guard came to the carriage of Ando Meiko and the others and knocked on the door again. This time, the message he brought was that Melinda asked everyone to go to her carriage to discuss what to do next.

Meiko Ando did not refuse and took Beth and Ronia to Melinda's car.

Inside the carriage, Melinda pointed to the rift valley the caravan needed to pass through and said, "This is where we're going. Because the desert is resource-scarce, the monsters there are very aggressive and will attack at the slightest sign of trouble."

"I remember that the monsters here are not the main fighting force." Beth spoke slowly with a cold tone.

Melinda had already met Beth before, so her distant attitude wasn't surprising. She nodded and continued, "You're right. The most difficult thing in the Rift Valley isn't the monsters, but the undead."

"Are you talking about those skeleton soldiers or something like that?"

Ando Meiko had encountered the undead in the first two levels of the Soul-Shattering Dungeon, but those were just bone warriors piled up in number. The only one she could see was the skeleton knight, which was a combination of the skeleton soldiers and skeleton horses that was the final boss of the second level.

"You're right, but not quite right. The undead is actually a collective term for all the dead who have been summoned by rebirth."

Meiko Ando didn't know much about this. Beth wanted to explain it to her, but the undead she saw for the first time were too weak to arouse her interest in studying them, so the matter was left unresolved.

"Water and wood energy form life magic, while life and dark energy form necromancy. The vast majority of undead are created by necromancy. While it has the effect of resurrecting the dead, when combined with life magic to revive, the dark attributes alter their vital signs and turn them into undead."

"So there is actually a human soul hidden in those skeleton soldiers?" Meiko Ando asked in confusion.

"That's right. Don't you see that there's always a certain colored flame burning on their bodies? That's the will-o'-the-wisp, also known as the soul fire. Once the soul fire goes out, it means their soul has escaped from their rotting body and they've truly died."

Beth then explained a lot about necromancy and the characteristics and weaknesses of undead creatures, which benefited Ando Meiko a lot and also made her deeply curious about necromancy.

Water is the source of all things, and wood represents nature. The life magic composed of these two attributes has a healing ability far exceeding that of other magics. At the same time, life magic has extremely strong inclusiveness and can be combined with other magics.

The magic combined with the dark attribute is necromancy, while the magic combined with the light attribute is holy magic. Holy magic can also be used to revive the dead, but the requirements are extremely harsh and it has no effect on those with disabled bodies.

The necromancy is just the opposite, so it is used by some evil people as a means to do evil things.

A legendary necromancer once came to this desert area. Under the influence of his magic in a certain field, the entire desert area became a testing ground for necromancy.

Once a creature dies in this desert, its soul will be retained due to the influence of necromancy and its decaying body will be resurrected, becoming an undead creature that has lost its mind.

The undead are more difficult to deal with than monsters of the same level because they have no sense of pain and no reason. They only follow orders or instincts to launch fearless attacks.

Moreover, the undead are like the cockroaches in Ando Meiko's world. Once an undead is discovered, it means that the entire area is basically the range of the undead's activities.

Volume 7: A Fantastic Journey to Another World: Chapter 84: Giant Claw Earth Dragon

It is said that the arrogant are afraid of the stupid, and the stupid are afraid of the desperate. What's more, the desperate have already died a long time ago. Therefore, there is a saying among adventurers to describe the undead: I would rather kill three monsters than touch a single skeleton.

After explaining the precautions, Meiko Ando and the others left Melinda's car and returned to their own carriage.

Beth was still taking care of Ronia while translating the densely packed banned book that Ando Meiko had copied for her, but Ando Meiko had already stood on the roof of the car, guarding the surroundings.

Above the high rift gap, there were constant "ga ga" screams of monsters and flying birds. When the sound reached the rift, it would cause a far-reaching echo, which made people feel upset.

The fishing radar was constantly on, and the surrounding situation was clearly visible, but she did not feel any magic flow, everything was very quiet.

However, Melinda also said that the appearance of the undead is not inevitable, and sometimes the caravan's journey will be smooth sailing without encountering any danger.

Sometimes they would encounter countless undead and monster attacks just when they got started, and the adventurers they hired were unable to stop them and had to turn back and prepare again.

Even if it costs a price to ask high-level adventurers to accept the commission and provide escort, the best thing for everyone is that nothing happens.

Not only can adventurers make money without fighting, but for caravan members, this is a way to spend money to avoid disaster, and it can also ensure that the goods are 100% intact when they arrive at the destination.

After all, no matter how strong the adventurers are, once the number of monsters they face increases, they will start to lose sight of one thing while focusing on another. It is very normal for a dragon carriage to be attacked and destroyed in such a long caravan.

Just when Meiko Anten was planning to temporarily return to the carriage to avoid the wind and sand, news suddenly came from the area ahead where detection magic could not reach.

She concentrated her magic power on her eyes, and when she looked around, she saw countless running monsters similar to velociraptors.

They stand and run on their strong, curved legs, their claws are fat, sharp and radiant with a terrifying light, and they have two triangular eyes on the left and right sides of their triangular heads. The upright scales on their bodies are like barbs, and when blown by the strong wind, they make a whistling sound.

She roughly estimated the distance between the caravan and the group of monsters, which was about four kilometers. Fortunately, they were not running fast and An Teng Meizi discovered them in time, so there was still a buffer distance for the time being.

Meiko Anten raised her eyebrows, jumped forward and landed on the roof of Melinda's carport. She told her the purpose of her visit, and the latter opened the car door and let her turn over and get in.

After hearing her description, Melinda frowned and asked again, "Yezi, are you telling the truth? Did you really see those monsters?"

"Well, I checked it with detection magic that can enhance vision, and it is indeed the same as I described." Anten Meiko nodded and gave a confident reply.

"I think we must have encountered a creature unique to the desert area, the giant claw dragon."

"Giant Claw Earth Dragon?"

"Well, the Giant Claw Earth Dragon is an earth-attributed magical beast unique to this desert area..." Melinda briefly explained the information about the Giant Claw Earth Dragon.

After hearing this, Meiko Anten nodded thoughtfully, then left Melinda's carriage and came to the roof of the carport again.

In addition to its two powerful claws that can break rocks and shatter gold, the giant claw dragon's weapons also include barbed scales on its body. When facing a mortal enemy, it will not hesitate to charge and use its barbs to attack the opponent.

It would be fine if there were only one or two, but these crazy monsters are group animals, so many powerful large monsters will deliberately avoid them.

In addition to the attack methods visible to the naked eye, as earth-attributed monsters, they can also use a natural magic called "petrification".

This magic can make their bodies as hard as rock, not only greatly increasing their defense, but also increasing the power of their charging attacks exponentially. Therefore, adventurers who need materials to hunt giant claw earth dragons usually kill them before they use the "petrification" magic.

The reason these giant claw earth dragons were running across the rift valley was not because of migration, reproduction, or lack of food, but because a powerful eighth-level magical beast had returned from its desert tour and was resting in the giant claw earth dragon's lair, forcing these earth dragons to move along the rift valley to their alternate habitat.

This eighth-level magical beast has a rather remarkable origin. It is the six-winged Nether Snake, the mount left behind by the necromancer who created the desert landscape.

This kind of monster's favorite thing to do is to invade other people's nests for its own use. It flies around the desert area every year. I don't know whether it is its own intention or whether the necromancer has told it something.

Melinda also deliberately avoided this time when she went to the Theocracy, because during this period she would not only encounter giant claw earth dragons migrating from the rift valley, but she would even encounter six-winged netherworld snakes.

However, this time an unexpected accident occurred. The goods they had stockpiled had been stored for a long time, so after hearing that the platinum-level adventurer Anten Meiko was willing to accept the commission, they forgot to think about this and set off without thinking.

Each giant claw earth dragon is at the level of a fourth-level magical beast. It is not difficult for An Teng Yazi to kill all these earth dragons alone, but Melinda does not recommend doing so.

Because these earth dragons are still normal creatures, but if they are killed, they will be transformed into undead, and their combat power will be even more terrifying than when they were alive.

And in the final analysis, they were simply driven out of their habitat by the eighth-level magical beasts. They were not essentially here to attack the caravan, but to migrate to a backup habitat that had been prepared long ago.

So the best way is not to fight them but to lead them away from the caravan.

Considering this, Meiko Anten turned around and returned to her own carriage and took Beth and Ronia to the roof of the carport.

The earth dragons were still one kilometer away from the caravan. In order to allow them to bypass the caravan, she planned to use Beth's earth magic to create a high wall to separate the two.

Meiko Anten only needed to explain briefly, and Beth immediately understood her intention. She took out her wand and began to chant the spell of the earth-attribute magic "Wall of Rock".

The Great Wall of Rock is a sixth-level magic that allows the caster to raise a defensive wall in an instant. If the magic power is sufficient, it can be combined with another sixth-level magic "Rock Fortress" to even create a small overnight city in an instant.

As the magic continued to be chanted, a large amount of earth-attribute magic power condensed on the wand, and many fine beads of sweat appeared on the girl's forehead.

Volume 7: A Strange Journey to Another World: Chapter 85: Aren’t They All Demons?

Although "The Great Wall of Rock" is a level six magic, it is a magic that can be cast continuously. As long as magic power is continuously injected into it, the wall can be continuously generated.

Although Beth had a lot of magic power, it was still a bit difficult for her to create enough magic power to cover twenty dragon chariots lined up in a row, so Ando Meiko didn't just watch.

She came from behind Beth as if hugging her in her arms, stretched out her hands on both sides of her pretty face, and grabbed the latter's palms that were tightly holding the wand.

Beth's body trembled slightly, and her originally cold face suddenly turned red. She kept murmuring in her heart like a young girl in love.

She, her action is too... too foul... What should I do now? Is she hugging me... So shy... I don't know what she's thinking... Maybe she doesn't have any thoughts, but... But I really want this to continue. If there's no one around, I wonder if she'll take advantage of the situation and give me...

No, no, Ulberth, you are the noble princess of the Silver Fox Clan, how could you think of such a dirty thing... Ah? Her, her magic power surged... So much.

Beth's thoughts were completely off the track, and her disorganized and fragmentary words left Ronya speechless. However, the emotions contained in her words made even the child blush.

But she also got some incredible information from Beth's thoughts.

I didn't realize Sister Beth's name was Urbeth. I didn't realize she was a princess like me. But what does the Silver Fox Clan mean? Could it be that Sister Beth is actually from the Demon Clan? Then could Sister Yazi also be a demon?

Before being discovered to have awakened the blood of a hero, Ronia received an elite education from the royal family. In addition, she was later isolated and began to like reading alone, so she knows a lot about this world.

In the book, demons have always been described as evil beings that rob human homes, slaughter lives, and destroy the environment. They are the enemies of all living things. However, although Beth has the ability to read minds, she does not understand love, hate, and vengeance, so she is very curious about the demons.

Now it seems that since the two demon sisters are so kind to me, the demons must not be as scary and terrifying as recorded and described in the books, right?

The reason she thought so was because Beth was cold to other human beings along the way, but took good care of herself and Ando Meiko.

Of course, even if Beth harbors a deep hatred for the human race, she still has a bit of maternal instinct towards the cute cubs, especially since Ronia was brought back by Ando Meiko at the risk of her life, which makes Beth take care of her meticulously.

There is actually not much information that Ronia can get through mind reading. She cannot fully control this powerful magic, so mind reading is sometimes effective and sometimes not, and it has a range of two meters.

When she is with her sisters Yazi and Beth, she rarely uses her mind-reading ability, not only because she trusts them, but also because she doesn't want to ruin the relationship because of this.

Of course, sometimes I would be curious and see two people's expressions and movements that are different from usual, so I would perform a little bit of it to listen, which is also to see the world.

Meiko Ando and Beth both knew that Ronia could read minds, but because the child was so cute and well-behaved, and they had been playing around all the way, they had long forgotten about the matter, so they did not deliberately hide what they were thinking.

Compared with the thoughts of these two people, Ando Meiko's way of thinking is much simpler.

She noticed the girl's delicate body trembling slightly in her arms, and thought something had happened to her, so she cursed herself in her heart for forcing Beth to cast such magic, or why she didn't help her earlier.

Fortunately, the magic power in Ando Meiko's body is of the same origin as the magic power in this world, so there is no rejection effect, so she can share her magic power with Beth so smoothly.

With the help of Ando Meiko, a city wall was successfully formed. The wall was tall and long, and it actually wrapped up the entire caravan that had stopped by the side.

Faced with such a feat, not only were the people in the entire caravan surprised, but even Melinda, who had already gotten off the car and was walking outside, was looking at the city wall in shock.

The rumbling sound of footsteps echoed in the Great Rift Valley. Meiko Ando stood on the city wall and looked down at the giant clawed earth dragon running fast. The middle of the rift valley was very wide. Even though the caravan and the city wall occupied a total of seven or eight meters, there was still a spacious space next to it for passing through.

Ando Meiko could see the earth dragon, and the earth dragon naturally discovered Ando Meiko. However, because she did not reveal any hostility, the leader of the giant claw earth dragon just stopped and looked at her, and then rejoined the team.

Their trip this time was not for temporary food, but for future survival. In order to prevent their backup habitat from being occupied by other monsters at this time, they had to race against time.

Their approach was undoubtedly the best choice. If the caravan continued to move forward at this time, it would definitely be hit head-on by the giant claw earth dragon. But if there was a wall, the meaning would be different. After all, normal creatures would generally choose to bypass obstacles such as stone walls instead of crashing into them.

Hundreds of giant-clawed earth dragons slowly passed by, and only when the footsteps were so far away that even the sound could no longer be heard did they breathe a sigh of relief, and the stone that had been weighing on their hearts was successfully lifted.

Beth quickly dispelled the city wall, and the magical wall turned into starlight and dissipated. Ando Meiko looked at the magic flying in the sky and blending into the air, and couldn't help feeling a little regretful.

Once magic power is used, it will be assimilated by the heaven and earth and cannot be recovered. It can only be slowly absorbed and restored. Otherwise, if all the magic power is absorbed, there will be no waste.

The trouble was solved and the caravan moved on again. Meiko Ando welcomed Melinda, who came to express her gratitude in person, into her own carriage and they chatted for a while.

More importantly, he basically told Ando Meiko everything she might encounter on this trip, including information about the monsters. This gave her a general understanding of the upcoming journey.

The total duration of the entire journey is approximately two months. This date is based on the experience summarized by the caravan based on normal delivery. The main purpose is to take an average value. Of course, if you are lucky and don’t encounter too many problems along the way, this time will be slightly shorter.

After looking at the map of the caravan's advance, Ando Meiko calculated that it would take three months. However, the time given by the caravan was much lower than Ando Meiko's expectations, which surprised her.

Volume 7: A Strange Journey to Another World: Chapter 86: Memory Transformed

Looking at Melinda's leaving back, Ronia couldn't help but shudder. Her mind reading skills had no effect on this person, but she could feel that something was wrong with this person.

But she couldn't explain what it was exactly. When she saw Melinda had returned to her car, Ronia tugged at Anten Meiko's clothes.

"What's wrong, little Ronya? Are you too bored?" Anten Meiko teased with a smile, and then when she saw her making a gesture to let her come over, she understood and squatted down and put her ear close to her mouth.

"Sister Meizi, please be careful with this person. I always feel like she's a little weird."

"Oh? Little Ronya, can you tell me what's so strange?"