4 Cheapter 4

The exit from the escape tunnel was on rocky terrain at the foot of one of the mountains.

Ryo judging from the size of the mountain and the obvious fact to him. That there is only one mountain on the border of two clans. He guessed he was in the southwestern territory of the Bael family. Which is adjacent to the Phoenix clan and the lesser-known Zudem clan. However, all enemies .... confirmed enemies are over the top. So Ryo began to summarize the plan he had come up with during the several hours of trekking through the tunnel.

For one thing, Ryo doesn't plan to go to Zakram right away ... no. He is not sure that Zakram will help him, or sometimes he will not kill him. And he won't send his body to the Phoenix clan. Most of the Phoenix Clan wouldn't care, but Lady Phoenix. She would have been touched because since she started "playing" with her youngest son. She no longer sleeps with her husband, servant or kimoliv, but with Ryo.

So Ryo decided to stay hidden for a while. And become strong enough to run away or not be killed.

Because now Ryo despite his pureblood status. It has low-class strength, which is not very nice. When everyone around you, even the service, is more powerful than you. Even the sister of the present Lucifer is stronger than him. However, she wastes her level of power, only the power of destruction. And she was too pampered to consider training at all. The fault is also on the side of Sis-con Maou, who by the way Ryo did not slack even hated the way he treated Grayfia. But that's a topic for another time.

Ryo kept walking, he thought.

,,The best choice I can make right now is to find the "devil's veins". That is, the magical lines that extend all over the underworld and supply the air and plants with mana. And if I create a temporary base there, not only will there be room for better training. But also an argument to justify my sudden increase in power to the Zakra ... Brilliant ... It's good to have a plan ... "

The thought of the plan was interrupted by a System window that popped up just as Ryo entered a nearby forest.

𝙌𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙

𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮. 𝙃𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚. 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙝𝙞𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨. 𝙎𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙.

𝙍𝙚𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 - 𝙏𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚. -𝘾𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙚𝙩.

𝙁𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙪𝙧𝙚- 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙚𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙗𝙮 𝙕𝙖𝙠𝙧𝙖𝙢 𝘽𝙖𝙚𝙡 𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚.

𝘼𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩(𝙔/𝙉)

,,Of course I accept ... but I just thought about it ... er ... whatever ... wait ... the rewards are good ... hehe .... And potentially dangerous. If anyone can read minds. Although the "game mind" theoretically protects against this type of attack .... hmmmm .... never mind, you have to find this cave."

For the next two hours, Ryo roamed the Bael southwestern territories. At the same time trying to sense the intensification of the mana concentration in the air. Which will lead him to his destination.

Ryo traveled through forests and fields to sense

stronger and stronger mana fields. While avoiding the monsters that roam the area. And after the aforementioned time, Ryo received a notification.

𝙎𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙.

[𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙖 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 (𝙉𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚)] [𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 / 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚]

𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙢 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚. 𝙃𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙪𝙯𝙯𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡.

Ryo ignored this as he was devoting most of his focus to feeling the amount of mana. And only after three hours he found a clear trace. Which led him to the lake. At the other end there was a cave, but entering it ... is associated with the passage through the lake. Because the cave is in the middle of the other side of the lake and the water flows in. And the upper side of the entrance to the cave is less than a meter from the surface of the water.

Ryo had no choice but to step into the water instead. He chose a roundabout first to get as close to the entrance as possible. Because there is no certainty that there are no monsters in the lake. Although there should be fewer and fewer of them the closer to the cave. Because the "devil's veins" effectively repel the monsters. However, Ryo is not a professional swimmer and before he could swim he could be dragged under the water by kraken or other monsters.

Circumventing the lake and reaching the point where Ryo would have to swim fifteen meters took him about half an hour. And at that moment it was getting dark. And Ryo prayed that there would be wood or anything else in the kit to light the fire. Because Ryo had insistently forgotten to pick up the mockery and put it in his inventory as he did with his clothes. Before getting into the water. But everyone makes mistakes.

,,FUCK....I hate cold water ..... fucking .... I swear if I find a fire magic spell. Strong enough to turn this lake into a great hot spring .... or better, fucking .... it will evaporate all the water .... Fuck .... But cold ....If there will be no live or at least a piece of dry land there ... then .... whatever .... "

However, to Ryo's relief, there is a small piece of land inside the cave ... more specifically against the wall. On which you can see red and yellow cracks pulsating with demonic energy. So, after landing on a hard rock surface, Ryo simply lay down on it. And he breathed for a while.

𝙎𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙.

[𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 (𝙉𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚)] [𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚]

𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝟭𝟬% 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙙𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙙.

𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨.

,,Great...hehe..."

𝙌𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙

𝘼 𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙪𝙥 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙫𝙚.

𝙃𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙝𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪. 𝙎𝙤 𝙞𝙛 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙯𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙙. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙..

𝘾𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙠𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮.

Ryo didn't think much. He took out a camping kit. Which when pulled out, much to Ryo's surprise. It didn't look like he'd expected.

Because instead of hugging things like a sleeping bag. Ryo had a thumb-sized device in his hand. Which looks like a syringe or Dragon Ball capsule. Ryo guessing what it is .... especially when it says "camping kit". He pressed the button and remembering the anime, he threw the "capsule". On the rocky terrain in front of you.

And see the effect, Ryo chuckled in satisfaction. And he promised himself that he would unlock a craftsman's kalse or something in the near future. And having access to the "capsule" he will work them out and try to construct and monopolize them .... But this is for the future. Now Ryo can see a huge fire already burning, and around it benches and a mini-bed, a basket with food and a tent for one person. And to see that, Ryo ate some sausage he found in the mini fridge and grilled it on the fire, after which he went to sleep in the tent and decided to start grinding Loch Zombie tomorrow.