Entering the Forest of Trials went much smoother than Luna expected.

Maybe there are too many people here every year, but before dark, except for a few strange insects crawling among the gray-blue dead branches and leaves under her feet, and occasionally crawling with a light blue phosphorescence on their bodies, she didn't encounter any living creatures.

Along the way, I saw many traces of orcs, some of which had faded and were about to be invisible, while others were still very new.

Instead of changing back into her human form, Luna used the map she had imprinted in her mind to weave her beast form through the forest, reaching for the nearest water source marked on the map.

In fact, she was quite skeptical that the water in this kind of place could still be drunk, but given how many of her ancestors were still alive and kicking around today, Luna had to put aside the psychological burden of realizing that this could be a radiation zone.

As the sky darkened, more and more phosphorescences of various colors based on blue and purple gradually flashed between the original gray-blue trees, some of which moved, and some of which hid peacefully between the stones or the cracks of the number.

If you ignore the strangeness of the forest here, Luna thinks that this scene is actually quite dreamy, but she has often followed Gote into the mountains to collect medicine since she was a child, but she also understands that in this dense forest, the more gorgeous and dazzling things look at, the more terrifying the danger hidden.

Stimulated by the increasingly dreamy scenery as the daylight gets darker and darker, Luna can't help but be more careful in her steps.

She would avoid the phosphorescent things under her feet as much as possible, and she had even more to think about rushing to hunt on the first night.

It wasn't until it was completely dark that Luna approached the water source, but she saw a warm yellow glow from a distance that was different from the blue-purple hue around her.

"Come out!"

The figure lying on the edge of the fire raised its head vigilantly almost as soon as Luna approached, and a pair of dark brown eyes reflecting the light of the fire landed precisely on the gray-purple bushes where Luna was hiding.

"I'm just here to fetch water. Hearing that the one who spoke was a female, Luna slowly stepped out of the bushes from behind, with the wolf's tail hanging low, and beside the fire not far away? Because all the hair on his body has fallen out cleanly? Can't tell it's a bear, a huge creature like a hill? Keep a safe distance as much as possible.

The female was stunned when she saw Luna's appearance. But he quickly restrained his vigilance, as if he was tired? And he went back on his stomach and deliberately hid his paws under him? But even so? Luna still saw the tips of the other's bare claws, without a single fingernail.

"I won't get in your way, and you won't get in my way. The female bear orc said, half-closing her eyes.

"That? Eldest sister? Can I borrow your fire for it?"

Luna didn't feel any emotion other than indifference from the female orc on the other side, and couldn't help but grow a little bolder, looking at the other party with some flattery, and her low-hanging tail wagged slightly.

In order to find a water source for replenishment as soon as possible, she didn't stop this way? Originally, I was going to get water near the water source, and then I turned into a humanoid tree and will spend the night? Wait for the next day's dawn to find a place to settle down temporarily, but you never thought about it? Here I met an orc who had come to the trial, and it was a female.

And it seems that the other party has been in this forest for a while? Luna couldn't help but want to be close to the other party? Know more about the situation you're about to face.

The female bear orc just lifted her eyelids when she heard this? Glance at Luna, but don't chase her away.

Luna acquiesced, and with a little cautious joy, she thanked the other party, and then retreated back to the bushes, turned into a human form, took out a deliberately shortened one from her backpack, put on the knee-high nightgown, and then walked out again, took the water bottle and thanked the female bear orc, and then ran to the water source.

In order to get water conveniently, the orcs who came here for testing in waves over time circled it with stones, forming a small pond about one meter in diameter and half a person high.

The excess water overflows the pool and re-sinks beneath the ground, causing the ground around the water source to grow a slippery powdery blue moss within a certain range, which is gray when dried.

And this kind of moss, which is only found in the Forest of Trials, is also quite expensive in the outside world because of its excellent hemostatic effect, and as far as Luna is concerned, she has never seen this fresh moss look like, and she has only heard Gotte describe it to her.

Luna, who just looked down for the moss, was doomed to be disappointed, except for a piece of mud, let alone moss, she didn't even see a single grass.

"Don't look for it, the cracks in the stones have been detained. The female orc, who was not far away by the fire, looked at Luna with her head down, as if there was gold on the ground, and finally opened her mouth.

"Big sister knows about this moss, too?" Luna looked back in surprise when she heard this.

"It's not certain who is older than me! What is your name, big sister!" the female bear beast pursed her lips and said disdainfully.

Luna didn't care about the other party's attitude, and when she saw that the other party was willing to talk to her, she turned her head to look at the bear beast female, showed a friendly smile, and said:

"My name is Nana, and I'll be fifteen years old in winter, what about you?"

"Tracy, thirteen years old. Tracy slowly stood up, transforming into a tall female who was two meters tall, and looked at Luna with a hint of teasing in her eyes, which diluted the original coldness in her dark brown eyes.

"Ah......h

In fact, Locke's family is also a bear family, but whether it is Locke's daughter or wife, they are not as tall and strong as Tracy, who is only thirteen years old in front of him.

And Luna, who is a wolf clan, is now a full 1.8 meters tall, but she won't grow taller when she becomes an adult, and her broad shoulders, narrow waist and long legs are well developed.

But with Tracy, Luna always felt that no matter whether she was older than the other person or not, at least visually, she actually looked like a real sister in every way.

"Well, why did you come to the Trials Forest at such a young age?"

After Luna had fetched the water, she walked back to the fire, sat down across from Tracy, hesitated for a moment, but looked at Tracy and asked her doubts, paused and said,

"I don't mean anything else, I just think it's incredible, after all, it's quite dangerous here, if you don't want to say it, or it's inconvenient, you can not say it. ”

"My father died, and the family needed income. ”

Tracy lowered his eyes, and a touch of sadness that did not match his age, and he had experienced the world prematurely, but it quickly disappeared, replaced by absolute confidence, and continued,

"From here, I can become a mercenary, and then I will be able to support my family. ”