As if beckoning me to the dark forest, I made my move towards the area . Although the goal to infiltrate the elf camp is postponed, the monsters here made us get delayed further . What is more, all of the heavy hitters in my team are all down . I wonder how I come to be immune to this effect though? There is a slight disturbance to my emotions but other than that, none . However, I know how potent the illusions are since even the Catmod who seemed to be a Rank 6 is also affected and a worse one at that .

Although there is an advantage to me being highly resistant to illusions, it's a downside since I am left alone in the forest with all danger lurking in the shadows . I don't trust the dryad that seems to keep on waving at me . Although she looks like an innocent girl, I heard in the stories and legends that dryads tend to lure men deep in the forest as attractive women . Many unsuspecting men tend to get lured by them and never to be heard again . As to why I am following this particular dryad to the forest, it was pure curiosity and also to eliminate the source of the illusions . With me being resistant to illusions, dryads are just lesser creatures for me .

I equip the gloves on and continue forth with caution as a priority . I made a mana scan in the surroundings . There are many things that emit mana in this place which shocked me since most of them appear to be inanimate objects that usually don't give out mana . The dryad continues to lure me in . Also, I can hear a very soothing voice in the distance, singing a song . I frowned on this since dryads do not sing an enthralling voice to attract . They rely on physical allure . Now, I am hearing a sound of singing in the direction we are looking for .

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The greenery and the bushes start to get extremely common and it already covered my shoes . Of course, I used Mana Scan to check the areas I am walking and avoid stepping traps and of course, creatures . There are too many creatures that seemed to lurk on the gra.s.s, ready to strike whenever they are stepped out . Unfortunately for them, I have no time stepping on them . Aside from the small creatures, there are also vines that emit quite a lot of strong mana and even though they are not moving an inch, I am quite sure that these vines are part of the small parts the dryad has and by leading me here, it hopes to catch me via this cheap trick .

I can see from the looks of the dryad that it is surprised since I managed to avoid most of her traps that she laid out . Still, her face continues to remain the same so to avoid being detected from her schemes . But she didn't know I already know those .

I can sense that she rearranges the structure of the vines in the area to a much more complicated web-like structures on the ground . Looks like she is hoping to catch me as soon as possible . I frowned seeing this and before I can step on one vine, I quickly controlled it by using telekinesis . I am not a master in Telekinesis magic but it's quite easy to control which made it as one of the magic that can be easily used in my a.r.s.enal .

With the telekinesis, I move the vine controlled by my telekinesis and whip it up to the dryad who did not expect my retaliation . She quickly blocked her own vine and retracted most of it . The dryad no longer bears the same calm demeanour she showed earlier, instead, she showed a very hostile look at me . I did not bother if she is hostile or not . Since she is messing with me, I would never back out and let myself get bullied like how I used to be . I have changed .

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Flames engulf my fists, ready to be used . The dryad snarls as it saw the flames in my hands . It hesitated a bit but because she is a mighty dryad, she refuses to back down . She raised her right hand and several vines started appearing one by one on the ground . She has no intention of surrendering without a fight . If she is like that, I won't be kind on her then .

The dryad pointed her forefinger to me and with that signal, the vines moved like it gained life and started lunging towards me like a threatened snake . They were swift and hard to pinpoint but in my eyes, the movement of the vine is like a book that is so easy to read .

I hurled one of the fireb.a.l.l.s into the incoming vines . And since they are just plants, after the vines touched the flames I hurled, the vines catch into flames and burned to ashes very easily . The dryad seems to expect that and quickly raised a lot of vines altogether . There are also several vines on the ground that quickly slithered out attempts to attack me . Still, those attacks are petty . Even with the necklace that restricts my movements, it didn't hamper me from escaping the incoming attack . I dodge into the side and hurled another fireball into the vines . I also released another fireball aimed into the dryad but the dryad is also on defensive too .

Just a single dodge, I made a swift return and make a run forward to the dryad with flames in my hands . I didn't bother with the dryads vines and dodged them as they pa.s.s through me . I frowned seeing that the dryad seems to be able to hold off on its own despite the severe flames I keep on releasing to her .

I continue to close my distance to her and when I am about around 5 meters aw from her, she suddenly released a lot of spores . As soon as the spores flew towards my direction, my head suddenly hurts and vivid images of random things started appearing on my mind . Another f*cking illusion!

My vision started to get really blurry but I did not want to retreat, therefore, I released another fireball to the direction where the dryad was standing . But with the vision of mine getting blurry, it hampered a lot to my mobility and attacks . I underestimated the dryad . Before I can move away, I can feel the vines started coiling me like a python squeezing its prey to death . My escape has been closed off!