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Chapter 542 – Part 2

When I finished off a Cetus Guard, I realized something.
It’s because the underwater valley had been winding.
On the wide-area map, I was roughly in the center of N6E6.
But it seems the underwater valley itself veers westward.
If there’s an Area Portal, it’s probably to the east.
I surfaced to check.
And… land?
It might be an island, beyond the beach, I can see a forest.
And past that forest… walls?
And a fortified wall?
Is it okay to get my hopes up?

Since there’s a beach, let’s land.
Let’s recall Rig, Apnea, and Hyams.
I’ll summon Volff, Goki, and Senki.
Logit and Isotope will stay with me.
If there’s an Area Portal, there should also be a will-o’-the-wisp.
Let’s look for it.

Any signs of monsters in the forest?
None.
At least, Call Monster isn’t detecting anything.
Still, I shouldn’t lower my guard.
There might be creatures I haven’t seen before.

The forest itself isn’t that deep.
There’s nothing about it that seems to restrict movement in battle…
But something