On the southern border of the Gwana Empire, the forest is nameless, but this forest is included in the mountains that serve as natural barriers. This mountain range separates the southern territory of the empire from the territories of other countries, and has an official name - the Mushita Mountains.
But locally, this forest has a name - Cat Forest.
Because in this forest, the demon cat clan dominates everything.
A cat is just a cat, a fluffy creature on all fours with a long tail. It's not humanoid, it has two round ears on the top of its head, and it sounds like "meow~" at the end of its speech.
In the First District and other neighboring magician association divisions, as long as magicians are interested in using magic, the magic cats in the cat forest will definitely be their first choice. Sometimes they will take the initiative to get close to children with good magical talents, and while guiding them, they will also accompany the children's growth.
There is a saying in the empire that a child who is followed by a demon cat will surely become a great person in the future.
There was a time when the aristocratic lords of the south were proud of having a magical cat in their family, so there was a craze for catching it. But the craze died down after several noble estates were destroyed.
It is a recognized fact that Mao Sen is protected by the king. It's just that there are different opinions on what the 'king' is. Some said it was a dragon, some said it was a giant magic moth, and some said it was Elvis...
When seeing this statement, someone complained in his heart, could it be Elvis_Presley who has traveled through time? Conquer the world with rock music or something.
These things are general information that someone obtained through the forum index and learned from Wana.
Incidentally, the widow Wana has taken her child and accepted a job offer from someone. As for her moving into the home, it didn't cause any uproar. The two apprentices quickly accepted the fact that Vana came to help, and they divided the work and cooperated.
After all, this home is quite big, and it takes a lot of time to take care of it in every detail. If it were in the past, the two girls would only need to take care of the housework in addition to studying. But now they hope to contribute more in other areas, such as the recent cultivation of moth species, which will squeeze time for housework. When someone comes to help, they really want it.
The most excited person was Ezio. Although it was a little late, the contact with people allowed him to start talking to other people. However, the people around him are much older than him. Even the two girls who are closest in age have their own jobs and cannot play with him all the time.
The black dragon who usually had nothing to do would play with him, but for the child, there was always a feeling that he couldn't have enough fun. Until Vana's child, Kish, appeared to fill the gap.
When a five-year-old child first entered a new environment, he was a little shy at first. But the two children got to know each other within a few days, and then began a lawless life of fun. So when Wana came to this home, in addition to cleaning work, she also had to take care of two naughty children. It was so pitiful that someone wanted to give her a raise, but in the end they just gritted their teeth and didn't even mention it.
Mao Sen's exploration started after getting the exact information. As usual, first open the map with the Arcane Eye device.
Use flashing and floating techniques to stay at an altitude of about 10,000 meters. Occasionally, clouds drifted under the feet, but the clouds could not block the observation of the arcane eyes. Although the environment is a bit harsh, such as the temperature and air pressure, using magic to protect yourself is not unbearable.
While waiting for the Arcane Eyes to record the terrain and features, Lin also observed the large forest below with his naked eyes. It's just that the distance is too far, so I can't see anything. Of course, I haven't seen any giant things on the ground. What I want to see here is the giant moth king.
Even though he was at a high altitude, a creature of that size should have left an outline, but the fact was that no trace could be found. Is the other party hiding under the forest leaves, in a cave somewhere, or in the shadow of a ravine, just out of sight?
In the next few days, Lin kept traveling back and forth between the southern border of the empire and the holy city of Estali. On the one hand, it's because math classes have to be taught, and we can't leave the mess to the lich to clean up like before. On the other hand, because of the flashing technique, as long as the distance and direction parameters are determined, you can continue exploring at any time from the previous day's breakpoint, and you don't have to stay in the southern border for food, accommodation, and movement.
This time is only for two purposes, to open a detailed map so that the next action can be carried out. Speaking of which, it was an attack of my obsessive-compulsive disorder, and I decided to wait until the map was complete before I started taking action.
Another purpose is to first find out whether there is any figure of the Demon Moth King. But this purpose has achieved nothing.
There are four possibilities for this situation. One is that there is a blind spot that I have not discovered yet, and the Moth King is hiding in it. The second is that the Demon Moth King does not exist at all, or does not exist now. The third is that the other party uses some kind of illusion to hide himself. If it is the last possibility, it is the most troublesome. The other party has some kind of cognitive misunderstanding.
The last possibility, which someone has seen twice, is the world tree Wadwo and Lahti. From a certain distance, the towering posture of the World Tree cannot be seen at all. You have to get close to a certain distance to see it. And as long as you can see the posture of the World Tree, it means that you have entered the opponent's domain.
I originally thought this was the effect of some kind of illusion, but later I realized during research that this was because the World Tree itself had the property of connecting multiple dimensions, which caused the fact that they both existed and did not exist in the main world of Lost Land. Therefore, others will have different perceptions according to different situations.
As the saying goes: When you stare into the abyss, the abyss is also staring into you. When they want to pay attention to you, you can pay attention to them.
Another person I have encountered who may also have this characteristic is the saintly incarnation of the three gods who came to earth, the lords of protection, destiny and mystery. Because the complexity of their existence is no simpler than the World Tree in his own vision. The reason why they cannot confirm is because they don’t know whether they exist in someone’s eyes when they don’t want to see someone.
If the Demon Moth King who has not met yet also has this characteristic, doesn't it mean that its rank belongs to the level of the World Tree and the gods, or at least is close to that level. Thinking of this, someone felt a little irritated and had already started to retreat. In order to make life-saving equipment, you have to risk your life to collect materials. Is this putting the cart before the horse?
However, these are just conjectures, and it is difficult to make any decisions without confirming the actual situation with your own eyes. I just can't find the location of the target from high altitude. Should I search from the ground? Lin thought.
Now that the map is almost open, it's time to enter the next stage of search. But I still have math class later, so I’ll just retreat today. Holding the arcane eye beside him that had turned into an evil spirit and whose eyes kept turning around, Lin flashed back to his home in the holy city hundreds of kilometers away.
At night, Lin invited Vana to the coffin room, along with Fen and Kaya. The first coffin is used to display the results of the past few days, an aerial view of the southern border of the Gwana Empire.
Lin asked directly: "Vana, do you know where you saw the giant magic moth? When did you see it?"
"I was picking wild vegetables in the early morning and saw it when I passed by Mao Senzhong Lake. It's just boss, what is this?" The word 'boss' was learned from Uzov. The first president of the Technology Guild no longer calls someone 'sir' anymore, he always calls him 'boss'. As for Vana, she looked at the scaled-down real-life picture in confusion.
Her question also confirmed someone's concerns. Ordinary people don't know anything about terrain and geography, let alone read maps. Vana followed her husband, an adventurer, and her husband came to the Holy City with a young man who was gifted in magic and longed to become a magic apprentice.
It's a pity that more than a year ago, Vana's husband and the young man who became a magic apprentice died together with their adventure team. So don't say she didn't go home because she didn't have travel money. Even if she had travel money, she didn't know the way home.
It would be really difficult for such a person to ask her to point out anything on the map.
However, Lin was not helpless. He asked first: "You said that your hometown is in the territory of the Marquis of Khorasan, right?"
"Yes, boss." Vana replied.
Kaya knew what he meant after hearing this, and immediately retrieved the approximate territory of Khorasan Hou of the Gwana Empire from the database she had collected, and put a layer of color blocks on the real map.
Lin continued to ask: "Do you live near the forest? How far away is it? How big is the place where you grew up? How many people or houses are there? Do you remember? Do you know where you live? Place, how long does it take to get to the next populated town? Just say whatever you remember, and it doesn’t matter if you don’t remember.”
Several questions in a row confused Wana. But she still tried to think back and said: "The place where I grew up is a small village, with about a dozen families. My husband grew up in a nearby town, about half a day's walk from my village."
Lin interrupted and asked: "Half a day, is it the speed of an adult or the speed of a child?"
"It's an adult."
Lin nodded and asked Wana to continue.
"My village is not far from the forest. After walking through a few fields, you will reach the forest."
Following the clues provided by Wana, Lin instructed the girl in Kaya's ear to enter parameters and search for possible locations on the map. Five or six possible locations that fit the clues were found. After taking a look, Lin asked again: "Do you remember your hometown? Are there any obvious landmarks? For example, is there a river passing through it nearby, or what kind of mountain scenery can you see? There are several hills and so on. "
"I remember looking to the southeast from where I grew up, I could see three overlapping mountains. There was no river nearby, and the water source came from three wells in the village."
