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July 21, in the Great Plains in the Elvin Forest.

Three hundred years ago, it was once the territory of Baron Alwin. A squadron of soldiers is stationed near the forest to keep an eye out for mosquitoes and beasts inside. There are also several villages scattered around the forest, and they depend on this forest for their survival.

But that was three hundred years ago.

With the fall of the Great Empire, Baron Alwyn was beheaded by the rebels. The forest is unwittingly overrun by a lich. and made a formal request to the Darkmoon Council to be stationed. And so the forest unwittingly became the lich's territory. Although it had been a long time since the lich had been sighted, the officials still did not dare to occupy the strange-looking Darkwood Forest. However, the ban was gradually relaxed, allowing people to walk along the ancient ruins in the forest.

In this lich-ruled forest, the breath of life of a few people is as inconspicuous as a drop in the sea. And Akon and his party were not the only ones trekking in the forest. There are at least a hundred people lurking throughout the Elwyn Forest, wary of those who are also poachers or adventurers. After all, as a lich territory, although it can't kill large creatures under the effect of negative energy, insects are basically extinct. It is simply unreasonable that such a refreshing and clean place should not be used as a smuggling holy place. Even in many cases, although it is not crowded with people, it is still very popular.

Following the forest path provided by the smugglers, the group of three people continued to trek through the forest according to the indicators on the map. Overcoming obstacles along the way, they faced the danger of monsters together, and they were once chased by skeletons. But they survived. Eventually, after seven days, the group decided to talk openly and honestly to each other about the most critical issues.

At seven o'clock in the evening, Akon reached out and lit the bonfire that had been built on the ground. The flame of magic instantly burned the firewood in the stone circle, illuminating the surrounding area within a radius of several meters, and the warm positive energy began to rise, blocking the erosion of the negative energy of the forest.

'No problem, there are ghosts. ’

The three of them looked at the flickering bonfire with serious faces, and their faces were full of complicated expressions.

"Master Akon......"

In the beating flames, Anta's delicate face became clearer. Like a bright red apple, he looked at the black-robed mage with a blurred gaze, and a hot and fragrant breath came out of his mouth.

And the black-robed mage also looked emotional, staring at Anta's beautiful face as if in the dark. The adventures of the past four days have condensed countless emotions in each other's hearts. And on this night, the impulse in their hearts finally burst out, and they called each other by name. Faced with this situation, only the Lolita mercenary looked at the bonfire with a silent face, and there seemed to be a sad look on his face, as if he was mourning the passing of something.

Looking at such a gentle-looking mage, Anta smiled embarrassedly, leaned over, and exhaled like an orchid. His fiery feelings were turned into words, and he hoped to pass on to that mage. She couldn't bear it anymore, and if she didn't put into words the emotions she had accumulated from the adventures of the past few days, she even felt that the fiery emotions could burn her brain dry.

"My most respectable Mr. Mage." Anta looked at the mage with a leisurely face with a smile, and said in a sweet voice, "Can you take out the magic contract?" I guess I should be able to apply to quit the team now, right? ”

"Impossible."

Giving a categorical reply, Akon smiled intoxicatingly.

"Miss Anta. Got on a thief ship...... I mean, if you become a member of this mercenary team, you don't want to break away. ”

"Well, he's never going to let you go. After all, it's just you. ”

The male mercenary holding a rag doll nodded solemnly.

The paladin spirit that emerged on the face of the national character made Anta feel even more impulsive to go crazy.

"It's been seven days! We've been wandering around this lich's territory for seven days now! But now seven days later, we're not still spinning around the Elwyn Forest! Can anyone tell me what we came to this forest for?! ”

"Of course, it's to better face the next work." Akon looked serious.

"For the sake of young girls." The male mercenary is more serious.

"Please, be serious, okay?!"

Looking at the two completely useless men, Anta almost cried.

According to Anta's experience in surviving in the wild, the distance they have advanced in the past seven days is probably less than ten kilometers, which is still a good calculation.

The mysterious-looking mage didn't do anything, and he took that broken map all day long and commanded blindly, and the guide went north and said east to west. After the blind command was finished, he began to draw a book from the space belt to read, and rushed up with a shout pointing at something at every turn, attracting out a few monsters, making the two mercenaries scramble. And that's not all, I especially like to go to some weird corners to tinker with something, and it takes more than ten minutes to delay the progress to the minimum.

And that paladin-faced mercenary who looks very reliable is really unreliable. As soon as I saw the appearance of human traffic, the covered eyes suddenly flashed red. Once I found that there was no little girl on the other side, I was depressed for a moment. All the work was done by her, a weak woman. Whether it's camping, hunting, or keeping vigil, she basically does it. How can anyone be so bullied? In the past few days, she has even been quite frustrated to find that the shield that she had always felt a little heavier seems to be a little lighter. Originally, the rules that were forbearance for her were like they didn't exist here, as if they wanted to make her previous laziness come back.

"I'm a girl too! And I'm a beauty, right? Right? Why do you even leave hunting to me? Even if you hunt, you have to set up a tent and let me come! After setting up the tent, I have to barbecue meat, and after the barbecue, I have to keep a vigil alone, and I will keep a vigil alone for the second half of the night! Do you have any public morality? ”

"Oh, didn't you say we want us to treat you like a man? Aren't these things done by men? ”

The mage crouched by the campfire, not even looking at Anta with a frenzied face. Unhurriedly, he took out a copy of "Biography of Great Plains Characters" from the space belt, and said casually while flipping through the firelight.

"And you see that person over there, who has always been at the forefront of the investigation and hasn't said anything, what are you complaining about?"

"He's here to see if the little girl is okay! Didn't you lie to him and say that there were young girls here! ”

"No, the mage didn't lie, yes."

The male mercenary crossed his hands against his chin and looked at the campfire with a serious expression.

"I can smell that."

"Sniff you! Tell me where there might be a baby girl here! ”

“…… Daughter of the Lich? ”

"Whose lich would have a daughter?! Is the lich crazy?! ”

"Ah, there are people like that, but they're actually people, not lichs......"

Akon snapped and closed the "Biography of the Great Plains" at hand, and set his eyes on the depths of the dense forest. There didn't seem to be any emotion in the black pupils, staring into the shadows of the jungle that the firelight couldn't reach, and said loudly.

"I'm not wrong, am I? The Lich over there? No, perhaps it should be called a witch, Lady Lisa? ”

“……”

The originally noisy scene suddenly fell silent.

Except for the sound of the campfire crackling, the entire forest was silent.

Be quiet.

It's very quiet.

It was so quiet that even the breathing of the three people could be heard clearly.

It's better to feel that something is wrong. Even in a forest overrun by a lich, it is impossible to be in such a state of silence. Skeletons driven by negative energy, large scavengers that roam at night still roam the Lich's forests. There are also some smugglers who have the mentality of gambling and march in the dark of night to add a bit of noise to the night.

But now there is no sound. On this night, except for the three of them, not even the sound of the crackling bones was absent. Silence is like an invisible palm, choking the throat of the Bishoujo mercenary.

'Don't be afraid, Anta, you're a full-grown mercenary now. ’

Anta gripped the steel longsword in his hand, raised his guts, squinted, and followed Akon's gaze.

But in the dim light of the campfire, not to mention any human figures, even the jungle itself is more than a shadow. On this windless night, the shadows of the jungle grew thicker. It's like the heavy curtain of those aristocratic homes, and even a shadow can't be revealed from behind the pitch-black curtain.

“…… Mr. Aken, there's no one over there? ”

Staring at the dark jungle, Anta whispered to the mage beside him while vigilant.

But Akon looked at the dark corner of the jungle with a leisurely expression, and nodded behind Anta.

"Of course there's no one over there. You look behind you. ”

"Huh? Why don't you look over there......"

Anta muttered, subconsciously turning her head.

A scarlet eye pressed in front of Anta, taking over her entire line of sight.

The huge eyes with a diameter of more than forty centimeters stared at Anta indifferently, and even clearly reflected the beautiful reflection of the girl in the pupils. The scarlet body seemed to be a red rope tied by countless tentacles, spreading and stretching on the grass, gradually covering the small camp with a layer of flesh.

But in the face of this terrible scene, this respectable young mercenary was not panicked at all. Instead, he looked at the huge eyeball monster without moving, and there was no trace of fear or nervousness on his delicate face. It can really be described as a generation of heroines.

"Good evening, beautiful little girl."

Facing Anta with a calm face, the huge eyes shook up and down, the tentacles stirred, and greeted her politely.

Anta: "......"

In the face of this greeting, the beautiful young lady with a calm face fell straight back in the eyes of everyone.

Male mercenary: "......"

Akon: "......"

As if time had been frozen, everyone looked speechlessly at Anta who had fainted on the ground, not knowing what to say.

"What's the matter with this kid? That's rude, isn't it? Is it true that all the people of the great plains have fallen into this? The big eyeball looked at Anta who had fainted on the ground, blinked a little strangely, and set his gaze in the direction of Akon.

As for the Eye Demon's question, Akon could only shrug his shoulders, saying that he didn't know.

Travel Progress: 0.4%

Non-combat attrition: one person

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