Where it can be called a ‘forest country’, the vegetation coverage rate will not be low.

After leaving the 'Dir City', there are always large forests that are indispensable to the eyes.

Strictly speaking, these woods are considered the "peripheral periphery" of the Elilo Forest, but the tree density is much worse than plant resources, so under normal circumstances, they are not included in the periphery of the Great Forest.

However, even so, the prosperity of nature here is much better than the Mu Zhong's previous mutant Forest.

Although it is autumn and winter now, it is still green, just like spring and summer.

In the woods, there are birds singing, deer shadows flying, and wild boars in groups; in the weeds on the roadside, wild flowers blooming and flying insects; in the stream along the way, small fish and shrimps, and waves follow the shadows.

The wooden clock strolls with casual eyes and enjoys the beautiful scenery here.

The big cat walked in front of him, ran for a while, and stopped for a while, and was also full of curiosity about it.

...

By the afternoon.

One man and one cat entered a dirt road that passed through the woods.

This road seems to have not been taken care of for more than half a month. A layer of fallen leaves accumulate on the ground and many new saplings.

“It looks quite pleasant.”

Mu Zhong lowered his body and touched the leaves of a sapling, stayed for two seconds, and then continued to walk.

I walked another time.

He saw the big cat in front of the road, lifting a small paw and froze in place.

The cat seemed to have discovered something.

‘Buzz buzz--’

After the wooden clock walked over, he heard some sound similar to a bee flying.

"?"

"Classic Eyes." - Magic.

A "eye-shaped" mini magic array flashing with a white glow appeared in front of his eyes.

Through this magic circle, his gaze passed through the dense grass and trees and saw the source of the beeping sound.

"Huh... it was the four people this morning. They seemed to be in trouble."

——A large group of big black bees with forearms were trapped in their place, and the situation was critical.

Without thinking too much, Mu Zhong stepped into the woods.

...

The image of the big black bee is a bit like a magnified murderous bee. One is irritable and aggressive. Not only does it fly very quickly, but it seems that its defense is not low, depending on their appearance.

Mu Zhong has read many books introducing creatures in the world, but now he does not know such creatures.

He thought of the 'Mutation Forest', "This kind of big black bee should also be a mutant species, right?"

There is nothing to do if it mutates.

...

The four trapped mercenaries were now sitting next to a big tree with a diameter of about one meter. There was a blue magic shield in front of them.

The protective cover dropped very quickly under the attack of large black bees.

Whenever a crack appears in the shield, the person inside will cast magic again to let the new shield replace the old one.

It looks safe, but it is not.

Professionals without magic power have limited magic power. If this continues, they will sooner or later be defeated by the big black bee because of the exhaustion of magic power.

Therefore, the few people in the protective cover are now deeply immersed in fear.

For them, once the shield disappears, they will be stung to death by these big black bees.

Therefore, when they saw a magician passing by, their excitement gushed out like a volcano erupting.

One of them shouted excitedly: "Master Magician, save us!"

...

After entering the area where the big black bee was flying, Mu Zhong took out the magic book and input magic power to let the book hang in front of him.

"General defense." - superimposed on three layers.

‘Buzz buzz--’

When the bee swarm saw people coming, they raised their poisonous stings and stabbed them quickly at the target.

Ding Ding Ding--

In just two seconds, the "universal defense" of Mu Zhongshi lost a layer.

‘The power of this stabbing is almost as strong as a crossbow…’

After evaluating the attack of the big black bee in his heart, he flipped the magic book and cast the magic: "The Hand of the Mage!"

The effect of this magic varies from person to person, and in Mu Zhong's hand, this thing can exert tons of force.

...

The magic hand swung and patted it in the air. Except for a few lucky ones, the others were either killed or injured.

There were about sixty bee swarms, and they were beaten to death by Mu Zhong and injured twenty-three bees. The rest fled to the south.

Mu Zhong did not go to chase and kill him. He walked to a half-dead big black bee and observed the mutated species.

“It doesn’t look delicious…”

At this time, something happened to the four mercenaries:

"Anke, Anke, hold on!"

"No, he needs treatment as soon as possible."

“…”

The only female among them ran over, and she looked anxious: "Master Magician, can you save our companions? He was stung by the mutated big black bee."

"Oh, I'll go over and take a look."

After kicking the big black bee at the foot, Mu Zhong walked to the injured, "Uh... Why is this arm swollen like a thigh?"

Under the torture of bee venom, the other party's face turned blue, sweating all over, and in pain, it made a mournful cry.

Mu Zhong put away the 'magic book', stretched out his hand and pointed, "The Healing Flower."

A magic ball of light the size of a soybean flew out from his fingertips and landed on the other party's stinging arm.

The light ball sinks into the skin, then sprouts and grows, stems, leaves and buds grow. The buds bloom and a white and blue rose blooms.

The vitality and healing power of ‘Rose’ are injected into the body of the injured, and the injured are getting better, while ‘Rose’ gradually dehydrated and withered.

Two minutes later, the bee venom was relieved, and the injured not only returned to its original state, but also had full strength.

...

The four mercenaries hugged each other excitedly, and then thanked the magician who saved them.

"Thank you, Lord Magician, you saved our lives."

The leader took out a purse and held it in both hands: "Please accept our little intentions."

Mu Zhongfeng waved his hand and refused: "No, it's just a simple task. Compared to this, I care more about why you were attacked by the big black bee?"

The other party showed embarrassment: "We originally planned to go to Mayo Town. Before we set out, we went to the Mercenary Guild to receive a bee-killing task on the way. The message given by the task was that there were several foreign mutated big black bees, which would hurt passers-by. But the information was wrong, and there was a large group of big black bees here...."

Mu Zhong looked in the direction where the big black bee escaped, "The bees are in swarms, and there may be a hive in this woods."

"Master, they don't seem to be bees."

“…It’s not a bee that can collect honey.”

After all, in the 'magic world', anything illogical can happen.

After thinking for a while, Mu Zhong asked, "Are you still planning to continue the mission?"

The other party shook his head, "There are too many."

"I can help."

"What?"

"I want to see if those big black bees have honey. I will help you. You kill bees and I will grab honey. How about it?"

"But what if there is no honey?"

"Then give me a thousand coins at will, as a reward."

"Okay! We've done it."

Professional magicians are much better than professionals who learn magic by relying on "skill stones".
To be continued...