Chapter 432 - The Girl Calling for Help in The Woods (2/2)

“What exactly is it?” Felina asked softly. Her face was pale, and it was evident that she was scared to death.

Link really had no idea. “There are countless creatures in the Void. Who knows what it could be?”

As they talked, the two of them had retreated by 900 feet, and the trees became a lot thinner. It was brighter now, and the two didn’t tarry any longer, heading onwards to the Dragon Valley.

However, after traveling for about two miles, there was a loud explosion that came from behind them. BOOM! The explosion resulted in shockwaves that surged towards Link and Felina, deafening them. Felina was preparing to jump over a ditch, but because of the sudden explosion, it startled her and caused her to lose her balance.

Link hurriedly reached out and caught her hand, stabilizing her balance to prevent from falling and looking like a dog that tumbled into its own poop.

After regaining their balance, they looked back.

They saw that in the forest that they had just left, there was a deep blue ball of fire rising into the air. The ball of fire was 120 feet wide, and from afar, it looked like a miniature sun.

However, what happened after that was even more shocking.

After the ball of fire rose to about 180 feet into the air, not only did it not increase in size, it instead got smaller and dimmer. Then, it continued to rapidly decrease in size until it completely disappeared, as though there was a fire-eating giant that swallowed the ball of fire.

“That was in the direction of the call for help,” Felina said anxiously.

“It was,” Link agreed. “The spell from earlier was the Level-9 flame spell, ‘Supernova Explosion.’ Its power is enough to level a small fortress to the ground. Based on the way the spell was cast, the Magician who cast it might be a dwarven Magician… The situation doesn’t look good for them; the Magician’s aura is quickly disappearing.”

“Could they be a member of the Emerald Circle, here for the meeting?” Felina asked suddenly.

“It’s possible. They might have been misled by the call for help too. Hold it, look at that, there’s a dragon!”

Link sucked in a deep breath. The dragon was about to take flight and escape, but it suddenly screamed in pain.

Because of the distance between them, Link couldn’t see what it was that was attacking him. All they could see was that the dragon’s body rapidly grew thinner and withered. In less than two seconds, the dragon had turned into a bag of bones.

The corpse fell back to the ground, and the forest was submerged once again in silence.

This scene was too shocking. Link and Felina stood rooted to the spot, speechless.

After half a minute, Felina said, “I know that dragon. His name is Flo, a Level-8 peak dragon about to break into Level-9. He was tasked to get the dwarf Magician Gaimin.”

“I’m afraid they are both dead. Most likely, they were killed by the creature with the young girl’s voice,” Link responded.

It was at this time when something flashed in Link’s vision. Link took a look. It was a new mission.

New Mission: The Girl in the Forest

Description: There is a girl in the forest calling for help. However, close to her, two experts had just been killed. Investigate the forest and find out what is going on.

Mission Reward: Assassin’s Vision of Truth (Epic)

Time Limit: Three days.

(Note: Please complete the mission as fast as possible to prevent worse developments from happening.)

Seeing the mission description, Link cursed. The system was once again using Legendary-level equipment to bait him. Thinking about it for a while, Link decided to accept the mission.

This was just an investigation mission, and he only needed to find out what was happening. It was worth the risk to gain some Legendary equipment.

Thinking up to this point, Link turned to Felina and said, “You return to the Dragon Valley first. I will go and see what is going on.”

“I’ll come with you… No, alright, I’ll go back first.”

Under Link’s intense gaze, Felina gave in. She knew that she would not be of any help to Link and instead might become a burden.

“Tell the queen that I’ll go over once I find out what is going on.”

“I understand.”

“Be careful too. I’m going.”

Saying so, Link cast a Traceless spell onto himself and then headed towards the direction where they had seen the fireball.

After traveling for about a mile, he once again heard the girl crying for help.

The voice sounded extremely pained and pitiful, as though the person calling for help was trapped in an extremely dreadful place. However, when Link heard it, he felt a chill going down to his bones.