The effect of Shadow Stealth was that the user would temporarily become hard to see, and would be able to hide within tiny shadows. He could pass through most physical objects, but in this mode, he would be unable to attack, else this stealth mode would disappear. Area of effect attacks using energy or sound waves were also the bane of this spell.
Now, however, this was just meant to pass through a rock, so it was a simple task.
The faint image that Leylin turned into easily passed through the shadows of the cracks on the rock and he reached the outside.
“Hah! This is…”
Leylin looked at the view outside, and was stunned for a few moments.
He was standing on a little hill formed from large rocks, and surrounding him was a vast plain. There were also a large number of shrubs.
A gloomy darkness encompassed the whole area, making it so that there was no light at all. The sky was dim and looked as if it would collapse at any moment.
Vastness, gloominess, a deathly stillness! This was Leylin’s first impression about the place.
With the help of his night vision, Leylin did not have any trouble looking at his surroundings.
“This plant looks quite strange!” Leylin picked up a dried up twig on the ground.
“It has no leaves and at most, just has some thorns. On top of that, it seems like all the plants I can see share this characteristic!”
Leylin grabbed forward with his right hand, a little mole-like creature was captured from the ground. It constantly made ‘chik chik’ sounds.
“Its eyes are small and don’t seem to serve much of a purpose. It also looks like it has albinism! This is a mutation from not being able to get sunlight for a long period of time!”
Leylin mumbled to himself, clearing up his doubts.
*Pak!* He tossed the mole aside and pushed himself into the sky using a dull, red light.
Leylin kept ascending, and he could feel pressure on his head. Finally, after who knows how long, Leylin reached the end.
This was a large rock rampart. It had a metallic sheen to it, which made it look like the canopy of heaven.
“So the top of this place is the Earth’s crust!”
Leylin descended slowly, his expression still revealing his shock, “This is a subterranean world!”
……
On a plain made entirely out of rocks and moss.
Two grey boar-like animals that were a lot smaller used their thick and coarse snouts to dig into the earth, searching for edible food.
*Xiu Xiu!* Two black arrows were suddenly released, and the sharp arrowheads penetrated the back of these two little beasts, pinning them to the ground.
“It’s not a bad harvest today. There are two grey boars! I can change the menu!”
On a hill, not far away, Leylin saw this scene, and joy was present in his smile.
Just ten or so minutes later, he used a wooden frame and made a fire. On top, the grey boars that had been skinned and washed were being roasted, a little grease rolling off the boiling hot skin. There was also an aroma that could make anyone drool mixed with the scent of pine wood, and Leylin’s forefinger couldn’t help but twitch.
“It’s been around a month since I exited from the large rock hill where the teleportation spell formation is.”
After gnawing away at an entire grey boar, Leylin sighed contently and kept the other one for later.
After a month of wandering around, he now had an idea of how barren this subterranean world was.
Here, it was possible to not see any life despite walking for days, and only moss and bugs were tenaciously surviving.
The pig-like creature that Leylin named “grey boar” was the biggest animal he had seen thus far. It was also the tastiest.
At this thought, Leylin couldn’t help but feel a little regretful.
While the precious spatial leather pouch was extremely spacious, there was a limit to how much could be stored within. It was already full of precious items that Leylin had gained through various methods, the value of which was something even rank 3 Magus would be envious of.
Unfortunately, there was no good food or wine at all. Compared to precious materials, their value was much too low and it was not worth being stored within.
Hence, Leylin found himself living the life of a barbarian.
Water was not an issue. He was a Magus, and with a water elemental spell, he could easily produce large amounts of fresh water. If it was food, however, he had little in the way of options.
Because he was a rank 2 Warlock, it was fine if he didn’t eat for ten days or half a month, but if it was a full month, it wasn’t possible for him not to eat at all.
In addition, his living environment in his previous life, and even now, were all not unsatisfactory. He was used to having three meals a day, and even had some stringent requirements regarding the content of his meals.
Currently, after a long search, Leylin could somewhat find a few starchy plants and roots that he could consume. He might also be able to have some birds or berries.
Leylin was beginning to get tired of these meagre meals.