Everything went so smoothly that it didn't feel real.

Shabonny was excited: "Dude, we're rich. ”

They returned from the same way, walking through wheat fields, sentinel bushes, and low hills, and when the snow stopped, a rare starry sky appeared in the sky.

The snow reflected a strange white light in the dim light of the night sky, and the line of sight gradually became clearer.

As he spoke, Shabonny suddenly exclaimed, "Oh no, buddy, this time it's over, we're going to be taken to jail, I hate that bastard Michal, I want to hang him." ”

Michal is the sheriff of the town's police station.

Ringer said leisurely: "Don't worry, I know what you're worried about, the snow stops, they will follow our footprints to find us, it's okay, let's go to the ghost dark forest tonight, Michal is the most afraid of death, just know to bully the poor, the homeless, the prostitute, he doesn't dare to enter the ghost dark forest." ”

Shabonny held the reins.

"Cunning bad guy, it turns out that you have already calculated it!"

Ringer smiled: "I also know, you don't necessarily really want to follow me to the Ghost Dark Forest, after these two horses are in hand, you will definitely say, we have one horse per person, we share the spoils very evenly, very fairly, and then you will sell the horse, and then you go back to the kiln, and then you have no money in your pocket, and come to me again, and then, we will go to do things again, later, if you are reincarnated, I will omit it." ”

Shabonny was speechless.

"Well, I'll never be smarter than you, the Ghost Dark Forest will really kill people."

Ringer replied coolly: "Do you have any other choice, or do you send the horse back?" Let Michal handcuff you? ”

"Do you think I'm that stupid?"

"Then shut me up!"

At dawn, they reached the edge of the Dark Forest.

Halfway through, they took a lot of food from the church, including blankets and, of course, most importantly, weapons!

Ringer brought an axe from his house to chop wood and use it as his weapon, and Shabonny's weapon was pitiful, except for a scythe for harvesting the farmer's house, which, he said, was a good knife handed down from his ancestors.

They had just reached the edge of the forest, and far away, on the other side of the birch forest, several small figures appeared, and they were riding horses.

"That must be Michal's idiot coming with someone."

Shabonny habitually twisted his neck, and said arrogantly: "It's timely, come on, dog mongrel, you dog mongrel, you can't die well, you have the ability to enter the ghost dark forest with your master!" ”

Ringer gave a thumbs up: "I'll give you a superior compliment, future priest." ”

Shabonny glanced at Ringer and walked into the forest himself.

The thousand-year-old trees around him are towering and majestic, the thick black trunks are squeezing each other, the twisted canopy is woven overhead into a large umbrella that covers the sky and the earth, and the huge and intricate roots are exposed, revealing the snow layer, wrestling with each other in mid-air.

The sun rises in the east and shines on the foliage of the forest.

However, under the tree, it was dark.

It is a closed place that rejects light, deep silence and dark shadows.

"Dude, I don't feel like it's dawn yet, is there never dawn inside?"

From the church onwards, Ringer had been looking for Simslan and Valery to leave their footprints, and luckily the footprints of their horses were still visible, they were very deep footprints, and the snow at night was not enough to cover them.

"Shut up, look for it, there are traces of a few horses."

Entering the forest, the horses also walked slowly, and they walked very carefully.

"Rasputin, I'm sure, three horses, are the footprints of three horses."

"Very well, they are heading north, can you see the skeleton footprints?"

"Can't see it, let's stop looking for footprints, I'm afraid we won't be able to get out."

The location in which they are located, the terrain is complex. There are a lot of small valleys of different sizes like basins, big valleys are connected with small valleys, the terrain of the mountains is very similar, as soon as Ringer enters, he is dizzy, and feels that everywhere is almost similar, no wonder people can't get in and out.

According to the Emir of Orion in the village, the most terrifying thing about the Dark Forest is not the ghost, the first is a small karst cave that goes straight up and down.

There are also such traps in the forests of Ringer's hometown, commonly known as patios.

The so-called patio is a naturally formed karst cave in ancient times, the entrance of the cave is very small, and it has been covered by grass, dead leaves, and thorns for a long time, so if you are not careful, you will fall down, and if you fall, you will never be able to climb up.

The second type is miasma, which is the miasma that suddenly spreads from the back of the hillside, and if people and animals come into contact with it, they will definitely die.

On a snowy day, Ringer wasn't worried much about the miasma, he was worried about the cave.

The cave was originally covered by grass and dead branches, and covered with a layer of snow, which made people even more worried and unguardable.

The further you go inside, the darker the light becomes.

Shabonny was right, this is a hellish place where there is no day or night.

They walked for a while, and the footprints of Simslan's three men were gone.

Ringer was a little apprehensive, and their footprints seemed to disappear out of thin air.

Further on, you can't ride a horse, the forest is too dense.

Shabonny jumped off his horse: "How I wish that fool of Michal would catch up, I have changed my mind, I would rather go into the cell in handcuffs, at least there I can enjoy the guard's whip, curses, foam, and eat a mouthful of hot porridge with rancid black rice, look, where we have been, what is this place?" It's terrible, let's go back, follow the footprints, we can still go back, if you don't go, do you think you can get out? ”

Ringer estimated that the depth of their deep penetration into the Ghost Dark Forest was about eight kilometers, which was not too deep, and it was still at the edge of the forest, but if they continued to go deeper, Ringer had no bottom in his heart, and his idea was to find Simslan first, and their jungle experience should be much better.

"Shabonny, did you think Sheriff Michal would catch up?"

Ringer looked back.

"Do you want him to come up too?"

"No, if he catches us again, we'll be hanged, I'm sure."

Shabonny didn't know if he was scared or tired, and the two of them didn't sleep all night last night.

Ringer thought for a moment and lit a fire.

The forest is full of dead branches, and you don't have to walk to start a fire.

He didn't believe that Michal could follow, so he wasn't worried that the black smoke from the fire would attract Michal's attention.

Shabonny sat by the fire, poured out the wine from his pouch in a glass, and drank a lot before he said that it was not cold.

"Father Rasputin, what do we do next?"