Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it has been eight days since the demon Patrick was buried at the bottom of the river. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Patrick died a terrible death, being smashed to the bottom of the river by the massive blades of the river god's paddles. The name of the Terekri Vampire Tree is by no means idle, his body is firmly attached to the paddle blades, and twenty years of collecting and processing have created the best coffin for himself.

The huge slap force shattered the bones of his whole body, and the huge contact area made him bleed all over his body in an instant, however, the last fatal killing came from the crazy fish at the bottom of the river, and countless small fish with sharp teeth gathered like crazy, and in just ten seconds, they tore him to the point that only a white bone remained. When the oar of the river god slowly left the water, the white bones slowly rose, and next to the white bones, there were a pile of large and small fish bones - the fish that had accidentally touched the oar of the river god after eating too much, and they also turned into white bones and were dragged out of the water.

When Patrick's death was confirmed, the people of Citadel and Yanoma fell into a revelry, with men, women, and children singing and dancing, and torches burning through the night.

The atmosphere in the small room hosted by Duck and George was very tense.

In a room on the third floor of the Citadel, Chief Hall Addison of the Citadel and Chief Rosenthal of the Yanoma Tribe were present, and under them, there were two or three loyal tribal elders.

George walked up to the crowd, and a pale blue curtain of light was cast in front of them, and on the light curtain was a straight, bright red wood.

"Guys, now let's take a look at this. ”

An elder of the Yanoma tribe said, "Isn't this a vampire tree?"

"Yes, the Vampire Tree, the people of the Citadel call it the Tierekri Tree, and everyone knows that if you hold it for a long time, it will stick to your hands and suck your blood. Unless a large piece of flesh is cut off, it will gradually become attached to the limbs, and at that time, the limbs can only be severed to save themselves. Yanoma and the Divine Castle, there are a lot of people who lack arms and legs every year because of this, right?"

The chiefs and elders nodded together.

"I suspect it's an extremely dangerous creature. I did an experiment, please take a look. ”

As he spoke, George waved his hand slightly, and the Tierekri tree in the blue light curtain enlarged, and then, a huge hand carefully pressed a piece of raw flesh that was still dripping blood against the trunk.

"It's a five-fold magnification scene, and it's clear that as soon as fresh blood comes into contact with the trunk, it stains the trunk red, and the piece of flesh, within five seconds, doesn't drip blood. Let's zoom in fifty times. ”

George swiped his fingers and chose the location where the piece of meat touched the trunk: "This place, the part that is in direct contact with the trunk, you see, what's abnormal?"

One of the tribal elders said in surprise, "Where the skin has become part of the tree?"

"Your eyesight is so good, that's right, let's be patient for a while. ”

Everyone watched in amazement as the piece of flesh quickly shriveled, turning into a drooping mass of grayish-white shriveled flesh, and then, clinging to the trunk of the tree, rapidly thinned and finally melted completely, as if melting on the trunk.

"It's a kind of assimilation power, and the part that comes into contact with the trunk becomes part of the tree. ”

Some elders said, "If it's the power of assimilation, then the tree that has gained vitality should have changed, right? But it doesn't have any change in appearance." ”

"It looks like it's true, so let's look at the second experiment. ”

The blue light area expanded rapidly, and this time two segments of the Tielekri tree appeared in it. Several wizards from the Yanoma tribe next to them carefully planted three frost totems around each of them, forming two small magic circles.

The blue-white light shone brightly, and the power of the ice spread, and one of the sections of wood turned white and was frozen, while the small section that had just sucked blood remained bright red, and the red gradually faded, and it took half a day to turn white.

"The two pieces of wood were cut in close proximity to the same tree. The part where the blood has been sucked is obviously more bearable, guys, what does this mean?"

"The part that sucks blood and uses the stolen life force to reinforce itself?"

"Yes, if a hand is cut off from the body, it loses its function as a hand, but it is unusual for this guy to be separated and become a separate conscious individual. ”

"But there are also some special plants that can grow into individual individuals even if they are divided into small segments. ”

"Plants have roots, stems and leaves, so guys, who has ever seen this guy's roots and leaves?"

Everyone looked at each other.

"As far as I know, harvesting the Tierekri tree has always been a headache, and this is true of the Citadel, and the same is true of Yanoma - totem poles can't be stuck underground, can they? That is, no one has ever seen it below the ground. So where does the underground part of it extend, and where is the life force that has been sucked away being teleported?"

The two chiefs exchanged glances, and Hall Addison said, "You mean, under the swamp, there is a demon that absorbs life force, and these so-called Tierekri trees are actually its tentacles for collecting food?"

"It's not impossible. The growth pattern of this tree is about ten years to mature, and each time a stubble emerges out one by one. This shows that the guy at the bottom of the head has to eat on a large scale once every ten years. I'm inviting you here today to ask if you think it's necessary for us to go down and find out what this is, and from my personal point of view, if you want to settle in this swamp, you'd better find out. ”

There was a deathly silence in the room, and after a while, Chief Rosenthal said, "Lord Dark Apostle, we want to discuss it first, can we?"

"Of course, please. With that, George beckoned to Duck and walked out the door together, and before they could go out, they heard a pot explode behind them, and the sound of discussion and argument was endless.

Duck asked, "George, did you find anything?"

"Of course, those so-called trees are actually slimes. ”

"Slime, no kidding, how can there be a slime of that shape!"

"Slimes can be any shape, why can't they?"

"It's not fun to play word games with me, tell me your basis. ”

"For example, trees, the wood texture in cold regions is very dense, why? because the cold climate makes the trees grow very slowly. Another example is slimes, if there is a slime whose splitting and reproduction rate is extremely low, then the strength of this slime must be quite high. ”

"That's because there's no iron here, let alone steel. Replace it with a steel tool, whether it's a tree or a slime, and put it all down!"

"No, no, no," George shook his hand repeatedly, "it's not so much that it attracts me the most, it's that it's like a sponge that has been compressed to the limit, frantically absorbing all the magic energy and life force it can absorb. ”

"What you said just now, some kind of demon or something, are you scaring those old guys?"

"No, that's exactly what worries me the most, maybe under the swamp, there's another Epic Slime, like it was in the sewers. ”

"Two Dark Apostles, the Chieftain please. "A tribal elder came out and called them.

As soon as the two entered, Hall Addison stood up and said, "You two, to tell you the truth, we have an ancient legend here, in the heart of the Nightmare Forest, there is a huge quagmire called the Oblivion Swamp, where there is an ancient country covered with moss - Tenotiran, under the ancient country, there is a huge demon with a thousand claws and a thousand mouths. Legend has it that it has straight hair, is red, and likes to move at night. ”

George and Duck looked at each other, and Duck asked, "So, where is this Tenotiran ......?"

"It was about five days away from us. We need your help, both of you. After twenty years of being deceived by Patrick, we are eager to uncover the truth, at least, that the glory of the dark god will bring us wisdom and peace. ”

Duck smiled, "Understood, then, we need a guide who is familiar with this jungle." ”

"No problem at all, we will choose the bravest samurai to show you the way, please be sure to find out what lies down there!"

Before he could finish speaking, one of the guards hurriedly came and said, "Chief, those oars of the river gods are approaching us!"