Chapter Twenty-Three: Moving Forward
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This is the Glittering Forest, one of the wonders of the Yarra continent, a world where night and day are mixed. In the Glitter Forest, a portion of the forest is home to a parasitic plant called the Glitter vine, which glows softly at night. A large number of vines come together to illuminate the forest as if it were daytime.
"Is this the glitter vine?" Vivien curiously plucked a wick leaf the size of a fingernail and held it up in her hand, asking Pannis, "Is this the one that glowed all night last night?"
"Yes, that's them. Pannis took the vine leaves, pointed to them, and said, "Every night, the whole leaves emit the same light as last night, and no one has yet understood how they glow." By the way, the sap of this glitter vine is poisonous, so don't touch it casually. ”
"Will it eat away at the skin?" Vivien startled.
"No, I'm just afraid that I will eat it by mistake if I touch it with juice on my hands. Halfway through his sentence, Pannis heard Elard, the guide at the front of the group, shout "Don't step there," followed by the shouts and laughter of several men.
"What's going on up ahead?" Vivien's vision was blocked by Catherine, who was walking in front of her, and she couldn't see what was happening in front of her, but judging from the reactions of the others, it wasn't too dangerous, so she just asked curiously.
"Nothing. The answer was Lina, who was walking in front of Catherine. When I got up in the morning, everyone found that Lina had changed her coldness and indifference from the previous few days, with a sunny smile on her face all the time, and greeted everyone very energetically, which scared people who were not familiar with her. At this time, Lina walked at the front of the four members of the adventure group, in the middle of the whole team, looked at the front on tiptoe and replied, "Someone has fallen into the swamp, it seems to be ...... The shadow wolf, who was about to be pulled up by the gopher hand, was covered in mud on both legs. ”
"Is there a swamp here?" Vivien said excitedly, "Let me see, I've only heard about it, and I haven't seen a swamp yet." ”
"You can't see it. Pannis said, "It's no different from the ground we're walking on, it's covered with fallen leaves." ”
A group of ten people, since stepping into the real glitter forest in the morning and entering the dense forest, it feels like entering another world. In the dense forest, the ground is not filled with dirt, but with thick dead leaves. Year after year, the fallen leaves of countless towering giant trees fall every year on the ground, stacked on top of each other, layer upon layer. Walking on such a ground is like walking in deep snow, stepping on it, most of the calves will be submerged in the leaf layer, every step out, you have to pull the leg out of the leaf layer, and then carefully step down, the speed of travel is minimized.
In the dense forest, looking up at the sky, you can't see a little sky, only the canopy of trees, and the canopy of the trees makes the forest forever shrouded in darkness, looking like an autumn evening. The forest was dark, but it was not silent. The chirping of birds, beasts and insects intermingle with each other, adding a bit of life to the forest.
In the canopy, the occasional unknown bird swooped down from above, carrying away insects or small beasts from the ground, and flew back up the branches, completely ignoring the humans who walked by. In the accumulation of fallen leaves on the ground, some beast heads of different shapes suddenly appeared, but they were all vigilantly staring at the people walking by, until everyone passed by, and then they re-sank into the fallen leaves, and a ripple appeared on the ground formed by the dead leaves.
Everyone walked very carefully, under the strict requirements of Pannis and Elad, ten people lined up in a straight line, with Elad walking in the front to lead the way, and Pannis following behind the team. Each of them held a long, sturdy branch in his hand, and with each step he slapped the ground in front of him and on both sides, and under the slapping of the branch, all kinds of insects and snakes kept fleeing from the fallen leaves in panic, and then burrowed into the leaves again, as if they had never appeared.
"Elad. At the end of the team, Pannis suddenly shouted: "Take a break, don't be in such a hurry on the first day, let everyone get used to it." ”
Seeing that the guide who led the way stopped according to the words, everyone was secretly grateful to Pannis for his proposal. After walking down the road in the morning, although he only walked a few kilometers, the way he walked that he had never adapted to made everyone tired, whether it was the gold or silver level, with the physical fitness and ability of the professional, it was not as good as the guide Elard, a lowest-level black iron professional, at least after Elad walked this road, there was no trace of fatigue on his body at all. As for why Pannis, he couldn't see fatigue at all, to paraphrase Catherine's explanation of Dora: "Leave him alone, he's not normal. ”
"Ah, I'm exhausted. Vivien cheered and sat down on the floor relaxed. As the shortest of the ten, she was as tall as an eleven or twelve-year-old child, and to others she was no more than half of her calves, and it took several times the strength of others to walk a few steps, and she herself gritted her teeth and insisted on refusing to let Catherine carry her forward, which made her suffer enough along the way.
"Get up, don't sit down. Pannis instantly appeared beside Vivien, pulled her up and said, "What is hidden under the leaves, in addition to insects, is more than countless insect monsters, which are very dangerous. ”
"But aren't we wearing protective clothing?" Vivien said about the protective clothing, which was purchased when she was in the capital of knowledge, a monitor lizard leather suit that is essential for forest adventures, the leather clothing is tightly attached to the skin, and the breathability is very good, so that the human body will not feel excessively stuffy, and it can effectively protect the body.
"Leather clothing is not a panacea. Pannis shook his head: "If you encounter an insect demonic beast above the silver level, the role of the leather coat is limited. Don't forget, not all high-level insect monsters will become larger, there are some silver-level monsters, but the sharpness of the attack organs has reached the silver level, and the rest of the physical fitness and body shape are still unchanged like ordinary low-level insect monsters. ”
"Huhu, fortunately, I was prepared beforehand. Vivien began to look down and rummage through her backpack, "Hehe, the goblin insect repellent we bought is going to work." ”
"I'll use that one when you're camping and resting, or be careful that Catherine beats you." Pannis glanced at Catherine cautiously, and found that Catherine obviously heard Vivien's words, but did not come over to stop Vivien's wasteful behavior, but turned to Dora as soon as possible, regardless of the tiredness of her body, and began to argue with Dora-for-tat about who should bear the cost of the spar along the way: "Okay, it seems that she won't come to beat you for the time being, but it's really unnecessary, let's rest for ten minutes and continue to set off." Well, you wait. ”
As he spoke, Pannis turned his head and walked to a large tree, the thick and smooth trunk that only a few people could hug together, but Pannis quickly disappeared into the canopy dozens of meters high with his hands and feet. Soon, more than a dozen thick branches fell from the tree, and Pannis jumped directly after the trunk, and the thick fallen leaves were like natural mats, easily dissolving the impact of the drop of dozens of meters.
"Are you sitting on a branch?" asked Vivien as she walked over to the fallen branch.
"No, sit in a chair. Pannis smiled mysteriously, lifted two branched branches, and poured a burst of fighting energy into the branches, plunging them into the ground. The branches are long, not only submerged in the leaf litter, but also deeply embedded in the underlying soil. Two girl-shaped branches were inserted left and right, and a straight branch was placed horizontally on it, and in an instant, a simple chair appeared in front of Vivien.
"Beautiful young lady. Pannis respectfully bent down and made a gesture of please: "Please be seated." ”
Vivian covered her mouth and laughed, and after laughing for a long time, she nodded and said cooperatively, "Thank you, Mr. Gentleman." ”
"My pleasure, dear miss. Pannis wanted to say something serious, but was almost slapped down by a slap in the back. When I looked back, I saw Lina's big smiling face, and Lina, who was smiling, said in an energetic voice, "Mr. Gentleman, I want it too." ”
The phantom fox as a spellcaster is not sensitive, but whether it is Dora, or the gray squirrel, the shadow wolf, and the night owl, they are all taken aback by Pannis's action just now, and they are also vindictive users, so they know how difficult Pannis's action just now is.
"Senior sister, this Pannis of yours is really getting more and more interesting. Dora stuck to Catherine's side, originally disturbed by Catherine's harassment, but now she just watched Pannis plunge the branches deep into the dirt one by one, completely forgetting her previous actions: "I can actually pour fighting energy into wooden things, this control is not simple." ”
"A simple person with little control can be a part-time hedron gunner?" Catherine asked rhetorically, beckoning, "Let's go, the chair is ready for us, let's take a seat." ”
"Elad. When everyone was seated, Pannis said to the young guide, "Shall we go north today?"
"Yes, to the north. Elad was not only silent along the way, but also reluctant to pay attention to anyone, except for Pannis, who was experienced in forest life at first glance, and had a better attitude: "Three days to the north, no, four days at today's rate, and then turn west for a day, and you will reach the first expected location." ”
"It's ...... Let's take a detour. Pannis said, "Oh, I see, you're thinking about Warcraft. ”
"Yes. Elad admired Pannis's acumen in his heart.
"Within five days' journey, there is no need to worry about Warcraft. Pannis said: "As long as you avoid the territory of some of the more crazy social monsters, we can guarantee safety, and you can choose to get out of the sidelines in case of danger." ”
"Well, I'll re-route tomorrow. "But today we have to go north. ”
"Understand, professional people have the final say. Pannis nodded, "But I'll take the lead in front in a moment, and the two of us will take turns." ”
Elad was stunned for a moment, although Pannis's performance in the morning showed that he was fully capable of taking the lead, but he still asked with some doubts: "It's okay for you to go first, but why?"
"The first one is stressful. Pannis smiled: "Today is a whole day and twenty-two hours, it's too tiring to bear alone." ”
"Oh well. Elad looked at Pannis in a daze for a long time, and suddenly stretched out his hand to Pannis: "Hello, my name is Elad." ”
"Hello, my name is Pannis. Pannis also stretched out his hand, clasping his hands in the air.