Stan is woken up in the early morning by the heat, and although he is wearing only a single coat and sleeping directly on the floor of the cabin, he is still sweating profusely. He tried to roll over, leaving a large wet area on the floor, and after sleeping on his side for a while, he suddenly remembered Nerfi and quickly opened his eyes and sat up. With the light coming in through the window, Stan looks through the room, but finds no sign of the girl, and pushes open the wooden door and walks out.

Here, it dawns early, and Stan knows that he hasn't slept very long, but it's already dawn, and the sounds of birds and various unknown insects can be heard around the hut from time to time. Stan looked at the two trees, where the two knights kept vigil, and although he didn't see his companions hiding there, at least there was nothing out of the ordinary, which reassured Stan, indicating that there must have been no danger even if Nerfi had been outside the house, otherwise the knights on the night watch would have sounded the alarm.

Stan stretches and turns to close the door, but when he turns around, he sees Nerfi leaning against the door, and the girl is sitting on the wooden plank in front of the door, her back against the wooden wall, her head turned to one side, her chest slightly undulating. Stan crouched down slightly, not wanting to wake her up, the girl's long flaxen hair was messily scattered all over her face, sweat and tears sticking to her delicate face. Stan carefully pulls her hair behind her ear, and the girl frowns, humming softly, and falls back into a deep sleep. The knight looked at the tear stains on her face and the sweat-soaked clothes, and suddenly felt a pang of distress, so he sat down beside Nerfi, looked at the layers of branches above her head, and fell asleep unconsciously.

"Stan, wake up!" Magill pushed Stan the shoulder, Stan opened his eyes, the knights were already eating breakfast, and Nellfi was sitting alone, munching on an apple. "Well, Stan, it's you, you actually ran out in the middle of the night and this little ...... Nellfi talks to her heart. ”

"You misunderstood, I came out after waking up in the morning, and I didn't expect to fall asleep outside again. Stan quickly got up and hurriedly explained.

"Okay, okay, don't explain, we don't care, don't worry, no one here will rob you, we are here to fulfill the order of the Great Lord. Magill walks over to his companions, takes a piece of brown bread from a pile of food on the ground, and throws it to Stan.

Stan catches the bread and walks over to Wright. "How much do we need to travel today, and where do we rest at night?"

Wright is discussing something with Tillin when he sees Stan come over and make way for him. "If we're fast enough today, we can get to that fishing village next to the Sea of Mist, where we can spend the night. ”

Stan nibbles on the brown bread and sits down next to the two. "What's fast?"

"It's fast enough to run in the wetlands like yesterday. Wright grinned, revealing a row of pale yellow teeth. "It's not that exaggerated, I mean it's about the same speed as yesterday, but I guess it might be in the middle of the night to get there. ”

Stan nods, looking at Tirin. "What do you think?"

Tirin didn't know where he had gotten a small glass of ale, and was taking a sip of it. "I thought we could try it, you see we all slept so hard in the cabin last night, wouldn't it be worse to sleep directly in the rainforest. ”

"Alright then, that's it, Wright is up to you, take us to that fishing village. Stan stands up. "By the way, what's that fishing village called?"

"Mangrove Village. Wright looked at Stan earnestly. "Because the fishing village was built between mangroves, all the houses were built on top of the mangroves so that they would not be washed away by the tide. ”

"Mangroves, a house built on top of a tree?" Stan raised an eyebrow.

Tirin laughed. "You react the same way I did when I first heard these strange things, Stan, we grew up in the North Mirror, and we don't know anything about the tropics, these mangroves actually grow on the border between land and sea, and at low tide, they grow on land, but at high tide, the sea water will flood the canopy, so the house has to be built on the branches to avoid being flooded by the tide. ”

"It's incredible!" Stan plucks one from a tree trunk covered with black mushrooms, holding it in his hand and looking at it. "Everything here completely turned my worldview upside down. As he spoke, he leaned closer to the mushroom to smell it.

"Don't move, throw it away!" Wright jumped up from the ground and rushed to Stan, snatching the mushroom from his hand and tossing it aside. "This thing is called hallucinogenic mushrooms, although it does not cause any harm to the human body, but it can make people hallucinate. ”

"Holy!" Stan clapped his hands in a panic, then wiped and wiped on his body.

After the knights were ready, Magir gave the order, and the group set out on the journey again. Wright and Tillin lead the way, Stan follows, and Nerfi walks behind Stan without saying a word. Stan looks behind him more than once, but Nerfi just looks nonchalantly ahead, not in the slightest desire to make eye contact with Stan.

Because of the corpses of the mages found around the cabin the day before, on this day Magir changed the formation of the knights, and on each side of the middle few men they were to protect, each pair of four men marched about twenty yards from the squadron, so that he could detect the danger from both sides in advance, and also ensure that he would not get lost in the rainforest with Lost Wright, which was not a pleasant experience. Magill himself and Ulf walked at the back, keeping an eye out for everyone, and the Captain of the Knights was very experienced, and all the Knights admired him very much, although so far, Stan didn't see anything out of him that was really good. Ulf, on the other hand, is the oldest and most experienced knight in the Knights' squad, and everyone treats him as a vice-captain without a title. So after the break, this difficult task fell on the heads of the two of them.

As we get deeper and deeper into the rainforest, the strange plants and animals continue to open everyone's eyes, and Wright never forgets to remind the crowd which plants are poisonous and which can be used to quench thirst and dampness. Nearly everyone had been bitten by an unknown flying insect, and their necks and any exposed skin were swollen with red packets, and Wright's plaster relieved the knights of the itch and kept them from scratching out the pus.

Nerfi, like the others, had been bitten into several bumps on her delicate skin, and although Wright's ointment had some relief, the red pustules appeared on the girl's fair neck. Stan slows down and walks over to Nerfi, trying to find something to talk about. "Alright, Nerfi, you should be able to get to the fishing village tonight, where you should be able to take a bath. ”

Nerfi stared ahead without squinting, his face expressionless. "Thank you for your concern, Knight, I'll take care of myself. ”

The knight snorted and walked back to the front, and Tillin overheard the conversation and patted a dejected Stan. "Young man, you still have a lot to learn when it comes to dealing with women, but don't worry, we still have time, let me teach you a few tricks. ”

Stan sighs helplessly. "I just want to be honest with each other, and I don't want to learn any tricks. ”

"It's not a ploy, Stan, don't judge women by men's standards, you can be honest with these Canrito knights, and I'm sure they'll do the same to you, but there's no equation to follow for women. Tirin looked ahead. "Sometimes they are so weak that even a bug can make them scream, but sometimes they are surprisingly strong, and even the pain that even a man can't bear can't make them hold back. ”

Wright listened in a daze. "Brother Tirin, what you said is so profound that I don't understand it at all. ”

"Don't listen to this, children, and lead the way. Tilling waved his hand at Wright, then looked deep ahead, "Every woman is a heavy book that can smash you, and it is worth savoring for a lifetime." ”

Stan looks at Tirin, whose face is getting darker. "You're sorry for remembering your missing wife. ”

"Don't talk about this, just take advantage of the fact that it's still too peaceful, I'll teach you a few tricks first, and when there is really any danger, there will be no chance." Tillin put his arm around Stan's shoulders and made out like two brothers.

Stan politely rebuffs him. "I'm sorry, Tirin, I know you're trying to help me, but I'm still trying to impress her with my sincerity, I don't want to play any tricks. ”

Tirin shakes his head boredly, looking at Stan in the eye like an incorrigible fool. "Well, if it were someone else, I would never ignore him anymore, but the relationship between you and me is not ordinary, I still leave you a way out, and anytime you need my advice, come to me. ”

"I will, Tirin, I promise. Stan nodded, picking himself up again.

It was getting dark, and Stan knew that the days were much longer in the south than in the north, so they must have traveled a lot that day. On this day, there were five rains, each of which seemed to pour down the entire sea of mist, drenching everyone from head to toe, and the rain on the body had not yet evaporated, and the next rain came unexpectedly. After a long day of marching, everyone had been exhausted by the sweltering heat and all kinds of flying insects, and no one spoke, just silently followed their companions in front of them aimlessly in the rainforest.

The knights on both sides approached the squadron so as not to lose their companions in the darkness, and the group gathered together again. Magill looked at the cloudy sky and walked over to Wright with some concern. "How long is it going to go, I'm afraid my people won't last long, they need to rest. ”

Wright seemed to be more energetic than the others, after all, he had grown up here, and the harsh environment here seemed too common for the knights. "It's almost there, hold on. ”

Magill was not satisfied with this ambiguous answer, and if it weren't for the darkness of the night, his current expression would have scared Wright half to death. "How long? You're not going to make us last until the middle of the night, can I ......?"

Before he could finish speaking, Wright suddenly raised his hand. "Don't talk!"

Magir immediately fell silent, resting his right hand on the hilt of his sword, alertly watching the movements around him. All the knights were in battle posture and, according to the prior arrangement, were on guard in all directions. For a moment, the surroundings were quiet, and only the chirping of insects could be heard.

"What does it smell like?" Wright reached forward and sniffed.

"What does it smell like? I don't smell anything. Tirin tried to smell it, but there was nothing but a damp smell.

Wright pondered it again, and suddenly rushed forward with an arrow. "Oh no, something happened!"

"What's wrong? you slow me down!" Magill pulled his leg and followed Wright, chasing after him.

Everyone didn't care what was going on, so they hurriedly ran along, and the group formed a long snake and ran quickly in the dense forest.