After thinking for a long time about where I should go for farming, I began to look at the map that Matthew kindly gave me. The map is not too detailed, just a square. This is not a complete map of the continent, but only a small part. But even on this map, Mount Tian occupies no more than 1\100 maps. I asked Matthew which places are dangerous. He looked at me in surprise, then said

- I don't know why you need it, but there is one here.- He pointed to a bright green dot on the map, he occupied about 3\100 maps. It looked like a forest. -It's a poisonous swamp. There are many poisonous and dangerous creatures there. If I remember correctly, there also lives a race called *Liquid Death*. It was a great race, they did not want to submit and admit to losing the war, so they went to their ancestral lands, saying that someday they would come and take revenge. They're slime eaters. Without flesh, without blood, devouring everything. People were afraid of them, just like everyone else. They are poisonous by nature. You better watch out for them if you go there.

"Is it clear if there are other such places?"

- Why do you need to know these places?

"Consider that we are marking dangerous places for the future."

- I see. Then there is also this. He pointed to a black patch on the map. It occupied about 5\100 maps-This place is called the valley of whispering ghosts. There are a lot of ghosts there, and according to the latest data, there is a lot of undead, and the presence of at least 4 liches has been confirmed. This valley is cursed with dark energy. There are a lot of spiritual beings, undead and I think a couple of warlocks who want to become a lich. The danger is high, but mainly due to infections with dark energy. This infection can drive even Level 9 warriors and mages crazy. After 10, warriors and mages can resist it easily.

-And here -he pointed to a yellow patch on the map that occupies about 2 \ 100 maps -This is an earthquake desert, here every creature can either dig the earth or swim on the ground. The danger there is that at any moment an earthquake may occur, then a hole will be dug under your foot and a pack of hungry animals will be waiting for you there. Also, someone will bite your leg and drink your blood while you're just walking. You always have to be on your guard here.

"Any more?"

- There are no others to be found on this map. There's more, but I don't think you need a map of the entire continent, do you?

"Are there any?"

- Um, we don't have any.- He scratched his head and said -The continent is huge, and we live mostly in its center.

"Why do we live only in the center?"

- There are incredibly fertile lands here. Other parts for some reason are not very suitable for life, so you have to live in the center.

"I see. Matthew, I'd like to ask you something."

- And what is it?

"Do you happen to know what caused the great war, which is why you are in this state now?"

- No, I don't know. I think my father or grandfather knows. They agreed to keep this secret only among heads of the family and a couple of counselors

"Okay, thank you for answering my questions."

- You're welcome

…

After he left, I called Sean.

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- Master, did you call me? -Sean came to me and bowed. Every dragonoid behaves themselves like my slaves or servants. That's profitable for me, so I don't have any plans to change it.

"Yes, gather all the young warriors and magicians, but no more than 200"

- Why?

"We're going hunting. You know that because of my influence, they can become stronger by killing."

- As you wish, I will immediately gather everyone, master. But, may I ask where you are going?

"To the Valley of whispering ghosts"

- Please make sure that our talents are not lost.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it. That's right, bring 4 more snakes."

…

After we got ready, we all set off. Along the way, I occasionally taught magicians magic or taught them how to use dragon power. There were 152 Dragonoids in the group. 60 of them are magicians, and the rest are wars. There are about 42 girls among them. Their age is somewhere between 12-16. They are all very gifted, I can't wait to see how useful they will be to me in the future. I singled out the most gifted among them.

"Name: Jonathan

Race: Young Dragon

Martial Arts Talent: S

Giftedness to magic: E

Skills: Sword Art(4lv), Hunting(2lv), (1)Fighting Soul"

"Name: Gil

Race: Young Dragon

Martial Arts talent: F

Giftedness to magic: A

Skills: Fire Magic(4lv), Earth Magic(3lv), Wind Magic(2lv), Magic Eye(1lv)"

"Name: Lisa

Race: Young Dragon

Talent for martial arts: C

Giftedness to Magic: S

Skills: Change Magic(2lv), Wind Magic(3lv), Magic Kinship, Snake Agility (1lv), Teamwork (2lv)"

"Name: Bern

Race: Young Dragon

Talent for martial arts: D

Giftedness to magic: A

Skills: Sword Art(1lv), Stealth(2lv), Dodge(1lv), Earth Magic(3lv), Wind Magic(1lv), Hunting(1lv), Leadership(1lv), Diplomacy (1lv)"

These people are the strongest and have high potential. Jonathan is the son of one of our officers. He has a fighting soul, which is incredible. In the past world, only a few owned it. It helps them to understand the enemy faster and gives them an instinctive idea of how to use a particular weapon. This can be said to be a more advanced fighting instinct from birth. He's 15.

Gil, this is Chief Magician Dan's son. He has the same potential as his father. An apple from the tree, as they say. He's 14 now.

Lisa is from that tribe that lived at the very edge of the central region of the continent, almost bordering those barren lands. There were many alteration magicians in their tribe, and she was one of the most gifted children in the tribe. She even has a magical kinship, I will take her as a disciple with Gil after that, for sure. She's 15.

And Bern, he's very gifted at magic, but he's only learning magic now. Because of this, he is not far behind the others, although he knows how to fight up close, so he is not completely helpless. He is 12, and one of the youngest ones.

Six days passed, and we finally reached the valley. I saw this and told them

"Everyone wrap yourself in dragon energy, it will protect you from dark energies" - having said this, I wrapped myself in energy, others thanks to my lessons quickly wrapped themselves in dragon energy.

"Divide into the groups you have made up!"- After my words, everyone divided into groups. There were about 10 people in each, and basically, the magician was the leader, because he had the opportunity to see the entire battlefield and give timely orders. But in a couple of groups, the leaders were warriors. If someone can die, then the shadow snakes will save these poor fellows from death. When they use stealth and hidden attack, they're almost instant transmitting.

In the valley, everything was quite simple, the creatures are very weak but give a lot of experience thanks to their skills

"Race: Cursed Spirit

Skills: Weak Illusions (1lv), Dark Damage (3lv), Curse of Possession (2lv)"

"Race: Cursed Zombie

Skills: Claws(1lv), Dark Damage (2lv), Curse of Possession (1lv), Group Work (2lv)"

As I understand it, it is the ratio of level and skill level that affects how much experience we get. But since we can't see other people's levels, we just think that their level is about the level where they can unlock the potential of their skills.

- These zombies are climbing, wave after wave, they're too annoying. -Jonathan complained.

-We are here to become stronger, so naturally, it will not be without difficulties - Said Gil

-Yeah, don't complain, -Bern agreed.

- That's easy for you to say! Try to fight them yourself, it's harder than you think.

- Yeah, tell that to Lisa -Having said that, Gil raised his finger to Lisa and her group, without stopping using a fire spell.

- No, no, no. They are stronger than us in teamwork, let's just keep up.

- Of course. -Both said with a smile.

Lisa's squad consisted of 10 Dragonoids. They were very skillfully separated and worked as a team. If a zombie approached the magician, the magician dodged picked up a knife, and stabbed the zombie's eyes before retreating. While the zombies were unable to resist, they were quickly killed.

Looking at them, Augustine was incredibly happy, but suddenly he noticed a little "Bigger" zombie.