The Spring Rain Travel Agency was located in the city center. The office building was large, a square concrete structure. Around the building and on the roof, armed guards patrolled.
Suddenly surrounded by a large group of people, everyone at Spring Rain Travel Agency was terrified. Although they had over a dozen armed guards, they were no match for Nino's men, not only in numbers but also in weaponry.
Nino, leading Long Xiao and the others, swaggered into Spring Rain Travel Agency. The manager rushed out to greet them.
"Lord Nino, what a gust of wind brought your esteemed presence here," the manager said with a face full of smiles.
Nino, with a dark expression, looked at the manager and said, "Manager Chunyu, who have you been trafficking lately? The victims have come knocking on your door."
The manager glanced at Long Xiao and the others dismissively. "Aren't they just a few Chinese people? They're treated like lambs to the slaughter here in Nicissia."
Nino snorted coldly and said, "These masters are no ordinary people. They are high-level sorcerers. Hand over all the information immediately, or I'll burn this travel agency to the ground."
"Lord Nino, why are you speaking up for them? They are..."
Nino interrupted the manager, "They are my friends. Why shouldn't I speak for them?"
Nino was the local boss. Under his coercion, Manager Chunyu had no choice but to hand over the records of recently hosted tour groups.
Lin Xuan sifted through the documents for a while but found no information related to Nangong Yue. She threw the files she held onto the manager's chest and said, "Where did you send the people from this tour group?"
The manager looked at the documents, thought for a moment, and said, "We didn't handle this group. Klei took them into the Wizard Forest."
The chance of survival for anyone entering the Wizard Forest was extremely slim. Lin Xuan became anxious and grabbed the manager's collar, saying, "Take us to find Klei immediately."
The manager flung Lin Xuan's hand away, "Who do you think you are, daring to order me around?"
Long Xiao flicked his wrist, delivering a slap that sent the manager spinning twice before he fell headfirst onto the ground.
As the manager scrambled up, intending to retaliate, Xiao Ming stepped forward and kicked him down. He then placed his foot on the manager's head, saying, "You're not satisfied? You dare touch my sister-in-law, you're asking for death."
His head throbbing from Xiao Ming's foot, the manager hastily shouted, "Little brother, don't be angry. I'll take you to find them right away."
Xiao Ming lifted his foot, allowing the manager to get up. "If you dare play any more tricks, I'll chop you to death."
With that, Xiao Ming pulled out a large cleaver from his embrace and gestured with it at the manager's neck.
Seeing the cleaver, Long Xiao chuckled and asked, "Xiao Ming, did you swipe another kitchen knife from someone?"
Xiao Ming brandished the cleaver, "I'm used to using a cleaver. Other knives just don't feel right."
Everyone followed Manager Chunyu and drove to a slum. A young man in a sharp suit saw Long Xiao and his large group from a distance and was so scared that he took to his heels.
Manager Chunyu pointed at the sprinting youth and said, "That's Klei."
Nino waved his hand and said, "Catch Klei for me."
Several cars gave chase, quickly catching up to Klei and crashing into him, knocking him to the ground.
Two men dragged Klei, like a dead dog, and brought him before Long Xiao.
Long Xiao looked at Klei and asked, "You are Klei?"
Klei looked at Nino and Manager Chunyu standing respectfully to the side, knowing he was in big trouble this time.
"Yes, sir. My name is Klei."
"Did you recently take a tour group to the Wizard Forest?" Lin Xuan asked.
Klei nodded. "Yes, I took one group."
"Where did you take that tour group? Take us there," Long Xiao said.
Klei shivered. "I dare not go. If the Great Sorcerer gets angry, we'll all die."
Long Xiao sneered, "If I get angry, you'll die immediately."
With no other choice, Klei agreed to take Long Xiao and the others to the Wizard Forest.
Not many people were needed to go to the Wizard Forest. Long Xiao decided not to let Nino go. He only borrowed three cars and three drivers from Nino.
Long Xiao and Klei led the way in one car. After a day of long travel, the three cars arrived outside a dark forest.
Klei pointed at the forest and said, "This is the famous Wizard Forest. It's very difficult for anyone trafficked here to survive."
"Who is in the Wizard Forest?" Long Xiao asked.
Klei told Long Xiao that there were fifteen tribes in the Wizard Forest, and these tribes deeply revered sorcery. Outsiders who fell into their hands were basically used for sorcery experiments.
Furthermore, around the Wizard Forest, at least twenty laboratories had been established. This was a lawless land, and illegal laboratories that dared not operate in their own countries all set up shop here.
Due to the Wizard tribes, these laboratories could obtain a large supply of experimental materials. Therefore, most of these laboratories were biological laboratories.
Each biological laboratory had its own prison, holding both humans and various animals. Very few of these people and animals survived.
After listening to Klei, Long Xiao said, "Show us the way. Take us to find the Great Sorcerer."
Following Klei's directions, the three cars bumped along for over an hour before arriving near a very primitive tribal village.
When the villagers saw Klei in the car, some immediately ran over happily.
"Brother Klei, have you brought us more people?" a young man wearing only a loincloth ran over with a smile.
The language spoken by the villagers was obscure and difficult to understand. Long Xiao had to rely on Klei to translate for him.
Klei told the young man that these people were looking for someone. They were looking for the tour group he had brought over a few days ago.
The young man looked at Long Xiao, his expression changed, and he turned to run.
The young man had only run a dozen meters when he ran headfirst into Luo Tianshui.
With a bang, the young man was knocked to the ground by Luo Tianshui. Luo Tianshui immediately stepped on the young man's neck.
"Trying to run? Did I let you run?" Luo Tianshui said.
The young man, with Luo Tianshui's foot on his neck, let out a loud cry. Soon, a large group of villagers, armed with various primitive weapons, surrounded Long Xiao and the others tightly.
Long Xiao knew that in this place, violence was the only eternal theme, and violence decided everything. Whoever had the stronger power called the shots.
To avoid excessive bloodshed, Long Xiao decided to use a Five Thunder Talisman first to show them their might, so that no one would charge forward again.
Long Xiao took out a Five Thunder Talisman from his pocket, held it between two fingers, and reached into his clothes, saying, "Light it."
As Long Xiao swiftly drew out the Five Thunder Talisman, a spark appeared, igniting the talisman.
These villagers had never seen spirit talismans used before. They didn't know what Long Xiao was about to do and watched him perform blankly.
Long Xiao flicked his wrist and threw the Five Thunder Talisman into the crowd. With a boom, over a dozen villagers were blown away, falling to the ground in bloody messes.
No one expected that a piece of ignited paper could be more powerful than a hand grenade. They were so terrified that they scattered and fled in all directions.