His mission was to find the Illusory Mushroom!
This Illusory Mushroom grew in the dense forests of Kubak.
The dense forest of Kubak was also the closest forest to the city that had been eroded by strange forces.
The forest often produced plants with extraordinary powers because of these strange forces.
Although James didn't know much about this, he knew that some extraordinary plants could be used for medicine.
One example was the Illusory Mushroom that he was about to gather this time.
If an ordinary person accidentally ate it, they would start to hallucinate and be unable to extricate themselves from the hallucination.
Even if it was a dangerous place like a cliff was in front of them, they would simply jump down without any hesitation.
Furthermore, they would be trapped in the hallucination for a very long time.
Moreover, ordinary methods would not be able to awaken them.
However, such dangerous plants could also be used as medicine if they were used appropriately.
They could be used to relieve pain and had an anesthesia-like effect.
This was precisely the reason why the price of many extraordinary items was extremely high.
Previously, when he went out to collect extraordinary plants, he would subconsciously collect some for himself.
This way, he would be able to sell them and obtain some income.
However, he had collected extraordinary plants that were not very valuable. But this time, he would collect the Illusory Mushrooms that grew in the depths of the dense Kubak forest.
Other than plants with extraordinary powers, there were also animals in the forest.
These animals were commonly known as monsters.
In the past, James would never have dared to enter the forest.
However, after figuring out how to use the weapons sent over by the cultists, he was now confident.
After all, there were many adventurer teams that entered the dense Kubak forest. Thus, James could roughly estimate his own strength by comparing it against the strength of those adventurer teams.
After realizing that he could return safely as long as he did not ask for death…
He accepted this task.
After all, now that he had another person at home, his responsibilities had become heavier.
He needed money badly.
After packing his things, James beckoned to Elise.
"We should go, Elise!"
Originally, he was not planning to bring Elise to the forest. However, he could not resist the young girl's request and could only compromise.
The dense Kubak forest was not far from the city and was only a few kilometers away.
If they walked faster, they could make a return journey in an hour.
The two of them arrived at the entrance of Kubak forest.
"Be careful when you enter the forest!"
James told Elise.
"Yes!"
Then, they entered the forest.
The sun was already high in the sky when they entered the forest.
However, after entering the forest, it immediately became dark.
The trees in the forest were also extremely twisted.
The plants in the forest were rather dark, perhaps because of the lack of sunlight.
It did not feel like an ordinary forest filled with sunlight and greenery.
Of course, it was also possible that it had been contaminated by a strange power.
As James and Elise ventured deeper into the forest, they collected some rare plants that could be exchanged for money.
No matter how worthless the plants were, a small amount would still make a big difference.
They didn't know how long they had been searching, but just as James was beginning to worry if they had gone too deep, he spotted a multicolored mushroom.
It was the complete opposite of the surrounding darkness and was very eye-catching.
"Found it!"
James shouted with some surprise.
Finding the Illusory Mushroom meant that the two of them would not have to live in poverty for some time in the future.
Just as he was about to use his hands to collect them…
Elise's voice rang out.
"Be careful!"
"The fine hairs of the Illusion Mushroom also have hallucinatory effects!"
James stiffened when he heard her voice.
Indeed, he had almost gotten in trouble.
Collecting extraordinary plants like the Illusory Mushroom required a special method.
Just as James was about to pull out the instruments that he had specially prepared, a dark creature dropped down from the treetops above.
"Be careful!"
Elise alerted him with a shout from behind!
James raised the round shield in his hand reflexively and aimed it upwards. Then, the eyes of the monster head embedded on the round shield emitted a purple light.
When the purple light shone on the mysterious creature, it immediately let out a shrill scream.
James seized this opportunity to retreat and hurry back to Elise.
With a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, he looked at the creature warily.
Sunlight broke through the layers of leaves and illuminated the mysterious creature.
It was the size of a dog and was shaped like a worm. Meanwhile, scarlet feet grew from all over its body.
It did not matter if it could not see. It simply had a huge mouthpiece that looked extremely ferocious!
"Shh! This… This is a Giant Mobisian Worm!" Elise exclaimed.
"A Giant Mobisian Worm? What's that?!"
James asked.
"It's said that the Giant Mobisian Worm is a pet reared by some Evil God! It likes fresh flesh the most and is very territorial!"
"No matter what creature enters its territory, it will definitely kill its prey, no matter how far it runs!"
"How is it compared to the Giant Chaos Wolf?" James asked curiously.
"I don't know, but it's definitely not that weak!"
"Understood!"
After he finished speaking, James simply rushed forward with his black sword.
Since this monster would never let its prey go, then he would kill it here!
James charged forth, but the Giant Mobisian Worm started to attack.
It opened its mouth and spat out a blob of dark green liquid.
James dodged it deftly.
Then, he raised the round shield in front of the creature and the strange purple light lit up again.
The Giant Mobisian Worm could not dodge in time and let out another shrill cry.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, James instantly stepped forward and cut the worm in half with his sword.
Then, dark green blood splattered all over the ground.
"This—"
Elise's mouth dropped open in disbelief.
The incidents over the past two days defied her understanding of the world.
This was true especially when she encountered monsters. Whenever Elise saw monsters that were extremely terrifying in his eyes, she would always be worried about James.
But every time, James dealt with the monsters very easily.
If James wasn't so poor that he really didn't resemble an Evil God, she would have felt that James was lying when he said that he wasn't the Evil God.
Looking at the corpse of the Giant Mobisian Worm on the ground, Elise fell into deep thought.
When the various terrifying creatures in this strange forest were compared to the young man in front of her, which one was more terrifying?
"This thing is easier to deal with compared to the Giant Chaos Wolf," said James as he shrugged with a relaxed expression.
The next thing he had to do was to clean up the corpse of the Giant Mobisian Worm.
The corpses of these terrifying creatures were collected by others and could be exchanged for money.
After tidying up briefly, they were prepared to leave.
Their journey after that was peaceful and they did not encounter any terrifying creatures.
Thus, they returned to the city safely.