"Concussion Burst!"

Xia Yuan raised the short bow in his hand, and the pale yellow light arrow passed through the branches that blocked the way with a circle of ripples, and the collapse effect caused the arrow to continue to rush forward, and a straight tunnel appeared in the layers of trees.

"Fei Nanxi, please."

She sent a soul voice to the lich.

The lich nodded, and was the first to rush into the tree hole with a layer of dark magic enveloped in it.

It is the strongest of the crowd and the most adaptable to harsh environments, which is the best place to explore the way first.

There was a loud bang behind him, and Sadonan used the burst of energy again, blasting the wolf spirits away from his side.

"How did the number increase all of a sudden?"

After Natsu suddenly found himself approaching the Black Jungle, the number of spirits began to increase dramatically, and it didn't take long for Sadonan to break out and he was encircled inside again.

"Deria, help me."

She stopped.

Then pull out the thunder sword on your back.

- Ordinary attacks can't hurt ghost-like monsters, but nameless sword skills can!

"Bang bang bang!"

The werewolf princess threw three punches in a row, bursting the three wolf spirits who tried to get close.

"Leave it to me."

She covered her body with blue arcs and swept around Natsu like a whirlwind, then acted as a makeshift guard by her side.

At this time, Sadonan was completely covered by the wolf spirit.

His crutches had long been lost, and the lack of mental strength made him unable to fly anymore, and his broken leg was difficult to move, and he entered a state of difficulty.

"Get down!"

Xia sent a message to him.

Then he closed his eyes.

A fire flashed in her mind, and she was surrounded by a group of dragons on a burning earth, and a scorched smell came from her nose. The massive bodies were approaching, and from time to time flames erupted from the dragon's mouth, slashing past her.

Without hesitation, Sadonan threw himself forward and fell to the ground.

He removed the most draining reflex and replaced it with a state of complete defense, allowing the spirits to bite at him. The clothes and pants quickly became tattered, but the skin was undamaged.

"Captain...... Let's go, the sword won't hurt them. ”

He looked up and looked at Natsu with his eyes closed through the spirits.

The silver-haired girl was standing motionless at this time, her sword arm crossed her chest, as if she was gathering strength.

"Xia, there are more and more of these guys, hurry up."

The werewolf princess kept jumping around her, her hands and legs wrapped in blue arcs that could destroy a wolf spirit with a single blow. But the long battle had made her sweat, and every jump spilled bright droplets.

"Ten!"

Natsu opened her eyes.

"Drink, ah――――――――h

She swung her arm forward!

Different from the previous instantaneous sword momentum, this time's nameless sword technique was slow and heavy, sweeping in front of her like a thick laser, and those wolf spirits that touched the sword light were all vaporized, leaving not even a trace behind, and completely disappeared into this world.

"Wow!"

Delia had already received her reminder and ducked behind before the sword could swing out. But he still felt a little tingling in his skin, and looked at the half-cut spirit mountain in surprise. Sadoniam, who was lying on the ground, had already revealed his figure.

"Stephanie!"

She shouted to the little Lori in black.

A flash of golden light flashed through her body, and she pulled out her godfall dagger and rushed into the middle of the panicked wolf spirit, hanging Sadonan's body from a distance, and then quickly retreated, retreating towards the entrance to the edge of the forest.

After those wolf spirits reacted, they rushed towards her and Sadoran floating in the air. Because Xia and a person were a lot slower, they were caught up by them when they were still two hundred meters away from the tree hole in the jungle.

Most of the wolf spirits were still targeting the arcane energy on Sadonan's body, and a few of them were hostile to Natsu, who had killed many of her companions, and pounced on her with teeth and claws.

"I'll leave it here, you can send him in."

Delia appeared behind her. There was a blue electric light on his body, blocking the way of the wolf spirit.

"Boom!"

I saw that she drew a line on the ground with her toes, and a large amount of dirt mixed with gravel was lifted into the air, forming a high barrier; Then she smashed her fist on it, and the arc burst out a series of sparks in the rubble, instantly forming a huge lightning net, blocking all the spirits from the outside in a short time.

"You're all pretty cute little guys."

The werewolf princess's arms stretched out to the left and right, and she slowly brought her fists behind her back, protruding her plump breasts:

"It's a pity that it's so bad...... I always want to hurt my friends, so I'll teach you some lessons. ”

Her momentum increased sharply, and her two fists trembled behind her back.

The net lasted for a moment before dissipating in the air, and the wolf spirits passed through the earth-stone barrier, opened their mouths and bit at her, threatening to bite her toned body.

"Wolf God Cannon!!"

Deria's fists behind her suddenly slid forward and slammed together.

"Bang."

There was no alarming loud noise, a slight pop rang out, and a ball of energy exploded in her fist.

In the blink of an eye, this small ball of energy suddenly expanded dozens of times, bursting out with a huge white light that silently devoured all the enemies in front of him.

"It turns out that Di Liya still has this kind of move, and I have never seen her use it before."

Xia, who had been worried about the battle situation behind him, finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this scene, and used his superpower to throw Sadoran into the tree hole.

By this time, the lich had already completed his initial exploration inside, stretched out his hand and grabbed Sadonan's belt, and took him lightly.

"Whew......"

The werewolf princess lowered her hand.

"Deria!"

Natsu waved to her in front of the black jungle and shouted:

"Everybody's in, it's just you."

Although I had the heart to go back and pick it up, the werewolf princess was faster than her, so it would drag her back.

"Hey, hey, here."

Delia vanished in place, a sonic boom in front of her before it could be heard. Grabbing her, he rushed towards the hollow in the tree where the arrow had broken.

As a result, no one else had a problem, and Xia had an accident as soon as he entered the trees.

The whole forest seemed to let out a low roar, and several gray branches without leaves rolled down from the trunk like snakes, trying to grab Natsu's body.

"Click!"

Delia jumped up and broke the branches, and then the two large trees next to them shook, and the thick trunks slowly pulled up from the ground.

"Is it because of the weapon?"

Natsu noticed another tiny vine coming behind her. The targets were none other than the Thunder Sword and Ice Sword that were on her back.

"Stephanie, put your sword away!"

She threw the two swords to the little Lori in black.

The latter quickly tucked the sword into her skirt, and the oncoming vines slowed down considerably, but it didn't take long for them to shift their target again, wrapping around the godfall dagger at her waist.

"Don't move yet."

Natsu stopped Deria and the Lich from attacking, allowing the vines to entangle the sheath of the Godfall Dagger.

The vines seemed to be a little afraid of the dagger, and the dark aura coming from it gave them a sense of awe, stronger than the lich next to them.

"Boom!"

Seeing their hesitation, Xia pulled out his dagger.

There was a commotion in the surrounding trees. A few vines quickly shrank back as if they had seen something terrible.

The two trees that were about to be pulled out of the ground also stopped moving.

There was silence in the jungle for a moment, and the earth on the ground around everyone swelled, and the exposed roots of the trees slowly sank and gradually returned to their original positions.

"Captain......

Sadonan, who was already at the end of his crossbow, saw this scene and fell back to the ground, and pulled his palm out of the dirt.

He had just wanted to use his ability to destroy the roots of these trees, but now it seemed that there was no need for it, and the silver-haired captain could always cause miracles.

"As soon as I came in, I felt like someone was snooping in the shadows. I originally thought it was an undead or a monster, but I didn't expect there to be a tree spirit in the black jungle. ”

The lich had apparently never seen such a strange tree. But know where they come from.

"The wolf spirit really doesn't dare to enter here."

Natsu looked at the spirits that were wandering outside the jungle, and as he had guessed, none of them had broken through the gap, even without the help of branches.

"It should be a geographical factor, although wolves will migrate, they will never go near places where they cannot live. There should be something in the black jungle that scares them. ”

The staff in the lich's hand glowed with a ghostly light, summoning the dark spirits to his side, which had no effect this time.

"Natsu, how do you know why they're angry?"

The werewolf princess came over and touched the empty sheath on Xia's waist and asked curiously.

If she hadn't reacted in time just now, several people would have to fight with these tree spirits.

"I've seen a story before. A similar plot was mentioned above. ”

Xia thrust the Godfall dagger back into his waist:

"Tree shepherds (ents), with stiff branches around them, skin like bark, and leaves on their heads; They are the guardians of the jungle, with a long life and a preference for peace, rarely involved in continental wars, but show no mercy to those who dare to invade the forest. ”

She let the little loli in black stick to herself, walked to the side of a tree, reached out and touched the rough trunk, the tree did not attack her, but moved slightly, as if enjoying the breath of her hand.

"There is a plot in which the protagonists enter an ancient forest, and the dwarf with a sharp axe is treated like I just did."

Natsu lowered his hand, making sure that the trees were no longer hostile to him, and motioned for everyone to follow him.

"I've heard similar rumors, but the things called 'tree people' have long since disappeared and faded into the history of the continent."

Sadonan got up from the ground, his body floating in the air and slowly flying forward.

Rapid movement is a great burden on him, but this kind of slow and leisurely flight is not very mentally draining, and it is just a habit for him to usually use crutches.

"These aren't treants, they're just monsters."

Natsu threw him a few pills to replenish his mental power, and Sadonan felt much better after swallowing them.

"Let's not go deep into the jungle, just go along the edge...... Stephanie, disarm stealth in front of the way. ”

She said to the little Lori in black.

The tree spirits who had been nervous about the arrival of strangers felt the breath of the shards of the gods, and they all became calm, and the branches on the ground that were maliciously blocking the way were slowly retracted, leaving a way for the group.

"Where are we going?"

The lich asked:

"Now we have to choose a direction to go, as you said, we don't have to cross the black jungle, just choose a path from both sides of it and leave."

"The destination hasn't changed, it's still the Giant Plateau."

Xia asked the black-clothed little Lori to take out a map with a zigzag line drawn on it:

"Let's go out on the left."

This map is a reward for the Hidden Quest and a thank you gift from Ron's father's friend.

Could there be anything unusual about a place that a sword king could risk his life to find?

Nothing related to the system mission had ever disappointed her, and it would be a shame to miss it if there was anything there.

"If this map is right, it's just the right way."

The lich flew in the air and looked at the map in her hand, and the branches of the trees dodged when they encountered it, unlike the little loli in black, because of the fear of the powerful undead:

"But are you sure you don't want to look the other way? The two-headed lizard's lair is closer, and it's possible that the half-elf girl went there as well. (To be continued......) R1292