"Then what do you mean?" Lin Jue asked tentatively.

Werther shook his head and said, "Let's go according to the original plan for now, although this matter is strange, but after all, we have not encountered any danger, let alone magical creatures, not even the expected jungle elves." ”

Since Werther said so, Lin Jue didn't ask anymore.

Although things are strange, fortunately, there is really no trouble, this time the team leaders are Elrod and Werther, one is a native of this forest, and the other is an experienced and famous legendary mercenary, since neither of them raised any objections, Lin Jue naturally will not say much.

Before departing from Phoenix, the escort had already planned its route.

First of all, start directly from Phoenix, go to the Southern Forest in the nearest direction, walk around the forest to the north for dozens of miles, follow the route marked on the map, proofread, and enter the forest.

Just like the roads connecting various cities in ancient human beings, the elven kingdom also has a special road to connect with the outside world, just like the official road of human beings, and the route chosen by the escort team is an official road located in the northernmost part.

Elves have grown up in the forest since childhood, unless they are younger elves, few elves will get lost in the forest, therefore, the establishment of these official roads is mainly for other races.

There are three nodes on this official road, the first node is called Bluestone Valley, the only valley on this road, there is an underground dark river passing through this place, and the valley is exposed, and the escort team needs to come to this place to replenish the water source.

The second node is a tavern called the Treehouse Tavern, which is a tavern opened by elves to deal with human mercenaries or travelers of other races, and is the only place on the road where travelers can provide assistance. Once you pass through this place, you represent entering the hinterland of the southern forest.

The third node is the outer stronghold of the Elven Kingdom, Qingling Village, and anyone who wants to enter the Elven Kingdom needs to register in this place and be checked.

This is a route that has been planned in advance, and with such a large team, it is not easy to re-plan the route in the middle of the course, and it is indeed the best choice to go according to the original plan.

Due to the march with this group of magicians, the progress of the team has been dragged down a lot, according to the original plan, tonight should be in the bluestone valley to rest, but the current position of the team, there is still a long distance from the bluestone valley, according to the current speed, it is estimated that it will not arrive until tomorrow night.

After Werther and Elrod recounted the current situation, Lin Jue had a general understanding of the trip.

In any case, even if you want to change the route, Bluestone Valley is a must, because the team's water reserves have been depleted a lot, and there is nothing to replenish along the way, and only Bluestone Valley has plenty of fresh water.

Don't look like you're traveling in the forest, but the water in the forest is not necessarily much more than in the desert, after all, a lot of freshwater resources are actually underground, not exposed. If there is no leader who is familiar with the situation of the forest, some people who have lost their way in the forest will die of thirst.

What's more, Elrod said that near this road, only the Bluestone Valley has fresh water resources.

The camp had already been set up in the process of the three of them talking, and after dinner, some people were left to keep vigil, and the rest of the people went into the camp tent to rest, and everyone needed to have a good rest tonight, so that they could work harder tomorrow and strive to reach the bluestone valley before dark.

As the team members fell asleep one after another, the camp gradually quieted down.

Since not a single living creature was found in the entire forest, only the sound of the wind blowing the leaves and the buzzing of the wings of small flying insects were irritating.

In the tent, Lin Jue closed his eyes tightly and tossed and turned for a while, but he could not sleep.

"These damn bugs!"

Lin Jue complained quietly, he couldn't sleep anyway, so he simply went to sit next to the fire and relax.

Pulling back the curtain of the tent, he came to the open space in the middle of the tent, where there was a large fire that was lit, and the wood burned and exploded in the fire, making a crackling sound and sparks splashing everywhere.

Beside the fire, there was a figure with his back to him, and under the reflection of the firelight, Lin Jue could only see a black back, and he couldn't tell who it was at all.

Lin Jue walked to the side of this back, and when he saw it, it turned out to be a tulip.

At this time, she was holding a golden arrow, staring at it intently, she could see it, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

Even when Lin Jue sat down next to her, she didn't notice it.

"What are you thinking?" Lin Jue asked out loud.

Tulip turned her head and glanced at Lin Jue.

"It's nothing, I just can't sleep. ”

Lin Jue smiled: "Coincidentally, I can't sleep either." ”

Tulip turned her head back, but instead of staring at the arrow, she retracted it from its basket and set her eyes on the fire.

Because the temperature next to the fire is too high, although the flying insects gather near the fire, because of the attraction of the fire, they are not very harassed by the flying insects in this place.

Lin Jue picked up a handful of dead branches next to him, threw them into the fire, and said, "There are too many insects, and I can't sleep, what about you?"

Tulip's eyes were locked on the fire, and after Lin Jue's voice fell for a long time, he said: "Wood, the sound of wood crying, I can't sleep." ”

Hearing this, Lin Jue was stunned. He calmed down and listened carefully for a while, but there was no crying, only a crackling sound of wood crackling.

"Because we burn the fire?" Lin Jue asked.

Tulip nodded, indicating that it was.

After a moment of silence, Lin Jue asked, "Elves, what kind of lighting is usually used?"

Tulip looked up and looked around for a while, then finally reached out and pointed to a big tree in front of her, and said, "There are many ways to illuminate, I don't remember much, and that's one of them." ”

Lin Jue raised his head and looked in the direction pointed by the tulip, it was a spell drawn by Lin Yue, which had no practical use, the only use was to use it as a warning, these days, every night when the team rested in place, Lin Yue would stick this kind of charm next to the trunk of the tree, around the entire camp, and paste it on every tree.

However, since they didn't encounter the slightest danger along the way, these charms didn't come in handy at all, and Lin Jue didn't know what would happen to them if they were really in danger.

The only thing he knew was that whenever night came, the strange characters on the spell would light up with a faint white light according to the rhythm of breathing, and then slowly extinguish.

"How is this illuminated?" Lin Jue wondered.

Tulip didn't answer Lin Jue's words, but hurriedly made a silent gesture at him.

"Now, look closely, just like now. ”

Hearing this, Lin Jue raised his head in confusion and stared at the spell carefully.

I saw that the characters on the charm, as usual, lit up very slowly.

According to the rule, after a breath of time, the light will dim, as usual.

Lin Jue was about to say this, his mouth just opened, his eyes glanced in the direction of the spell, and he was about to blurt out the words, but he was stunned and suffocated.

He found that the light emitted by the characters did not shine to a certain critical point according to the usual rhythm, and then slowly dimmed.

Instead of diminishing, the light grew brighter and brighter, as if the brightness of the characters had reached its limit, and the light began to spread towards the entire rune paper, and after only four or five seconds, the whole rune paper was like an electric lamp, glowing with a dazzling white light.

The surrounding environment was getting brighter and brighter, Lin Jue swept around, and he found that not only this rune paper, but also all the rune papers pasted on the trunks around him lit up together.

Countless bright lights suddenly emitted a dazzling light, illuminating the entire forest.

Lin Jue looked at this scene dumbfounded, and before he could react, he asked, but saw the tulip beside him stand up, took off the longbow and arrows on his back, and took the bow and arrows with his bow, bent his body slightly, and made a fighting posture.

At the same time, in the ears, a cry resounded throughout the camp.

"Enemy attack! It's a jungle elf!"