Witcher: I Can Extract Everything

Chapter 169: Secret Realm

There was a magic array hidden in the forest. From the structure of the magic array, it looked like a typical elemental gathering magic array. It was usually found in training spaces such as Wizard towers and meditation rooms.

“I see. No wonder the Dark Cloud Beast can survive in such a place.”

Heath had been curious before. The Dark Cloud Beast was a pure elemental magic creature, so it could not live without elements. Now it seemed that the reason why it could survive in the Forgotten Land, where the elements were scarce, was because of this magic array.

This magic circle was centered around the Dark Cloud Beast. The gathered elements were sent to the Dark Cloud Beast, and the Dark Cloud Beast used it to absorb the elements and grow.

It was like a…

“A feeding machine. Is this a feeding machine specially made for the Dark Cloud Beast?”

Heath suddenly remembered that he had heard people in the castle talk about the Dark Cloud Beast being raised by a Wizard in Graystone Castle. Now it seemed that this rumor was not just a rumor.

“But is this… really just a feeding machine?”

Heath’s gaze swept across the forest below. At this moment, he could still see a layer of grayish-black fog in the forest.

This was because he had just put the Dark Cloud Beast into a spatial bottle. The gathered elements could not be absorbed, so they were piled up.

However, it had only been a short while since he had put the Dark Cloud Beast away.

Heath rubbed his chin and pondered, “Such violent elements should not be as simple as an elemental gathering magic array, right?”

The Forgotten Land was a place where the elements were exhausted. In such a place, it was impossible to gather so many elements with just an elemental gathering magic array. It must also require Magic Stones, elemental powder, elemental plants, and other materials that could produce large amounts of elements.

In other words, there should be something hidden here.

What was it?

Wizard tower? Ruins? Secret realm? Or a Wizard’s secret treasury?

Heath was excited.

No matter what it was, there must be hidden resources here. Not to mention other things, just these materials that could produce large amounts of elements were a lot of money.

‘Let me see what’s hidden underneath!’

With this thought in mind, Heath immediately began to dig into the secrets in front of him.

He was already very familiar with the reverse derivation of magic arrays.

Looking down at the magic array from above, Heath quickly determined the specific structure of the magic array. Then, he extended his spiritual tentacles towards the magic array.

This was a Wizard-level magic circle, and the person who set it up should be a Wizard. His actual strength was unknown, but judging from the knowledge of runes used in the magic array, he should be at the level of a low-level Wizard.

He tampered with the runes and adjusted the arrangement.

Soon, the Wizard-level magic array was completely dismantled by him.

After the magic array was dismantled, Heath slowly landed on the ground and walked towards the center of the magic array.

This was a small forest, surrounded by lush trees. The grass and vegetation on the ground were also flourishing, but there was an empty space here.

Heath walked into the empty space.

He looked at the empty space in front of him, raised a finger, and a wisp of flame shot out from his fingertip.

He raised the flame and drew a line towards the center of the empty space in front of him. The flame drew a smooth arc in the air and landed in the center of the empty space.

With a bang, as if something had been ignited, the flame started to burn straight up in the air.

Not long after, a door appeared in the center of the empty space.

It was a broken wooden door. It looked like it had been there for many years. It was covered in mottled moss, and the wood was heavily decayed. It was definitely all rusted.

It stood alone in the forest, looking very strange.

“A secret realm! I didn’t expect it to be a secret realm!”

Heath was very excited at this moment. This was because it was very likely to be a secret realm, and the wooden door in front of him was the entrance to this secret realm.

One had to know that even if a secret realm was small, the wealth inside was also very considerable.

‘What good stuff can there be?’

Thinking excitedly, Heath immediately walked forward. The Wizard’s Hand opened, turned the door handle, and pushed it in.

Creak! The sound of rusty rivets turning was heard.

The wooden door slowly opened.

What appeared in front of Heath was a long corridor, similar to the one in the castle. There were no unnecessary decorations on either side of the corridor, only a layer of carpet was spread on the floor.

Heath first turned the ghost ring and summoned the Ghost Scout to explore the corridor. At the same time, he tried his best to scan the inside of the corridor with his spirit net.

It was better to be cautious when dealing with treasures. This was a Wizard’s nest. There might be traps and traps inside.

“Eh? Nothing? There’s no protection at all?”

However, what made Heath feel strange was that the Ghost Scout did not find anything special after walking around. He was worried and used his mind power to scan the area, but he did not find anything.

Facing this good news, Heath not only did not relax, he became even more cautious.

‘There must be something wrong!’

Logically speaking, a Wizard should be comfortable in their training ground. They would guard every step they took and guard every five steps they took. The densely-packed protection was so strong that if an outsider dared to step in recklessly, they would be bombarded into pieces by magic.

However, this place was empty, as if inviting him into a trap. It was really a little strange.

“Everyone is a Wizard. Be careful and I’ll be fine!”

With 120% spirit, he walked into this corridor.

While carefully observing his surroundings, Heath tried to recall the clues about the Wizard here in his mind.

There were not many things about this Wizard. Heath only remembered that he seemed to be a local Wizard from the Aike Continent. He also tested his elemental constitution when he was young and went to the Wizard Continent.

However, for some unknown reason, he came back later and went into the forest alone. Since then, there was no news about him.

“This seems to be the Wizard tower of that Wizard!”

There were rows of rooms on both sides of the corridor. There were all kinds of materials and experimental specimens in the rooms. It was obviously the place where the Wizard had lived for a long time.

“Wormwood Grass, Withered Spirit Flower, Fruit on the Back of the Head, Cow Grass… Ah ah ah, even Snow Apples?!”

Heath walked into a room and his eyes lit up when he saw the materials on the table. These were some of the magic materials commonly used in Wizard experiments.

“Indeed, their level shouldn’t be too high. They probably just advanced?”

Although these materials were all Wizard-grade, they were basically only used by newly advanced Wizards. Most likely, they were like him, a Wizard who had just advanced not too long ago.

“Why would a newly advanced Wizard come here to build a tower?”

Heath was even more confused.

Heath could understand why he came back to visit after advancing to a Wizard, but he couldn’t understand why the other Wizard had come back for a long time. After all, this was the land of elemental exhaustion, and it was difficult for a Wizard to improve in such a place.

After going through two rooms, Heath came to a sealed stone room.

This was a standard meditation room, and there were a lot of Magic Stones, low-level magic materials, and so on in the stone room.

There was a magic array set up below. Through these materials as a primer, a large amount of the surrounding elements could be gathered. This could raise the concentration of the elements here to a certain level, which was the source of the elements outside.

However, when Heath saw the structure of the magic array below, his expression became even more strange.

“Strange? The core isn’t here?”

Logically speaking, the function of this magic array was to gather the elements in this room and increase the concentration of the elements here for the Wizard to train.

However, the other party modified the last step, changing the core to the Dark Cloud Beast outside so that the large number of elements gathered here would be transmitted to the Dark Cloud Beast outside through a track.

All the elements were sent out, and there was no reservation here.

“The elements have all been sent out, so does the Wizard not cultivate anymore?”

With a belly full of doubts, Heath continued to explore the past.

After passing through two rooms, he came to a spiral staircase, and followed the spiral staircase all the way up to a room.

When he entered the room and saw the interior of the room, he was stunned.