"Silence!"

Among the reeds.

A bearded ranger pressed his index finger to his lips with a roar, and tried to stop it:

"Have you forgotten what I told you? Jon? ”

"In the swamp, be sure to be quiet!"

The girl behind him couldn't help but stick out her tongue, which suppressed the excitement just now.

She bent down, lowered her weight, and explored the Gnoll's colony with Beard.

"It's weird, why don't you see anyone...... Yes! ”

Jon was crouching on the ground talking to himself, when suddenly he burst out with a sudden scream!

"Jon!"

The bearded man angrily turned back and counted down his sister:

"I'll tell you not to ...... Yes! ”

Like Jon, he was taken aback by the situation behind him and let out an instinctive exclamation.

"Erik, don't blame me for that."

Jon said aggrievedly.

A few meters behind them.

A masked man armed with a sword happened to be looking at the siblings.

"Two, what are you doing?"

Roger lowered his voice and spoke calmly.

"Don't get me wrong!"

"We're just passing through."

The bearded Eric looked like he had some experience, and he raised his hands with a sincere expression:

"I ...... Can I stand up? ”

Roger said:

"Whatever you want."

"Thank you...... We really just passed by and saw the corpse of the jackal monster and thought it was a little strange, so we came over to have a look. We mean absolutely nothing else! ”

Eric was afraid that Roger would misunderstand their motives.

"Oh, is it? My companion had just gone after those gnolls and you showed up, is it a coincidence? ”

Roger's tone gradually became stern:

"Or did you follow us early and want to fish in troubled waters?"

He was trying to see when these two men had come.

At the same time, he also tried to point out that he was not alone.

Sure enough.

Eric immediately nervously explained:

"Sir, I swear we haven't seen you and your companions before, let alone followed you."

"We're really just passing through!"

Roger pretended not to believe it and continued to sneer:

"Ordinary people would pass by such a dangerous swamp?"

At this time, the girl named Jon couldn't help but interject:

"Eric didn't lie to you. We only left the village this morning, and we were indeed passing through......"

When Eric heard this, he became angry and gave her a look again and again.

Jon, however, didn't pay attention to the meaning in his eyes, and just clumsily explained to Roger.

In her opinion, the brother and sister are just adventurers in one ring.

The strange man of unknown origin in front of him was different—he and his companions were able to destroy the entire Jackal Colony, and their strength was definitely far superior to theirs.

Explaining and gaining his trust is their only way to live.

……

"Sure enough, there are villages."

"But judging from the performance of these two people, it should be just a small village."

Roger's heart came alive.

He nodded lightly and said to Jon, who was obviously a novice:

"I believe in you. Since it was a misunderstanding, there was no need to fight each other. ”

As he spoke, he put down the Frog Sword in his hand.

Both siblings breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Roger's next sentence made their nerves tense again:

"My companions and I came from the West, and we have been hunting in the swamps for a long time, and we lack supplies."

"We urgently need a place to replenish fresh water and dry food."

"So, can you tell me the location of your village?"

Jon's face turned embarrassed.

She suddenly understood what Eric meant by the look in his eyes.

At that moment, countless bloody images flashed through her mind.

"Am I going to kill the village?!"

"No, I must not let him know the true location of the village."

Jon thought so.

But Eric was the first to say:

"It's a few kilometers to the southwest.

There is a tall banyan tree near the village, which can be seen even from a long distance.

In addition, the land over there is different here, and it is very characteristic bright yellow, which is easy to recognize. ”

His expression was still sincere:

"Our village is very hospitable, and you can exchange what you hunt in the swamp for fresh water and food."

Roger looked at him quietly for a full thirty seconds before nodding his head and saying:

"Thank you."

"You can go."

The brother and sister were pardoned.

Still, they confronted Roger and slowly retreated to the edge of the reeds.

It wasn't until they couldn't see Roger's face clearly that they dared to speed away.

Along.

"Why do you want to go into such detail?" Jon couldn't help but ask.

"Now that it has been revealed that the village is nearby, there is no need to hide the specific location."

Eric shook his head and said:

"And in that situation, we had to survive first and then seek help from the village."

"Let's go back and tell Mistress Cindy about this. These people were able to destroy the Jackal Monster Settlement, I'm afraid they weren't an ordinary team of adventurers! ”

……

On the other side, Roger, who had sent the siblings away, sped up his efforts to raid the Jackal Monster settlement.

He did not find fresh water.

As for food, there are only baskets and baskets of wild lettuce.

Roger picked out a few fresh ones and stuffed them in his backpack.

To be honest, this colony of jackals is surprisingly poor.

Had it not been for the discovery of a gold watch and a large box of broken gold and silver in the chief's room, Roger suspected that he would have found nothing.

"I didn't expect that I almost didn't even earn back the cost of maintaining the arrows."

Roger let out a sigh of relief.

He couldn't help but take a few more lettuces before he was willing to leave.

……

After leaving the Jackal Monster Pack, Roger followed Erik's instructions and began to make his way southwest.

After a while, yellow soil appeared in front of me.

As the reeds quickly retreated, the field of view widened.

Half an hour later, Roger came to a road.

There is also a decaying street sign on the side of the road that reads:

"Lettuce Avenue".

He followed Lettuce Avenue all the way south.

Gradually.

A number of human houses appeared on both sides of the road, but they were all abandoned.

Another half hour passed.

Roger meets an old man with white hair who is fishing in a small lake by the roadside.

He groaned a little and stepped forward to ask for directions.

The old man's attitude was a little cold, but he still carefully answered Roger's question.

From him, Roger learned a lot of information:

This land is located in the middle of a large wetland called "Yellowstone Island".

If you want to get supplies, there are two inns all the way south down Lettuce Avenue.

The first inn was called "Green Dragon Princess".

The old man told Roger that this shop was a black shop, and it was very dangerous, so don't go close!

The second inn is called "Thorns".

It's a safe inn and the owner is an elderly hill dwarf who is very welcoming.

He suggested that Roger bypass the "Green Dragon Princess" and go straight to the "Thorns" inn.

After hearing this, Roger thought for a while, thanked the old man, and continued on his way.

After walking for ten minutes, he saw the signboard of the Green Dragon Princess.

Roger didn't stop, and walked over with a quickened pace.

After another moment.

He saw the sign of thorns.

But he still didn't slow down, but went around it.

It's noon.

Roger looked out over a canopy of turquoise trees in the distance.

His pace finally slowed a little.

……