When the spirit of nature came back again, he still looked like Cohen, but everyone, including Woody, felt that his temperament had changed significantly. He was no longer gloomy, but full of a unique vitality, and he was singing.
Its characteristics are more evident in the continuous forest, as if it has returned to its original appearance, a creature born under the gaze of nature.
"Sorry for the wait."
"Let's set off now. It's only half the distance from where Cohen enters. If we hurry up, we can get there before the sun goes down."
The spirit of nature did not explain too much about what he experienced during this trip. He seemed to be in a good mood. I don’t know if this trip had results, or because he saw that Woody and others did not follow them because of suspicion.
I felt happy because of my trust. In short, I was very active. After I finished talking, I couldn't wait to take Woody and others to the place they should arrive this time.
Woody glanced at the sky. The orange color of the setting sun was slowly emerging in the sky. The sun was setting directly above the mountain. It should be an hour before it sets.
This news is exciting news for everyone in the team who rushed from River Valley City to Jingsong Forest early in the morning, then waited outside the forest until three o'clock in the afternoon, and trekked for several hours.
Donny was even more anxious and shouting in the hearts of Woody and Cecil.
"You can go!"
The helplessness of staying where he was and not being able to go anywhere made the giant dragon feel a sense of restraint that he had not seen for a long time, just like the irritability of being trapped under a reef when chasing sharks as a child, waiting for his parents to come to rescue him.
But Cecil was not so anxious, and asked the spirit of nature seriously.
"The magic tide of this forest will reach its peak in the evening. Should we rest here for a day and set off again at noon tomorrow?"
The caster's caution made her have no strong desire to reach the destination early. On the contrary, after entering this forest, she felt a strong sense of insecurity, which no forest could give her during her previous travels.
She felt that if she had not practiced astrology and other prophecy spells, she might even be able to perform a divination for herself.
Looking at the seriousness on Cecil's face, Woody on the side couldn't help but thought to himself: "Did she find something? Otherwise, I remember that she was more anxious to leave the Golden Valley than he was, but now she didn't hesitate to delay it for half a day.
."
Woody is not the roundworm in Cecil's heart, so I don't know what she is thinking, but since she seems to have discovered something strange, the aura of Quetzalcoatl must have lingered in the entire forest. The high-level mage is obviously better than him in hunting monsters.
It's like the person's perception is more acute, especially the feeling of magic power, which has penetrated deep into the bone marrow during meditation.
The spirit of nature also shook its head after hearing this.
"No, the monsters in this forest have noticed us. As long as we leave as soon as possible, the malice will not continue to accumulate. On the contrary, if we stay in this forest all the time, it will make them more repulsive to outsiders. If we stay
The day before, they would have attacked even at three o'clock in the afternoon."
"The forest guards and spirits here are not easy to mess with. As a legacy left by the wood elves, each of them can easily defeat a group of carefully trained knights."
Upon hearing this explanation, Cecil nodded thoughtfully, and at this moment, Kafferman couldn't help but speak.
"In that case, let's set off quickly. As he said, I feel that this forest has begun to drive us away. Look at the plants under your feet."
When he said the second half of the sentence, everyone followed his words and looked at their feet, feeling a chill down their backs.
I saw that the weeds and roots that were originally swaying in the wind were like some kind of reptiles. Some were winding around the legs, and some were burrowing in along the gaps in the shoes, and if
If you look carefully, you will find that the leaves of some weeds have turned into jagged blades at some point, which is extremely scary.
"The beginning of the gust of wind is a sign that we are not welcome. Let's go down the mountain quickly. It will be better when we go down the mountain. This is at the inner edge of the forest."
Woody said that he had been here after the copy of the Lost Temple was bulldozed and turned into a daily fantasy copy. Although most of the creatures in the forest had left at that time, the forest rejected outsiders.
It still exists. He knows clearly that this comes from the "breath of nature" exhaled by Quetzalcoatl. Only those who are contaminated with its breath can be recognized by this forest. In other words, this is actually her land.
She went to the Kingdom of God only because her divine power was silent and did not appear.
Everyone no longer stayed where they were. Under the leadership of the spirit of nature, they continued down the mountain along a winding forest path. This time the journey down the mountain was much more difficult than the one up the mountain. The malice of the forest followed.
The glow of the sun as it sets skyrockets like the shadows. Carverman has already taken out his curved sword at this time, ready to cut off the vines that dare to reach towards him. Although Woody has the help of the Nature Walker, he is slightly better than him.
Better, but still not as relaxed as before. Nature Spirit and Cecil are the two most comfortable ones. After one casts a spell on himself, except for a few cases where Woody and others were affected,
Next, the forest basically ignored her and the tabby cat Doni on her shoulder. The other one looked like the water had returned to the water, without any abnormalities, just like the beginning.
When the steepness of the ground gradually returns to the flatness of the valley bottom, although the leaves above the head are still lush, you can already feel that the vegetation and shrubs here are sparser than those encountered on the way down the mountain. Ferns and some lichens are unusual here.
Lush.
"Follow this dry river all the way to the end, then climb over a hill, and we'll be there."
The spirit of nature looked up at the time and smiled.
"The speed of going down the mountain is faster than I thought. I will definitely make it before the sun goes down this time."
"Woody?"
At this time, a word came from the back of the team. Everyone heard the sound and found that it was Cecil who had spoken. She was looking at Woody who was standing behind him. He was standing on a boulder covered with green moss, his chin slightly twitching.
Raise your head and look intently into the distance.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Facing Cecil's question, he took a deep breath, and the cold November air entered his lungs, and then he calmed down. Trying to calm his heart, he smiled.
"It's okay, let's go!"
Just now, through the gaps in the leaves, he saw a scene that made him unable to calm down at this moment. At this moment, the mountain ridges that should have been bathed in the colors of the sunset have been completely shrouded in darkness. The pitch-black mountain ridges are accompanied by the whistling cold weather.
The wind looked extremely cold under the orange-gold sunset in front of me.
This is not a good sign.
Ten minutes later, the group of people had left the foot of the mountain. The mountain crest was also hidden among the overlapping leaves. Only a faint outline could be seen. However, except for Woody, everyone did not pay attention to the situation behind them. They mostly looked around.
in front of your eyes.
I don't know if it's because of the magic power or the specific climate.
At this time, there was still a little bit of the sunset in Jingge Forest, and the golden fragments of sunlight were scattered among the spacious woods covered with fallen leaves, like a thick golden carpet, which was beautiful.
Walking in the increasingly wider forest and looking at the beautiful scenery in front of them, everyone felt much better.
Kafferman put down his hunting knife and put away his vigilance. The surrounding environment was quiet and peaceful. It was hard not to want to drink a bottle of wine and fall asleep with the sunset.
The most excited one among them is the spirit of nature. At this time, he is already running at a leisurely pace. He doesn't care about closing the fog surrounding the entire Golden River Valley. He just fulfills his duties and helps the group of people who helped him.
He just left this place. He had already thought about it. When he returned, he would follow Cohen's order and hand over all the lords of the Golden Valley to his other identity, Gillette Green Valley.
Anyway, after these years of isolation and the brutal rule of Cohen to protect himself, the Kamutra family has only left its young and underage heirs, and the power of River Valley City is also in the hands of his trustworthy people.
Those who obeyed Cohen had already died in the thunderstorm on the rocky beach, and his order would not be hindered in any way.
And thinking about it, when he came to the huge arch made of majestic granite in the forest covered with vines in his memory, what he saw in front of him still made him stop in his tracks, because originally the granite should be bright
The dark blue magic runes that had appeared were all emitting a dazzling red light at this time, dyeing the golden broken sunset into scarlet.
"How can it be?"
This was the first emotional outburst of the spirit of nature. Except for Woody, everyone else was surprised. Cecil and Caverman asked in unison.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
They also saw the red light on the arch, and an ominous omen came to their minds. As expected, when the spirit of nature spoke the next sentence, he had a very ugly look on his face and a stiff tone.
"Something big happened!"
The spirit of nature had a gloomy expression, obviously in trouble, which made their hearts sink. After hearing the words of the spirit of nature, Cecil's expression changed even more.
"The passage...is closed!"
"It's closed? How come it's closed?"
Cecil wanted to ask clearly.
"In the end what happened?"
Not to mention Cecil, even Caverman, an old guy who is almost a century old, has disbelief written all over his face, and his tone is a little bad, even a little questioning.
After all, no matter who is excited and goes to the destination with great efforts, the final answer is that there is no way, and no one will feel guilty.
"I don't know either. Logically speaking, this situation is extremely rare."
The spirits of nature tried hard to think about the possibilities, but in the end there was only one possibility left, that is, they came to Jingsong Forest when they were searching for the source of the curse, and at that time, the arches here were exuding the same color. Likewise,
At that time, Riverdale City was plagued by a curse.
As for why there is a curse, there is naturally only one possibility.
That is, the number of people in the Golden Valley has reached the limit of the curse, which means that the contained curse has once again descended on this land.
"Only... it only happened when the curse spread last time. But now the population of the Golden Valley has been controlled at an extremely stable number. It is impossible for it to happen. Even with outsiders like you, we are not afraid of the number increasing tenfold.
…….”
Before the natural spirit could finish explaining, he was directly interrupted by a voice.
“It can happen!“
It was Woody. At this time, he was also looking at the arch on the granite, thoughtfully, but his tone was more solemn than ever.
"What may happen, don't forget, besides outsiders like us, there are a group of people who are also surrounded by the fog."
"You mean?" Cecil immediately thought of something, and when she reacted, her vagina felt like an earthquake.
"Yes! Temporary camp!"
When the other two people were confused, Woody said directly.
"Except for us, a large number of merchants gathered in the valley for the Elf Fair in the Gorgon Mountains and were preparing to go there. Today is the day when they are preparing to set off. They must have also reacted... trapped in the valley.
Got it."
"As for their number, my rough estimate is that there are seventy or eighty caravans with hired mercenaries, no less than a thousand people."
…
The spirit of nature was silent for a moment, seeming to be estimating the population currently controlled by River Valley City. Finally, he hung his head helplessly and admitted.
"It is indeed beyond the scope of what the Golden River Valley can bear at present."
"Now we can only wait for the curse to spread, but don't worry, as long as the number drops to a certain number, we can enter here and close the fog! It will be fine, you guys."
There was some comfort in his words, but only he knew how true they were.
However, at this time, Cecil did not show much despair. She did not look at the spirit of nature, but looked at Woody and asked.
"Woody, you have another way to get in, right?"
Obviously, she deduced from various previous clues that Woody seemed to have a way that even the locals didn't know. After all, from asking Cohen about the strangeness in Jingge Forest in advance, it was clear that there was another person in his heart who didn't ask for help.
Local people's plans.
After Woody heard the question, he didn't hide it and nodded directly.
"I do have a way of getting into that position."
His expression didn't look good either. The strange thing that happened on the mountain crest just now reminded him of the discussion in the player forum on which situation would be the fastest to clear the Lost Temple. Among them, there was a nightmare level that was the most difficult.
The sign is that the mountains merge into the darkness and no sunlight can enter. This is the same as what he noticed just now.
Nightmare level, at least five challenge levels higher.
That is to say, only an adventure team with an average level of over 15 can pay a certain price to clear the dungeon, while those with a lower average level will have to pay a life-threatening risk if they are not careful.
Therefore, he said directly.
"But the risk of entering this time will be very high! Are you sure you want to go in?"
I don’t know how long the nightmare level difficulty will last, and Woody doesn’t have much confidence in his heart, but before entering the dungeon, some reminders are necessary.
