October 1st, the day of winter in Dmingham.

The weather was not good, and the weather bureau announced on the radio that the next few days would be cloudy to overcast.

It's not that it is going to rain, as is customary, there must be a snow in the first week after winter.

In Dmingham, there is a rumor that it is said that the person who can walk the first snowflake of the first snow on the road will be extremely lucky in the coming year.

"Stephanie, do you still have to take the port road today, count the time, Donald seems to be coming back. ”

Suzanne asked, standing at the door of Stephanie's room with a piece of toast in her hand.

"Of course, the traffic on that road is much better than your previous route, and you can get to the police station five minutes earlier every time. ”

The well-dressed Stephanie spoke with a sense of urgency.

"Oops~ I don't know who looked at the sea as soon as I arrived at the port, I arrived at the police station five minutes early, obviously you got up half an hour earlier, how do I feel that this section of the road is slower than ever. ”

The Rose Squad has been formed for a while, and as the only two female members of the team, they naturally have a lot of small topics, and they are also clear about each other's thoughts.

"Are you embarrassed to say that I, have you bought the gifts? It's going to snow in the next two days, and if you don't have any gifts to send by then, are you going to pack yourself and send them over?"

Stephanie squinted, the expression on her face intriguing.

"Stephanie!"

The two of them rushed downstairs in a fight, got in a car and drove down Third Avenue to the port.

Although Suzanne kept teasing along the way, and when she got closer to the port, Stephanie involuntarily slowed down.

"Look, that ship, isn't the boat that Donald went out on...... The Bucks, yes, this is the ship, don't get over it soon!"

Suzanne leaned back at the window, looking at the big ship moored in the harbor, and patted the back of the front seat of the vehicle.

With one foot on the accelerator, he accelerated to the street outside the port, stopped the car and ran over, only to find that there were only a few people on the side of the boat.

"Why is there no one left, could it be that the ship has arrived a long time ago...... Donald must have returned to the villa from another way, right?"

Standing on the stairs outside the harbor and looking at the deserted deck of the ship, Suzanne paused halfway through her words before continuing.

The ship arrived, but no one appeared.

If you don't miss it, you don't come back.......

"No, Donald must have already returned to the villa from other routes, calculate the time, he should have arrived now, let's go back and give him a ride, right?"

Stephanie waited in the harbor for a while, but did not see the figure she wanted to see, her face turned a little pale, and she turned to get into the car and leave.

"Don't go yet, isn't that person Mengsk?"

Grabbing Stephanie's arm, Suzanne pointed to the man who had just disembarked from the boat, and the former jerked back, closed the door, and headed straight for the Buck.

"Donald, he's fine, I heard him say that this trip to sea has been very fruitful, oh...... I remembered, before the boat docked, he said that there were some things to verify after going ashore, so he should take another way, it's normal that you didn't see him, but don't worry, he will go directly to the police station to report later. “

Mengsk, who was holding a pile of materials in his hand, looked at Stephanie, whose face had improved, and explained.

Where did Donald go?

Naturally, it was Delia's home.

When he went to sea this time, he had a lot of questions in his mind.

Especially with regard to the thing that Finger swallowed, he had to figure out if there were any side effects.

"What...... You've entered a secret realm?"

Not long after getting up, Delia brought Donald and Lilo a cup of coffee, and listened to Donald's narration with a surprised face.

"Yes, the secret realm on the Shapeshifting Island...... Hiss~ I suddenly remembered, this news of mine can definitely be exchanged for a large amount of merit, this time I went to sea to the Phantom Island, I accidentally found a special team, followed them to the southeast of the Phantom Island, where there is a tree about two people hugging, as long as you control a slime can enter, there are a large number of elemental fruit trees growing in it, but at the same time, there is also a slime king whose strength is likely to reach the peak of awakening......"

Donald told the truth about what he had seen and heard in the secret realm, and he probably wouldn't be able to go to this secret realm a second time, after all, it would be very difficult to find another team of people who would help him lure King Slime away.

Instead of holding it in your heart, it is better to sell this news to the tree garden and earn a merit point to exchange for something more useful.

"If this secret realm is true, I think you should get enough compliments. ”

After asking some details about the location of the secret realm and the situation in it, the elemental fruit tree itself is an extremely rare existence, and whether it is an elemental fruit or a mixed element fruit, it is the main material of various precious potions, if it is really as Donald said, there is a whole piece of elemental fruit tree on the Illusion Island......

That's a treasure!

"But what I really want to figure out is a strange tree in this secret realm, the overall appearance is white and translucent, and it will bear some strange fruits on it, and those fruits will turn into ......"

"Become a slime?"

Delia took Donald's words and said.

"You know?"

Donald sat up straight and looked at Delia expectantly, thinking it would take some time to find out the news.

Delia casually said what he was thinking, which surprised him a little.

"Of course, this tree is already described in the second chapter of Master Mercer's Strange Creatures, the Slime chapter. ”

The pen swirled between her fingers, and Delia narrowed her eyes as if she were recalling the contents of a book.

Donald watched from the sidelines, wondering how many more books he had to read to be able to quote scriptures as casually as the one in front of him.

"The tree you are talking about is the mother tree of the slime, and it is not yet known how they were formed, but Master Mercer has figured out the general function of this tree through various investigations, and you can understand it as a nursery for slimes, and almost every slime group will have such a tree. ”

"You must know that the slime race is all asexual individuals, and their reproduction is not as simple as most people think, on the contrary, their method of reproducing the race may be more complex and magical than that of humans, the key is the combination of King Slime and the mother tree!"

After taking a sip of coffee, clearing his thoughts, he continued,

"King Slime is equivalent to the queen ant in the ant nest for the slime group, in addition to its extremely powerful power, it also needs to be combined with the mother tree regularly, regularly, and control the mother tree to absorb all kinds of energy around the location of the group, as for the fruit you are talking about, it is actually the eggs of the slime, after absorbing enough energy, they will mature and land into new slimes...... That's pretty much it, but I don't remember the details. ”

Delia likes to read all kinds of books, and is not confined to the practice of magic, so she has a lot of knowledge in all aspects.

This is also largely the reason why Donald came to her in the first place after he got off the ship.

"Will there be some strange treasures growing on these mother trees, such as things that can increase the strength of humans or animals......"

Finger did climb the mother tree and climbed very high, and it ate something from the mother tree, there is no doubt about that.

"If there's anything special about the mother tree...... Of course, it's a descendant of King Slime, and as long as that thing matures and lands, it will be a new King Slime in a few years. ”

Delia replied simply, and Donald looked down at Finger in his arms.

"You've really eaten something terrible......"

Rubbing Finger's belly, Donald didn't know what to say.

The special abilities that Finger has are indeed like an enhanced version of the abilities of ordinary changeling slimes.

After Delia's explanation, there is a good chance that this is the case, it gnawed the fruit that gave birth to the descendants of the Slime King!

"What did you say, what did Finger eat?"

"It's nothing, I still have to report to the team, I won't stay longer, if my information can be exchanged for merit, you remember to help me pay more attention to materials, strange things and other things, such as space suitcases, I think it's good." ”

Stuffing Finger into his backpack and getting up to leave.

"Don't think about the space suitcase, this kind of treasure will definitely not be your turn, but the others can help you take a look...... By the way, you've been focusing on one more thing lately, Donald!"

Looking at the person who had disappeared at the door, Delia could only shout.

"How?"

Probe out from behind the door.

"You remember to pay attention to one thing in the Bureau of Anomalies recently, Storm Gonyz was exposed in the land area when you went to Shapeless Island, the whole street is said to be washed in blood, the Bureau of Anomalies is currently locking down the entire block, you take the opportunity to ask some people, understand the situation, and come back as soon as possible to tell me, the tree park is currently very concerned about this matter. ”

Delia reminded of the news from the tree garden two days ago.

"Okay, focus on the Storm Goniz thing, Storm ...... Wait, Storm what?"

Hearing the name of the suffix of the title of the Storm, Donald stiffened, and a person's face suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Storm Gaoniz, one of the four kings of Thunderstorm, intelligence showed that the most representative attack method of Storm Gaonitz appeared on a street in the land area the night before yesterday, the Wind Silk, this incident made the major forces in Demingham nervous. ”

Delia thought that Donald didn't understand what she meant, so she reexplained it again.

Waving his hand and leaving the counseling room, the expression on Donald's face gradually became solemn, and he walked down the stairs and began to murmur again: "I should have thought about it, why did that old wizard live in the land area, and the words mentioned that his talent was related to the wind......"

Did you spend a few gold coins in exchange for the opportunity to talk face-to-face with a dominant-level powerhouse?

Still a dominant wizard......

It's kind of exciting to think about.