It's hard to say who's right and who's wrong in this war, and even the Silver Dragon Lady, who has always hated the evil five-colored dragon, can't say that it's the Black Dragon's mistake. In the food chain of nature's predation and prey, as long as it is out of survival needs, it is not deliberately tortured or wasted, and a few swans are preyed, not to mention righteous people, even the most extreme druids will not interfere.

Using the techniques she'd learned from wanderer stealth and concealment, Shi Ji cautiously infiltrated the reeds. Although this may seem overkill, in fact, Shi Ji, who has just seen the dangers of this swamp, is careless, and her superb agility talent brings strong reflexes and dynamic vision, and once she enters the combat state, she can quickly observe the changes in her surroundings, not letting go of the slightest driftwood or bubbles on the water surface (then there is probably a crocodile or anaconda hidden underneath).

As it turned out, Shi Ji's caution was not wrong at all. She had barely gotten far into the reeds when she spotted a shadow lurking in the water at the edge of the reeds—a giant swamp frog bigger than Shiki's, a giant frog endemic to the swamp, lurking motionless at the bottom of the water like a large rock covered with green moss, its turquoise skin providing it with the ability to breathe underwater and a good camouflage color.

Like its normal frog counterpart, the Swamp Frog has excellent dynamic vision, but is oblivious to stationary objects, and usually lurks in the water, waiting for its prey like a very patient wanderer. As soon as a prey moves closer, the giant predator sticks out its tongue like lightning, grabs the prey with its huge, sticky tongue, and swallows it directly.

When Shi Ji found it, he happened to see it devouring a pelican like lightning, and the speed of the flash did not even let the waterfowl next to it notice the abnormality.

In addition to the swamp giant frogs, crocodiles and anacondas also swim in the waters not far away, trying to raid those prey that are close to the water's edge.

Carefully bypassing these dangers, Shi Ji lurked in the duck's nest, picked up a few duck eggs, and broke the necks of two unsuspecting ducks, and then quietly lurked back.

And when Shi Ji rushes back to camp with her harvest, she finds that not only is the bonfire already lit, but a large pot of catfish soup with cress, wild onions, and ginger slices is steaming hot.

Ms. Ville Loren, who is obviously very experienced in cooking, is making a simple grill out of branches after she has prepared a pot of fish soup, and dismembered the swamp rabbit and capybara that Ms. Illa Razak had brought with her, and grilled them on a rack in pieces. Opposite her, Ms. Ilya Razak was carefully sprinkling spices such as chili pepper and cumin on top of the barbecue. Obviously, when working together on the ingredients, the atmosphere between the two ladies is rarely harmonious.

In the other group, Milano was cleaning a bunch of collected berries, and the round and red berries suddenly became crystal clear and mouth-watering under the freezing of the cold rays released by Dugu Feng.

"Sister, look at my prey!"

Seeing her sister, Shi Ji happily lifted her harvest: "The ducks and duck eggs are all caught by myself!" ”

"Well, good job!"

Dugu Feng smiled and nodded, not hesitating to encourage his sister, and at the same time gestured to her, and said: "Come, follow me to learn how to cook these, lest you can only gnaw on dough and marinated meat when you have adventures in the future." ”

As a member of the Great Foodie Empire, even if she has never cooked any food, it does not hinder the culinary talent engraved in her soul. What's more, when she wandered alone in the wilderness for more than ten years in this world, she had already filled up her cooking skills, and she couldn't specialize anymore.

Dugu Feng motioned to Shi Ji to follow along, while cutting the hind leg meat of the capybara that was deliberately left in long slices, and then pickled it with salt and spices, and then cut the carefully selected mushrooms and wild vegetables, and then boiled a pot of boiling water, threw a piece of salty and dry cured meat into it and boiled it directly, and after the water boiled, the cured meat was cleaned, and then the boiling water was poured out. After repeating this twice, you can put the flavored bacon, mushrooms, and wild vegetables in a pot and cook them with the marinated meat.

In this way, after a while, the rich aroma of meat comes to the nose.

"Wow, it smells so good!"

Shi Ji suddenly took a deep breath, looking intoxicated. In her impression, her sister's craftsmanship is actually better than that of the chefs in the Duke's Palace, but unfortunately her sister spends most of her time in the wilderness, and she has never had the opportunity to eat the food cooked by her sister, and she has always regretted it.

"The salted meat prepared as dry food, put too much salt, and the drying time is too long, so it can't be directly eaten, wash it a few times, and it's good as a base for cooking soup!"

Dugu Feng was cooking the food while teaching Shi Ji. In a world without canned food and compressed biscuits, cured meats and unleavened dough are the usual food for adventurers, and Shi Ji is definitely not the only one who is troubled by the fact that these things cannot be eaten, so adventurers have long developed a variety of ways to cook these bad foods.

"Uh-huh, got it!"

Shi Ji nodded frequently, and began to fiddle with the prey she had caught under the guidance of her sister. The two ducks are naturally roasted, plucked and gutted, smeared with grease and spices, and directly grilled on the fragrant fruit wood that Milano specially found. A few duck eggs are garnished and beaten in the soup, and served with ginger, seaweed, and chopped green onions, it is a simple appetizer soup.

"It's good that it's hard in the wilderness, but at least you can eat delicious food!" The smell of the food attracted even the female warrior in the disguise of the evil beast, and she glanced at the small fish she had grilled indiscriminately, and simply threw it away. The personality and hobbies of the demon beast clan are similar to those of the human aristocracy, they all like beautiful clothes and all kinds of luxurious life, and food is no exception.

"Well, yes, yes, there's fish soup, barbecue, and my favorite ice fruit, it's so good! The amount is very large, divided into seven points, exactly one for one person"

At this moment, an unfamiliar voice suddenly came, which made Shi Ji startled all of a sudden.

However, apart from Shi Ji, Dugu Feng, Villa Roland, Illia Rasa, as well as Mirano and the female warriors disguised as the Demon Beast did not have any moved expressions.

"Hey, little girl, what are you looking at! This bird is here, here! ”

Shi Ji looked around several times before she saw the source of the sound above the treetops above her head.

"Ah, a Kolo parrot!"

In front of Shi Ji was a large parrot with a grayish-white, curved beak and dark eyes, and a mixture of bright red and orange-yellow feathers.

Shi Ji recognized the species of this parrot at a glance, the Kolo Parrot, a curious and mischievous insectivorous bird that inhabits tropical and subtropical regions. These brightly colored creatures are very curious and sociable, they often travel with adventurers, and their chattering personalities and quirky curiosity always bring a lot of fun to travelers.

And the reason why Shi Ji recognized the identity of this parrot at a glance was also because at Baldur's Gate, Count Angme, who was married to the Silver Shield family, also had such a Kolo parrot.

The Kolo parrot flew to the grill when it was ripe, first picked up a frozen berry and swallowed it, and then chirped: "Yes, yes, sure enough, the berries are delicious only after freezing, where do those old hats of the southern forest know these tastes!" ”

"Hi Kolo, where is your master!"

Shi Ji quickly came to her senses and greeted the self-cooked parrot: "Why did you run to the lizard swamp alone?" There are a lot of ferocious predators here! ”

Kolo parrots like to be boisterous, and usually travel with people, and seeing a Kolo parrot in the wild basically means meeting other adventurers.

"Hey, little girl, this bird has a name, and this bird's name is Polly. Also, this bird has no master, this bird is free......" said the Kolo parrot, "Only the fool without wings has a master, and the winged Polly is free!" ”

And just as Shi Ji and the chirping Kolo parrot were talking, there was a sudden sound of footsteps gently dripping in the distance.

"Ah, the companion of this bird is here, the companion of this bird is here!" The Kolo parrot heard the footsteps, and also flapped its wings, and chirped while circling, "The food is going to be divided into nines, the food is going to be divided into nines, and the food of this bird is going to be reduced again......"

Shi Ji couldn't help but laugh when she heard this, and was about to complain about how much food this parrot could eat, when she saw two figures walking in the swamp in the distance.

It was a man and a woman, two adventurers, the woman was tall, her delicate and beautiful features, and her erect and slender ears unmistakably revealed her elf identity, but her lilac skin and straight body made her look neither like an surface elf nor an underground drow elf.

Next to this strange elf was a slightly more ordinary-looking man, dressed in a strange feather cloak woven of leaves and feathers, holding a simple wooden staff, and the serene aura that surrounded him at all times seemed to be one with nature, unmistakably revealing his druid identity.

"Hello everyone, strange adventurers!" When the peculiar druid saw the crowd, he bowed slightly, then glanced at the chirping Kolo and said, "I hope our companions have not disturbed you." ”

"Of course not!"

Seeing this strange druid appear, Dugu Feng's eyes showed a slight hint of surprise. And the Silver Dragon Lady and Veria Roland also stared, because they couldn't detect how powerful this druid really was, they could only feel that this druid seemed to be one with nature, and he stood there, like the wind blowing the water, incomparably natural and harmonious, if you didn't see it with your eyes, you couldn't detect his existence at all.