The Arcadia System - Chapter 225

An hour later.

Reve combed through the array of trees in the forest. The green life could never confuse him as he found his way around, heading towards his destination.

His voice echoed, “Is this it?”

Behind me, the figure of Marya could be seen as she followed him.

She panted wildly with visible beads of sweat falling down from her forehead, “Wait…Wait…you are too fast for me to follow. Let me catch my breath.”

“I never thought a seer would be….so physically weak…” quipped Reve.

Nevertheless, he stopped in his tracks like a gentleman and gave Marya time to catch her breath.

“Y-es. Th-is is the place. While we don’t have any roads to bookmark the directions. I guessed that it would be easier to follow natural directions like the position of the sun and the paths of moonflowers. On that topic, moonflowers are one of a kind. They only grow—”

Reve sighed, “So, this is the place?”

“Yes. The path we embark on will lead us out of the forest.” reaffirmed Marya.

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A few moments ago, Reve had finished his conversation with a happy Marya.

He told her that he could not take her as he was not in a position for that. However, she insisted that, while she could not follow him to the outside world, they can still keep constant meetings.

This made Reve question how that was possible?

Well, according to Marya, it turns out it was very much possible.

The coven of the willow existed in a forest region…..that was something Reve understood when he first came here. However, since he hadn’t arrived through normal means, his analysis failed to consider that the location was physical not ethereal.

One could simply walk to the coven if they knew the exact location.

…and having lived here for a long time, it was expected that Marya knew the exact location.

While Marya was still catching her breath, Reve placed his hand on the nearby tree with a pensive expression on his face.

He pondered on a notion brewing in his mind, ‘This forest…this tree….they are not magical. They are natural. It is rare to find a forest of this caliber. It almost feels familiar.’

Most forest regions in Arcadia were magical in nature. They would attract all sorts of magical beasts and creatures. The oddities manifested there would be akin to miraculous objects in the hands of mortals. That was why the profession of adventurers gained a high value. It was the adventurers that acquired the oddities from these magical forests.

‘Hmmm….truly peculiar.’

Sadly, he didn’t have time to inspect further as Marya quickly spoke, “Oh, I’m ready now.”

She took over and led the way

Trodding along the forest, Reve discovered there was something different.

It seemed the temperature had changed, but he wasn’t capable of detecting this change since it was minute.

Soon, they arrived at a crystal lake. The mesmerizing nature of the lake attracted Reve but his mind was elsewhere.

“Is this…..?”

“No, this is still within the coven’s reach. I reckon this lake is not the one you associate it with. There are a lot of lakes in this forest. Still, this lake is quite special. I have been here before. Just beyond northward of this lake is the region of Willow Forest, a region you should be well familiar with.”

“The Willow Forest?! I should have expected that from the name semblance,” self-mocked Reve.

Now, it all made sense to him.

The Willow Forest was a natural forest and this forest was also natural.

However, for them to exist as one single forest region would mean that the coven had some sort of concealment enchantment on this part of the forest. Most likely, one so powerful that even he wouldn’t be able to detect it.

However, now that he was aware. His mind should subconsciously store the coordinates. He wasn’t the type of person that would get lost in a forest.

Reve kept on going forward but not before speaking, “Are the elders okay with you revealing to me this secret?”

“I guess they should. Those old fogies can’t do anything either way,” pouted Marya.

“I see…..”

In essence, they still didn’t know that Marya revealed their secret.

Well, they would surely not do anything to Marya if they found out. Marya was just too crazy to be messed with.

Reve asked another question, “When should I expect the potions?”

“Tomorrow. Now that you have given me all the materials, I shan’t sleep until I make hundreds of it…no thousands…no ten-thousands…No—”

“Just a few hundred is enough,” sighed Reve.

It was hard dealing with this lady.

“Okay, a few hundred, it is,” Marya hung her head down.

Clearly, she wanted to make more.

“We will meet here tomorrow when the moon covers the earth,” decided Reve.

He didn’t wait for any reply and simply vanished into thin air leaving a happy Marya as she bopped her way back to the coven.

The potion he discussed about was obviously dragontail.

It was no surprise that a seer like Marya would branch into the art of alchemy. It was something he had expected and part of the main reason why he went back to meet her.

Of course, the major reason was because she was unique and, just like Amethyst, he was attracted to unique people. It was an innate trait that he couldn’t betray.

Anyway, he had acquired his alchemist along the way.

‘My trip to the coven was as fruitful as I expected.’

Morrites were experts in all sorts of professions except weapon-making…Reve didn’t mean to be stereotypical but he had never seen nor heard of a morrite blacksmith.

According to his plans, if he somehow managed to leave a favorable impression on the morrites, he could strike a deal with one of them involving the production of dragontail.

‘Now that my pressing issue has been solved. I just have to wait. In two days, my auction debut should start. I need to prepare for that.’

Reve sighed, ‘The life of a boss is tough.’

Of course, it would be tough.

It was even tougher when one factored in an organization with only a few good members.