"Winnie, don't make a fuss, what are you doing? …… Slimy, wet ...... Don't lick me...... Winnie! "Winnie, what are you going to do...... Oh, not Winnie, so disappointed...... Well?! ”

A large-eared white fox, blinking big pure eyes, was looking at Veel.

"A fox!" Will looked at the animal in front of him in amazement. "No, it's not a fox?!"

It has the shape of a fox, but it does not have a long pointed beak, a pair of ears are fluttering soft, and a long tail stands gently erect behind him. What surprised Willow the most was the way it squatted, and the puzzled look on its face, [huh?] How can this ~ fox have such an obvious expression? 〕

I suddenly realized that there were no animals in this valley!

Don't......?!

"Winnie! How did you become like this? Wille picked up the fox on the ground, and despite the little fox's struggles, turned over and looked, "Winnie, how did you become a ......?"

"Vere? What are you doing? ”

As Wiel looked for prestige, Winnie was standing not far away pursed her lips and snickering.

"Uh~ this, I see this...... The ......" embarrassedly put down the aggrieved fox, and it ran behind Winnie in a few steps, and stood like a child, grabbing Winnie's shoulders and looking at Ver with a wary expression.

Only then did Ver realize that he was lying on the grass, the sky was blue and the sun was shining, and the cloth covering him had fallen from the side.

"How long did I sleep?"

"One night."

"Oh, the fox." Weir pointed to the ground.

"It came here on its own. I found it at the statue and brought it back. ”

"Huh~" The fox-like creature was visibly unhappy with what Wille called it. There was a gurgling sound in my stomach. The two looked at each other and laughed.

"Is there anything else to eat?"

"The rest is eaten."

"Then I'll go and make some more, Winnie, and find some wild fruit."

"It's been ready for a long time, No, right there."

"That's right, Winnie."

"Huh?"

"I think I can feel the magic you said earlier. It's on the right hand. ”

……

"Fox, don't make trouble, I'm concentrating." Wiel decided to learn the art of summoning water while preparing.

The little fox looked at Vere, stood up, grabbed Veir's collar with one hand, and pointed to the empty bowl with the other.

"It looks like he likes what you cook, and it looks like you'll get along well on your next trip."

"Winnie! Look! Ver had a ball of water in his hand.

"You've made it! Vere! Winnie saw the lump of water in Weel's hand.

With just two words, the water mass in Weir's hand could not hold on, and it fell from the air to his hand, and then seeped into the ground.

"That's all." Weir said embarrassedly.

They didn't notice that the fox seemed to be tired and lay listlessly on the table.

In fact, what Veel didn't know was that he would actually 'level up', not by eating gears like a robot in the game, but by 'leveling up' the runes on his hands, drawing the magic of light from the world, and the little white fox was the key.

"Anyway, now, I don't have to worry about the water anymore." Will said happily.

……

"So, I'm leaving."

"It's better to go to the mountains first."

"I know, I'll go to the mountains and have a look."

"Be careful."

"Hmm."

At the top of the gentle slope, Wiel made a plank to break it up and came to the top of the valley.

"When I'm gone, you'll sleep in the sacred tree?"

"Yes, I'll guard the barrier and the sacred tree, waiting for you to bring back news."

Vere paused, "Winnie, do you remember when I said I was going to give you a gift?" ”

Winnie was stunned for a moment, and Wille took out a wreath of flowers from behind her, the flowers of various colors were bright and beautiful, and the cyan stems were woven around them in a circle.

Gently placed on Winnie's head, Wille whispered, "It's time to go." ”

"Take care, thank you." Winnie had a smile on her face, and like the statue behind her, she vaguely felt as if they were the same person.

Turning, Ver took a few steps forward, feeling like he had passed through the barrier, and looking back, Winnie looked out in a daze, then turned and flew towards the sacred tree, turning into a streamer and disappearing into the sacred tree.

Everything in the valley fell silent, the light of the sacred tree faded, the ashes of the statue no longer drifted away, and everything returned to the way it had been, except for the trees and the plants on the statue, which testified to the presence of Weor.

"Let's go." "Whew~"

Of course, the little fox could not be put in the valley, so she bothered Winnie to pick it up. In an abnormal state, he saw that there was a faint light link between the fox's body and the rune on his hand.

As the forest grew darker, Wiel blinked and walked forward.

"What are you called?"

"Whew~"

"Always howling, and a fox again, well, how is Xiaobai?"

"Huh~" The little fox seemed to understand and shook his head.

"Don't like it? Well, it's too popular...... Let's call Ollie, Ollie, Ollie......"

"Woo... Whew~"

The two figures faded into the dim forest.

……

Deep in the forest, a dark cavern, the stench of corpses and the sound of the wind emanating from the mouth of the cave.

There were no leaves on the surrounding trees, and the trunks were long dead, only white cobwebs covered them, and the branches twisted into hideous shapes, and the sun shone down, and there was not a trace of warmth, only bursts of coldness.

In the cave, countless scarlet and dark green flashed on the ceiling, walls, and bumpy ground. Dense, staggered and chaotic.

But there is only one place, even if they overlap and trample, they don't want to set foot in, entrenched in a black behemoth.

On the back of this spider, there are many large and small cocoons made of spider silk, but these cocoons have been broken and peeled off, and some of them seem to be burned.

The spider was pitch black, but there was a spot on its abdomen that emitted a faint light that passed through the carapace of the spider's abdomen, and this faint light became the only light in the hole.

The spider looked painful, it opened its mouth violently, exhaled a large puff of black smoke, at this time, a spider was accidentally squeezed in front of the big spider, and when the black shadow flashed, the spider was tied up and sent to the mouth of the big spider.

As it feeds, the spider regains some strength. The light in its stomach was still bright, and the spider tried to stand up, but the pain in its body caused it to fall to the ground with a thud.

The agony spider roared, "Light...... More to eat..."

Streams of black water gushed out of the cave.

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"Lost again!" Seeing the marks carved into the wood, Weir said with some frustration.

Will walked in the woods, Winnie's prophecy stone was really good for directions, and Wiel tried to meditate on the prophecy stone rune. Except for a little faint connection with the fox in front of him who turned back from time to time, it didn't act as a compass.

Compass!

Wille thought of this thing for the first time, but is the geomagnetic field of this world the same? "Hey, whatever that does, as long as you can find a direction, it's better than going around in circles in the woods."

Unfortunately, he doesn't have magnets, no, not even iron.

Even if he wanted to make it with the system, he didn't have the gold. As for the papers, Winnie had found some, which were currently in Wiel's pocket.

If you want gold, you have to find a gold mine. There are two ways to find gold.

"Either you're lucky enough to run into a vein, or you're back at the beach."

But the most pressing question at the moment is how Veel and the fox can get out of this dense forest.

"Neither is possible." Or, Wille looked up, and the dense branches blocked the view, and the mountain peaks could not be seen at all.

How to find the bottom of the mountain and the way up the mountain became the biggest problem.

"Fox... Ollie! ”

"Huh?" The little fox turned around, wagged its tail, and crouched there.

"Ollie, can you get out of this wood?" Wiel tried to communicate with the animal in front of him, "Huh? Will looked at Ollie and frowned, looking at him innocently.

"It's just going to go out, Linzi, it's gone. Outside, get out. Ay~! ”

Looking at the way Willby gestured and then slapped his thigh, Ollie didn't know what he wanted to do with something that felt so familiar.

"Huh......?" Ollie stood up, walked over to Vere, and gently extended his front paws.

When Vere saw this, he squatted down, and Oli pulled Wiel's hand and pressed his paw on the back of Wiel's right hand, "Huh? ”

Wiel's heart moved, sensing Ollie's thoughts. It's like, "What?" ".

"Can you understand?"

"Huh?" [Why?] Ollie shouted again.

Veel was inspired and meditated silently, [Can you feel my thoughts?] 〕

"Whew" [can]

[Do you know where the way out is?] 〕

"Huh?" [Why?] 〕

[Out, woods, outside.] 〕

"Huh." [Yes]

With that, Ollie put his paw down, turned slightly, and ran in one direction.

Following the light, Ver followed Ollie for a long time, and then, when Ver noticed that his eyes were shining and the trees were scarce, he stopped, and found himself on the edge of the sea. On three sides is a cliff and the sea, and behind it is the forest when it came.

At the end, looking down, the smell of the waves came to my nose, and the waves pushed the sea water against the reef, changing into white foam among the craggy rocks. Sandwiched between the foot of the mountain and the cliffs, there is a small gravel beach.

Patting the dirt on his body, Wille stood up, looked to the left, and saw the foot of a mountain running into the sea, white steam rising from behind the rocks rising from the sea. To the right is the endless ocean, and you can faintly see a few seabirds still flying and hovering in the sky. The trees form a natural wooden wall that isolates the island from the sea.

Looking back at the woods, "Good boy, I actually came around this way." "I looked up at the slowly falling ridge on the left-hand side, followed it up, and looked at the peak." If you go in this direction, you will be able to go up to the bottom of the mountain. ”

Will called Ollie to the side and started communicating in the same way as before.

[Do you know how to get to the mountains?] 〕

"Whew~." [Know]

[Take me there?] 〕

"Whew! Whew~Whew. "[Danger, fear]

"Is there anything over there?" Will said with a frown. "Is it a spider?"

[I have to go.] 〕

"Uh-huh" [good]

"Good job, Ollie." Ver touched its head with his hand, "Let's go, be careful, there should be no problem." ”