"I don't know how long it has been, but the power of the curse seems to have weakened, and I was able to revive myself, but from the waist down, the mire solidified into rock, unable to break free from the shackles of this prison. ”

"Later I was 'rotten bubble'...... Oh! The leader of the monsters of the wilderness, the Golden Toad, regarded it as a strange collectible, and brought it with him to serve as its sentinel and eyes and ears in the rejuvenating and thriving dead forest, but I hated the job and never served it with all my heart. Can you understand my long agony?"

Aldrich Tris pondered for a long time before nodding, "You're not lying, but you obviously have reservations. Since we can't wait to get rid of ourselves, the situation on both sides of us has changed again, and now you have to call that one...... Rotten bubbles, huh! Tell me all the secrets about that golden toad, and then I'll break the last chains that hold you in prison, depending on the situation!"

"You want to blackmail me! It's unreasonable, as a knight with good morals, you are like a wanderer who can't get on the stage, with such despicable and inferior means, I really misjudge you!"

"Whatever you want, I don't care anyway. With the precedent just now, your credit seems to be bankrupt, and you owe me a lot of debt. Without a little dependence, I have to watch you leave and be helpless, and all the hard work and sweat just now have been wasted, can you understand my feelings?"

The thinker knows that he is not a bad guy himself, and that he is still very good-hearted, but he has been tormented by the witch's curse for a long time and has been slightly distorted, and his tendencies and selfishness have changed: "Well, since you have said so, I have no opinion. ”

"If you keep the secret and deliberately conceal the key clues, I will definitely not hear it, then when dealing with the golden toad, if there is an accident, I can only consider myself unlucky, who told me to help a person who has no conscience. ”

The stone statue was a little restless, what he wanted to do was exposed by Tris, and he just muttered to himself: "How can it be? How can it be? You must have thought too much, I can't thank you so much now, how can I deceive you!"

"Well, follow the rotten bubble, you should know more or less about it, such as its origin, likes and dislikes, weaknesses and flaws, tell me carefully!"

"Rotten Foam, the wall-hole toad raised by a girl in a red velvet hat, is as easy to deal with rocks and hard earth as a hot knife cutting butter, and it collects a lot of treasures. The red hat fed it milk and bread, and used a ballad as a code for the agreement. How did it come to be sung...... Well, I forgot a little, but please wait a minute. ”

Aldrich shrugged his shoulders and waited for the contemplator's next step, his attention drawn to the words of the stone statue, the girl in the red velvet hat, who seemed to have a vague impression.

"Toad, toad, come out. Come to the bowl, you little one. Eat some bread, drink some milk, eat and drink well, and be in good health. It seems so......" the thinker groaned, a little uncertain.

"It's that simple!"

"The nursery rhyme that the girl in the red hat made up when she was a child, isn't it simple? What are you fuss about?" the stone statue looked dissatisfied, and its brows were squeezed together, which could be used to hold water.

"And then? Don't stop, go on. Tris urged, received a system prompt, and officially entered the plot due to the key characters triggering clues.

"When the girl in the red hat grew up a little, she went into the Black Forest one day to visit her sick grandmother, and she never returned. The toad had no one to feed it, and after waiting for three days and being hungry and unable to stand it, he began to eat the treasures he had dug up to satisfy his hunger. Who knew that the more it ate, the better it would get, and it would keep getting bigger.

"Those yellow and clear gold jewelry, for some reason, was absorbed by the toad and transformed into a part of the body, and the gray-brown skin turned into a gold texture. It has to be said that gold is different, even if it is full of pimples of toad, once it is dyed with a golden color, it will become noble. ”

"That's right, when it turned into a huge golden toad, armed with poison and slime liquid, even the monsters that roamed the wilderness were in awe, and gave it the name of rotten foam, and elected this toad to be one of the leaders. ”

Of course, the pumpkin monster that originally occupied the dead forest was not afraid of it, and used the poison of the rotten foam toad crisp as a thirst-quenching soup. Discouraged by it, it has led the wilderness monsters to attack many times, but it has always been defeated and fled into the wilderness. ”

"As for its weakness, the muscles below the skin have also been affected since the massive devouring of gold, but the bones of the decaying foam have not yet transformed, which may be its fatality. On the other hand, because of the gold all over its body, the toad was so heavy that it could barely move, and some indigestible treasures were piled up behind it, which were carefully selected treasures, and it was evident that the value of them was extremely amazing. ”

"That's all, there should be more!" Aldrich didn't urge, but just put the chisel and hammer behind him, and this moment made the thinker completely drop his resistance.

"By the way, I almost forgot about that. The golden toad has a very long tongue, the root is in the jaw, and it is very accurate, and the birds that fly by in mid-air have become the food of rotten foam without a sound. If you get caught by it, you won't be able to get out, and it's very difficult to deal with. ”

Tris was a little glad: "Fortunately, I learned about this tongue from you, otherwise I would have suffered a loss without knowing it, and even died." You have indeed done me a great favor, and as a token of gratitude, I will first release you. ”

"I can't thank you enough, I've been waiting for a long time. "The thinker rubbed his hands together happily, feeling his strength gradually return, 'I'll make you look good later!'

"Don't care about this moment!" Aldrich pulled out the chisel and hammer from his belt, and instead of cutting the connection between his feet and the rock, as the stone statue had hoped, he pressed against the 'round stool' and tapped it lightly.

With a "poof", his hands clasped together and the thick stone pier fell to the ground, and the thinker did not need to bow down, he straightened up his waist and roared dissatisfiedly: "Why? Why here!"

"I'm sorry! Shouldn't I start simple? As a knight, I'll put on my armor and ride my horse into battle, but I won't lose my mount and go into battle in the saddle, that's ridiculous. ”

The stone statue imagined and connected with its own predicament, and nodded lightly in convincing: "Then I beg you to quickly untie the shackles that imprison my feet." ”

"I beg your pardon! Your rebuke just now broke my heart, if you want to make amends, please join me in dealing with the golden toad. ”

"What! That's what you're for. You damned liar, cunning gambler, you set a trap to lure with bait that you have gained your own freedom, but after I can't get rid of it, you tighten the line of your fishing rod. ”

"Stop complaining. Ask yourself, will you trust a person you don't know, don't know how to be grateful, and still don't say anything to you! You need to know that trust is the product of the circulation of the efforts of both sides, and the debts you owe me are not worth a few dollars if they have not been tested by war!"

The thinker looked down at his feet that were one with the rock, and tried to force him out, but he couldn't pull them out because of the size of the contact.

"Alas!" said the statue with a long sigh, he had conceived a lot of ways to be saved and regain his own self-reliance, but he had not taken into account that there was such a scumbag as Aldrich Triss who seemed to be honest and trustworthy, but who was treacherous and cunning at heart, and who had obviously succeeded in disguised himself as a 'knight'.

"Even if I agree to join forces with you to deal with the Golden Toad, but my feet are imprisoned in shackles, how can I walk over and fight it?"

Aldrich smiled slightly: "It's too easy! I'll resist you." ”

After saying that, he walked up directly, and without using the power of the violent bear, he put the thinker on his shoulder, and lifted the 'round stool' stone pier with one hand, and continued to walk towards the end of the winding tree-lined road.

"I said, it's not a good idea. You have this amazing strength to deal with rotten foam, so put me down. ”

Tris remained unmoved, and continued to move forward one step at a time.

"Damn, the gastric juice of the golden toad is a strong acid with an astonishing corrosion rate, even if I touch it, it won't take long for it to melt, if you want to die, go yourself, don't let me take it...... Ugh!"

Aldrich turned his head and took a breath: "Finally tell the truth, just the key to concealing this, I'll definitely stuff you in its mouth later." ”

The thinker can't wait to give himself two slaps, it's so hateful. He claimed to be so wise, and he made such a low-level mistake. For a brief moment, the stone statue suddenly came to his senses, and he seemed to see his own tragic future. It is ablated by strong acid in gastric juice until fine particles remain.

"You should find some lycoris, mash the bulbs into a pulp juice, and secretly pour it into it while the golden toad is asleep now, and it won't be long before the rotten foam will vomit, and in doing so will temporarily invalidate the strong acid gastric juice. On the one hand, it can weaken its physical strength, and it can also flexibly use strong acids to melt its golden body. ”

"yes, I'm finally starting to come up with ideas. Wake up to your debts, but it's not enough, and I'll continue to see how you do later. ”

The thinker reached out and covered his full forehead, full of wisdom, and looked up at the blue sky, "Oh my God, I'm unlucky to have a stonemason knight like you. Maybe the old witch's curse is still in effect, and after decades of torture, I'm going crazy!"

At the end of the road, two twin trees that could not overwhelm each other and had to spiral outward to grow, at a glance, looked like giants with teeth and claws, and were ready to roll up their sleeves and fight a big battle.

The nest of the rotting foam of the golden toad is in the hollow of the tree clinging to the ground, and the gloomy atmosphere accumulates in this low-lying area, and the sound of sleepy snoring is heard melodious rhythm.

"Lycoris, go find Lycoris, the more the better. "When it comes to his own safety, he has become enthusiastic and enthusiastic, and seems to have resigned himself to his fate.

Aldrich Triss was urged to search around, and his luck was to find a bunch of bulbs near the tree-lined avenue, where the petals of the grass leaves were removed, and they were crushed vigorously on stone piers, and made makeshift containers out of the wide leaves, and filled with a pungent puff of choking juice.

Walking slowly through the entrance of the tree hole, the bright sunlight sprinkled fine gold spots through the sparse foliage, and fell on Triss's body, as if he were clothed in a magnificent armor.