Rustle rustle......

Following the route she remembered, Natsu walked in this unusually dense forest, and although she had tried to lighten her steps as much as possible, she still couldn't help but make a slight sound under her feet whenever she stepped on the thick ground of dead leaves. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Fortunately, the sound wasn't too obvious, and she wasn't worried that it would be heard by the pursuers.

While carefully handling the marks left by her walk, she silently discerned the direction of a certain ruin, so as not to go in the wrong direction.

At this time, the fog in the forest has completely dissipated, no longer affecting people's vision, Xia Zai secretly calculated in her heart, it is estimated that it is now the afternoon of this day, in order to get rid of the tracking of those forest people, she has spent several hours.

Rao is Yixia's patience, and she doesn't want to go on another desperate chase with those forest clans.

"Huh?"

After walking for some time, she suddenly raised her head and looked in a certain direction, and over there, somewhere on the trunk of a large tree, there was a clear scratch on it, as if it had been scratched by something.

She walked over and looked closely, confirming that it must have been left not long ago, perhaps by the careless marks left by Mary Anjka and her party while walking.

She looked down on the ground, and sure enough, she could make out a lot of footprints and marks, which indicated that many people had walked from here.

"Hmm...... After all, they're all ordinary people......"

Xia knew that this was most likely left by the previous group, even if there were two experienced mercenaries in the team, Marie Anjeka and Trea Kukukol, it was impossible to completely remove the traces left along the way without quickly evacuating with everyone.

She suddenly felt a little worried in her heart, if those forest people were gone and returned, these very obvious traces would almost be impossible to hide from the eyes of those tracking experts.

Moreover, the scratch left on the trunk was so deep and obvious that it was difficult for even her to completely hide it.

"Forget it, I hope those forest people had better be as careless as they looked......"

Natsu tinkered with the tree for a while, then rubbed a mixture of dead leaves and dirt on the fresh scratch with her hands, trying to make it look the same color as the bark.

In the mood of doing her best to obey the fate of heaven, she continued to move in the direction of the ruins while cleaning up the traces left by herself and the others.

At least, the appearance of these traces shows that she is not on the wrong path.

......

"Miss Xia, you're finally back!"

When her figure finally appeared at a certain ruin, it naturally caused a surprising commotion among the crowd.

"It was a dereliction of duty for me to put my employer at risk......"

After seeing Xia appear intact, the deputy leader of a certain mercenary group looked a little excited, his expression was surprised, but also a little self-reproachful.

If it weren't for the safety of the ruins, Marie Anjka, who has a strong professional principle, would have been tempted to turn back and look for Natsu.

"This is not a dereliction of duty, Miss Anjeka! in fact, it was my own decision to distract them, and if anything misfortune did occur, it was my incompetence, not your fault. ”

Xia looked at the deputy leader of the mercenary group, felt the anxiety and worry in the other party's heart, and couldn't help but comfort him.

“... In short, Miss Xia, it's great that you can come back safely!"

The voice of a certain Captain Rip also rang out, and his words were nodded in approval by the rest of the people.

You know, the situation was very critical at that time, and if everyone's whereabouts were discovered by those creatures of the forest clan, it would be a great disaster for them.

“...... How's the situation going on your side?"

After briefly explaining what he had done before, Xia took a look at the condition of the ruins, looked around, and found that there were already a lot of tents erected, and there were some ruins on the ruins, which were made of wooden planks as the skeleton and supplemented by the airbag material of the magic air boat, standing safely and steadily, and it seemed to be pretty good.

"Well, the tent for rest is finally sufficient, and, with Miss Claire's help, the place where the injured passengers are housed has been settled......"

One of Captain Rip nodded, pointing his finger at some of the larger tents, which were a little less sealed than the previous Magic Sky Ships, but were much better than being exposed to the humid air.

But as he spoke, the captain was a little embarrassed---

"Just ......"

"Just?"

Xia couldn't help but look at him strangely, a little puzzled.

"That's the case, Miss Xia, we evacuated in too haste, and the supplies we brought with us were too small......"

Captain Rip gritted his teeth and said the dilemma faced by everyone: "Especially the food and water, I'm afraid we can only support until tonight, if we don't find a way to carry the supplies left in the magic skyship, we will be hungry together from tomorrow, and we won't even have water to drink......"

"Yes, speaking of which, we only made two round trips, and we carried the wounded all the way, so we didn't bring much supplies here. ”

Trea Kukukl nodded, acknowledging Captain Rip's concerns, in fact, almost everyone here saw the predicament of the ruins, but could only be secretly anxious in their hearts.

After all, she hadn't come back before, and no one knew what the situation was on the Demon Sky Boat's side, and she didn't dare to sneak over without permission, for fear of being discovered by those creatures of the forest clan.

"Well, that's a big problem......"

Hearing this, Xia also knew the difficult situation of everyone, and she naturally understood that this was caused by the sudden attack of those forest clans, otherwise, after several transports, the materials on this side of the ruins would not be so scarce.

"Well, tomorrow Trea and the others will go to the Demon Skyship to see what is going on there, and if we can, maybe we can carry some supplies back?"

She looked up at the sky and knew that night was not far off, and that there was not enough time left for them to walk back and forth. Even if she herself can see her surroundings a little more clearly in the dark night, if she is alone, she will not be able to bring back many supplies, and the result will be half the effort.

Moreover, according to her judgment, I am afraid that those creatures of the forest clan will not stay on the side of the magic skyship, after all, the casualties she has brought to them are not light, and it is estimated that they are more likely to return to a certain place to live.

Well, hopefully it's still in time, right?

Xia muttered to herself in her heart, remembering the traces left by the evacuation of everyone she had found before, and there was always a trace of worry in her heart that could not be erased.

However, she did not say anything about the matter, and had already decided to settle the matter tomorrow.

......

Although a certain Captain Rip said that the food would still last for the day, in fact, on this night, everyone could only be allocated a small amount of food to fill their stomachs, and it was not full at all, however, even so, the remaining food was completely exhausted, and there was nothing left.

So, early the next morning, while the fog was still thick, Natsu, Trea Kukukle, and Mary Anjka, together with Captain Rip and a few strong crews, left the ruins and set off towards the crash point of the magic airship, leaving only the Traveler Maiden and Jerry's Doctor behind.

Soon, the group approached the wreckage of the magic skyship.

Everyone looked at the surrounding situation, and there was silence, and there did not seem to be any danger.

Xia didn't speak, but just gestured to everyone, meaning to ask everyone to stay where they were for the time being, and she herself went to check the situation.

Everyone understood what she meant, and nodded silently.

She tried to slow down her steps as much as she could, concentrating, listening to everything around her with both ears, and slowly approaching the wreckage of the Demon Skyship.

After not seeing the existence of any figures around her, her figure flashed, and her body was close to the edge of the broken hole of the magic skyship, paying attention to the movement inside the magic skyship.

After listening carefully for a while, I found that there was no movement inside, and I couldn't hear any breathing.

Natsu didn't let her guard down, she controlled her steps and carefully entered the cabin of the magic airship through the broken hole.

After a while, her figure came out of the hole again, sending a signal to everyone that everything was safe.

Seeing this, everyone who had been waiting for a long time naturally came out of the forest and cautiously walked towards the wreckage of the magic skyship, but even so, they tried to be as cautious as possible to avoid making any big noise.

"Looks like we're lucky, those damn forest people aren't here. ”

A certain Captain Rip finally breathed a sigh of relief and whispered.

"Well, hurry up and hurry up to move supplies. ”

Xia nodded, her heart did not completely lose her vigilance, she had a vague hunch that those forest clans would not give up so easily.

"Okay. ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, and began to carry the needed supplies out of the wreckage of the magic skyship.

However, before they could carry out enough supplies, Xia suddenly frowned, and she quickly rushed out of the wreckage of the magic skyship and looked in a certain direction deep in the forest.

"What's wrong, Miss Xia?"

Mary Anjka noticed her unusual behavior and quickly approached her and asked.

The deputy leader of the mercenary group also looked in that direction, but he didn't find anything unusual.

"I don't know, it's just... Something feels wrong......"

Xia replied like this, in fact, she didn't notice anything abnormal, but just now, a trace of palpitations suddenly flashed in her heart.

"Hmm......"

Therea Kukukl groaned, but he also found nothing, for everything around him was as it had been, silent.

"Anyway, let's stop moving things out of the house, and transport these things back to the site first!"

The veteran mercenary also seemed to sense the slightest bit of something wrong, and said to everyone in a deep voice.

"Okay, did you hear that?"

A certain Captain Rip also came out, and shouted to everyone in a low voice, he looked at the things that had been carried outside, and knew that these things had been able to support everyone for about two or three days, and naturally everything was about safety.

However, before his words could fall, there was a sudden faint sound of 'click' and 'click' in the direction leading to the forest clan's residence, as if something had been broken.

"Let's go!"

The people immediately made a decision, for the voice was approaching at a very fast speed, from far to near, and the branches of the trees were swaying and clicking, which was terrifying.

Hiss!

A strange voice sounded, with a certain cold chill, wrapped around everyone's hearts.

At some point, the clattering sound had stopped, and a large shadow appeared in the fog in the direction where the branches were still shaking.

Everyone turned their heads in shock, and when they looked at it, it was an incomparably large giant snake, standing there, staring at everyone coldly, and spitting a long snake letter in its mouth.

Suddenly, everyone couldn't help but gasp in unison, and their hearts were cold.

"Snake ...... That totem pole?!"

Looking at this terrifying behemoth, Xia suddenly remembered something he had seen outside the forest clan's habitat before. (To be continued.) )