Chapter XXXVII: The First Crisis
Luo Luo breathed a sigh of relief, although she had been warning herself not to take someone's prank to heart, but to be honest, there was always someone behind you who was imitating your every move still made you feel an indescribable weirdness, but fortunately, that neurotic played for a while and ran to torture others. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The rookie brave man is also reflecting on whether his previous training of the teenager was a bit too harsh, causing him to be irreversibly seriously stimulated mentally, so he is behaving so abnormally now.
Luo Luo even remembered the horror story that the boy had told her earlier, and wondered if he had secretly eaten something unclean behind his back, and there was already a precursor to the disease.
Thinking of this, the girl couldn't help but shudder, and at the same time made up her mind that as long as the magician had any strange behavior, she would be the first to rush up and chop him up, if this kid knew about it, she would also thank her for eliminating harm for the people.
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The night was dark, and the woods were silent, only the rustling footsteps of the expedition team, and the atmosphere was silent.
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, the torches were not lit, and the lighting was a magic lamp, which is the most common magic guide, emitting a faint blue light, a bit like phosphorus fire. The advantage is that the movement is small, and it is not easy to disturb the sleeping beasts in the forest, but the disadvantage is that the cost is relatively high.
In fact, nothing is inexpensive for a magician, and even a normal magic lamp that even a magic apprentice can make can cost as much as a gold coin.
In addition, there is a special customized version for the use of nobles, which is almost no different from the ordinary version in terms of efficacy, that is, after it is made, a special craftsman is asked to carve some seemingly mysterious but in fact no eggless patterns, but the price is more than ten times more expensive, and the degree of profiteering is comparable to robbery.
However, even so, magic lamps are in short supply. Especially for those who are active in the wild and underground all year round, the magic lamp is the standard for everyone.
The old thief Edward's magic lamp, which he had used for more than twenty years, had unfortunately been scrapped during his last expedition, and now he had repurchased it from the black market for twice as much money.
Due to the special natural environment of the endless sea of trees, it is difficult for the starlight above the head to penetrate the lush branches and leaves, and as soon as the sun goes down, the forest becomes pitch black, and you can't see your fingers, so most of the animals will stop moving at night, which is why the expedition team chose to rush at night.
However, Luo Luo had a feeling that something was watching them in the dark depths, and she involuntarily clenched the sword in her hand.
"Don't be nervous, it's a grimace monkey. Hansen seemed to see what the girl was thinking, so he patiently explained, "The ghost-faced monkey is one of the few nocturnal animals in the endless sea of trees, and has a strong curiosity, and likes to observe the unknown, but generally does not attack casually. ”
After a pause, he added, "Be careful not to be too aggressive, we are likely to enter their territory, Grimace monkeys are social animals, even the smallest colony has hundreds of them, and the consequences of provoking them can be very serious." ”
However, as the second-order swordsman said, as long as he didn't show any aggressiveness, the ghost-faced monkey would only silently watch the expedition team in the darkness in the distance.
As it deepened, everyone's nerves were undoubtedly tighter than the night before.
Everyone tried to act lightly, and no one was chatting anymore, for fear of alarming the real beasts.
Luckily, the expedition team didn't get into much trouble until dawn, but the crowd didn't rest on their laurels, because the real test had just begun.
The most dangerous part is actually the journey from now until they reach the dungeon in the afternoon, when the sun rises and the members of the expedition team find that the group of ghost-faced monkeys that have been hanging behind them have dispersed at some point, replaced by a flock of cold-eyed ravens.
They stood in a row on the branches, looking down at the expedition team at their feet.
This does not bode well, as ravens are scavengers and are often seen as synonymous with calamity, and they can get into trouble wherever they appear.
On a new day, the creatures of the Endless Sea of Trees have awakened from their slumber and have begun to forage for food, wandering around to fill their stomachs, including some fierce predators. For example, the group of two-headed wolves that Rob and they are encountering now are comparable in strength to first-order professionals, and the key is that there are still sixteen of them.
Without Hansen's greeting, everyone had already drawn their weapons one after another, and even the entourage threw away their burdens and hurriedly picked up the guys around them.
Hansen's face was solemn, this was the first time the expedition team was facing a crisis, sixteen two-headed wolves, this number is not too much to say a lot less, as a second-order swordsman, he can deal with four of them at a time, Edward's words because of the limitations of the profession itself, the ability to attack head-on attacks is slightly weaker, he can probably deal with three of them, and the remaining nine people are just one each.
It doesn't sound too difficult, but don't forget that six of the nine are followers, and their strength is far from that of a professional, and Hilton, a priest, is not a combatant, not to mention that the two-headed wolf is the most cunning, and knows how to cooperate in hunting, and the wolves act in unison, attack and defend well, and often can defeat opponents who are much stronger than themselves.
On the other hand, on the side of the expedition team, everyone has just known each other for a short time, and they are still in the run-in stage, but they didn't expect to encounter such a tricky situation in the first battle, and Hansen also had a headache.
The rookie brave man quietly moved two steps and protected the quasi-magister behind him, while the blonde beauty who had been ashamed to say that he wanted to protect her before ran to the two second-order professionals in a hurry.
Luo Luo's right hand holding the sword was trembling slightly, this was the first time she had participated in actual combat since she became a swordsman, and the previous sparring with others was basically just to the point, and it was the first time she had encountered such a life and death moment.
However, since she had already made up her mind to go to the dungeon, there would be no shortage of similar battles after that, so the girl did not intend to escape, she stared at the silver she-wolf closest to her, raised the elven sword in her hand, and was on guard.
However, the wolves only surrounded the adventuring party, and from time to time let out a few low growls from their throats, intimidating their prey, but they did not seem to be in a hurry to attack, and one of the wolf heads looked back behind him from time to time.
"What are they doing?" the wolves' unusual behavior made Lolo instinctively uneasy.
"Looks like it...... Waiting for their leader. ”
The rookie brave's words were originally asked by Captain Hansen, because among all of them, the second-order swordsman had experienced the most battles and had the most experience, and he should also have the most say in similar emergencies, but Luo Luo didn't expect that it was the young man who had been silent before who finally answered her.
The magician said leisurely, "I don't know if you have ever participated in a banquet, it is the kind of friends from all over the world, everyone sits happily together, chatting and waiting for the meal, although at this time facing a table of wine and food, but the main family has not shown up, have you ever seen anyone who will move the knife and fork first?"