Facing the old hunter with a gloomy face, the high-level members of the Blood Axe Gang who were summoned by him for a meeting did not dare to come out, for fear that after saying something wrong, the old hunter's anger would be sprinkled on him.

The room became eerily silent, and even the sound of swallowing saliva from nervousness became distinct.

"Boss Boer, it seems that your people are not very obedient?" sat a bearded young man who seemed out of place with everyone around him on the left hand side of the old hunter, who seemed not afraid of the old hunter at all, looked lazy, put his feet directly on the old hunter's table, and asked very casually.

Although the clothes on this man's body are no different from those of the others around him, they are all hunters, but a personal temperament that can be called aristocratic is not something that these clothes can stop, and it is this temperament that makes him feel strange in this group.

"Pierre is an impulsive idiot, but he's also an emotional idiot. In the face of this very rude rebuke from the young man, the old hunter did not give him a profound lesson according to his usual habits, but took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, turned his head, looked at the mustache with cold eyes, and said: "Albert, who died yesterday, has saved Pierre's life more than once, which is why he is so impulsive to take people out to find that person to take revenge. ”

The mustache still spoke in a condescending tone, and said, "I don't care about any hatred, hatred! I just want to know if that fool in your mouth will affect our plans after taking away more than thirty people?"

"Of course not. The old hunter replied very solemnly: "Except for the three old fellows who have been following him all the year round, the others have been recruited in the town today, and we will not be affected in any way." I've sent invitations to those guys, they'll all be here at noon, and then we'll just need to put forward the planned conditions, and with the wisdom of the forces behind them, it's impossible to refuse, and at most tomorrow at noon, you'll be able to get the joint agreement you want. ”

"It's best that I don't have to rush to the road and can go to Miria City calmly. The mustache stretched his waist, made a tired look, and said, "After a night of fighting, I am really tired, I want to go and rest, and everything here is left to you." No problem, right? ”

"Please rest assured. The old hunter wanted the mustache to get out of here now, but his face didn't show it, and he responded by imitating the other party's aristocratic style.

The old hunter's pretentious behavior made the mustache even more disdainful of him, but the mustache didn't show it either.

After getting up, when the mustache was about to leave, he stopped as if he had thought of something, turned around, and said to the old hunter very solemnly: "There is one thing I should probably remind you that you have participated in this plan only because of the strong recommendation of His Excellency the General, you and that he have been close friends for many years, and he has great trust in you, and I hope that you will not fail to live up to his trust. Because if you mess up this matter, not only will you be punished, but your Excellency the general will also be implicated by you, so ......"

The old hunter frowned, and said in a deep voice, "I know the seriousness of the matter, so I don't need to be reminded anymore. ”

"That's the best! The mustache was not annoyed by the interruption of his words, and after a proper salute to the old hunter, he turned and walked out of the room.

After the mustache left, the old hunter closed his eyes and pondered, and none of the subordinates standing in front of him dared to disturb him.

After a long while, the old hunter suddenly opened his eyes, and said to his subordinate, who was wearing a prosthetic leg, "Cripple, Pierre's territory has been handed over to you. ”

After hearing this, the lame man was stunned, and then showed a look of ecstasy, and hurriedly patted his chest to ensure that he could manage the territory, but in addition to the excitement, he couldn't help but be a little worried, and said, "Boss, what if Pierre comes back?"

"Don't worry, he won't come back!" said the old hunter with great certainty.

Although they didn't understand why the old hunter did this, everyone present couldn't help but shudder.

Then the lame man said, "Boss, Pierre took with him the three guns and thirty rounds of special ammunition you gave him last night when he left, and I don't have them if I go to take over the territory......"

"You're going to get me in trouble when you leave. Before he could finish speaking, the old hunter slapped the table hard, and finally could not hold back the anger that had accumulated before, and cursed angrily. The people around him had no doubt that if that Pierre were in front of the old hunter now, the old hunter would tear him alive.

On the other side, Leo, who had already entered the edge of the Black Forest, did not know that there was a team of centaurs chasing after him, nor did he know that this group of centaurs had caused a lot of trouble to the Blood Axe Gang, and his attention and sight were now completely attracted by the forest in front of him.

Leo knew from his body's past memories that the trees in this world not only grew fast, but they were all very tall.

Not to mention that the shortest of the charcoal trees, which are regarded as important resources in various countries, are nearly 100 meters tall after they reach maturity, and even ordinary tree species are more than 20 to 30 meters tall after they grow into timber, and all trees can grow indefinitely as long as they do not die.

I don't know if it's because of the special environment of the Black Forest, or because of the species of the Black Forest itself, but in short, the trunk of the Black Forest grows some hard, ugly nodules as it grows.

These nodules are found everywhere in the trunk, distorting the trees, and there are few trees that can grow straight, which also makes the Black Forest trees almost worthless, even if they are cut down for firewood, they will be disliked for too much moisture, too hard trunks and so on.

It is precisely because the trees of the Black Forest are of no value that you can see hundreds or thousands of years of ancient trees growing everywhere in the Black Forest, even in the outer parts of the Black Forest, at least two or three hundred years old.

Because of their long growth time, the trees here are very tall, and the twisted trunks caused by the nodules make the trees entangle with each other, and over time they weave a huge wall of trees with tall trunks along the edge of the Black Forest.

I don't know if it's because the Black Forest contains mysterious magic like the legends of this world, or because of other unknown reasons, in short, these trees only grow in the Black Forest and never extend outward, so this huge tree wall has become a natural symbol of the Black Forest boundary.

At first, Leo saw the massive wall not long after he left Rabbitskin.

However, at that time, he didn't see that this tree wall was formed by the entanglement of trees, thinking that it was a wall built by the French Empire in order to prevent the poisonous insects and beasts in the Black Forest from escaping and attacking the surrounding towns.

And when he saw this huge wall, he also admired the engineering and construction ability of the Fran Empire, after all, under the same conditions, it was impossible for the Earth Federation, which was already a cosmic civilization, to build such a giant wall that was hundreds of feet high and tens of thousands of kilometers long.

But when he came to the front, after seeing the constituent elements of the giant wall, he was completely shocked and couldn't speak for a long time, and he could only sigh in his heart, worthy of the magic of nature.

Although there are countless strange things and magnificent wonders seen in the Earth Federation and the universe planets, the wonders of the huge wall of trees like the current one have never been seen.

"It's impressive!, isn't it?" Nelson tilted his head, trying to get a good view of the treetops, and said to Jason and Leo next to him, "When I first saw this tree wall, I was so shocked that I couldn't speak, standing outside the tree wall for a long time, I didn't even know that the hunter team hired as guides had already walked in, and I wasted an opportunity to enter the Black Forest. ”

"Let's go! We still have a long way to go today, and it seems that the road is still very difficult to walk, so instead of standing here and feeling the greatness of this sea of trees in the Black Forest, it is better to pray that we will not run into any trouble in this sea of trees. Leo, who had recovered from the shock, mercilessly dragged Nelson back from his fantasy to reality, and then threw his emotion to the ground.

"What a boring person!" Nelson said as he looked at Leo as he walked towards the entrance to the Black Forest, pouting.

"I think so. Jason couldn't help but agree.

The two looked at each other, and because of the same concept, they both looked at each other a lot.

The entrance that Leo found was a passage into the forest that the hunters and mercenaries of Rabbitskin had opened before, and because of the huge gap between the ratio and the hundred-meter wall, this entrance looked like a rat hole in the wall from a distance, and over time, the rat hole became the common name of all Black Forest entrances.

After entering the rat hole, the road was relatively clear, and the hunters of Rabbitskin Town cut down all the branches and shrubs on the road, dug up a thick layer of humus from the ground, and then covered it with a layer of quicklime and gravel to prevent the growth of plants.

However, I don't know if it was because of the manpower and material resources invested in this way, and some of the gains outweighed the losses, so the road was only repaired for more than 20 meters before stopping, and the road after that was a jungle path composed of tree roots, shrubs, vines and various broad-leaved plants.

At the end of the road, Nelson signaled to stop, then took out the insect repellent he had bought yesterday from his backpack, put three of them into a small cloth bag connected by a rope, motioned for Leo and Jason to hang around their necks, and then took out three more and put them in the ball furnace prepared yesterday and lit them, signaling to hang them on the belt around his waist.

Then he took out some more gloves around his neck, motioned to put them on, so that there were no big gaps in his body, and tied his legs and feet tightly with bandages, along with his boots, and put on his exposed face and hair, which he had concocted the night before.

Nelson's series of cumbersome protective measures made Jason feel very impatient, especially the practice of wearing gloves and wrapping his neck. Even though spring is only halfway through outside, the weather is still cold, but the cold is completely isolated from the Black Forest.

Inside the Black Forest, the climate is very different from the outside, it is humid and muggy, and it is even more breathless when you put on gloves and a scarf.

Leo, on the other hand, is not averse to these uncomfortable precautions. He often fights in an unfamiliar environment, and he knows very well that when he is not clear about the details of his surroundings, the best thing to do is not to be clever, and honestly follow the arrangements of experienced people.

Although he didn't know how much of a protection Nielsen could make, he knew exactly where the gap between a layer of protection and no protection was, so he took each measure seriously, even more than Nielsen.

After doing a good job of protection, Leo led the way, and at this time, there was no dense fog in the forest that made the people of Rabbitskin Town talk about it, so he did not use psionic energy, but according to the conventional method, through the data collected from his body, sight and other parts, he constructed a relatively rough travel map.

Although Leo has chosen as many paths as he can, it is still very difficult for people like Nelson and Jason who don't often walk in the jungle. Coupled with the fact that the branches and leaves of the trees completely obscured the light in the sky, the Black Forest became veritable, and even if Nelson had prepared a few lanterns, it was still difficult to see the way, and bumps and bumps often occurred.

Fortunately, both of them had good adaptability, and under Leo's constant guidance, they quickly mastered the skills of walking in the jungle, and their eyes gradually adapted to the darkness of the forest, and their walking speed was much faster.

After traveling a certain distance, Leo discovers that the insect repellent he is wearing is indeed effective, and the poisonous insects that grow in the jungle all year round flee as if they had encountered a natural predator before he approached. Luckily, the insects escaped from the ground in the dead leaves, and unless someone like Leo had the ability to see the gruesome scenes, he would only hear some rustling sounds around him like Jason and Nelson did.

Because the trees of the Black Forest are very large and heavy, and the twisting and deformation of the trunk makes the center of gravity completely offset, without a strong root system, I am afraid that these huge trees will collapse due to their top-heavy in the early stages of growth.

Although the tree will find a new support point because it will become entangled with the branches and trunks of other trees after the initial stage of growth, the roots of the tree will not stop growing, but will continue to grow in the same way as before.

These roots are entrenched in the ground, intertwined with each other, and as the tree dies of age, the roots decay, becoming the land and providing nutrients for new roots.

The muck from these trees was not cared about in the past, but when the national academies of science discovered that it could make barren land fertile, it became extremely valuable, and every year a large number of diggers entered the Black Forest with hunters to dig for it.

Although it seems that it is just a simple digging of some humus on the ground, it does not feel any danger, but in fact, the danger of this industry is much higher than that of Black Forest hunters, because there are a large number of poisonous insects under the humus, and once bitten, it is likely to be fatal.

The easy path Leo chose coincided with the excavation route of the diggers, which made it almost impossible for him to rely on the parabrain system to carefully compare and analyze the corpses left by the diggers, and he could clearly find a path deep into the Black Forest.