Chapter 21: The Partridge Hill (Part II)

A math problem:

It is now known that the metasequoia tree has a DBH of six feet, and the psychological shadow area of the people on the tree is found.

The rabbit was still gnawing, Cremar was second only to Kerribben, the rain was no longer so ferocious, at least he could open his eyes under the shelter of his hood, and he had seen the most rabbits he had ever seen. They are like cream on a five-inch matcha cake, and the metasequoia attached to it is like a small candle stuck on it, and the bottom of this candle is still shrinking at a rate visible to the naked eye.

When the metasequoia began to tilt, everyone except the mage and the ranger began to shout and try to jump onto another tree, Kerry stopped them loudly, the distance between this metasequoia and the nearest kind was already more than the two of them could hold hands, the trunk was extremely slippery because of the rain, the light around it was still dim, and it was almost impossible for ordinary people who had never been trained in martial arts to move from one tree to another without help— They were able to climb the tree thanks to Kerribben and Cremar.

The elf took out a seed, embedded it in the bark of the metasequoia, and chanted a incantation, the white plant tentacles erupted and thickened from between his fingers, its roots digging deep into the hapless metasequoia, and the stems reaching out to every crevice, grasping at every branch that could be entangled.

Bound and pulled by it, the falling metasequoia squeaked and roared precisely against the shoulder of another cedar tree, and then the parasitic vine, under the command of the elf, forcibly pulled the third one, and after it reluctantly joined, the humans found themselves perched on a triangular support, so that even if the rabbits nibbled on the tree, they would not fall back to the ground for a while.

The raindrops behind the mage suddenly became smaller, and he turned his head, and Kerry landed on a branch next to him.

"I've asked for help from," he said, "but we still need time......" The usually crisp Ranger suddenly became a little hesitant, and he didn't seem sure whether to say the rest of the word.

"Speak. ”

"We need to disperse these rabbits, or they may gnaw away the trees before help arrives. ”

Cremar thought for a moment, he thought he knew what Kerry was scrupling about, in this dangerous continent, spellcasters have always hated or hated two things, one is to be estimated to the limits of their abilities, and the other is to drain spell slots and mental power, both of which are likely to lead to the death of the caster himself, or worse.

Kerry was doing that.

"How long?"

In the fastest case, Kerriben summoned a spotted owl, which was the fastest of any bird he could perceive, and when it reached Alva, Alva or his subordinate mages might be able to teleport directly here, but humans still need birds to fly up to the ...... of a day's journey. ”

It was an hour, and the soul of the other world manipulated his body and took a deep breath, turning to the group of rabbits, and sure enough, they began to gnaw on three trees at the same time, hell smart!

"Let them climb as high as they can. He said.

He could only project sound waves at the rabbits, the damage caused by the cold was too small, after all, the rabbits had fur on them, and the flames and lightning would turn them into a string of burnt roast meat before killing the rabbits, and the rabbits fell silently in pieces under the damage of the sound waves, but more, the abominable three-petaled mouth fled in a moment of sluggishness and then rushed up with the corpse of his companion, continuing their great cause of destroying vegetation.

When the rescuer arrived, the rain had stopped, the clouds had not yet completely dispersed, the sky was faintly bright, and all he could see was a magnificent pile of mounds of gray-white fur and yellow-white sawdust, less than half of the fifty-foot-tall cedar tripods remained, and their intertwined tops formed a small platform, where the survivors were huddled together, and the ranger stood behind the mage, carrying a longbow, and his quiver empty— Some russet rabbits three times the size of their kind were able to jump more than ten feet and step on a branch to directly threaten the mage who was casting spells.

It was not Master Alva who came to the rescue, but one of his proudest disciples, Leo, who was impressed by Kremar because the young man had a ridiculous bowl-shaped hairstyle, unusually similar to one of the male protagonists in a certain film depicting interstellar voyages, and he first gave Kremar a formal mage salute before turning to Kerryben: "I send you the deepest apologies," he said, with imperceptible anxiety:" My Mentor Alva could not be there in person, for just a quarter of an hour before the Sea Devil and its fleet were approaching Cape Fort, and he had to stay behind to be sure. ”

"Please tell Master Alva that he has given me the most important and greatest help," Kerry Ben smiled with relief, "I'm glad to meet you, my old friend." ”

The ordinary-looking male human jumped and landed firmly on the branch, his right hand touching his chest, and bowing briskly: "Barrow, follower of nature and wilderness, salutes you. ”

—a druid, the lich said with disgust.

- Huh?

- I thought it wasn't the first time I'd spoken to your spirit, said the lich, or maybe you were just a little weak-hearted, given the reckless actions before?

- I'm a little flattered, and the soul of the other world responds dryly, you actually only used "reckless".

— and not stupid, idiotic, and hopeless, right? The former undead sneered and poked at the "body" of his cohabitant, who jumped in panic in the literal sense of the word.

- Why should I stop you, the lich continued calmly, will you reject Kerryben, will you abandon these humans, will you hide some of your power according to my advice, you are even about to run out of scrolls, since no, why should I waste my efforts?

- I'm sorry.

- I'm sure there will be many more opportunities to hear this in the future, the lich said calmly, but at least this time, I hope that your friend will make sure that this body is safe and sound, as you think.

After saying that, he sank, which meant that he didn't want to talk to the otherworldly soul again for a short time, and the latter had to shrug his shoulders helplessly and turn his attention to the surface.

The druid was trying to communicate with the rabbits, crouching dangerously in front of them, jumping, pulling his ears, whining comfortingly, or cooing in discontent, but the rabbits hissed and screamed angrily in return.

"No," Barrow returned to Kerryben disappointed after nearly being dragged down the pile of fir trees by the rabbits, "completely out of control, I felt like I was facing a group of fierce and bloodthirsty orcs who didn't pay any attention to what I was saying. ”

"Look at this. Kerry handed over a large russet rabbit that looked like a big dog, with bloody teeth sticking out of its lips.

The rabbit was shot through the head by Kerribben, Kerribben's arrow was so sharp that the crack it caused almost crossed half of the skull, and the contents were faintly visible, Barrow stretched out his finger and pulled out something that looked like a tumor from the gap, countless slender blood vessels connected it to the rabbit's brain,

"It's not a product of nature. Barrow said, his expression becoming both angry and sad, "...... We've got to find a different way, Kerryben. ”

"Whatever it is, please do it as soon as possible. Leo said that he had taken over Cremar's work, which led him to genuinely admire the dark-haired, half-elven mage: "I may not be able to do as well as Master Cremar." ”

Barrow pulled the leather pouch around his waist, and a small two-and-a-half-foot-long white-striped badger came out, and it looked around, and let out a shrill cry of dissatisfaction, and Barrow stroked it, and talked to it in the same hoarse and unpleasant voice, but the conversation did not last long, and the white-striped badger leaped from Barrow's hand, and disappeared in the foliage of the cedar trees and the rabbits in the blink of an eye.

"I remember that Strange Paw and his wife lived not far from here," Barrow said, "and I'll be back before the clouds clear." ”

He took a step back, his face and body shrank in a frightening instant, his arms stretched out, feathers growing, and the merchants watched in amazement as a human in cloth armor turned into an eagle, probably the first time they had seen a druid transform into an animal so closely—a brown vulture, soaring into the air and disappearing into the gray clouds in a breath.

One-Eye was tempted to ask what they were doing, but the awe of the common man's caster forced him to keep his mouth shut. The fat man beside him was more anxious and worried than he was, and he kept clinging to the branch and looking down continuously.

One can imagine how happy he was to find a rabbit that was absent-minded, and from time to time to look at the situation around him, and it seemed that this was not the only case, but one after another, the rabbits stopped gnawing at the trees, and they wagged their ears nervously and looked around.

"Oh," said Kerry Ben cheerfully, "look what Barrow's animal friends have brought us back?"

Barrow's little badger brought three packs of badgers, all of which consisted of strong and powerful adult badgers, who cautiously circled around the edge of the pack of rabbits, making threatening whirring, which was pitifully small compared to the rabbits, but the rabbits seemed to forget that they also had sharp teeth and would only run away frantically, and each badger quickly cleared a large area.

The loud cries of birds could be heard in the air, and beneath the clouds that were about to disperse, a large shadow was approaching.

"Woke bless!" Furt muttered to himself, clutching his gem-encrusted badge, he had seen so much today that he would have talked in front of the warm fireplace for the rest of his life—if he could go back.

There are hundreds of black-eared vultures, which are most common in the southern mountain forests, and they eat everything, birds, mice, frogs...... But the favorite is the rabbit.