Chapter Ninety-Seven: A First Exploration of the Valley of the Wicked
After the aftermath was dealt with and the officers and soldiers rested for a while, Zhao Chun ordered the troops to set off along the edge of the Black Forest towards the Valley of the Wicked.
Since there are people from the Watercolor Clan leading the way, Zhao Chun naturally doesn't have to worry about getting lost, falling into dangerous predicaments and the like, all he has to do is to figure out how to deal with the two monsters guarding the mouth of the Valley of the Wicked and how to attract the wicked people of the Valley of the Wicked to join his army, whether to absorb them indiscriminately or to screen the past history, and only allow some people who are not so evil to join, and what is the standard for screening evil and not evil?
On the way to the march, Laura seemed to be angry, and she didn't stick to Zhao Chun's side as usual, even if Zhao Chun went to find her, she just dealt with a few words without being salty, which made Zhao Chun smile bitterly, this woman's heart, the needle of the sea, is really mysterious.
The Valley of the Wicked is located on the southeastern side of the Black Forest, more than fifty kilometers from both the edge and the center of the Black Forest. It is surrounded by lofty mountains, the mountains are densely packed with black and green trees, the Valley of the Wicked is located between these lofty mountains, it is said that it is more than ten kilometers long, two or three kilometers wide, and its shape is a bit like a gourd, the bottom of the gourd is relatively wide, and the only entrance and exit is less than ten meters wide.
The Valley of the Wicked is said to be a paradise, not only has the same fertile land as the southern part of the Sanctuary, warm as spring all year round, but even the flora and fauna are the same as the southern part of the Sanctuary, so there are so many wicked people who have committed crimes in the outside world, after being exiled to the Black Forest, they all pour into the Valley of the Wicked.
But this is just the legend and speculation that Caiyun heard from other places, and it is unknown what exactly is inside, because no one from the Watercolor tribe has ever entered it.
When Zhao Chun and the others arrived at the foot of a mountain several kilometers away from the Valley of the Wicked after a three-day long journey, he ordered the troops to stop advancing and rest on the spot, because he still did not know the strength of the two monsters guarding the mouth of the valley and the situation in the Valley of the Wicked, it was impossible for him to order the troops to directly go forward and attack.
So he chose a few people from the army to go with him - Wang Zhen, as well as a few more clever young men selected from the reconnaissance squadron.
But to Zhao Chun's surprise, Laura was pestered to go with him this time. Zhao Chun couldn't resist her, so he had to let her follow.
Since they play the role of villains who were exiled to the Black Forest by the Black Ice Tribe, they do not carry weapons on their bodies, and they are dressed like ordinary people, which is a little tattered. In fact, they were originally workers, and they fought continuously for two months, and their clothes and appearance were naturally not much better, and they were not much different from exiled wicked people without dressing up.
"Who's coming?" When Zhao Chun saw from a distance an entrance hidden by trees leading into the distance, a strange-looking monkey suddenly jumped down from the tree and asked.
Zhao Chun was taken aback, and said secretly in his heart: Could this be the legendary monster guarding the valley mouth? But the legend is that there are two monsters guarding the valley mouth, why is there only one now?
No matter what, Zhao Chun still decided to do what Caiyun said, and chose not to answer when the monster asked "who is coming", because the monster only has one real question, and if you answer wrong, you will be eaten.
However, unexpectedly, when the monkey saw that no one from Zhao Chun and the others answered his question, he immediately became angry and said, "You dare to ignore me? ”
What kind of play is this? It doesn't follow the routine at all!
When Laura heard this, she was anxious and said, "We are innocent people who were exiled here by the Black Ice Tribe, and our homeland was forcibly occupied by the Black Ice Tribe. We don't answer your questions because we don't know who you are, and we don't mean to look down on you. ”
"Hehe, the answer is correct, or this little girl has the guts, you can enter the Valley of the Wicked and be the Lady of the Zhai. I ate the rest with my brother, saying that I hadn't tasted human flesh for a long time, so I really missed it. The monkey smiled, his face even more hideous.
Zhao Chun felt a burst of nausea, as if he was doing a trick, he took out a few long swords and threw them at everyone, and said, "Are you serious when you talk like this? It seems that we only have one battle, either you die or I die." ”
"You have weapons hidden, damn it, aren't you exiled wicked people, how can you still hide weapons!" the monkey screeched angrily, as if betrayed by the crowd.
"Because we are wicked. Laura felt a little amused, isn't the wicked extremely vicious and does everything, what's so strange about having a weapon hidden in his body?
"Ah...... You all deserve to die, I hate you, why deceive me, I'm going to eat you bite by bite......" The monkey howled angrily and suddenly disappeared.
"Be careful!" Zhao Chun reminded, another monster has not appeared, so that Zhao Chun feels that this matter is not simple today, I am afraid it is impossible to enter the Valley of the Wicked peacefully and smoothly, maybe, when the two monsters were in a good mood in the past, someone answered its question and let it in, but what about when it was in a bad mood?
"Ah......" A soldier of the reconnaissance squadron next to Zhao Chun suddenly let out a miserable scream, Zhao Chun stabbed in that direction with a sword, the speed was incredibly fast, but even so, he still stabbed in the air, and the monkey suddenly appeared and captured the soldier as if it would be invisible.
"Everyone stood back to back in a five-element phalanx, with Laura in the center, and watch out for the head, the monkey was likely attacking from the tree. Zhao Chun asked everyone to act quickly, the strength of this monster is beyond imagination, no wonder it can keep making waves in this place, which makes people smell it.
However, half an hour passed, and the monkey did not appear again, as if it was settling the loot just now, and seemed to be waiting for an opportunity.
Zhao Chun suddenly felt that he had been hit by someone, and then there was an abnormal air flow blowing from the side, and he waved his hand to use a martial art in the direction of the air flow, only to hear "poof, ah......" Two screams came.
Zhao Chun looked at it and saw Wang Zhen lying in a pool of blood, and at the same time, there was a blood trail extending into the forest.
Zhao Chun didn't think much about it, jumped up, and chased down the bloodstains.
He had just chased out more than 500 meters before he reached a cave, and the blood stains on the ground disappeared before he reached the cave. This made Zhao Chun hesitate a little, because although he felt that the monster was injured, he didn't know if it was seriously injured, and he didn't know if its other companion was inside.
However, such an opportunity is very rare, if he doesn't take this opportunity to kill the monster, not only will he not be able to enter the Valley of the Wicked, but he may also be eaten by the monster, which is not what he wants.
So after a moment's hesitation, he rushed in.
After he entered the cave, he found that the cave was not big, only about ten square meters, and the ground was full of messy bones, including human beings and other animals, Zhao Chun was not surprised by this, what made him strange was that the monkey was holding a skeleton about the same size as it fell to the ground, and in addition to the scars left by Zhao Chun's martial arts, there was also a sword stuck in it.
Zhao Chun then remembered that someone had bumped into him before, but he vaguely remembered that it didn't seem to be Wang Zhen who hit him, but another scout, but why did this scout crash into him? Is it possible that Wang Zhen discovered something, in order to lure the monkey to appear, he deliberately pushed the scout, so that the monkey saw the flaw, thinking that there was an opportunity, so as to attack, but when the monkey attacked, he and Wang Zhen also found the traces of the monkey at the same time, so they attacked at the same time, but Wang Zhen's strength is too far from the monkey, if he doesn't have his own help, even if he has the opportunity to hurt the monkey, I'm afraid he will encounter accidents.
This person is so calculating! Zhao Chun was secretly vigilant in his heart.
The monkey was not dead yet, but it was no longer able to threaten Zhao Chun, and just looked at Zhao Chun with a pitiful look, as if he wanted Zhao Chun to spare his life.
"You've done so many bad things, you should have known there was such a day. Zhao Chun said coldly, he didn't have sympathy for this monkey, if it wasn't for Wang Zhen's trick just now, and he launched a desperate blow, now I'm afraid that he was lying on the ground looking at the enemy pitifully, begging for mercy It was himself.
"I ...... What I eat...... They are all wicked...... They have killed my kindred, my ...... Ahem...... Parents, wife...... I'm going to...... Worse than them...... Eat...... Eat them all, eat ...... Eat two hundred years ......," the monkey said with difficulty.
"There is a wrong, there is a debtor, the people who killed your relatives and clansmen back then, you went to them to take revenge, why do you want to hurt the innocent all the time here, the so-called wicked people in your eyes, in fact, there are many innocent people who were framed by dignitaries and nobles outside, and there are also people who are forced by life and have to violate the law, these people don't actually deserve to die. ”
"Two hundred years...... Before, there was ...... People save me...... Give me...... Ability, stay here...... Forever...... ......"The monkey finally couldn't say the last word, so he swallowed his breath.
Zhao Chun was shocked, the amount of information in the monkey's last sentence was very large, could it be that this Wicked Man Valley was artificially built, this person could make a monkey so powerful, he must also be an amazing character, but what did he spend so long and so much energy to make this mysterious Wicked Man Valley? What is the purpose? Is this person still alive? A series of mysteries rose in Zhao Chun's heart, but it was difficult to speculate on the answer.
Zhao Chun searched in this small cave, except for the monkey, the system sensed a piece of jade, there was nothing else, the soldier of the reconnaissance squadron who died before, I don't know if he was eaten by the monkey, or thrown somewhere, and his body was not found.
When Zhao Chun returned to the original place, Laura and the others were nervously on guard, Wang Zhen was lying on the ground, but the wound had been simply treated, and there was no danger to his life for the time being.
As long as he is not dead and there is a system, he will naturally be able to recover quickly, but he has signed another contract, and at the same time, he owes a debt. Such a strange and mysterious way, Wang Zhen thought it was incredible, but it was real.
"You're finally back, how is it? Is that monster dead?" Laura seemed to have a lot of confidence in Zhao Chun, and Zhao Chun asked him as soon as he came back.
"It's dead, thanks to Wang Zhen. Oh, your sword. Zhao Chun threw the long sword to Wang Zhen, although he felt very unhappy to be calculated, he was not so narrow-minded, after all, everyone was here to survive, in order to be able to kill the common enemy......
After signing the contract, Wang Zhen naturally stood in front of Zhao Chun alive and refreshed, he picked up the long sword and saluted Zhao Chun: "Thank you for the life-saving grace of the commander-in-chief." ”
"We're all in the same boat, don't be too polite. Actually, I would prefer that others would treat me as a brother. Zhao Chun said meaningfully.
"My life was saved by the commander-in-chief, no matter what the commander-in-chief wants me to do, even if I go to the soup, I will never frown!"
"Okay, don't talk about this sour stuff, there's a lot more we need to go through, as long as you treat me and my brothers in the Good Faith organization like brothers and sisters. ”