"Hiccup~ Eat so much." Will burped and patted his stomach, feeling that the bruise on his back was not so painful.

"It's a big deal, sleeping on my stomach." Vere thought. "Anyway, being able to eat enough and not causing famine is the main thing."

"Weir, hiccup~, this thing is very good." In fact, it's just a lame stir-fry, but for two people who have been hungry for days, it's tantamount to a fairy delicacy. "By the way, Winnie, what's written on that scroll?"

Winnie pursed her lips, put down the scroll she had read carefully, and said to Vere, "Some of the handwriting on it is no longer clear, but most of the text is still intact. ”

"The approximate content, um~, seems to be a person's memoir."

"Memoirs?"

"Wait, I'll take a look." As he looked at the scroll, he said, "Well, it's a person's own account. Well, the Black Forest...... Let me see, spider...... Well. Please take it to Ms. Rad's house in the Holy Tree City. ”

"Hmm, it looks like a letter." Winnie flipped through the scroll in her hand and looked back and forth.

Will leaned forward. "Who is the person who wrote the letter?"

Winnie held up the scroll in her hand and rushed the side of the text towards Vere, "No, you see, I can't read clearly. ”

Weir frowned and looked at it, "Well, it does seem to be blurry, but I don't know the word, and I thought it was written like this." ”

Looking up at Winnie, "What the hell is written in there?" ”

"Ahem." Winnie sat upright and rubbed her belly, "I'll read it to you." ”

"Okay." Weir nodded.

"This man," Winnie pointed up. "Well, where you can see it all......, oh, here. It's been many days in the forest, and I really miss the peaceful life under the glow of the sacred tree. I found a lot of ......"

-- It's a dividing line with a story --

I found that this place is different from my hometown, and the most special thing is that the weather here is really changeable, and darkness is the norm here. But I think it may be that the dense trees are blocking the light. We met a lot of friendly people, and we saw the 'darkness' that broke into the barrier.

I was amazed at how many horrible things were around the sacred tree, but it reminded me that I should use what I had learned to protect her.

[Who is she?; How do I know? Don't interject! 〕

The people here are more carefree and resolute, and I was fortunate to make friends with my guide, Falt, who was young but also a seasoned warrior. He said he was from the Holy Tree City, auntie, I don't know if you recognize him?

Listen to Falt say that there have been more and more spiders in the Black Forest lately, and those dark and terrifying monsters lurking in the dark, they will even use other things to attract your attention and then attack you suddenly.

[This is what I met in it.] What the? It's true?; We'll talk about that later, so you can move on first. 〕

Until one time, some even larger, green-carapace spiders rushed into the inside of the barrier. If it weren't for the Priest's Runestones, I might have been killed by them, and I never thought that there would be darkness breaking into the barrier of the sacred tree. I realized that if I found and destroyed the nests of these monsters and let these spiders continue to thrive, something would go wrong.

After all this time of training, I think I should be able to handle these monsters. And it sums up the recent visions here. We felt that something else was going on in the depths of the Black Forest that we didn't know about, so we decided to take a look and see if we could find any clues.

I had been thinking about it for a long time, so I didn't finish it until halfway through, so I asked Falt to bring the scroll back. Don't worry, we'll bring back valuable leads.

P.S. I found some dragon fruit seeds with unique flavors here, and I hope that the next time I go back, I can eat the pies made by my aunt.

P.S. Some people say that you have to eat two portions, so you have to prepare more.

--There is no dividing line for the story--

"There are even monsters that can break into the enchantment?"

"There should be something to say here, and I seem to remember. I forgot what it was, though. ”

"Is it such a spider?" Ver also took out a scroll from his back and unfolded it, revealing a lifelike portrait of a spider in one corner.

"Blighter, this is ...... Darkcaster. ”

"Black ...... Such a literary name?! ”

"This spider ...... How are you, this reel? Where did you get that from? ”

"As I said earlier, I met the spider in the cave I went to yesterday, and I used to have it in the woods up there." Wiel pointed to the mountain wall behind the statue, and then to the top of the valley.

"As for this scroll, I really don't know, I just remember sleeping and having nightmares, and then this thing appeared in my hand."

"Okay, but to be honest, I don't understand what you're saying." Looking at the direction of Vere's finger and then at the portrait that Vere had brought out, Winnie shook her head, "Overall, the spider on this is one of the darkness I would call it. ”

Veel nodded.

"But this thing is the weakest monster except for the beast."

Weiel's eyes glared at the boss, "How is it possible, I almost ......"

"It's true, don't say they can't enter the barrier of the sacred tree at all, even if I am now, I can kill one head-on without being hurt. Well? What's wrong with you, Wiel? ”

"It's okay, it's hurt, it's a little painful."

"But, in a sense, this monster is also the most dangerous in the dark, and it will suddenly attack you when you are least noticing." Winnie's face was serious, "So in the dark, you must be vigilant, the Dark Wither, even the most seasoned warrior, will also die." That's how it got its name. ”

"But Winnie, you said it was given to a man named Fart, why did you think it was in a box?"

“…… I can't guess, after all, it's been too long. Winnie clasped the ends of the scroll together.

"Do you think this is the Holy Tree City mentioned in the letter?" Wiel guessed.

"It's not like Sacred Tree City is a town on the plains, but this is a valley."

"Is it possible that this is a town next to the Black Forest?" Wiel proposes another hypothesis.

"But there's no forest here, right?"

"No, here," he shook his head with a frown, and Wille pointed to the top, "It's all forest, it's all forest!" ”

"Are you saying that beyond the barrier I can't see, there's a forest?"

"It's a circle, a circle of endless forests...... Is it ......?"

"Isn't it ......"

The two said in unison, "This is in the Dark Forest?!" ”

……

Above the valley, deep in the forest, at the foot of the mountain on the side of the mountain, there is a deep hole.

A dense crawling sound came from the forest, and black spiders poured into the cave from all sides of the dense forest.

Immediately after, there was a tremor on the ground, and a huge spider, with a green carapace, dragged something with spider silk to the cave.

"Moo~Moo~" A scarred cow was tied in a net, this cow was large, huge horns coiled out of the net, and the body was covered with a thick layer of hair. The limbs are thick, and the tail whips the ground, and even pulls out small furrows. The constant churning shook the ground with a loud sound.

Pulling the cow to the hole, the spider let go of its web and crawled backwards.

Shaking its head to break free of the cobweb, the cow rolled to its feet, the scars on its body made it sway, and tried to plow the ground, a pair of red bull's eyes stared at the spider that caught it.

The spider was still crawling on the ground, not thinking of anything. And the other spiders are wandering, restless and eager to try.

Aiming the horns at the spider, he was about to rush forward with a kick, but a black spider at the entrance of the cave could no longer hold back, opened his mouthparts, and jumped out, trying to intercept the cow.

The cow had just taken two steps forward, and the black spider was jumping in the air.

Suddenly, two black lightning bolts burst out of the pitch-black hole, and with two "poof" sounds, pierced the cow and the black spider.

These were two huge claws, and the interruption of one huge claw pierced the whole cow from behind, cutting off its vitality at once. When the cow died, his eyes were still full of anger. It's just that the eyes are redder.

The claws passed through the spider's mouthparts and pierced directly. The green blood didn't even have time to flow.

The surrounding people fell silent suddenly, and there was a thumping sound from the entrance of the cave.

The back half of the claw slowly appeared, and a large spider face emerged from the hole. Almost the entire hole is stained!

The spider on the cave wall remained motionless, allowing the behemoth to crush its body, and hundreds of spider body fluids flowed out of the cave mouth along the slope like flowing water.

The two claws just now are just the front claws of this spider's face at the entrance of the cave!

With its mouth wide open, the spider swallowed the contents of both claws.

But the spider at the entrance of the cave was not satisfied, and continued to stab more than a dozen black spiders with their front chelae, and dragged them into their mouths. Green liquid and some bright red erupted from the mouthparts.

After eating for a while, the spider, which seemed to be satisfied, gradually disappeared into the hole, and before disappearing, it let out a "hissing" roar.

"Light ...... Eat, catch...... Eat...... Eat! ”

The surrounding spiders receded like a tide. Disappear into the forest.

And the big green carapace spider that dragged the cow aim, aimed in one direction, crawled over, and gradually disappeared into the forest.