The next day, Galdaruf returned to the tavern, looking extremely anxious.
"What's wrong? Galdaruf, you just got back and you already have such an anxious expression." Mayibeia, who had only woken up not long ago, asked in confusion.
"That newly discovered labyrinth is surrounded entirely by demon wood." Galdaruf said anxiously, his expression showing great wariness toward the demon wood he mentioned.
"Demon wood? A magician afraid of demon wood?" Dan Feng, who was eating breakfast, looked at Galdaruf with puzzled eyes, his gaze hiding an indescribable lack of understanding.
"It's not ordinary demon wood; it looks like mutated demon wood. Fire magic has no effect on demon wood."
"Demon wood can mutate too?" Dan Feng became even more puzzled. "Then I have to go take a look."
"I rushed back early in the morning precisely because I need to go to the Adventurers' Guild to post a subjugation request. That group of demon wood is truly too terrifying."
"What are you all talking about?" Roxy slowly walked down from the second floor, her eyes still carrying the haziness of just waking up, and even the double ponytails that the landlady had styled for her yesterday were already messed up.
"Interested in conquering the labyrinth together?" Dan Feng issued an invitation to her upon seeing Roxy.
"Who is this?" Galdaruf stared at Roxy coming down from upstairs and asked the two of them.
"Hehe, the demon race girl I brought back yesterday." Mayibeia replied while blinking her innocent big eyes.
"Okay, I understand."
...
After Galdaruf posted the request at the Adventurers' Guild, he led the other three toward the direction of the Great Forest.
The location was south of the small folk village.
"Roxy, you're still a magician? What magic can you use now?" Galdaruf's face, covered by an eyepatch, suddenly turned back to look at Roxy while walking.
"Ah, I can use all advanced magic." Roxy held the staff she had bought with a loan in Zant Port against her flat chest and looked at Galdaruf.
"Is that so? That's quite impressive." After obtaining the information, Galdaruf stopped talking and instead relied on the memories in his mind to quickly lead the group forward in that direction.
"By the way, Mayibeia is actually a tank class?" Roxy looked at Mayibeia holding a sword and shield in her hands and said in shock.
"She completely became a tank because of the demon race's tough physique, and that's how she formed an adventurer party with Galdaruf." Dan Feng explained to Roxy, while Mayibeia just smiled faintly.
"Then does Dan Feng have teammates?"
"Me? No need, right."
Some time later, the four arrived at the demon wood grove that Galdaruf had mentioned.
From a distance, it just looked like an utterly ordinary forest. If they hadn't gone in to test it, they really wouldn't have discovered it was demon wood.
In one area, there were still remnants of charred black from being scorched by flames—just charred black, probably not even the defense broken.
"This is the demon wood I was talking about." Galdaruf gripped his staff tightly and said, then began chanting.
"The tiny spark shall burn the immense grace to ashes! [Fire Blast]!"
After the chant ended, surging flames madly surged out from the magic stone in Galdaruf's staff, rushing toward the demon wood like sharp arrows.
Boom!
Red flames enveloped that patch of demon wood grove, but they remained completely unmoved.
"They really aren't afraid of fire." Dan Feng watched as that group of demon wood seemed to have used water magic, instantly extinguishing the Fire Blast that Galdaruf had cast.
"Based on my many years of experience as an adventurer, every kind of monster has weaknesses, let alone low-level demon wood, but this group of demon wood has eliminated their own weakness of fearing fire." Galdaruf said slowly. At this moment, he had already removed his eyepatch, revealing that seductive pink eye.
"What about other magic? Is the effect great on them?" Roxy suddenly asked, looking as if she was eager to try.
"The effect is slightly better than fire magic; wind magic has the greatest effect."
"Since you've said that, then what's there to talk about? Just charge in." Dan Feng picked up his long spear and charged straight into the demon wood grove.
"Hey! Don't just brute-force it, you idiot!" Galdaruf wanted to stop Dan Feng, but Dan Feng's speed was simply too fast; he couldn't hear what Galdaruf said at all.
He was afraid of wind—what was there to say? He was very strong with wind right now.
He gathered mana at the spear tip, and a burst of cyan wind swirled around the spear tip.
When someone approached, that group of demon wood began indiscriminate attacks. Two vines flew out from who-knows-where among the leaves, stabbing toward Dan Feng.
But Dan Feng merely leaped lightly to dodge the incoming vines, then swept his long spear horizontally toward the nearest tree trunk.
The gale, mixed with an invisible intent, followed the spear tip and instantly felled this demon wood.
With a rumbling sound, the noise of the demon wood falling to the ground created a huge racket, instantly kicking up dust from the ground.
Emerald-green sap from the trunk splashed out like a fountain.
Seeing this, Dan Feng quickly retreated to avoid being splashed by the green sap.
After felling the first demon wood, Dan Feng became unstoppable; he was about to become the Great Forest's number one lumberjack.
The three following behind could only watch as one demon wood after another lay powerlessly on the ground, their lives entering countdown.
"This… Dan Feng is this strong!" Roxy slightly opened her mouth, expressing shock at Dan Feng's strength.
This man could use chantless magic and possessed such powerful warrior skills—what exactly couldn't he do!
Meanwhile, Galdaruf began cleaning up after Dan Feng, using fire magic on the interior of the demon wood trunks so that the demon wood would die immediately.
Seeing this, Roxy also began chanting fire magic, but she suddenly remembered what Dan Feng had said yesterday: by sensing the flow path of magic, one could use chantless techniques.
"Burn the immense grace to ashes! [Great Fireball!]" Roxy shouted delicately. Mana gathered at her staff, and then a massive fireball blasted toward the demon wood still flowing with green sap.
She did it! She managed to omit part of the chant.
"With more practice, it will definitely be possible!" Roxy thought this in her heart. She believed her talent for magic was no less than Dan Feng's.
At this point, Dan Feng had almost finished chopping down all the demon wood—fewer than a hundred in total.
He still had energy to spare, but the long spear could no longer withstand the clashes from wind magic. With a crisp snap, it broke.
"What?" Dan Feng looked in shock at the long spear in his hand, now split in two. This was the spear that had accompanied him in battles for nearly two years.
Without hesitation, Dan Feng tossed the long spear aside. With a wave of his right hand, Cloud-Piercer appeared in Dan Feng's hand.
Long spear: [Joker]
"Cloud-Piercer still feels more comfortable to hold." Dan Feng said this. Because both hands needed to exert force, his hands were constantly engorged with blood, causing abnormal heat in his hands.
But the shaft of Cloud-Piercer was extremely cool, which could effectively lower the temperature.