Chapter 149 Returning to the Jungle (two chapters in one)
Chapter 149 Return to the Jungle (two chapters in one)
Author: Cheng Jianxin
Chapter 149 Return to the Jungle (two chapters in one)
Three months later.
Arcadia returns to the jungle of Wakanda as promised.
This time, she returned as the deputy leader of the "Morgan Scientific Expedition Team".
The captain is Dr. Edward Morgan.
He learned from Arcadia that his only son was still alive, and was so excited that he wished he could grow wings and fly back to the Wakanda jungle immediately.
However, work matters forced him to remain patient. After some preparations, he finally assembled an expedition team.
After five years, the doctor returned to the rainforest in the name of scientific research to find his lost son.
Arcadia volunteered to be the teacher's guide.
Recalling the thrilling encounter during the last Conglin expedition, Arcadia learned the lesson after suffering a setback.
For safety reasons, this wealthy aristocratic lady spent a lot of money to hire a mercenary team to serve as bodyguards for the scientific expedition team.
The leader of the mercenary team is named Hessen, a battlefield veteran who became famous during the War of Succession.
An extremely burly middle-aged man with a full beard that cannot hide the scars.
There was a huge sword slung across his back, and his eyes revealed a sinister and cold temperament.
Captain Hesse quickly found an opportunity to prove himself worthy of the high commission.
The scientific expedition team disembarked from the ship and headed to the village where Tazan settled.
On the way, we passed a swamp and suddenly heard the sound of fighting.
The two parties in the conflict are the Wakandans and the Lizardmen.
Cold-blooded lizardmen, covered with green scales, are the most representative demi-human race in the rainforest.
To be fair, lizardmen are not inherently evil.
However, these demi-humans living in the depths of the swamp are more barbaric than the Wakandans in the eyes of visitors from the civilized world.
Lizardfolk also have good reason to hate humans.
Wakandans often go to the swamps to fish and hunt, infringing on their territory.
The two sides frequently had fierce conflicts over this.
The melee at the swamp was nothing more than common racial friction.
The doctor and his party tried to quietly avoid the conflict zone.
Unfortunately, due to bad luck, not far away, a group of lizardmen suddenly rushed out of the trees ahead.
Holding a flint spear and a reptilian face covered with scales, it looks murderous!
When the two sides met on a narrow road, they were all stunned.
The leader of the lizardmen was the first to come to his senses.
He stuck out his forked tongue and hissed strangely in this direction.
Everyone in the scientific expedition team looked at each other in confusion, wondering what he meant.
Only the knowledgeable Dr. Morgan could tell that the other party was speaking ancient dragon language.
He hurriedly stepped forward, speaking in a somewhat unskilled dragon language, and tried to explain to the lizard people that he was just a passerby and had no intention of intervening in the conflict between the lizard people and the Wakandans.
Unfortunately, the communication between the two parties was not pleasant.
The leader of the lizardmen could barely accept the doctor's words and agreed to let them go, but there was one condition.
The scientific expedition team must leave behind all the iron tools they possess!
Especially the swords and chain armor worn by the mercenaries.
In rainforest areas, iron ore is scarce and iron smelting technology is also very backward.
Armor and weapons forged from fine steel are especially valuable!
The leader of the lizardmen, seeing that everyone was well-equipped, couldn't help but get greedy and wanted to collect some tolls.
After hearing Dr. Morgan translate the lizard man's request, the mercenaries immediately became furious!
Demand that they hand over their armor and weapons?
"Dream of your ×!"
"Arrogant lizard man, seeking death!"
The crowd is furious and the sword is unsheathed!
"Don't make any noise!"
Captain Hessen scolded, and the mercenaries under his command fell silent.
"Dr. Morgan, please convey my respect to the lizard leader for me."
Captain Hesse said calmly.
"We can discuss the handing over of weapons."
Doctor centered translation.
The lizard man leader's gloomy expression improved somewhat.
The compatriots behind him slowly lowered their spears that they had raised high.
Captain Hesse, in front of everyone on both sides, took off his helmet and chainmail.
The giant sword slung behind his back was also taken down.
Holding the equipment in both hands, he strode towards the lizard man.
The leader of the lizardmen crossed his arms in front of his chest and twisted his mouth.
A lizardman boy next to him stepped forward to receive Captain Hesse's equipment.
A disarmed and unarmed human being is no threat in the eyes of the lizard people.
However, they soon paid a bloody price for this prejudice.
The moment the handover was completed, Captain Hesse suddenly stamped his foot!
Boom!!
The ground beneath my feet suddenly shook violently, and soil flew up.
Level 2 Martial Skill—Earth Shock!
Captain Hesse stamped his foot with magic power, causing a local earthquake within fifteen meters of the surrounding area!
All the lizardmen happened to be in the earthquake zone, so they were caught off guard and almost all fell down.
Only the leader of the lizardmen was holding on to the violently shaking tree trunk, still struggling to hold on.
Captain Hesse himself was not affected by the earthquake at all.
He sneered and strode forward, approaching the lizard man leader.
"Hiss—Human! Cunning! Damn it!"
The leader of the lizardmen became angry, picked up a spear with one hand, and stabbed Heisen's chest fiercely.
Clang!
The sharp spear polished by flint pierced Hessen's chest, which lacked the protection of armor, and shot out a string of sparks!
Captain Hessen was proficient in the third level of hard physical training. He was stabbed in the chest without changing his expression.
With eyes wide open, he held his spear and strode forward.
Click, click, click——
The wooden spear shaft was bent into a bow shape by him.
The leader of the lizardmen leaned against the tree trunk, his hands trembling.
I can barely hold the spear shaft.
Click!!
The spear, overwhelmed by the load, finally broke.
The leader of the lizard men screamed, turned around and ran away.
Captain Hesse grabbed half of the spearhead and threw it away.
Poof!
The tip of the spear hit the lizard man leader's back, and came out through the chest.
The body fell to the ground with a thud, and a pool of blood spread.
At the same time, Arcadia was not idle either, beating up the drowned dog together with the mercenaries.
The lizard man who was knocked over by Captain Hesse was severely beaten before he could get up.
The leader is dead, and the minions have no intention of fighting.
Leaving several corpses behind, he rolled and crawled away.
After this fierce and short battle, Arcadia came to Hesse with two swords in hand.
"The natives across the swamp who are besieged by the lizardmen are all residents of Tazan Village!"
"The honest indigenous people gave us warm hospitality in the beginning! Now they are in trouble, and we cannot stand by and watch!"
"What's more, we still have feelings for Tazan!"
"Captain! Take your troops and follow me to rescue people!"
"hehe……"
Captain Hesse sneered and shook his head.
"Miss, I'm really sorry."
"The contract we signed does not include rescuing the indigenous people."
"No need to discuss it unless you pay extra."
"You... okay, make a price!" Arcadia said, holding back her anger.
Hessen casually offered a sky-high price.
An impossible price to accept.
Arcadia finally understood that this was not a matter of money, and Hesse did not want to cause any problems.
"If you don't go, I'll go by myself!"
Full of dissatisfaction, Arcadia turned to her ancestral form.
Transformed into an avenging angel with a silver helmet, he spread his silver wings and flew to the other side of the swamp.
At this time, a familiar roar came from the forest!
The boy with the head of a leopard and the body of a man rushed out of the dense forest like a bolt of black lightning.
In the blink of an eye, he rushed behind the lizard man camp.
In the crowd, screams broke out again and again!
Black shadows flashed like lightning.
The lizardmen fell down one after another, blood spurting from their throats.
Eyes wide open, full of confusion.
From start to finish, it only takes the blink of an eye.
He didn't even see the opponent's movements clearly before he was fatally struck.
The speed of the Black Panther is terrifying! Incredible!
The lizardmen were in chaos, their fighting spirit collapsed, and they quickly dispersed.
"Tazan!"
Arcadia cheered and landed, not caring about changing back to human form, and flew towards it.
Together with a suit of silver armor, he fell into Allen's arms.
"Dear friends, we finally meet again!"
At the same time, two young people embraced each other intimately.
Captain Hesse stroked his beard and frowned slightly.
I felt a little afraid of the Black Panther boy's strength.
…
After five years, the Morgan father and son were finally reunited.
Allen comforted his cheap dad who was in tears and told the doctor about his five years of living in the wilderness.
Finding his son is only one of Dr. Morgan's goals.
During this trip, he also shoulders an important mission.
Based on the unearthed cultural relics, the doctor speculates that there is an intelligent race older than the Wakandans deep in the rainforest.
Before this race completely declined, it once created a glorious civilization.
The doctor and his team decided to venture deep into the dense forest to explore the relics of ancient civilization.
Allen joins the doctor's team and leads everyone to avoid the beasts and dangerous areas in the forest.
During the journey, Arcadia and Allen got along day and night.
It was natural to fall in love with this wild boy.
One evening, two young people were having a date under the banana tree.
They couldn't help themselves for a moment, and together they created the great harmony of life.
This is the first time Allen has been intimate with a girl with angel blood.
Compared with ordinary golden cats, Miss Angel's skin is smoother and the pores are more delicate. It feels great when touched, like porcelain...
Allen couldn't say whether this was a genetic trait of angels.
…
Happy time is always so short.
After more than two months of arduous trek, Dr. Morgan finally got his wish and found ancient ruins in a valley deep in the dense forest.
To be precise, it is an abandoned temple.
A building made of huge stones, with snake-shaped statues displayed inside.
If you observe a little, you will find that the face of the statue looks very much like a human face.
And most of them have young women's faces, which are quite gorgeous.
A statue with a human face and a snake body...
The more Allen looked at it, the more familiar it seemed.
I recall that I once hunted a basilisk in the mountains of my hometown, Quinte Town.
That basilisk is said to be a Naga whose bloodline has been severely degraded.
The outline of his face vaguely retains the characteristics of a human face.
His suspicion was quickly confirmed by Dr. Morgan.
The statue in the ruins is the legendary Naga tribe!
What the doctor is exploring is actually the civilization created by the ancient Naga clan.
Nagas with human faces and snake bodies are all natural warlocks!
Their hearts are more vicious than their fangs!
Use magic to dominate races including humans.
Worked as slaves to build this once magnificent temple.
On the walls inside the temple.
Fragments of mottled murals can be seen everywhere.
Allen didn't understand what it meant.
The doctor felt like he had found a treasure.
Try to interpret the rubbing murals of people who forget about food and sleep.
The expedition team stayed in the temple for more than ten days.
With the assistance of his assistants, Dr. Morgan's research achieved breakthrough results.
According to his identification, the mural depicts the history of the ancient Naga clan from prosperity to decline.
This mysterious ancient civilization belongs to a branch of the Naga ethnic group and is called "Spirit Naga".
The last mistress of the spirit naga clan, in order to seek immortality, she studied necromancy magic, massacred the surrounding indigenous residents, and held blood sacrifices.
He went crazy to seek death, and ended up torturing himself to death...
Not only that, the mistress's relatives, friends and children were also buried together.
This crazy monster, until the last moment of his life, refused to admit that he had gone astray, claiming that death was only the beginning of a more authentic life.
She feels that she will not die, but is embracing eternal life.
She felt that her family and heirs would not die, but would, thanks to her, accompany her to eternal life.
What Mistress Naga thinks is no longer important.
The other Nagas in the tribe have had enough of her madness.
Conspire secretly and set traps.
Lure the mad mistress and her cronies into the depths of the tomb where ancestors are worshiped, and then launch a rebellion.
After a bloody battle, the mistress and her cronies were all killed!
The coup was successful, but the Nagas still couldn't feel at ease.
Before she died, the mistress declared that she would come back to take revenge.
He insists on shouting about what kind of "immortal body" he is.
This sounds like crazy talk.
But...what if it's true?
What if she can really come back to life?
Some strange things happened later, which made the coup makers even more frightened.
They built this temple to suppress the mistress's undead souls and try to escape the curse of the undead souls.
What happened next was not recorded on the mural, and Dr. Morgan is also unknown.
But judging from the signs of dilapidation at the scene, the spirit Naga clan obviously went downhill after the coup.
Regardless of whether it is due to the curse of the mistress, this tribe no longer exists and is completely lost in the dust of history.
Only broken walls and ruins are left for later generations to examine.
Based on the clues provided by the murals, Dr. Morgan has roughly deciphered where the ancestral tomb of the Naga clan is located.
Reason told him that enough was enough.
The Ancestral Tomb, the place where the Crazy Mistress was murdered, is definitely a very dangerous place!
The murals warn you many times that breaking into the ancestral tomb without permission will definitely not end well!
Of course, Dr. Morgan also admitted that there should be highly valuable cultural relics deep in the tomb.
The Naga clan advocates luxury, and treasures buried with them are indispensable.
Captain Hesse was very interested in this ancient tomb and suggested that the doctor continue to explore it.
Maybe everyone can take this opportunity and make a fortune.
However, the doctor refused the temptation.
I firmly believe that it is wise to accept the situation as soon as possible.
After a fierce quarrel, the doctor and the captain parted on bad terms.
Captain Hesse has considered leaving the doctor behind and hunting for treasure alone.
However, without a doctor to lead the way, who could find the ancient tomb of the Naga clan in this primitive forest?
No one else can do it.
Then, the next thing will be a matter of course.
That night, Captain Hesse and his mercenaries launched a rebellion.
First, they poisoned the soup to stun everyone in the scientific expedition team, and then massacred them.
Besides Dr. Morgan, Captain Hesse doesn't need any more survivors.
Allen is the only one on the team with toxin resistance.
Only he and Arcadia escaped the massacre and survived.
Allen could have exposed Hesse's conspiracy in advance.
But he didn't.
In the final analysis, atavistic meditation is to improve one's spiritual practice.
From this perspective, the interests of practitioners and ancestral spirits are not always consistent.
Of course the ancestors hope that tragedy will not happen.
The ancestral spirit did not want to go through the suffering that almost killed him and ultimately made him stronger.
However, without the subsequent sufferings, how could the ancestral spirits have strong dying obsessions?
How can there be perfect meditation without end-of-life regrets to resolve?
Is it too deeply intertwined with the ancestral spirit and puts the interests of the ancestral spirit above my own interests simply to satisfy my own motherly heart?
Losing yourself and getting too involved in the drama is a sign of being possessed.
Allen doesn't want to be possessed.
When necessary, one has to be "hard-hearted".
This is a principle that a warlock must adhere to in his practice.
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Three chapters are guaranteed, plus one extra chapter, totaling more than 10,000 words, combined into two large chapters.
From now on, I will no longer forcibly break up a four- to five-thousand-word chapter in order to add more updates, so as not to separate the plot.
But when it comes to the updated word count, we will definitely not cut corners or deliberately make up the word count.
