Chapter 102: Jungle (Thanks to the book friend "Sky Prison" Alliance Leader Award)
Dark, dense jungle.
In the middle of the damp weeds, a "gurgling" sound rang out constantly.
In the swaying grass, a gray-black boar with a body size of about 100 catties slowly came out of the grass, constantly turning over the ground with a thick nose, looking for grass roots and various insects and other food.
On a bulge formed by dead branches and fallen leaves not far away, a large cat resembling a tiger and leopard with a tumor-like protrusion on the inside of the eye socket was staring at the wild boar motionlessly.
The animal, known as the roe deer, is a fat animal, with stubby limbs and a tiger-like appearance, but its body is patterned with rings rather than stripes, and its golden fur is almost indistinguishable from the sunlight and dead leaves that fall from the treetops. (Note)
As the wild boar approached little by little, the roe deer crawling on the ground began to move slowly, and every step it took was very careful and silent, for fear of disturbing the prey that was brought to its mouth.
Whoop -
Suddenly, there was a sound of dead branches and broken leaves on the ground being swept away by a huge force, and the roe deer on the ground suddenly jumped up and pounced on the wild boar.
The wild boar, which had been tumbling over the thick branches and leaves on the ground, also woke up at this time, and almost instinctively began to flee to the other side.
But although its reaction speed was fast, it could catch up with the long-awaited roe deer, and it only had time to turn around, and it was thrown to the ground in an instant.
The sharp claws pierced the thick skin of the wild boar, and the throat was bitten by the roe deer, and gradually lost the ability to resist.
In a new land without the lion and tiger, and far from the giant bears in the north, the roe deer is almost the king of this jungle, high at the top of the food chain.
But at this moment, the deft ears of the roe deer, which had already captured its prey, trembled, and it seemed to feel a strange aura.
It suddenly let go of the food that had already reached its mouth, stood up, and looked into the dense forest in the distance.
And the wild boar on the ground, which had escaped death, purred and burrowed into the grass in the distance the moment the big cat let go of its throat, and fled quickly.
Bang -
A sound of footsteps gradually sounded.
As the footsteps approached, the roe deer, who had few predators in the jungle, saw the creature entering his territory, and then it was startled, and sprang out in the direction of the boar with its tail between its legs.
Pei Chu stretched out his hand to remove a branch in front of him, looked at the figure that suddenly fled away, and couldn't help but shake his head slightly.
This was the third roe deer he had encountered, the beast that dominated the forest, but none of them were willing to meet him, and his senses were incredibly acute.
"There really doesn't seem to be any sign of human activity here."
Pei Chu looked at the seemingly endless jungle, his brows furrowed slightly.
After re-entering the dream world, he left the Federation and headed south, unknowingly entering this jungle area.
According to some of the knowledge he had learned before, it was dangerous for ordinary people to walk through such a forest, and there were all kinds of dangers.
But he walked all the way, and he barely encountered any trouble, basically if he couldn't restrain his breath, all kinds of fierce beasts and mosquitoes would basically not approach him from a distance.
"It is said that the Madi people once created a glorious civilization on this continent, but now it seems that there is no trace of it at all."
Pei Chu went south from the Federation, and the journey was not aimless.
After solving the troubles in Springfield, he learned from Abraham and some of the Night Walkers who were later found that there was originally a civilization in this part of the New World.
Some of the myths and stories that Pei Chu passed down from the mouths of some of the Madi people living in the Federation were about two or three thousand years ago, and there were really gods in this land.
In the culture of the Madi, it is called the age of the gods, and in that era, the Madidians were able to communicate with the gods and gain the power of the gods, but then for some reason the gods left, and the Madis gradually weakened.
In the last few hundred years, there are still shamans and sorcerers in this land, and there are Madi warriors, which can be regarded as superordinary, but unfortunately later in the special "epidemic" spread by the night walkers again and again, the number of people is gradually decreasing.
Pei Chu came to the land of the Federation, and what he wanted to find was the various gods and goddesses in the culture of the Madi people.
The evil god who appeared in Springfield Town and was killed by him seems to come from another dimension, but from the other party's tone, there are many secrets hidden in it that he doesn't know.
The reason why there is a revival evil god in the New World, and many terrifying and strange things are circulating, is not without reason, because many mythical things once appeared here.
But then these gradually disappeared in the long river of time, and there were not many Madi people left in the Federation, even if there were occasionally some mysterious powers circulating, most of them were no longer retained.
However, compared to the Federation that has already entered the civilized society, there may be more remnants of monuments in the vast world south of the New World.
……
The opener cleaved through the dense jungle.
A two-meter-long brown pit viper lay quietly in a pile of grass and was caught in the warm sunlight, when it was suddenly awakened by the sound of scattered footsteps. With a thud, the pit viper writhed its nimble body and fled towards the grass on the other side.
A team of about thirty people appeared in the dense forest, and the clothes of this group were somewhat similar to those of the Federation people on their backs, but they were very different.
The team consisted of local Madians, but more often from the Old World, armed with swords and muskets.
"Damn, hasn't anyone ever been to this place?"
Ameth-Mogrady slapped a large mosquito trying to suck blood on his neck and grumbled with some irritation.
It's been three days since I left the station, and during these three days, I've basically been walking around in this endless dense forest.
"I knew that I should have gone to the New World to try my luck, or the Afrikaner continent to catch Negro slaves, how could I come here to feed the mosquitoes......"
As a veteran mercenary with five years of battlefield experience, the most suitable thing for him to do was some knife licking work. This kind of exploration of protecting people in the dense forest made him feel extremely aggrieved.
Especially when the identity of the other party is not ordinary, it is a big man from the top, and they want to directly solve the employer in the depths of this dense forest, and it is impossible to go deeper.
Although the Iberian Empire had conquered the land more than two hundred years ago through ships and artillery, their knowledge of the land was limited to the eastern coast.
Much of the forests of the interior were untouched and barren, and the vast expanses of damp and towering rainforest prevented the Iberian fleets from penetrating, and the brave soldiers and nobles lost their ambition after conquering large enough territory.
"I hope to get somewhere, these two behind me are not easy to mess with."
Ames-Moghredi sighed, and then the knife slipped through a gap in the grass, noticing two figures behind him.
In the line not far behind him, a figure covered in a hood followed unhurriedly.
This figure looked much more slender than the other strong mercenaries and Madi guides, and it seemed to be a woman from her slender figure, but although she was a woman, she seemed lighter than others when she walked through this dense forest, and all kinds of high and low obstacles were always easily crossed by her, and some mosquitoes seemed to smell a certain smell on each other's body after approaching, and fled far away.
Behind this woman, followed by a strong man in metal armor, carrying a huge broadsword, which seemed to be heavy and extremely unsuitable for the armor to move in this mountain forest, but the other party did not blush or breathe, and walked leisurely without any effort.
"The location marked on the map should be around here."
The hooded woman pulled out a map made of unknown leather, estimated the location, and said to the strong man in armor behind her.
The strong man in the armor was about forty years old, with red and scattered hair, and a rough face, like a lion, and even after a long distance in the damp heat and stuffiness, there was not much sign of sweating on the other party's body.
Hearing the words of the hooded woman in front of him, the strong man in armor bowed his head slightly and said, "Don't worry, Molly, since the Governor has agreed to your expedition, I just want you to come out and relax." ”
As he spoke, the strong man in armor seemed to look through the dense forest in front of him, "I also want to see the miracles here in the past, and now we see that the Madi people and their ancestors are hardly in the same group. However, you have to promise me not to leave my perceptual distance, and we still need to be vigilant in the face of the unknown. ”
"Got it, Uncle Kohler." The hooded woman nodded respectfully in reply.
"Commander, Commander Kohler."
While the two were talking, a short, thin Madian who was in charge of the path in front of him ran back quickly in Iberian and shouted excitedly at the strong man and the woman.
Neil Kohler looked at the short, thin Madi man who ran back, and said with a calm expression, "What happened?" ”
"I found it, I found it......" exclaimed the short, thin Madian excitedly.