Chapter 47: The Tragic Situation

On this night, almost everyone slept soundly, sleeping on the wet fallen leaves, smelling the rotting leaves and the smell of burning not far away, so that the knights could not sleep peacefully. Magill increased the number of people on the vigil to four, removing the four who had already been on vigil last night, and the remaining six knights, plus himself and Stan, took turns keeping watch for the second half of the night. Magill was going to have Tillin join the vigil, but at Stan's insistence, Tillin was lucky enough to get a good night's sleep.

Stan was in charge of the first half of the night, choosing the closest place to Nerfi, but still a few yards away from the mage, Stan sat upright on the ground, silently watching the crowd.

The sound of Nalfi tossing and turning behind him reaches Stan's ears, and he has tried his best not to think about Nalfi's current condition, but the fear of the girl still haunts him. Stan knew that Nerfi would have a hard time falling asleep tonight after seeing the puffy face blistered in the sea, and the snoring of the other knights around him would undoubtedly make it worse. Finally, almost two hours later, when Nerfi rolled over again, Stan finally couldn't hold back anymore and walked over to Nerfi and sat down softly, without talking to her, just sitting quietly beside her. Stan wants to give her strength and security, hoping that this will allow the girl to fall asleep. Soon, Nerfi stopped turning over, and the sound of regular breathing finally put Stan's heart at ease.

Ulf tiptoes over and hands a bottle to Stan, before slowly returning to his seat. Stan looked gratefully at the back of his fellow knights, this was the first time he had acted with so many Canrito knights, and despite being Doyle, he felt as if he were compatriots with the Canrito knights.

The tense but calm night passed, and with the sound of various birdsongs, the sultry day began again, and most of the knights were awakened by the heat, and their clothes were completely wet with sweat, and they could no longer remember how many times they had been wet.

Nerfi was also awakened by the heat, and she brushed away the long hair that was sticking to her face, and saw Stan lying on her outside, the knight's wide body completely protecting Nalfi inside, and Nalfi's face softened. "Maybe I'm going too far. ”

Tillin and Fraser had breakfast again, and the two big men seemed to have found their interest in the trip, and they were very busy. When breakfast was done, they woke up the first knights of the Night's Watch, Stan sat up rubbing his sore eyes, feeling something squirming on his left cheek, and slapped it down, spilling a cloud of red and green juice. "What is this?"

Wright approaches Stan's side and examines the reddish-green patch on his face. "It's the Rainforest Anopheles mosquito, and you're probably going to have a hard time in the next few days. ”

"What? what's the problem?" Stan's nervous voice rang out.

"It's okay, it's not a big deal, it's just that the side of the face that gets bitten will swell. Wright took a small log pipe from his belt. "This is a cream that can relieve the bumps of the malaria mosquito, and when the pain is severe, you can apply some to relieve it, and ...... That's the only way to do it. ”

"Wait. Stan stops Wright, who is already on his feet and about to leave. "You're not done yet. ”

Wright glanced at Nerfi beside Stan and crouched down again. "This ointment is only to relieve trauma, in fact, most people who have been bitten by malaria mosquitoes will have diarrhea for several days, this can only rely on more water and more rest, there is no other way, fortunately we have enough water." With that, Wright was about to get up and leave again.

"What does diarrhea mean for days?" Stan asked eagerly behind his back.

"It's almost enough to get to Greville. Wright dropped the sentence and returned to the knights without looking back.

"Holy!" Stan cursed, unplugging the wooden stopper, dipping some ointment out of it and applying it to his face, but it was a mess as he couldn't see the exact location of the wound.

Nerfi looked at him silently and held out her left hand. "Let me do it. ”

Stan looks up in surprise, the look in his eyes changing from surprise to excitement, and the hand he hands over tremble. Nerfi took the woodpole and dipped some ointment on her slender fingers, carefully rubbing it over Stan's cheek. Stan looked at Nerfi's serious expression, the girl's gaze was only an inch away from his, and he looked at the girl's pale blue eyes, as if he had been sucked into a bottomless lake.

It wasn't until Nerfi put down his hand that Stan stared blankly at the girl's face, and the knights on the side couldn't help but laugh, that Stan came back to his senses. "Hug ...... Sorry, Nerfi, thank you. ”

"Don't rejoice too soon, you'll be even more uncomfortable in the next few days. Nerfi tucked the woodwind into her belt, and it looked like she was going to drug Stan herself.

After breakfast, the group set out on their journey again, and because of the tragic situation they had seen in Mangrove Village the night before, Magir was on guard again, and the group was traveling more slowly than the day before, and they preferred to go out of the rainforest later than rush forward, because they knew that if they met any mage, they would be more than lucky.

As we continue deeper into the southern rainforest, more and more signs of fighting emerge. From time to time, burnt blackened trees stood on either side, and in some of the larger clearings, the whole area had turned from green to gray-black, and although Nerfi judged that these traces had been left several days ago, there was still a choking smell in the air, and the damp smell of the rainforest had not regained it after a few days.

In addition to the traces of the surrounding environment, the group saw more than a dozen corpses on the road, the death of these corpses was even more tragic than the previous corpses, a considerable number of corpses were charred, and it was impossible to identify which mage was from the appearance, Magir muttered without stopping. "These mages are really ruthless, if you want me to say, how can there be such a thing as magic, people who can do magic are simply demons. ”

Nerfi glanced at Magill faintly, and the knight captain hurriedly apologized loudly to her. "I'm sorry, Nerfi, I'm talking about an evil person who can do magic, how can a lady as kind and beautiful as you be a demon?"

As soon as the words fell, Wright, who was at the front, suddenly stopped, raised his right hand high, and everyone knew that this was a gesture with a situation, ready for battle. Wright walked forward gently, stopped at a bend thirty yards in front of everyone, and then cautiously poked his head out to the left, which was dozens of seconds, waiting for everyone behind him to be anxious, if it weren't for Tirin's quick hand to hug Magill, the knight captain would have run straight over.

Finally, Wright retracted his head and leaned against the trunk of the tree and gasped for breath, but fortunately he had not forgotten his companion who was waiting behind him who was already going crazy, and he waved his hand weakly, motioning for the group to follow.

Magill was the first to run around the corner, looking out impatiently, and at the same time ready to curse what had taken Wright so much time, but when he saw what he saw, he opened his mouth in shock, but could not make any sound. Later, the knights of Tirin, Stan, Nerfi, and Canrito all showed the same reaction as Magill.

In front of them was a large crater that had been blown out by something, forty yards in diameter, almost twenty yards deep when viewed from above, and at the bottom of the crater lay a huge black stone ball, which seemed to be the cause of the crater. On the walls of the pit, there were countless corpses lying crookedly, most of them incomplete, some missing hands and feet, some of them were blown in half from the middle of the body, and some of the corpses could only be judged from the clothes that were originally a person, and the flesh in the clothes was no different from the charred dirt around them. Within a dozen yards of the crater, all the trees were blown aside by the huge air currents generated by the explosion, and they were also charred and blackened by the explosion, and on the bare branches hung a large number of corpses, like the corpses in the pit, most of these corpses were also charred and blackened, and the various parts of the body could not be recognized.

It was almost half a minute before Magir made a hoarse sound from his throat. "What the is this?"

"The only thing that can cause this level of damage is the super-high-level magic that is second only to karmic fire in fire magic. Nerfi looked at the tragic situation in front of him solemnly, and said word by word, "Meteorite!"