Chapter 7 -Wyvern
With Andoine’s long-winded instructions still ringing in his ears, Lin Li had to feel his way through the dense forest alone. As he fumbled along the way, he whined, “Did the old man make a mistake? He knew how to prepare a new identity for me but forgot to prepare a map?”
Andoine was probably the only person in this world who understood Lin Li best. He knew there was a problem with Lin Li’s identity, so he had prepared a new one for him. But perhaps he would never have thought that it had not been just a problem of troublesome identity for this fellow—in fact, he had none at all. The Sunset Mountains stretched for thousands of miles. How could Lin Li, who had come from another world, find his way out?
Andoine was not to be blamed for his negligence. Who would have expected that a magic genius skilled in pharmaceutics could have such weak sense of direction?
Barely a day after Andoine had left, Lin Li packed up all his stuff. However, it had been ten days and he had yet to figure out the bearings in the Sunset Mountains.
The woods were dark and gloomy, and the ground was covered with decaying leaves. His feet sank with every step he took, as if he was walking on mud. The rancid smell was so disgusting that Lin Li had trouble keeping his eyes open. Specks of faint green light flitted in the dark, while the incessant howls from the wolves struck fear into Lin Li’s heart.
Lin Li had been walking around in this forest for three days. Ever since he stepped into this forest, Lin Li’s spirits were permanently dampened. This cursed forest was like a huge labyrinth. Regardless of where he had started out from and how hard he had fumbled to find his way out, each time he felt exhausted and sat down to rest, he’d find the trees in front of him ever so familiar…
It continued until this morning, when Lin Li finally heard some voices.
Lin Li stifled a laugh at this. A warm-hearted mage? More like he’s trying to court your daughter. Who else would be that idle, coming to the Sunset Mountains being warm-hearted and all…
“Everything was going well in the beginning. After a few days of search, we found a lone Manticore, so we’d deployed a trap near the place where it nested this morning.” A bitter smile came across McGrenn’s face. “And then, we hid in the forest, waiting for it to fall into the trap. But who knew the trap would attract two Wyverns instead of the Manticore? God knows what happened; a trap that was meant for the Manticore had provoked the Wyverns’ attacks on us in the forest. I’d killed one of them, but was badly hurt by it before it died. Cromwell had no choice but to bring Ina and I out of the forest… And then, fortunately, we met you. If it hadn’t been for you, I really wouldn’t have known what to do…”
“How unfortunate…” Lin Li looked regretful, but rejoiced secretly in his heart. Luckily they had encountered the Wyverns; if not, where would he have gone looking for people to lead the way? This cursed forest was much trickier to deal with than a Wyvern…