Chapter Twenty-Seven: Departure on the Road
Early the next morning, Habchacha came to call the door, saying that Hukamum had recovered, and that the three of them could set off when they were ready.
So Sikong Ya reluctantly threw the sleepy-eyed little girl An An on the body of Bo Bo'er Bar to barely get on the road, and when Sikong Ya and his party came to the entrance of the village, they saw that the goblin queen and Habchacha and Hukamu, who was still a roast pig yesterday, were already waiting here.
"Morning, everyone!" Sikong Ya's smile was still very bright, but this smile couldn't hide his dark circles at all. In fact, when I was fighting against insomnia in Sikong Cliff last night, I scolded Yu Gang and them tens of thousands of times in my heart. It's obviously just a game, why do you have to do it into the system even to recognize bed insomnia?
"Luffy-sama, you're early." The goblin queen Neil Lily is still deceitfully decorative.
"Morning, can I go?" Sikong Ya nodded.
"I'll have to wait a minute, Lord Hucam still needs to complete the outing ceremony before he can go out." Habchacha explained.
"Going out for a festival?" Sikong Ya was a little puzzled.
I saw Hucam walking towards a row of vats side by side, and then Hucamum began to enter the vats in turn to soak. And when Hucamum finished soaking in the last vat, the familiar disgusting stench of goblins returned to Hucam's body. At the same time, the original obnoxious brownish-green skin reappeared on Hucam's body.
"These potions were formulated by our ancestors so that we could live safely in this dangerous jungle. If we look ugly and smell bad, there will be no predators to hunt us. Habchacha explained to Sikong Ya with a complicated face.
Sikong Ya suddenly looked a little embarrassed, after all, he had just devoured a goblin before. Now that I think about it, in addition to the jealous and fearful expressions on the faces of the other goblins at that time, there was clearly a kind of "look! That guy ate". There was a stirring and convulsion inside Sikong Ya's body, as if it was from stomach discomfort, but Sikong Ya knew very well that slimes had no stomach.
After Hukamum had completed the goblin ritual, he said goodbye to the people who had come to see him off with Sikong Cliff and strode towards the dense jungle.
The road to the lake went smoothly, and occasionally a few guys hiding behind the trees in the forest were also quiet after being shocked by a few formic acid bombs from Sikong Cliff. As for Hukam, this guy may not have come out of the resentment of being beaten by Sikong Cliff yesterday, so he just walked with a broken face and a dull head along the way.
Coming to the lake, Sikong Cliff is leading little Lori An'an to move her hands and feet, ready to go into the water. Hucamum, on the other hand, looked at the two fellows with disdain, and then pulled out of a hidden bush to a raft. Of course, after Sikong Ya slapped his palm on his superiority face with his stretchable arm, Hucam regained some of his momentum and then wilted again.
"Get on board." Hukamm's tone was cold.
Sikong Ya ignored the goblin blacksmith, and just smiled and escorted An An on the raft, as if he was taking a little sister to the park for boating and rowing. And when he got on the raft, he didn't help paddling, but just took An An to play leisurely.
"Luffy-sama, the waters aren't peaceful. You and Miss An An had better rest quietly, and don't make loud noises, so as not to disturb the aquatic races in this vicinity. Hukamm's tone was as respectful and polite as possible, after all, as the chief blacksmith of the goblin tribe, he very much hoped to get the revelation of the ancestral gods to improve his skills. Therefore, he didn't want to cause some trouble and affect his future mission because of his bad relationship with Sikong Ya.
"yes, okay." Sikong Ya unexpectedly cooperated, and agreed very happily.
In fact, except for the previous time when he was looking for the Flame Ancestral Dragon, Sikong Cliff had never entered this great lake again. As a slime, he seems to have a natural repulsion to water, even though the slime itself can swim. When he was in the lake before, Sikong Ya only felt that after soaking in the water for a long time, he seemed to be about to melt. After that, Sikong Cliff has always tried to stay away from the lake, and even if it is close to the lake a few times, it will definitely not provoke those aquatic creatures. So as soon as Hukamum reminded him, Sikong Ya immediately accepted it humbly.
With the clumsy help of Sikong Ya and An An together, the speed of the whole advance was much faster. After about another hour, Sikong Cliff finally saw a large island appear in front of him. It was noon, and the sun was at its hottest. But the island was surrounded by a thick fog, so much so that they didn't spot it until the island was close at hand.
"Right there!" Hukamm's tone was a little agitated and pointed to the misty island.
"There's something wrong with this island......" Sikong Ya said with a little worry.
"I can go up on my own." Hukamm's gaze was resolute.
"I didn't say I couldn't do it, what are you anxious about." Sikong Ya was a little annoyed. To be honest, he was feeling very bad right now, and if it weren't for the possible rich rewards of the race mission, he would definitely give up now and go home with An An.
The topography of this island is also very precarious, and most of the coast is cliffs and reefs, which are impossible to dock at all. Sikong Cliff and Hukam rowed a raft around the island before finding a small mudflat that would allow them to land on the island.
Their landing ground was a tiny mudflat, and Sikong Cliff sank deep into the mud as soon as he stepped down, and An An and Hukamum were in a similar situation. The only thing that is not affected is the only one who can be affected, and the slime's special constitution allows him to easily lie down in front of the mud without falling into the mud.
They struggled in the mud for a long time to get out of the mudflat, and in front of them was a jungle that was not very dense. And as you walk deeper into the jungle, the fog that surrounds the entire island becomes thicker and thicker. Sikong Cliff: They walked in this jungle for about ten minutes or so, and the fog around them was already thick, and they could only see the situation within five meters of the surrounding area.
Fortunately, the deeper they went into this island, the more obvious the induction Hukam received, and later they groped forward completely by the induction that Hukam received. But there is no danger along the way, and Sikong Cliff always pays attention to the smell around him, but fortunately, there is no dangerous smell approaching all the time.
"Over there!" Hucam's voice became excited.
Sikong Cliff looked in the direction Hucamum was pointing, and saw only a vague shadow, and that shadow seemed to be the appearance of a tall tower.