——Noon in the forest-——

The wooden clock was holding a strawberry, sitting on the treetop and nibbling on it.

When he was almost finished chewing, suddenly, there was a rustling sound in the bushes under the tree.

"???" He looked at the place where the sound came from strangely.

The sound of rustling vegetation got closer and closer, and finally, a gray rabbit emerged from the bushes.

This rabbit was very cautious. He did not move immediately. Instead, he stood there with his ears raised high and listened carefully to what was going on around him.

"..."

After looking at the wooden clock for a while, he threw down the remaining strawberry in his hand.

The sound of the strawberry remains falling to the ground frightened the rabbit into rushing into the bushes at lightning speed.

——As alive and moving as a rabbit.

He laughed out loud: "Hehehe~ How come your courage is exactly the same as that of a rabbit."

When the rabbit heard the voice, he instantly understood that the other person was a challenger just like him.

So he got out of the bush again, raised the rabbit's head, and saw a squirrel with shiny fur. He said in a cold voice: "Is this your bad taste in teasing others?"

After turning into a small animal, although the voice of speaking is different from the original one, the tone and method are still the same.

Based on the tone of the other party, Mu Zhong made a bold guess. He felt that the other party might be 'Witt'.

In order not to expose himself, he pretended to be casual and said: "Hmph~ Let me tell you, do you want to go to the next level? Or do you want to stay here?"

"Do you want to win over me?"

"It depends on which one you choose."

"I want to get to the next level."

"Okay, then you can join us."

"What?"

"..."

Mu Zhong briefly repeated what Fat Guniao had said to him.

After the explanation, he judged the direction and said, "Come with me, I will take you to our meeting place."

The gray rabbit hesitated for two seconds, then spread his legs and followed.

………

The ‘meeting point’ is under a huge banyan tree.

The wooden clock let the gray rabbit hide in a safe place, while he climbed to a certain node on the banyan tree.

Near the node, he saw four shallow marks.

"A mark represents a person..."

He opened his mouth, pressed his front teeth against the tree trunk, pulled it down, and added a new mark on it.

"Okay, so five people are enough to count."

Then he also hid.

About two hours later, a fat blue bird flew back - it was also a challenger, but it was not the one Mu Zhong was familiar with.

It flew to that node position, "Eh? When will it be full?"

The wooden clock hidden among the branches responded: "About three hours ago."

The green fat valley bird heard the sound, spread its wings, and flew to a safe place.

"Gu Gu~ Your squirrel's fur is so smooth."

"It's 'clean', thank you."

"Is there anyone hiding here?"

"There's a gray rabbit in the bushes down there."

"Oh~ I like rabbits, especially cute roasted rabbits."

"..."

——Chat.

Towards evening, the other two people also came back.

The five people greeted each other and then discussed customs clearance.

The first thing is-

Fat Valley Bird (brown): "Brother, you and I are both Fat Valley Birds. We need to change to a fruit-bearing monkey."

Fat Guniao (Qing) shook his head in refusal: "If I go out and come back, it will take more than seven hours at the fastest."

The fat valley bird (brown) spread its small wings and expressed helplessness: "I only have this quota. If I go out, I can't come back."

Fat Guniao (green): "There's nothing we can do about it... Just wait for me for a few hours."

After saying that, Fat Valley Bird (Qing) cast a little magic to control the wind.

against the rules!

The next second, he was teleported out by the power of the tower.

………

After the green fat bird left, the remaining four people chatted.

In the bushes under the tree, the Handsome Chicken chatted with the Gray Rabbit for a few words, and guessed the other person's identity: "You are Witte, a disciple of Goggins."

Gray Rabbit said in surprise: "How do you know?!"

"There is a shadow of great sorrow behind you, like a person whose country has been destroyed and his family has been destroyed. I don't need to think about it. In this academy, except for the young son of a certain Duke of the Wein Empire who is on the run next door, it seems that everyone

No one else has this type of sadness."

Just then, a banyan tree fruit fell on the head of the handsome chicken.

——It was thrown by the Fat Valley Bird, and it said loudly: "Hey - do you want to follow the wave of history and participate?"

Handsome Chicken shook his head: "I don't want to."

"Then why are you talking so much!?"

"Oh..." Handsome Chicken was silent.

…

It doesn't matter if you don't say it, but this statement aroused Witt's curiosity.

He was a little impulsive now: "What is the 'historical wave' you are talking about?"

Fat Guniao said directly: "It's nothing, don't ask any more questions."

"The tide of history...means that the Wein Empire is bound to be destroyed, right?"

"..."

The Handsome Chicken is a chatterbox, and he said: "According to the opinions of outsiders like us, that's for sure. It doesn't have to be an outsider, people in the insider can also see it -"

"Chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp.

Its words made Handsome Chicken feel dissatisfied: "What a quarrel the fat bird is, I just say a few words casually, just like the nonsense mercenary in the tavern, I don't do anything, you don't care what I say!"

"Gugu——"

The Fat Valley Bird was so angry that it flew around the tree twice and then flew back to its original position: "I don't care about you anymore. You can say whatever you like."

…

The Fat Valley Bird and the Handsome Chicken are both extrahuman species. Extrahuman species rarely interfere in matters related to humans unless they have to.

Soon, Handsome Chicken regretted what he just said.

It apologized: "Fat bird, I'm sorry, I did talk too much just now."

"Gu——" Fat Guniao was still sulking.

"..."

It was quiet for more than half an hour, and the sky turned completely dark.

In the dim night, a strange sound of "ka-ka-ka" sounded from the treetops.

The handsome chicken raised his head: "Squirrel, what are you eating?"

"Walnut."

"Give me one too."

"There is an open space over there, pick it up yourself."
To be continued...