Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Forest

Rex didn't explain any more, and walked in that direction alone.

Katrina leaned in close to Tarrant and asked in a funny voice, "What did he just say?"

Tarrant whispered with his hand on the horn, "A part of his body." ”

Katrina asked again, "What part of his body?"

"Just walk over and you'll know," Tarrant followed the priest in that direction.

There was more grass stretching out over there, and occasionally there were lonely trees, and the three of them advanced for about an hour, and there was still grass around, and in the distance, it was only a single color, and Tarrant couldn't help the doubts in his heart, and caught up with Rex, "Where are we going?"

"It's almost there," Rex pointed to a tree in the distance, "there." ”

"Is that part of your body?" Tarrant didn't understand what the priest meant.

"Yes," Rex nodded sternly, picking up speed.

The mage trotted to follow, "I can't walk," she gasped, massaging her thighs, "How long will it take?"

"We haven't started yet, we'll have to walk tomorrow," Tarrant warned her in advance, without exaggeration.

"Okay......" Catrina pouted and flicked her heels, readjusting to the soreness on the soles of her feet, she wouldn't give in lightly, secretly determined to keep up with the team.

Rex had stopped in front of the tree with his hands clasped to his chest, "I'm back, the Storm Goddess will cleanse the earth from sin, may the soul rest in peace", he chanted a blessing, and the energy orb was completed under his prayers.

There was no fighting nearby, no hostility, and Rex's energy ball was quickly pushed out with both hands after completion, and blessed energy was sprinkled on the grass.

Tarrant and Katrina stood behind him, not knowing what to do, it was like a farewell ceremony, but not knowing who to say goodbye to and why it was here.

Rex crouched down and began to dig the grass in front of the trees, which was no different from the surroundings, with shallow grass, and if something had been buried, it would have been at least ten days ago.

Tarrant also squatted down, and did not ask any more questions, there must be something important buried underneath, which Rex called a part of his body.

When the dirt was piled up to the height of his calf, his fingers touched a black cloth in the pit, Tarrant took away the large piece of dirt on it, revealing a large black cloth, and there was a hard object underneath, Rex grabbed the black cloth, pulled it hard, and lifted the surrounding soil layer, it was a large piece, he slapped the black cloth, the soil fell one after another, and the objects inside made a "bell" collision sound, it seemed to be a movable iron tool.

Katrina stepped forward curiously, "Is this part of the body?"

Rex reached into the black cloth with his right hand, grabbed a slender artifact, and pulled off the black cloth with his left hand, an ornate flail.

It's a weapon, Tarrant got up, looking at the quality of the flail, the handle is slender, the gripper part is thickened, and the front section is hung with a zirconium crystal iron chain with three narrow cylindrical flail heads, different colors, one is silvery-white with a smooth surface, and the head is shining with stars in the sun, one is reddish-brown engraved with veins similar to the shape of a ditch, and the third surface is covered with tiny spikes, like the thorn wood used by goblins, which obviously contains magical energy, this flail is not an ordinary iron tool that can be seen on the market.

Rex stretched forward with his right hand, grabbed the flail tightly, his wrist rotated extremely quickly, and the three flail heads mixed into a complete circle, making a whirring friction sound, he stopped suddenly, the flail heads collided together, and there was a crisp impact, "I arrived a step late and found that the investigation team of the Storm Knights had disappeared, here, I found their traces, melee, magic, blood, I caused this result, I left the flail here, swore to the Storm Goddess, come back here, and surpass the soul." ”

The weapon in his hand is life for a warrior, and Rex blames himself for his faults and atones for it, and Tarrant remembers that Rex is skilled in mallets and chains, and his main weapon is the one in his hand now.

Katrina glared at the flail, "What a strange flail, shouldn't the head of the flail be a spiked iron ball?"

"It's a special weapon, the magic is more effective than its physical damage, the silver flail has volitional blast, the red flail has scorching energy, and the brown flail can destroy chain mail, chain mail, cloth armor, and leather armor structures", Rex put away the chain flail and inserted it into the weapon buckle next to his belt.

"What's it called?" such a good weapon must have a name, and Katrina's curiosity overflowed.

"Tyrannical", Rex began to cover the pit.

Tarrant helped push together, "What is the quality of the weapon?"

"Three-star, full body armor. ”

The flail is a blunt weapon, and it cannot be defended against other thin armor, even if it is iron chain mail and chain mail, it is useless, only the thick barrier of the whole body armor can play a certain protective role, and the three-star level means that the flail can cope with most of the situations encountered.

Once the pit was filled, Rex stood up, "It's time for them to atone for their sins," he pointed into the distance, "Let's go." ”

The team officially headed towards Cuilin Mountain, and by this time the sky was already slightly gray, and if it was in the city, it should be dinner time.

The trees began to grow and become denser, and their view was obstructed, and before they knew it, they had entered the forest, where the world in the woods was very different from the meadows, and the dense foliage of the trunks formed a natural barrier that brought the space below into the night.

If you are walking alone in this claustrophobic environment, you must feel scared, Catrina followed the group, looking nervously from side to side, she didn't like the current situation, the occasional breeze made her whole body pimple, and there was a very small howl in the distance, as if it was some kind of beast, she quickly grabbed Tarrant's hand, "Wait for me." ”

"We've been waiting for you," Tarrant snickered, grabbing the mage's sweaty little hand, "watch out for the branches." ”

The branches that came out of the trunk of the tree were irregularly blocking the front, the vision was very dark, and if you didn't pay attention, you would puncture the skin, Tarrant was protected by armor all over her body, blocking the branches, and Katrina in the back lowered her head and followed Tarrant's route carefully.

There are leaves and branches everywhere at your feet, and the wild beasts of the forest will rub against plants of the same height as they run, knocking them off, and they are covered with more dangerous things, and the roots of some large trees emerge from the soil for a short time and then drill back, forming a ring of improvised "traps", and you have to be especially careful of this kind of roots, which are hooked and fall down, and will cause other chain reactions, the streets of nature, paved with sharp stones and protruding tips.

A branch protruded diagonally in front of it, not small in diameter and resilient, and Tarrant pushed it out of the way, "Be careful", he pressed Caterina's head to let her go first.

In a dark environment like the current one, humans can only get a vision of about one meter, and it is difficult to see the road ahead, Rex stopped in front and rummaged through the spirit pattern bag, "Light the torch." ”

Tarrant didn't bring ready-made torches, only rags and pine oil, torch materials can be found ready-made, he leaned over the ground to find a relatively thick dry branch, wrapped the rag around the head of the branch, poured some pine oil, and needed ignition materials.

Rex also only brought burning materials, he tied up the torch, took out two flints, and struck hard, the sparks that burst out splashed on the pine oil and quickly ignited, and the vision spread to about five meters, the jagged woods did not allow too much vision possible, he put the torch close to Tarrant and lit Tarrant's torch.

The light source of the two torches formed a qiē that they could see, Rex carefully explored the way ahead, Tarrant helped Catrina to follow, the team marched with difficulty, and came to a relatively open forest meadow, about a hundred square meters, relatively flat around, Tarrant said: "I can't go any more, I will rest here tonight." ”

Rex stopped and looked around at his surroundings, the view was slightly wider, the weather was fine, only a light breeze, he nodded in agreement, "That's it." ”

The two found a clearing in the middle of the meadow, Rex piled up the small stones in the vicinity into a ring, Tarrant took Catrina around and picked up some dead branches, piled them in front of the windward direction of the stone pile, and then picked a few thick branches to build a cone-like structure in the stone ring, took some small branches and put them under the cone, Tarrant put the torch into the stone ring, and the flames quickly jumped to the dry branches, and rose along the cone to form a simple bonfire.

The three of them sat around the campfire, it was time to think about dinner, Rex silently took out a few slices of coarse bread and broke them to eat, Catrina looked at Tarrant for help, she didn't bring anything, the first adventure, she didn't expect this at all, Tarrant took out of the spirit pattern bag, or coarse bread, the standard food in the wild.

The mage complained, "You should bring some of the barbecue at noon." ”

"Don't ask for too much for different occasions with different foods," Tarrant handed over the coarse bread.

Her stomach was rumbling, and Katrina took the bread and took a small bite, a faint sweetness, and the smell of toast, "Is this special bread?" asked the mage.

"The most common coarse bread only appears when you need it," Tarrant had swallowed most of the bread.

Rex's dinner ended faster, and he stood up, "I'll get some more dry firewood, it's not enough." To make sure the campfire was not extinguished at night, he walked out into the woods.

"I've never tasted such good coarse bread," Catrina found herself in love with the coarse texture and began to gulp.

"Do you want water?" Tarrant pulled out his water bag, he knew that Katrina wouldn't prepare this, and brought a double amount of water.

The mage cleared everything he could eat and drink in his hands as if he hadn't eaten anything for a long time, and this meal seemed to be more delicious than a roast at noon.

"It's a good night, no rain, and flat grass," Tarrant leaned back, lying by the campfire, his hands behind his head, "You rest early, I'll stand guard." ”

"Standing guard?" asked Katrina, wiping off any food crumbs left on her body.

"Of course, you have to stand guard, there are wild animals in the woods, and you have to make sure that the campfire is not extinguished. ”

The priest came back with a large stack of dead branches, "The woods are quiet. ”

He meant that there was something unusual in the woods, and Tarrant sat up and helped him pile up the dead branches, "You rest first, I'll stand guard, and you will come in the middle of the night." ”

Rex sat on the other side of the campfire, whispered a spell, a white ball of energy, and after the spell was cast, he said, "There are no undead creatures, can you cast a detection spell mage?"

Detecting spells was of no help to the Academy's mages, and Katrina shook her head desperately, "I never learn those spells. ”

"Okay", Rex took a coarse cloth blanket from the Spirit Pattern Bag and lay down, "Rest early", he covered the blanket and closed his eyes, not wanting to say another word.

Catrina stuck out her tongue, and the priest clearly despised her, and she had to prove that she was not a useless burden.

Tarrant patted her on the shoulder, "Rest early, leave early tomorrow morning." He took out the blanket and handed it to Katrina.

"Well", Catrina obediently lay beside Tarrant, the heat emitted by the campfire made her hot on one side, like lying by the fireplace, very comfortable, and the other side of her body against Tarrant, very secure.

Tarrant was the only one left, with the greatsword in his hand, he inspected the surroundings, there was no situation within the range of the fire, and there was a "crackling" popping sound in the bonfire, reminding him to add new power to the bonfire, and everything was peaceful.

Standing guard is a very boring thing, you have to stay vigilant, you can't relax your attention, and the key is to endure loneliness.

Mara, if you're here, talk to me, Tarrant said self-deprecatingly in his heart.

Of course, there was no response.

Tarrant sat for an unknown amount of time, his neck aching to the point of numbness, he yawned, got up and moved, his arms stretched out his chest.

"Uhh

Hearing the sound nearby, Tarrant quickly picked up the greatsword on the ground, hoping that they wouldn't come.

There is precisely such a law, the more you don't want to happen, the more it will happen, a pair of green beads that glow like jewels flickered in the dark, and immediately, another pair appeared next to it, wolves!