It is often said that reality is more bizarre than imagined. Once upon a time, I was so frightened by this fact that I no longer dared to reverie beyond the boundary. Still, dreams always come and go. So, with a small wish, I knew that dreams come true always happen to rich people, but I still struggled with the cruel reality.

The call of the elemental bird stopped, and I couldn't find my way through the forest area of Black Woods District 10. Luckily, my trusty companion followed me and then gasped and scolded me.

"I'm sorry. Only, I heard Mr. Mark's elemental bird crying for help, so I ......"

"Although there are slight differences between elemental birds of different attributes in terms of calls and other aspects, just because there are elemental birds howling, you should take it as Mr. Walker's elemental bird, isn't it a little too hasty?"

"It's not howling, it's crying for help. I said to Park Ji-woo, "I wear a magical creature translator and can hear its language." "I was supposed to be happy to find out that the translation function was working, but when the Elemental Bird was clearly in distress, I had no other thoughts than to rescue it.

"Yi Jiahe, magicians have a magician's world, and magical creatures have a world of magical creatures. That is, there may be other magical creatures hunting, and the target happens to be the elemental bird. If that is the case, we are not in a position to intervene. ”

I was surprised that Scrooge Ma Chao would say such a thing, and what surprised me even more was that Park Zhiyu nodded in agreement with what Xiao Hui said: "The third class is not wrong. Magicians meddle in the affairs of magical creatures at will, and they will upset the balance of nature. ”

"There is no natural balance, didn't the magician destroy the balance of nature by capturing magical creatures a long time ago? ”

My words left them speechless.

"Anyway, let's go check on the situation first. ”

Kojiro's words were echoed by me. After a brief hesitation, everyone decided to find out.

"By the way, what kind of magical creature are you talking about the woman in the mist?" I asked.

Park Ji-woo replied, "The dark attribute magical creature of Star 6 is a terrifying magical creature lurking in the tenth district. It's not an exaggeration to say that it is lurking, after all, it is like an assassin in every way. ”

Kojiro answered: "Even so, the body of the woman in the fog has long been identified by the knights of the Royal Glory Knight Temple. ”

Ma Chao interjected: "Yi Jiahe, what do you guess its body looks like?"

Seeing Ma Chao laughing evilly, I think the answer is boring.

"The body of a woman in the fog is the soul of a dead woman. I looked at Park Ji-woo with wide eyes, thinking that this answer was not boring at all.

The description of the woman in the fog recorded in the "Illustrated Book of Magical Creatures" is as follows: The kind woman committed suicide by jumping into a well because she was abandoned by her lover on her wedding day, and she couldn't bear the discussion of the people around her. Its body is rotten, but its soul wanders in nature. Manifesting in the fog, with a beautiful voice to attract a man into her arms, the woman in the fog will stay with the man for the rest of her life. Since it is a product of death, and it does not allow the men around it to leave it, the victims found by the investigators are almost exclusively inhuman creatures with starvation and distorted bodies. ”

After listening to Kojiro's explanation, I couldn't help but speak: "I thought it was a romantic thing to stay together for a lifetime, but I was shocked." I should have told all the bachelors about the woman in the fog and let them know that their decision actually saved their lives. ”

The four obviously didn't know what I was talking about.

"Since the Woman in the Mist is also a magical creature, can I understand her language with a translator?"

Park Ji-woo replied to me: "The translator can record the language of a variety of magical creatures, which can be converted in real time, and of course you can understand the language of the woman in the fog." ”

"I remember, isn't the language of a woman in the fog the language of human beings?" Ma Chao smiled, "It doesn't matter if there is a translator or not." "This guy is probably jealous of me.

"Unfortunately, the translator can't translate what we mean into a language that magical beings can understand, so that we can convey the message that mages are not all malicious people, and bring us closer to magical creatures. Kojiro's sigh enshrines his yearning for a better reality. But reality is reality.

"Most magical creatures may not be able to understand our language, but they can understand what we mean. Is it the creation of nature, or is it the innate instinct of magical creatures?"

"The former," I replied to Park Ji-woo, "all things are born in heaven and earth, and both magicians and magical creatures are part of nature. ”

After saying this, I suddenly felt that everyone's topic suddenly became profound.

Just as Ma Chao was about to say a few words to show his talent, a terrible scream resounded through the forest.

"What's wrong?" Ma Chao asked me.

"No words, just screams. "Something must have happened to one of the elemental birds in the forest.

Park Ji-woo commanded: "Everyone be careful, move slowly, and if you find something wrong, immediately find a hidden place to hide." ”

"Rustling", the sound of leaves shaking is very close to us. When they heard this, they were immediately alert and noticed that something was hiding in the bushes on our side.

"Rustle", sure enough, there is something.

We took our breath and probe, and when we were about five meters away from it, the shaking stopped.

"Uncle?" said from the translator. Listening to the voice, the other party seems to be a child.

"Zhiyu, can the translator still be able to translate with the voices of different age groups?"

"Hear you say that, Josh has been updated. Yes, the latest generation of translators have this feature. ”

Ma Chao asked me, "What did you hear?"

Before I could reply, the leaves swayed, and a magical creature familiar to me appeared.

"Shadow frogmen?"

Realizing that the uncle in front of him was not what he thought, the little shadow frogman hurried back into the bushes and slowly poked his head out to watch us.

"Isn't the shadow frogman of star three supposed to inhabit the wetlands of the eighth district of Black Woods, how can they be here?"

"There are many possibilities. The Shadow Frogmen are a warlike race, and there is a possibility that they have come here challenging a strong enemy. But ......"

Park Ji-woo thought about the same as I thought: this little frogman, who was obviously not old enough to fight, should not be in such a place.

"Little one, why are you here?" and it was only after I had finished the question that I wondered if I should lean over and smile at it like a kind adult asks an ignorant child.

"Uncle is here. The little frogman replied timidly.

"Who's your uncle?" I don't want to pretend like I'm not happy.

Then the little frogman was frightened by my mature tone, and hid behind the leaves and did not dare to come out.

"Little one, we're not bad guys, come out of here. "Ma Chao, what you said is the lines that bad guys always say.

"Uncle said that if you say you are not a bad person, you are often a bad person. ”

Ma Chao looked at me in confusion, and I couldn't help but laugh.

"By the way, do you know a shadow frogman named Quack?" I asked.

The little frogman poked his head out and asked me, "Who are you from your uncle?"

"So Gollum is your uncle," I asked the little one, "where is he, and how did he put you in such a place?"

The little frogman walked out without any worries this time, and said to me, "Uncle won't allow me to come here with him, but as a man of the clan, I have to become stronger, so I will come with him secretly." Then I got lost, I couldn't find him, and I heard terrible screams, so I had to hide here. The little one began to cry as he spoke. Magical creatures, like humans, weep.

I reached out and picked him up. The slimy bodily fluids made me feel a little uncomfortable, but the thought of this guy being my friend's loved one vanished for a moment. As long as we regard the characteristics of heterogeneity as our characteristics, there is no difference between "we are different".

"Do you have any clue where Gollum is?"

The frogman pointed to the depths of the forest and said, "I see my uncle going in that direction." I wanted to follow, but was stopped by a big bird. In order not to be discovered by it, I went back the way I came, so I didn't know how to catch up with my uncle. ”

Thinking about how this little guy determined the direction of Gollum's progress in a critical situation, I heard Park Ji-woo ask, "It makes us go in this direction?"

"He said the Shadow Frogman I knew was going in this direction. ”

"Oh, it's the magical creature that's called. "Ma Chao, you don't remember the name I gave him at all.

"Quack. "Charlie, who is hot-blooded and calm, remembers the name I gave my comrade-in-arms.

"Little one, do you know what your uncle is here for?"

The frogman nodded and said, "Our habitat has been attacked by bad guys. Although the tribesmen fought back, everyone was in danger, but my uncle said that we can't sit still, because there is a first time and a second time. In order to defend our homeland, my uncle and the warriors of my clan came here to find the bad guys. ”

"What's the name of the bad guy?"

The little frogman looked up and thought about it, and then said to me, "Listen to the uncles, it seems to be called a puppet." ”

"Silent Puppeteers?"

The little one nodded.

Could this be the third Silent Puppeteer?

Ma Chao, who was supposed to hear the croaking of frogs, was impatient and asked me, "What did he say?"

The little frogman was frightened and leaned on my shoulder. Feel the mucus running through my clothes and against my skin...... That's it.

"It seems that the Silent Puppeteers attacked the Shadow Frogmen's habitat in District 8, which is why they came to District 10. ”

"Yi Jiahe, how long has it been since the little frogman?"

I understood what Park Ji-woo meant, so I asked the little guy how long his uncle had been gone. The frogman's statement is a bit strange, but it tells us that Gollum has been going deep into the forest for at least a day.

The little guy said that he was hiding here eating leaves to satisfy his hunger and waiting for his uncle, but he never saw the figure of Gollum. ”

"Could it be a change of direction and leave?"

Park Ji-woo vetoed Ma Chao's speculation, saying, "Returning to District 8 from this direction can be said to be the shortest distance." Since I was worried that the tribe would be attacked again, I didn't go out of my way to return. ”

"It's a magical creature, who knows what it's thinking. ”

Kojiro said to Ma Chao: "Although they are magical creatures, they want to share the worries of their clansmen in the same mood as us humans. ”

Time was limited, and after a short discussion, we came to the following conclusions: first, something happened to Gollum, second, the encounter with the elemental bird may be related to Gollum's accident, and third, the capture plan will be difficult and dangerous, and it is necessary to abandon the plan and flee first. The fourth point is a decision made by us magicians in private: if our power is not enough to save Gollum and his people, we must flee with our lives—"Even saving a shadow frogman child is a precious thing to save when the mud bodhisattva crosses the river himself. ”

The deeper the forest road, the darker the atmosphere becomes. It's much darker than when you first enter the forest, and it's an environment where it's clear that something terrible is going to happen.

A screeching noise sounded from the "......" translator.

"Yi Jiahe, what's wrong with it?" Ma Chao behind me was checking the situation of the little frogman.

Enduring the noise, I patted the little one on the back and asked him.

"Big brother, I'm so uncomfortable. He was crying, and his body was shaking.

"Something is wrong here," Park Ji-woo probed around, "Listen, there's a slight 'buzzing' sound nearby. ”

"Wow-"

After Park Ji-woo finished speaking, a deafening cry sounded in the calm forest. Accompanied by what seemed to be the leader's command, responses came from all directions.

"It's the voice of a big bird. They are warning us not to encroach on their territory, otherwise we ......"

Stroking the back of the weeping frogman, even if he doesn't say the other party's warning, we can understand: "Otherwise, we will die without a place to bury." ”

The leaves swayed, and out of them came three or four elemental birds of different colors and swooped down on us.

"Yi Jiahe, protect the little frogman!"

After Park Ji-woo finished speaking, chanted a spell and launched water magic. The water droplets in the air condensed, and Park Ji-woo controlled the water balloon to throw it towards the elemental bird.

The blue elemental bird is hit. The irascible it aimed at Park Ji-woo, who had hurt him, and opened his mouth to spray a violent jet of water.

Park Ji-woo hurriedly dodged, and we also dodged in a panic. The water column moved from Park Ji-woo's position all the way to the forest, breaking the stout tree.

"Hey, it's so powerful, what are you doing? Ma Chao was dumbfounded.

The calm Park Ji-woo stared at the magical creature in mid-air and said to himself, "The elemental bird would not unleash such a powerful magic. Are they someone's demons?"

"What else do you want. The fifth one has appeared, so run away. ”

As Ma Chao spoke, a red elemental bird appeared. Just three seconds later, the sixth elemental bird appeared.

"If we continue like this, we will be surrounded by elemental birds. Without further ado, retreat together. ”

"But," I asked Park Ji-woo as I looked at the uncomfortable little frogman, "are we really going to leave this child's uncle behind and let him die?"

"You can't beat them, and you don't want to run away, you're going to die. Ma Chao looked nervous.

Without even giving us time to think, the six elemental birds opened their long beaks at the same time, clearly intending to unleash their magic to wipe us out.

"It's too late to escape, so I give up my life. Park Ji-woo summoned his soul apparatus and shouted at us, "Hold on to the nearest tree, the flood is coming." ”

Park Ji-woo gave us a few seconds before raising the glass. However, it was because of these few seconds that the newly appeared seventh elemental bird unexpectedly landed above us, interrupting Park Ji-woo's plan.

The six elemental birds stopped attacking, perhaps because they thought we had no way out.

The seventh red elemental bird pressed down on Park Ji-woo and Kojiro, immobilizing them. Charlie summons the Soul Appliance to launch a fire attack on it, but is knocked away by the Elemental Bird's flapping wings. Now, only Ma Chao and I are safe and sound for the time being.

As I watched the seventh elemental bird overwhelmed, one of the six medium-white elemental birds rushed towards us.

"Thunder, shattering the sky, turning into lightning, deafening, cutting through the world. Recruit!"

The fluttering magic talisman was thrown by Ma Chao like a stone. With a rumbling sound, a bolt of lightning fell from the sky and struck the white elemental bird.

Almost at the same moment that the elemental bird landed, Ma Chao rushed and threw a white card at it, shouting: "Rank Three Wind Magician Ma Chao, Ling, Soul Binding Restraint, Blockade!"

The card turns black, and several black lines fly out of it, dragging the elemental bird into the card.

Before he could recover the card, the five elemental birds rushed towards him in a frenzy, and Ma Chao hurriedly ran back. On the way, he wanted to take something out of his convenience bag, but was stopped by a gale of wind with wings flapping on an elemental bird coming from the side.

Here, the red elemental bird is aimed at Park Ji-woo and Kojiro, and the beak is ready to erupt into flames.

"Three seconds at most, who to save!" "Before dying in the horde attack of the elemental birds, I will be killed by my own phobia of choice.

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