In the vast, boundless desert.
A circular and intricate magic array, drawn by Minori, gradually took shape, beginning to emit faint magical fluctuations.
Kuro had reverted to its original form, guarding the gray dwarf foraging minister who was under the control of "Charm."
"Alright."
As the last magical Texture connected, Minori stood up and exhaled, without hesitation, standing at the center of the magic array.
Utilizing the third-tier magic he had mastered, "Dimensional Shift," he activated a higher-tier magic:
"Magic Surge · Fifth-Tier Magic · Teleport!"
"Mad Meditation" followed closely, replacing the consumption of magic power.
A semi-transparent magical light flashed across Minori's body, and his figure instantly disappeared from the spot, reappearing a hundred meters away.
A notification from the attribute panel appeared immediately after:
'Discovered fifth-tier magic "Teleport," requires magic-type caster level (29~35), current conditions met.'
'Consume 1 skill point to learn?'
[Skill Points: 77 → 76]
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Skill: Teleport (Fifth Tier)
Consumption: 25MP
Description: Perform instantaneous transfer. Can carry a small number of people. When the transfer distance is too far or the number of people carried is too large, the probability of transfer failure increases.
Can also perform long-distance teleportation, requiring prior marking of the destination.
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Minori checked the information of the magic, then closed his eyes slightly and chanted in a low voice: "Teleport!"
Whoosh!
His figure disappeared again.
When Minori reappeared, he had arrived at the volcanic region at the southernmost edge of Despair Valley.
A strong smell of sulfur rushed into his nostrils, and as far as the eye could see, the sky was covered with thick black smoke.
Rumble!
A volcano in the distance emitted a muffled thunderous roar, spewing out a large amount of lava from its crater.
"Fifth-tier magic can teleport such a long distance?" A look of surprise appeared on Minori's face.
From his previous location to this volcanic region, the normal journey would take at least six to seven days, but using the "Teleport" magic, he easily arrived here directly.
Of course!
The reason he was able to teleport so accurately here was not because "Teleport" could whimsically go to the location he had in mind.
This was not the top teleportation magic, "Teleportation Gate."
Instead, Minori had specifically used the second-tier magic "Magic Mark" to leave many marks on the route he took when leaving the volcanic region.
Originally, it was to prevent himself from getting lost when returning, but he didn't expect it to cooperate with the "Teleport" magic.
"Teleport."
Minori activated the magic again, instantly disappearing from the volcanic region and returning to the location of Kuro.
"Woof."
Seeing Minori return, Kuro immediately wagged its tail and rubbed against him.
"Alright, alright." Minori rubbed Kuro's head with a smile, and enthusiastically experimented with "Teleport" several more times.
Finally figuring out this magic.
In the absence of a clear destination, the "Teleport" magic can only teleport him to a location visible in his line of sight.
And when the distance of the line of sight is too far, a certain error will occur during the "Teleport" process.
After figuring out the fifth-tier magic "Teleport" ability, Minori immediately began to draw the second magic ritual.
It took more than half an hour.
As the magic ritual was completed, Minori activated the magic surge again.
[Skill Points 76 → 75]
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Skill: Greater Teleport (Seventh Tier)
Consumption: 35MP
Description: Perform instantaneous transfer. Can teleport to a farther distance, carrying more people.
Can also perform long-distance teleportation, requiring prior marking of the destination.
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The information introduction of "Teleport" and "Greater Teleport" is not much different, except that the "failure probability" has disappeared.
However, this is the biggest difference!
These two teleportation magics are essentially the same, but "Greater Teleport" has no probability of failure. Once activated, it can be transferred.
And the fifth-tier "Teleport" not only has a probability of failure, but can also be interrupted by other magics.
For example.
Shalltear used "Greater Teleport" to close the distance between herself and Ainz in their battle, while Ainz could only use the targeted magic "Teleport Delay" to restrict it.
But he could not interrupt the casting of "Greater Teleport."
Minori closed his eyes again, carefully sensing, and then quickly opened his eyes and shook his head:
"Sure enough, without sensing the marked location, even "Greater Teleport" cannot teleport back."
He had left a magic mark in the Angerdan Mountain Range, but that magic was only a second-tier magic.
Due to the distance being too far.
Minori could not sense it at all, and naturally could not teleport there through magic.
He remembered that Ainz often used "Greater Teleport," and the other party would first use positioning-type magic or intelligence magic to determine the location before transferring.
"In the worst case, it seems that I have to make some preparations." Minori looked at Kuro and the forging minister, and sighed softly.
Next, Minori set up the magic ritual again, and used the magic ascension ritual to raise the fifth-tier "Dragon Lightning" to master the seventh-tier "Chain Dragon Lightning."
[Skill Points 75 → 74]
Continue to repeat the operation.
The fourth-tier magic "Papermaking" was also raised to the sixth tier.
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Skill: Papermaking (Sixth Tier)
Consumption: 30MP
Effect: Creates 150 high-quality sheets of paper.
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[Skill Points 74 → 73]
A series of rituals, although there was no physical consumption, made Minori feel mentally exhausted. After all, setting up a magic ritual requires a high degree of mental concentration.
Fortunately.
All the magics that Minori needed to upgrade had been upgraded, the only pity was the seventh-tier "Resurrection."
Because the faith-type caster level was not enough, there was no way to master it.
"Magic Surge · Seventh-Tier Magic · Papermaking!"
Minori's whole body shook with magic power, setting off an invisible air wave around him. This was not activating the ritual, but using the ability of "Magic Surge" normally.
Sheets of paper that looked tough, snow-white, and shimmering with magical luster quickly condensed in mid-air.
Only 100 sheets of magic paper!
"The fourth-tier creates 300 sheets of paper, the sixth-tier has 150 sheets, and the seventh-tier "Papermaking" only has 100 sheets left."
Minori's eyelids twitched. The amount of attenuation was a bit too large.
"20 sheets of paper can make a magic scroll of the same level. Currently, five seventh-tier scrolls can be made, which is enough."
Minori rubbed his temples lightly and looked at the sky: "It seems I can't go back today."
A night passed.
Middle Earth Month.
November 16th.
In the dry desert.
Five scrolls emitting obscure magical light were placed in front of Minori, and with a wave of his hand, he put these five scrolls into the item box.
"It's time to go back."
Minori thought of the ancient fire dragon and the Lava Dominator that had forced him into the lava sea, and a cold look flashed in his eyes.
Raise both arms.
One hand grabbed Kuro, and the other grabbed the forging minister.
"Teleport!"
Minori chanted in a low voice.
Whoosh!
At the location where the three figures were, it was as if a collapse had appeared in the air, first shrinking, and then disappearing.
Volcanic region.
A pungent smell rushed over.
Minori frowned, then looked at Kuro beside him, a hint of apology in his eyes: "Kuro, next, you have to sleep for a while."
"Woof." Kuro rubbed Minori's palm, then nodded, as if understanding what was about to happen.
Minori showed his hand knife, aiming it at Kuro's neck, and suddenly knocked it hard.
"Crack!"
A crisp sound of bone cracking sounded.
Kuro's body softened, and it lost its breath without pain. Then, Minori casually crushed the forging minister's neck and killed him.
This was something that could not be helped.
He couldn't directly teleport back to the Northwest Continent. Minori could only enter the lava again in the same way as when he came, but neither Kuro nor the forging minister could pass through the lava.
Minori could only kill them first, and then resurrect them when he returned to the Northwest Continent.
Whoosh!
Putting the corpses of Kuro and the forging minister into the item box, Minori looked towards the depths of the volcanic region and jumped up: "Flight."
Magic power covered the surface of his body, and he quickly soared into the air.
Enduring the scorching heat and billowing black smoke in the sky, he searched for a long time before finally finding the volcano where he had been ejected by the erupting lava.
Boom!
Rumble!
A large number of surrounding volcanoes kept making vibrating roars, lava splashed, and the soaring red light and black smoke filled the many craters below.
"Wild Transformation!"
Minori, suspended directly above the crater, endured the burning sensation of the high temperature, and took out the small Lava Dominator from the item box.
His whole body began to wriggle and shrink.
In two breaths, Minori had turned into a small Lava Dominator, falling straight down into the lava below.
Bang!
Minori smashed into the lava, making a "Glug" sound, and with the fins flapping, he drilled into the depths of the lava.
Angerdan Mountain Range, Lava Zone.
This was a scarlet area.
The ancient fire dragon lay in the lava, only half of its head exposed. With the panting of its nostrils mixed with the high temperature of the lava surface, it turned into strands of scarlet flames.
[TL: the weak dragon]
It had been in the lava sea for more than half a month.
The injury caused by that hateful human was too great. Even with the energy in the lava, the wound still had not fully recovered.
The ancient fire dragon could feel that there was a special curse power at the wound, affecting its wound recovery.
Bang ~ Bang ~
Flowers of semi-liquid lava bloomed around the ancient fire dragon, and the splashed scalding lava slipped off the ancient fire dragon's scarlet scales like ordinary water droplets.
The high temperature of thousands of degrees had no effect on it at all.