The originally not very long road took us half an hour to reach our destination because we had to walk.

Through the trees, Aliyah and I were shocked by the scene in front of us.

In the clearing in the middle of the Forest Sea, there was a strange contraption that looked like an elevator, emitting a mysterious colored light. After each beam of light passed, various shapes of monsters would continuously emerge from it.

"If I'm not mistaken, that should be a machine with a teleportation device," I whispered to Aliyah as I stared at the contraption for a while.

"Oh? How do you know?" she asked.

"The magic runes on it look very similar to the spatial magic array we saw before, so it should be a similar device," I replied, pointing to the side of the elevator-like contraption. As I said, the runes on it were very similar to those of the other teleportation arrays we had seen before.

"I see, so these monsters are being transported from other places to serve as fighting force?" she asked.

"It's very possible. But if that's the case, it means the other side probably has many more of these devices and is transporting fighting force to different places," I explained.

"What should we do then?"

"Of course, we should destroy this thing, or else those elves will be doomed sooner or later."

I carefully examined the machine and then pointed to a control panel next to it.

"Do you see that? That's probably the control panel, but there are two Silverhorn Dragons guarding it. It won't be easy to get close," I said.

"Why don't we just kill our way through?"

"Hey, hey, did you not see the continuous stream of new monsters appearing there? It would be suicide to just charge through," I replied.

"Then what do we do?"

"Really, even though it's a magical device, automation requires mechanical parts. If this device has mechanical parts, we should be able to overload it and make it malfunction," I suggested.

"That sounds complicated."

"Alright, let me show you."

I cast an advanced stealth spell on myself, not completely invisible but enough to make others not pay attention to me.

I passed through the crowd of monsters like this and reached the side of the machine.

But I didn't go straight up against the two Silverhorn Dragons. What I usually do is to go around to the back of the machine.

Yes, the back, where I find something similar to a radiator, and then I stuff a bunch of electric motor-loaded darts into it, sealing the whole exhaust vent with special clay.

After doing all this, I slowly walked back into the bushes and returned to Aliyah's side.

"Is it done?"

"Almost, but we need to add some fuel to the fire," I said.

After saying that, I started up the small electric motors.

Before long, I heard the clanging sound coming from the device, but those monsters didn't seem to care and continued to operate the machinery.

Soon, black smoke started to come out from the small openings, indicating that things were developing in the direction I expected.

"Alright, cover your ears," I said.

"Huh?"

Before Aliyah could finish expressing her surprise, a loud noise came from the machine, and at the same time, I created an ice wall between us and the machine, blocking the flying debris.

"Alright, it's done!"

I pulled Aliyah, who was still watching nearby, and we turned and left in the direction we came from.

Looking back, the monsters were already in chaos, with many of them directly knocked down by the explosions.

"Let's hurry, those monsters will definitely come searching once they realize, and that'll be troublesome."

"Okay, by the way, you're really good at causing destruction."

"Not at all, I think you're better at it."

I don't have the ability to directly slice buildings into pieces like her.

"Is that so, thanks for the compliment."

"Yeah, sure..."

Who complimented you!?

However, all of a sudden, I saw several wyverns flying from the location where the machines exploded, heading towards another direction.

I quickly took out the compass with the GPS installed, looked at the direction indicated by the pointer, and then smiled.

"Are you ready for another journey through the forest?"

"...Even if I don't want to, I don't have a choice, do I?"

Aliyah smiled wryly, and I shrugged in agreement.

Then I reached out my hand, and the ice skateboard appeared beside us.

"Let's go."

Holding Aliyah, we turned into a green light and flew through the forest in the direction indicated by the pointer.

--------------------------------------------------Dividing Line That Hasn't Appeared for a Long Time--------------------------------------------------

Same time, 40,000 meters above the Gray Academy Ruins

Serpent Eye Mothership - The Nest of Gray

On a long corridor, a person wearing a similar outfit to the one Fir saw before slowly walked towards the exit at the end of the corridor.

Although her whole body was wrapped in black clothing, her gender was revealed by the golden long hair visible under the mask.

"Alice, you're back?"

I don't know when, but another person wearing the same outfit appeared behind Alice.

However, on the mask of the person speaking, there was an additional black star.

"...Captain Dalian, you shouldn't suddenly speak behind me, you might get killed."

"Really, Alice, you're always like this. With that attitude, you'll never find a boyfriend~"

As soon as the words fell, a red sword blade had already flashed in front of Dalian. If Fir were here, he would definitely recognize this red sword blade as Alice's commonly used move, [Great Ultimate·Sanction·Torn Cross]. However, unlike the chaotic blade in Fir's hands, Alice's sword blade had already completely materialized and even maintained its original shape after being thrown.

And...

After passing through Dalian's body, the blade stopped in mid-air less than a centimeter away from the wall, showing that Alice's control of this skill had reached its peak.

"Well well, I still can't joke around, huh?"

Dalian's body slowly disappeared in the air and reappeared next to the blade after a moment, grabbing the red blade.

The red blade suddenly turned into a black crystal, and Daler danced with the blade in the air, then suddenly crushed it, turning it directly into dust that flowed into his body.

"Mmm, the feeling of anger, so good~"

"Don't disgust people, your behavior is truly nauseating."

"Well well~ How can you say that? I care about my teammates~ Anyway, how did the mission go?"

"Everything went smoothly, those so-called revolutionary soldiers bought 5,000 sets of combat exoskeletons from us. Looks like they're planning for a big fight."

"That's good to hear. And what about you, Quincy?"

Just as they were talking, another person happened to come over.

This person was Quincy, whom Fir had encountered in the forest. At this point, he had returned to the warship.

"Of course, the machinery has been set up. I imagine the elves must be in chaos by now. I wonder how things are going on Haodong's side. It's quite difficult for those Abyssal creatures to break free from their servitude, isn't it?"

"As long as they're demons, they have desires. No need to worry. Let's go, we should report first. The boss is waiting for us."

After saying that, the three of them turned around and walked towards the end of the corridor.