Having made his plans for the day, Shien didn’t delay. As soon as he left the room, he teleported out of the Bigusler residence.
He still wore his cloak.
Although the image of a mysterious person in a cloak was definitely very suspicious in the current Imperial Capital, Shien didn’t plan to operate within the city, so it didn’t matter.
The secret location Harvis investigated wasn’t in the Imperial Capital, but in the wilderness some distance away.
Riding Yulin, it would probably only take a few minutes to arrive. Using teleportation would be even faster, probably taking less than a minute round trip.
Therefore, Shien didn’t hesitate, using teleportation as his means of transportation, like a true ghost, constantly teleporting towards the location marked on the map.
Soon, Shien arrived at his destination.
“This is it, right?”
Shien appeared in a barren land, took out the map, glanced at it, and confirmed his location.
This was a desolate plain with little vegetation, rocks everywhere, and dry air, as if it hadn’t rained in a long time.
Such terrain wasn’t uncommon in the Ragna Empire.
Located in the north, the Ragna Empire had a dry climate, the opposite of the fertile Mitra Kingdom. This was why the Ragna Empire had always coveted the Mitra Kingdom’s territory.
Of course, in such wilderness, there was no shortage of monsters.
With the perception ability of [Outer Awareness of Heaven’s Decree], Shien detected many monster reactions, including several monster groups wandering around.
However, the levels of these monsters weren’t very high, at most seventy, far inferior to the monsters in the Tegor Forest.
But that was to be expected.
The Tegor Forest was the largest monster forest in the human world, even inhabited by many extinct ancient monsters, and there were quite a few Legendary-level monsters. It was far from comparable to other places.
Shien estimated that there were probably no Legendary-level monsters here.
This place was too desolate.
If it weren’t for the one or two magic power sources here, there wouldn’t be any monsters living here.
But at the same time, there clearly wouldn’t be any humans here either.
“Without any precious natural treasures or abundant magic power resources, the only ones who would come here are probably adventurers seeking monster materials and material gathering teams hired by workshops, right?”
Shien made this assessment.
This would undoubtedly be much more convenient.
“As long as I can find some traces of human activity here, it might be a clue to the so-called secret location.”
Shien put away the map.
The map provided by Harvis only pointed to this area, without any further information.
After all, the people he sent here all disappeared without a trace, probably annihilated, so naturally, there was no concrete information sent back.
“How should I search next?”
Shien pondered.
After a while, he soared into the sky, ignoring his cloak fluttering in the wind, closed his eyes, and focused his mind.
The perception ability of [Outer Awareness of Heaven’s Decree] was infinitely enhanced and spread out.
Shien also actively released his magic power, but not like before, recklessly wasting it. Instead, like radar, he transformed his magic power into faint ripples, scanning in all directions.
This was something only possible with extraordinary magic control.
Shien’s [Inner Vision of Heaven’s Decree] possessed absolute control over magic power. Altering the nature of magic power and making it function like this was feasible.
The ripples of magic power spread through the wilderness. Once they touched another magic power reaction, they would immediately bounce back, providing feedback to Shien.
This way, Shien could clearly sense the strength and amount of magic power reactions in various locations in this wilderness.
Combined with the perception ability of [Outer Awareness of Heaven’s Decree], Shien was like a radar searching for magic power, accurately sensing the magic power in the entire wilderness.
Even the maxed-out [Magic Perception] skill probably couldn’t achieve this level of sensing, right?
Thanks to this, Shien noticed many things.
“There are two very large monster groups in the east, seemingly in a standoff, each occupying their own territory, frequently engaging in small-scale conflicts.”
“There are scattered monster reactions in the west, no large groups, but there is a level eighty-eight monster occupying a medium-sized magic power source, probably the ruler of this area.”
“There’s only one monster group in the north, and they seem to be hunting.”
“As for the south…”
Shien frowned.
“Why are there so few monsters in the south?”
Shien sensed something unusual.
Logically, the terrain and environment in the south were better than the other three directions in this wilderness, and there was also a magic power source, albeit a small one. There shouldn’t be so few monsters.
Monsters could enhance their strength and grow by directly absorbing magic power. Therefore, the existence of a magic power source was crucial for them.
Like that level eighty-eight monster, it directly occupied a medium-sized magic power source to monopolize the magic power and continuously enhance itself.