After this catastrophe, everyone understood the horror of this phantom forest. If the illusion is created by these dead trees that have been eroded by evil thoughts, then the inexplicable aroma in the forest can be described as a 'natural' antidote to the poison, but the question is where is the source of this fragrance?

"Could it be that the string of bells mentioned in the plot was sent out to protect the people who strayed into the forest?" Edward guessed as he walked.

"It is very likely, as the tree spirit who guards the road says, that this forest is covered with the king's wrath, and that the spirits of the queen and knight who guard it will not let it go, as evidenced by the fragrance of the forest. What do you think, cousin? ”

"Uh......... There is some truth to that. Zhen Shifeng replied absentmindedly, but he had another rather absurd conjecture in his heart.

The group walked along the path for about thirty minutes, and nothing unusual happened other than the previous hallucination, but it was not enough for them to take it lightly, because the surrounding aroma could fade at any time.

After a short period of travel, the path that stretched into the forest finally disappeared in front of a wall of dead trees. But this close-knit wall of trees speaks to something else, and there must be something very important hidden behind it, perhaps even the grave.

"Let me try it and see if I can split it with a knife." However, just as Xiao Ming was about to step forward with his knife, two rather exaggerated human faces suddenly squeezed out of the huge tree wall. Unlike the previous Path Guards, these two faces are closer to human faces, and even the lips and teeth have been mimicked.

"Bold human, do you want to die here?" One of the fat faces frowned and roared, and countless blood-colored whips made of branches burst out of the tree walls on either side. Seeing this, everyone immediately gave up the idea of breaking in, otherwise they were afraid that they would end up with no bones left.

"Don't scare these human friends, maybe they can help us?" Another skinny face pouted and quipped.

"Let them help? Well...... There seems to be some truth, that is, I don't know whether it is reliable or not. I remember a few humans came last time, and it turned out to be ...... Alas, too lazy to mention. ”

"Told you, listen to me." As he spoke, the thin face looked at the four people below again, and whispered, "Human, I can open the way to the grave, but you have to do something for me, okay?" ”

After listening, Zhen Shifeng was the first to reply: "Of course you can." ”

"Hey, true brother, you agreed without asking us for our opinions?"

"Is there any other way to get into the grave? Why don't I lend you the artifact, and you go up and stab them to death? ”

"........." Edward was really speechless.

"Respected door god, I don't know what the 'thing' in the mouth of the two is? If it is within our ability, we will do our best, and we will never let the two gods down. ”

Xiao Ming's compliments really made the tree spirits very useful, and they saw the thin face laugh loudly, and then said: "It's very simple, it is to put the demon bell left in the forest back on the magic circle of the tomb." ”

"Oh? Is there a circle on the grave? ”

"Hmm...... Yes, you may not know that a mage of the descendants of the gods was said to have passed by this place and saw that the forest was full of evil spirits, so he set up a magic circle and used the bell turned into a knight as a treasure to suppress demons. But it wasn't long before the bell was swept into the woods by the king's resentment. The circle was ineffective and was abandoned on the grave. ”

"I see. So what do you mean by let's find the bell and reactivate the circle? Zhen Shifeng nodded thoughtfully.

"That's right, the magic circle activates the evil qi to dispel it, and we can survive the tribulation."

"We don't know where the bell is, but that doesn't mean you can waste your time wandering through the woods. I'll give you an hour limit, and if you don't bring the bell when the time limit is up, hmph, you'll do it at your own risk. ”

"I'll leave it to you, humans, and don't let us down." When the thin face finished speaking, only a rumbling sound was heard, and the giant tree wall in front of him trembled slightly, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into invisible and disappeared without a trace.

"Hehe, these two are really simple." Zhen Shifeng didn't bother to talk nonsense, and then stepped over the railing marks left by the tree wall. The four of them sounded in their ears at the same time:

[Task 1 has been completed, and the main quest is being refreshed]

[Mission 2: Find the bell and bring it back to the grave within an hour]

"The commission of the two tree spirits is really related to this main quest, tsk, I originally wanted to run away directly."

"True brother, it's really hard for a normal person to accept your jumping thinking."

"That's why I'm a human being!" This thing even shamelessly admits it.

After a few minutes of walking, everyone finally came to the place where the circle was set up on the grave. As for why they didn't go directly to the bell and waste their time running here, it's simple, because the only clue that can provide the location of the bell is this circle.

This is a giant circle painted on the ground with fluorescent powder, but what is puzzling is that the pattern of the circle is the same as the real clock dial, or this is a dial without hands at all.

"Could this be the legendary circle? Why did I suddenly feel a little unclear. Edward complained and rummaged through the dead grass around him, but left no clues other than the dial circle.

"In other words, this dial is the only clue." Zhen Shifeng pinched his waist and stood in the center of the circle, carefully examining every detail on the dial.

"How's it going, have you made any new discoveries?"

Zhen Shifeng didn't answer, but squinted his eyes as if thinking about something, and after a while, he suddenly shouted loudly: "No wonder this magic circle is painted like a dial, it turns out to be like this." ”

"Uh......... What do you mean by that? Everyone was shocked and couldn't help but ask in unison.

"Think about it, what do the words king, queen, and knight have to do with the clock?"

"Contact ......" curled his chin and pondered for a moment, and suddenly exclaimed: "Could it be a number?" ”

"Huh? Digit? ”

"That's right, it's numbers, the little beauty is really smart." Zhen Shifeng snapped his fingers in agreement, "I think everyone should have played poker, the knight, queen, and king in poker are J, Q, and K respectively, and their numbers are 11, 12, and 13." If it corresponds to the clock, it is 'eleven', 'twelve', and 'one'. ”

"Could it be that the direction of these three hours is where the bell is? But there are no hands on the dial. ”

"You don't need a pointer at all, you see." Zhen Shifeng virtually measured the engraved lines next to the numbers, and continued: "After extending the long engraved lines corresponding to these twelve numbers, they cannot meet in the very center of the dial, because these engraved lines are deliberately obliquely drawn by someone. ”

After hearing this, Edward stepped forward and compared, "Oh, that's really the case. ”

"Roughly lengthening the three hour correspondings, they roughly converge in the direction of the number 'five,' and the bell is likely to be near the forest opposite."

Reasoning at this point, everyone already understood what Zhen Shifeng wanted to express. At this time, there were still about forty minutes before the time limit, and without thinking too much, the group immediately rushed to the forest pointed to by the clue.

However, except for Zhen Shifeng, the others did not notice that the aroma around this tomb was actually stronger than that of other places. It's no wonder that anyone who stays under the same pungent smell for a long time will not notice anything unusual unless there is a significant change in the concentration of the gas. It's just that this strange phenomenon was firmly remembered by the sharp-witted Zhen Shifeng.