Chapter 374 - Mysterious Realm (2/2)

“What is this place?” Riel asked in surprise.

Princess Milda pondered for a moment, before saying, “I believe we have reached the world of Aragu!”

“Aragu? As in the disappearing continent?” Link asked. He was shocked. This was a name that was not unfamiliar to him. He did not know of this place in the game. Rather, it was during his time in the East Cove Higher Magic Academy, when he was flipping through the library archives out of boredom that he came across this name. It was in a book called The Continental Adventure Guide.

In the book, it was said that in the ancient past, Firuman was a lot bigger than it was now. At that time, there was a strong and knowledgeable race, known as the Aragu. They occupied Firuman’s most beautiful landmass, creating an incomparably strong magic empire, producing many illustrious, famous magical works.

However, amongst these magical works, there was one incident that happened. In the midst of that incident, the magic went out of control, and the resulting explosion caused the Firuman continent to break apart into many smaller pieces.

After the incident, Firuman was split into many pieces. The current Firuman continent consisted of the largest piece. The Isle of Dawn was another small piece of land that broke off. According to legend, there was another large piece that drifted off towards the east. Because of the treacherous sea waves and wind, all adventurers that had gone out in search of this continent had lost their lives. In the end, none had brought back concrete evidence of another land.

No matter what, after that incident, the Aragu people and their empire disappeared. The only traces they left behind were stories in the history of some of the tribes in the current Firuman continent.

Link had always treated this as a myth and did not pay it much heed. Princess Milda, however, was a High Elf. The High Elves were an ancient race, and Princess Milda would not talk nonsense without having any basis for her words. Therefore, Link still trusted her words.

Princess Milda surveyed their surroundings, picking up some clues. She pointed to some of the birds flying through the crowds, saying, “Look there, at those birds. Their wingspan is over 30 feet long, their beaks are bright red, long, and sharp like a spear. No such bird exists on Firuman now. However, I’ve seen fossils of this kind of birds in the museum on the Isle of Dawn. Based on the research by historians among my tribe, these red spear birds lived over 100,000 years ago and were extremely ferocious birds of prey…”

“Hold it, you said, birds of prey?” Link immediately interrupted. He remembered that in the game, the other player had died from being pecked to death.

Princess Milda also realized Link’s concern. They were about half a mile from the nearest cloud. The red spear birds had yet to notice them, but at the rate they were descending, they would soon encounter the birds.

The dwarf rubbed his forehead. “I hope these birds don’t give us too rough a welcome. My old bones can’t take it anymore.”

As Riel was starting to feel a headache coming, they heard a sharp voice coming from above them.

“Don’t run! I’m gonna get you!”

Link looked up and saw Saroviny just above their heads, rapidly catching up to them. What made matters worse was that Saroviny had a pair of dark purple wings extending out of her back. Needless to say, these wings were inherited from her father’s fallen angel bloodline.

Fortunately, amidst all this misfortune, Saroviny had come alone.

Yet, even this was enough to give Link a hard time. He did not dare to get tangled up with her. Making use of the distance between them, he did not hesitate to use a Dimensional Jump to get further away.

Whoosh. A column of white light appeared, and Link and the others vanished from their original spot. A moment later, they re-appeared below the cloud. From there, they could see dense forests covering the land. At the same time, the red spear birds had noticed them.

Caw, caw! Immediately, the red spear birds chased after them.

Link had no time to play with these birds. He immediately activated another Dimensional Jump to teleport to the ground.

The forest here was very different from that on Firuman. The trees here were extremely tall and thick. Every tree was at least 30 feet wide, reaching a height of 600 feet. Even the grass and vegetation were ridiculously huge.

Beside where they landed was broadleaf grass. The grass was, in fact, bigger than a banana leaf by about three times. The way it drooped down made it look like a natural shelter.

“What kind of shitty place is this? Look at this worm, its teeth. It could almost bite off my entire leg!” Riel whined, using his war hammer to smash a worm the size of a cat.

“Look up, the demon is being attacked by the red spear birds!” Princess Milda pointed out.

Link saw it too. As Saroviny chased them through the clouds, the red spear birds also noticed her and started to pursue her.

Link’s eyesight was excellent, and he watched how Saroviny drew out her knife to slash at the red spear bird. As her blade collided with the bird’s beak, it let out a harsh clang sound, causing sparks to fly out. However, the beak was not damaged at all. After being dazed for a moment, the red spear bird immediately resumed its pursuit of Saroviny.

Link had no time to admire the strength of this predator. “This is a good chance, she won’t be able to escape for a while, let’s use this chance to get away!”

The four of them ran through the mysterious forest. After a few minutes, Saroviny was no more than a black speck in the sky. It wasn’t because Link’s party was traveling quickly. Rather, Saroviny was chased far away by over ten red spear birds.

This was truly a frightening place.

Link kept his senses on full alert as he slowed down his pace. As they passed another giant tree, all of a sudden, ten people appeared out of the vegetation.

Their clothes were all tattered, as though they were simply wearing rags. They were thin and gaunt and had sharp noses, looking almost like humans, but possessing sharp ears like those of elves. It was perhaps more accurate to describe them as elves rather than humans.

After jumping out, one of them pointed a long spear at Link, speaking in a strange language that consisted of lots of howls.

Link could not understand, but the system helped him translate what the other party was saying.

Basically, this was what was being said. Dear friends from afar, you came from a distant place and met with me. This is the grace that the lord has showered upon me. I must reciprocate this grace. Therefore, I will use all my strength to destroy you and take all your possessions, enjoy your women and beat up your children!

“Isn’t this simply robbery?” This was Link’s first time hearing such eloquence prior to a robbery.

Link could understand what he said about women, but as for children…?

What children? Don’t tell me, it’s Riel?