Wizard: I brought the wrong system.

Chapter 197 Emotional Backlash
The towering, lush trees covered the sky, and palm-sized leaves slid off the surface of his body, pouring the icy mist onto Yaro's body.

It felt icy cold and itchy.

Swish!
As the body fell, thin branches, hidden among the leaves, stealthily attacked, lashing the cold, numb body again and again.

Clap!

"Oh~"

The sudden drop made Yaro's eyes widen.

A sneak attack, despicable!
but,

The branch that launched the attack didn't fare any better—it too broke and fell because it couldn't support Yaro's weight.

After breaking through the final obstacle with his physical body, and finally free from the annoying leaves, Yaro quickly stepped onto the soft earth covered with dense decaying leaves.

The lingering aura of the abyss drifted over.

In the hidden corners around, tiny mosquitoes scurried away.

Even a faint abyssal aura is too unpleasant for mosquitoes, making Yaro the perfect mosquito coil at this moment.

The excruciating pain subsided, and a comfortable temperature accompanied by the pungent smell of ammonia wafted in.

"comfortable!"

Yaro couldn't help but shiver. His numb skin greedily absorbed the surrounding warmth, and he completely ignored the smell of decaying plants.

The dense forest, covered with leaves, serves as the best blanket. Combined with the fermentation of humus on the ground and the absence of strong, cold winds, the forest maintains a temperature of around 20 degrees Celsius even as winter approaches.

No wonder there were still mosquitoes around at this time.

"Cough cough cough-"

His blood was surging, and Yaro covered his mouth, but he still couldn't stop coughing.

Is the power of the abyss erupting?

Or did you catch a cold because you endured the cold wind for too long?

The thought of the glider being destroyed by a few small monsters stirred up a brief emotion in Yaro.

However, he quickly suppressed these useless emotions with reason.

"It may also be related to the intense fluctuations in emotions."

The surging power of the abyss, the depletion of the body, the exhaustion of the emotions—

Yaro knew he could only make one choice.

"We can't travel any further; we need to rest for a while!"

Yaro didn't know if this was a safe area.

From a biological perspective, since three harpies have emerged from here, the likelihood of any other supernatural beings in the current location is quite low.

After all, most living things have a sense of territory.

If we go any further out, we might encounter other dangers. Considering everything, it's better to rest where we are.

"Ah!"

Despite the strange sensations in his body, Yaro raised a sphere of light.

The light pierced the dark jungle, illuminating the strangely shaped branches around it, making them appear ghostly.

Yaro was examining the appearance of the surrounding trees.

The roots of most evil trees will have different anomalies.

For example, large amounts of dead bones, lush scarlet vegetation, or fresh traces of earth and wood.

After carefully examining the roots of the trees, his worries subsided.

Fortunately, the surrounding trees are all normal, so resting here shouldn't be a big problem.

Extraordinary beings have territories, but symbiotic relationships can also occur. Most extraordinary beings' territories may contain plant-based magical creatures. Yaro is a formally trained student; like the Knight Defense course, Owl Academy offers many such courses, but practical courses are very scarce, requiring students to learn independently by consulting books in the library.

After all, knowledge is the most valuable thing.

Shaking his head, Yaro banished these distracting thoughts.

Look forward to everything. What happened at the academy is in the past, so why dwell on it too much?

The most important thing now is to find a place to build a fire, dry yourself off, drink some hot soup, and then have a good night's sleep.

……

Yaro thought that one day of rest would be enough, but he ended up resting for seven days in a row, and his health did not improve much.

From the system's perspective, there was no change in his own attributes, but his blood and qi were constantly surging, and he would cough occasionally.

As he watched his body grow thinner and thinner, Yaro began to panic.

"Could it be—the power of the abyss is eroding my body?"

Although Yaro felt that the most likely cause was simply malnutrition, the consequences of the abyss's power were too terrible, and he dared not take the risk.

"Can't wait any longer!"

"Anyway, seven days have passed. Even if there are official wizards chasing us, their pursuit will cover our current location, so there's no need to think about fleeing anymore."

"Go out—find a purification potion!"

"If all else fails, getting some sunshine, eating nutritious food, and exercising more are better than staying cooped up in these deep mountains!"

The power of the abyss can be diluted by sunlight, so getting more sunlight is a good emergency measure.

Wrapped in the bearskin coat he had obtained during his emergency escape, Yaro swallowed the bear meat soup he had also acquired, and looking at the rising sun, he decided to leave.

Before leaving, Yaro planned to search the surrounding area one more time, hoping to find the harpies' lair, and even better if he could find their corpses as well.

Money is a major problem if you want to go to the human world.

The harpy's corpse should be worth a lot of magic stones. Once you find them, you can get the initial funds to buy 'purification potions'.

Because Yaro's attack was a decisive blow, the fight was very short, and the harpy did not fly far.

By comparing the direction from which the harpies flew, one can roughly calculate the location of their nests.

Harpies are half-human, dark creatures that prefer to hide in dark caves in the mountains.

Recalling the characteristics of the harpy, Yaro looked directly at the mountain peak not far away.

"There's only one mountain over there, which greatly narrows down the search area."

Yaro was 80% certain that the harpy's lair was over there!
The reason why there is still a 20% failure rate is simply because that place may be their temporary nest.

However, regardless of the circumstances, Yaro had to go and see.

after all……

"I've seen plenty of young people like you. You think you can roam the world freely just because you know a little martial arts. But wandering the martial world is a very painful thing. There are many things you can't do just because you know martial arts. You don't want to farm, do you? You're not ashamed to rob people, and you certainly don't want to show your face on the street to perform. How are you going to live? Even if you're a master of martial arts, you still need to eat!"

This is so well said!

Yaro almost vomited after eating black bread soaked in water for four consecutive days!
Even if he later got bear meat, he didn't have any seasonings or know how to prepare it, so the taste was naturally not very good.

He desperately needs money right now; whether it's magic stones or gold coins, they can solve many of his problems.

"We can only look at the magic stones to see if we can find the harpy's corpse. As for the money—"

Harpies like to capture male humans, and you might find some money in their caves.

"I avenged you, so taking some of your useless metals isn't a problem, is it?"

Come to think of it, I've never even touched a corpse before.

Perhaps—we can open today?
With that in mind, Yaro forced himself to walk around the area, making sure his route covered the direction where the harpy might fall, and headed towards the mountain.

(End of this chapter)