Chapter 3: The Gloomy Forest
After eating Kelvin's breakfast, everyone began to prepare for the journey.
Walking on fertile ground, I felt that my feet were as soft as stepping on a blanket. It's very pleasant, and it doesn't feel like going on an adventure at all. It's more like going on an outing, especially with a group of like-minded people. The occasional few little squirrels running through the trees were a really great feeling.
Suddenly, a girl's voice broke the comfort, and everyone heard the sound and hurried in the direction from which the voice came.
We rushed over and saw a little girl leaning against a tree, and a wild boar staring at the little girl on the other side. The little girl was already trembling with fright, and she just kept shouting for help.
Avina skillfully took her bow and shot an arrow at the boar, and the arrow hit the boar in the head. But the boar's vitality was quite tenacious, and it shook a few times but did not fall to the ground, but rushed towards the little girl with the last of its strength.
Seeing that the wild boar was about to hit the little girl, suddenly a flying axe was plunged straight into the wild boar's hairy body, and the impact of the flying axe was very strong, knocking the wild boar to the side, and the wild boar almost hit the little girl.
"It seems that the axe still works. Frant said proudly
Everyone hurried over to see the little girl, who seemed to be a little elf, with pink hair, pointed ears, and a cute face.
"Thank you, my name is Jenny. The little girl said
As soon as Meldas saw that it was an elf, he let his guard down.
"How did you end up in this gloomy forest, it's dangerous here. Meldas said
"Dangerous, but I've been here since I was born, and the flowers and trees here are my friends. That big black pig just now was the worst and always bullied me. The little girl said
"Your name is Jenny, it's dangerous for you to be here alone. Come to my sister's side, and my sister will take you home. Nataya said
"Sister, I can't find my mother when I come this morning. I was looking for my mother here just now, and I was bullied by the big black pig. Jenny burst into tears
Nataya hurried over to comfort the little girl and told her that she would help her find her mother.
During this time, Frant had already dismantled the boar and disposed of it.
Jenny took us to her home, which was a chic chalet. There are all kinds of beast skins hanging in the house, and there are some bottles and cans that I don't know what to do with them, and various magic items.
"Seeing that there are no traces of a fight in the room, it shouldn't have been captured by the bad guys. Meldas analyzed
"Shall we wait here for Mommy, in case she just goes out and has something? Nataya reassured
"But we still have a mission, right?" I reminded
"Can you bear to leave this little girl here?" Nataya suddenly froze, and I knew that I must have said something wrong
In the end, Meldas agreed to Nataya's proposal, knowing that it would not happen overnight to defeat Dramel, and that there might be some clues to staying here.
In the evening, we built a bonfire outside the hut. By this time, the moon had crept up into the sky, shedding a faint moonlight. Frante roasted the processed boar over the fire, and the boar was roasted to a creamy and fragrant finish. Frante cut the roasted wild boar meat and divided it into portions, the better of which were sent to the cabin for the girls, but the elf girl said not to eat the carcass, and drank only some apple juice. Kelvin was nibbling on the hot pork leg, tears burning out. Meldas also cut a small slice of roast pork and ate it.
"Don't you elves don't eat meat, don't you call them corpses?" "Frank was disgusted with Meldas, and thought that elves were sissies, and they always pretended to be tall.
Meldas ignored it, without an explanation, and continued to eat his roast pork, so that he would not look at his weaker opponent in the eye. Maybe that's the legendary ranger Dramel, and that's what makes him so different.
The girls lay down in Jenny's cabin that night, while Frank, Kelvin, Meldas, and I slept in tents outside the cabin, and took turns keeping vigil. Merdas had trouble sleeping, so he took charge of the first sentry.
"Am I really up to the captain?" said Meldas, looking at the sky.
Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed, and Meldas was immediately alerted to his awakening.
"Do you need to wake up the people in the house?" I asked
"Not for the time being, Kelvin, you are here to keep watch, and wake up the people in the house as soon as there is any trouble. Meldas said
Meldas took me and Franter out to chase after him, and the three of us took our torches and weapons and chased them down into the forest.
For some reason, a sense of foreboding welled up in Meldas's mind. We followed the trail left by the dark shadow and found something lying motionless in front of us. Frant immediately rushed forward, only to see a terrible scene.
I saw the corpse of a little lamb lying in the clearing, and its internal organs were taken out and eaten. Such a bloody scene, fortunately, the girls were not allowed to come.
"Oh no, get back to the cabin. "Something suddenly occurred to Meldas
To our great surprise, the tent outside the hut was in tatters and things were thrown all over the floor.
Merdas knew that we were being teased by the enemy, who was cunning and lured us away and then attacked the cabin. Frante gritted his teeth in anger, who would do such a bad thing?
"What about the others?"
"It's gone, and there are still traces of a fight in the house. "Frant has already looked for it
Merdas suddenly spotted some footprints, and he called us over to take a look. Frante didn't think it was like a human footprint, it was some kind of beast. So we took our weapons and followed the beast's trail to the mouth of a cave.
"That's where that guy hides," said Frank
"Whatever it is, I'm going to break it to pieces," Frante clenched his weapon
So the three of them walked into the cave, which was not big, but just enough for a man to bend forward. The three of them bent over and walked all the way to the cave. After walking for about a long time, the cave suddenly opened up. This open space can accommodate about 50 people. But there were three forks in front of the cave, and everyone didn't know where to go.
"A person goes to a cave and uses this connection. "Meldas gave Frant and I a soundstone to each of them, and the soundstone was able to transmit audio.
I tried it separately with Frante, and it worked.
"The elf stuff is pretty good. Frant couldn't help but admire
We took our torches and walked towards the different holes, and Merdas chose the middle one.
Meldas walked into the cave, which was littered with cobwebs and scattered bones. A rancid smell is disgusting. Following the narrow cave, Merdas came to an open space. I saw that there were gold, silver, and jewels piled up in them.
Suddenly, he heard footsteps not far away. Meldas crept closer and saw a dark shadow behind me. Meldas held his breath and quickly shot the arrow. I turned around and saw a puddle of blood spilled on the ground, and the shadow was gone again.
"Thank you for saving my life. I said
"I didn't expect this cave to be connected. Meldas said
Merdas and I continued our way down the winding cave, but we didn't know that danger was looming.
I was walking behind and suddenly I felt something around my neck. I tried to shout but couldn't make a sound, and soon lost consciousness.