Chapter 20: Mist Town – Druid (Ch 20)

Early August.
Zorn raised his revealed [Fighter] sequence to level 3.
During this period.
Every night Zorn would go to the Red River Valley Tavern on Rook Street and sit for a while.
While listening to Alvin’s report, he will use [Evil Spirit·Authority] to baptize him several times.
At the same time, we are also gradually converting members of the Du Ma gang into believers.
Alvin Burke’s surveillance of the [evil spirit, the divine magician] has achieved certain results.
He found another stronghold by visiting the crew of the steamship.
It is suspected to be the secret base of the [Sun Cult].
But Zorn was obviously not satisfied with such a stronghold. He asked [Shadow of Doom] Alvin to continue observing and make sure to dig out as many strongholds of [Sun Cult] and extraordinary masters as possible.
If you want to play, play big. Zorn is not satisfied with small fights.
In early August, after Zorn’s “breakthrough”, he visited the Countess again.
The Countess was very satisfied with Zorn’s breakthrough.
Entering mid-August.
The invitation from the Countess allowed Zorn to board a steam train heading to the suburbs.
The target is a place called “Mist-Splitting Town” located in the eastern suburbs, across the steam train route, shrouded in fog.
There is the entrance to the ruins of the legendary ancient wizard.
The slightly bumpy steam car interior.
Countess Mabel puffed out smoke while describing the situation inside the ruins of the legendary ancient wizard.
“It is a territory full of mysterious powers and the danger of death.”
“At present, we are trapped in a strange ‘mirror magic domain’.”
“There is an extremely powerful [Forbidden Magic] force there.”
“Almost any spell or skill that leaves the body will be greatly weakened.”
“Only those sequences that do not rely on releasing skills externally, that is, the so-called melee sequences, can play a certain role in it.”
“Every once in a while, a group of mysterious ‘mirror warriors’ will be deployed to the area.”
“But there is nothing to be gained from killing those mirror images.”
“Only by killing the ‘Mirror Constructors’ behind these mirrors can we end this endless killing.”
“But on each floor, there are a considerable number of ‘Mirror Constructors’.”
“Therefore, we can only send extraordinary people of corresponding levels into the Mist Rift again and again when it opens, find ways to kill the Mirror Constructors, and then explore deeper and deeper layer by layer.”
“Just like I said before, it’s very dangerous in there.”
“According to the information we have discovered, the Mirror Demon Realm has seven levels in total.”
“Currently, we are exploring the fourth layer.”
“But even so, more than a dozen extraordinary people have died in this area of ​​​​the Mirror Demon Realm.”
“The fifth, sixth, and even seventh floors further down are even more dangerous.”
The Countess elaborated.
Zorn digested the information quickly.
“First of all, they don’t have the means to distinguish mirror-image Constructors. They can only use this clumsy method to test and explore again and again to move forward.”
“Not only is it time-consuming and laborious, it’s also more labor-intensive.”
“Those mirror-constructors in the mirror-demon domain are indeed more troublesome.”
“in addition……”
Zorn’s pupils narrowed slightly, and he looked at Countess Mabel.
“The Mist Rift is open? It can’t stay there forever?”
“We have not yet mastered the method of opening it permanently. We can only enter it when the Mist Rift is open.”
Mrs. Mabel explained.
“Um!”
Zorn nodded slightly and closed his eyes to digest the information he had learned.
“Someone is secretly making trouble! And it’s a big shot in the core circle of power.”
While thinking, Zorn had already reached an important conclusion.
Zorn was too familiar with the internal structure of the ancient wizard’s ruins.
The BOSS of the first level of the Demon Realm is the [Gray Mist Knight]. Although he is not very powerful, he has the power to continuously construct ordinary “Gray Mist Soldiers”, so overall it is relatively easy to deal with.
The boss of the second level of the Demon Realm is the [Purgatory Mage], and he is a rather despicable mage.
When adventurers enter to explore, they will often cast large-scale fire spells from a far distance. If they do not carry fire-type extraordinary protective gear, they will easily die from the opponent’s fire spell attack.
The boss of the third level of the demon realm is the [Mirror Witch].
This is the area that Zorn is about to enter, also called the “Mirror Demon Realm” by Mrs. Mabel.
The BOSS [Mirror Witch] in the Mirror Realm masters the means of “Mirror Constructor”.
It has deployed a large number of mirror-image constructors in the “Mirror Demon Realm” which has a total of seven floors.
Normally, after defeating the first level Demon Realm BOSS [Gray Mist Knight], you will be able to master the method of activating the permanent Mist Rift.
As a result, I have reached the third level, but I still haven’t mastered it.
Apparently, someone got the method to activate the permanent Mist Rift but did not make it public.
This means that we now have to wait for the fog to open before we can enter.
Before, Zorn was wondering why he had to wait from the beginning of the month to the middle of the month.
The case is now solved.
There is a traitor!
As he thought about it, the three factions in the current Ogland City Hall emerged in Zorn’s mind.
Church faction! Congress faction! Restoration faction!
The church faction is naturally headed by Duke Muhuo, a group of extraordinary people who are close to the church.
The Congressional faction is the main force in Oglen City Hall.
The voice of the Nationalist faction is still relatively weak and is basically in line with that of the Congressional faction.
Apparently, there are forces hindering the development of supernatural powers in Oglen City Hall.
It must be this group of diehards headed by the “Duke of Muhuo”.
This must be dealt with severely.
“If we can’t stay there all the time to open the Mist Rift, we have to rely on the opportunity to open it once or twice a month to explore. I’m afraid that when the church is in turmoil and the continent is in turmoil, we won’t be able to find the important resources inside.”
“And this will cause huge trouble for the city of Ogland.”
“Even if the church is secretly supporting Duke Muhuo from behind, that won’t work!”
“Now that I’m here, all your plans will fail!”
While thinking, Zorn already had a general strategy and plan.
After this exploration is over, we can use the discovery inside as an excuse to tell Mrs. Mabel the correct way to open the Mist Rift.
It’s a bit late to reach the third level world [Mirror Witch] now.
Therefore, Zorn also planned to quickly defeat the powerful “Mirror Witch” and at the same time provide some key clues to break through the next level, that is, the fourth level [Lich King] world.
In this way, the official progress of Oglan City can be advanced faster to the fifth-level [Ancient Mage Projection] world.
The entire ancient wizard ruins have a total of seven worlds.
But as long as you enter the fifth world, you can get more abundant resources.
The sooner Ogland City Hall gets these resources to digest.
The stronger the strength, the stronger it is.
Naturally, they will have more say and challenge the church.
As the steam train moved forward, the town of Rift Mist was approaching.
Suddenly!
“quack……”
“Ga ga ga…”
A large number of crows were startled and flew everywhere, and the shrill sound drowned Zorn like an ocean.
The large amount of smoke around it also instantly made the steam car look unreal and hazy.
Zorn was thrown heavily into the mirror world by Mrs. Mabel.
A large number of crows followed closely behind and chased after Zorn.
Suddenly, a sharp claw grabbed towards Zorn’s heart.
While falling, Zorn reached out lightly, and his right hand, which was filled with internal energy, grasped the sharp claw that was attacking him quickly like a steel claw, making a crackling sound.
“Bang!”
Zorn’s fist had already hit the head of the “Crow Man” hard.
“Roar…”
When Zorn was about to launch a second attack.
The roar of the angry bear came violently.
The crow’s claws that were originally pinched quickly turned into thick and broad bear paws, and the terrifying force directly stretched open Zorn’s palm.
Then the bear’s paw tore through the air and slammed down towards Zorn with the power of the earth.
Soul-shattering skull-splitting fist!
Not willing to be outdone, Zorn threw a punch in response.
“boom!”
As the energy and natural forces spread and vibrate.
Zorn landed smoothly backwards.
The clumsy brown bear fell heavily on the grass in front of the fog.
Fortunately, the “Nature Bear” in the druid sequence has thick skin and flesh after transformation, so it is not injured.
“A sneak attack is great! But the timing is a little off!”
Zorn’s voice was calm and natural, and even his breathing was not disordered at all.
The druid quickly transformed from the state of “Nature Bear” to human.
This third-level [Druid] gentleman was about 27 or 28 years old. He wore a clean white shirt inside, a black tuxedo outside, and a top hat. He looked very much like a magician.
Although his “Nature Bear” is burly and strong, he himself is a little thin.
At this time, the steam carriage also drove nearby, and Mrs. Mabel opened the door and got out.
“I told you he’s amazing, but you insisted on giving it a try. Are you satisfied now?”
The druid looked at Mrs. Mabel who was getting off the car and said, his voice rising several tones.
“Where did you find this amazing fighter?”
“Could this guy be the one fighting the Rat King underground?”
“Obviously not. He has just been promoted to level three.”
“What? You’re so powerful just after reaching level three?”
“Is there a possibility that he was already very good when he was in level two?”
During the conversation, the druid looked at Zorn.
“I’m Joey Bryan, nice to meet you.”
“Nice to meet you too, Mr. Druid!”
“Then again, you are really strong. If I hadn’t turned into a bear, I would have had a hard time breaking free from you.”
Zorn just smiled softly.
If he wanted to, there would be no need for the druid to transform into a bear, because he would be torn to pieces in the crow state.
“What’s the situation in there?”
Mrs. Mabel asked as she walked along the mist.
“They said we were too slow and they didn’t wait for us and had gone down ahead of time.”
Mr. Druid narrated quickly.
Mrs. Mabel snorted coldly upon hearing this, and a layer of frost appeared on her fair cheeks.
“Before it was opened, the Fire Duke tried every means to obstruct it. Now that it is opened, they are getting anxious.”
“Where are the other two?”
“I’m already waiting over there!”
“Well, let’s go there quickly.”
Mrs. Mabel said as she turned her head to look at Zorn.
“Get ready, we’ll be going down soon.”
“The first time you go down, follow them and figure out the situation inside before you can act alone.”
“You have at least one day to fight, explore, and advance in there. There’s no need to be too anxious!”
“What’s the harvest inside?”
Zorn, who was following behind, asked curiously.
“Harvest?”
The druid who was traveling with him smiled.
“It’s already great that you didn’t die in there your first time. You don’t have to worry about the harvest.”
Mrs. Mabel gave Zorn a detailed answer.
“Unless it’s something extremely valuable, ordinary resources…as long as you’re willing to move them out, they’ll all be yours!”
“Something very valuable…”
Zorn rubbed his brow.
“That’s a lot of discretion! Could it be that the things they’re looking at are ‘particularly valuable’?”
Fortunately, Zorn was prepared.
Nowadays, the power of [Source of Disaster] is strong enough.
He could have sent the things away quietly.
Although in that “Mirror Demon Realm”, the efficiency of sending things out is very slow.
But the real good stuff must be obtained through the [Source of Disaster] channel by Zorn.
Otherwise, if you go through a BOSS dungeon with great difficulty but come back empty-handed, it would be a waste of time.