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Xiao Bai went straight to the beast trail he saw in the air, and after carefully examining it, he said, "I can call all the beasts that walk along this trail, and maybe I can get some information from them."

Wang: "Then hurry up."

I saw Xiaobai raised his head and made a sound like a rooster crowing.

Soon a large cat appeared.

It was obviously frightened when it saw the large group of people and the airship in the sky, but after seeing Xiaobai's wolf ears, it plucked up the courage to walk over.

Xiaobai squatted in front of the big cat and touched its fangs.

Wang: "Sabertooth tiger? I didn't know this thing was still alive."

Xiaobai: "It's not a saber-toothed tiger, it's a close relative. Come on, big cat, tell me when this human building was abandoned."

The tiger began to roar.

Wang, who was standing beside him, rested his chin on his hand and said thoughtfully, "I've always wondered how animal conversations can extract so much meaning from the roars of animals, even though the information content of these roars is terribly low."

Lily: "Maybe this spell is actually a kind of mind spell."

"Is there a mind spell that is limited to animals? Is that possible? Have you ever used this kind of spell?"

"No, I'm a mage like you. How do I communicate with animals? If I have time, I should ask those brothers who study the druid way."

Flint also joined the conversation: "Is there anyone studying Druidism in your Mage Tower?"

"We are trying to master all spells, including druid spells. But I have to admit that we haven't made any progress in this regard. But we have never stopped exploring in this area."

After Wang Gang finished speaking, Xiao Bai looked up and reported: "It said that there were still humans living in this place until a year ago. Humans created monsters here, and animals were very scared, so they generally didn't pass by here."

Wang raised his eyebrows. "It's been abandoned like this in just one year? How can I not believe it?"

Xiaobai: "The plants here grow very fast. After humans left, this place quickly became a paradise for vegetarian animals, and then attracted predators."

The king thought for a moment and asked Xiaobai, "What do you think of this story from a druid's perspective?"

"The plants here are weird, and the animals aren't normal either," Xiao Bai said. "Anyway, nothing here seems to be naturally generated, and nature hates this place."

The druid said nature hated this place, and that must be the case.

Lily guessed, "Something went wrong with the experiment, so they gave up on this place?"

Wang took out the Defiler's diary and murmured as he flipped through it, "What kind of accident could it be? Defilers should be ecstatic when an accident happens, because that means they will get what they wished for and be turned into monsters by Ragnora."

Lily: "This is a facility of the Order, not of the Blasphemers."

Wang: "That's right. The cult doesn't pursue the destruction of individuals like the Blasphemers do. They don't even see the end of an individual as destruction, but as a gift."

At this time, the wanderers who were detecting traps came back and reported to the king with a relaxed look: "There are some simple traps, and there are also mechanisms at the gate, but they are all easily solved. Some mechanisms are directly blocked by the ivy. The ivy in this place is really lush."

Wang interrupted him loudly: "Wait a minute! What's wrong with your hand?"

The wanderer raised his hand in confusion: "What's going on? Huh?"

There was a layer of lichen on the wanderer's hands, which looked like he had gotten it from somewhere.

"It's just lichen, no problem." The Wanderer clapped his hands lightly, but the lichen was not wiped away at all.

Just then, Xiaobai suddenly shouted: "That snake over there is a little strange!"

Everyone turned their heads and saw a python slowly crawling across the already messy altar, its skin covered in lichen.

Wang frowned, "Be careful, there's something wrong with the plants here, they might be harmful!"

The wanderer slapped the green on his hand again, but it still didn't go away. He made up his mind and grabbed the lichen and tried to pull it out directly, but it sizzled and a piece of skin came off.

The wanderer stared at the wound on his hand in a daze.

Wang: “Don’t you feel any pain?”

Wanderer: "I don't think so. I..."

"The plants here may secrete paralyzing toxins, leave the bushes!" Wang gave orders continuously.

Lily raised her hand and was about to cast a spell, but Wang held her back: "No! Don't be impatient! Based on previous experience, there may be more mutated monsters. Save your spells for then!"

At this time, the wanderer shouted in horror: "I still have a lot of this lichen on my body! What is this?"

Wang: "Calm down. According to previous experience, spells like Remove Disease should be able to heal it. Flint!"

Flint came over immediately: "I knew something like this would happen today. I have memorized a lot about removing diseases and removing curses. In addition, according to the experience of the lizard people at that time, these lichens should be unknown and can be healed slowly."

Wang: "That's why I didn't order the fire. The most urgent task is to identify the dangerous areas and open up a safe passage into the ruins."

Xiaobai came closer to carefully examine what the Wanderer had removed from his skin: "Although I'm not familiar with plants, this one looks like a species that floats in the air. If I use the wind-making technique to create wind, I should be able to avoid being contaminated by it.

"Some spells like bubble balls might come in handy, too."

The king took out the speaking stone.

Xiaobai: "What are you going to do?"

Wang: "I think an animal druid like you alone may not be enough. Ask the island to send a druid who is familiar with plants. There happens to be a branch of Green Field on the island. They should be able to send someone."

An hour after the king made the request, a crow fell from the sky and turned into a druid wearing a green raincoat in front of him: "I am here at your call."

Wang immediately pointed to the back and said, "The plants here are very unusual. We need your help to enter the ruins and find out what's going on."

The druid squinted his eyes and observed the creepers on the monastery wall. "Indeed, these creepers are completely different from the creepers I am familiar with. I happen to know a group of druids who are keen on making this kind of thing."

King: "Shadow Druid?"

The main reason why Lu Ye joined the ranks of the salvation movement was that he discovered the collusion between the Shadow Druids and the cult.

The Crow Druid frowned, "Every blade of grass and every tree here has the breath of shadow."

King: "So, the Shadow Druids caused the accident at the monastery?"

Lily: "The only way to know is to go in."

Chapter 365 Cryptography

The druids worked quickly, using a method that was very druidic: they summoned a swarm of insects to eat the unusual lichens, then gathered the insects together and burned them all.

This avoids directly setting fire to the ruins.

After all the problematic plants were cleared, Wang looked at the enthusiastic Lily and said, "Well, before, there was Elizabeth, who treated adventure as an outing. She finally trained and matured, and was able to kill beholders by herself. Now here comes you. Should we always have a little girl who treats adventure as an outing in our team?"

Lily: "What do you mean? I've played Tabletop Adventure 5, too!"

Flint turned his head: "What is this?"

"Ah, our Mage's Tower is a popular tabletop game that simulates the process of dungeon adventure." Wang explained, "Except that everything is determined by dice, it is basically the same as a real tabletop adventure."

"It's a big difference that it's decided by the dice!" the dwarf exclaimed, "If you use this to understand the expedition, there will definitely be problems."

Lily: "In fact, there were indeed many problems. Most of the brothers who went out for adventures for the first time came back dead. Wang is a rare person who has not come back dead, and his adventure is so exciting!"

Wang scratched his head: "Exciting or something, it's okay."

"what are you talking about!"

Lily patted his head and said, "This is very exciting, okay? Look at the first adventure of Sbres. When the warrior drew his sword, he didn't pay attention to the width of the tunnel, and he died because he couldn't pull it out. When the vanguard fell, the entire front collapsed. In the end, he died back in the tower without casting a single spell.

"Later, he invented the sword-drawing technique of Spres, so that warriors could draw their swords even in narrow terrain!"

Hearing this, Flint looked down at his five-headed flail.

Gotrek also looked down at his axe.

Dwarf: "Fortunately, we don't use long swords. Our weapons stick out and are easy to draw."

Wang: "I am the only one in the team who can use a long sword. It's amazing."

At this time, the Druid of the Green Field came to the king and said, "We have finished the cleanup. We will continue to track the breath of the Shadow Druid. Please allow us to follow you into the underground."

Wang: "So this monastery definitely has an underground part?"

The druid frowned: "You don't know?"

"No, I know this may be an important base of the sect, but I don't know what I will encounter here. Looking from the air, the monastery covers a large area, so it's not surprising that there is no underground part." Wang spread his hands.

The Druid of the Green Field nodded and said nothing more, just staring at the king.

Wang: "Uh, you can come along. We'd actually like to know what Shadow Druid has to do with all this."

The druid nodded, then turned into a crow and stood on the king's shoulder.

Lily looked so envious: "That's great, I also want a parrot that looks like the multiverse pirate captain."

The king silently placed the crow on her shoulder.

The druid didn't seem to care whose shoulders he stood on. He just made a "quack" sound and didn't say anything else.

Flint, on the other hand, said in a teasing tone: "I do know of a noble who kept a druid as a pet. As a result, the druid himself was willing to be kept by her in order to understand the habits of human pets.

"In the end, the situation was very embarrassing. The old lady found that the dog did not age, but she herself became weaker and weaker."

Lily: "What happened next?"

"Later, after the old lady died, the druid remembered that he was actually a druid. It is said that druids lose themselves like this from time to time."

Xiaobai: "That old lady must feed the druid a lot of meat every day."

What? You think it's okay to have it as a pet as long as there's enough meat, right?

The Druid of the Green Field croaked in response.

Wang vaguely felt that it was urging him to start investigating quickly.

King: "Search the ground first. The main targets are books, especially journals. You don't have to confiscate the magic items you find. You can keep them for yourself. If you don't know how to identify magic items, you can bring them to me for identification."

The number of people who can identify magic items is actually smaller than many people imagine, so many shops offer paid identification services, and some shops that run currency exchange businesses also have related services.

But all of these require payment. After all, those who seek appraisal from them certainly don't have many connections, so it is inevitable that they will be severely extorted.

In many prosperous cities, if a wizard publicly identifies items for free, he will soon receive personal threats from these merchants.

But Wang is not afraid of these at all. Now, apart from the blasphemers and the cult, no one dares to threaten him.

Apart from anything else, Lily beside him is already ranked at the top in terms of strength in Gralia: a nine-ring legendary wizard with so many spell slots that even the Arcane Union has to think twice.

Since the king had already ordered that the found magic items belonged to him and would help identify them for free, everyone's interest was immediately aroused.

Lily asked quietly, "Is it okay to give the spoils to others like this?"