"This forest is really big, I've been walking for so long. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"Don't complain, be careful, it's not a bad thing to go slower."

The silence of the forest, the ominous smell of the night.

I looked around at the trees, which weren't particularly tall, but their strange foliage was striking.

The colorful leaves, which glow faintly in the night, are like a giant light bulb.

"It looks very strange, but why is it still the same as a normal tree after being cut down?" I weighed the piece of wood in my hand, and in front of me was a tree trunk with a missing piece in it, and the upper part of it was very unscientifically suspended in the air, and there was no intention of falling down because the trunk had been cut down.

Of course, we're already surprised.

"These colorful leaves must be due to the special relationship of this part of the land, right? I don't know the specifics. Akai crouched down, his hands touching the ground.

I took out "A Detailed Explanation of the Twilight Forest" and looked at it carefully.

"Wait, ah, there it is." My gaze rested on one of the pages, "I found it, this must be the Enchanted Forest mentioned in the book." ”

"Enchanted Forest? Isn't that a lot of magical creatures? Akai stood up and said in surprise.

Quack! Quack!

As we spoke, we heard this voice from the depths of the woods around us, and it instantly aroused our warning.

For a moment, Akai and I were silent, and our bodies involuntarily lowered our postures. Akai's hand had already put the arrow on the string at some point, ready to shoot at any moment.

By the way, the staff in my hand is no longer the original Frost Staff.

The Staff of Frost had been almost damaged during the Battle of Volcano, and the one left behind since the death of the Firedemon was replaced by me. Like the Frost Staff, this Fire Staff is capable of instantaneous tongues of fire and can breathe fire continuously, but either one requires durability. Usually, it's better to save a little bit.

Gradually, red rays of light emerged from the darkness of the trees, like wolves in the night.

"Where did we come from?" I lowered my voice and asked Akai.

Akai took out his compass, looked at it, then took out a few stones from his bag and put them down in one direction, marking them with an arrow.

"Let's go, it's better to get around these monsters, it's going to be hard to do if it's too quiet." Akai patted me on the shoulder and said.

"Again, night is always a monster's world."

So, we cautiously backed away, trying not to alarm any monsters or make too much noise.

There seems to be no moon on this night in the twilight forest, of course, we are not sure if there will be a moon in this world, but the stars are still all over the sky overhead, through the starlight, the ground is not plunged into a simple darkness, and you can still see something.

In this case, I don't want to light up a fireball to illuminate it, because it's simply telling the monsters where they are, and it's pure death.

Flames are only useful for driving away beasts, and monsters don't pay attention to them.

Through the leaves overhead, we could see several very large trees in the distance, and among them, there was a huge tree with a very thick trunk.

"Let's go there, how about it?" I asked.

"It's okay, let's dig a hole there and rest tonight." Akai refers to the tree hole.

We continued to walk cautiously in the direction of the giant tree.

A quarter of an hour later.

"Whew, there's finally a little empty place, what is this thing!" Akai pointed to the dilapidated structure.

It's like Stonehenge, except that Stonehenge is round and this one is square.

There is no doubt that this is a monumental building.

"Akai!" I grabbed Akai and pointed ahead, the very center of the ruins.

"Something seems to be moving over there."

"Hey, really? Let me see. Akai narrowed his eyes, his gaze breaking through the barriers.

[Young man, come in.] 】

！！！

Just as we hesitated, a voice came from the deepest part of the ruins, very old, accompanied by a faint hoarseness.

Akai and I looked at each other and nodded, the other had no ill intentions.

As we got closer, we reached the center of the ruins, and instead of a human, we were greeted by a huge and strange goat.

The blue hooves emitted a faint glow, the pale pink body was printed with white stripes, the huge and bulky horns curled behind the head, and a pair of eyes flashed with this blue brilliance.

This is the brilliance of magic.

"This, this is?!" I didn't know what to say for a while, but I didn't know it anymore, and it didn't matter if a goat could talk.

"Yes・・・・・・ you keep calling us, right?" Akai lowered his bow and arrows as a gesture of friendship.

[That's right, young man, it is the old man who is calling you. The tall old goat stamped his feet, took two steps forward, and came to us.

Looking at the tall goat in front of me, a sense of oppression came to me, and I knew that this was not a gap in strength, but a gap brought about by the years.

It can be seen that the spitting goat standing in front of us has survived ten times, or even a hundred times, more than us.

[God, tell me that you will come here. For a long time, the old goat, who had been watching us for a while, said slowly.

"God!?" I said in surprise, but in a blink of an eye, I thought about the whole story. It seems that this goat has been guided by the god and is a being who guides us who have just come to this world.

"Do you have anything God to tell us? Also, what is our purpose? How to save this world controlled by the ender dragon's henchmen? Akai asked a lot of questions in one go.

[Well, you have a lot of questions, but don't worry, let the old man tell you slowly.] 】

As he spoke, the old goat took two steps and shook himself.

[The old man is a 'knowledge-seeking ram', and has lived in this world for thousands of years. 】

Sure enough, Akai and I had a look that was exactly that, and only this kind of old, almost fossilized existence could be noticed by God.

[Well, I always think that you are thinking about something bad, but forget it. According to the instructions of the gods, you must first free the Hydra, the overlord of this world, who has been trapped by the barrier formed by the three lich towers. 】

[But before that・・・・・・ you must first do one thing for the old decay, it is related to whether you can return to the main plane from this world. 】

Hearing this, Akai and I momentarily froze, but then reacted.

"Well, can't you go back to that portal that came over?" I couldn't help but ask, but I still didn't want to believe it, if it was true, then it meant that if we couldn't save this plane, we would have to be trapped here for the rest of our lives.

[It's a pity that all corners of this plane have been occupied by the ender dragon's men, and the portal when you come is probably a passage built by God relying on his own strength, but if you want to go back, you can only rely on the power of this world, and the power of God cannot be conveyed here.] 】

"Shit, shit! We're just going to be cheated! Akai clenched his hands into fists and struck them together.

The corners of my eyes twitched, but at this time, I should think about how to complete the task first, and then think about the things when I go back.

[Hehe, don't be so nervous. As if looking at our tangled expressions, the Seeking Knowledge Ram smiled and said, "I need your help to get my power back. 】

When the business came, Akai and I could only helplessly put aside the matter of how to go back.

[In this land, there was once a glorious goblin civilization that built a passage to the Overworld, and even now it can be safely used. Don't be in a hurry to rejoice young man, since the ender dragon took control of this place, the four keys to the portal stored in the decayed place have been taken away. One key in the ghast tower, and one key in one of the three lich towers. As for the remaining two keys, one of them is kept by the Hydra, which is why I ask you to rescue the Hydra. 】

"So, what about the last key left?" Akai couldn't help but ask.

[The last key is in the belly of a giant serpent named Naga, and you must kill it to obtain the key. In addition, the power of the old decay is also sealed there, it is sixteen colored wool with magical power, can you take it back for the old decay? 】

Although it was an inquiring tone, the inquisitive ram didn't seem to be worried at all that we would refuse.

Indeed, we do not have a reason to refuse.

"Understood." I sighed, what a misfortune! When Brother Ma finally understood a little bit about the tragedy of being lucky and negative.

"All that said, what else can we do, where is the snake, we will set off tomorrow after a night's rest." Akai spread his hands and said weakly.

[Hehe, walk eastward, after walking out of this wood, you can see a platform-like ruins, and Naga is there. Tonight, you can rest here, no monster will dare to disturb here. 】

As he spoke, a burst of oppressive momentum suddenly emanated from the body of the knowledge-seeking ram and dispersed outward.

After half a ring, the forest was much quieter.

Akai and I breathed a sigh of relief, planted torches around the perimeter, tidied up the ground, lit a bonfire, and ate our first dinner in the world.

After a short rest, I fell asleep without the attack of sleepiness.