Cheng'an • Beiyun County • Lackdor Town • Edge of the Forest of Illusions

A group of five people walked cautiously in the forest. The leader was carrying a heavy hammer, his face was majestic and calm, and he was tall and burly, a middle-aged man of about forty years old. Behind him was a young man in tight leather armor, who looked delicate and smart, looking around alertly, and kept flipping the small dagger in his hand with a nervous expression. On each side of the young man stood a young man, the two of whom looked the same, but they were twins, both holding longbows and holding arrows to protect the young men on both sides. Behind the four of them, there was a girl with bright eyes and bright teeth, very sweet looking, but holding a shield in her left hand and a sword in her right hand, holding these two weapons that were not sweet at all and walking at the end, forming a prismatic five-person squad with the first four people.

The young man was a little nervous and kept turning the dagger in his hand, looking at the middle-aged man in front of him: "Uncle Carlo, didn't you say that I should go ahead? The task of reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance is that thieves like me should be doing things, not being protected by the big class and the small class like a baby." ”

The man called Uncle Carlo stopped, wiped the sweat from his face, and vigorously tied his belt with his left hand, his right hand hanging softly, and tied it with the belt and the hem of his shirt, and fastened it to his waist. Carlo looked back at the young man's somewhat dissatisfied face, smiled tolerantly, and smiled at the girl who walked last: "Luki, remind me, what is the level of Ingres's thief?"

Lu Qi's face did not change at all, and she said calmly: "Trainee thief, level two." It will only be a first-level phantom kill, and a first-level joint dismantling technique. Didn't get the Rogue's badge for entry. You can't use even the most basic Level 1 stealth skills. To put it bluntly, it's a waste material. Instead of letting him go on a mission, it's better to follow you, who used to be the squad leader. Your years of experience as a captain can completely replace the intelligence that a thief of this level can obtain. The red mouth spat out this string of words quickly, and his face was calm and calm, as if this string of vicious words came out of someone else's mouth.

When the young men with longbows on both sides heard this, they burst out laughing. I was afraid of alarming the demonic beasts in the forest, so I held back and held back my two little faces.

The face of the young man named Angel suddenly turned red, white, and blue, and the colors intersected, and he looked very good. opened his mouth wide, and it took a long time to squeeze out a sentence: "Sister Luqi's mouth is still so poisonous." It's not that I don't work hard, the cost of learning a skill is five gold coins, how can I have money?"

Hearing this, the two young men with the bow glanced at each other, and the smile faded from their faces, and they both fell silent. Luki tightened her grip on her sword, and didn't say a word.

Seeing that the atmosphere was gloomy, Carlo hurriedly encouraged: "Money can be earned by your own hands and hands, don't be discouraged." Maybe we'll find something valuable. ”

Lu Qi didn't raise her head, and continued: "As a member of the expedition team, it would be good to be able to receive the commission safely." ”

Xiao Ban looked at Carlo and said, "Uncle Carlo, the main lineup has left, what are we going to do with it?" The Phantom Forest has always been known for its danger, and the five of us can't make much difference." Even if you're experienced, you're vulnerable to a trainee thief, two trainee longbowmen, and a second-order warrior. ”

Carlo said: "Don't worry too much, let's just go around the edge of the forest to see if there are any missing monster corpses, and it is best to dig up some crystal nuclei." There are two rainy seasons in the Forest of Illusions every year, the second rainy season is more violent, and there are usually Warcraft that will lose their lives in the second rainy season, so there is a crystal rush at this time of the year, adventurers from all over the world will come to find crystal nuclei at this time, and if you are lucky, you can also find some precious herbs and furs, carapaces or something. Ruki was here for the third time, and she knew the situation, so she was going to take a look around here and see what she could collect. Isn't it, Ruki, how did we get last year?"

Lu Qi waved the sword in her hand and said lightly: "Last year's harvest was the best, one third-order earth-based demonic beast crystal nucleus, four second-order fire-based crystal nuclei, two water-based, one thunder-based, and eleven first-order." After exchanging it into money, I paid this year's tuition fee, and after buying the sword in my hand, I still owe 78 silver coins to the weapon dealer. ”

That's it? The senior and junior classes couldn't help but be disappointed, and they were counting on changing their bows. The one in my hand has been used for a long time, and the bow body has cracks.

Even though he knew that Ruki's mouth had never been good, Carlo still felt a little embarrassed and hurriedly said, "This year should be better." ”

Ingres shook his head and said, "I don't think so, although it's my first time here, I already feel that something is not right." If the harvest is good, most of the explorers will not leave. Uncle Carlo, you see, everyone is almost gone, and only us second-rate mercenary regiments are still here, hoping to find some leftovers. And along the way, there are very few corpses of demonic beasts, and all that can be found are some demonic beasts with little ability, is there something wrong with the rainy season this year?"

Carlo nodded secretly, although Ingres was only a trainee second-order thief, he was very careful in analyzing things, and this idea was not far from the results of his analysis. He just didn't want to disappoint these little guys who urgently needed money to pay the next tuition fee before he proposed to search again, and in fact, he had already foreseen the possibility of going back empty-handed. Moreover, he was also very puzzled, why was the situation so strange this year? Things were very abnormal, not only the corpses of the demonic beasts were difficult to see, but even the living demonic beasts could not be seen, which was completely different from the previous situation of the demonic beasts that appeared out of nowhere. Although it is on the edge of the forest, this is the famous Forest of Illusions, the largest forest in the whole continent, with the largest number of magical beasts and the largest variety of monsters, which is too unreasonable. This situation can only indicate that this year, the monsters have gathered deep in the forest because of some purposeful activity. The question is, why? Who has that appeal?

While he was pondering, an earth-shattering demonic beast roared suddenly came from the forest.

Carlo was startled, immediately stopped and listened.

What came into the ears of the five people was a sound mixed with the roars of various demonic beasts in unison. There are so many types of cries that even a seasoned explorer like Carlo can't tell the difference. The whole sound was like a tidal wave, and the cry lasted for a quarter of an hour. Its momentum was so great that for a while, I didn't hear anything but this. The five-person team was far away from the sound, but they already felt that the whole sound was like a tangible and qualitative sound, revealing a heavy pressure, which overwhelmed people.

All the beasts roared in unison, and the momentum was so powerful that it really lived up to the fierce reputation of the Illusory Forest, the most ferocious magical beast settlement. The junior class and the senior class were the youngest, and the coercion of this cry was pressing, and their faces couldn't help but turn pale, and they were so shocked that they couldn't even hold the bow in their hands.

Carlo looked in disbelief at the direction where the terrible scream came from, and saw that the birds in the sky over there were fluttering, all flying into the sky, and the flight path was chaotic, obviously something unusual had happened.

"Angels!"

"Understood, uncle!" said Ingre, holding the dagger in his mouth, and quickly climbed up a large tree, looking into the distance. Luki grabbed in front of Carlo without saying a word, while Taipan and Xiaoban swallowed their saliva hard, even though their legs kept trembling, they still tried to stand beside Carlo, stretching their bows and arrows, and their eyes patrolling the depths of the jungle, concentrating.

Carlo called again: "Ingres." ”

Angel said hurriedly: "It's too far away, I can't see clearly." I could only see that the canopy over there was all shaking, and the range was very large, very large. Suddenly, he was shocked by what he thought, and stammered a little: "If I'm not wrong, it should be a big one, no! It should be big, big, no, it's a big group of demonic beasts coming towards us." It's a big flock, it's a big flock! I saw startled birds, well, big trees tearing down. It's coming, it's fast!"

It's big, it's big, it's big, and how big is it that can make such a loud cry?

Cold sweat quickly dripped down Carlo's head. "Come down, Angel, let's disperse quickly, and find a place to hide. Carlo shouted.

Angel slid down from the tree and smiled wryly: "There are trees all around, there is no place to hide." The path of the fellows was like a tree falling like a broken branch, and it was useless to go up the tree. ”

Carlo looked around and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Then don't hide." Let's open our eyes together. If we don't die, we'll be the five-person squad with the largest number of monsters we've ever seen. With a wry smile and a wry shake, he re-tied his belt, carried the hammer in his left hand, and looked up at the front.

The senior class and the junior class glanced at each other, and their faces turned even paler. Luki pursed her lips and said to the two, "Don't be so useless. Just shoot in the eyes. It is better to exchange a life for a life than to die for nothing. ”

At this time, the screaming suddenly stopped.

Without warning, it suddenly stopped, and the momentum was quiet, until it stopped, and the forest suddenly fell silent.

The five people looked at each other, only to feel a kind of momentum of mountain rain coming to their faces.

PS:

It's been a colonel~