The night was thick, and it had been half a night since the sun had set. Now the night wind is constantly cloudy, the moon is bright, and in the forest of the dead, there is an occasional howl of a wild beast from nowhere, or if it is the movement of a demonic beast.

Lunaka's convoy headed east, slow and often stopping because of Lunaka's mood, but it had already made a long way to go. If this trip is to the west, this week, you will probably be able to walk into the mountains to the west, closer to the Arid Sea to the west. But if you go east now, it's a different story.

Whether it is a caravan or a traveler, in this forest of the dead, even if this forest with an unlucky name has calmed down a lot in recent years, there are still many places that are not the scope of ordinary people's activities. For the surrounding villagers, the southern part of the Forest of the Dead is the largest area of activity, and this southern part is actually only a small part of the Forest of the Dead, and the roads used by travelers and caravans are mostly covered in the south. To the east and north of the Forest of the Dead, the forests are denser and larger than those in the south, and there are fewer traces of human activity. To the north of the forest, there are mountains where dragons are active, and to the east there is a long unobstructed coastline facing the dark sea, a paradise for amphibious monsters and a golden route for merchant ships. These fish are better to deal with than low-level dragons with armed merchant ships - both in terms of money and bloodshed.

So Lulunaka and the other five have not yet reached the sea in the east, and are still in the forest in the east. Now, with the exception of Lulunaka, the other four were sitting at the campfire at the front of the convoy. Romeona and Olga sat on one side, Patin on the side, and Julius across from Pattin. The four of them gathered around the campfire, and no one spoke, only the crackling of firewood burning.

Padin wasn't supposed to sit with them, whether it was him, or Olga and Romeona, who hadn't regained their relationship to sit down and talk together. As for Julius, who should have had little connection with anyone here, he also chose to sit down alone, looking like a lonely man. He used to worship Pattin, but now he is only hostile to this murderer, even if the other party no longer has any intention of killing, as for Olga and Romeona, only Olga occasionally talks to him, and Torlunaka's blessing seems to give him the opportunity to learn some martial arts from Olga - but the relationship with Romeona is always a bit strange.

Julius sat by the campfire and leaned his hands on the edge of the fire to warm his hands. Compared to usual, his mood now seems a little low. Earlier, when dinner was not ready and Olga was teaching him how to hold a sword, Lulunaka's words hit him hard. The alchemist girl who smiled and uttered something that was not at all friendly and sounded rather vicious and sarcastic, said that Julius was a rotten piece of wood—not a good metaphor, and that a rotten piece of wood could do anything other than to make a fire.

Along the way, Julius's excitement after getting the sword and his vision for the future were mostly extinguished by Lulunaka's words. Even if he wanted to contradict Lulunaka, he didn't know what to say. It was Lulunaka who gave him the sword, and it was Lulunaka who gave him the opportunity to have access to the guidance of a warrior like Olga, so to speak, everything he has now was given to him by Lulunaka.

Lulunaka didn't hurt the consciousness of an ambitious teenager at all, what she usually looks like, and what she still is. There was no change in her attitude towards Julius, as if the words were not really intended to mock Julius. At dinner, Julius's portion of soup and meat was so plentiful that Julius was a little worried that it would spill on the floor when Julius held the bowl in his trembling hand, wasting a meal that he had not eaten in a year when he was in the village. For Julius, being able to eat dried meat and drink broth was something he had never experienced before, and it happened to be able to turn the grievances and unwillingness of Lulunaka into the power to eat meat, so he ate a very messy dinner and had a great appetite.

At that time, Lulunaka looked at Julius's appearance as a hungry ghost, and did not reprimand him for eating too much, still smiling, "Eat, as long as you don't eat and eat a bad stomach, then eat as much as you want...... Otherwise, it will be difficult for you to even protect yourself. "The convoy is ready to have food for dozens of people for a period of time, and no matter how much Julius overeats now, he will not let the food bottom out, so no matter how much Julius eats, no one will have an opinion. Or rather, the main thing is that Lulunaka doesn't have any opinions, so the others won't have opinions either.

It had been some time since dinner, and Julius's stomach, which had almost shrunk a little, made him feel less uncomfortable. The feeling of fullness that almost stretched out was not a comfortable experience, and the poor mood and stomach discomfort made Julius look listless tonight.

"You can't become fat by eating in one bite. Pattin, who was sitting across from him, said. Patin held a small stick in his hand and threw it into the campfire, which was quickly lit and turned red, making the campfire a little warmer and brighter.

Julius just snorted a few times, and was going to refute a few words, but after thinking about it, he didn't know what to say, so he shut up. What Padin said was true, no matter how hostile he was to Patin, he couldn't say that there was anything wrong with Patin's words.

Olga and Romeona, who were sitting next to Patin and Julius, had no intention of joining the conversation. Because a lot of things have happened, there has never been an atmosphere where the four of them can get together and talk. But for them, the current situation is normal, it was the result of taking each other's lives, but now because of someone, it has become a situation where they can sit together.

And that one, now sitting by the second campfire, was happily tinkering with what he had in his hands.

Lulunaka sat by the campfire in the middle of the convoy, and during the day she had picked up some of the wet branches that Julius had picked up, she had left some of them to build another campfire that could not be lit, and she threw the rest into the forest.

She stood by the burning campfire, the white jade mortar in her hand raised above the rising flames, and flipped over so that the powdery object in the mortar fell into the flames. "What will happen...... I'm really looking forward to it. She had been holding the mortar and the mallet for almost half the day since the day, and no one knew what she was messing with, and no one could ask anything out of her mouth—she said she was making some powder to repel mosquitoes, but no one believed her.

The powder that Luluna spoke of to repel mosquitoes was crushed to a white tinge with a tinge of turquoise, and when it fell into the flames, it was like sand falling, and the delicate particles slowly fell and became a thin veil in the air.

When the powder in the mortar fell into the flames, a strange fragrance came out and spread to the campfire in front. Julius sniffled and smelled a fresh scent, but for some reason, when the scent entered his nose, it made him sneeze and his whole body became excited. It wasn't that he was allergic to powders, it was that the smell of the smell got into his nose and a chill that made him sneeze. It wasn't just him who had such a reaction, Romeona frowned and covered her nose with her sleeve. The aroma is not unpleasant, but it does easily arouse a person's desire to sneeze, and that hint of coldness makes Romeona feel not very good.

Julius and Romeona only felt it intuitively, and Olga and Patin could feel it even more.

"What does this smell of?" Olga shouted to Lulunaka.

Lulunaka tilted the mortar in her hand, letting the powder fall into the flames. Hearing Olga's inquiry, she looked at Olga, "Some bug corpses, and sun-dried husks. It's not a dangerous thing, don't worry, it's just that the bugs won't be happy to come around here. ”

"Is that all?" Olga was a little incredulous.

Lulunaka was not upset by Olga's questioning, "There is nothing more, it is all something that is harmless to the human body." However, if you inhale this smell in your nose, it will be a little cold and refreshing, but if you inhale too much, you may catch a cold, right? ”

It's just a cold, it's not something that's all. Olga sighed, didn't say anything more, turned to the next to Romeoona and said, "Be careful not to catch a cold, Oona." ”

"I'm not that bad. "But I don't really like the smell...... It's too cold. ”

"Nobody likes to smell dead bodies, even if they're bugs. Patin spoke suddenly, "Is this the smell of worm meat?"

Julius didn't like this kind of topic, "Can you stop saying this, it sounds like you're burning a corpse......"

Patin looked at Julius, "Do you think of anything, the smell of people being burned?"

Julius looked disgusted.

Patin chuckled a few times and shook his head, "I'm sorry I said something out of place. ”

While the four of them had spoken briefly, Lulunaka was already sitting down, her cheeks facing the blazing bonfire, humming a monosyllabic minor. Ward jumped out of the carriage, shook his nearly hairless skin, and walked over to Lulunaka and crouched down, his head facing the campfire, as if a creature like it was longing for warmth.

Lulunaka touched Ward's head, "Ward, what do you think this will lead to?"