Chapter 197 New Plane
"You are quite clever, running so far to beg for food."

Snapped--

A piece of dried meat was thrown by the guards onto the stone in front of Rhodes, making a dull sound.

Rhodes, who was still looking at the carriage, was stunned, with question marks on his face.

and many more.

What's going on?

I just stood there and took a look. Why did they just throw a piece of jerky to me?

Listening to the conversation between these people just now, it seems that they have fed the little spider demon before?
rustle~
A faint fluctuation came from the little spider demon's broken soul.

After Rhodes carefully felt it, he finally understood the general situation, and it was exactly as he thought.

"That's great. I can take this opportunity to learn about the situation here."

Seeing that the other party had no ill intentions and had saved the life of the little spider demon, an important carrier, in disguise, Rhodes changed his plan of wandering around, picked up the dried meat and slowly caught up with the departing carriage team.

"Master, it's following us."

The butler whispered beside the carriage.

"Come along?"

Dafik frowned. Although the spider demons were also intelligent creatures, most of them lived deep in the gray border and rarely interacted with humans.

The appearance of such a spider demon in the village would probably cause quite a disturbance. If the city's security team knew about it and sent people over, it would be troublesome.

After thinking for a while, he said, "In that case, let's go back to the manor first and avoid the village so as not to be seen by the villagers."

"it is good."

After saying that, the carriage changed direction and went around to the other side.

From a distance, you can see a large wheat field on both sides of the road and a not-too-large village.

It was a bit like the medieval-style village in another world that Rhodes had seen in his previous life.

The only difference was that the wheat grew very poorly. Not only was the height uneven, but the wheat that was produced was also very little and very dry.

“Is it because of the land here?”

Rhodes lowered his head and looked at the gray land which had become much lighter.

Although it is much weaker than black soil, it is also slowly absorbing the surrounding energy, which leads to the restricted growth of food and plants.

This made him wonder whether the black soil was related to this plane.

It seems necessary to conduct a thorough investigation.

After thinking about it, Rhodes quickly caught up with the carriage team, and as they bypassed the village, they entered a somewhat dilapidated manor.

"Okay, you can stay here for a while. This place is a bit shabby. I hope you don't mind."

Even when facing the spider demon Rhodes, Dafik still adhered to his noble upbringing and spoke very politely.

Rhodes was about to say something when suddenly several figures ran out of the house.

"Father!"

"My dear, you are back."

Rhodes looked and saw a boy of about ten years old and a lady holding a baby girl with a ponytail above her shoulders.

Ok……

Madam, your hairstyle is a bit dangerous.

Seeing the iconic single ponytail hairstyle, Rhode was a little overwhelmed. Is there really someone in the other world who has this hairstyle?
But then again.

This guy named Dafik looks to be in his thirties, but he has such a young wife. Do men really like young and beautiful women?

Unexpectedly.

As soon as this thought came to his mind, the young man next to him noticed his presence and his expression changed.

"Father, be careful, there's a monster!"

With a loud shout, he quickly drew the sword from his waist and rushed forward.

Without even waiting for Dafik and the others to stop him, he had already arrived in front of Rhodes and slashed with his sword, with a trace of fighting spirit on the sword.

"Almost at the first level? You are quite talented."

Rhodes raised his hand, and a translucent shield appeared in front of him, blocking the two of them.

when!
There was a loud bang.

A tingling sensation spread from the boy's arm throughout his body, knocking him back and causing him to fall to the ground.

"Dirus, don't be rude, he is my guest!"

Dafik quickly stood up with shock in his eyes. It was the first time he saw a spider demon that could use magic, and it blocked the attack of the first level so easily.

Seeing that neither side was injured, he quickly explained the matter about Rhodes to his family and warned them not to leak the news casually, which eased the tense atmosphere in the manor.

But even so.

The servants in the manor were still afraid to get close to Rhodes. They all stayed far away, fearing that Rhodes would suddenly attack and eat them.

On the contrary, the young boy Dilus became extremely curious.

While Dafik was leaving the manor and bringing the exchanged supplies to the village to gather the villagers, he slipped into the backyard where Rhodes was, hid behind a pillar and observed secretly.

Rhodes, who was still getting familiar with using this body to cast magic, immediately noticed his arrival.

However, the little spider demon's vocal cords had not yet fully developed and he could not speak, so he was too lazy to pay attention to it and continued to familiarize himself with magic, and by the way, used magic power to transform this weak body.

"Well, the magic is still working, which means that elemental spirits can come to this plane."

Rhode raised his hand, and a large number of elemental spirits gathered around, and the flowers and plants in the backyard began to grow rapidly. The magical scene made Dilus' eyes widen behind the pillar. He accidentally stepped on the steps next to him and fell flat on his face.

When he got up from the grass again, the scene in front of him suddenly went dark and a spider demon as tall as a man appeared in front of him, scaring him half to death.

But after waiting for a long time, he didn't see Rhodes eating him. He looked up and found that Rhodes had returned to the tree, closed his eyes and rested. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

A good while.

He mustered up the courage to step forward and said in a trembling voice: "Can you... teach me magic?"

On the Gray Frontier, magicians are a rare profession and very profitable.

He once thought about becoming a magician, but when he saw his father getting up early and going to bed late every day, running around for the livelihood of the territory, he gradually gave up this plan.

Because the cost of learning magic is too high, and they also need to hire a teacher to teach, which they simply cannot afford.

So after seeing that Rhodes knew magic, he felt like he saw hope and mustered up the courage to come over.

It is said that the spider demons are an intelligent race and may be able to teach him.

When he becomes a powerful magician, his father will no longer be laughed at by other nobles outside, and he will also be able to help share many things.

"Learning magic?"

Rhodes looked around the boy and saw a large amount of earth elements gathered there. It seemed that he had a high affinity with the earth element, and he seemed to be a good magical talent.

He was not sent to learn magic, but instead learned fighting skills. Is it because of poverty?

In his heart, he ruthlessly exposed the Green family's predicament.

As a noble, he doesn't even have the money to teach his child magic. It seems that he is really poor.

Considering that the little spider demon needed a safe place and he needed a source of information, Rhodes immediately made a decision.

As he raised his hand, an invisible ripple enveloped Dirus, and the originally ordinary world suddenly became colorful.

The earth element in particular gathered from all directions as if summoned, and in a blink of an eye it filled the entire backyard.

"This is... a magic element! I saw a magic element!!"

Dirus shouted excitedly, chasing the free earth elements in the air like chasing fireflies.

He originally possessed a strong talent for magic, and with the blessing of Rhodes' elemental vision, he could easily sense the existence of magical elements.

As long as we can sense the existence of magical elements, the next things will be much easier.

Rhodes just raised his hand.

With a loud rumbling sound, a large number of spikes rushed out from the ground and surrounded Dirus. At the same time, a magical light lit up under his feet, forming a magic circle of stabbing magic.

Dilus was so excited that he didn't realize that it was Rhodes who was teaching him magic. He quickly calmed down and carefully memorized the magic circle patterns in his mind.

The entire backyard fell into silence again.

Until near evening.

Dafik had just come back from outside, his face full of fatigue.

"What happened?"

The butler hurried over to greet him.

"Still the same."

Dafik exhaled: "This year's harvest is too small. After paying taxes, everyone has little money left, but we can still barely get by."

"I'm just a little worried. Because of the dispute between the Spider Demons and the Undead, there have been very few adventurers and caravans passing by our area recently."

"It's indeed a lot less." The old butler nodded silently, "I hope the dispute will end soon."

Those adventurers and foreign caravans are their economic sources, and the sudden reduction in their numbers has a great impact on them.

Fortunately, they are not too far from the city, so the worst that can happen is that they just have to transport the goods over and sell them.

"By the way, where's Dilus?"

Dafik thought of something and started searching inside the manor.

"Young Master? I haven't seen him since this afternoon. Could it be..."

Suddenly, the housekeeper thought of something and looked towards the backyard.

Dafik's expression also changed and he hurried to the backyard.

However, when they arrived at the backyard, the imagined scene did not appear.

Instead, it was Dilus who stood on the practice ground, muttering to himself at the target in the distance.

"Great spirit of the earth, please listen to my call and penetrate everything before you... Earth Spike!"

With a childish cry, a magic halo lit up, gathering into a rock spike that rushed out of the ground and suddenly pierced through the target in the distance.

Dafik: ???

Old housekeeper:!!!

"Magic! How can you use magic, young master?!"

The two men ran over in shock, looking in disbelief at the target in the distance, and at the cheap magic wand made of branches in Dirus's hand.

Dilus, who had just come to his senses, was also excited and looked at them with great excitement.

"Father, I learned it! I learned magic! I am a magician now!"

Dafik stared at his son in disbelief.

Then, as if he thought of something, he suddenly looked at the spider demon not far away, only to find that the spider demon had returned to its original dementia state and was wandering aimlessly in the yard.

(End of this chapter)