Chapter 3: The Black Flame of the Tapir
The darkness that you can't see your fingers in. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The thunder tapir felt very cold, and curled up his whole body into the fox fur cloak without a trace of warmth, and was forced to wake up from his unconscious. He couldn't see his surroundings, he didn't know where he was, and the smell of feces and the sound of dripping water filled the air. He struggled to remember what had happened, but the only thing he could remember was the moment before he entered the Screaming Forest, and he didn't know what happened after it happened, and he didn't know why he was stuck in this dark space.
"Grandpa Gail, are you here?"
The suffocating darkness gave him no response, the deathly silence was deafening like thunder, and the unknown space made him feel more terrified than ever. His vision was limited by darkness, and he had to grope his way forward with his hands, stumbling to the cold, uneven rock wall. The tapir walked slowly along the rock wall, and soon found himself in a cylindrical dark space, perhaps the belly of a large mountain, and the exit was hidden somewhere.
Lei Tapir sat down on the ground dejectedly, whimpering and crying, accustomed to the aristocratic life of clothes and food to open his mouth, he did not know how to deal with the situation in front of him. He didn't know how long the crying continued, he couldn't cry anymore, and suddenly he realized that crying was also a very physically demanding thing, and the hunger came like a tidal wave, and he began to worry about food, and there was nothing around him except the rocks and the mountain spring water flowing down from the heights, and there was nothing to fill his stomach.
The mountain spring water flowing down the rock wall may be the only good news at present, at least it can last for a while, and it will not die of thirst and starvation.
He suddenly remembered that the old court scholar, who walked slower than a tortoise, had said in class that moss would grow in dark and damp places, and that some moss would be edible. The tapir followed the sound of the spring dripping, and touched some soft plants at the low part of the rock wall by the puddle, and he took some off and put them in front of his nose to smell them, but the smell was not very good, and the green smell was very strong, and it was really difficult to swallow.
He picked up a handful of spring water in disappointment and drank it, the spicy taste stimulated his taste buds, bitter and then a little sweet, and there was still a lingering aroma of old spirits in his mouth, which seemed to be more supple than the wine he had secretly drunk in the palace cellar, but there was no smell of wine, he was a little unsure whether the liquid was spring water or spirits, but no matter how the hunger was completely subsided, an irresistible dizziness made his eyelids heavy, and soon there was a snoring sound.
I don't know the time in the dark, the sleeping tapir was awakened by the sudden howl, and hurriedly hid himself behind a few raised stalagmites, holding his breath and listening carefully to the sounds around him, but he didn't find anything abnormal in the nearby area, a tiny light shot from the top, he looked up in surprise, and the place where there was light might be the exit of this dark cave.
The howl rang out again in the cavern, this time as if something had rolled down from a great height, and the thing was hitting the wall in all directions, and the sound continued to echo through the cave. Lei Tapir frowned, such a chaotic sound could not judge the location of the fall, he had to dispel the idea of climbing up immediately, and quietly stayed in place to watch the changes. At the moment, his mood is very conflicted, he doesn't know whether to be surprised or happy, it is naturally a good thing to find the exit, but this dark cave may be the lair of some kind of creature, if it is discovered, will it kill himself as an intruder?
Tapir has completely given up the idea of waiting for old Gale to come to his rescue, and the only way to escape from this ghost place is to rely on himself. He crawled to the edge of the puddle, trying to keep the noise to a minimum, the sharp stones raised from the ground cut through his clothes and scratched his skin, he still gritted his teeth and continued to crawl towards the puddle, he needed to fill his stomach and maintain enough strength to wait for the opportunity to escape. As soon as he reached the puddle, he grabbed a handful of moss and stuffed it into his mouth desperately, forced himself to swallow it, swallowed it one by one, and hid back behind the boulder after eating and drinking, and continued to hide, firmly believing that he would find a way out.
It didn't take long for a sharp cramping pain to spread from his abdomen to his whole body, and the blood in his whole body began to be restless, and then it became as hot as a flame, and a strange flash of light flowed through his veins, and finally settled at the center of his eyebrows, forming a mountain mark. A powerful consciousness rushed into his mind, a huge amount of information squeezed into his ocean of memory, the pain of his head was beyond the level he could bear, he wanted to scream loudly to vent, but compared to the pain, he was more afraid of attracting unknown creatures living in the dark cave, the willpower to survive supported him to bear all the pain, he gritted his teeth to resist, secretly scolded himself for being stupid, and the ghost sent the gods to eat those disgusting mosses.
The drowsiness caused by the overload of the brain caused the tapir to eventually lose all consciousness.
I don't know how much time has passed, but the tapir has regained consciousness, and all the pain has disappeared. In his slumber he had a long, strange dream, and he didn't know if the images he appeared in the dream were real. As soon as his mind moved, a tiny black flame suddenly ignited between his fingers and beat happily, sometimes turning into a grimace and sticking out his tongue, sometimes turning into a small snake wrapped around Lei Tapir's fingers, like a naughty child.
The thunder tapir calmed down from the shock, and he could actually feel the joy of the black flames. He began to be convinced that everything in the dream was real, and although he didn't understand what was going on, he began to carefully recall the fragments of memories in his mind. The old magician practiced over and over again the use of black flames, kaleidoscopic forms, unpredictable attacks, and shocking power.
Lei Tapir looked at it and was fascinated, because his father was a knight king, he had been trained in the basic skills of knights since he was a child, and basically had no chance to contact magic. He likes the vagaries of magic, which is much more interesting than the monotonous basic training of knights. He involuntarily followed the memory in his mind and began to practice, and the black flame grew higher and higher with his mind, growing bigger and bigger, big enough to illuminate most of the cave, and Lei Tapir suddenly saw a huge white face appear directly above him, and a pair of eyes the size of a water basin suddenly opened, flashing with a green cold light.
Lei Tapir's face instantly turned pale, and he took a few steps back and collapsed to the ground, watching the huge predator slowly crawl from the rock wall to him like a gecko. He was shocked to find that this giant predator, which was at least ten meters tall, did not have a lower body, but was just moving with his palms to support his body, and the wound on his waist and black liquid flowed out, and the smell was so familiar.
He suddenly remembered something, and looked at the puddle with the light of the fire in his hand that had not yet been extinguished, and instantly felt a feeling of nausea and wanted to retch.
The giant predator looked down at the thunder tapir, a pair of large eyes always focused on the mountain mark on the center of his eyebrows, and after a strange low laugh, "Little one, how does my flesh and blood taste?" ”
Lei Tapir shook his head and nodded hurriedly, he didn't want to anger the behemoth in front of him and be swallowed in one bite, since it was a creature that could communicate, he had a chance to live. He forcibly calmed down and straightened his body, bowed deeply, and tried to act like a noble gentleman, "Thank you very much for your gift. ”
The giant predator let out another low grotesque laugh, "Do you want to get out of here?" ”
Thinking of the appearance of the giant predator crawling on the rock wall, the thunder tapir's eyes flashed brightly, and the eagerness was revealed, "Yes, of course, but what do I need to give?" ”
The giant predator was a little surprised by the thunder tapir's intelligence, and leaned down in front of him, staring at him with a pair of green eyes, "You just need to lend me your body on the next full moon night, and if you want, then we will conclude a contract." ”
"I do." The thunder tapir didn't think at all, instead of rotting in the dark, it was better to escape and make plans.
An earthy yellow light suddenly burst out of the giant predator's body, sinking into the mountain mark in front of the thunder tapir's forehead, and his wild laughter echoed through the dark cavern.
The thunder tapir hugged its head in pain, and its body began to grow and grow uncontrollably taller, growing to a height of thirty meters before stopping, and the momentum of the world made the dark cave tremble slightly.