Chapter 12: Tears of God

. Shumilou.CoM.Shumilou.Co

After learning about the dangers of these mushrooms, the swamp changed in the eyes of the girls, and the originally beautiful swamp faded its glossy appearance, revealing its hideous face that was originally hidden under the beauty. As Pannis said, dangerous things are often dressed in beautiful clothes, and they are embellished with attractive appearances to hide their murderous intentions, just like the mushroom that I just encountered, if someone hadn't reminded me, who would have thought that the beautiful big mushroom that would only exist in the fairy tale world, which is actually mixed with species that will eat people. Perhaps it is better to stay away from this beautiful mushroom, whether it is a threat or not.

"Actually, it's not as exaggerated as you think, hiss, the swamp is still very friendly. "Lady Gallantis, the lizardman lady, leads the way, and for the lizardmen hunters, the beautiful and dangerous swamp is their home, and in this dimly lit world, they can navigate safely even with their eyes closed. However, Galantis was obviously unwilling to close her eyes, her hands were clutching seven or eight mushrooms, these mushrooms were normal size, but the surface had bright colors, red, green, yellow, and beautiful colors appeared on the mushrooms, enough to make any normal person want to stay away. But Galantis took all the mushrooms in his hand, and was throwing one into his mouth, chewing the mushroom as he said: "Especially these mushrooms, they are delicious, hiss, this is the taste of pink fruit, hiss, ah, this is good, this is the taste of sage buds, I have forgotten that this mushroom actually tastes like this, is it because it has been away from the swamp for too long? ”

"Give me a few. Pannis stretched out his hand to Galantis, but the lizardman lady, who had been pestering Pannis, now took the mushroom in her arms and looked at Pannis cautiously like a puppy guarding food, flapped her tail and said, "No, hiss, this is what I picked, they are all my favorite flavors, hiss, you want to snatch my mushrooms again." I've been like this since I was a child, so I won't give it to you, hiss, you have to eat it yourself and pick it yourself. ”

"It's stingy. Pannis pouted. Walking and walking, he jumped up on the spot without warning, picked a few mushrooms from a position more than three meters high in Suogumu beside him, threw one into his mouth, and after chewing a few bites, he suddenly stuck his throat with his hand. With a look of extreme pain on his face, he began to cough violently. It's a pity that no one paid attention to him, only Vivian saw him pitiful, kicked him lightly from behind, and said disdainfully: "It's less pretending, it's not like it at all, and who would believe that you guys will really be poisoned by mushrooms, hurry up and walk normally." ”

"It's so boring. Pannis instantly returned to his original form, pouting and throwing another mushroom into his mouth. He vaguely said to the girls: "Do you want to eat some, these mushrooms are one of the specialties in the swamp, many of them are the taste of various fruits, and there is a unique fresh fragrance of mushrooms in them, which is very delicious, I recommend you try it." ”

The girls shook their heads vigorously, and Catherine felt that the skin on her body was numb, and asked tentatively, "Are you sure that these mushrooms can really be eaten? According to the usual saying, aren't these brightly colored mushrooms generally highly poisonous? I think these mushrooms can't be more colorful, but they are really not poisonous?"

Catherine said. It is common knowledge that belongs to the adventurers of the Yarra world. For adventurers, eating poisonous mushrooms by mistake is a very troublesome thing, and it needs to consume the priest's magic power to dispel the toxins, and some highly poisonous mushrooms have very strong toxins. Even with the physical fitness of a gold-level professional, he will die in a minute, and if he is replaced by an ordinary person, I am afraid that he will not be able to support it for even three seconds. So, unless it's a demigod's physique, it can fight against these toxins. If other professionals accidentally ingested a highly poisonous mushroom of this magnitude, the priest must arrive in time within a minute, otherwise there will be no chance to save the poisoned person's life. Therefore, under the demigods, no matter how powerful the adventurers are, they do not dare to easily challenge the authority of poisonous mushrooms and eat mushrooms in the wild at will.

"That's just the usual situation, in fact, many non-poisonous mushrooms deliberately grow into this bright appearance just to protect themselves. It's just that it's too troublesome to distinguish, and in different origins, even the same kind of mushroom will be fundamentally different, such as the dragon umbrella mushroom, which is a rare delicacy in the deep mountains of Kulan, but when it comes to the Farlar Empire and neutral places, it has become a terrifying poison, so whether the mushroom is poisonous or not, it is difficult for people who are not very familiar with it to distinguish, in order not to eat it by mistake, simply except for some ordinary mushrooms that are definitely non-toxic, those brightly colored mushrooms are uniformly considered to be highly poisonous, which is relatively safe. Pannis spread out a few yellow mushrooms in his hand and patiently explained: "And, don't forget that this is the Whispering Swamp, the biological system here is very special, whether these mushrooms are poisonous or not, the lizards have spent thousands of years sifting, and my selection method is from the lizardmen, so don't worry, I will definitely not choose poisonous mushrooms." ”

"I'll try it first. Lina, who was the most curious, couldn't control her exuberant curiosity, took a mushroom from Pannis's hand, looked at the sky first, and then remembered that there was no sunlight, and there was no difference between facing the sky, so she had to laugh, put it under her nose and smelled it, to confirm that there was no strange smell, and then tentatively took a small bite, closed her eyes and tasted it, and suddenly her eyes lit up and put the whole mushroom in her mouth, and said vaguely while chewing:" The taste is surprisingly good, it really has a fruity flavor, and it doesn't have the bitter taste of ordinary mushrooms when eaten raw, which is very good, you can try it too. ”

So in the blink of an eye, the mushrooms in Pannis's hand were snatched up in the lizardman lady's snickering, and there was not even a single left, Pannis shook his head with a smile, jumped on the Suogu wood again, and when he jumped down a few minutes later, he had already picked a small bag of mushrooms, stuffed one into his mouth and then said: "I was in the tree just now, and I found a lake not far away, it looks very familiar, it is the Tears of God, I don't remember very clearly." ”

"That's right, that's the Tears of God, hiss, one of the gods' gifts to the swamp. Galantis nodded happily and flicked his tail and said, "The Tears of God is a resting place that is easy to pass by when entering the swamp from this road, just enough to spend the night tonight, hiss, this is also my favorite area." When you were a child, you came to play with me a few times, and it was hiss, but of course it felt familiar. ”

"Ah, I remember. Pannis patted his forehead: "I remember one time when I was fishing with your knight sister in the Tears of God, and I caught a fierce fish, which weighed more than 200 kilograms, and I don't know if this kind of fish was caught by people or it ate people, anyway, it scared us when it suddenly came out." ”

"Haha, when you went fishing, your mother warned you, hey, that there might be big fierce fish in the lake. Galantis's laughter was crisp, and his yellow-green pupils were rounded: "But you have to say it's all right, and you were splashed by that fish and got soaked, and you almost laughed at my mother and I to death." ”

The ferocious fish is an uncommon carnivorous fish, some can live up to 1,000 years, and if the waters are open enough, they can grow very large. This fish is very aggressive and eats a lot, and likes to lurk in the water and suddenly rush out to catch prey close to the water's edge, because most adventurers are not good at fighting in the water, so if they are dragged into the water by a large fierce fish, unless there is too much difference in strength between each other, it is difficult to escape.

The girls listened to the conversation between Pannis and Galantis and walked forward, and after a few minutes, they suddenly felt a bright light in front of them, and the light that had not been seen for a long time pierced the girls' eyes, making their eyes feel sore. Rubbing their eyes, the girls finally knew the source of the light, which was a huge lake so large that they could not see the opposite shore, and there were no rope trees growing on the lake, so the brilliant sunset shone obliquely on the surface of the lake, reflecting the whole lake very brightly. On the shore of the lake, there are a large number of reeds, which grow very high due to the inaccessibility of people, and if creatures lurk in the reeds, it is difficult to find each other even if they are close to each other.

The breeze that is rare in the swamp covered with Suogu wood blows the surface of the lake wide enough, and the jagged ripples on the water reflect the red sunset, making the whole lake glow a faint red. Under the breeze, the reeds on the lakeside swayed gently, making a rustling sound, and the small sounds were connected together, as if they were intermittent, as if they were whispers between lovers. On the surface of the lake, a few mischievous fish jumped out of the water in the sunset, and the water droplets were like brilliant pearls in the sun, and the silver scales reflected the afterglow of the sun from all angles, showing a rainbow-like color. In the sky, several white water birds fell from the sky, burrowed into the crystal water, and when they reappeared, each holding a fat big fish in their mouths, scattering countless droplets on the surface of the lake.

"It's really beautiful, such a view of the lake, I've never seen it before. Even though she knew that the more beautiful things in the swamp, the more dangerous they were, Freya couldn't help but exclaim, clasped her hands in front of her chest, and said affectionately: "All this in front of me is beautiful like a dream that I don't want to wake up, and I can't help but indulge in it." A faint sunset shines on the calm surface of the lake...... Hey, don't raise your staff, I can't say it, you idiot, can't you let me express my feelings?"

"Now is not the time to express feelings. Catherine gave Freya a blank look, frowned, and said, "Galantis, you just said you were going to spend the night here?"

"That's right. Galantis nodded, "Isn't it good here?" ”

"However, if you spend the night by the water source...... Catherine hesitated, in the habit of survival in the wild, it is best not to choose a location close to the water source, this kind of location will always be full of magical beasts at night.

"Rest assured, there are special camping techniques in the swamp. Pannis explained, "You'll find out in a moment." (To be continued.) )

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ps: Let me tell you a very unfortunate news to make everyone happy, this afternoon, I finished writing this chapter in the unit update, but because I haven't reviewed it yet, I'm off work, so I sent it to myself by email, and I'm going to go home to review it and send it out. However, when I got home, I opened the file and looked at it...... I saw only a blank space, not a word. At this time, I was very broken, but the update still couldn't be broken, so I had to rewrite the chapter again, so I wrote it until now, orz