Chapter 141: Moving forward
in the spacious and dilapidated living room, Ariel sat quietly on the floor, looking at Athir in front of her, with an expression of extreme fear on her face and a strong sense of uneasiness in her eyes.
She has lived in this high-rise building for four or five months.
It was okay at the beginning. Although this place was on the edge of the danger zone, it was still safe. It was also close to the villages I had passed by, so it was convenient to go in and search for some things.
But in the past two months, she often felt that something was staring at her. One night, she even vaguely saw a woman's face with half of it rotten, staring at her with vicious eyes.
All this reached a peak recently. There were even several times when she could feel that the woman was standing by her bed, staring at her quietly all night.
All this made her feel deeply frightened, so when she heard Athir's words, she suddenly felt a chill in her heart.
Standing beside the old wooden table, feeling Ariel's gaze, Athir did not turn around, but just said: "You can rest assured for the time being, at least within a month, that thing will not appear again."
He wasn't lying to her.
The remaining things in this building are not too strong. Even if they just want to hurt an ordinary person, the other person will need to stay in this building for a long time so that the other person can be infected by the atmosphere here.
The reason why the scene last night happened was actually because Ariel stayed in this building for too long, which met the basic triggering conditions, so that scene happened.
If Athir hadn't been there, Ariel would have been directly confronted by the weirdness here last night, and there would have been no surprises at all.
After last night, the remaining strange force field here has been affected by Athir. It will take a month or two to recover and it is unlikely to appear again.
Of course, if the girl in front of him doesn't leave during this period of time, she will definitely die in the end.
"A month?"
Hearing what Athir said, Ariel shuddered violently.
She stared at Athir blankly, her mouth slightly open, obviously wanting to say something.
But in front of her, Athir didn't give her any chance.
He didn't look at the girl in front of him, but silently opened the door to the living room and exerted light force with his hands.
With a creaking sound, the door in front of him was opened.
Athir's face was calm, with a sword on his waist, and he walked out directly, obviously preparing to leave.
When I walked out of the door, cool air rushed in from outside.
Standing in place, Athir turned his head slightly and looked at the land a few meters away from the gate.
There, I saw a few rough white hairs that appeared at some point in time, with a unique stench on them. I didn't know what left them.
This was left by the creature from last night. It walked directly in front of the gate and left a little trace.
Monitoring through the chip, looking at the vague traces around him, Athir's face was calm, and he walked silently into the distance.
Behind her, watching Athir's departing figure, Ariel quietly stood up from where she was, her face covered with horrible blood clots staring blankly at Athir's back, not knowing what she was thinking.
Time passes slowly.
After a while, her eyes began to become determined. She ran quickly to her room, took out a small bag from under the bed, rushed out quickly, and ran behind Athir.
Noticing the panting figure behind him, Atier turned his head slightly, just took a look and didn't care too much.
After a few hours, under Ariel's puzzled eyes, Athir walked to a familiar place again.
This is the same village as before. Nothing seems to have changed around here. It looks old and dilapidated, with a weird atmosphere.
When he arrived here, Athir took out a map from the package he was carrying.
The yellowish map looked worn out. It showed the detailed topography of the area and two obvious circles.
Several years ago, when Athir first came to this world, he saved a noble named Alal and obtained this map from him.
There are two obvious circles on the map, one of which is this village, and the other is obviously where Alal was located back then.
Coming to this world again, this map can be used.
Looking at the map quietly, Athir fell into deep thought, thinking about the next destination.
At this point, his main goal was to obtain the resources of this world, especially the crystal cores born from the weirdness, so that he could reach the standards for promotion to a formal wizard as soon as possible.
To achieve this goal, the biggest difficulty for Athir is to find the places where those strange things are.
After all, for an outsider like him, he is completely in the dark about the situation in this world. It would definitely not be efficient to search for those strange places alone.
Thinking of this, looking at the dangerous areas marked with red lines on the map and the directions marked on it, Athir quickly made a decision.
"Let's go in the direction marked on the map. If possible, it would be best to explore those dangerous areas."
Having made up his mind, Atier put away the map and walked towards a small path on the side.
Beside him, Ariel, wearing a dirty gray robe and carrying a large bag in her hands, followed Athir's footsteps very consciously.
After walking for a long distance, it was almost night before Athir stopped at a place and prepared to have a good rest.
They found a cave. In the cold cave, Ariel skillfully set up the matches and was using flint to light the fire.
"Would you like some, my Lord?"
After lighting the fire, Ariel breathed a sigh of relief, and then took out a few white plant roots from a bag beside her. They seemed to have been washed very clean.
He glanced quietly at Ariel beside him, and looked at the thing she handed over. Athir took it with a calm expression.
"Testing completed, no toxicity..." The mechanical voice of the chip sounded in my mind.
After listening to the chip's prompt and glancing at Ariel beside him, Athir took a bite.
A dry taste came from the mouth, with a thin sweetness that lingered for a long time.
At night, Ariel curled up in a corner, wrapped her gray robe tightly around her body, and fell asleep reluctantly.
The cave was already very cold. As she was in a hurry to catch up with Athir, she did not bring many things with her. Now she could only wrap herself in the clothes she had and sleep on the ground enduring the cold.
From outside, noisy sounds continued to come, making people feel a little depressed in this environment.
Listening to the sounds outside, Athir stood up quietly and walked out.
As soon as I walked out of the cave, a figure more than three meters tall came into view.
It was a monster with three legs, covered with gray hair and a ferocious wolf head. It was slowly crawling towards the cave, apparently sensing the presence of human beings inside.
After seeing Athir, it roared and rushed towards Athir at an extremely fast speed, leaving a black shadow under the moonlight.
However, when it rushed in front of Athir, it suddenly flew backwards, and a dent appeared on its chest, with a little blood on it.
The next moment, a silver light flashed.
Athir stepped on the monster's chest, and drops of blood slowly flowed from the black sword in his right hand.
Under him, the monster's life force had completely disappeared, and he killed it with one sword.
"The influence of unknown energy has been detected, and the subject's physical fitness has begun to improve." At this moment, the mechanical voice of the chip in his mind sounded again.
Listening to the mechanical prompts in his mind and looking at his own increasing physical attributes, Athir's eyes showed joy: "It really works."
Through the detection of the chip, he clearly saw the growth of his physical data. In addition to the growth of physical attributes, even his mental strength had a slight increase.
This immediately made him feel relieved.
Originally, Athir was worried that this unknown power could only strengthen the body and not affect the mental strength. Now that he got the result, he felt relieved.
"Since the power gained from killing these monsters can increase my spiritual power, then that crystal core should be able to do the same."
Standing there and looking at the scene in the distance, this thought flashed through Athir's mind.
Although Athir was not sure what the unique power of this world was, he could record the exact nature of this power through the chip.
Through the detection of the chip, Atier understood that the power obtained from killing strange creatures and the crystal core obtained after eliminating the weirdness are actually the same in nature, the only difference is the size of the power.
Therefore, since the power gained from killing strange creatures can increase mental strength, then the power contained in the crystal core can naturally also do so.
This is undoubtedly good news for Athir.
Gently putting away the sword in his hand, Athir turned around and looked around.
Thanks to the half-elf's good eyesight, he could still see clearly even in the dark and under the dim moonlight.
In the wilderness outside the cave, as night fell, some creatures began to become active, moving around and making all kinds of noises.
However, despite this, the number of mutant creatures among them is not large, and there are even fewer that can be compared with the one under Athir's feet. It is not as terrifying as imagined.
Watching this scene quietly, Athir's face was calm: "It seems that even in this world, there are not many mutant monsters with strength comparable to that of knights."
Compared to the large amount of energy contained in the crystal core, the power gained from this method of killing mutant monsters is very low. For Athir's current level, he must kill at least knight-level or above to have a significant effect.
(End of this chapter)