"It is the symbol of the forest people, it represents 'trouble', and it also represents 'human beings do not approach'!"

Natsu looked at the strange totem pole that stood not far away, and the warning words that Alex had given her in a similar situation last time were still in her ears, which made her stop. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Forest Clan, a savage and ignorant tribal group of intelligent creatures, is not highly intelligent, ugly in appearance, and hostile to humans......

"Could it be that there are those weird tribes here?"

Recalling a certain magical girl's evaluation of this kind of existence, Xia looked at the dead leaf path leading to the direction of the totem pole under his feet, raised his eyebrows, and was a little surprised in his heart.

Perhaps, after so long since the Demon Sky Boat fell into the forest, they have not been attacked by demonic beasts or other fierce beast creatures, this is not because of their good luck, nor because of the protection of everyone by a great holy lord, but because of the existence of this group of 'forest clans'!

According to the pace measurement before Xia, the place where they fell was only about 800 meters away from this totem pole, and if there was no accident, I am afraid that it was only less than a thousand meters away from the residence of the 'Forest Clan', so the reason why those demonic beasts or fierce beast creatures did not appear and disappeared was actually because of the deterrent power of the 'Forest Clan', so that they did not dare to approach the nearby range at all?

Xia speculated in her heart, judging from the situation that had been safe and sound before, this possibility was very high, and it completely solved the previous doubts in her heart.

It seems that the long-standing fears and warnings of a certain Captain Rip are not groundless, this Shidar Forest is definitely not a safe place, and it lurks in great danger.

Those dangerous creatures didn't show up in front of them, but there was a more dangerous group of people here!

Xia Ming understood the reason and ruled out the suspicion of a certain captain being alarmist, but he couldn't help but worry in his heart: since those fierce beasts and demonic beasts didn't dare to approach here, wouldn't they be in the realm of this group of 'forest clans'? If they continued to stay there, would they suddenly be attacked by this group of 'forest clans' one day in the future?

She really didn't dare to deny the existence of this possibility, after all, the intuition of demonic beasts is very keen, and living in this Shidar forest, they can always learn to take advantage and avoid harm. And these newcomers, if they don't learn a little carefully, I'm afraid they won't even know what is going on when they die!

"Hmm......"

Xia stood in place and muttered, she looked at the totem pole that looked like a person being entangled and bitten by a giant snake, but she didn't see any hint of friendship in it.

Its existence is undoubtedly to intimidate all 'outsiders' who approach this place, to show their existence and strength, so that they can stay away!

Should I just go back and inform the others of this, or should I keep going and sneak closer so that I can better understand this group of mysterious horde creatures that I have never met?

Xia only hesitated for two seconds before making a decision: go over and take a look!

If just one look at this totem pole makes her scared to retreat, that's not her style.

What's more, she only knew about their existence, but didn't know any information about them, whether they were powerful or not, so how could she explain to the other survivors of the Demon Sky Boat?

She can't do this kind of thing!

Xia made such a decision in his heart, and began to carefully hide his body, approaching and sneaking in the direction of the totem pole.

Yes, you have to find a reason to move the many injured survivors, or know the details of this group of 'forest people' so that you can prepare and evacuate, or stay where you are.

This time, she no longer blatantly walked on the path of dead leaves, but left a distance, in the dense jungle, secretly approaching the direction where the path leads, cautious, and even ready to draw a gun and shoot at any time.

Ten meters.

Fifty meters.

100 meters......

As she progressed, Natsu became more and more cautious, because, just now, she had found an obvious footprint on the path of dead leaves, very obvious, and it seemed to be in the same direction as she was now.

She cautiously walked over and examined it closely, and saw that it was a human-like footprint, but with only three toes, each of which was very strong and thick.

"These are the footprints of the Forest Clan?"

Xia leaned down and used his right hand to roughly gauge its size, trying to judge the size and weight of the creature, so that he could be mentally prepared.

And, soon, her speculation was confirmed---

"Is that...?"

Natsu carefully hid her figure behind a dense cluster of plants, and gently pulled down the few branches and leaves in front of her so that her vision would not be blocked.

At this moment, she finally saw the appearance of this mysterious creature that was only known but never met.

I saw that on a large tree with the thickness of three people embracing, on top of a thick branch, a humanoid creature was lying on it in a strange posture, it had hands and feet, eyes, mouth, nose and ears, but its skin was dark brown, its hands and feet were short, its limbs looked very thick and powerful, and even like a human, it had a long clump of brown hair on the top of its head.

In its three-fingered right hand was holding a very crudely made spear-like strip, the tip of which seemed to have been sharpened and sharpened, and the humanoid creature was lying on the tree, steady, scratching its body a few times from time to time, as if scratching, and occasionally turning its head to look around, looking left and right.

"Could it be... Sentinel, right?"

Seeing that this strange creature didn't seem to plan to move around and stayed where it was, Xia couldn't help but guess in his heart.

According to the long-range observation, this creature is probably more than two meters tall, judging from the slightly bent branches, its weight is definitely not light, and judging by the position where it lies more than ten meters above the ground, this creature is probably very good at climbing, and looks at the forest trees as if they were walking on the ground......

Natsu quietly observed the strange creature, which was likely to be a sentry duty, for a while, and finally, she stepped back some distance and made a big turn, trying to continue approaching from the other direction.

However, she soon stopped again, because there was another figure of this creature somewhere not far in front of her, and it definitely did not look like the same one she had seen before!

"Hmm...... Are they guarding near the tribe's dwellings? How could they be so tight......"

Xia couldn't help but have a headache, something unexpected.

However, she didn't give up, and after some careful probing, she roughly measured the distance between the two 'sentinels', and found that she was not completely out of chance.

Soon, a relatively secretive route was planned in Natsu's mind, and she tried back and forth several times as if it were true, until she finally confirmed that it was correct, and finally started to act.

She slowed down very slowly, occasionally very quickly, dodging long distances in succession, hiding behind somewhere, and putting her steps very lightly, without making any unusual sound to attract the attention of the 'sentinels'.

It took her nearly half an hour to finally walk the distance that she could easily walk in less than ten minutes, and then, Xia crossed the cordon, and soon approached the place where the Forest Clan lived, and saw a scene that surprised her.

I saw that it was a very large tribal settlement, the overall look is a little backward, but it is very in line with the style and mood of this Shidar forest, a strange building similar to the appearance of a bamboo house tree house stands there, large and small, scattered but not chaotic.

In these strange buildings, there were many strange humanoids of the kind she had seen before walking around, large and small, old and young, and occasionally they could be heard talking to each other in a strange roar, but the syllables were short and unincomprehensible, more like the howls and intimidation of beasts than words.

"This is what Alex said about the 'Forest Clan'?"

Not getting too close, Xia carefully hid his figure, observing everything in front of him as much as possible, and was slightly curious in his heart.

Well, it seems that the little girl is not wrong, the survival method of this humanoid creature is indeed a bit backward, and looking at the rough construction methods of these treehouse buildings, it does not seem to have much technical content to speak of...... Hmm, is it barbaric and ignorant?

With no cultivation and no livestock, are these guys living entirely on hunting other creatures in the forest?

Her eyes narrowed slightly, and she looked at the strange things hanging from the side of the treehouse, only to see what appeared to be some dried pieces of meat, dark red, and some traces of fur that had not been removed from them.

Not...... It doesn't look very threatening!

After a moment of careful consideration, Xia nodded, and said secretly in his heart.

Because she found that although these strange humanoids were a little short-tempered and their bodies were very strong and powerful, they didn't seem to be much of a danger other than their numbers, and could threaten the safety of everyone.

However, Alex seems to have said that their tribal elders ...... Seems to have a strange totemic power, right?

Then, she was a little worried, she didn't know what this kind of power that a certain magical girl was talking about, whether it was powerful or not, what its effect was, weird or not.

Well, well, I just hope that the kind of thing that little girl said doesn't show up......

After Natsu continued to observe for a while, she knew that it was time for her to leave, and began to carefully return the way she came, moving cautiously.

She can't guarantee that if she continues to stay here, she will definitely not be noticed by the other party!

If these guys find out, it won't be easy for her to get rid of them and escape, after all, the other party is the original inhabitant of this Shidar forest, and the strong dragon doesn't crush the snake!

Xia was extremely cautious, did not dare to be careless, and spent a lot of effort to cross the cordon of the 'sentinels' and stay away from the residential community of this group of 'forest clans'.

Then, she began to pick up her speed and rush back in the direction of the Demon Skyship.

"Miss Xia, you're finally back!"

As soon as she returned to the crash site of the magic airship, the group hurried up to her, and at the front were none other than Mary Anjeka and Trea Kukukl, two familiar escort mercenaries, as well as a certain Captain Rip, who seemed to be very anxious, and when they saw her, they asked her in a concerned tone, "What is going on?"

"Uh, this ......"

Seeing that everyone's nervous expressions didn't seem to be fake, as if they were going to find themselves, Xia also knew that he had been away for too long, so that everyone was a little worried.

"Don't worry, I'm fine. ”

She shook her head, indicating that she was fine, and said a word of relief, but then, her expression was solemn: "Compared to my safety, I think we have more important things to face now!"

Soon, Xia carefully told everyone about his previous discovery......

. (To be continued.) )