"Ronald, this way, this way! So, everyone is here, I announce, the treasure map adventure begins now!"

"Oh!" A strange cheer came from the mouths of these twelve or thirteen-year-old boys and girls, and Luo Xiaotian immediately had a feeling of accompanying the children to play at home.

"Ronald? What are you carrying?"

Seeing the big bags on Luo Xiaotian's body, Marx came over curiously to talk.

"It's just something just in case, something to eat, something to use, something to use. ”

"Let's just say don't worry, you look at those strong mercenaries, they will keep us safe, so you can rest assured. ”

A group of mercenaries in silver-white light armor gathered around the group of students, some of them were holding spears, some of them were carrying bows, some of them were holding nothing, maybe scouts with daggers pinned to their waists?

The mercenaries and students walked towards the east gate of Fink City. The combination of mercenaries and a group of boys and girls is rare, and there are people on the street pointing at them all the time, but they all look like they don't care at all.

When they arrived at the east gate, the number of soldiers in charge of the inspection doubled, and they were not at all as talkative as usual, and they carefully checked the people out of the city one by one, and the line to be inspected was long in the middle of the street, and they had to accept the morning sun, which was not particularly intense. Of course, the aristocracy took a special passage.

Under the leadership of Marx, a group of people passed through the East City Gate smoothly. Then walk in the direction of the forest to the east of the city.

"Ah, you're finally here!"

In the woods on the side of the road, Nina also walked out wearing a gray robe, which she asked Luo Xiaotian to borrow.

"Hey, Nina, why are you here?"

Marx asked Nina in feigned surprise. Nina glared at him, then replied.

"If you go on an adventure, of course I'm going too! How can such an interesting thing be without me, right?"

Luo Xiaotian already knew in the morning that Nina was going on an adventure today, and she couldn't bear to be locked up at home and grounded, so she secretly ran out. She and Marx had already agreed that these conversations were just a matter of distancing themselves and avoiding the anger of Nina's parents later. Otherwise, how could the time be so good, and it was just the day before the adventure to run out.

The reason why Nina is not in the school lake but in this grove is thanks to Helen, who knows that the school lake is connected to the river that leads outside the city.

The additional manpower at the city gate is also looking for Nina, and I have to say that the power of Nina's family is indeed very strong. Last night, too, a group of wolf-like soldiers broke into the Fink City Comprehensive Academy, and all the students who were staying at the school were woken up, and Luo Xiaotian, who was in the spotlight, was no exception, until they rummaged through the dormitory and couldn't find anything.

As for what happens after today's end?

The road runs from the east gate of Fink City and continues to fork in the roads to the surrounding villages, ending at Saisi City, 25 kilometers east of Fink City.

Luo Xiaotian followed Marx and the others along the road all the way east, and on the left was a continuous forest, and beyond the forest, the rolling mountains in the distance were also covered with different shades of green. On the right is a farmland that stretches as far as the eye can see, and in the summer there are almost no people, and lush plants grow freely.

Locals call this forest along with the mountains in the distance Bailongling, and it is said that the people who founded the city in the first place accidentally saw the beautiful white dragon soaring from the mountain, and in the eyewitness description, the white dragon let out a quiet and pleasant chirp, and the white dragon scales glowed with a faint halo in the sun, which was very beautiful.

Luo Xiaotian felt that in today's adventure, they would definitely strayed into the white dragon's lair, and then there would be a wonderful adventure of the female dragon Toko, well, at least that's what the book says.

"Hey, hey, is there really any treasure here?"

"How do I know... Uh, why are you Helen?"

Mermaid princess Helen doesn't know when she climbed on Luo Xiaotian's body, don't get me wrong, this sentence will become like this after removing the word small from the mermaid princess.

She continued to talk while holding Luo Xiaotian's collar.

"Of course I'm here with Nina, I heard last night that you were going to the forest to find treasure or something, so I came with me, and we made an appointment to go shopping together after we went back. Unlike you, who said they would accompany me to the street to see it, but I didn't even see the shadow of the street. ”

"When did you get on such a good relationship? I remember last night it wasn't like that?"

"Haha, don't worry about such a trivial matter! When will we arrive?"

"I think it's going to be there soon, I remember it's not far from Fink City, otherwise these children of noble families won't be able to get out. ”

Sure enough, after walking for more than ten minutes, they finally reached the destination of the trip, although it looked completely different from the previous forest, but Marx stopped after looking at the map.

"This is it. Albert, scatter your people!"

"Yes, Master Karl!"

The scout-equipped mercenaries entered the forest under Albert's command, and they used their daggers to cut off branches and vines in their way in the direction indicated on the map, and if they had a machete at this time, it was believed that the speed would be much faster.

Luo Xiaotian was wearing the mermaid princess Helen, followed by Nina and the rest of his classmates and walked towards the forest, after all, Luo Xiaotian was sixteen years old, and he was less than two months away from his seventeenth birthday, which was the oldest in this group of children. He followed Marx with the map, and could take care of the people in front and behind.

The forest is a little dark because of the foliage. The thick foliage and the fact that they are stacked on top of each other make it almost impossible for sunlight to penetrate this barrier and reach the thick fallen leaves.

In addition to the subtle sound of stepping on fallen leaves, there seemed to be a lot of birds around, flying up and down the canopy, making all kinds of strange sounds. You know, the birds in this world are not as gentle as the original world, but fortunately, if you don't provoke them, these birds will not take the initiative to attack humans.

I haven't seen any magical beasts for the time being, not even rabbits that can release wind blades.

"Everyone, stop! ”

Nothing happened along the way, and the mercenaries around were meticulously guarding the surroundings to prevent the demonic beasts that might be approaching. And, as Marx said, it seems that it is not far from the edge of the forest, and it adds up to less than an hour of progress, plus the time for the scouts to open the way.

"Here it is!"

In front of him was a large tree, which seemed to have lived longer than the other trees in the forest, and it had opened a clearing.

"Let's look and see if we can find the entrance to any treasures. ”

With Marx's words, everyone gathered around, because the tree was big enough, so there were many places where there could be hidden mechanisms to open the door to the treasure.

"Marx, I've always wondered, how did you determine this location? You must know that there is no road in the forest, and I am afraid that I can't determine anything with a map alone, right?"

When passing through Marx's classmates, Luo Xiaotian decided to ask this question that had been bothering him, even in the previous world, it was a very troublesome thing to get lost in the forest, and he couldn't even tell the direction if he relied on the map alone.

"To believe in the possibility of magic, this map is a magic item, the closer you get to the end marker, the lighter the color will be, you see, now that the original marker on the map has disappeared, it means that we have arrived. ”

In an instant, magical items such as dragon and radar and glasses rolled through Luo Xiaotian's mind.

"It's amazing!"

"It's so magical, something like magic that is nearly 10,000 years old, there will always be a lot of magic. Let's not waste time talking here, let's find the entrance first. ”

Bidding farewell to Marx, Luo Xiaotian also joined the team to find the entrance to the treasure.

Looking at this open space, except for the big tree in the center is the most eye-catching, there is nothing else in other places except weeds, and the treasures in Luo Xiaotian's impression are all buried in the ground, and they only need to be dug up, but Marx and others did not propose this, it does not seem to be so simple.

"Found it!

Luo Xiaotian was circling the big tree, and it stands to reason that if the mechanism was on the big tree, it should be easy to spot. Thinking so, someone seems to have discovered something.

"You see, this bark of the tree is different from the other places, and I think it's probably where the mechanism is. ”

"Great! Albert, cut open this bark and take a look. ”

One of the mercenaries asked Albert for advice, took off his shoes and climbed up the tree three times and two times, then found a branch to fix himself, and cut the unmatched bark with a knife.

Sure enough, as expected, there was a hollow under the bark, and a black metal block was embedded in the wood, leaving a diamond-shaped slot on it.

"Seems to need a key, Marx? Do you have a key in this shape?"

"The key... When I got the map, I didn't find anything else. ”

"So what to do, we can't get in this way. ”

"Hmm... It looks like I'm going to go back this time in vain, I'll go back and see if I can find the key from somewhere else, and everyone can help!"

"How do you find this, there is only a general shape, and I don't even know the material?"

"That's it, I think we can't find it, why don't we dig up this place and see if we can go straight to the treasure by going through the key?"

"No, since there is a device to open the treasure, there will definitely be a problem if you open the treasure with violence. ”

The others chattered and discussed, and it was obvious that their disappointment was palpable, and they must have been looking forward to this adventure beforehand. Someone even suggested digging up the treasure just like that, but fortunately Marx stopped it, because Luo Xiaotian also felt that it was not a good idea.

"Hey, do you see if the key is shaped like this?"

Helen tugged at Luo Xiaotian's collar to attract his attention.

Luo Xiaotian looked at Helen and found that he was holding a diamond-shaped transparent object in his arms, one side covered with dense patterns.

"It's like... Still, where did you get this from?!"