Chapter 419: Chapter 295: Mysterious Merchant (4K)_2

This was difficult for her, Isloa! She really wasn’t a magic god.

But after all, it was the lord’s task—what could she do? She just had to do her best.

Not until deep in the night, the solutions Isloa came up with still couldn’t be called feasible. Mu Yuan also knew he was asking too much.

No matter how hard she tried, Isloa couldn’t possibly complete in a few hours what would normally take a week or two.

What Mu Yuan was hoping for, was merely that Isloa could produce a prototype, and the rest would be handled by the Staff of Divine Right.

After that,

The power loaded by Lord Shepherd oscillated between Sophia and Duo Lai. He drank barrel after barrel of recovery potion, repeatedly exhausting his body until, at last, within just half an hour, he managed to integrate this large-scale magic.

When he came down from the Staff of Divine Right, his hands were trembling.

With a mix of expectation and anxiety, Mu Yuan looked at the large-scale magic.

“Large-scale Magic · Night Illusory Curtain (Occupies 20 magic slots)”

“Description: Creates a massive curtain that covers the target area from above, serving to conceal visibility. At the same time, this large-scale magic can somewhat shield the scent within the enveloped area.”

“Note ①: This magic cannot perform at full capacity during the day but will be enhanced at night.”

“Note ②: The magic can be maintained for up to two hours at most.”

Mu Yuan nodded his approval.

He was satisfied, yet not completely so.

The functions of the Night Illusory Curtain to contain scents and conceal territories were the most urgently needed at present.

Standing prominently amid the vast mountains and forests, Tianyuan Territory was too conspicuous. If there were any powerful monster powers nearby, they could easily be discovered and exposed to the eyes of wisdom monsters.

Without a clear understanding of surrounding conditions, stability should be the main focus.

Shielding the scent was equally important.

Keep in mind, the longer a territory appears in the Eternal World, the more it attracts the attention of the surrounding monsters. Hence, even if the territory of a pure newcomer player doesn’t expand much or build up forces, over time it will still encounter an increasing number of monsters.

As for Tianyuan Territory, it was directly dragged into the depths of the wilderness. Dense with monsters, a thrown brick could hit several elite creatures. The appearance of Tianyuan Territory was like tossing a cake into a swarm of flies.

Within a few days, monsters would swarm in, forming a tide.

Even now, monsters were emerging from all around, some even reaching the city walls.

Mu Yuan liked harvesting the wave of monsters, but not being harvested by the wave.

“It’s a pity that the Night Illusory Curtain can only shield scents to a certain degree, and its effect in concealing the territory is rather ordinary; it can’t fool determined monsters, and if they get somewhat closer, they can directly ignore it.”

“Moreover, this large-scale magic can only be sustained for two hours…”

This effectively meant he needed to constantly use Krypton Crystals, or exhaust himself.

Hum—

The Night Illusory Curtain spread silently over the skies of Tianyuan Territory.

The sky darkened a bit, as if shrouded in clouds—this was an unavoidable side effect caused by the Night Illusory Curtain.

After observing for a while and noticing the decrease in attacking monsters, Mu Yuan nodded slightly.

But the task wasn’t over yet.

“Next, we need to recombine and synthesize a more suitable concealment technique, which will mean we two have to work our tails off.”

He exerted his strength.

Isloa racked her brain.

The two of them rampaged wildly, probably.

…

In the following days, the Exploratory Team changed its strategy, no longer heading straight south but instead exploring the east, south, west, and north to gain a clear understanding of the surrounding areas.

“To the south, we’ve found only a Snake man tribe and a Goblin Tribe, just the two.”

Dead Bone had penetrated at least several hundred kilometers deep and had still only found two tribes.

Mu Yuan didn’t dismiss the possibility of undiscovered ones, but this number was still too low. Was this area safe? No, there were many monsters to the south, but there weren’t any monster encampments, and the established tribes were only those two.

From a distance, Dead Bone could roughly estimate that the strength of these two Monster Tribes was far greater than that of the Spider-Woman Tribe in the Dungeon.

The tribal territories were large, and there were not just one, but several Totem Pillars erected within, vaguely portraying the figure of a creature with black wings, a crow’s beak, and a humanoid body.

To the north, amid the mountain ranges, Dead Bone had found three tribes, Jackal Men, Jackal Men, and Kobolds.

The totem poles worshipped by these three tribes were different from those of the southern Snake man and Goblin Tribes.

Perhaps they were from different factions?

Mu Yuan wasn’t sure whether the several large tribes hundreds of kilometers apart to the north and south were aware of one another. His time in this place was too short; he could only ascertain limited information for now.

Indeed, to the north there was a Jackal Man Tribe and a Kobold Tribe not far from each other, yet they seemed to coexist peacefully.

“The most likely possibility is that there are even more powerful monster forces above these tribes,”

he pondered.

In the previously explored Territory of Stone Ridge Town, there were the Snake man chieftain uniting three camps to form a Monster Tribe and the Spider-Woman leader sweeping across the six directions, subjugating several dungeon tribes.

Clearly, wisdom monsters would attack and annex each other.

However, both the Snake man tribe and the Spider-Woman Tribe had not existed for a long time. Deep in the wilderness, older monster forces had gradually grown and developed into large-scale powers, which was unsurprising.

Most monster tribes here had major backers!

If there were no monster camps to be found, it was likely they all had been annexed.

“Therefore, until the situation becomes clear, I must not directly attack these monster tribes. Besides, they are not weak, and I have no idea what trump cards they hold. I absolutely cannot view them with old perspectives,”

In early years, high-level players in the Pioneer Group thought that taking down mere monster tribes was just a matter of having hands. Now, the grass on those players’ graves is already tall.

Mistakes made by the old players, he could not afford to repeat.

Let’s first secure our position and accumulate power before we strike with the force of thunderbolt.

To the east, merely tens of kilometers away lay a great river. The river was rapid and profound, concealing many terrifying creatures within.

Currently, Tianyuan Territory lacked the means to navigate the water; hence, exploration to the east had to be postponed.

The Red Leaf Forest to the west seemed to have fewer monsters, yet the blood-like crimson leaves seemed to presage all kinds of misfortune.

Mu Yuan thought, explored, and researched Large-scale Magic, busier than ever.

Until a certain moment,

‘Ding!’

‘Notice: A special unit has arrived.’

…

Above the Tianyuan Territory, the sky was somewhat gloomy, as if clouds were hanging low.

Suddenly, amidst the spreading mist, a figure leading a sheep-like pack animal slowly walked out.

The newcomer wore a black wide-sleeved overcoat, a felt hat on the head, and a silk scarf around the face, wrapped up tight leaving only a pair of inquiring eyes scanning the surroundings.

He then furrowed his brows.

“This appears to be just a town-level territory,”

They, the Mysterious Merchants, traveled through various worlds, roaming all over the Eternal World, selling rare goods to many Lords, and had witnessed all kinds of territories.

Some territories had pyramids standing tall upon the earth, surrounded by golden soldiers patrolling and guarding the golden nation;

Some territories were suspended above the Azure Sky, overlooking the mortal world for eons;

Some territories owned thousands of miles of land, governing over tens of thousands of people;

Alright, even without mentioning those top territories perched amongst the clouds, typically, a territory marked with the ‘Guiding Landmark·Merchant’ should be somewhat powerful, right?

They, the Mysterious Merchants, did business only with powerful Lords.

Other Lords, let alone possessing a landmark or other qualification vouchers, the vast majority hadn’t even heard of their Mysterious Merchant Alliance.

“Me~”

The pack animal, with a pair of sheep horns but a robust body, bleated softly.

“You mean to say the territory’s appearance can be deceiving, that it might simply be newly established?”

“Yes, yes, you’re right… not really.”

The merchant curled his lip and pointed around where in the distance, monsters could be seen leaping out of the jungle. The sound of weapons clashing and monster roars continuously rang by his ears.

“And right now, it isn’t the season of the red moon.”

It wasn’t that he was prejudiced, but a territory that had not yet managed to drive out monsters and secure the safety of its surrounding area had somehow acquired a coordinate.

This was unscientific.

“Me~?” the sheep-creature cocked its head.

“Though such a small territory might not offer much, my business performance for this year would be more difficult to achieve, but since I’ve arrived here through the coordinates, wouldn’t returning empty-handed be a waste of an opportunity to enter?”

Now that he was here!

Even a little added to his performance was better than nothing.

Otherwise? Territories that could summon their Mysterious Merchants were few and far between.

While he verbally expressed his disdain, in reality, it was better than nothing.

With this thought, the merchant took a large stride forward, as if crossing an invisible curtain of water, officially arriving at this place.