The dense forest stretches for hundreds of miles, and Heath and the others are currently in the deep area of the forest.
Surrounded by barren mountains and ridges infested with wild beasts, knee-high weeds and swamps were beneath our feet, and dense woods blocked the sky. There were only plants as far as the eye could see.
In such a dense forest environment, there is almost no human habitation within a radius of hundreds of miles, and there are almost no traces of human activities. Heath and the others also explained this when they came in along the way. There was no way to go, so they entered by feeling among the trees.
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However, in such a place where even human beings could not exist, the cry of a baby suddenly appeared...
I have to say, this is really weird!
For a moment, the soldiers felt a little uncomfortable in their hearts, and they unconsciously put their hands on the weapons they carried.
Immediately afterwards, Varner's scream detonated the atmosphere.
"It's the Banshee! The Forest Banshee!"
The hunter suddenly remembered those rumors, and exclaimed with his face as pale as paper: "It's the forest banshee, it must be the forest banshee! It's over, it's over, we have met the forest banshee!"
The soldiers' expressions changed strangely!
The banshee, like the wizard, is a recurring character in their stories, but unlike the wizard who is both good and evil, the banshee basically plays a symbol of terror in the story, a man-eating monster, and a child-abducting demon.
, use illusions to lure strong men into the forest and suck them to have sex... and so on.
And because of this, after hearing the hunter's scream, everyone suddenly became nervous, turning their heads and looking left and right in fear.
"Sir...sir, we..."
Soon afterwards, the soldiers quickly focused their attention on Heath and waited for his instructions. In fact, unknowingly, the soldiers did not realize that they had habitually turned to Heath for solutions when they encountered problems.
, subconsciously they have regarded him as their support and support and ignored his age. This is completely different from when they just set off from the deep water port. At that time, they purely regarded Heath as a child.
This is probably what is called subtle influence, right?
Before Heath could speak, Varna next to him said in horror: "Leave here, we must leave here quickly!"
The soldiers ignored him and continued to look at Heath.
Heath thought for a while, then got off the bear's back and said, "Let's go over and have a look."
This is definitely an irrational or incorrect decision, just like when Heath ordered everyone to let go of the rope during the bear hunt, but it was still effectively implemented.
So everyone followed Heath and walked towards the direction where the sound came from.
"What the hell! Are you all bewitched by the banshee?!"
Varna was so anxious that he was sweating, but he had no choice but to leave everyone behind and leave alone. However, after looking at the haunted forest, he couldn't help but swallow and finally gritted his teeth and followed.
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After walking for about ten minutes in the direction of the sound, everyone came to a dimly lit forest.
The trees here grow too tall and dense. The tall trees block out the sky and the sun. Their thick branches and leaves are intertwined and cover the entire sky. Only a small amount of sunlight can penetrate the treetops.
The sunlight interweaves beams of light in the forest, and fine dust floats in the beams.
"It's such a dark forest, I can't see anything clearly."
"Are there really banshees?"
"I'm afraid it's true. The story says that banshees like to live in such dark places. They can't see the sun."
Everyone was whispering.
suddenly--
"Sir, look over there!" Sharp-eyed Rapp suddenly pointed in one direction and said to Heath.
Heath looked over there, and saw several groups of blue flames clearly visible in the dim forest, which looked very strange in this forest.
What's even more weird is that the flames are floating in mid-air.
Under everyone's gaze, they slowly floated from one direction to another...
"Hiss~"
The sounds of air-conditioning coming and going were heard one after another, and the soldiers' expressions changed strangely.
"Female...banshee! It's a banshee!"
Hunter Varna was almost frightened, his teeth were chattering and his legs were weak.
The only ones who could remain calm were Heath and scholar Klein. The former was just observing the will-o'-the-wisps calmly, while the latter frowned as if thinking about something.
"Sir, do we still want to go there?" Ike asked nervously.
The baby's cry became more obvious at this time, and the atmosphere was completely horrifying against the will-o'-the-wisp.
Heath said: "If you are afraid, just stay here."
After that, continue moving forward.
The soldiers looked at each other, but they quickly followed. Varna hesitated for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and chased after him.
"Creak~Creak!~" The sound of boots stepping on the soft ground.
It is strange to say that the baby's cry was clearly very violent and loud just now, but as everyone approached, it suddenly stopped, including the burning will-o'-the-wisps just now, and they suddenly disappeared.
Maester Klein's brows furrowed even more.
"Crack!" a sound.
Everyone came to a bush, where the few will-o'-wisps just appeared.
However, when everyone came here, they didn't see any will-o'-the-wisps or banshees. There were just a few lines hanging between the tree trunks. There were also a few wooden pulleys and hooks hanging below the lines. It looked like
Like some kind of mechanism.
"Wire?"
"And there are pulleys..."
Heath walked over and pulled an iron hook over and looked at it. There was still some candle-like substance left on the hook. He put it to the tip of his nose and sniffed. Then, as if he had seen through something, the corner of his mouth turned to the side inexplicably.
Lift up.
He took out a Feather brand high-end lighter and approached the iron hook. He heard a 'bang' sound, and the substance on the iron hook was ignited, burning out a blue 'will-o'-the-wisp!'
"Will-o'-the-wisp! It's uh...will-o'-the-wisp!"
The honest Roma yelled, but found that no one echoed his voice, including Varner, who was stunned. Everyone stared at the burning iron hook, dumbfounded.
Klein walked up and took the iron hook to look at it, and then explained: "This is phosphorus, a special ore with a very low ignition point, and the flames produced when burning will be blue. We just saw
This should be the 'will-o'-wisp'."
After a pause, he looked at the thread in front of him again, and quickly found two thread ends. After pulling the pulley on it, the will-o'-the-wisp moved back and forth in front of everyone.
Klein said: "As for the floating truth...that's it."
Everyone opened their mouths.
"I go..."
"No...it's actually like this..."
"Being fooled!"
Everyone was so angry when they suddenly realized it. They were almost scared to death just now, especially the hunter Varna. When he thought of how frightened and timid he was along the way, his face became hot and his old face was completely embarrassed.
"Damn it, who is this person who is so obsessed with it? Damn it!"
Cursing angrily, he rolled up his sleeves and rushed forward.
Everyone followed closely behind.
After passing through the bushes, what appeared in everyone's field of vision was an open space, and in the center of the open space, there was a building that was barely a shack built with wood, large leaves, wadding and other random things.
The shack was completely open, with a piece of tattered linen covered in one corner. Someone was obviously hiding underneath, shivering, and half of his feet were exposed.
The furious Varner rushed forward in a few steps and lifted up the rag on top.
When everyone saw the following situation, they were all stunned for a moment.
After the rag was lifted, what appeared underneath was a girl, about 13 or 4 years old, wearing a tattered skirt, skinny and dirty, like a roadside girl.
Like the little beggar who is about to starve to death in the alley.
And in the little beggar's arms was a little baby, equally skinny and covered in mud.
They just huddled in the corner, looking pitiful like broad beans carrying peas.
"girl?"
Everyone was stunned.
At the same time, the girl opened her big eyes, filled with tears. She looked straight at Varna in front of her, and kept pleading: "No, don't kill us, please, don't kill us."
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As she spoke, she tried her best to protect the baby in her arms tightly.
Varna was moved, and all the anger in his body subsided after seeing this scene. Now he just wanted to find out what was going on and how could this child appear in such a dangerous mountain with a baby.
in?
However, before he could speak, a surprised voice announced the girl's identity before him.
"Nicole!" Klein's voice sounded.
He looked at the girl in surprise and walked over in a hurry. What he said next shocked everyone present.
When he came closer, he pulled the girl over and looked at her carefully, and then said: "It's really you!"
Immediately, he looked at the baby in the girl's arms: "Didn't you ask for His Highness Albert's bloodline to be taken to Eagle Castle?!"