On the southern border of the Gwana Empire, the forest is nameless. However, this forest is contained in a mountain range that serves as a natural barrier. This mountain range separates the southern territory of the empire from the territories of other countries. It has an official name—Mushita Mountains. .
But locally, this forest has a name - Cat Forest.
Because in this forest, the people who dominate everything are the demon cat clan.
A cat is just a cat. It is a fluffy creature that lies on all fours and has a long tail. It is not human-shaped, but has two round ears on the top of its head. It speaks with "meow~" at the end.
In the First District and other neighboring magician association divisions, as long as magicians are interested in using magic, the magic cats in the cat forest are definitely their first choice. Sometimes they will take the initiative to get close to children with good magic talents and guide them. At the same time, it also accompanies the growth of children.
There is a saying in the empire that a child who is followed by a demon cat will definitely become a great person in the future.
There was a time when the aristocratic lords in the south were proud of having a magical cat in their family, so there was a craze for catching it. However, this craze stopped after several noble territories were destroyed.
It is generally accepted that Cat Forest is protected by a king. But there are different opinions about what that ‘king’ is. Some say it is a dragon, some say it is a giant magic moth, and some say it is Elvis...
When seeing this statement, someone complained in his heart, maybe Elvis_Presley has traveled through time and conquered the world with rock music or something.
These things are general information that someone obtained by using the forum index, and learned it from Wana's mouth.
Incidentally, the widow Vana had already taken her child and accepted a job offered by someone. As for her moving into the home, it did not cause any uproar. The two apprentices quickly accepted Vana as a helper. facts, and division of labor and cooperation.
After all, this family is a bit big, and it takes a lot of time to take care of it in every detail. In the past, in addition to studying, the two girls only had to take care of the housework. But now they hope to do other things. They can contribute more, such as the recent cultivation of moth species, which will squeeze the time for housework. They really want someone to help.
The one who was most excited was Ezio. Although it was a little late, his contact with people allowed him to start talking to other people. However, the people around him were much older than him, even the youngest ones. The two girls who are close to each other also have their own jobs and cannot play with him all the time.
The black dragon who usually has nothing to do would play with him? For the child, there is always a feeling that he can't have enough fun. Until the appearance of Wana's child, Kish, filled this gap.
When the five-year-old child first arrived in a new environment, he was a little shy at first. But within a few days, the two children became familiar with each other, and then began a lawless life of fun. So Wana came to this home, In addition to cleaning work? There is also the work of taking care of two naughty children. It was so pitiful that someone wanted to give her a raise, but in the end they just gritted their teeth and didn't even mention it.
The exploration of Cat Forest started after getting the exact information. As usual? First bring the arcane eye device to open the map.
Using flashing and floating techniques, stay at an altitude of about 10,000 meters. Occasionally, clouds drift under your feet, but the clouds cannot block the observation of the arcane eye. Although the environment is a bit harsh, like the temperature. , the problem of air pressure, but using magic to protect yourself? It’s not unbearable.
While waiting for the Arcane Eye to record the terrain and features, Lin also observed the large forest below with his naked eyes. It was just that the distance was too far to see what was going on, and of course he did not see any giant things on the ground. .What I want to see here is the giant moth king.
Even though we were at high altitude, a creature of that size should have left an outline anyway. However, the reality was that no trace could be found. Was the other party hiding under the forest leaves? In a cave somewhere? Or is it the shadow side of a certain ravine, just hidden from his sight?
In the next few days, Lin kept traveling back and forth between the southern border of the empire and the holy city of Estali. On the one hand, it was because he had to teach math classes and could not leave the mess to the lich to clean up like before. On the other hand, it was also because With the flashing technique, as long as the distance and direction parameters are determined, you can continue exploring at any time from the breakpoint of the previous day, and you don't have to stay in the south for food, accommodation, and movement.
This time is only used for two purposes, to open a detailed map so that I can start the next action. Speaking of it, this is an attack of my obsessive-compulsive disorder, so I insist on waiting for the map to be complete before starting to take action.
Another purpose was to first find out if there was any trace of the Demon Moth King. But this purpose found nothing.
There are four possibilities for this situation. One is that there is a blind spot that you have not yet discovered, and the Demon Moth King is hiding in it. The second is that the Demon Moth King does not exist at all, or does not exist now. The third is that the other party uses a certain This illusion hides oneself. If it is the last possibility, it is the most troublesome. The other party has some kind of cognitive misunderstanding.
The last possibility is that someone has seen it twice with his own eyes, which is the World Tree Wadwo and Lahti. From a certain distance, the towering posture of the World Tree cannot be seen at all. You have to get close to a certain distance. Only when you can see it. And as long as you can see the posture of the World Tree, it means that you have entered the opponent's domain.
I originally thought this was the effect of some kind of illusion, but later I realized during research that this was because the World Tree itself had the property of connecting multiple dimensions, which resulted in the fact that they both existed and did not exist in the main world of Lost Land. This is why they both exist and do not exist in the main world of Lost Land. , others will have different perceptions depending on different situations.
As the saying goes: When you stare into the abyss, the abyss is also staring into you. When they want to pay attention to you, you can also notice them.
Another person I have encountered, who may also have this characteristic, is the incarnation of the saints of the three gods, the guardian, the lord of fate and mystery. Because of the complexity of their existence, in my field of vision, they are no better than the world tree. Simple. The reason why they cannot confirm is because they don’t know whether they exist in someone’s eyes when they don’t want to see someone.
If the Demon Moth King we haven't met yet also has this characteristic, doesn't it mean that its rank belongs to the level of the World Tree and the gods, or at least is close to that level. Thinking of this, someone thinks I felt a little irritated, and I was already giving up. In order to make life-saving equipment, I had to risk my life to collect materials. Is this putting the cart before the horse?
But these are just conjectures, and it's hard to make any decisions before confirming the actual situation with your own eyes. I just can't find the target's location from high altitude, should I search from the ground? Lin Xin thought.
Seeing that the map has almost been opened, it's time to enter the next stage of the search. But I have to have a math class later, so let's retreat today. Grabbing the arcane eye on the side that has turned into an evil god, and its eyes are constantly turning around,
Lin flashed again and returned home to the holy city hundreds of kilometers away.
At night, Lin invited Vana to the first coffin room, along with Fen and Kaya. The first coffin was used to show the results of the past few days, an aerial view of the southern border of the Gwana Empire.
Lin asked directly: "Wana, do you know where you saw the giant magic moth? When did you see it?"
"I was picking wild vegetables in the early morning and saw it when I passed by Mao Senzhong Lake. It's just a boss. What is this?" The word 'boss' was learned from Uzov, the first president of the Technical Guild.
, now we no longer call someone 'sir', but always 'boss'. As for Wana, she looked at this scaled-down real-life picture in puzzlement.
Her question also confirmed someone's worry. How can ordinary people know the terrain and geography, let alone read a map. Vana followed her husband who was an adventurer, and her husband followed an experienced man.
With magical talent, young people who aspire to become magic apprentices come to the Holy City to develop.
It's a pity that more than a year ago, Vana's husband and the young man who became a magic apprentice died together with their adventure team. So don't say that she didn't go home because she had no travel expenses. Even if she had the travel expenses, she would
Don't know the way home.
It would be really difficult for such a person to ask her to point out anything on the map.
However, Lin was not helpless. He asked first: "You said that your hometown is in the territory of the Marquis of Khorasan, right."
"Yes, boss." Vana replied.
Kaya knew what he meant after hearing this, and immediately retrieved the approximate territory of the Khorasan Marquis of the Gwana Empire from the database she had collected, and put a layer of color blocks on the real map.
Lin continued to ask: "Do you live near the forest? How far away is it? How big is the place where you grew up? How many people or houses are there? Do you remember? Do you know from where you live?
How long does it take to get to the next inhabited town? Just say whatever you remember, and it doesn’t matter if you don’t remember.”
Several questions in a row confused Wana. But she still tried to think back and said: "The place where I grew up is a small village, with about a dozen families. My husband grew up in a nearby town.
, it’s about half a day’s walk from my village.”
Lin interrupted and asked: "Half a day, is it the speed of an adult or the speed of a child?"
"It's an adult."
Lin nodded and asked Wana to continue.
"My village is not far from the forest. After walking through a few fields, you will reach the forest."
Following the clues provided by Wana, Lin instructed the girl to enter parameters in Kaya's ear and search for possible locations on the map. Five or six possible locations that matched the clues were found. After taking a look, Lin asked again
: "Do you still remember your hometown? Are there any obvious landmarks? For example, is there a river passing through nearby, or what kind of mountain scenery can you see? There are several hills and so on."
"I remember looking to the southeast from where I grew up, I could see three overlapping mountains. There was no river nearby, and the water source came from three wells in the village."