Chapter 148: Into the Forest; Nest Queen’s Metamorphosis
CH148 Into the Forest; Nest Queen’s Metamorphosis
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Alex didn’t know which was older—the Subspace Forest where he met Fen, or the Dankrot Forest. However, what was without doubt was which one was more dangerous.
Even Fen, who had grown up in the Subspace Forest, shivered at the naked oppression the Dankrot Forest exuded on any outsider who dared step in.
No one needed an overt warning to know this place reeked of danger.
According to the dossier handed to Alex by the Fury Fort Commander before the platoon moved out, even the periphery of the Dankrot Forest was far more dangerous than the Subspace.
Here, along the forest’s edges, beasts from Class 0 to peak Class 3 (peak Intermediate rank equivalent) roamed freely. Sometimes, even early-stage Class 4s could detour here from the deeper regions.
As for the inner regions themselves, beasts typically ranged from Class 4 all the way to pseudo-Class 6—half-step Legendary beasts.
And the forest core? That was the territory of true Class 6 Legendary Beasts. And if the rumours were to be believed, there were even stronger beings than that existing there.
Alex’s thoughts turned solemn as he recalled all this. His forty-man platoon moved cautiously through the forest’s edge in a combat-ready formation.
Lieutenant Cross led the vanguard unit—Shield-bearer swordsmen forming a fluid wall. Two other Shield Captains commanded flanking lines to the left and right.