Chapter 138: Thunderstorm
The so-called sanctuary is located in a glade. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info It's not appropriate to say that it's a glade, because it's still a forest, but in this space of less than 100 square meters, the trees that grow are basically only a dozen meters tall and thick at the bottom, and these dwarf trees pick up the residual sunlight from the gaps in the branches and leaves of the tall and large kind, and still try to grow, but now they look a little strange.
These plants, called kudzu trees, are very tenacious and grow almost everywhere in the Yala continent, and their shadows can always be seen in both the hot north and the cold south. Their best feature is that their wood is very flexible, making them the best material for making fishing rods, but it seems that they are also a good choice for shelter these days.
In this area, all the white kudzu trees are now bent abnormally in a certain direction, and eventually almost all converge at the same point, as if someone was pulling them in the middle to fix them, but the strange thing is that there is actually no fixation in the middle, it seems that they are actively bent down, no need to ask, what can make plants take the initiative to do this, I'm afraid only the talent of the elves can do it. The curved kudzu trees converge at one point to form a natural tent skeleton, and a large number of wide and long leaves are covered in scales on the trunks of these white kudzu trees, which are the skeletons, and the internal space is impermeable. Look up like the dense forest around you, these leaves should come from the fourth layer of trees,
"This is the thick-leaved fern, and I remember using this leaf in the rabbit meatballs I ate the other day. Although Lina gasped violently, she didn't forget to lower her head and flip through the book in her hand, and said affirmatively: "There is a record on it, the Yala Continent Plant Atlas, compiled by the Adventurer's Guild, Huhu, I'm tired to death, I don't speak." ”
"That's right, it's the Pachyphylla fern, their leaves are big and thick, and they're the perfect material for a makeshift shelter, and I just asked them for some. Fral lifted the large leaves that served as the curtain of the door, stepped out of the sanctuary of kudzu trees and thick-leaved ferns, and said with a smile, "Come on in and see the greatest specialty of the Death Forest." ”
"Is it a rainstorm?" Among the girls, except for Eva, who is in amazing physical fitness and therefore has nothing abnormal now, only Catherine is in the best condition, just gasping slightly and saying, "I really want to know what kind of rainstorm will make you so nervous to find shelter." ”
"You'll be a minute, oh no, you'll see it right away. Vral smiled mysteriously and said, "If you don't want to get soaked, come in right away, I won't guarantee it any later." ”
"How is that possible?" Catherine half-incredulously urged the girls into the natural tent, and in the few seconds she had walked into the tent from the outside in, the sky had suddenly completed its transformation from noon to night, and in just a few seconds, the original dim environment had become pitch black, and if it hadn't been for the bonfire that had been lit in the tent, I am afraid that nothing would have been seen. Now, even if there is a campfire, the only thing that can illuminate is the space inside the tent, and the forest world outside the curtain seems to have suddenly disappeared from view.
"This ......" Catherine just wanted to speak, there was a sudden sound of water like a waterfall outside the curtain, turned on the crystal lamp and looked out, as soon as she poked her head out, it felt like someone had poured a basin of water on the top of her head, instantly making the knight girl's hair completely soaked, and the water splashed out was still continuous, it seemed that there was no tendency to stop at all, forcing the girl to only retract her head back into the tent, at the moment of retracting her head, the girl barely saw the situation outside through the water curtain, a large amount of rain fell from the sky, it can no longer be called a raindrop or a waterline, to be exact, it composed countless huge water columns, connecting the ground and the sky。
"Is this rain?" Catherine, who was already soaking wet with the upper half of her body, lowered the curtain in embarrassment and said with a strange expression: "This kind of rain is too exaggerated." ”
"So, it's a specialty of the Forest of Death, and you won't see it anywhere else. Vlar covered his mouth and laughed for a while, before he explained softly: "In the event of such rain, even elves dare not act freely in the forest, otherwise it is really no different from suicide, even if it is a demigod." ”
"And most importantly, the most dangerous thing in this rainy day is not the invasion of rain and the loss of vision, these two threats can still be weakened if they are forced to do so. Pannis explained a few words after Vral's words, and suddenly there was an eerie silence for a few seconds before continuing: "As for what the real threat is, you will know now when you open the curtain." ”
Lina, who was the most curious, took action before Catherine, but as soon as she opened the curtain of leaves, she was splashed in the face by the stagnant water that the rain had fallen on the ground. However, the priest girl could no longer care about the beautiful figure exposed after her clothes were soaked at this time, because in her eyes, she only saw a dazzling lightning falling from the sky, drawing a distorted path of light in the air, and smashing into the forest more than a hundred meters away. The lightning was followed by thunder, and the deafening thunder followed the lightning, and the loud sound shook the hearts of the girls with an unhealthy throbbing. The appearance of this lightning bolt was like a signal, followed by a continuous flash of electric light, like a light snake, slashing at different positions in the forest one after another.
The priest girl lowered the curtain with a blank face, the natural tent should have been added with a soundproof magic circle, and after the curtain was lowered, the sound of thunder and rain from the outside world could not be heard at all. The girl stared blankly at Pannis, and asked in a strange tone, "What are those things out there?"
"Ordinary lightning. Pannis said deliberately, "Otherwise, what else could it be." ”
"You say it's ordinary lightning? Dozens of bolts in a row that have been slashed down non-stop, and I don't know how many more follow-up ones do you say it's ordinary lightning?" Lina gritted her teeth and said viciously, "Then can you tell me what an ordinary lightning looks like?"
"This kind of rain is called thunderstorms, and it is very common in the Dead Forest. Vral deliberately waited until this time to explain: "You should know most of the characteristics of thunderstorms, they come very quickly, without warning, and the rainfall is surprisingly heavy, and the rainfall is accompanied by a large number of thunder and lightning. It is very dangerous to move in the forest during a thunderstorm, because no one dares to guarantee that the lightning will not just slash at the tree you are close to, and once it is struck by lightning, the demigod's physique can still support it, and there is almost no chance that all the ranks below the demigod will be spared. The good news is that it lasts for a short time, basically stopping in about ten minutes, and the bad news is that thunderstorms usually fall three to five times in a row within a few hours, so when you encounter a thunderstorm, be prepared for a long time to repair, otherwise, even if the weather is clear, you can't completely relax. (To be continued.) )