"How is this possible?!" The scrolls in Winnie's frightened hands fell to the ground.

"We're in the Black Forest?! We're in the forest?! We are surrounded by darkness! Winnie flew up to Vere, put her hands on the shoulders on either side of her neck, and shook vigorously, "Tell me, Will, is what you just said true?" ”

"Don't shake, don't shake, hey! Calm down! Vere cried out.

Winnie was shocked and stopped moving.

began to fly in circles around himself.

"What to do, what to do? How could we be in the Black Forest! ”

Weir didn't quite understand, "We know where we are, shouldn't we be happy?" Why are you in such a hurry? ”

Winnie cupped her forehead, "If this is the Black Forest, then the sacred tree is the brightest place in the entire forest!" ”

"How so?"

"The monsters of the Dark Forest fear light the most, but they hate it the most. So, the sacred tree is what they must, desperately want to destroy. Winnie clasped her hands together, "They're going to do everything they can to destroy the tree." ”

Swallowing his saliva, he asked as calmly as he could, "Tell me, Will, how long have you been in the woods to get here, and have you ever been to a higher place?" Do you know how far this is from the forest border? ”

"What are you asking for?" Will was stopped by a barrage of questions.

"It's really important, I just want to confirm how far away the danger is from us. How bad our situation is. ”

"Well, in that case, I'll tell you everything I know." Will thought for a moment.

"I don't know how long it took me to get here, but I did come from the border of the forest."

"What's at the border?" Winnie hurriedly asked.

"It's a small forest by the mountains, a plain of green grass farther away, and a little farther away to the sea." Wiel pushed back his itinerary, "It's still sea across the sea. At least I didn't see any land or islands. ”

"Did you pass through a place that was a little higher and had a wider view?"

Nodding, "Before I came into the forest, I came across a small hill. ”

"Did you go to the mountains to see it?"

"I looked, it's just a small mound, the real mountain is on the other side of my up, no, you can still see the peaks here, by the way, you can't see ......" Wille paused and continued: "On one side of the hill is the cliff and the sea. Just across the mountain. Then the mounds and the foot of the hill were the source of a river, and the scroll I had in the meadow, and beyond that there was a dense forest that grew wider. ”

"That'...... Can you see this? It's very conspicuous in the woods. Winnie listened carefully, imagining where Vere was saying.

"I thought, well, indeed, I saw a place on the top of the hill that looked like a building. But I don't know if it's here. It's too far away after all. Weir looked up at the sky, "There is no obvious distinction between day and night in the forest, and I have been following the light group, and I have encountered a sneak attack by spiders, so I have long been unable to distinguish the direction. But I'm sure it's been a long time. ”

"So there's a good chance it's the interior of the forest?"

"That's right, but to find out where this is, you'll have to go to the mountains over there." "And it looks like it's naturally old and ruined, not like it's under siege." Don't think too much, the most important thing is to replenish your energy and find a way to start. ”

"Let me think about it." Winnie picked up a twig from the side, "Let's say this is the sea you're talking about." ”

Winnie drew a line on the ground and dotted on one side. "And then here's the plain." Draw a circle on the other side of the line. Wiel also picked up a twig from the side.

"This is a rocky beach, probably the gentle slope of the cliff by the sea." Wiel drew two lines slightly to the side, erasing the circle and drawing a larger one. And drew a diagonal line in the circle: "This is the plain, this is a river." ”

"And then here is the mountain wall", around the circle, Wiel draws an irregular line that borders to the sea. "The mountain is probably a volcano, and there are places in the sea where magma is still bubbling." Wiel made a cross there.

Then on the other side of the mountain, the river went through the woods, and here it was, and on the other side there was a half-cut mountain. Well, here is the sea too. Wiel drew a line on the other side of the hill as well.

Winnie took the branch in her hand and pointed in the middle of a pile of strokes, "This is what you said, the woods where we are?" ”

"The building I saw on the hill should be here." Wiel drew a small circle. "But where are we? Whether it's behind the mountain, or where it has turned, I don't know. "Wiel points to the two long lines of the rudimentary map." If this were a map, we wouldn't know what the whole other direction would look like. ”

[Where could this be?] Winnie frowned, her mind already searching for scattered memories.

"I said Winnie, you can't just think about it. Like I said, the most important thing is to keep your spirit up and find a way to get going. Whatever the danger, it is not okay to sit idly by. Patting the dirt on his body, Wiel saw that the sun had appeared in the sky above the mountain wall. You and I haven't slept all night, so we should rest first. ”

"I'm not tired, you go and rest first, I'll think about it." Winnie fell to the ground, straightened her hair, and looked up to Will.

"Hmm~" Will rubbed his eyes, and his turning arm made a clicking sound. "I feel like I'm getting rusty, so I'm going to sleep for a while. If you think of anything, just wake me up again. Looking at Winnie, who was gesturing on the ground and still showing a thoughtful expression from time to time, Wiel yawned, turned and walked over the statue to the hut. Get plenty of rest! ”

"Huh?" Out of the corner of his eye, the head of the statue swept over, and Veel noticed as if something was moving again. Blinking, Wille looked carefully, and there were only clumps of green plants, "Haven't you slept and are dizzy?" ”

Shaking his head, he went back to the house, and went to sleep with his clothes closed.

"Volcanoes, how can there be volcanoes? And this forest is by the sea? This is not the Black Forest? Winnie looked at the trees around her. This kind of tree cannot grow on the seashore. Hey~ What should I do? ”

Closing the scroll, a burst of light flickered, and a white moon stone appeared in Winnie's hand, "I didn't expect anyone to learn to carve the star spirit." ”

"Sit still......" Looking up, Winnie said with a calm face, "If I'm still alive, if I'm still alive...... Maybe I can see the light of the sun and get out of this barrier. ”

Flying lightly, he slowly came to the side of the sacred tree, "Sacred tree, how long will your light shine?" It's been so long, so long that I can't even remember what the world is like and who I am. "Gently fluttering beside the sacred tree, looking from afar, the glitter of the sun is scattered around the white holy tree.

The picture of holiness is different kind of poignant.

--Beyond the Valley--

"Huh~" A big-eared fox-like creature lay lazily under the shade of the grass tree.

One ear suddenly stood up and turned from side to side, heading into the depths of darkness.

The sound of shredded grass and trees, the claws of multi-legged spiders falling to the ground, and the faint sound of the wind.

Spider! The big-eared fox-like creature jumped up at once, turned around and jumped up, and ran back to its hiding place.

A turquoise spider slowly emerges from the forest.

The sharp front claws have a blunt sensation that black spiders do not have, the head and chest are full of barbs, and the huge body walks silently in the forest.

It slowly paced to the edge of the forest, raising its forelimbs in fear and disgust, trying to block out the sunlight. A few eyes turned back and forth, and one last turn, crawling towards the river's water.

A pile of tattered clothes was picked up by spiders, who opened their mouths and roared silently.

Throwing off the clothes, the spider spun around in place, found a direction, picked up speed, and crawled past.

After a while.

The animal, which was scared away by the spider, carefully walked to the side of the clothes with its two hind legs, picked it up gently, squatted on the ground and sniffed. "Wow~" screamed softly, looked at the direction the spider was walking, and the two big ears twitched, "Wow, Wow~"

He also walked in.