"Goo!" the bird chirped, and in the darkness Tarrant heard the flow of the stream, and his consciousness gradually recovered, "Plop plop!" The bird jumped, the tip of his nose itched, Tarrant opened his eyes, the blue sky, a few floating white clouds, he raised his hand to take the feathers that fell on his face.

There was no soreness in his limbs, his body seemed to sleep comfortably, and when he sat up, Tarrant found that his legs were immersed in the stream, his toes were numb, and he was surrounded by grass and woods.

Tarrant patted his whole body, there were no scars, no equipment was missing, he stood up, he couldn't remember why he was here, the last moment of memory was in the tower, Nicole's magic, is it...... Was it a large teleportation? He turned his head to look, and there was no one around, no footprints or remnants.

If it was teleportation, the team must be close to each other, or they would be swept downstream by the stream, and Tarrant walked down the stream, "Katrina! Killavidon!" he kept calling, and the stream stretched slowly downward, and he could see the moss at the bottom of the water, "Are you there!" Tarrant was anxious, the woods were too quiet.

"Coo-coo!" a flock of white birds flew out of the woods.

The stream continued to stretch forward, and he could see that there was no one hundreds of feet away, could it be that he had been washed downstream? Tarrant looked back, it was unlikely, his weight and a pair of armor could not be washed away by the small stream, he sat on a large rock by the stream, and had to consider his current situation.

Time, Tarrant looked up for the sun, which was the best way to determine time in the wild. It's a pity that the sun seems to be hiding behind the white clouds and can't find the glowing point, so he touched his stomach. Not very hungry, it should be morning, not noon at the latest.

The location, it's hard to say, in the distance there is a not-so-high peak, an ordinary stream, this terrain could be any kind of forest. Maybe look at the trees, and Tarrant walks into the forest. The large, lush trees stood straight and neat, a tree common in the court, and Tarrant could not name them, but it was certain that the tree was not a rare species.

Completely clueless. He must have been left somewhere outside of human activity by Nicole, the distance from Siante was so long that the side effects of teleportation directly caused Tarrant to pass out, it should be eastern Iberoan or northern Donalons, no, there is still a problem, eastern Iberoon is the range of activity of the Minotaur tribe, they can help Tarrant, Nicole will not make such a low-level mistake, and northern Donalon is a barren rocky surface. There can be no mountain peaks, and what else is there?

Could it be...... The westernmost ...... of redstone Half-Orc Realm!, Tarrant was alert, the odds were very high. The survival rate of human travelers in the orc tribe is low, and as Nicole expected, all the "smart fools" are gone, damn it, "Katrina!" Tarrant drew his sword and walked into the woods, it would be terrible if the two of them encountered the orcs.

The situation in the national capital is also critical. Melken's energy is all about capturing Shalshlevan, and Shuzo, Orteyur, and Carrod will think that the ancient wizards' gamble is over. Nicole quietly arranged this qiē, no one would notice the anomaly, the bet was about to be completed, Tarrant quickened his pace, he had to fight for his chance in the last time!

"Rustle", sneaky footsteps.

Tarrant stopped advancing, the voice was behind the big tree in front of him, he bent down and approached carefully, the diameter of the tree could not hide the burly body of a half-orc, could it be a woman, he immediately realized that he could not show hostility, this is not a human area, Tarrant put away his sword, "Hello." ”

The forest is silent.

"Hello, I'm a lost traveler", Tarrant moved to the side.

A head poked out, surprisingly only the height of Tarrant's legs, a pair of curious and nervous eyes, brown hair, and light yellow skin.

Dwarves There are no dwarves in the half-orc territory, Tarrant flashed a thought, Quiet Land?no, the little guy's fingers are slender, it is a halfling, "Hello", Tarrant tried his best to bend down to match the other party's height to show friendliness, the other party's fingers clutched the trunk tightly, very nervous, "Hmm...... Where is this place?"

The halfling shrank back, revealing only half of its eyes.

Tarrant didn't continue to get closer, "I have something to eat here, you see", he pulled out the spirit pattern bag, only some potions and bandages, he pulled out a bottle of healing potion, "Do you want to taste it?"

The halfling man spread his hands and ran backwards, wearing a fairly neat linen shirt, shorts, and his calves flicking desperately in the grass.

"Hey!" Tarrant shouted loudly, "You don't want to taste it?" The little guy had already run away, "Okay", Tarrant put away the potion, he couldn't let the only clue escape, Tarrant strode after him, "Wait!"

The halfling ran forward intently, once out of Tarrant's sight, after chasing for a few minutes, the short figure still disappeared, Tarrant continued to chase a few steps in vain, there was no sound in the woods, he actually let a halfling run away, frustrated, Tarrant patted his face, sighed and looked at the sky, still couldn't find the sun, no direction, lost more completely.

Wait, Tarrant found a trace of anomaly, why...... The density of trees here is the same as that of the river, and the vegetation in the depths of the woods is dense according to the law, but here it is ...... Tarrant couldn't find a suitable word to describe it, there was something wrong with this forest, all the trees in the whole field of vision were almost the same distance, neatly shaped, there were no extra forked branches, there were no dead leaves on the ground, only verdant green, Tarrant looked forward, he soon found that there was only one tree species in the whole forest! This could not be a naturally formed forest, someone was maintaining it, pruning, cleaning, it was a huge manor!

No, if it was a manor who would own such a large land, it would require at least an army of gardeners to maintain it, it couldn't be, Tarrant overturned the assumption just now, he couldn't find a reasonable explanation, and Nicole wouldn't banish him to a private estate.

These answers can only be known by finding the halfling just now, and Tarrant continues to walk in the direction, the halfling does not live alone. There must be a village nearby that someone will help.

The light shone calmly ahead, and Tarrant hung his head and kept going. Time seemed to stand still in this space, all he could see and feel was loneliness, he wasn't afraid to act alone, but now it felt so strange, he was like a prisoner who could move freely, damn Nicole!

"Whew-" With his legs a little tired, Tarrant lay down in the shade of the tree. After the halfling disappeared, he found no other creatures, not even animals. Could it be a private estate, there should at least be a dirt road for carriages, and after walking for at least an hour, Tarrant stared at the sky. Although the hunger is not strict, but he has to prepare in advance, there are no wild fruits on the trees, there are no hares, pheasants, he can't survive by drinking the water of the stream, he must find something to eat, thinking of this Tarrant got up again, maybe the bark ...... No, he's not there yet.

The current location is an upward hill. Tarrant made it to the bottom of the mountain with no goal, and whether to go around or go up, the halflings were supposed to settle in the low places, and Tarrant decided to make a detour. The silence made him uncomfortable, and he needed a little song to comfort him: "Breaking away the fog of the morning, we put away our anchors and set sails on a great voyage, our compass pointing to the endless sea, and circling through the blue clouds and clouds, the roaring waves unable to conquer our ambitions." Thunder pierced the dark sky, and ships split raging waves. A new land is ahead", this is the song of the pioneers of Serenso, describing the story of the first adventurers who came to Siant, when he was a child, Tarant would participate in the chorus every year on the founding day of the kingdom, but now he can't remember the lyrics below, he can only hum the tune, from this song he can see the difficulties that the pioneers of Cerenzo have experienced, it takes decades to create the glory of an empire, and it only takes one night to destroy it, and the wizards are trying to do it.

The foot of the peak was covered in thick vine leaves, a faint cave attracted Tarrant's attention, which could be used for hiding, Tarrant walked towards the cave, there were no traces of vine leaves, and there was no sign of creatures coming in and out of the vicinity, "Is there anyone?" Tarrant shouted into the space inside.

A warm air flow blew out, and there was no burning feeling, like the warm spring breeze of the melting snow, someone was lighting a fire?

There was no response, there could be no warm air currents in this cold cave, Tarrant pushed aside the vine leaves, "I'm in, if you're here please don't worry, I have no ill will." ”

The light in the cave was thin, Tarrant waited at the entrance of the cave for a few seconds to get his eyes used to the dimness, and when he put down the vine leaves, the whole space instantly went dark, well, he activated his night vision, the cave wall was undulating, the ground was uneven, and he followed the wall forward.

The air gradually warmed up, and with each step Tarrant could feel the heat on his face, and the initial warmth had been completely replaced by the searing, and strangely he hadn't seen the light yet, so ...... It wasn't the heat of the fire, curiosity and fear appeared in his consciousness at the same time, Tarrant couldn't imagine what the darkness ahead would be, it was beyond common sense, and the hand that clenched the hilt of the sword was wet with sweat.

The environment was not suitable for living or hiding, Tarrant wiped the sweat from his forehead and sane to leave, but the adventurer's curiosity drove him on, he faintly heard the bubbling sound of "poof", and after a few minutes along the twisted ground of the cave he saw the orange reflection on the mountain wall.

The light against the background is very peaceful, there is no active beating of the torch, the air seems to have reached the critical point of burning, Tarrant is sweating all over, the end is ahead, what will it be? Tarrant slowly poked his head out, his whole face was red, that was ...... Whole lava!?

Is it lava? The surging heat flow is enough to make Tarrant completely shocked, he has never seen or even imagined such a scene, the melting earth, the caves that can't see the boundary are all reflected in orange red, and he can't tell where the ground is, Tarrant subconsciously took a step back, the black fluid rose and sank in the lava, this was the first time Tarrant saw lava, but the hot and calm orange red made him convinced that this was the legendary lava, the wrath of the earth that could devour the ground for a qiē.

If Catrina was here, she would have been excited, but Tarrant didn't feel that way at all, and he rubbed his eyes, why was there lava under the cave, and his knowledge was that lava should erupt at any time in a towering crater.

His eyes were stung by the orange red, and a layer of heat attached to the surface of his body, Tarrant turned around, and in a few minutes he would be roasted, and he had to leave, he moved forward quickly, and the sound of "poof" repeated in his head, orange red seemed to be engraved in his eyes, and he closed his eyes and groped forward.

Tarrant froze in surprise as he opened the vine leaves at the entrance of the cave, even though what he saw was only the most ordinary scene: the earth going into the night.

With only a few dozen feet left in the field of vision, only a blurry view of the trees in the distance can be seen...... It can't be, something went wrong...... The time inside the cave will not exceed half an hour, why...... Could it be that the slowdown in his physical exertion during the time of his coma affected the prediction of hunger, and damn it, it is impossible to change from day to night in half an hour!

There was no time to think about which calculations had gone wrong, and there was a place to rest, Tarrant listened quietly to the movement outside the cave, not sure if there were orcs or other beasts in this area, and there were no dead branches on the ground to build a fire, so it should be safer to be in the cave.

Tarrant retreated into the cave, at least it wouldn't freeze, he shrank into a sunken wall groove, the dragon emblem clenched in his hand, tomorrow, tomorrow must pick up the pace, walk along the river, you will definitely find something, he gradually closed his eyes.

Surrounded by warm air currents, in the haze, Tarrant felt a shaking of the cave wall, he turned slightly, changed his hand to hold the dragon emblem, the shaking gradually intensified, he opened his eyes suddenly, the night vision effect had disappeared, and only darkness could be seen, there was a strange "whirring" sound in the distance, similar to a burst, indescribable but unsettling, Tarrant got up and took a step, "Damn!" He stepped on the air, the whole person fell suddenly, he didn't remember that there was such a deep pit in the cave, his hands were shaking in the air, he couldn't catch anything, he had fallen for a few seconds, there was no doubt that he would die! May Maxine bless!" He looked down and saw nothing......

"Goo!" the bird chirped, and in the darkness Tarrant seemed to hear the flow of the stream, and his consciousness gradually recovered, "Plop plop!" The bird jumped up, the tip of his nose itched, Tarrant opened his eyes, the blue sky, a few floating white clouds, he raised his hand to take away the feathers that fell on his face.

There was no soreness in his limbs, and he slept comfortably, and Tarrant sat up, his legs dipped in the stream, his toes numb, and surrounded by meadows and woods, and a lush scene...... Tarrant jumped up in panic! Why...... This qiē......!...... (To be continued).

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