The Duke quickly set out, with a map already in his mind, a rough map of the Bristol Kingdom.

This map was organized by the Duke himself from those books, even more detailed than the original, supplementing many things.

The Duke looked up at the direction of the sun, then headed east, towards Azure Vault City.

His feet stepped on the yellow sand, flying rapidly in the air, causing many demons in the forest to instinctively hide after seeing this scene.

These demons regarded the Duke as some kind of flying demon, hiding to avoid being hunted as prey.

The Duke noticed these situations and decided to fly only after perceiving no presence of powerful demons around.

He found this to be a real plane, but the location of the Newbie Village was quite particular, with no overly powerful demons nearby.

It's likely designed deliberately by some existence to prevent these players from facing overly powerful beings as soon as they emerge.

The Duke couldn't help but wonder: "Who designed all this, and what is the purpose?"

...

Three days later.

In a vast, endless forest, the Duke walked alone on a dirt-colored road.

This road had been opened by the Bristol Kingdom to allow carriage travel.

However, this road clearly hasn't undergone much maintenance, bumpy and uneven, making carriage travel quite difficult.

The Duke chose not to fly because yesterday he sensed the presence of powerful demons in this forest.

At least a Level 1 Peak demon, the moment it released its presence, the Duke felt it. Judging by the presence suddenly appearing and disappearing, the creature was likely hunting prey.

Since then, the Duke had refrained from flying, instead rapidly advancing on the ground, while minimizing his own presence as much as possible.

Releasing one's own presence can automatically deter some low-level demons, but it can also attract more formidable demons.

To avoid unnecessary trouble, the Duke chose to actively restrain his presence, rendering himself almost indistinguishable from ordinary people.

Unless a player appears, they would see his Question Mark Level.

After walking on this road for half a day, he heard hoofbeats behind him. Judging by the number of sounds, it was a caravan, with quite a few members.

He didn't pay much attention, as he had encountered many caravans these days, all quite normal.

This was the only road in the surrounding area, so if one wanted to reach other places, they had no choice but to take this.

After a while, the Duke suddenly stopped, as a blue giant bear appeared ahead, its aura indicating it was at least a higher-level demon beast, not yet reaching Level 1 Life Force.

This blue giant bear seemed to be hungry for a long time, and its belly had scars, probably having been attacked by other demons forcing it to leave its territory. Roaming around, it came to the road and encountered the Duke.

The bear's eyes were fixed on the Duke, clearly seeing him as prey, its limbs tensing in preparation to charge.

Just as the Duke was about to casually dispatch this hungry bear-like demon beast, a clear shout rang out from behind, the voice powerful and melodious.

"Holy Light Judgment!"

A white Light Saber instantly appeared ahead, then descended directly hitting the bear, slicing it in half on the spot.

The Duke initially prepared a defense upon sensing the energy fluctuation, but upon realizing the energy wasn't aimed at him, he refrained from acting.

"Are you alright?" A girl in a white robe approached with big eyes looking at the Duke, seemingly checking for any injuries on him.

"I'm fine, thank you." The Duke realized she was helping him and thus thanked her.

The girl clearly noticed the Duke's cautiousness and said, "I'm the Holy Daughter Dali of the Light Sect. Rest assured, we're not bandits or robbers."

Hearing the words Light Sect, the Duke couldn't help but grumble internally: "How can I even encounter this, moreover the Holy Daughter of the Light Sect? Could this be divine intervention?"

Upon hearing Dali's voice, he already realized she was the one who had called upon prayers that formed the vortex, enabling his escape from that strange space to appear here.

Strictly speaking, he owed Dali a debt for saving his life.

However, the Duke didn't want to establish too many connections with the Light Sect, naturally not disclosing this matter to Dali.

"Would you like to accompany us? Mohe Forest has been restless lately, traveling alone is quite dangerous." Dali, unaware of the Duke's inner thoughts, gazed at him with clear and kind eyes.

"Thank you, but no need. I'm used to traveling alone." The Duke contemplated then said, declining Dali's invitation.

He didn't need the protection of this caravan anyway, nor did he feel the need to explain further.

Dali thought for a moment and said: "Since you're cautious, why not follow behind us? I'll make the caravan slow down. This way, if you encounter danger, we can assist you promptly. If in trouble, be sure to call out loudly!"

She simply believed the Duke was overly cautious and not trusting of them, hence didn't force the issue.

Soon, the caravan behind arrived with a total of more than a dozen carriages, all manned by people dressed in white robes and white armor.

These were indeed the casters and knights of the Light Sect, judging by the goods being transported on the carriages.

Upon observing this, the Duke couldn't help but think: "It seems the Light Sect is indeed in decline, even the Holy Daughter has to personally transport goods for profit."

From Dali's spiritual energy fluctuation, he sensed she was also a Level 1 Life Force, with spiritual power higher than his, roughly equivalent to a Level 1 Liquidation Mage.

Besides Dali, there were two other individuals in the caravan with relatively strong presence.

One was a white-haired old man in a white robe, exuding powerful spiritual energy, likely reaching the level of a Level 1 Crystalized Wizard.

The other was a knight, with life force level being Level 1 Life Force, quite formidable among knights.

This person appeared to be the escort commander of the convoy, with all knights obeying his orders. He was also very vigilant of the Duke, not treating him as an ordinary person.

"Saintess, we should set off now." The knight respectfully said.

Dali replied, "Knight Henry, have the convoy slow down so we can look out if he encounters any situations."

Henry, the knight, wore a worried expression but couldn't refuse the saintess's command, saying: "Saintess, we must not delay too long. We need to reach Azure Vault City promptly. How about I assign someone to guard him while the convoy continues onward, how does that sound?"

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