The depths of the Sierras Forest.
Here were the most powerful demons of the forest, and the weakest of these demons was a fifth-order existence.
However, at this moment, these unrivaled demons were actually all prostrate under an ancient tree.
At the center of that ancient tree, there was a flickering green light, flickering as if it was a beating heart.
This was the Heart of the Forest.
A forest would only have one Heart of the Mori, and for mages, the Heart of the Mori was the most precious magical material, and every Heart of the Mori that came out was enough for everyone to snatch it up.
If someone looked closely, they would realize that this one Heart of Mori had gradually faded away from the shape of a heart, and was instead changing towards a human form.
This Heart of Mori was gradually evolving into a Spirit of Mori.
While the Heart of the Forest was a priceless treasure to humans, the Spirit of the Forest was a plague to humans.
The Spirit of Mori has the power to manipulate the forest, and only the best of the best can come out alive after entering the forest with the Spirit of Mori.
The Spirit of Mori held an extreme hatred for all humans who stepped into the forest without authorization.
"Their ... breath ... has disappeared ..."
A thought came from within the ancient tree, and the demons below looked at each other.
Without the existence of this one, all of these demonic creatures were immortal enemies with each other, and would never be able to stay together peacefully like this.
"Humans ... are terrifying ..."
It was this half-developed Spirit of Mori that manipulated the group of demonic creatures and went forward to attack the human city, yet it failed.
It had just given birth to a vague spirit, it was quite curious about this world, the entire forest was its body, it already knew everything about itself, and it wanted to know more.
Through the senses of those magical creatures, it learned that the humans had tall walls with powerful weapons on them.
There was also the girl who could use powerful magic.
All of these impressed it.
Most importantly, there was a rather familiar scent within the walls that made it feel close.
"Father ..."
...
I don't know if it was an illusion, but Leon felt that something was looking at him.
Especially the dead demons under the walls, he had a feeling that their attack might have something to do with him.
"It's probably an illusion." Leon thought to himself.
Back home, Leon truthfully told Xina about Enishi's performance on the battlefield, hearing Xina's mouth open into an o shape, more surprised than when she learned that she was a Demon King.
"You're actually really a mage!" Xina looked at Enishi incredulously. "So those weren't you playing house wine playing a mage."
"Xina, you finally believe me." Enishi was practically in tears, "I'm the genius of Elmira Magic Academy!"
"But why did you go and become a tavern waitress?"
Enihi: ...
Leon asked, "So, are you willing to learn magic with Enihi?"
Although Xina was a Demon King, the upper limit of her strength still depended on her own exercise.
Naturally, Xina did not refuse. However, what surprised Leon a little was that Lucy had actually joined the ranks of learning magic as well.
"Teacher Enishi! Teacher Ainihi!"
The two lolitas called each other teacher in one mouthful, making Enihi happy.
In fact, with Enishi's level of magic, it was more than enough to teach Leon, but other than Necromancy, Leon didn't want to practice any other attribute magic on the side.
It was then that Leon remembered that it was time for him to pay the cheap teacher a visit.
...
Darkness mumbled.
"Yo, back?"
Leon carried a barrel of wine to Helan. +1 to goodwill.
"Well ... this cultivation speed of yours is a bit slow." Helan frowned slightly, he could already tell that Leon's equilibrium rank as a Necromancer hadn't gotten a breakthrough.
As a newcomer, it was still relatively simple to break through the equal rank in the early stages.
"Delayed by some things." Leon's main purpose of going to Sangha City this time was still to find Xina, and the unexpected gain of Enishi.
"Delayed by a woman?" Helan teased.
"It's true to say so." Leon admitted it graciously.
Helan: "You kid has some skills, that guy Enishi was actually brought home by you."
Leon was a bit surprised, "You know Enishi?"
Helan explained, "I am an old acquaintance of her teacher, Skaalan, and every time I see Skaalan, I have to listen to her brag about her student once again. Elmira Magic Academy's most outstanding genius, less than twenty years old is already a fifth-ranked mage, majoring in destructive magic, Ai Ni Xi this little girl in the mage world is a big name ... but since she left the academy has been no news, did not expect to actually follow you back."
I see.
Leon also had some impression of Scalan, in Final Light, she was a Destruction Mage-turned NPC just like Hurran.
They were both from the Mage Association, so it wasn't surprising that they knew each other.
Helan continued, "It's also because of that guy that I moved to take in a student, and I took in a student like you."
Leon was a little embarrassed, his current age might be a little bit older than Enishi, but his strength was pulled apart by her by such a big gap.
"Don't take it to heart, she's a genius, she can't be compared. But ... even so, isn't she still obediently going home with you?" Helan had a flirty smile on his face.
Leon was a bit strange, the Helan he remembered would not say these words, nor was he so talkative.
Leon asked tentatively, "Who are you?"
Helan was silent.
"Geez, it's so meaningless, I can't believe I was seen by your kid."
Suddenly, Hurlan's body collapsed onto the table as if he had lost his puppet on strings, and from the right pocket of his jacket, a palm-sized bone rat burrowed out and jumped onto the table.
"That Hurran kid had something to go out for, this is a Necromantic Puppet for camouflage." The bone rat explained.
"Excuse me?"
In fact, Leon knew of the existence of this Bone Rat, which would jump out and verbally molest the player when he took the transfer quest.
However, this bone rat was not depicted too much in the original plot.
And what surprised Leon was that its name for Hurlan was actually that kid, he had always thought that this bone rat was nothing more than Hurlan's pet.
"Oh, my name is Carter, I'm Hurlan's teacher, and I'm also considered to be your senior grandfather." The bone rat returned.
[Name] Carter. Curry.
[Identity] Former President of the Mage Association, Necromancer Creation
[Strength] ????
[Panel] Magic 10 Spirit ???? Strength 3, Agility 10, Endurance 5.
[Nickname] The Cursed One (poor guy)
[Introduction] He peeked into some forbidden existence, and this is his downfall.