approaching on the fourth floor syra began to feel fresh air, looking like they were outside the cave when they arrived they saw a dense forest, several animals, bugs, And several plants
Syra: how is there a forest inside a cave?
Paarthurnax: as the sunlight is not here something uses mana to keep it alive
Syra: but how? It's an entire forest
Paarthurnax: mana pool, it probably sucks all the mana from the creatures that live here, so don't expect a magical battle
Syra: and with sneak attacks, especially in this florest
Paarthurnax couldn't track someone for mana, So he would have to use his Intelligence if he needed to track someone
Syra: there's nothing for the area, Only have one option, enter the forest
Paarthurnax and syra started to enter the forest, they saw nothing different, but it would be difficult for them to find the exit because of the forest
They found various animals, plants and fruit trees
Syra: is this mhothra anatadist?
She started looking at the plants that were on the ground
Paarthurnax looked at the plant, it had petals with a blue border, the center had the part of a mandala, All the petals had, syra started to put the petals together and then each peeled complemented the other forming a perfect mandala with the blue border and the center with different colors
Syra: when I was a slime I remember eating this plant, it tastes sour and I loved it
Paarthurnax: Why don't you eat it
Syra: I can't, this plant is probably one of the last of its Species, I lived in a forest that had a vast diversity of plants, but people came and took almost all plants, for humans this plant had a high commercial value , so several people would pick up the last of the plants and then when I noticed all of them had been extinct, that's what I thought
Paarthurnax started to inject mana into the soil that the plant was in, and more and more as he added more plants, syra's eye grew bright in seeing this scene
Paarthurnax: get one to eat, now it won't be extinct
Syra took only one of the several plants that grew, and she started eating the petals, she started to be happy, because she didn’t remember the taste right but that was no longer a problem
Syra: Hepher , I want to thank you for giving me this chance to taste a flavor that I thought I would never have in my mouth again
Paarthurnax: don't worry
Now that syra noticed the plant started to be attentive to every plant, tree and animal that existed in the forest, many plants were common, but there were several that were extinct long ago
Paarthurnax also noted that there were animals that he had not seen for more than 7,000 thousand years It was a smaller horse than an adult wolf, but he knew the potential of that horse, he was the same species as the horses that took the carriage, she was small because there was not enough mana These horses feed on mana so in that place he lived with mana just to feed and not die
So it was advantageous for paarthurnax to kill the horse for it to be a shadow made of necromancy for it to feed on the paarthurnax mana
Syra started to pass through some heavy vines, But with each step there were more vines, the vines began to wrap around her arms and legs, she had fallen into a trap
She couldn't get her sword, the vine started to climb up her body and went to her neck, trying to choke her
Paarthurnax who was behind her started casting fire magic on the vines, but when he cast the magic he lost all his mana, when the forest absorbed the mana, he started to grow more vines, so and So he took his sword and started to cut, the strength was extraordinary that you could cut iron with an attack, but the movement was slow and clumsy. Paarthurnax didn't use a sword because he didn't need to, he used his paw and everything would be destroyed and if he used magic he could destroy the world if he wanted
But the attacks had an incredible force that the vine broke and began to loosen syra's neck more and more
Until the vineyard starts to fall apart and a live plant falls dead
It was a plant that had incredible malleability and controlled the vines
Syra was free and with the mark on the neck, but that hanging mark was quickly disappearing because a slime always returned to its original shape
Paarthurnax: you're fine
Syra: I did not expect a killer plants
Paarthurnax wanted to overload all the mana storage at this location but he would have to find the storage first, so he could use his magic again
Paarthurnax: let's go more carefully now, I'll fly to see if I can find something for us
paarthurnax climbed on top of a tree in order to start flying, having a panoramic view of the place, saw a large area full of spider web and another with trees and lots of different vegetation different from other regions
Paarthurnax Paarthurnax went back to the floor and said everything he saw to syra
Syra: an area with unusual vegetation and an area full of spider web , the area full of vegetation can be where the mana stores than the other some type of monster
Paarthurnax: one of the two could be the skirt, I don't think we parting is a good idea, but I have to make those reservoirs stop if they suck my mana
Syra: we can go together
Paarthurnax: almost a day has passed and you are more than 20 hours without sleep we have to do it fast, sleeping here is not one of the options
Syra: but I can stay awake longer
Paarthurnax: we can't risk that much, so far we don't have to fight so far, so it will be easy to hold on longer
Syra: are you sure this is a good plan?
Paarthurnax: yes, if i recover my mana i will know if you are battling and i can put the same spells as before on you and use attack magic
Syra: so when you recover your magic I will be in the area that has a spider web
Paarthurnax: if you have something you can't fight, don't hesitate to run away
Paarthurnax and syra went to their destinations
Paarthurnax started to fly towards the possible mana pool. paarthurnax saw the effect that mana causes in this forest so as there is dense vegetation there was what paarthurnax deduced
As the distance was long, different from the web-filled area, it would take a while, but as he had the advantage of flying, he would have no problems.
Paarthurnax was slow to reach his destination, but each time he approached the certainty that he had increased
The density was very much that a person with small size would not be able to enter walking, paarthurn Each time he approached he felt the mana increase then reaching the epicenter, he descended to the top of a tree
He started to enter, pushing the branches, some broke, entered the body of paarthurnax, but he didn’t feel the pain he just moved on
Reaching the ground, he saw a sphere that released mana and the storage was below it by means of a connection, paarthurnax began to dig with his own hand, as he As he had a high physical strength he took mountains of earth, arriving at the storage was just a tiny box coated with Adamantite, he took the box and used his skill
- All-seeing eye
The box had the mana storage that fed the entire forest, it did not allow one species of flower or animal to be superior to another, it has very low mana compared to Compared to its storage capacity, the forest would die in 7 years if it continued as it was
Paarthurnax started to inject his mana he started with just a little to see if it would be enough to cast magic, but it still sucked the mana, so paarthurnax started to inject more and more Paarthurnax remembered sora, just a little bit that he injected mana he would run out of mana for 18 years of his life, just to recover what that box sucked
Paarthurnax injected but she was not satisfied, she wanted more, so paarthurnax would satisfy her request, paarthurnax started to let her dragon mana flow through her body, but l But limiting not to let all the mana come out and it return to its original form, a drop of its mana almost filled the box, paarthurnax dropped another drop, it started to overflow with mana, let Letting almost all the second drop of mana out through the air
The box was so full that it could make the forest live for 18340 years, the mana that paarthurnax put in made the box completely fill, it probably never got overloaded, and Paarthurnax prepared to cast a fire spell and cast it, now paarthurnax could sweat his magic again and went towards syra
Syra pov:
Syra started going towards the cobwebs, the forest was her birthplace, now that she knew she could be trapped it became easier to predict the points that could be trapped
Syra quickly arrived at the place she wanted to go, approaching she saw several cobwebs preventing her from crossing
Using her earth magic combined with that of ice created sand with water, she played on the support points of the webs that were preventing her from passing
So she continued until she got so full of web That she had to start using sword with magic to cut the webs
When she went through all this dense part of the web, she saw several spider eggs
Shit, I didn't expect to come face to face with the nest, this can be bad, I hope the mother is hunting for food
She analyzed the eggs and she never saw an egg like that, besides being 4 times bigger than chicken eggs they were almost hatching, When she got close to one of the eggs she started to see that the webs were moving
This is not a good sign
She turned and saw a 4 meter tall creature, several looking in your face, several spider legs, horns on your head, and a human body from the belly up And two horns the size of small daggers
When she looked the creature threw a web at her, she dodged almost the entire web, but one took a small piece of her arm, And in that area that the web touched began to burn the skin on the arm
Shit, shit, Take a breath, you have time, Hepher turns and will help me , shit what I'm thinking, I've only been dependent on him the entire dungeon , I am a commander, the most intelligent one who created several plans and I predicted several actions that could happen and planned ahead of time
I've lived in the forest for years, You won't stand a chance against me
Syra took a step back and started to think of a plan as to how the creature was coming towards her
Break the eggs? Can it be efficient to let her be overcome by anger, cut her feathers? It would disable her but she has many and it would be difficult after the 4 leg cut, The part with human half? It would probably be the most fragile part but she wouldn't let it get close, her legs would hinder me, so I must cut her legs
She planned this in when the creature was close to making its next attack but she took a sword and trimmed one of the legs, the second was coming for another attack, but she jumped by the leg and got And with the sword that was blocking the other leg she made a cut in the leg causing the leg to almost fall, but it was more resistant than she thought it would be
The creature with an injured leg moved away from and started using the terrain to his advantage, But syra knew how to live in a forest, so she was already able to predict the future attacks of the spider, one by my blind spot on my back, the second will only happen when I turn around, she will The creature will attack my leg if I fall in this attack it will think it has the advantage and will make a top attack directly on my chest should I defend or attack? Attacking would be the most viable option, if I defend myself I would still be on the ground so attacking her leg I would have to cut the leg off So I have space to get up and attack your head So I have the advantage
The creature started moving around the tree, even though it was 4 meters high, it knew how to camouflage itself, so using the sound of the leaves to its advantage, syra knew the location.
The first attack was coming, attacking the syra's back as predicted, she used her sword to block the attack from her back, giving the monster the impression that she was vulnerable , then the monster made the second attack on the loss of syra, she fell to the ground, the impact was strong but she held on, the creature was on top of syra ready to make the attack, when the leg When the leg approached she pulled the sword from her back and in one movement cut one of her legs, giving her time to get up and attack the creature's humanoid body, Syra in one swift movement took the sword to the creature's head, but as a natural reaction its horns extended to its body at a speed that it could neither defend nor dodge, she was hit hard
Syra knows that the creature would have some kind of defense so when its horns penetrated its belly, it started to become a slime completely, thus avoiding the attack and Just being thrown away
You weren't fighting a slime right you stupid creature
Her clothes and weaponry stayed where she took the attack, as a slime was faster, but she couldn't do physical damage just with magic, but her mana was a little less than half, So she would have to give a full attack
As the sword continued its path when it was released it managed to make an opening in the creature's neck, syra would have to make a spear of ice as strong as possible, going from bottom to top To cross the creature's head and kill it
As she now had a high speed it would be easy to dodge attacks and even more being the size of a slime it would be even more difficult to attack her.
Syra started going towards the creature, she tried to make several attacks with her paws, but she couldn't keep up with her speed, so syra started to climb on the creature's leg, The creature started to move its leg and use its other legs to pierce the syra, as she had total control of her body, her core was in constant irregular movement, so it was not possible So it was not possible to predict where her nucleus would be, so all the creature did was to pierce her body, but it didn't hurt her
It started to rise more and more and it was on the breast of the human part, it was close to the piece, the creature started using the human arm to remove the slime that was in its body, but syra's body just returned to the location that was there
Reaching the neck, syra began to conjure the ice magic with all her mana
It took Syra 25 seconds to cast the ice magic, in that time the creature tried to use its horns to try to get syra away from its body, But it was below his chin, so the horn was useless
Syra launched the magic towards the cut on his neck, So piercing the entire neck region upward, when the ice spear pierced its head, the creature plummeted to the ground, spouting a blood-like but purple liquid
Syra was tired she spent all her mana and stamina to dodge attacks
She returned to her human form and began to feel the same sensation as when she felt the power of Paarthurnax, but she was absorbing, syra absorbed everything, But she started to feel worse than she was, so she passed out next to the creature she killed
