This isn't a souls-like game at all.

He stood up, looked around, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

Relying on the power of [Dream Painting Scroll], he keenly discovered another smaller gray-white spider in the weeds not far away.

"It seems this is not a rare species."

He looked down at the spider in his hand, and then reached out from behind with an tentacle holding a mosquito mouthpart, and poked the mosquito mouthpart into the spider's forehead, killing it.

Soul Echo +22

"There are quite a few soul echoes."

He sighed, looking at the poisonous jaw that had materialized after losing its light as the spider died, and reached out to pull it off.

The light curtain then popped out.

【Albino Spider Venom Jaws】

Item Description: Infected by magic, can inflict extremely poisonous spider venom.

Can be found on Albino Doom Spiders.

One of the materials used to craft props.

The evil spider grows in areas with abundant magic power.

It can hide in the dark, penetrate the flesh silently, and poison the soul.

So the ancient warriors of the tribe of Ronmoa made arrows out of poison jaws,

Used to resist the attacks of ancient beasts.

"Soul Corruption?"

After reading the item description, Ye Yiyi was stunned for a moment.

So what I was poisoned with wasn't just a common poison?

Unfortunately, he had previously raised his intelligence to 92, gaining the intelligence characteristics of the Purest Soul.

This special feature can make the soul spontaneously generate pure magic power and isolate it from external soul pollution.

Although I don't know whether this soul corruption can be considered a kind of pollution, judging from my current condition, I am undoubtedly not affected by the pollution.

“But the problem is, the description mentions the ancient warrior of Ron Moya!

"But this is the border, and there are no ancient beasts on the border. Where did this evil spider come from?"

Ye Yiyi frowned as he looked at the poisoned spear in his hand.

It is obvious that the evil spider is not a native creature of the border area, but an invasive species from Ronmoya.

As for how it came here through the vast starry sky.

The answer is self-evident.

Naturally, he escaped here from the border with the magicians through Ron Moya's teleportation array.

In other words, they were brought to the border by magicians.

"But this kind of spider is everywhere here..."

Ye Yiyi glanced around, his expression gradually becoming solemn, and finally fell on the skeleton in front of him.

The impact of invasive alien species on the local environment is immeasurable, not to mention that this is a species from another planet.

Of course, there have been too many alien species fleeing across the border over the years. In the face of super-harmful invasive creatures like "alien gods", this little spider is nothing.

"This mercenary's death was not unjust..."

He shook his head and sighed, put the poisoned Jaw back into the Four-Dimensional Chrysanthemum, bent down to pick up the briefcase, brushed off the dust and opened it.

There wasn't much in the bag. Apart from a few copper coins and a short knife with an exquisite appearance, most of the things were folded straw paper letters.

"So this guy is here to deliver a letter?"

But how could the messenger have such an exquisite dagger?

Besides, who should I send the letter to in this deep forest?

To the magician who also lives in the deep mountains and forests?

He thought about it and picked up the exquisitely shaped dagger with a scabbard inlaid with gems. He then pulled out the knife, and the blade as noble as topaz immediately appeared before his eyes.

Looking at the blade, Ye Yiyi couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"This thing... looks more like a work of art than a weapon. It looks incredibly valuable, and doesn't seem like something a mercenary would own. Could it be a consignment?"

He muttered and looked at the light screen of the short sword.

【Goose Jade Dagger】

Item Description: Exquisite jade dagger,

An item crafted using the goose jade exhaled by hovering geese.

An amulet held by mercenaries serving the Bug Mage.

Yanyu can drive away poisonous insects and snakes within the range and will not be attacked.

"It's not a weapon after all." Ye Yiyi nodded.

But after reading the last sentence of the item description, his expression became strange again.

"Is it true that we won't be attacked?"

He turned his head to look at the dung beetle on his shoulder, held the dagger in front of it and asked.

"Looking at this dagger, what do you feel?"

"!"

The dung beetle suddenly shrank its head back, as if it was frightened.

"It really works?" Ye Yiyi was surprised.

But in less than half a minute, the dung beetle got used to the feeling and came over to poke the jade sword with its big horn.

"Buzzing..."

"You mean, you sensed danger from here... the presence of a natural enemy?"

“Buzz buzz buzz…!”

The dung beetle nodded like a praying mantis.

"Are the flying wild geese natural enemies of insects?" Ye Yiyi thought thoughtfully.

"What about now? Why do you seem not to be afraid now?"

"Buzzing..."

"Ah... you think you can defeat that wild goose in one blow, right?"

"Buzz!!!"

The dung beetle waved its thin wings excitedly!

"As expected of you, you are becoming more and more martial, brother!" Ye Yiyi nodded with satisfaction.

Beings that can embark on the path of evolution are indeed not simple. They are just natural enemies. If evolution cannot defeat the former natural enemies, then what’s the point of evolution!

Then, at Ye Yiyi's instruction, the dung beetle caught another evil spider and handed it to Ye Yiyi.

Although the attacks of the evil spider can penetrate defenses and inflict soul-corrupting poison, this toxicity is nothing to the dung beetle, which is also an insect.

It is a creature that feeds on various pieces of feces and is naturally immune to all kinds of poisons.

In addition, its evolution under the influence of the power of the Hundred-Handed Fish allows it to ignore the so-called soul corruption poison.

Putting aside other things, can your poison withstand the crystallization under the influence of extremely high concentration of magic power?

Ye Yiyi can say without hesitation that dung beetles are invincible in this forest. They can walk sideways and do not take any insects seriously.

He took the struggling albino demon spider from the dung beetle's claws, and then held the dagger made of goose jade in front of it.

"Crack!"

However, the Demon Spider had never heard of the smell of the so-called natural enemy of the wild geese mentioned by the dung beetle, and even opened its poisonous jaws and bit the wild goose jade sword viciously.

Seeing this, Ye Yiyi looked at the dung beetle in silence.

"No wonder. The Evil Spider isn't a native species, so it's not afraid of the Wandering Wild Geese at all."

He casually threw the evil spider over, and the dung beetle immediately raised its horns and dismembered the spider with two "swishes". Then it took off its poisonous jaws and handed it to Ye Yiyi.

"This venom gland is very valuable. As the saying goes, protecting the environment and killing alien species is our responsibility, so go around and collect some for me."

"Buzz buzz!!"

The dung beetle held its head high and chest puffed out, raising its antennae as if to salute, then flapped its wings and flew out, starting a killing spree in the grass.

"You go and help too."

Ye Yiyi instructed Xiaoyu, then picked up the letters placed aside and read them one by one.

The item description of the dagger mentioned a mercenary serving the insect magician, so if nothing unexpected happened, it must be the unlucky guy next to him.

In other words, this guy came specifically to deliver a letter to the magician living in the Twin Magician Towers.

These insects, all suffering from albinism, should be the products of this insect magician, or the protection and defense measures of the magician tower.

But the mercenary who delivered the letter was in bad luck.

I don't know if the magician came out to look for it because he didn't receive the letter.

"None of these bug-playing people are worry-free..."

Looking through the letter with scribbled handwriting, Ye Yiyi couldn't help but complain.

Soon, he found an envelope made of high-quality paper and sealed with red clay, which could jump out of the light curtain among the numerous simple straw papers.

The letter was opened easily without encountering any defensive tricks.

Comparing the letter, Ye checked the light curtain one by one.

A Letter to the Gnawing Mage

Item Description: A letter with a flying insect emblem engraved on its surface.

Letter from the Insect Worshiper to the Gnawing Mage:

"I have long heard of your great name, and it is so well-known that I admire you deeply. I will definitely come to visit you one day. I hope you will agree to it."

"Insect Worship?"

After reading the item description, Ye Yiyi couldn't help scratching his head.

This name sounds a bit like déjà vu, and makes people think of Zoroastrianism.

And this flying bug badge...

He picked up the envelope, looked at it over and over again, and finally found a vague and strange emblem on the front.

That emblem looks like a ball...

“Is this a cocoon?”

Looking at the badge that had no features at all and seemed to have nothing to do with the flying insect, Ye Yiyi felt it was outrageous.

"Although I know that the cocoon of [Metamorphosis] contains the meaning of gestation and rebirth, and can transform people into flying insects, using a ball as a symbolic emblem is a bit too abstract...

"If I didn't tell you, who would have known this was a cocoon?!"

After flipping through the bag and seeing that only this letter could jump out of the light curtain, Ye Yiyi put the small package away, holding the letter in his hand and calling the dung beetle to continue forward.

The mercenary had nothing else of value on him.

He had been dead for so long that even the wooden handle of the axe he carried as a weapon was damp and moldy, making it completely unusable.

"Luckily, this bag is moisture-proof, otherwise these letters wouldn't be safe...

"I just didn't expect to find information about flying insects here. This is quite surprising."

The first magician tower Ye Yiyi found was the Insect Magician Tower.

There, he received his first psalm book and learned about the flying insect.

Many of the encounters I've had so far are vaguely related to the insect worship cult that worships flying insects.