Chapter 49: Out of the Rainforest
After passing through the crater, the group unconsciously quickened their pace, no one wanted to stay in that miserable place for longer, even the vicinity of it made people feel uncomfortable. Wright almost trotted up, and if it weren't for Magill yelling at the back of the group, he might have been gone.
The gap between the strength of their own team and the other party made everyone's journey full of worries, but the knights tried to restrain themselves, at least on the surface, they still looked the same as before, divided into three teams on both sides and behind to guard the surrounding environment.
The group cut back on their breaks and continued their journey south through the rainforest, where Stan put Nellfi on his mount in some of the more sparsely wooded areas to relieve some of her fatigue. Nerfi's physical strength was so bad that it was not easy to keep up with them, and she was certainly happy with Stan's advice. During each break, she washes the ointment off Stan's cheek with water and reapplies fresh ointment, but Stan's right cheek is still severely swollen. By the afternoon, the right side of his face had been punched by an opponent in a fight, and the swollen bag was purple and bloodshot, causing Stan to hiss in pain at the slightest touch.
On top of that, as Wright said, Stan started to have a constant stomach ache in the evening, and after walking for almost a mile, he couldn't help but run away from everyone else to solve the problem, and the others had to take advantage of the opportunity to take a break. In the two hours between the next two hours and before dark, Stan left the team more than five times, and after the last time he returned to the team, Stan's face was bloodless and almost unsteady on his feet, and finally Tillin helped him onto his mount so that he could continue to keep up with the group.
Stan looks at his companions on foot in frustration as he and Nerfi are the only ones in the team who don't have to walk, much to his frustration and even more ashamed to wait for him, everyone has slowed down significantly in the last few moments, wasting all the time they had saved so hard.
Before it was about to get completely dark, Wright found a clean clearing for the group, and they were going to sleep out again tonight. In the sweltering heat of the rainforest, sleeping on a pile of leaves for two days in a row was not pleasant, and there was the danger of being bitten by various insects and malaria mosquitoes, although Wright would light some incense around the clearing every night to disperse flying insects and malaria mosquitoes, Stan's tragic experience made the knights dare not be careless, and they covered themselves tightly when they slept that night despite the heat.
Nerfi slept after changing Stan's medicine that night, and after three days of hard marching, the girl had grown accustomed to the constant sweat oozing from her body, and her hair, which had not been washed for several days, was tied into a bun and towered over her head, avoiding the discomfort of sticking to her face and neck. After a long day's journey, Nalfi fell into a deep sleep not long after lying down, and Stan looked at the girl's sleeping face with guilt, and suddenly felt the urge to touch her slimy face, but reason prevailed, and after a few seconds of struggle, he gave up.
Magill excludes Stan from the vigil that night, but Stan still hasn't slept well all night, and he's tormented by frequent diarrhea that he can't remember how many times he's gotten up during the night. In order to replenish the water he had excreted, he had to drink water constantly, and the knight of the night watch kept a small fire for him, and kept a pot of hot water warm next to the fire so that he could not drink cold water in case of diarrhea.
During the change of knights at the night watch, Stan climbs up again, quickly flashing behind a tree to the side, followed by several crackling sounds. Ulf had finished his vigil, and in the hours he was on guard, he couldn't remember how many times Stan had gotten up, and before he went to sleep, he looked in the direction where Stan was crouching, and he still had the heart to joke. "Stan, I see you don't lift your pants at all, just sleep naked, take off your pants and put them back on every time, I look tired. ”
Stan doesn't have the heart to answer Ulf's teasing, he is battling diarrhea when Magill, who takes over, deliberately kicks Ulf as he walks past him who is already asleep on the ground. "Okay, let me taste it, and you won't say that. ”
"I wouldn't be so unlucky. As he spoke, Ulf covered his entire head with his clothes, exposing only two nostrils to breathe.
Stan staggered back, feeling his feet flutter. "As I said, I shouldn't have stepped into Serendra. ”
Magill tossed a wine bottle at him, but Stan couldn't pick it up, and the bottle hit the ground, and he slowly picked it up. "If Wright hadn't told me that with your strong body, there would be no big problem, and I would have thought you wouldn't survive tonight. ”
"I don't think I'll survive tonight, really, my brain is blank right now, my whole body is weak. Stan lifts the bottle, and even this action makes him feel overwhelmed.
Magir drank as he fumbled with the hilt of his sword at his waist. "I've asked Wright, and if nothing else, we'll be out of here to-morrow, and before we reach Grivel, a little detour will come across a village where I've decided to rest for a few days. ”
Hearing the Captain say this, Stan coughs violently, spitting out most of the wine in his mouth. "That's not going to work, you can't delay the mission for me. ”
Magill waved his hand solemnly. "It's not just for you, Stan, look at the others, we're almost at the limit, let me say, this rainforest is more terrifying than a strong army, we all need to rest, our odds are slim against those mages, I don't want to have the last bit of hope. ”
Stan looked at the sleeping knights around him, and in the time of a few words, Ulf was already snoring, and the knights who were guarding the second half of the night looked tired, although they insisted on keeping vigil, but people have limits, and Stan clearly understood this. "You're right, Magir, we all need to rest, I can't even beat a woman like this now. ”
"I don't think you can beat her even when you're full of energy. Magir lifted his chin at the sleeping Nerfi. "Along the way, I've seen the power of magic, and I want me to say, don't be an enemy of a mage. ”
"But we're tracking down those mages right now, and there's a good chance we'll fight them. Stan reluctantly puts down the bottle and screws on the lid to return it to Magill.
Magill raised his hand to stop him. "Keep it for yourself, I'm not sure if your diarrhea is contagious. ”
Stan smiled weakly and lay down suddenly. "Hopefully Wright isn't comforting me. After a while, Stan felt his eyelids grow heavy and his stomach still rolling, but he couldn't stop the tidal tiredness.
Wright didn't comfort Stan, and when the sun shone into the rainforest the next day, Nerfi's Stan clearly remembered that after the change of knights on the night watch, he just continued to pull the dilute twice, and then slept until now. Looking at Nerfi, who was changing the ointment for himself, a faint smile appeared on Stan's face. "My diarrhea seems to be getting better. With that, Nefer's ointment caused Stan's mouth to hiss. "But this one still hasn't gotten better, it's still as big as it was yesterday. ”
"It's still a little better, at least the purple bloodshot is gone, now it's just red, I guess the toxin has been excreted. Nalfi finished applying the ointment and pulled the woodpipe back into her belt.
"Thank you so much for taking care of you, Nerfi, I should have taken care of you. Stan looks at Nerfi sincerely, his eyes filled with gratitude.
Nellfi's pale blue eyes nearly suck Stan in. "You've taken care of me so much, I should help you once in a while, shouldn't I?"
"Nerfi......" Stan felt a heat in his heart, an unspeakable heat rushing to his brain, and he wanted to hug the girl in front of him and kiss her, with all his strength.
Just then, a curse pulls Stan back from his trance, and Ulf walks from behind a few trees. "Hell, if it weren't for the fact that it was so hot at night and I kicked all the clothes that covered my body, I wouldn't have been so unlucky. ”
Stan looked at a tired Ulf in bewilderment, and Magill smiled at him. "This guy is going to be the same as you had yesterday. ”
Ulf walks past Stan and glances at the ointment on his face. "I don't know who's going to put ointment on me, but that damn mosquito is biting me in the ass. ”
"No one is going to paint it for you, you can fix it yourself. Ted, who was munching on bread, laughed.
Stan laughs along, and Nerfi covers his mouth and laughs softly, Stan is fascinated by the girl's charming smile and looks at her blankly, until Nerfi notices Stan's unusual gaze and hurriedly stands up and runs to the knight to eat breakfast.
On this day, there are still two people on the horse, one is Stan, who has not fully recovered, and the other is Ulf, who is lying on the back of the horse and does not even want to open his eyes. Although his eyes were closed, his mouth was not idle, cursing all the way, and Stan was surprised to find that Magill was not the only one in the group who didn't look like the Knight of Canrito. Ulf scolded more rudely than Magill, and on several occasions Clifford slapped him on the back to stop him from following foul language, lest Nellfi find it too embarrassing. Although Ulf had a swollen bag on his buttocks, his diarrhea was much less severe than Stan's, and he only pulled three times along the way, without much delay.
On the evening of the fourth day of the group's entry into the Sweet Rainforest, Wright, who was walking at the forefront, finally got the good news that they would only need to walk for about half an hour to get out of this unforgettable rainforest. The knights knew that danger was still looming, and they had to cheer silently in their hearts, but did not dare to cry out. The trees with their branches are becoming more and more thin, and the puddles and meadows are gradually being replaced by hard mud and shrubs, and everyone knows that they are about to make their way out of the rainforest.
Stan had dismounted and walked beside Nerfi, knowing that they were about to face an opponent that was even more difficult to deal with than the rainforest, an opponent who could kill them.