An Unorthodox Guide to Conquering Another World

These were probably all arranged by Hikaria to ensure safety or something similar.

"Ok?"

Ya Feng then realized that something was wrong.

Besides these protective spells, he also discovered other traces of magic, very faint, but scattered throughout.

Ya Feng wanted to take a closer look, but then he discovered that this magic was actually disconnected from its source. In other words, it was impossible to pinpoint the original user who used it, and it was impossible to deduce its magical properties. It was as if the caster had activated an unmarked browsing mode.

Generally, severing the source of magic requires prior manipulation, necessitates at least a legendary level of magic power, and is extremely difficult.

With Ya Feng's current abilities, he can completely sever the source of his magic and make it transparent, so that no one can locate him through magical traces. However, this is an effect that can only be achieved by reaching Hero-level and having experience from the first playthrough.

The magic that was cut off here was definitely not left by Hikaria, so there was another sorcerer here who had been active in this room.

Could it be that there are other powerful sorcerers who are paying attention to them?

Or perhaps, that powerful sorcerer is in this house...

Chapter 69 Mom's calling you home for dinner

When Ya Feng came out of the bathroom, he saw Ilsa and Elina cooking together in the kitchen, exchanging cooking tips.

Or perhaps it's parenting advice.

As expected, since they are both mothers, they were able to find common ground and get closer so quickly.

very nice.

"Sigh, why isn't Xixi back yet?" Elina glanced at the time, a worried expression on her face.

The market she was sent to should have taken at most half an hour to get there and back, including grocery shopping, but it's been over an hour now and she still hasn't gotten home.

“I’ll contact her.” Ilsa wiped her hands on her apron, took out her Netcom device, and dialed Hikaria’s number.

But then they heard a message saying "no signal received" from the other end.

"Can't get through..."

"I'll give it a try." Elena took out her Netcom phone, but it also had no signal.

“This…” Elina’s face was immediately filled with worry.

"Could something have happened...?"

The atmosphere inside the room immediately fell silent.

"Oh, it's nothing. I just saw her message to me saying that Huanwangtong is about to shut down and she has too much stuff, so she asked me to go out and meet her," Ya Feng suddenly said.

"Hmm? But I haven't told Xixi you're here yet," Elina said.

"Because I had been in contact with her, and she sent me a message at that time."

As Ya Feng spoke, he put on his coat and prepared to go out.

“Then I’ll have to trouble you, Mr. Ya Feng,” Elina said.

"Ah."

Ya Feng nodded to them and walked out.

...

The night was as dark as ink, and the silent streets were deserted, with only the dim yellow streetlights flickering on both sides of the road.

Hikaria was panting, the Light-Controlling Bracelet on her wrist still flickering with magical energy. If it weren't for the highly precise spells it allowed her to cast, she probably would have died dozens of times over.

At this moment, Lilac Street, one of the busiest commercial streets in the royal city, was deserted and utterly silent, with only Hikaria's weary breathing remaining.

Around her lay the corpses of monsters, some larger than a house, all in extremely gruesome manners, a testament to the intensity of the battle that had just taken place.

Hikaria had a wound on her left calf that had turned purple, indicating that the poison had seeped in. Her left leg was almost numb, and even with her magic power, her vision was gradually blurring, and she was experiencing sharp pains all over her body.

Pop, pop, pop.

Several crisp claps rang out from above. On the rooftop stood a man with long red hair, his pair of pupil-less gray eyes fixed on Hikaria below as he clapped his hands at her.

"Not bad. A mere Apostle-level mage, after being poisoned by the Death Spicy Flower, was still able to withstand two waves of demonic tides. It seems I underestimated you."

Hikaria's purple eyes gleamed with a fierce light as she stared intently at her opponent, sweat trickling down her forehead.

She also regretted her slowness, having fallen into the trap under such circumstances.

Half an hour ago, she had already bought what she needed and was ready to go home, but she found that she had walked for more than ten minutes and still hadn't covered the 500-meter block. It was as if the space was being stretched infinitely in her mind, and there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the street. In the end, she was all alone.

Only then did he realize that he had fallen into a trap-like domain spell called the Ghost Domain.

This kind of trap is easiest to spot and escape from at the very beginning. However, if you don't realize your unusual situation at the start, it will be more difficult to escape later.

Hikaria was filled with regret. With her senses, she should have noticed it much earlier, but because she was anxious to get back, she didn't notice the slight change in space.

And so it came to this...

"Although I don't know which organization you belong to, you dare to touch my Lord's sacred objects, so you must be dealt with properly."

"I told you, hand over the fragments of the sacred artifact, and I might make things easier for you. But if you try to drag this out, don't expect me to be lenient with this young girl," the man said coldly.

He raised his hand, and then, a familiar with a huge head appeared beside him. Its body was like that of a goblin, but its head was unusually large and had a single eye on it.

This strange realm was created by this familiar.

"You haven't been completely wiped out by the Secret Service yet...?" Hikaria said in a low voice.

"Heh heh, that's all thanks to my Thorler," he patted the large head of the familiar beside him.

“Ever since you ruined that ceremony, all the followers I planted in the royal city have been slaughtered by the Secret Order. Fortunately, Soler was able to create this eerie realm for me, so they have never been able to find my trail.”

Hikaria gritted her teeth, never expecting such a thing to happen.

The man before me is Gray Serpent, one of the elders of the Church of the Hand of Annihilation. It can be said that he is the true mastermind behind that sacrificial incident.

Moreover, although the opponent only possessed the strength of an apostle, his familiar had reached the legendary level in terms of magic power.

Within the eerie realm it created, it possesses the ability to create "afterimages," which can replicate past events within the realm. Now, it has replicated a past demonic tide event, summoning large numbers of demons to attack it time and time again.

The gray serpent's spells also imbued each of these demons' attacks with the deadly poison of the Death Spicy Flower.

Although she has made great progress in the past two weeks of study, her chances of winning are slim when facing an opponent of this caliber and falling into their trap.

The other party isn't killing her outright now because they want the fragment of the sacred relic she obtained.

But he had already handed that thing over to the system in exchange for mission rewards.

"Well..."

Hikaria's body was trembling. She had tried to attack the gray serpent directly, but there was a barrier between them in the Ghost Realm, which prevented her from even touching it and instead put her in danger.

The gray snake looked at her, who seemed determined to continue her stubborn resistance, and laughed coldly.

"You're not thinking of stalling for time, waiting for the Kingdom's Eye of Truth to detect the anomaly here, and then you'll be rescued, are you?"

He shook his head and laughed: "You may not know, but Soler is a familiar nurtured by my Lord's holy water. The strange domain it created can only be discovered by the Eye of Truth after several inspections. And even if it is discovered, it is impossible to break through it in a short time unless Ernes comes here in person."

"How are you? Feeling desperate?" He raised his hands, his smile particularly sinister.

Ernes, Grand Master of the Holy Knights of the Church of Life's Radiance, is an Immortal-level High-Ranking Inquisitor and currently the highest-ranking Inquisitor known in the Kingdom.

But it's obvious that Ernest wouldn't make a move until he truly discovered the other party's identity.

But how long can I hold on before that?

Hikaria clenched her fists. Today was the day that Teacher Ya Feng was coming to visit. If, if it was that person, would they be able to find her and come to her rescue?

"It's fine if you don't want to hand it over, we have plenty of time. Let me continue to enjoy your ugly struggle."

The gray serpent grinned sinisterly. The head of the Soler beside him glowed slightly, and then, from the surrounding dark streets, one after another, enormous magical beasts slowly emerged, exuding intense killing intent.

"Tsk..."

Hikaria endured the pain from the poison and activated the spell again. The holy elemental vibration pierced through the heads of several attacking monsters, and dark purple blood splattered. She didn't have much magic left, and she had to conserve every bit of it. Maybe, Teacher Ya Feng really could find her. She had to hold on.

The gray snake watched the besieged girl below with great interest, as if it were watching a brutal battle in a gladiatorial arena.

However, we can make this even more interesting.

"Soler, use that one."

His familiar emitted a low hum, and then from the darkness, round, ball-like magical beasts crawled out.

They were insects, each with a huge, writhing mass of flesh growing on its back, swaying like a balloon about to burst, as they swiftly crawled toward Hikaria.

Almost caught off guard, before Hikaria could react, her holy light magic struck the monster in the midst of the horde. The next moment, the insect exploded, one explosion triggering another, and the resulting massive shockwave sent Hikaria flying and crashing to the ground.

"Be careful, it explodes if you touch it." Gray Snake laughed.

Hikaria struggled to sit up, her vision blurred by the blood flowing from her head, but she could still see the monsters surrounding her. After three waves of attacks and having to rely on her magic to suppress the poison, her strength and magic were almost exhausted.

She saw the handbag lying not far away; the spices that Elena had asked her to buy had spilled all over the floor.

A sense of despair crept into her heart. She had always thought that since she had chosen this path, this day would come sooner or later.

But I never expected this day to come so suddenly.

Everything was getting better, but then...

Her mother's image flashed into her mind; she couldn't imagine what her mother would do alone if something happened to her...

She tried to get up, but her body, drained of magic, felt incredibly heavy.

"Cut off her limbs first," the gray snake said calmly.

A minotaur walked towards her, holding an axe in its hand.

As the monster approached, Hikaria tried to resist, but her consciousness grew increasingly blurred, and the light in her eyes gradually dimmed.

But just as she was about to lose consciousness, a pale blue light flashed on her forehead, revealing a gentle yet extremely rich life force, like a powerful stimulant injected into her brain.

Her body was instantly filled with power, and the pain from the poison vanished. She flipped herself up, and just as the Minotaur raised its battle axe, a golden light shot out, instantly piercing the Minotaur's chest, and its massive body crashed to the ground.

"This is..." She looked in surprise at the life force gathered within her body, so pure, so abundant.

But she never remembered that the system had given her such an ability.

What exactly is this...?

"What exactly is this...?"

At this moment, the gray snake on the roof frowned. The life force that had just emanated from Hikaria seemed familiar...

Wait, that's not an elf...

The gray snake's pupils contracted, and its heart trembled violently.

The plan has changed. Even if we can't retrieve the sacred relic, we must kill her here immediately!

click!

Just then, a cracking sound came from the sky. Gray Snake looked up and saw a thin ray of light shining through the inky sky, as if the sky had cracked open.

Two hands reached in through the opening, then pulled to the sides, letting in a flood of light.

The gray snake was shocked to see that its indestructible domain was actually torn apart by bare hands.

"puff!"

The demon Soler's large head split open, blood gushing out, and it convulsed and collapsed to the ground.

"Soler!" the gray serpent cried out in disbelief, hugging his familiar.

Several golden sword beams rained down from the sky, wiping out all the demonic beasts below in just a few breaths.

A figure descended from the sky and landed in front of Hikaria.

"Teacher!" Hikaria immediately relaxed and shouted excitedly.

It was Ya Feng who saw Hikaria still standing there unharmed, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"I've finally found you! I've come to pick you up and take you home for dinner. Mom's been waiting anxiously."

"Huh?" Hikaria's face, which was filled with immense surprise, froze again.

"This, what exactly is this..." Gray Serpent stared at the shattered ghostly realm; Soler's corpse had already gone cold in his hands.

Even if Ernes himself came, he couldn't possibly tear open the Ghost Realm so brutally and directly. Just who is this opponent...?

Ya Feng turned his head and looked at him, at the same time a golden spear materialized in his hand.