The "Frog Singing Forest" outside Kunsai City, because of the warm and humid climate, the abundant water brought by the river network, coupled with the dense trees to block the sun, all kinds of conditions make the whole forest look very dark and damp, moss everywhere mushrooms.

At best, it's a little better than a swamp where it's hard to get off your feet.

It is also home to a variety of colorful frogs, hence the name of the entire forest.

In the afternoon, the sun is at its best.

Accompanied by the incessant croaking of frogs, an adventurous team of six heavily armed combatants marched slowly along a stream in the woods in search formation.

Muskets, bows, crossbows, knives... Stocked with insect repellents, tight cuffs, waterproof rain boots and capes, it's clear a group of seasoned jungle warfare specialists.

"Captain, did you say that the young ladies who have been missing for a week at the earliest and three days at the shortest are still alive?

Even for an adult male with no professional training, it is not easy to live alone for a week in such a forest.

Dysentery caused by a lack of clean water and food alone is enough to kill a man in the prime of life. ”

A sturdy, short-haired young man who did not use a musket, but instead held a bow and arrow, scanned the forest with eagle-sharp eyes to no avail. After a long time of searching for nothing, he was slightly discouraged, and he couldn't help but whisper to the captain who was separated by a few positions next to him.

"You also know that they have little chance of survival, what else do you want me to say?

I wish the missing girls had been kidnapped, not lost or dragged away by wild animals. While you may experience some terrible things, the chances of surviving are at least a little better.

Besides, since we have received the money, whether it is dead or alive, even if it is just to confirm the news of death, we will bring it to their families. ”

Titus, the captain of the team with a long knife and the only official knight rank in the team, glared back at the young man. Then he told him not to desert, so as not to miss key clues.

The short-haired young man quietly dodged a small turquoise snake in the treetops beside him, and glanced behind him:

"That's... Captain, those two are still following us, do you want to get rid of them?"

Captain Titus also glanced back vaguely.

A few dozen meters behind them, a young couple with handsome men and beautiful women who looked very well matched, holding hands and stepping on the rocks by the stream, walked leisurely through the forest.

And when their group was cautious and vigilant against all the dangers in the forest, they even whispered a few words intimately from time to time. The noble hunting outfit on his body, which was worth a lot of money, was clean and tidy, but he didn't even bring a decent weapon.

Especially the beautiful girl who was held by the hands of the tall young man, jumping from one stone to another from time to time like a deer? It's like a date outing.

As a middle-aged single dog? Titus's heart let out a defeated dog-like wail:

"It's not right for you to show affection like that, phew... It's irresponsible for you to be so careless in the forest!"

Because this is really not a place for an outing.

A city-state is mainly composed of a city as the main body and many villages attached to it? Out of the city, most of the places are mountains? Kunsai is certainly no exception.

Especially during this time, young female tourists have been missing outside the city one after another, and there has been some rumors on some level.

In this era, there are absolutely no low-income people who can travel far away from home like grass mustard? The family members joined forces to put some pressure on the consuls of the city-state.

But the utopian Kunsai has no war all year round? The economic structure is also homogeneous? The administrative system feels very unresponsive.

For a long time, they were unable to give a plausible explanation to the families of the missing people, but only posted a search notice and a notice prohibiting them from entering the frog song forest alone in the city.

This is how the city-state behaves to the outside world, and no one can tell what the real situation is, and ordinary people are not capable of questioning a consul.

So? Commissioned by the families of several girls who have gone missing in the vicinity? Their team searched for the Frog Croaking Forest, where the missing people were most likely to encounter accidents after they were seen out of the city.

In fact, there were many warning signs next to the frog forest, "There are fierce beasts inside, no entry", and Captain Titus couldn't understand why the girls were coming around.

Normally? Even if there were no wild beasts, the desolate woodland alone would be enough to scare off the squeamish ladies.

Unless they don't feel like there's any danger here, or something "self-righteous" to rely on?

After pondering for a while, Titus still said to the young man beside him:

"It should be the young master and young lady of the aristocratic family.

Leave them alone? Aren't we on a classified mission and came here with us? It's safer to keep it under your nose.

Darron, you're in charge of keeping an eye on them? Just don't let them run around and get lost. ”

"Hahaha? Captain? You're such a bad guy..."

......

Behind the Adventure Squad.

"Hersie, be careful, be careful, don't fall. ”

Olivia looked at Aven, who had been protecting her and wanted to pick herself up and walk, pinching her slender waist with both hands, and glanced at him dissatisfied:

"Hey, we women are tough creatures that can't die of bleeding seven days a month. What was that little scene last night? Don't underestimate people, hey!"

Looking at Olivia, who no longer called herself a girl, Evan nodded the tip of her upturned nose with some amusement:

"Who the hell was so out of bed this morning that we didn't get out of the hotel until the afternoon?"

The girl's face turned red, and she scolded in a low voice:

"Phew, livestock!"

As soon as she said it, Ai Wen was also a little embarrassed, scratched his head and hurriedly changed the topic:

"Ahem, the cash cow of the Four Seasons Hotel didn't perform today?"

Earlier, when they passed by the hotel lobby, they heard several young ladies arguing at the entrance of the theater, and the performer turned out to be not the dolphin prince Vitas.

The attitude of the hotel is polite and resolute, the opera of the dolphin prince is only performed once every three days, and it is useless to let those nymphomaniac young ladies make trouble.

"What's the name of that word you said earlier, yes, hunger marketing is doing a good job.

The opal did not respond, proving that the dolphin prince did not use witchcraft such as spiritual charm, and that it was indeed his own charm. ”

Hearing Olivia's praise for the handsome dolphin prince, Evan smiled indifferently and didn't care.

Completing the qualitative change of the double milestone of men's physiology and psychology, he no longer cares about such trivial things.

A man with a wife has gotten rid of the low-level fun of competing with the same sex for appearance.

And before they entered the forest, they happened to meet this group of armed men who also wanted to enter the mountain forest, and they seemed to be experienced, anyway, the "Rite of Flesh" did not record the specific location of the hosts of that kind of alternative creatures, so they might as well follow them around.

Even the purpose of the adventure team is not very concerned, in the human kingdom of the Old World, except for the kingdom guardians of various countries, the third-order transcendent is enough to go sideways.

If the identity is revealed, even the local consul will have to receive it in person.

At present, it has been three or four hundred years since the time recorded by the "snake man" Hibercret, not to mention that as a creature, of course, it is possible to move, even if it is possible to run somewhere else.

As Olivia said, maybe they'll find it just around the corner?

At this time, the only thing that Evan misses a little is Milan's powerful divination.

The seagulls have been released, but unlike the unobstructed sea, they can only search inch by inch in the mountains and forests, and there is no good news for the time being.

Suddenly.

They heard a cheer of surprise coming from ahead.

"Captain, find it, a woman's handkerchief with Miss Nala's name embroidered on it.

The route is right, really here. ”

"Speed up!"

Evan and Olivia looked at each other:

"Let's go and have a look. ”

......

Get up close to the inner layer of this dark, damp frog croaking forest.

On the edge of a clear pond covered by forests, there was a circle of people in dark green robes, wearing hoods, tall, short, fat and thin, a total of five.

In the pond in front of them, huge translucent frog eggs were crowded together, and in each of them was a young woman with a posture at least above the level line, curled up and sleeping with her eyes closed.

Looking at the twenty young women who had finally gathered, a short and fat green-robed man breathed a sigh of relief:

"Thankfully, the frog god only wakes up once in ten years, otherwise we wouldn't have known where to get so many suitable brides to sacrifice to the gods. ”

In this world, beautiful women are also a valuable social resource. To be able to do enough with minimal impact would have wasted their efforts.

In the middle of the other four, a melodious male voice full of magnetism suddenly sounded:

"Don't be disrespectful to the frog god, and if you have a harvest, you have to pay. Think about what we have gained from God, not what we have lost. ”

"Yes, yes, yes... You're right. ”

The short and fat green robe who was the first to speak knew that he had lost his words and hurriedly apologized, but in his heart he had another attitude.

'Standing and talking without backache, how can it be so easy for us to get the right sacrifice?' As long as you beckon, there are countless nymphomaniac women moths rushing up like fire?'

But it is true that as he said, these people are all people who have been gifted by the frog god.

Whether it was ten, twenty, or thirty years ago, several people had the same impression of this ancient god. It was a large frog with a golden crown on its head, and its body was made up of flesh and blood, and the other part was made of turquoise moss, mushrooms, and branches.

Just bow down to it and promise to pay the price, and your wish will be granted.

However, although the "frog god" claims to be a god, it is more like a beast without much wisdom, but the crown on its head is very miraculous, and it can see into the heart of each person and achieve what the supplicant desires most.

Of course, the desire is also the limit, the ultimate beauty, great power, untold wealth, long life... Wait, in Kunsai, it is indeed like a fairy tale world, but as soon as you leave here, you will be distorted and degenerated.

Nobody wants to try it out for themselves.

Now that the deadline of ten years has come, they were originally small people at the bottom of the society, and they have become decent people in the city-state because of the gift of the frog god, and of course they must unite to protect the common interests.

Not even the lifelong consul of the city-state of Kunsai could know this secret!

Suddenly, there was a slight movement in the forest not far away, which aroused the vigilance of the five people.

Another green-robed person said lightly:

"Hehe, we really have a guest arrived, and the money to buy the city guards was not spent in vain. ”

Although this person is the thinnest and smallest, he was given the opportunity to make a wish thirty years ago, and his background is unfathomable, and he is the leader of the five.

"Mike, take the oracle and greet them. The bride of the frog god was ready, but the rations for the gods were not enough, and it was just time to clean them up and fill the gap. ”

"Good. ”

One of them came out of the ranks, stretched out his legs and ran out like the wind.

Behind him.

Quack...

In the midst of the thunderous croaking of frogs, a large group of at least thirty or forty frog monsters with long, yellow-green moss-like hairs on their bodies, larger than a cow, pounced towards the forest.