Chapter 30: What's the Use of Yourself Saying You!
"Why did you suddenly tell a horror story?" Lolo shuddered. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Uh, because the atmosphere is perfect for telling horror stories?"
Your Excellency doesn't know how she remembered this story.
Because Ryan is on the edge of the Endless Tree Sea, there are many legends about this mysterious forest. But the one that impressed Rob the most was the horror story called "Bloody Night at the Old Castle".
This story was heard from Kenneth when he was a child, and Mr. Knight is always righteous and awe-inspiring, but this thing is an out-and-out fan of weird stories, and he likes to collect some messy legends of gods and monsters.
However, it is said that the "Bloody Night of the Castle" has a history of events, the castle is not too far from the town, it has been abandoned for hundreds of years, and the priest of the town uses this story to scare the naughty children, saying that there are evil spirits wandering there and forbidding them to come closer, but in fact it is only because wild mandarin ducks are often cheating there.
Rob and the rest of the friends had secretly run somewhere, only to see some ruins.
In short, after experiencing this kind of thing, no one dared to open up the endless sea of trees anymore, and later the Wizards Association also sent someone to check that place, collected plant specimens along the way and brought them back to study carefully, but the strange thing is that Rob once rummaged through the classics and didn't find any follow-up.
However, since then, no one has dared to grow crops near the Endless Sea of Trees, and everyone was worried that the Endless Sea of Trees would continue to expand over time and encroach on the surrounding farmland, but hundreds of years have passed, and the Endless Sea of Trees has maintained its original size, neither growing nor decreasing, which is amazing.
It seems that there is a force in the shadows that controls the entire forest.
Despite the fact that the Endless Sea of Trees and the surrounding inhabitants have been untouched for a long time, Ryan's children have been taught by their parents to stay away from the tall trees from an early age.
The strange plants in the endless sea of trees seem to have an innate ability to disorient, and the further you go in, the more distracting it becomes, and all the equipment used to discern direction will be disable here, which is why no one has ever reached the center of the forest.
Fortunately, the location of the dungeon is not too deep, and it is still only the outer area of the endless sea of trees, otherwise the adventurers can only stare dryly.
In addition to the strange plants, the Endless Sea of Trees is also home to other creatures, such as the Ground Bird that once snatched the "dragon egg" from the boy, the flock of ravens that did not fly overhead, the human-faced spider hiding in the deep burrow, and some kind of giant cat.
And the most dangerous of them all is an insect called tree polyp, these little insects are small, only the thickness of a finger, almost all over the forest, they usually lie quietly on the trunk of the tree without moving, the color is very close to the bark, you can hardly spot it if you don't look closely, and even if you notice them, you can easily be deceived by their delicate and delicate appearance.
In reality, however, they are the most ferocious predators in the Endless Sea of Trees.
Thousands of tree polyps come out together to nibble on a buffalo in half a minute.
Note that clean here refers to the kind of cleanliness that does not even have bones left, their mouthparts are so hard that even fine iron can bite off, and all the creatures that live in the endless sea of trees are afraid of these ferocious little creatures.
Fortunately, these insects have a significant weakness, they don't like the smell of sandalwood, so adventurers who enter the endless sea of trees can usually successfully remove themselves from the tree polyp's diet as long as they wear a small piece of sandalwood with them.
Thankfully, tree polyps hunt very infrequently, playing dead on their trunks for two to three months after each predation, which is probably where their name comes from.
In addition to the above-mentioned things, there are other dangers lurking in the Endless Sea of Trees, in short, once you enter this place, you need to be vigilant.
Therefore, Captain Hansen announced that he would rest in place, and that the expedition needed to settle dinner before entering the Endless Sea of Trees.
After receiving the instructions, the entourage began to get busy, lighting a fire to cook, and preparing dinner in an orderly manner.
All that was left was His Excellency the future Ultra Magister and his Brave Master, staring wide-eyed.
"Oh my God, you don't know even the simplest lighter, do you?" Lolo held his forehead with one hand and couldn't help but let out a lament.
"Uh, that's it...... Not quite accurate, I just don't know how to use flint. Rob said to himself, if you give me my staff, maybe I can light half of the endless sea of trees to show you fireworks.
Luo Luo rolled his eyes, "What do you use to light the fire without flint, or do you actually keep your face unrevealed, and you are a good man with your own wilderness survival skills who can drill wood for fire?"
"I'm not. The boy honestly admitted.
"Big brother, it's hard for me to do such a waste of wood. Luo Luo said sadly, and the girl couldn't help but wonder if her decision to let this thing be a complete mistake, "Why don't you do this, what's the use of you telling me yourself?"
"I can keep you safe when it matters most. The boy thought for a moment.
"Yes, that proves that you can at least brag. Luo Luo didn't believe someone's nonsense at all, got up and started to cook his own food.
Dinner for two was simple, brown bread with cottage cheese and a bowl of thin rice porridge, and the only advantage of the whole meal was that it was cheap.
Rob tried to bite into the black bread that was harder than the armor on his body, and almost broke his teeth.
The quasi-magister burst into tears, did he finally find a weapon? This thing can definitely open a person when it is smashed on the head.
Rob Ke has been dominating the small stove in the cafeteria of the Royal Academy of Magic and Wizardry of Teist for ten years, how could he have felt the suffering of the people so truly, obviously his stomach was already hungry and growling, the future super magic master stretched out his trembling hands and groped around the bread, but he couldn't find a place to put his mouth.
"Alas, are you stupid, won't you soak in the soup?" Luo Luo on the side really couldn't stand it, she felt that she was stupid enough sometimes, this guy in front of her was actually ten thousand times stupider than her, how did such a guy grow to such a big one? Could it be that from the moment he was born, there were more than a hundred young and beautiful maids around him all the time to take care of his daily life?
Thinking of such a scene, she couldn't help but shudder, but she had only met someone's father not long ago, the young man's family background looked ordinary, although he had disappeared for ten years, it was difficult to guarantee that there would be no big luck during this period, but judging from the fact that he couldn't even repay the debt of more than 20 gold coins after he returned home, his financial situation outside should be very ordinary.