In the dense jungle, a team of strangely shaped men and horses marched cautiously.

Why is it described in this way?

Because their dress is so weird!

There were only four people in this team, but they had a sense of déjà vu that was advancing from the position, and the two guys at the head were tall and short, wearing thick protective suits, and holding a metal rod longer than their bodies, sweeping around the wooden pole as they walked. The man in the middle was dressed more tightly, only one pair of eyes were exposed, and he held a magic sniper rifle in his hand, and the gun was wrapped in several layers of canvas, but some mottled scars could still be seen from underneath.

The man at the tail of the line was dressed as the lightest, and instead of holding a long club, he carried a large sword, but the knife did not seem to have a blade, but only the shape of a knife, and the surface was painted with intricate patterns, like the intricate star-stripes of the summer night sky.

In this way, the team of four people slowly advanced into the depths of the forest with an extremely cautious attitude.

After walking for about a few hundred meters, the little girl at the front finally couldn't help but say, "That...... Can we take a break first, it's really tiring to walk like this all the time! ”

Hearing her words, the whole team stopped, and the gunman in the middle of the team also breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Yes, we have been so highly concentrated, we have to lie down tired before we are halfway through." ”

"Okay." The man at the end of the line sighed and said, "Then rest in place for a while, but don't let your guard down, I think you haven't forgotten what happened the day before yesterday." ”

Obviously, these people are the magicians who went to the forest of Biluo to investigate, the two people in front of the team are Vader and Doranbart, the gunner is the sniper master Borros, and the queen is of course Renault.

A few days ago, they had come to investigate this strange forest according to their original division of labor, but what they thought was an easy preliminary work had tormented them to the ground.

This fantasy forest that doesn't know how to grow is full of dangers, and even the most experienced magicians can't compete with the horrors of the unknown. When they first entered this forest, because they didn't know much about the situation here, they were overwhelmed by the surging variety of plant-type demonic beasts.

One of the characteristics of plant-based demonic beasts is that their vitality is extremely tenacious, and when the first wave of attacks came, they fought back decisively, and those monsters were quickly eliminated without accident. However, it didn't take long for them to come to a deep sense of the danger of the forest—it didn't take long for the slain monsters to get back up in a more twisted way and attack them again. Not only that, but the aftermath of the battle has attracted more mutants, and those mutants seem to be controlled by the same inexplicable force, like white blood cells in a biological system, precisely expelling them, the "invaders".

Under this kind of exclusive-level offensive, they were quickly defeated, and almost all four of them were wounded, and Poros, who was in the worst physical condition, was poisoned.

That's right, Boros from [Snake Scales] is actually the one with the worst physique in the entire team, and Vader, who has a loli face, is terrifying. This little girl is good at using earth-attribute magic, and under her drive, the sand and soil become as hard as steel rock, although the range can only act on a few meters around her, but as long as the magic power of this girl is not exhausted, she is almost an incorruptible existence in this area.

Thanks to her defenses, several people were able to escape from the last wave of plant frenzy intact.

The tragic cost gave several people a deeper understanding of the dangers of the mission. After a short break, they reformulated a new investigation plan, and then stepped into this strange dense forest again.

With prevention, the loss of the mission was reduced a lot at once, and after a few attempts, they gradually figured out those demonic beast branches on the outskirts of the forest.

After passing through a large clearing that was initially occupied by the Bloodstreaked White Grass, on the east side of the forest, was the territory of the Falling Vine Monsters. This monster is completely made of twisted vines and is extremely aggressive, because it is a plant, their root system restricts their mobility, and thus strengthens their perception, and in their alert area are covered with tiny dark vines, which transmit small vibrations from the ground to the main body, and the Falling Vine Monster will attack based on this.

Their arm-sensitive blood-colored canes are loaded with neurolyzing toxins that cause them to quickly stiffen when their prey becomes entangled in the vines, and the vines give the prey a lethal strangulation.

On the other side, there is a group of huge tree people. These big creatures are extremely slow, but they are extremely powerful, their arms take up a third of their bodies, and their fists are half the size of an adult's body. But that's not where they're really scary, the scariest thing is that these big guys are accompanied by an ugly woody spider. These guys are not big, almost half a human slap, but their legs are slender and powerful, densely covered with sharp hooks, and huge fangs contain blood toxins, and Poros was bitten by this spider, which also made his left arm swollen for a whole week, and he still has some mobility problems until now.

In addition to these monsters, there is also a group of ghostly timberwolves roaming the forest, which seems to be a mutant breed of ordinary timberwolves, their feet are covered with wooden armor, and strange lines appear on their fur, which have become their best protective color in this dense forest, and also make the threat of these pack hunters rise by more than one level.

However, after testing by Renault and Doranbart, the Magus team vaguely found the range of the monsters, and found the best path according to their junction, through which their investigation went a long way further and gradually came into contact with the heart of the forest. But as the investigation deepened, the monster's activities became more and more frequent, and they became more and more cautious, setting up a supply point every short distance, and they actually advanced for several days within a range of several hundred meters, until now, they really entered the inner belly of the forest.

"Anyway, why don't we wait for Mr. Night, aren't they supposed to be here in a few days?" Boros moved his stiff left arm and muttered.

"Mr. Night, they also have their own jobs, we must at least find a safe investigation route before they come, otherwise we will completely become oil bottles, I don't want it!" Little Vida said to his partner with a puff of heart. "If it weren't for someone picking fruit without permission to attract monsters, we wouldn't be as passive as we are now!"

Boros blushed and scratched his head, and whispered: "I'm not here for everyone, I finally found non-poisonous food in this poisonous ghost forest everywhere, who would have thought that it would be bait!" And aren't these monsters all wood? How can there be such a clever wood in the world! ”

Vader rolled her eyes: "I see that your head is all wood, where are your usual cleverness, how did you become like an idiot as soon as you enter this forest." ”

"It's the fruit that's the problem." Doranbart suddenly interjected, "I didn't know for sure before, but at this point, I can be 100% sure that there is some kind of charm effect on that bait." ”

"Charm? So why is this idiot the only one who has been tricked? Vader snorted disapprovingly.

"Because you're a woman, you're more resistant to enchanting magic than men, and my memory magic is spiritual, so it's resistant to it, and as for that guy......," he pointed to Reynolds, "see that strange bear that has been sleeping like an ornament on his shoulder?" That's his star spirit, and this little guy seems to have the power to circumvent a certain degree of spiritual magic, so if Boros will be hit, it can only be said that he is unlucky. ”

"Cut, it's really useless...... little Lori still didn't give up, she saw that Renault on the side had been silent, so she ran to him curiously, shook it in front of his eyes a few times, and asked, "Hey, what are you thinking, why don't you talk all the time?" ”

Renault came back to his senses, looked at his teammates, and whispered, "I suddenly noticed something, you didn't notice it, there seems to be something wrong with our route." ”

"Questions?" The other three frowned.

"You see," Renault took out his notebook and sketched on it, "Our route was completely formulated to avoid those mutated monsters, and the first few times because the distance was relatively short, so I couldn't see anything, but with the results of this exploration, it became ...... Such! ”

He held the notebook up in front of him, and the crooked tracks on the page eventually formed a strange pattern.

"It's ...... Temple! Doranbart exclaimed, then covered his mouth tightly.

"What temple? Yes? Vader looked at Renault and then at Doranbart, confused.

"Are you talking about the stuff written in the Medieval Wizard Chronicle?" Poros, who had been staring at the pattern for a long time, suddenly spoke out and said uncertainly.

"You've seen it?" Doranbart glanced at Poros in surprise.

"Hey, aren't you the only ones who have ever read? Don't look at me like this, my teacher forced me to see a lot of strange things when I was young. Poros proudly pointed to the tip of his nose, "This pattern represents the ancient legend of 'life', which is usually carved in front of the temple door of the goddess of fertility, and later it simply became a solidified temple structure, I am right." ”

When he said this, his eyes almost lit up, after all, he seemed to be the most useless one along the way, and the current unpopular knowledge finally made him find a little sense of existence.

"That's probably it, then the question now is...... What does this mean? ”

Renault shook the notes in his hand, and a sentence made everyone fall into deep thought.