The Lucia Mountains are like the backbone of the Titans, and the high-pressure air flow from the Northland Ice Sheet is blocked by it and diverted southward, forming multiple cold air currents, bringing severe winter frost to the vast Far Eastern Great Plains. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 In the strip-like areas close to the foothills, the climate is more suitable for human settlement than in the southern plains, thanks to the high mountain shade.

In particular, the hot spring basin that runs along the volcanic belt of Balle forms a nearly vertical "T" angle with the Lucia Mountains, and the high mountains block the babbling hot spring streams, and converge near the foothills to form a large number of waters. These waters converge with each other and together form a large swampy wetland. The mist of the hot springs is steaming, and the winds from the north are also blocked by the Lucia mountains, making the dense fog over the wetlands a spectacle that persists for many years.

The marshy climate is a vibrant place for more flora and fauna than anywhere else in the Far East, most of which are as harmless as mist, but there are also ferocious predators lurking in the fog and mud, waiting for their prey to come to their door.

An adult dinosaur over 16 feet long snoozes in a natural hammock made of mangrove roots, wagging its tail leisurely, squinting its eyes and yawning loudly as it faces the sunset.

At this moment, there was a rustling sound in the forest behind him, which alerted the great reptile, and it suddenly turned over and looked back, its amber eyes staring viciously at the place where the movement had come. It had just had a good meal and had no desire to hunt now, but it wouldn't mind using its strong tail and sharp fangs to give it a little color if the blinding creature broke into its territory and tried to disturb it from its snooze.

A petite figure came out through the forest, she was wearing a pitch-black leather armor, even if she stood in the fiery red sunset, her body was still shrouded in a hazy shadow, like an illusion coming out of a mirage.

Dinosaurs recognize this creature that walks upright on both legs, with fine skin and tender flesh, and tastes good.

It spewed two clouds of white mist from its wide, valgus nostrils, threatening the uninvited guest. If the other party is still uninterested and refuses to quit its territory, then the "Big Mouth Queen of the Mangroves" will not mind biting off the other party's swan-skinned and slender neck.

"Hey! Look what I found, a strong female dinosaur! The girl in black was not frightened, but showed a surprised expression. She stared into the eyes of the crocodile, the depths of her eyes glowing with fascination with the crocodile, and every letter that came out of her mouth was full of temptation.

"Friend, don't be so nervous, my companion and I are just passing by here, we don't want to disturb your rest, if you don't have anything else to do at this time, why don't you do me a little favor and deepen our friendship."

The crocodile fox stared suspiciously at the clever human girl. An outstanding reptile like it has more or less dragon blood. It doesn't know what kind of ambiguous relationship its ancestors had with the ruler of the Elder Dragon Era, anyway, it can understand a few simple dragon words, such as "friend", such as "help", but it is too difficult for it to communicate with each other in dragon language.

The female ninja saw its distress and maintained a "seductive gaze" while shouting: "Sister Mira, I have befriended a lovely lady, she is the head snake of this mangrove forest, I think she can help us cross the swamp and reach the valley village before dark, and now I need a translator to strengthen the communication between me and this new friend, can you help?" ”

The woods rattled, and a large girl in a silver chainmail shirt, carrying a longbow, and carrying a double knife at her waist stepped out, and she and the dinosaur looked at each other, and a smile appeared on her handsome face.

The crocodile shook its tail, climbed to her feet unhurriedly, raised her head curiously, and looked at this tall and tall female ranger, for some reason, the other party exuded a fresh breath, which made her feel very kind.

The female ranger squatted down and gently stroked the hideous head of the dire crocodile, her plump red lips squirmed slightly, and spit out a string of low syllables. The nature magic "Animal Talk" allows her to communicate with beasts that are not too dull, as long as they are not strongly hostile.

The dinosaur is not stupid as a reptile, and she is well-fed, and has no desire to attack, plus the female ninja cast a "charm monster" on her, and the last trace of hostility in her heart has also been put down, and she has a big mouth, sticking out her head and rubbing it on the female ranger's hand, expressing her inner pleasure with body language.

Lyudmila exchanged a few words with her, and couldn't help but snort.

The witch in red brushed aside the branches in front of her and walked slowly through the forest, and couldn't help but be curious when she saw this scene. She flicked the hood of her cloak to the back of her head, and her long jet-black hair cascaded down her shoulders.

"Mira, what are you laughing at?"

The female ranger barely held back a smile and turned back to tell her, "This big crocodile is very cute, and she asked me why I can grow so tall when I am vertical." ”

"Long ...... upright," Nikita couldn't help but laugh, "That's a good question." ”

Veronica did not participate in the exchange of ladies on the topic of body shape, but flew up to the branches, and put her hands on the pergola to look out at the misty swamp, and faintly saw the houses on the island on the other side, and the smoke curling from the cooking.

"As Mr. Roland expected, we will be able to get out of the jungle and reach the first human settlement in the swamp before the sun sets today."

The vast wetland area is not all swamps, but is interspersed with large and small highlands, fertile black soil and warm climate suitable for human settlement, and the largest settlement is the "Valley Village" marked on the map, which is where they plan to spend the night there.

Nikita turned back to the tall and handsome young knight in silver armor and smiled lightly, with a hint of teasing in her smile: "Yes, it's not too late for our venerable knight lord to make the above promise a week ago, and it won't fulfill the prophecy until today, right?" ”

Roland coughed at his clenched fist, and his mouth was unforgiving: "It's a pity that our mage lady can't cast any kind of teleportation spell, otherwise why would I bother to encourage everyone to trek through mountains and rivers, do you think that's the truth?" ”

Nikita's face flushed, and she said coquettishly, "My knight lord, you are really excessive! I said that you have ten sentences waiting, and your mouth will not eat at all, what about the gentlemanly demeanor that you say? ”

Roland raised his hand to help her smooth the messy sideburns around her ears, and smiled lazily: "You can't talk about any gentlemanly demeanor for a little witch like you, otherwise you will drown in your saliva sooner or later." As he spoke, he passed by her, looking at the mist-shrouded swamp in the distance.

Lyudmila was afraid that everyone would turn over the old accounts, and she would be embarrassed as the "leading party", so she hurriedly defended Roland: "This is called Wangmei to quench her thirst, it is a strategy to stimulate the morale of her peers, it is all up to Roland to encourage us to have a hope, persist in completing this arduous journey, everyone look at my face, stop criticizing him, okay?" In fact, she is also learning and selling, and not long ago Roland told her the story of Wangmei quenching her thirst.

Roland turned his head, silently glanced at his giant girl, and said in his heart, "You are so embarrassed, you easily put the black cauldron on my head - why are you so skilled!" ”

The setting sun turns the wetlands a beautiful orange, and an inflatable raft glides slowly across the water in the direction of the setting sun.

The waterways here are shallow and narrow, no more than two or three yards deepest, and rafts can easily run aground in the mud. Lyudmila managed to convince the dinosaur to make a cameo as a slender man, put a cable around its neck and drag the raft across the swamp.

Standing high in the treetops on the shore and looking out at the villages looming in the depths of the fog, it seems that the eyes can be deceived when they actually sail through the misty waters, in fact, the valley villages are far farther away than they think.

As the sun set and night fell, everyone's excitement passed, and they knew that it was impossible to rest in a dry and comfortable bed tonight, and they all looked a little listless.

Roland knew that the deeper he went into the swamp, the more intricate the bifurcated waterways became, and the dense reeds formed a natural labyrinth that made it easy to get lost when sailing at night, not to mention that most of the ferocious creatures lurking in the swamp were accustomed to hunting at night, and it was never wise to venture in.

After judging the situation, he decisively gave up the idea of going to Valley Village overnight, found a nearby island to anchor, and told everyone to camp here tonight.

The island is not small, and the intertwined mangrove forests can be seen in the mist, but you can build hammocks with local materials.

Roland was the first to jump onto the shore and, after making sure it was safe, turned around and waved to his companion on the raft, so Lyudmila, Veronica, and Nikita jumped over one by one and landed with his support.

Finally, when it was Bloom's turn, the dwarves had made the same mistake again. He measured the distance between the raft and the shore, and couldn't help but beat a drum in his heart, muttering, "It's a little too far, what if I can't jump over it and fall into the mud puddle......

"Don't worry, I'll grab your hand." Roland encouraged.

"But I don't want to stain my armor."

"Then take off the things that get in the way and throw them over." Lyudmila urged impatiently.

Before she could finish speaking, a loud roar suddenly came from the depths of the fog behind her.

The faces of the people changed in unison, and they looked back at the place where the roar had come from. At first, it was a delusion, but the roar rang out again, and one after the other, becoming more and more terrifying.

"What's going on, there's a bunch of beasts hiding on the island?" Nikita frowned, she didn't want to see a herd of beasts wandering around her camp.

"No, it's a strange sound......," Lyudmila's ears twitched slightly, using her listening skills to the extreme, "each roar was a similar timbre, expressing a similar pain and anger, not so much a group of beasts roaring, but a beast roaring with its multiple heads at the same time." ”

On such a misty and foggy island at night, no one can calmly hear such a strange howl. Roland couldn't help but tense his nerves and whispered to Veronica, "Go over and see what the situation is, be more careful." ”

The female ninja bowed her head solemnly, covered with a veil, and her figure quickly disappeared into the depths of the mist.

The roar of the monster was heard from the island again, and this time even the dire crocodile felt the suffocating horror atmosphere, wagging its tail uneasily, trying to turn around and flee from the island.

"Hey! Wait a minute! I'm still here! The crocodile suddenly changed direction, and the dwarf on his back almost fell into the swamp in a cold mood, and he couldn't care so much, so he ran two steps and jumped desperately to the shore.

Roland grabbed his beard that flew in the wind and dragged it to the shore, causing the dwarf to hiss and wipe his cold sweat in pain.

At this moment, a dark shadow appeared in the mist, and Veronica went and returned, the veil could not hide the palpitation in the girl's eyes.

"Mr. Roland, we're in big trouble."