Sixth Ring Wizard

Herag thought more and more that this place might belong to a wizard or a wizard organization.

The magic potion materials in these fields and the things in those houses are likely raised by wizards for long-term acquisition of magic potion or casting materials.

"This place is under the jurisdiction of the Aluf Swamp, could it be their people..." Herag speculated.

He sighed, realizing that thinking about it was meaningless. Although Aluf Swamp had a good relationship with Moonlight Forest, it didn't really concern low-level wizard apprentices like them; if they were meant to be killed, they would be.

Herag stood up, glanced at the surrounding magic potion materials, and began to pick and dig some high-tier magic potion materials.

There were many he didn't recognize, but he had his methods of identification.

That was energy particles; high-tier magic potion materials usually had more energy particles, which was a small method to identify the level of magic potion materials.

About half an hour later, Herag heard some noise from afar.

He crouched in the fields and raised his head, quietly observing the place where the noise originated.

It was a piece of flat land there, completely barren, not even a single blade of grass.

The ground suddenly cracked, and something arched up from underneath.

A massive white bone burst out from the earth.

"Roar!"

A loud elephant call came from underground, the large bone hadn't yet revealed its full form and was continuously arching upward.

Soon, Herag finally saw the complete form of that large bone.

It was a complete mammoth skeleton, as high as a three-story building.

At the head of the mammoth skeleton, a green flame was burning fiercely inside.

Herag knew what this was; it was the soul fire of this mammoth, indicating that it was an undead creature.

"I've always felt the term 'undead creatures' is rather awkward." Herag thought it might be a translation issue, as 'creatures' in Chinese means living beings, but in this language, it didn't mean the same.

"Does having a soul count as being a creature?"

Herag didn't have time to ponder this question further, because the mammoth had already turned its head and was looking at him.

He knew he'd been discovered and immediately cast a wind elf's blessing on himself and ran back.

The mammoth followed closely, and the scene that followed was unexpected for Herag.

The mammoth was initially fast, but when it approached the field, it stopped and gently stepped on the vacant land that wasn't planted with magic potion materials; it seemed to know not to step into the fields.

However, the paths between the fields were narrow, very narrow for the mammoth, which made it unable to run at full speed and forced it to tread carefully forward.

This speed was naturally impossible to catch up with Herag, who seized this opportunity to speed up.

He observed the distance and chose a direction to sprint.

"Hope I don't encounter the situation over the mountain foot."

The only thing Herag worried about now was if he suddenly appeared somewhere else while running, especially if he ended up right next to the mammoth, then it would be a real mess.

The strength of that mammoth was at least several dozends. At this level of power, no shield would be useful; it could stomp through with a single step.

After Herag crossed the field area, there was a small forest ahead, mostly pine trees.

He slowed his pace, as everything here required caution, especially when entering a new area.

"So many spider webs?"

Herag looked serious and first cast three shields on himself.

The pine forest was covered with a large range of spider webs, with the ground almost filled with white spider silk.

The fact that such a large area of spider webs was woven indicated that this spider must be of the demon level, usually very troublesome.

Roar!

The mammoth's call from behind drew nearer, as it tread down the narrow paths, its gaze fixed intently on Herag.

"No, I can't go into this forest."

Herag ran to the side; under no circumstances could he enter this pine forest.

Although the mammoth was chasing, the things inside could potentially be more troublesome than the mammoth.

Running to the side risked being caught by the mammoth, but venturing into the forest would surely result in being caught between the demons inside and the mammoth, ensuring certain death.

Herag took a deep breath, once again picked up speed, ran to the right of the pine forest, and circled around it.

The mammoth drew closer and after a while finally got out of the field, immediately speeding up and knocking over a large area of pine trees.

At the same time, rustling noises came from within the pine forest, the sound dense.

Herag turned back to glance and saw a mass of spiders crawling out of the pine forest, each more than a meter long.

He realized this was a spider colony, and these spiders were just small ones. Deep within the spider nest, there was usually a spider queen, larger and more powerful.

"The poison and silk of this kind of spider queen seem to be precious magic potion materials, looks like it's also kept by some wizard."

Seeing that the spiders weren't coming for him, Herag felt a bit relieved.

"It's good I slowed down when passing by. If I had alarmed these things, there'd be nothing left of me to even chew." He looked at the countless spiders, feeling a bit frightened.

The spiders from the pine forest rushed out, all swarming toward the mammoth.

The mammoth, all bones, stepped on and killed a spider with each foot, its two gigantic mammoth tusks sweeping and killing a swath of spiders.

But these spiders seemed endless, continuously emerging from within, more and more.

Spiders soon covered the mammoth's body, causing it to run around the pine forest like a headless fly.

The ground was filled with spider webs, and green spider pulp everywhere, spilling out from the trampled spiders.

Herag had no time to continue observing their battle and ran forward without looking back.

A loud crash came from behind, accompanied by the mammoth's wailing.

Herag glanced back while running and found the mammoth had fallen, wrapped in spider silk.

Initially, many of the spider silks on its body were snapped by the mammoth, but breaking one was followed by tens of thousands more.

The strength and toughness of these spider silks were extraordinary and soon enveloped the entire mammoth.

Then, the horde of spiders dragged the mammoth into the depths of the pine forest.

"Can they even eat bones?" Herag couldn't help but sneer. It seemed these spiders had hunted the mammoth as prey, wrapping it in webs as a stored food source.

Just as he was sneering, these spiders suddenly halted their movements in unison.

They began severing the spider silk connecting the mammoth, then turned around uniformly to face Herag's direction.

"Oh no, you've got to be kidding!"

A strong sense of crisis overwhelmed Herag. Evidently, these spiders had received some sort of command, possibly from the spider queen behind them.

He understood his position had been exposed, and the target of the spider swarm had become him.