Chapter Ninety-Seven: Behind the Mountain is Hope
Patches of El Helino north and south forests cover the southeast of Parma like crimson dragon scales, covering much of the northern town of White and west of Fort Carchand. There are few people here, there are no roads at all, Colossius with his own experience, with Count Walker, through the autumn and winter red broad leaves covered by the red crown wood forest, finally found a faint path, but Coulosius took Count Walker to continue south.
"It would be great to be able to walk down that trail. I imagine that it would be a good choice if I could change the scenery. Earl Walker grumbled softly.
"The trail leads to a special surveillance post. Maybe we'll throw ourselves into the net, where there are soldiers from Fort Montland. You also know that Monterrand is a direct vassal of the King, and we don't yet know what kind of attitude His Excellency Montemario has towards us both. In short, you can avoid it as much as possible, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, you can only go to the forest again. Colossius explained to Count Walker, "but there is no detour in the path I have chosen. ”
"That's it. The Baron Montemario and I have very little intersection. I haven't been able to figure out his attitude towards me. If he thinks the same as King Segal Saxon, we will be in the grip of the tiger again. Earl Walker reluctantly turned his head to look at the forest path that he had finally discovered, and sighed softly, "I just said that I want to change the scenery more." ”
"The view ahead could be better than here. Definitely a change of scenery. Colossius smiled at Count Walker, and the occasional two or three words of mutual impunity became the only way for them to eliminate loneliness and dispel depression.
After bypassing the lonely Montland sentry posts on the forest path, an even denser forest of red-crowned trees in El Helino was trodden in by the hooves of their mounts without warning.
Culosius was right, the scenery here was completely different from that of El Helino Beisen, and the air in the forest seemed to have not been filtered by the breath of other creatures for a long time, and there was always a smell of decay. Earl Walker and Coulosius were even veterans of walking in the woods, but even so, they still felt very depressed and even a little breathless when they rode through such a dense forest. Not only people, but Dotting and Whitesnow also began to gasp for air after exchanging ears. The woods here were much denser than the rest of the El Helino North Forest that they had passed before, and even the vision of the two of them turned dark red with the surroundings.
"I finally know why I didn't choose to settle here with the Wood Elves. This dense forest is really boring, Culosius. Earl Walker frowned, trying to breathe in the thin air around him, "Not only is there a lack of green here, but the red is a little chilling. ”
"Your Excellency, I'm just like you, this section of the woods is a little too thick, it's a good place for woodcutters to produce firewood, but this is the depths of Al Heli Nonansen, who would come here to cut wood? So, it was undoubtedly the worst part of our trip, but it was a good place to walk quietly - do you know what this part of the woods is called? Culosius's breath was also rapid.
"I don't know, unless I have a strategic map, or I'm constantly hanging out with smugglers, then I pretty much know what it's called! It's not called smuggling what kind of forest, right? I don't want to guess either, because I think I'll find out soon. Earl Walker held his breath, he was about to say everything in one go, he spoke very quickly, he didn't want to miss or waste precious time to breathe by talking, his lips were dark red, and it was obvious that Walker was almost suffocating from the oppressive air around him.
"It's aptly named, Suffocating Forest. Does it feel like you're about to suffocate? For this reason, I have prepared some necessary things for your package to get through this place. That's it. Culosius touched his chest, and although he had walked here a lot, he still couldn't overcome the harsh air here, and finally he took the pepper out of his package and stuffed it into his mouth vigorously, until his face was red and his eyes became refreshed.
"It's spicy! When I was rummaging through the dry food, I saw that you had prepared this thing for me, and I thought it was a prank on you or a special fetish for heavy ingredients! I feel like I want to take a big gulp of air! Earl Walker quickly took out the pepper from his horseback bag and looked at it in his mouth, "It tastes so unpleasant, I'm about to spit out flames from my mouth." If it were to be the other way around, I'd be willing to take a hard break into the Monterland Watchtower that we bypassed! ”
After about half a day's journey, the unbearable place of the Suffocating Forest was finally successfully crossed under the leadership of Colossius, and the deep impression of the Suffocating Forest was that the spicy blistered lips and the desire for water made them immediately after leaving the Suffocating Forest, they immediately fell off their horses, picked at the bark of the red crown tree of El Helinor, and licked the red bitter sap that oozed from the trunk of the tree hungrily. Then he leaned on the mangrove on the spot, took out the dry food in the horse's bag, and had a full meal. The woods, which had suddenly become somewhat bright, gave them both a sense of security and comfort - no one in the woods would find it at all, except for their old acquaintances, and the 'rats' who had stolen Palma's property in the eyes of the king, and the pursuers of the cavalry regiments of the king's army, even if they knew that the wanted men of the two kings might enter the forests north and south of El Helino, they would not come here in vain to find people.
"Finally we've walked through the Suffocating Forest, and this ghost forest has come to an end, and we have to go all the way east now. Follow the path I pointed, and the woods of Al Hali Nonansen will soon come to an end. Culosius rose from the ground and stuck out his tongue again to lick and lick the bitter sap from the trunk. He took Whitesnow's reins and climbed onto his mount, looking into the distance.
Count Walker and Coulosius rode through the starry night, and when they were tired, they took turns to take a nap on horseback, and finally in the early morning of the next day, when the morning sun rose, the woods suddenly opened up. Culosius looked at the scene in front of him, excitedly patted Earl Walker, who was resting on horseback, and pointed into the distance.
"Look, Your Excellency, our distance, there, that, that's the mighty White Mountain, and lo and behold, the mountain with a thick layer of snow on its top!" Culosius screamed, and he excitedly pointed to the mountains that loomed in the distance, and after a day and a night of rapid flight, they had reached the end of the southeastern part of Nansen in El Helino.
"Ah, is it there?" Earl Walker woke up sleepy-eyed from a nap, rubbed his eyes, and followed the guidance of Colossius to look into the distance, and his spirit immediately shook with it, "Magnificent White Mountain!" Ah, and there! The distant mountain to the northeast at the northern foot of Mount White is the boundary mountain! Fort Carchand, White Town, the Junction Hill of Jaffenburg! After this mountain is our land of hope! ”
"Yes, towards our land of hope! Drive! Whitesnow, my dear! Culotsius gently stroked Whitesnow's mane and whispered to Whitesnow, only to see him slam the horse's belly, Whitesnow was like a snowy elf on the top of the northern foothills of Whitesnow, lightly shuttling through the Grasse meadows between the mountains beyond the forest.
The soft sunlight shone on the faces of Count Walker and Coulosius, and their faces invariably smiled hopefully. They breathe in the smell of nature. They shouted with all their might.
"Come, my brother, listen to my singing!" This beautiful scenery made Walker feel the breath of spring, and countless words of praise burst out of his chest. "As you say, winter is over, spring has arrived, but unfortunately I don't have the pure and sweet Siscont wine that I drank in the King's Bed."
"Walker, it's not a good drink in the Grasse meadows, look at it!" Colossius pulled out two small jars of clay from the leather bag strapped to the saddle of Whitesnow, and threw one from his horse to Earl Walker. "Open and smell, this is the good thing of our caravan's private brew! Caravan fire! To hell with that Siscont! ”
Earl Walker opened the clay jar of the small bottle, and the clay jar was filled with a transparent liquid, and a strong aroma of wine conquered Earl Walker's heart, "I feel a dwarf smell!" What a good aroma of wine! ”
"Cheers, brother!" Culosius couldn't hold back the smell of wine bursting from the clay jar, and he raised the clay jar in his hand.
"Cheers! There was no other blessing than praise for Arcana. Walker and Cullosius drank it all in one gulp, like sucking in the nectar of the gods.
The heat of the caravan fire infected Count Walker's brain, and he couldn't help but recite the verses that kept coming to his mind, and Colossius hummed like a bard to his apocryphal rhetoric.
Once there was darkness in his eyes,
The snow in my heart is deep in the chest,
He who embarks on the path of sailing,
The Dark World Finally Appears as a Lighthouse -
The waves of the angry sea stir in the chest,
Bloody battles in the dim arena,
Hypocritical face and belly honey sword,
This is a true portrayal of the king's land.
Panic all the way and run away,
Countless chasing soldiers are crazy,
Once the ice and snow drank and relieved,
Chic drinking, talking, laughing, enmity-
Fleeing in a hurry and taking cover from the crowd,
The suffocating forest has quietly passed,
red marine natural barrier,
Brothers guide the dawn of dawn -
The white clouds flutter and the horses run,
The blue sky reflects the sun,
Those who embark on a journey home,
The other side of the boundary mountain is my hometown.
Hope is on the other side of the mountain,
Hope is on the other side of the mountain.
O Yafim, O Yafim,
Your winter has dissipated,
Your spring will come.