The black boots stepped on a stone, and two small hands tied the shoelaces quickly. The surface of this pair of black shoes looked a little worn. If anyone knew what it had gone through, they would be surprised by its quality.
"Are you ready?"
Lynchard's voice came from behind Linnai. Linnai stood up, picked up the wooden stick in Mr. Ball's hand, turned around and said, "Yeah!"
At this time, she was wearing tight-fitting clothes, leather gauntlets on her hands, and a slightly larger leather breastplate. The four people in front of her were also fully armed. The red staff in Lilith's hand flashed a bright light, and then a beam of light flashed.
The flame circled around the gem of the staff, and suddenly turned into a red burning bird, heading out into the dark forest.
"alright."
She cast a strange magic and then looked at Lynchard.
This will probably lure away a lot of tree demons. They are not very intelligent and will drive out everything that does not belong here, including the enemy's magic.
Dudolo was carrying a strung bow on her back, her expression was serious, and she was carrying many black arrows on her back. Greer was wearing iron armor. What was different from everyone else was that he was the only one who looked expectant and excited.
"I can finally kill those nasty monsters."
Reina heard him say this.
Lilith was by Lynchard's side. The two of them often walked together, and Reina didn't know what their relationship was.
"What do I need to do?"
Moments before departure, Reina walked up to Lynchard and asked.
"Stay behind, listen to my command, don't act without permission, okay, let's go!"
shouted Lynchard.
Under the leadership of Lynch, everyone walked towards the depths of the forest, which only had black and white colors.
The most dangerous thing in the periphery was the dryads, but after walking for a while, Linnai didn't see any dryads. She didn't know whether it was Lilith's magic that worked, or whether the path they were taking now avoided those dryads.
Dudolo walked behind, holding a bow and arrow in both hands, looking around. Greer and Lilith were on Reina's left and right respectively, and Lynchard was at the front of the team. He was the only one without a weapon. Reina was also
Don't know why he didn't carry a weapon.
Although she seemed to be walking, the pace of everyone was not slow at all. Perhaps it was because Reina's feet were too short that she could only keep up with everyone's pace by trotting.
At this moment, Lin Chad suddenly stopped and squatted down. The crowd instantly dispersed to both sides. The speed was so fast that before Reina, who was stunned on the spot, could react, she was pulled by Lilith and flew to a place.
In the grass.
"hair……"
She was about to ask what happened, but Lilith immediately covered her mouth.
"Shh."
When Reina saw this, she immediately closed her mouth. She didn't dare to move and stayed in Lilith's arms. After about two minutes, Reina smelled an unreasonable smell. What was it? It was like rancid partitions.
The dinner had a pungent smell.
I saw a terrifying monster slowly appearing in the forest. It looked like a ball of mud, and its body was covered with purple mud. It had a face-like appearance, and its eyes were two slits hanging down. Its mouth was half-open, revealing
It has pebble-like teeth, which makes it look a bit dull. This monster is at least two meters tall, but it is very round and thick, and its weight is estimated to be more than one ton.
The mud on its body drags on the ground like fat, leaving a line of disgusting substance like snail slime wherever it walks.
Reina doesn't want to fight with such an opponent. Even if she wins, she will be dirty and smelly.
As expected, the smelly mud monster didn't notice the crowd and passed by where they were hiding.
"I just knew what kind of monster this was."
More than a minute later, Greer's voice came, and he walked out from behind a dead tree.
"I've never seen it. The Adventurer's Guild's Monster Manual doesn't record this guy's information."
Lilith said.
"Is that scary?"
Reina looked up at Lilith behind her.
"I don't know, but any battle with an unknown monster won't end well."
The strength of human beings lies in their ability to accumulate knowledge and pass it on. For unknown monsters, humans who encounter them for the first time may not be able to resist it at all, but if they let one go, they will find that the next time they see it, humans will
It becomes tricky, and some of your attacks don't work. But you can usually repel them with a little effort, but the next time, it becomes even trickier, and it will even launch unexpected attacks targeting its weaknesses.
This is also the reason why most demons will not let humans go. They can even learn something from themselves and even use it against themselves.
Dudolo looked at the place where the smelly mud monster left and frowned slightly.
"I'm leaving, what's wrong?"
Lynchard noticed something strange about Dudolo, so he asked strangely.
"No, it's nothing."
Dudolo shook her head, maybe it was an illusion, she felt like she had seen that monster before.
Everyone continued to move forward, almost entering the depths of the forest, which was even more dangerous. The roar of the tree demons was always filling the air. Everyone wore cloaks that could cover up the smell and magic power and moved forward quietly.
Poisonous slimes, poisonous flowers, scorpions disguised as dead leaves, strange snakes hanging from branches disguised as dead vines, etc.
If you touch it casually or accidentally, you will be poisoned or bleed profusely. Everyone moved forward cautiously, and in half a day, they arrived at the inside of the forest where Reina and Tatolo struggled to survive and couldn't get in.
There wasn't even a fight during the entire process.
The inner layer of the dark forest is surrounded by a circle of huge dead trees. They are very huge. Each tree is more than 100 meters tall. Countless such giant dead trees are surrounded together. It is very spectacular, like an extremely huge
Like a bird's nest.
Everyone in it looked as small as a few ants in the sky.
Fortunately, there are no dryads or large monsters here, but unfortunately, there are many small blood-sucking creatures here. There will be some mycelium-like hairs on the surface of the dead giant trees, but they are not hairs, but
They are very hateful creatures with white blood and fur. Once their bare skin touches them, a thin gash will be cut open and blood will flow out uncontrollably.
The blood will attract a kind of locusts, which usually live at the bottom of the maze-like tree roots. When they smell the smell of blood, they turn into a black whirlwind and instantly eat it until only the bones are left.
So Lynchard decided to move from the upper level of the tree roots and pass through this terrible wall of dead trees.
Everyone climbed forward along the thick roots of the tree, and were wary of poisons and traps around them. Dudolo hung a fist-sized cage around his waist, lit an incense stick inside, and the smoke dispersed the surrounding mosquitoes.
.Everyone stayed close together and moved forward slowly.
Suddenly, there was a bang and something fell from above their heads, startling everyone.
When they looked up, they saw a skeleton covered with spider silk falling down. Fortunately, it didn't hit their heads. You must know that they were standing on the roots of the tree, and the place five or six meters below their feet was covered with countless people waiting for them.
Bugs that eat their flesh.
Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Lynchard's face suddenly changed slightly. He turned back to look at Greer and said, "Have you ever seen an active creature before?"
Hearing this, Greer was stunned for a moment, frowned and started to tear it apart.
"We only found this road and came here yesterday. To be honest, I'm not sure if it exists, but as you can see, there is no food here, only terrible man-eating bugs. Logically speaking, there will be no larger creatures."
Greer said, and then he looked at Tatara, who was leaning against Reina at the end of the team.
"What do you think? Tatolo? As a half-elf, you should know more about this place than we do."
Dudolo turned around and said, "How do I know? I am a foreigner among the elves."
Greer sighed, thinking that asking this guy would be a waste of effort.
"What's wrong?"
Reina, who was sandwiched between Lilith and Tatolo, suddenly raised her head and asked. She was confused and thought she had encountered some problem. She looked at the two people left and right with a puzzled expression.
Lilith turned back and said with a serious expression: "Something is wrong. Judging from the skeleton just now, it stands to reason that this kind of animal would not appear in the tree by itself."
"Yes, and judging from the color of the bones, he died no more than a year ago."
Greer said.
"In other words, what caught them and hung them on the tree to eat?"
Reina wondered, it was just a skeleton. If she was the only one, she probably wouldn't even think about it and just walked over, but Lilith and the others were able to get so much information from it.
"Fighting here is not good for us. If there are monsters here that are good at climbing, it will be difficult."
Greer said.
At this time, the thoughtful Lynchard suddenly looked at Dodoluo and said, "Doudoluo, look at what's going on on the tree."
Dudolo raised her head, then stretched out her right hand, and a white owl suddenly appeared from her arm.
"Go ahead."
As soon as she raised her hand, the owl flew up.
The middle part of the tall tree cage, that is, the area between the tree trunks, is blocked by countless spider webs, and the top cannot be seen. Although the spider webs are huge, no giant spiders are seen on them, and those spider webs are
It is not strong enough to support a huge spider. The countless holes are the best evidence. The light shines through the holes in the spider web, and you can see strips of white light.
The owl crossed the spider web, and suddenly, Dudolo's blue eyes suddenly opened wide.
"So many monkeys!"
she said.
"monkey?"
Before everyone could react, a loud roar suddenly came from the tree trunk dozens of meters away from them, and there was a disgusting creature clinging to it. It was covered in hair, had human-like limbs, and had a very long
tail. The main reason why people are disgusted is because of their ugly, human-like faces, with a black face under the red hair, a wrinkled forehead, terrifying fangs, and an unpleasant piercing scream.
"It's a red-haired monkey! Damn it! How could it be in a place like this!"
Lilith was shocked and looked at Lynchard.
"It's too late to retreat. Lilith, hold up the shield. Dodolo, cover with me. Greer, be careful of their sneak attacks. We'll rush over!"
"good!"
Everyone immediately started to get excited, but the light above their heads suddenly flickered on and off, and countless figures appeared on the spider web.
Lilith chanted the spell lightly, and a red magic barrier suddenly enveloped everyone.
"What should I do?"
Reina was a little at a loss.
"Hold on to me! Don't fall!"
Lilith shouted.
Tatara raised his bow, but at this moment, the whistling wind came, and a strange white bone flew towards him, aiming at Tatara who was at the back of the team, but he ducked and ducked.
There were more and more noises, and more and more monkeys were seen. Everyone quickly passed through the tree roots, but the whirring sounds above their heads became more and more loud. The monkeys launched an attack, throwing countless branches, bones, stones and even
It's feces.
Relying on Lilith's barrier to block their attacks, Dudolo shot a few arrows, and suddenly several monkeys fell from the tree.
Lynchard, who was standing at the front, looked around and suddenly waved his hand. He saw a few flashes of cold light, heard a sword chant, and suddenly heard the crackle of wood breaking. Several branches above his head suddenly fell.
He came down and flew down from everyone's sight with a group of monkeys.
The monkeys that fell under the roots of the tree made extremely miserable screams and were devoured by countless insects.
Taking this opportunity, everyone continued to move forward, but Lynchard suddenly stopped.
"stop!"
He shouted, and saw a huge stone fall, crushing the roots of the tree in front of them, and creating a big hole.
The light shines under the large pit, and countless dense insects crawl around.
"How come there is such a big stone?"
Greer said in shock.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, a terrifying roar spread throughout the dead tree cage.
"Uha!!"
The sound carried huge energy and was accompanied by a shock wave. Everyone was shocked and only heard a booming sound, like some kind of footsteps.
"Look around! Look for a safe place to stay and disperse at any time."
shouted Lynchard.
At this moment, a huge figure fell from the sky.
boom!!
It held two big fists and instantly hammered out two holes where everyone was standing. It could actually grab a huge tree trunk on the side with its feet and stand sideways on it.
"Haha!!!!"
The huge strange monkey opened its mouth wide, roared, and beat its chest. The monkey above it made a crazy cry, as if in response to it.
However, Lynchard and others appeared in front of the monster unharmed. With a whoosh, a sharp arrow accurately hit its eye, and at the same time, a bubble-like magic ball flew to its feet.
There was a sudden explosion without flames. The impact of the explosion was like being bitten by some kind of insect. The giant monkey suddenly lost its balance. It found that all the roots of the tree under its feet were destroyed, and it fell directly into countless swarms of insects.
.
"Did you succeed?"
Greer asked.
"No! Not yet! Reina! Run!"
Lynchard suddenly shouted.
At this time, Reina, who was running on the tree roots, suddenly heard a bang and a terrifying big hand appeared behind her.