Chapter 3 The Squirrel is Nameless
The air is filled with the pungent smell of burning trees and herbs, and the once lush forest is in ruins.
"Hmm"
"Hmm"
……
"Ahh
"Where is this?" The boy looked around and wondered.
"This is the Forest of Beginnings, fool." A voice burst into the boy's ear.
"Who is it? Who's talking?" The boy looked around in a bit of a panic, like a frightened fawn.
"Here, stupid human at your feet, huh? Strange how can humans understand me? Could it be that I have become a fifth-order demonic beast? The voice rang in the boy's ears again.
The boy looked in horror at the black mutilation, ruins, dust, and scorched earth at his feet. But there was no shadow of a person, and suddenly the black "scorched earth" moved.
"Huh? This is ......" The young man touched the "scorched earth" at his feet, his eyes were full of doubts, "Hair?" The boy got closer and took a closer look, "A squirrel?" It turned out to be a squirrel crushed under a broken branch.
"Are you talking?" The teenager frees the squirrel from under the branch and asks.
"It's strange why you can understand me, but it's me." The squirrel squeaked and kept combing its hair with its two front paws.
"You say this is the Forest of Beginnings, right? Squirrel. The boy asked, looking at the squirrel.
"Yes human, but how did you understand what I said?" The squirrel continued to comb his hair without raising his head and squeaked a few times.
"It's because this boy pointed to the crystal on his chest, "the window of the mind, he can make me understand any sound. ”
The squirrel finally finished combing his hair, he stood on the broken wood about the same height as the boy and said, "This is a good thing, boy, such an important thing should be kept and not exposed casually, but who gave it to you, is it that you are the little master of a big family?" ”
"Of course I'll keep it." The boy carefully tugged the window of his soul into the clothes on his chest, "I am ......"
"It hurts...... Ah," the boy groaned in pain, "who the hell am I? ”
"If you can't remember, don't think about it," the squirrel's somewhat flustered voice reached the boy's ears.
Gradually, the boy's moans weakened, "I seem to have forgotten a lot of things," the boy frowned, "a lot of important things." ”
"Don't worry, boy, I'll take you to the goddess of the forest, she's a very powerful god, just let her see what she can do when the time comes" The squirrel breathed a sigh of relief and said a little ostentatiously, "Hmph, only a few animals in the whole forest can see the goddess, I told you that the goddess is very powerful, this level of destruction only takes a while, and the goddess can make this place full of life again." ”
"Really? But why haven't I heard anything about this forest goddess?" The boy said excitedly grabbing the squirrel's small body.
"Of course, the goddess of the forest is very powerful, you haven't heard of her, you should have heard of the three great demonic beasts of the Beginning Forest, tell you, oh, I have seen the goddess beat the three major demonic beasts together." The proud voice of the squirrel reached the boy's ears. "Do you think that if there was no forest goddess, the forest of origin would have been fought over by three demonic beasts, but is the goddess a god after all, how can she easily show up in front of people, so you don't know of course."
"That's right, but are you sure the goddess will help me?" The boy asked with some concern.
"This, this, of course, the goddess is very kind, but before you go out, you will delete all the memories of the goddess you saw." Squirrel said.
"That's great, let's go to the goddess now," said the young man, excitedly grabbing the squirrel and placing it on his shoulder.
"Well, that's right, I didn't catch fire when I came, so after the fire, I can't remember the way, but don't be afraid, when the moon rises at night, we just need to walk towards the moon, don't worry, after the fire, there are usually no large animals coming out." The sound of the squirrel reached the boy's ears.
"Okay, then we'll leave in the evening, but I'm so hungry, do you have anything to eat?" Squirrel," the boy said shyly.
"Don't worry, I'm here to get the food stored here, you can see that I have pine cones and some other fruits hidden by removing the other branches around that tree, but fortunately this is a red iron tree that has been hollowed out by ants, so these things can still be eaten, maybe some of them are ripe and more suitable for you humans to eat." Squirrel said proudly.
After some hard work, the boy finally found the hole under the tree, and some of the fruit on the outside had been roasted, but the inside was still fresh.
"Ah, this breadfruit is already roasted, squirrel, this fruit is still fresh." The boy said happily.
"Of course, if it weren't for this fire, I wouldn't be cheap, you kid. And I'm not called a squirrel. The squirrel picked up a pine cone and bit it.
"So, what's your name?" The boy asked as he ate.
"Hmm...... No, but it's not called a squirrel anyway," the squirrel said.
"Don't have a name? Nameless? The boy asked, looking at the squirrel.
"Nameless? It's a good name, okay, I'll call it Nameless in the future. The squirrel replied.
"Nameless? It's a good name, right? But what's my name? The boy fell into grief again.
"Boy, look at the point, not all memories are good, but there are also bad, in case there is something bad you want to forget, wouldn't it be great? Besides, even if you want to remember, it's good to find the goddess of the forest and think of a way when the time comes. Squirrel reassured.
"Well, you're right, I didn't expect you to be quite thoughtful as a squirrel." The boy replied.
"Hmph, I know the squirrel of the forest goddess, of course it's not an ordinary squirrel." Squirrel replied proudly.
The sun gradually set in the west in the conversation of a man and a mouse.
The moon came as promised, and the man and the mouse also packed their food and prepared to go.
"Nameless, what kind of god is the goddess of the forest?" The boy said as he kicked away the broken wood at his feet.
"Well, how to say it, although the goddess of the forest is a god, she does not have the majesty of a god, and has always exuded the breath of a mother, even if it is a newborn cub in the arms of the goddess of the forest, it can sleep peacefully." Squirrel said.
"It sounds like a very kind god, not like other famous gods who have a hot temper." The boy said.
What are the other gods like? I've always lived in the forest, and I don't know anything about the outside world. Squirrel said.
"Well, near Aurora Island in the north, there are two gods living there, the twin gods of water and ice, who use magic to duel there every day, so every hour there they turn from the ocean to a glacier, or from a glacier to an ocean, but fortunately, because the place where they duel is far away from the shore and the sea where the fisherman fishes, only some explorers will be killed there."
The young man touched his little head and said, "In the south, the boundless beach near the Continent of Science and Technology, there is the largest volcanic group in the world, where lives the Vulcan is the most famous monster, the Nine-Tailed Crystal Scorpion, because of her moodiness, so it is in a state of fire all year round, fortunately, it is only a desert around, and it is far away from the people's residence, so almost no one is injured." ”
"Really? It's terrifying, so this Origin Forest, where there are many monsters, has become the safest place. Squirrel said namelessly.
"No, because these two places are more dangerous, most of the people who go are outlaws seeking wealth, so there are very few dead and injured people every year, but it is the beginning of the forest where the danger is relatively small, although there are many monsters, but the danger is small, but there are more people to hunt monsters and look for herbs, so there are more dead and injured people." The teenager explained.
"That's what I said, but I know so much information, boy, which young master are you really from." Squirrel said with a nameless smile.
"Maybe, but I can't remember anything now." The boy frowned slightly.
"It hurts, it hurts......"
"Is there anyone going to the goddess......"
Two voices reached the boy's ears, followed by more.
"Save the goddess."
"I felt like I was going to die."
"Why hasn't the goddess woken up yet?"
"Nameless, did you hear anything?" The boy said as he looked at the squirrel on his shoulder in fear.
"No, maybe it's because I'm almost at the forest goddess's residence, most of the trees here have some spiritual intelligence." Squirrel Nameless explained, "What did they say?"
"They said they were in pain and wanted to find someone to save the goddess." The boy said.
"Could it be...... Let's go quickly, we have to find the goddess quickly, but I didn't even find out, often after the fire, the goddess will come out and restore the forest to its original state, but this time it has not been restored, something must have happened to the goddess, alas, why didn't I think of it? The squirrel was nameless, annoyed.
"Then let's go quickly, since the trees here already have some intelligence, then it must not be far from the goddess." The boy replied.
"Yes, good. Then please hurry up, boy. Squirrel said Nameless.
The huge trees were repeatedly as thick as the palace, and below them a beautiful green-haired woman leaned to the side, her left chest already piercing.
"Goddess, goddess, are you alright?" The squirrel's panicked voice came.
"Hmm...... It's okay little guy, but you guys hurry up, those monsters have already discovered that I'm injured, and I can't protect you alone. The woman said weakly.
The goddess said, "Go from here to there, with my Ancient Teleportation Array, you can go directly to the outside, you go quickly, and leave me alone." This little hurt will be healed in a moment. The woman pointed in a direction.
"Goddess, you must get better, we're only going to distract you here, so let's go first." The squirrel said with some concern.
The boy ran quickly with the squirrel, and between the two trees, it was like a village scene with the smell of green grass and flowers outside. Just as the boy was about to pass through the portal.
"Be careful!" The squirrel's voice reached the boy's ears.
The boy and the squirrel were then blasted close into the teleportation array.
"Hmph, it's really brave for a small human being to dare to trespass into the depths without permission." A tall man with short gray hair stood on a tree and said, "But I guess I paid a little bit just now." ”
Blood stained the boy's back, and the squirrel was cut in half.
The boy looked at the dying squirrel and cried, "Nameless, nameless, wake up, you don't have an official name, you haven't been out of this forest to see the outside world, you can't just die." ”
"Ahem, kid, don't cry, I'm definitely not going to be able to, but boy, you have to remember that you must live, not only for yourself, but also for those in your memory, maybe for the goddess and me, and boy, in fact, I saw you, uh......" Squirrel Nameless has no breath before he finishes speaking.
"Woo, woo" the boy cried on the grass, and gradually lost his voice.