On the fourth day, "Lucky" kissed Barrett's rough stubble-covered cheeks – and they spotted frostbugs.

The trail appeared earlier than the barbarian had expected, and it was a ravine-like trail about 2 meters wide that stretched straight in front of everyone, and the trail stretched left and right into the depths of the mist, leaving it in shambles.

"I've heard that this monster burrows in the ground and only emerges from the surface when hunting. The half-elves crouched beside Barrett, picking up the clods of dirt from the trail like brutes, and observing them closely, "but now it seems that they like to 'hang out' on the ground." ”

"As the proverb goes, 'When you open the curtains, you will know if a girl is pretty.'" Hearing what others say and seeing with your own eyes will be different. Old Will stood behind the two of them, expressing his opinion.

"Frost insects on the permafrost tundra may be like this, but their cousins in the Misty Forest don't have this habit, after all, this is the Misty Forest. Barrett explained, 'This is the Misty Forest, after all,' a phrase he doesn't know how many times he's said. "It's not like the permafrost, it's a white world covered in snow and ice all year round. In the Misty Forest, frost bugs only come out in winter. ”

"You said they would hide the rest of the time and sleep all the time. The half-elf looked at Barrett, "Like a snake hibernating?"

"Like a snake!" the adventurers of the Bay of Pigs used to call this slumber 'summer sting'. But not only in summer, this slumber lasts in the three seasons of spring, summer and autumn, and it is a dream that lasts for more than 200 days. Barrett replied, "And the way of hunting like the frost worms on the permafrost tundra waiting for the prey to come to the door on their own obviously does not allow the frost worms in the misty forest to accumulate enough energy to consume three seasons, so those frost worms in the forest will be more active, huh...... , more active 'lounging'. ”

"Has anyone ever spotted these 'summer stings' creatures?" asked the half-elf again, "I mean, in other seasons other than winter. ”

"This ......," Barrett pondered, "a former companion of mine." "The dwarf whose fate is unknown," once found a nest of frostworms. But at first it was just a circular passage that led somewhere, and then we had to go in......"

The half-elf stood up and patted the dirt on his hands, "Forced to do so?"

"I had to do it. Barrett repeated, "We were being chased by an eight-legged adult petrified lizard with no way to escape......

"Moglock doesn't like petrified lizards. The ogre suddenly spoke, "Their eyes are unfriendly!"

"Nobody likes those guys. Barrett chimed in, "After all, turning to stone is not a pleasant thing. After us was a huge, four-meter-long female petrified lizard, less than half the size of a normal petrified lizard. The lizard, which had a penchant for carving in stone, was covered in heavy brown scales, and had a sunken scar on its forehead from a warhammer. ”

"You caused?" the half-elf asked.

"My companion caused it with a war hammer. Barrett said that the dwarf was a good thrower at throwing a war hammer. "But it didn't chase us because of the scar, but because my companion had accidentally broken the egg of the female petrified lizard. Oh, I should say a nest of eggs. "This is one of the many troubles he has created, but it is not an obvious one. "I must say it was a petrified lizard, and from that time on, every time we entered the Misty Forest, the petrified lizard would come all the way to us from afar, more 'welcoming' than the hostess in the 'naked lamb' tavern. ”

"Oh?" the hostess in the 'Naked Lamb' tavern?" the half-elf smiled, "I should see it if I have a chance." ”

With that face, they'll even stick the 'king' upside down to you, Barrett smuttered to himself.

"The mother animal that cares for her cubs can sometimes be more dangerous than the dragon. Old Will said.

"You're right, Your Excellency. Barrett straightened up, "The petrified lizard roared, a terrifying 'petrified stare' in its eyes. You know, that's more difficult to resist than the spitting of a petrified cow. We had no choice but to escape, and by coincidence, we escaped into the cave that led to an unknown place. There are quite a few of these caves in the Misty Forest, but adventurers don't usually go deep into them unless they have to. ”

"And then?" the half-elf asked again.

"Then we had a disagreement. He wanted to go deeper, but it was too dangerous. "A lot of people can't keep their curiosity in check," and I'm going to stay where I am and wait for the petrified lizard to leave before going out of the passageway. But my companion did not listen to my arrangement and went deeper alone. "The damned, trouble-making dwarf is rarely obedient," but before he could finish a meal, he ran back with a frostworm behind him......"

"You're lucky to have survived in a narrow passage with a petrified lizard in front and a frostworm in the back. The mage sighed.

That guy always manages to save the day, except for the last one. "It's not a good idea to fight with your eyes closed, but if you're dealing with a magical creature that can 'petrify gaze,' it's certainly an option. At that time, I was holding my sword flat in front of me with my eyes closed, and I was rushing forward with my head down. Luckily, the petrified lizard dodged through the hole and we rushed out, only my arm being bitten by the lizard. "The dwarf was unscathed.

"What about the frost worm chasing you?"

"Follow us out of the hole. I don't know if it's because we're disturbing its sleep, or if it's because the hot temperature is disturbing it, but it's angry, and I can feel it. However, it seemed to be more interested in the petrified lizard, and the frostworm came out and left us behind and rushed straight at the petrified lizard. "And the lizard's 'petrified gaze' obviously can't completely petrify the frost worm that is more than ten meters long. The frost worm only paused, and only a small part of the flesh and blood of its body more than ten meters long turned stone gray. But the next moment, it was even more angry and slammed the petrified lizard with its two giant jaws......"

Barrett sighed, "It's obviously not a good idea to stay where you are, and we didn't wait for them to decide and run away. But since then, the petrified lizard has not been seen again......"

"Could this frost worm you found now be the one you encountered at the time?" said the half-elf, pointing to the traces of the frost worm crawling in front of him.

Barrett looked to the left and right of the trail and shook his head again, "I don't know how big the frost worm in the permafrost tundra is, but this frost worm in front of me is in the misty forest, and it should belong to the 'dwarf' level." As soon as he finished speaking, the brute realized that his words seemed to be impolite to someone, "I'm sorry, I mean, this frostworm is much smaller than the one I met before. ”

The dwarf Mapra, who was sitting on the ogre's shoulder, shrugged her shoulders expressionlessly, indicating that she didn't care.

"Oh, little man, that's good news!" Old Will raised his eyebrows with delight, "The number is only indicated in the mission, but there is no requirement for the size of the frost worms. It would be nice if it could be smaller than the blue-patterned snake we roasted yesterday. ”

Then this quest is not worth the starting employment price of 50 gold coins, and it may not be worth the 100 soul energy, Barrett thought to himself. If I receive a mission to hunt the 'Blue Krait', how much soul energy will I give? Even if a snake only rewards a little soul energy, it is much easier than the current task.

Anyway, if this soul energy is really useful, where should I go to get these quests that will jump out of strange words?Makuya's Adventurers' Association?Or can any city's Adventurers' Association?Barrett fell into deep thought.

"Can you tell how long that frostworm has been out of here?" the half-elf interrupted the brute's thoughts, "And, which direction should we go?"

"The left-hand side is the direction in which it left, as for the time it left, it should not be long, no more than half a day at most, and a little hoarfrost residue can be found in the soil that it has run over, which can only be left by frost worms, because the misty forest never frosts. Barrett replied, "Even in the very low winters, there is no snow in the forests, no ice, not even the streams frozen." ”

"Oh, what's that?" said Old Will, curious.

"Because the fog in the forest only draws temperature from the bodies of living organisms. ”

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