The dwarven Magician and Red Dragon Warrior's strange misfortune made Link extra cautious .

Cries for help traveled through the wind every now and then, suddenly closer and suddenly further away . As they got closer, the sky began darkening . The Void's aura thickened and the Mana density shot up as well .

Link checked his stats . His Dragon Power recovery rate had reached 41 points per second .

He tapped the air lightly, and a micro-spatial detector appeared . A few seconds later, he received the result . The s.p.a.ce is less than half the thickness of Ferde . Spatial Rends occur occasionally . No wonder Void Beasts come out .

Link continued forward . Not even 100 feet later, there was a sudden miserable cry . It was 150 feet away .

"Wah! Is there any kind soul here? Ah, I'm going to die! Ah!"

Link's heart jumped . He flew to behind a big tree and froze . He didn't dare to brashly use Spatial Distortion to investigate what was happening on the other side . For three full minutes, there wasn't any new movement . Even the cries disappeared, and the forest was silent .

Link peeked out and looked in the direction of the sound .

The forest on that side was dense and pitch-black . He couldn't see anything . The few beams of light streaming through the treetops were unable to penetrate the darkness . Faint breathing-like sounds came from the murkiness . This meant something was definitely hiding in there, but Link couldn't see anything even when he squinted .

For the first time, Link felt his heart pound . He was completely clueless as to what was in there or what the thing could do to him . He didn't even know if the thing had discovered him .

This was a bit of a problem .

Thinking for a bit, Link decided that the thing hadn't discovered him . At least, it had no intention of attacking him . Otherwise, he wouldn't still be here in one piece .

He didn't dare to advance either but staying here wasn't a solution . After thinking, Link decided to retreat and use a magic puppet to lure the thing out . Then, he'd at least know about the thing's abilities .

He quietly snuck back .

Nothing attacked him . As the distance grew, the environment kept changing . Three hundred feet later, a hand suddenly snaked out of the bushes to Link's ankle .

Link's heart jumped . His leg jolted and, dodging the grab, he kicked out .

"Wait!" a rushed voice said . The voice was very rough with a natural stubbornness—it was a dwarf .

Link pulled his leg back and looked in the gra.s.s .

It was a short walnut tree with many leaves . Under the tree was a dark and hairy head . It was a dwarf with a full beard .

The dwarf didn't speak . He waved at Link and then pointed at the walnut tree, clearly telling Link to hide like him .

Link bent down and realized that there was a cave under the tree . It was around four feet wide . The clay walls and trees around and above the cave were covered in starry runes .

The runes were very exquisite . They completely covered the dwarf's aura so that Link didn't even notice him .

Seeing that he was hesitating, the dwarf grew impatient . He mouthed the words, "Get in here!"

Link looked around . After confirming it was safe, he crawled into the hidden cave under the tree . Once inside, the dwarf put the branches back and adjusted some runes . Finally, he let out a breath and turned to Link .

"I am Magician Gaimin . Are you Master Link?"

Link wasn't surprised . He had determined the dwarf's ident.i.ty from his Mana aura . He was at the pinnacle of Level-8 and was quite powerful . Link had thought he was dead; he didn't expect the dwarf was hiding .

"Yes . Did you see it?" Link asked .

"No, I just saw a black shadow, but I couldn't see what it really was . " Gaimin looked terrified . He sat onto the ground and buried his face in his hands, mumbling, "Flo died because of me…"

Link sat down too . The cave was narrow, and they were packed in tightly, so he tried to stay to the side . "Tell me what happened to you two . "

"I heard a little girl crying for help . It sounded like a Yabba, so I thought a Yabba was in trouble, so I went over with Flo . When we got to the trees, I felt danger and tried to retreat, but it was too late . It pounced!"

The bearded dwarf's eyes were round and filled with terror . "In a hurry, I cast the Star Explosion Spell, but you saw the result . It was useless . The thing swallowed it up . In the last moment, Flo threw me over here . I hid into the bushes and used our spell to hide . Then I heard Flo's cry… I watched him die powerlessly . "

Here, the dwarf sniffed loudly and rubbed his eyes . "It's too scary . I've never seen anything like that . "

Link frowned as he pondered . He'd seen that thick black shadow too and even heard its breathing . That meant he must have met eyes with the thing .

"I saw it too, but it might be afraid of my power . It didn't do anything . "

"Of course! You have supernatural power so it won't dare to act recklessly . " Gaimin wiped his nose and then asked, "What should we do now?"

"Retreat first," Link answered . "I heard that dwarves are good at using stone puppets?"

"Yes . Are you talking about using stone puppets to test the opponent's power? Oh, that's a good idea . " Gaimin wasn't stupid . Actually, all Magicians were highly intelligent . Though they were both dwarves, Gaimin's brain was much more useful than that frivolous Riel's .

"Let's move further away . " Link rose to get out of the hidden cave .

"Look, we don't have to go out . " With that, Gaimin waved his arms and moved the dirt on the ground .

Link watched as his arms glowed with dirt-yellow light . He looked like he was swimming in the dirt as he pushed it aside . Then the dirt actually did separate like water . A stone tunnel formed instantly .

"Follow me . It's safe down here . " Gaimin was like a big groundhog . As he spoke, he'd already dug a 30-foot-long, three-foot-wide tunnel .

Link had to double over to follow Gaimin . The dwarf kept burrowing forward . Ten minutes later, he created a 650-foot-long tunnel . Dwarves' ability to dig holes were honestly impressive .

"It should be safe now, right?" Link asked .

"No, it's not enough . I'll keep digging . " Gaimin seemed to get into it . He dug another 1300 feet before starting going upwards . With a crack, the tunnel broke out of the ground . Light filtered in and Gaimin snuck out .

Outside, Link discovered that they'd reached an open plateau . Looking back from here, he could see the entirety of where he'd been earlier .

"Look at the black-purple light over there . That's where the thing is hiding," Gaimin said .

Link obviously saw it too . The black-purple light was more than 150 feet wide . It shrouded the forest like fog . When the wind blew, the fog would sway as well, like a giant ball of pollen .

"I'll start summoning the stone puppet," the dwarf said . He looked side to side and finally stood before a 20-foot-tall rock . He patted it lightly . "It's white rock . It's not bad but not st.u.r.dy enough . "

As he spoke, he took out a dark piece of metal the size of one's head and a fist-sized piece of light purple metal . He pressed them against the rock and started using an enchantment for a force field .

Under the force field, the two pieces of metal seeped into the rock like mercury and became one .

Link recognized the dark metal as fine gold and the light purple one as eternium . These were extremely precious metals in the human world, but the dwarf took it out casually like it was nothing . The dwarves truly were the best miners in Firuman .

The two types of metal seeped in, and the rock's color slowly started changing . It was grayish-white at first but slowly, it started to look metallic .

Link walked up and tapped the rock, producing hollow thumps . It looked neither metal nor wood but was extremely st.u.r.dy and resilient .

"We have many strong alloy formulas," Gaimin explained . "Every Magician has to learn how to change metal and rock materials . Now, this rock's strength can summon a stone puppet and withstand a Level-8 flame spell attack . However, I'm afraid it's still not enough . Master Link, do you have any ideas?"

Link's enchantments and his power were both well-known throughout the continent . Any Magician knew about it .

"Let me see . "

He took out the Dragon King's Fury sword and sc.r.a.ped off a small ball from the stone . He rubbed it in his hands while his hand glowed with the enchantment's light .

Link carefully a.n.a.lyzed the material's nature . A few seconds later, he grasped the alloy's characteristics .

The material synthesis was already perfect, so Link didn't do much in that aspect . However, the enchantment could be greatly improved . He thought for a while and then carved some magic runes on the rock .

The runes were very delicate . His sword's tip vibrated gently, and various tiny runes appeared quickly on the rock . He also filled them with a great amount Legendary Dragon Power .

At first, the dwarf watched carefully, but five minutes later, he ran to play with stones by a tree . It was too complicated to watch; his head hurt .

Link spent around half an hour and created around 800 runes . He also added around 5000 Dragon Power points into the rock . The Dragon Power recovered to the max quickly, so it wasn't troublesome at all .

As more and more runes appeared, the rock changed continuously . It was metal-gray at first; then it became crystal-red and then half-translucent . When Link finished the last rune, the rock had become a highly transparent crystal .

There were also pollen-like clumps in the crystal, like clouds in a clear sky . Those were the halos of the runes Link added into the rock .

Here, Link said, "I'm done . I can only do this much in a short period . "

Gaimin walked over and circled the giant crystal . He knocked against it and then tried the spell . Then he wailed, "It's too st.u.r.dy . My spell is ineffective…I can't make it into a stone puppet anymore . "

This crystal was the st.u.r.diest, most resilient material he'd ever seen in his life . When his spell approached it, it was like a tiger meeting a turtle . He had no way of acting on it .

Chapter 433 A Mysterious Black ShadowTranslator Nyoi Bo Studio Editor Nyoi Bo StudioThe dwarven Magician and Red Dragon Warrior s strange misfortune made Link extra cautious . Cries for help traveled through the wind every now and then, suddenly closer and suddenly further away . As they got closer, the sky began darkening . The Void s aura thickened and the Mana density shot up as well . Link checked his stats . His Dragon Power recovery rate had reached 41 points per second . He tapped the air lightly, and a micro spatial detector appeared . A few seconds later, he received the result . The s.p.a.ce is less than half the thickness of Ferde . Spatial Rends occur occasionally . No wonder Void Beasts come out . Link continued forward . Not even 100 feet later, there was a sudden miserable cry . It was 150 feet away . Wah Is there any kind soul here Ah, I m going to die Ah Link s heart jumped . He flew to behind a big tree and froze . He didn t dare to brashly use Spatial Distortion to investigate what was happening on the other side . For three full minutes, there wasn t any new movement . Even the cries disappeared, and the forest was silent . Link peeked out and looked in the direction of the sound . The forest on that side was dense and pitch black . He couldn t see anything . The few beams of light streaming through the treetops were unable to penetrate the darkness . Faint breathing like sounds came from the murkiness . This meant something was definitely hiding in there, but Link couldn t see anything even when he squinted . For the first time, Link felt his heart pound . He was completely clueless as to what was in there or what the thing could do to him . He didn t even know if the thing had discovered him . This was a bit of a problem . Thinking for a bit, Link decided that the thing hadn t discovered him . At least, it had no intention of attacking him . Otherwise, he wouldn t still be here in one piece . He didn t dare to advance either but staying here wasn t a solution . After thinking, Link decided to retreat and use a magic puppet to lure the thing out . Then, he d at least know about the thing s abilities . He quietly snuck back . Nothing attacked him . As the distance grew, the environment kept changing . Three hundred feet later, a hand suddenly snaked out of the bushes to Link s ankle . Link s heart jumped . His leg jolted and, dodging the grab, he kicked out . Wait a rushed voice said . The voice was very rough with a natural stubbornness it was a dwarf . Link pulled his leg back and looked in the gra.s.s . It was a short walnut tree with many leaves . Under the tree was a dark and hairy head . It was a dwarf with a full beard . The dwarf didn t speak . He waved at Link and then pointed at the walnut tree, clearly telling Link to hide like him . Link bent down and realized that there was a cave under the tree . It was around four feet wide . The clay walls and trees around and above the cave were covered in starry runes . The runes were very exquisite . They completely covered the dwarf s aura so that Link didn t even notice him . Seeing that he was hesitating, the dwarf grew impatient . He mouthed the words, Get in here Link looked around . After confirming it was safe, he crawled into the hidden cave under the tree . Once inside, the dwarf put the branches back and adjusted some runes . Finally, he let out a breath and turned to Link . I am Magician Gaimin . Are you Master Link Link wasn t surprised . He had determined the dwarf s ident.i.ty from his Mana aura . He was at the pinnacle of Level 8 and was quite powerful . Link had thought he was dead he didn t expect the dwarf was hiding . Yes . Did you see it Link asked . No, I just saw a black shadow, but I couldn t see what it really was . Gaimin looked terrified . He sat onto the ground and buried his face in his hands, mumbling, Flo died because of me Link sat down too . The cave was narrow, and they were packed in tightly, so he tried to stay to the side . Tell me what happened to you two . I heard a little girl crying for help . It sounded like a Yabba, so I thought a Yabba was in trouble, so I went over with Flo . When we got to the trees, I felt danger and tried to retreat, but it was too late . It pounced The bearded dwarf s eyes were round and filled with terror . In a hurry, I cast the Star Explosion Spell, but you saw the result . It was useless . The thing swallowed it up . In the last moment, Flo threw me over here . I hid into the bushes and used our spell to hide . Then I heard Flo s cry I watched him die powerlessly . Here, the dwarf sniffed loudly and rubbed his eyes . It s too scary . I ve never seen anything like that . Link frowned as he pondered . He d seen that thick black shadow too and even heard its breathing . That meant he must have met eyes with the thing . I saw it too, but it might be afraid of my power . It didn t do anything . Of course You have supernatural power so it won t dare to act recklessly . Gaimin wiped his nose and then asked, What should we do now Retreat first, Link answered . I heard that dwarves are good at using stone puppets Yes . Are you talking about using stone puppets to test the opponent s power Oh, that s a good idea . Gaimin wasn t stupid . Actually, all Magicians were highly intelligent . Though they were both dwarves, Gaimin s brain was much more useful than that frivolous Riel s . Let s move further away . Link rose to get out of the hidden cave . Look, we don t have to go out . With that, Gaimin waved his arms and moved the dirt on the ground . Link watched as his arms glowed with dirt yellow light . He looked like he was swimming in the dirt as he pushed it aside . Then the dirt actually did separate like water . A stone tunnel formed instantly . Follow me . It s safe down here . Gaimin was like a big groundhog . As he spoke, he d already dug a 30 foot long, three foot wide tunnel . Link had to double over to follow Gaimin . The dwarf kept burrowing forward . Ten minutes later, he created a 650 foot long tunnel . Dwarves ability to dig holes were honestly impressive . It should be safe now, right Link asked . No, it s not enough . I ll keep digging . Gaimin seemed to get into it . He dug another 1300 feet before starting going upwards . With a crack, the tunnel broke out of the ground . Light filtered in and Gaimin snuck out . Outside, Link discovered that they d reached an open plateau . Looking back from here, he could see the entirety of where he d been earlier . Look at the black purple light over there . That s where the thing is hiding, Gaimin said . Link obviously saw it too . The black purple light was more than 150 feet wide . It shrouded the forest like fog . When the wind blew, the fog would sway as well, like a giant ball of pollen . I ll start summoning the stone puppet, the dwarf said . He looked side to side and finally stood before a 20 foot tall rock . He patted it lightly . It s white rock . It s not bad but not st.u.r.dy enough . As he spoke, he took out a dark piece of metal the size of one s head and a fist sized piece of light purple metal . He pressed them against the rock and started using an enchantment for a force field . Under the force field, the two pieces of metal seeped into the rock like mercury and became one . Link recognized the dark metal as fine gold and the light purple one as eternium . These were extremely precious metals in the human world, but the dwarf took it out casually like it was nothing . The dwarves truly were the best miners in Firuman . The two types of metal seeped in, and the rock s color slowly started changing . It was grayish white at first but slowly, it started to look metallic . Link walked up and tapped the rock, producing hollow thumps . It looked neither metal nor wood but was extremely st.u.r.dy and resilient . We have many strong alloy formulas, Gaimin explained . Every Magician has to learn how to change metal and rock materials . Now, this rock s strength can summon a stone puppet and withstand a Level 8 flame spell attack . However, I m afraid it s still not enough . Master Link, do you have any ideas Link s enchantments and his power were both well known throughout the continent . Any Magician knew about it . Let me see . He took out the Dragon King s Fury sword and sc.r.a.ped off a small ball from the stone . He rubbed it in his hands while his hand glowed with the enchantment s light . Link carefully a.n.a.lyzed the material s nature . A few seconds later, he grasped the alloy s characteristics . The material synthesis was already perfect, so Link didn t do much in that aspect . However, the enchantment could be greatly improved . He thought for a while and then carved some magic runes on the rock . The runes were very delicate . His sword s tip vibrated gently, and various tiny runes appeared quickly on the rock . He also filled them with a great amount Legendary Dragon Power . At first, the dwarf watched carefully, but five minutes later, he ran to play with stones by a tree . It was too complicated to watch his head hurt . Link spent around half an hour and created around 800 runes . He also added around 5000 Dragon Power points into the rock . The Dragon Power recovered to the max quickly, so it wasn t troublesome at all . As more and more runes appeared, the rock changed continuously . It was metal gray at first then it became crystal red and then half translucent . When Link finished the last rune, the rock had become a highly transparent crystal . There were also pollen like clumps in the crystal, like clouds in a clear sky . Those were the halos of the runes Link added into the rock . Here, Link said, I m done . I can only do this much in a short period . Gaimin walked over and circled the giant crystal . He knocked against it and then tried the spell . Then he wailed, It s too st.u.r.dy . My spell is ineffective I can t make it into a stone puppet anymore . This crystal was the st.u.r.diest, most resilient material he d ever seen in his life . When his spell approached it, it was like a tiger meeting a turtle . He had no way of acting on it .