CHAPTER XLIII
The ordinary forest and the demonic forest can be described as distinct, one side is a snow-capped normal scene, just one step away, the heaven and earth seem to be painted with a layer of gray black, the dark clouds in the air are rolling, the ground is black and full of air, all the trees are no longer straight and full of life, but knotted and twisted, exuding an ominous black aura.
Faced with this scene, the leader of the wolf pack turned around and whimpered a few times, and only under Liu An's instructions did he lead the sled team back into the mist.
"Lord Louisian, it's not wise to enter the Demonic Forest like this."
Mrs. Bourbon reminded in the back seat.
"The demonic energy and filth here can interfere with people's minds, and when the will and spirit are weakened, those unclean things will take the opportunity to invade the body."
"Well, I forgot about you"
Liu An turned around and handed over a glass bottle with an oak mouth stopper, containing many small pills that emitted a faint light.
"This is a purifying potion, one pill a day"
The glass bottle is well-made, the bottle is pure, it seems to be mixed with materials that can preserve the medicinal power, and the oak mouth plug also has a special function, and such a medicine bottle alone is worth a lot. Mrs. Bourbon took it in her hand and looked at it, but was not in a hurry to take it.
"What about you, Your Excellency?"
"We don't need this kind of thing, you can understand that our constitution is special and we are immune to this level of miasma"
Mrs. Bourbon nodded, pulled off the cork, poured a pill into her palm, put it under her nose and sniffed it, and then sent it to Natalia.
Natalia picked up the pill between her index and middle fingers, put it in her mouth without thinking, took the jug handed by Madame Bourbon, and tilted her head to take it.
Mrs. Bourbon put away the medicine bottle, and did not eat it herself, very cautiously. She whispered a spell, and the surface of her body floated as if several circles of light overlapped each other, and in her special senses, the black qi could be seen isolated from her by a meter.
Liu An smiled, unimpressed.
……
"Husband, what kind of little monster is here?"
Today, it is rare to occupy the opportunity to sit in the front row with Liu An alone. Bao Yuting couldn't wait to melt herself into Liu An's body, wrapped around him like a koala.
"I'm also surprised, the little monster is gone, and only some demonized beasts remain."
Liu An hugged her waist, his eyes pierced through the fog, and said.
"Shall we rest today?"
The voice was full of surprise and anticipation.
"I think beautifully, when I choose a target, you will be dispatched, after the fight. I also have to peel the skin and bone, and collect all the useful things."
"Oh...... I'm going to get dirty again......"
Probably because of the greenhouse effect, shrouded in black fog, the temperature has risen, full of humid feeling, and the snow has disappeared after entering the forest for more than ten kilometers, and everyone has to give up the sled. Hike.
The forest snow wolf gathers the cubs into the head wolf's protective gear, and then scatters them around the perimeter of the group. Occasionally, there was a low sound, passing messages to each other, and in the silent and silent dim forest, there was a rustle, rustling of footsteps.
After a while, the girls who had divided the valuable goals around them set off, without masters like Sophie and Somi. The others also stayed in the team, as they had to learn to take out their respective objectives on their own.
Sometimes, kindness and beauty are not bargaining chips for survival, and the law of the jungle is still pursued in nature, including human society.
"Your Excellency. You seem to have come here with a purpose, what are you looking for? ”
Somi asked, walking behind Liu An was Sophie, and a little later was Princess Natalia and Madame Bourbon, and Sophie was in the surroundings.
"Well, when I passed by here before, I did a large-scale scan of the mountains and forests on both sides around the water area, and there is a huge mushroom monster living here......" said this, Liu An smiled, Suomi didn't know why. The strength is so-so, but the number and attack methods are very creative, and their survival mode also has the value of research, but now I don't know why all of them are gone."
"At this time, those monsters will hide in the dungeon for the winter," Princess Natalia interjected, "The mushroom monster you mentioned is one of the lowest-level miscellaneous soldiers among the monsters, they can only operate in a humid and warm environment, although it is more humid and warm here, but it does not meet the standard for their outdoor activities, so they should hide in the dungeon"
"Oh? So we're aiming for a large underground cavern somewhere? Liu An turned around and asked.
"No"
This time it was Madame Bourbon, and Natalia shrugged her shoulders masculinly, and it was clear that the archmage's knowledge had more say in this regard.
"The demonic forest is only one of the exits of the dungeon, it does not mean that the dungeon is under the demonic forest, according to Your Excellency, there are either large underground caves in the depths of the forest, or there is a teleportation array built by monsters, I personally feel that the latter is more likely"
Mrs. Bourbon didn't say it to death, but the inclination was obvious.
Monsters that can build teleportation arrays?
Liu An thought it was a little interesting.
……
In the depths of the forest, everyone really found such a huge teleportation array according to their words.
Outside was a dark red shield, and in Liu An's eyes, he could see that in addition to the protective ability, this shield could also draw energy from the black fog to maintain the integrity of the entire magic circle.
Surrounded by eleven pillars of unknown material, each with an ancient dark rune etched into the capital.
“Tv‘ruiKo”
“Wb‘lav”
“Tur‘sinKjb”
……
Liu An has seen similar ancient characters in the Holy Dragon Continent, which embodies the most basic laws of the world, this is not a simple flat text, but a three-dimensional space rune that contains the power of the law, and its existence itself is the embodiment of the power of the force, and if you want to activate these words, the pronunciation required is similar.
As he uttered a language that no one could understand, the dark runes on the stigma were activated one by one, and the bright red was like laser rays, connecting with each other, forming a complex pattern of countless lines above the circle.
According to Liu An's own habits, these things are condensed into a light screen like a computer screen. The difference is that this light screen is visible to everyone, and it can also be seen that his hands have changed into the form of [Alchemy Hands] at some point, and when the sharp fingertips touch the screen, they ripple out obvious points of light.
No matter how many times you see such a scene, all the boss ladies are dizzy. And according to their respective national habits, Liu An is given the wings of imagination and becomes the most perfect lover, the middle is a high crown, stepping on colorful auspicious clouds, wearing a gold suit This is a mythologization, and the Western-style is driving a heavenly chariot, shining with the brilliance of a god, and stretching out his hand with the most impeccable smile.
Of course. There are also some heavy-tasting girls who don't know what to associate with, their expressions are a little out of shape, no matter how you look at it, they look like they are nostalgic.
The proprietress is like this, not to mention the first time to see Natalia and Mrs. Bourbon with such a surreal sense of painting. The former fell into this supreme brilliance effect, as if he was in a starry sky full of clouds and mist, while the latter, on top of this, there was a shocking wave———— this is a gap that no talent or ability can make up!
She tried hard to see Liu An's every movement. The brain works to the limit, trying to understand the meaning behind every action of the Dao. But it's all useless.
"Should I complain about how convenient it is, or are these monsters too unalert, they don't even have the most basic means of protection, and it's just a bus that anyone can get on-"
With Liu An's words, the dark golden alchemy hand was a little behind the light screen, and the light screen flipped over. It becomes an infinitely thin straight line and disappears.
"Let's go, let's go in and fight the little monsters"
Walk into the teleportation circle under the cover of red light.
……
"Tsk!"
"Smack!"
A row of giant mushrooms wielding two slender tentacles and red and blue spotted umbrella covers let out a piercing scream. While whipping the ground—because they could only hit the ground, Yuna, who had gone up with a staff to fight hand-to-hand, could easily dodge their whipping in this dark environment—suddenly bent down, if they were waists, and pointed their brightly colored mushroom heads at the proprietresses in front of them, and after a violent tremble, a large patch of milky white liquid sprayed from the top.
“……”
"This evil creature should not exist in this world."
Sophie, who was watching from a distance, gritted her silver teeth and said, but her eyes glanced at Liu An, not only her, but also the senior boss lady who was watching the battle around...... I mean, those who are high-end in force, they all glance at it.
"Uh...... I really don't know if they still have this way of attacking......"
Liu An said, but looking at their expressions, it was obvious that "only by believing in you can there be ghosts".
……
"Ahhhhh
"It, they...... ! ”
"Shut up, Xiaomei, it will make people want to be crooked, and your position is too far back, and your husband is watching from behind"
"It's disgusting, it's nothing if you don't say it, as soon as you say it, the more I look at this monster now, the more disgusting it becomes"
……
The mucus was emitting a cloud of smoke on the ground, accompanied by a choking smell, which was obviously not a good thing for my husband's beauty and fitness.
"What's the ghost called, it's not like I haven't been shot, Kohta, Kohta, I still want to call it a day early and eat"
This is the fierce speech of a certain tough young lady boss.
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※I ※ is ※ evil ※ evil ※ ※ divides ※ cut ※ thread※
After all, they are native, and under the guidance of Madame Bourbon, the leveling proprietress used dogleg knives to split the elastic umbrella cover of the demon mushroom monster and collected some "star sand".
The demon mushroom monster has no brains at all, and I don't know how Lu Dao has the hunting instinct, its soft body can move at a speed that is not low, which is very unreasonable in itself, the high magic world realm, ha......ha
The proprietress followed Liu An to see more mushrooms, glowing, edible, poisonous, can be used as wood, can replace sunlight, and it seems that there is no surprise that there is one more kind of meat eating - it is said that in the world of Azeroth, mushrooms have also evolved into giants and intelligent creatures, and they are called "spore giants" and "spore people......
The Demon Mushroom Monster's "Star Sand", combined with several other materials, "Moonstone", "Eye Monster's Essence Eye Handle" and "Earth Gem", under the auspices of the Archmage, can carry out a promotion ceremony, and the effect is similar to the "Viscera Replacement Technique" of the Holy Dragon Continent, temporarily increasing the maximum potential of the human body. Extend the lifespan, so that the God of War and the Archmage level powerhouses can have more time to impact the higher power level, so these materials have always been very sought-after and precious.
In the monster dungeon in the hinterland of human beings, the survivors are basically controlled by the power of the general situation, and adventurers and mercenaries are regularly organized to enter the cleanup. From another point of view, it can be seen as a material exchange, the monsters in the dungeon have harvested flesh and blood, and the high-level human beings have harvested rare materials, as for ordinary mercenaries and adventurers, they have also harvested wealth in this disguised trade - of course, they have to survive to be eligible to enjoy it.
This is also one of the main ways to consume the remaining population of the various kingdoms on the continent, as well as a large number of various collection and exploration missions for the forest, the water, and the wild land issued by the Mercenary Guild and the Adventurers' Guild every year, as well as war.
……
Each world has its own way of working. If it doesn't like the eye, take out the strength to change this way of operation. Commoners, samurai, nobles, mages...... Regardless of status and ability, what others give plus one point that you pay yourself, what you get is a return of one plus one and about two. One person infects ten people, and ten people infect hundreds of people, and the world has changed.
Besides, the child is not a fish, and he knows the joy of fish.
It is precisely because of this cruel living environment. It makes the people of this world full of positive and optimistic spirit, just like the popular works in the real world. There will always be a backdrop of oppression, hatred, and ugliness, like [ONE-PIECE], [Naruto], [Bleach of Death], ...... Because only in such a world can beautiful things be more precious.
※I ※ is ※ evil ※ evil ※ ※ divides ※ cut ※ thread※
In front of the campfire, Princess Natalia and Madame Bourbon sit on a simple mazaar.
Not far away, there was a dimly lit tent, except for the one in the middle where the light could be seen leaking out. Everything else was silent.
"Speaking of which, why are you going to come along, that guy's behavior seems to be the aristocratic behavior that you have always looked down on, right?"
Natalia's eyes were bloodshot, and she was wearing heavy armor for battle. It was covered with blood, and it was not cleaned up.
The bonfire stained their faces a dark red, and occasionally crackled and a spark jumped.
"You look much better than the other day, what's the matter, the method introduced by the adult works?"
"Ah, it's really much more comfortable, it's hard for a spellcaster like you who casts spells calmly in the back to experience this feeling, chopping melons and chopping vegetables...... That's a fitting analogy, and you seem to respect that person right now? ”
"He can answer questions that I can't figure out, and no matter how strong or knowledgeable he is, he is worthy of respect, if he goes to verify the level of a mage, I'm afraid he will at least be a legend, or maybe he will be a holy mage" After a pause, Madame Bourbon said: "Your Highness, I suggest that you also respect him"
"Hehe" Natalia laughed, picked up the metal wine jug that Liu An gave her, and took a sip of the high fruit wine inside. "He won't care about this kind of thing, it seems that you still don't know him as well as me."
"Acquaintance is familiarity, there should still be etiquette, you should know this princess better than me"
Mrs. Bourbon was flipping through the notes in her hand, and the notebook and writing tools were also given to her by Liu An, and it was more convenient to record general knowledge and knowledge.
Natalia couldn't help but glance at Liu An's tent again and asked, "I know how to do it, and I don't need to ask him for these troublesome things - is he willing to teach you these things for free?" ”
"Look more, think more, and occasionally say something I want to know...... "Madame Bourbon looked up and muttered for a moment." I'm thinking about whether or not to officially become his student, but it seems, according to the custom in his hometown, it's not that simple."
"Ha - in the words of your mage, the vast multiverse is full of infinite possibilities, and it may be possible for you to fulfill your long-cherished wish by doing what you like him, but this is relatively unlikely, because even I have no interest in you."
"It's not funny at all......"
Madame Bourbon was not angry, her eyes flickered and she looked at Natalia, but the latter did not notice her strange expression.
The two chatted a little longer, and after a glass of rice wine, Mrs. Bourbon went back to her tent to meditate.
Outside the camp there was a simple fence, and the wolves lay quietly on the hay behind the fence, and a few lively wolf cubs frolicked and played around the adult wolves.
Natalia sat there alone, looking more and more irritable.
There was no killing for her to vent at this time, and the maid who was willing to play some kind of game with her was not with her, and after pouring a stomach full of wine and making herself drunk, she finally could not suppress the urge in her heart, and once again touched the faintly lit tent in the darkness.
After all, she didn't completely lose her mind, and when she passed by her tent, she also knew that she had removed the armor that was not conducive to stealth, and only the inner close-fitting leather armor was left to travel lightly.
Behind her, a gap opened in Madame Bourbon's tent.
With a whispered chant, an inconspicuous Aoki wand stretched out, and although Princess Natalia's close-fitting leather armor dealt with negative magic such as curses, it was clear that the caster was aware of its weakness, and under the command of the wand, a faint smoke lingered on Natalia's back, gradually merging into her body as she breathed, and its magic leather armor did not respond.
"Don't resent me, princess, this is actually the best place for you"
Mrs. Bourbon said in an inaudible voice in the darkness:
"Whether it's to turn around your abnormal life, or for Hannibal's benefit, ah...... Of course, at the same time, it can satisfy my selfishness, hum ......"
The gap closes, completely covering up the silent smile. (To be continued......)