Chapter 22: Fight to Fame 2, Labyrinth of Lies
"Come on, burn, cut."
"Big stupid, big stupid."
"Please don't give up, keep going, we also need little fools to tease."
The sound of the laughing forest continued, and the ridicule kept on and on. In the distance, some dryads crawled out of the ground, slowly shaking and dancing, as if it were a celebration of fools.
Lei Shi glanced at the sky and asked, "Friend Meimo, I have the transformation technique of flying, can I fly through the forest from the top of a tree?" ”
Mei Mo shook his head: "It's better not to." These dryads are insane, and they will scream when they see us flying by, attracting even more powerful aerial monsters. Believe me, those aerial monsters are very powerful, and we will have a hard time dealing with them. The Demonic Beasts in the air are dispatched in groups, and once we are defeated, our lives are likely to be in danger. I tried once with the team, and I lost a team member, so it was a good idea to force the sky. ”
The blue-eyed fox asked, "Is the sky really that dangerous?" ”
Mei Mo nodded: "Yes." Some Sky Monsters have challenged the Bronze Dragon and seriously injured it, so think about how powerful they are. As long as we don't go into the sky, the Sky Monster doesn't care about ground action. In their eyes, we are no different from the demonic beasts on the ground. There is no civilization in the Bronze Spirit Continent, and there is no high-intelligence race, and the Sky Demonic Beasts act on instinct. As long as we go high in the sky, they must be regarded as enemies. Eagles don't compete with snakes for burrows, but sparrows can't fly high, that's their instinct. ”
Hearing this, everyone was convinced that the sky was not a safe passage.
Mages do tasks, and life safety always comes first. If safety is not guaranteed, mages would rather abandon the task and return the reward than continue. Not to mention that there may be a fear for their lives, even if the Sky Demonic Beast may pose a threat, everyone will not consider this route.
"Memo, you join forces with me." Tang Shidao beckoned.
"What do you need me to do?"
"Burn it." Tang Shidao pointed to a big tree and said, "Just burn it, don't burn anything else." ”
"Well, it's really useless." As a member of the team, Mei Mo only listens to the captain in the mission.
Hand move.
A crimson fiery serpent flew out and wrapped itself around a large tree like a rope.
"I'm scared. Hahahaha, I'm going to be burned. "The dryad is entangled in fiery serpents, and its branches and leaves grow abnormally. As it grew, it let out a mocking grin.
The rest of the dryads also shouted stupidly.
Mei Mo turned his head and asked Tang Shidao if he wanted to continue.
Tang Shidao nodded slightly, and also released a 'plant growth' towards the lit dryad.
"Are you crazy? It's nourishing power. It's great, I'm getting more energy, I'm growing faster. Are you fools? I'm not going to let you go, and I'm not going to show you the way. Hahahaha...... Stupid, I'm getting taller and stronger. The dryad scoffed.
"Stupid, stupid." The other dryads also laughed.
Tang Shidao continued, casting 'plant growth' again and again, and signaled that the fire of Meimo would not stop.
Thunderstone and Stoneeater were dumbfounded.
The blue-eyed fox frowned.
What's going on?
Play?
As soon as the two of them burned and raised, the whole forest resounded with laughter. Tang Shidao kept casting until his mana ran out. Mei Mo was still burning, and when he saw Tang Shidao stop, he signaled whether he wanted to continue. Tang Shidao nodded, and after recovering a little mana, he put the plant to grow once.
Half a day.
The sun sets.
The dryad was already several times taller, laughing and mocking.
Tang Shidao motioned for everyone to climb to the top of the tree to rest and do nothing at night. The laughter in the forest was louder at this point, and it didn't sound so noisy because of the higher resting position. Mei Mo didn't understand in his heart, did he raise a tree just to be quiet?
If that's the case, it's better to have a screen spell.
The next morning.
The forest woke up earlier than Tang Shidao and the others, and his mouth was mocking.
"Keep burning."
Tang Shidao waved his hand, a plant grows, and he is determined to nourish it to death. Mei Mo opened his mouth slightly, but he couldn't admonish, and only did what the captain told him. The nourished dryad grew taller and taller, but it didn't think of humanity at all. On the contrary, it is the one that is most ridiculed.
The dryad next to him was also laughing, as if he had seen the stupidest fool in the world.
Two days.
Three days.
Four days.
Gradually, the nourished dryad grew taller and bigger, more than ten times taller than the other big trees.
At this point, the team members noticed that something was wrong.
As the dryad grows, the Mocking Forest slowly becomes quiet. The rest of the dryads went from talking to silently, and then to watching silently, and in the end, only the tallest one was left to taunt the dryad.
On the fifth day, the first mutation occurred.
"Hey, what are you so tall?"
Day 6.
"Are you whispering?"
Day 7.
"Did you secretly show them the way?"
Day 8.
"Why do they only nourish you?"
Day 9.
"Did you make a deal privately? You betrayed us? ”
Day 10.
"Unforgivable! You must have betrayed us, otherwise why would they only nourish you? You shameless traitor. You've blocked our rays, you've robbed us of our magical rain, and you've secretly helped our enemies. ”
In just ten days, the Mocking Grove has undergone an astonishing change.
A lone dryad grew so big that it turned into a giant tree on its own, while the other dryads beneath its feet were like dwarf grass. Although it had been laughing at Tang Shidao and his party, and there was no trace of betrayal, the other dryads were questioning more and more day by day.
It desperately explained, but to no avail.
It grows and rises every hour of the day, but the other dryads don't nourish it in the slightest, and in the end it can't even deliver the sound of laughter. Because Tang Shidao and his party stopped at a high place, the other dryads couldn't look up and couldn't see anyone.
"Cut it down, turn it back into a sapling, and I'll show you the way!"
"Cut it!"
"Cut it!"
The Mocking Forest roared in unison, this time not at Tang Shidao and his party, but at their own companion: a giant tree a hundred times taller than them.
"Are you sure?" Tang Shidao smiled.
"We laugh at people, but we never lie. Cut it down, and we will show you the way out. "The whole forest of mockery is roaring.
"I didn't betray you, I really didn't ......," the tallest dryad desperately explained.
But its companions ignore its opinions.
Maybe.
They know it's not betrayed, but they don't need a giant tree a hundred times taller than their partner: it's not fair!
"Stone-eating monster, thunderstone, trouble you, cut it down." Don Shidao stopped nourishing.
Tell your teammates to do something.
The Stone-Eater and Thunderstone had already reacted, picking up their giant axes and swords to slash down the giant trees. The blue-eyed fox and the charm stood silently, neither of them speaking. Before, they didn't understand Tang Shidao's intentions, but when they saw the changes in the Mocking Forest, they understood. Deliberately nourishing only one tree, that's what it means.
This is a naked scheming.
Even if the dryads knew that the giant tree had not betrayed, they would not allow such a special existence.
Good for a while.
The giant dryad fell, and a small sapling emerged from the stump. This time it stopped laughing, and the rest of the dryads were silent, but their eyes returned to the look of 'this is a normal companion'.
"Captain Don." For the first time, the blue-eyed fox addressed the captain: "The fruit of the Mocking Forest is a finished alchemy, and it is best to collect some when you have time." ”
"Hmm." Tang Shidao knew the difference between alchemy materials and finished products.
The material represents what needs to be refined.
The finished product represents something that can be used directly.
There are ready-made products, and it's strange not to pick them up.
Each of the five collected a pile of 'Mocking Fruits', at which point the Mocking Forest also made way for a straight path that stretched into the distance. Tang Shidao didn't doubt it, and now he was laughing at the forest and wishing that he would go quickly, and it was impossible to make small moves.
In the past few days, I haven't stopped spells, and I have secretly increased my mana twice at 1 point and 1 point.
Succubi also seem to have a small catch.
The five of them don't talk much.
Quickly pass through the woods avenue and soon come to a stone wall.
At this time.
The path behind the mocking forest closes again, and laughs: "Fool, fool." Fooled, fooled. ”
Tang Shidao turned around.
Laughing at the forest and still, with an expression that we didn't say anything.
Mei Mo smiled bitterly: "Captain Tang, we are in trouble, this is the entrance to the maze of lies." The Mocking Forest didn't lie to us, it let us come over but led the way to a more troublesome place. The most troublesome around the Mocking Forest are the Swamp of Sorrow and the Labyrinth of Lies, and the Plains of Roar and the Raging Wilderness are much easier and much wider. ”
Tang Shidao smiled: "That's it." It doesn't matter, you will face whatever you encounter in the mission. ”
Mei Mo didn't say much, and the five of them broke into the labyrinth.
"To the left!"
"No, no, right!"
"No, to the left!"
"It's to the right!"
At the entrance to the labyrinth, there are two strange faces on the left and right sides, one black and one white. One of them said left and the other said right, and they all looked very sincere.
Tang Shidao ignored it and continued to move forward.
Not a few corners.
There is no way.
"Stupid stupid, I said it to the left."
"Hahaha...... Go left to left. ”
Tang Shidao stopped and thought about it, walked back to his original position, and walked to the left again. This time, a few turns were out of the way.
"Hahahaha, it's right to the right."
"Haha, I got it wrong, it's to the right, it's to the right."
The two strange faces, one black and one white, laughed, and the stone-eating mage was annoyed again. Take out the giant hammer and slam it at the walls of the maze. After two or three efforts, the stone-eating monster smashed out a 'gate'. The crowd walked through, and the smashed place suddenly changed and became a crossing. At the same time, two strange faces, black and white, appeared on both sides of the crossing again, shouting and shouting to the right and left.
"Stone-eating friend, it's useless. They are labyrinths in their own right, self-healing, and self-closing. Mei Mo motioned for no more smashing.
"Maybe I can help." The blue-eyed fox suddenly stepped forward.
As a team member, everyone has a role to play.
Meimo has fire spells, stone-eating monsters have strength, thunder stones have defense, and blue-eyed foxes can't help at all. Mixing tasks and getting rewards is not the most important gain of multiplayer tasks. In multiplayer missions, the most prized rewards are...... Make friends!
A teammate who is only lazy and doesn't contribute can never be someone else's friend.
The blue-eyed fox didn't say much.
A large bunch of small mechanical spiders were released, which quickly dispersed in all directions. These spiders are alchemy items and don't have much attack power, so they're best used for pathfinding.
Tang Shidao also released a few crows.
Didn't wait to fly out.
Suddenly, several large bats flew out of nowhere, quickly biting and killing the summoned crows, and staring at Tang Shidao and the others with a vigilant face, as if to say: The air is our territory! Don't spread your wings wildly!
Lei Shi asked, and Tang Shidao shook his head and said not to fight.
I waited for a little half a day.
The blue-eyed fox frowned and spoke: "Captain Tang, the exit has been found." However, these exits change over time and close automatically every few moments. I'll choose the nearest route for everyone to speed up, I don't think it will be successful, try your best. ”
Tang Shidao snorted.
With the swiftness aura activated, the five of them quickly followed one of the mechanical spiders.
Three minutes later.
The five of them rushed to the exit, just as it was shut.
"This way." The blue-eyed fox greeted calmly.
The five of them ran again.
A minute later, I rushed to the exit just in time for the closing.
"Go this way again."
The third time.
The blue-eyed fox took three paths, and it was closing time just before running to the exit. Looking at Tang Shidao, the blue-eyed fox was ashamed: "Something is wrong." I calculated the time of closing, and it was just in time. I'm sorry, Captain Tang, I can't help. ”
"Roar!" The stone-eater roared, swinging a sledgehammer and smashing it open.
Walls collapsed.
Impressively...... It's the opposite side of the exit, but it's still a wall!
"Stupid, go ahead."
"Stupid, go back."
"Stupid, go up."
"Stupid, go down."