0pal Magic Forest

In the middle of the night, the Opal Magic Forest changed its nature. The normal black ground became a dead land. If any living thing stepped inside the land, their vitality would be sucked dry.

At this time, the wizard group reached the entrance of the Opal Magic Forest. The wizard group was none other than the group which had camped at the entrance of the chaotic land.

The wizard group was led by Elder Morris. He had a small team behind him. There were casualties while crossing the dangerous land.

But they somehow avoided the black fog due to traveling in the daytime. They were able to reach here, looking at the Opal Magic Forest. Their eyes flickered.

The Supreme Wizards wanted to enter the forest to collect the opal magic gemstones. They knew the gemstones were valuable.

If they could collect enough in time, then their next wizard path would be smooth.

But they were waiting for Elder Morris’s order. They couldn’t enter without his permission. Among the Supreme Wizards, a burly man and a curly-haired wizard were present as well.

This pair was different from the other members because they were wary of Elder Morris. Unlike the others, they paid attention to the black, eerie forest before them.

The black magic forest brought a dreadful feeling to them.

So, they were not ready to enter the forest right now. The two exchanged glances while other members were discussing enthusiastically.

These two were the ones paying attention to the facial expression of Elder Morris. He was not looking good.

Morris was a Magic Lord. That too, an Earth Elemental Wizard. He felt something terrifying hidden under the ground of the Opal Magic Forest.

When he tried to probe, he felt a sense of crisis. Before he could use his mental power to touch the ground, he withdrew it.

"Fuck," he said to himself.

He broke out into a cold sweat. The crisis was so huge that he felt close to death. He suppressed his thoughts.

"Elder, when are we going to enter inside?"

"Elder, we should collect gemstones before other wizard groups."

The members in the group started asking questions. It was no secret that different wizard groups wanted to collect the opal magic gemstones.

They wanted to collect the opal magic stones before others.

Elder Morris remained silent. He didn’t want to tell the others. He doubted anyone would be here at nighttime.

He said, "Everyone, let’s wait until the morning. We should be careful of others. We don’t know how many Magic Lords other groups have."

Hearing that, everyone became quiet. They knew the threat of other wizard groups. Soon, they found a place to spend the night.

They were not close to the border, but not far away from it either. They were in a place located in between the dangerous land and the Opal Magic Forest.

The following day,

I appeared outside with the Zero puppet. Both of us began to collect the gemstones. The pressure of the ancient monster under the ground alerted me.

I decided to collect enough gemstones before leaving the place. We were looking in random places instead of looking for the main source area.

Because the system was helping me out. My speed was faster. On the other hand, the Zero puppet, in its red smoke form, began to collect the gemstones. It had the ability as well.

Time passed.

Elder Morris and his group entered the Opal Magic Forest. Morris gave commands to the others. The members split into small teams and began to look for the gemstones.

Morris was not collecting the gemstones himself. Instead, he was paying attention to the surroundings. His job was to monitor them. He needed to protect them from other wizard groups.

When it came to the gemstones, he would get them from the members, and then he would take care of them. He had already planned to kill the members.

It was just that their help was needed right now.

Soon, Morris and the team went deeper.

Forenoon,

I had collected more than 200 opal magic gemstones. The red smoke had covered more than 100 opal magic gemstones.

Our work was going smoothly.

[Ding! The Earth Element Magic Lord has been detected]

The system’s voice sounded in my mind. Hearing that, I immediately thought of the camp.

"System, is this the same person?" I asked.

[Ding! It’s the same person who was spotted at the camp]

I heard the system’s voice in my mind. My doubts were cleared now. My mouth curved into an arc. I didn’t expect him to come here.

According to the Zero puppet, this Magic Lord is unreliable. He might betray his team. Maybe I could find some information from him.

Then I followed the system’s lead to locate him. The Zero puppet came with me as well. When I saw the Magic Lord, he was resting under a tree.

I silently appeared in front of him. The red smoke appeared behind the Magic Lord.

"Who is it?" Morris asked while standing up.

He saw a masked man in front of him. What was more, he felt a terrifying power behind him. He didn’t want to turn back.

Looking at the masked man, he tried to see through him. But his prying met a stone block. His heart set off storms.

He immediately thought of wizard groups from other forces.

"Who are you?"

"As per the agreement, no Forbidden Wizard should appear here. The force behind you will face the combined attacks of the other hegemonic forces," he said with a trembling body.

He was genuinely afraid that the person in front of him was a Forbidden Wizard.

On the other hand, I heard everything and was able to find out something interesting. I didn’t expect that Forbidden Wizards were not allowed to come. No wonder I hadn’t found one so far.

If Forbidden Wizards were here, they would have long since collected the gemstones. Could there be another reason for their ban? I immediately thought of the underground ancient monster.

A cold chill ran down my spine.