Chapter 281 - Light And Darkness (1/2)

The entrance to Stone Seeds was under the frozen lake. Of course, there were other entrances to these caves, but Evan didn't want to waste another day on a path when he could get into the caves right here and now.

Without using any spells, Evan shattered a meter-thick layer of ice with a single blow. He dove into the icy water but didn't swim straight to the underwater cave.

He had to cover his tracks. Evan was going to fight a large group of Tears of Light, and he wanted to take advantage of the element of surprise. The Light Mages were not supposed to know that someone else was interested in the Meteor Glass.

Evan took his hands out of the water and cast Ice Veil. He quickly recovered the destroyed portion of the ice and canceled the spell.

When Evan was a rookie mage, he couldn't create a meter of ice in a few touches. Such a thing was impossible to do with a spell of rank zero. But, now it was possible. The increased concentration of mana in Evan's Warp made any of his spells much stronger. What's more, the purified Warp also made spells slightly stronger.

But, that didn't mean that Ice Veil, a level zero spell, was equal to a level one spell in Evan's hands. Ice Veil became more useful but not as powerful.

After Evan covered his tracks, he swam to the entrance of the cave. There was no need to look for the entrance. Bright plants were growing around it, which as if an indicator showed that the entrance was exactly here.

After a while, Evan surfaced and found himself in one of the caves. He was completely soaked in the icy water. It wasn't the most pleasant feeling, considering he was in the kingdom's north, and there were snow and freezing blizzards everywhere.

”Damn, why haven't I learned any fire spells yet? I'm about to turn into an icicle.” Evan muttered and headed deeper into the cave.

He didn't know where the Golems and the Stone Lilies were. He needed to explore the area and think of a plan of action.

<Dorlus said that these caves also possess other monsters, but I don't think they will pose the slightest danger to me.> Evan thought to himself as he entered one of the tunnels at another fork.

Unfortunately, he had no map of these caves, so he had to rely on his gut and luck.

The caves were huge. They were not small narrow tunnels where one person could hardly fit. They were home to giant creatures like Golems.

So each tunnel was at least fifteen meters high and sometimes even more wide.

This was a big plus for Evan, fighting in a confined space against many opponents was uncomfortable.

Whoooosh.

Suddenly a monster ran out from around the corner and pounced on Evan. This monster's body was covered in stone-like chitin. This monster had two crystal-like horns, which it tried to ram into Evan.

But, it failed. Evan reacted quickly and bounced to the side. He immediately used Mammon's Gaze.

[Cave Hunter

Race - Monster

Rank - 2, with one flame on the platform