"Step, step, step", the sound of soft footsteps sounded in the depths of the dense forest, followed by the sound of dead branches being trampled off, the sound of leaves cutting through the cloak, the sound of metal rubbing, the sound of breathing, the sound of colliding with tree trunks, in the dead forest, every sound was heard so clearly, even with their eyes closed, the girls could imagine what their teammates around them were doing by sound. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 This state reminds the girls of Pannis's perception skills in the dark, and perhaps in his world, his sensitive sense of hearing keeps him in such a sensitive state every moment.

"Bang la, bang", the hand covered under the metal scale armor opened a large branch and leaf, and the owner of the hand had a knight's iris shield hanging on his arm, revealing the left half of his body from behind the tree, and the iris shield cleverly formed a line of defense with the big tree on the side, blocking all angles that could be attacked in front of him, creating a safe observation place for the knight behind the shield. The knight girl looked around for a moment, making a safe gesture behind her, and at the same time, the leaves above her head were removed, and Pannis hung upside down from the canopy, also giving a thumbs up, indicating safety ahead. Then, Pannis hung upside down on the tree motionless, the six senses, including energy perception, extended in all directions, observing all the changes around her, while Catherine lowered her body, minimizing the range of possible attacks, quickly got out of behind the tree, and quickly ran to a big tree more than thirty meters away before turning around, behind her, the other teammates maintained a defensive formation, and ran over from their previous positions, and when the knight girl turned around, she could just respond in case they were attacked.

After her teammates arrived at a safe location and resumed their defense and vigilance, Catherine looked up and gestured to Pannith above, and then staggered between several tree trunks, ensuring that she could keep her forward fast while being exposed outside the trunk cover for as little time as possible, and as she began to rush forward again, Pannis also quietly re-disappeared into the canopy, after a few sounds of the friction of the rope. There was silence in the canopy, as if he had vanished into thin air, but the maidens had long been accustomed to it. Even Legendary-level thieves and assassins should be admired for Pannith's silent movement skills, and the girls would not be surprised not to hear his voice.

Moments later, the knight girl, who had moved thirty meters away, sent another message of safety, and Pannis responded safely at the same time. Once again, the main body of the group began to move again, running towards Catherine's new safety point. It was only at this point, at the first place where the team appeared, that Dilly, the manticore, which was nearly a man tall, stepped out of the shadows of the bushes, and the flesh pads on his four paws silenced his movements, and quickly merged with the girls.

In fact, after leaving the stronghold early this morning, everyone did not advance with the current posture of high vigilance, but under the leadership of Catherine, they went straight in one direction. Because they were in a wasteland with almost no vegetation growing and there were no obstacles to stop them, everyone moved forward very fast, and it didn't take much time to cross a distance of more than ten kilometers and reach the border between the wasteland and the dense forest. It must be admitted that the state of affairs at the borders is very strange, and in the outside world, if the terrain changes, it is overwhelmingly gradual. Just like the border between the land of sand and neutral land, the fertile land is slowly becoming barren, the vegetation is gradually decreasing, and the land is becoming more and more desertified. Eventually, it becomes a desert, and almost all of the terrain changes are similar, but the boundaries of the dense forest and the wasteland here are indeed very abrupt.

In the eyes of the girls, it was like an artificially drawn dividing line between the two terrains, with a dense forest on one side. The soil was soft and moist, and the canopy above the head was dripping with water from time to time, apparently it had just rained a while ago, but on the other side was a lifeless wasteland, the dry earth was covered with gravel, and there was not a trace of dampness, as if the rain had deliberately avoided the confines of the wasteland. The two terrains are very clearly divided, and although the loam and gravel are close to each other, there is no sign of erosion to the other side, and the edges are neatly measured as if measured with a ruler.

As soon as she entered the dense forest, Catherine stopped and made a high-alert signal to advance, and the whole team did not have any objections, as early as the previous day's combat meeting, everyone had already determined the current way to deal with it, after all, the open wasteland has an excellent range of vision, and it is difficult for the enemy to make an ambush, even if they bury themselves in the soil like the two undead demonic beasts they encountered before, as long as the team maintains a high speed of movement, it is impossible for them to really surprise anyone. But after entering the forest, the field of vision in the dense forest is minimized, and there are various plants around, and if there is any ambush, it may be difficult to be detected, so it is very necessary to maintain the highest vigilance.

Of course, in the dense forest that has now been invaded by the forbidden land, the team is obviously not on guard with the feared and dangerous monsters, those creatures that were originally ubiquitous, at this time, they were either turned into twisted souls by the sudden expansion of the forbidden land, or they sensed the danger in advance and migrated to other areas before the expansion of the forbidden land, in short, there are no animals alive here. Therefore, the current team is on alert, on the one hand, because of the expansion of the forbidden area, and the sudden increase in the number of twisted souls, just like Catherine's grandfather, and on the other hand, the main object of vigilance is the possible undead ambusher. The whole team was getting closer and closer to their destination, and they were moving in a straight line, which clearly indicated that the team already knew the location of the temple, and as the two half-dead people controlled by the servants, no one would believe that they did not know what was going on until now, let alone that they were just sitting at home and waiting, and did not do anything about it. And the simplest countermeasure is naturally to send a large number of modified undead creatures to take advantage of the favorable conditions of the dense forest to launch an ambush on the attacking team, therefore, everyone unanimously agrees that after entering the dense forest, the action should be careful and careful, and do not give the ambushers any chance, even if such a vigilance turns out to be just a waste of strength in the end, in fact, there are no ambushers, and it is much stronger than being successfully attacked by the enemy because of a moment of negligence. The previous two consecutive ambushes have made the girls vigilant enough to never act negligently.

In the staggered forward, Catherine's footsteps at the front suddenly paused, her right hand stretched out back, making a stop movement, a few seconds later, Pannis appeared above the knight girl's head, looked around, and whispered a few words with the girl, the girl nodded, and waved behind her slowly, the girls understood the meaning, did not move, but maintained a defensive posture, and slowly approached Catherine's position. Luckily, though, nothing happened along the way, until the two sides converged. As soon as they came to Catherine's side, the girls frowned, and they sensitively smelled a pungent smell, although the smell was very faint, but the girls were not unfamiliar, it was the smell left behind by the decomposing corpse.

"It's been a long time. Freya habitually covered her nose and said, "However, although the smell is very light, it is still obvious. ”

"The taste is very strange, and if you judge by the richness, it seems that it has been more than half a year, but if you judge by the taste, it seems that it has only been less than a month. Catherine frowned and said, "Could it be a transformed undead beast?" It's not like it, the transformed undead beast I encountered before had never emitted this kind of rotten stench during my lifetime. ”

"It's impossible to say yet. Pannis shook his head and said: "Maybe the undead died here for some reason, after all, if it is a month, there should be no animals here at that time, but the possibility of transforming the undead is higher." ”

"It's a bit of a concern. Catherine seemed to feel a little uneasy, and pointed ahead: "The smell seems to be coming from over there, it's the bushes, anyway, we have to pass through their sides, why don't we go over and see, I don't want to be attacked from the side when I pass, or be flanked by the enemy after passing by, but will there be any danger?"

"I haven't seen it yet, but the heart of the Forest of Death is a forbidden place for the living, so it's not surprising what happened. Pannis was also a little skeptical about this, thought for a while and said, "In this case, I'll take a closer look first, and you guys are on guard here." ”

"Be careful. Catherine advised, "Don't take any chances, if you have to do something risky, come back first, and then everyone will go together, so that you can take care of each other." ”

"Rest assured, standing in front of you is the best explorer of Kanzir Town. Pannis grinned smugly, gave a thumbs up, and said, "Unlike those liars, I'm a professional." ”

Pannis's words made the first three girls instantly recall the scene when they first met, and scenes of the past flashed in front of the girls' eyes, making the corners of the three of them smile warmly. Smiling, Catherine bit her lip lightly and said softly, "Then everything is up to you, Mr. Professional Explorer, we are here waiting for you to return victoriously." ”

"Your will, Captain, I will be back soon. Pannis' smiling brawl saluted, and disappeared into the shadows of the trees beside him in the manticore's malevolent but unintelligible mutter.

He came back very quickly, and thirty seconds later, I saw him slowly walking back from the front. (To be continued.) )

PS: Thank you book friend for drowning a flounder in the deep sea, and Lan Yumo for rewarding 10 starting coins.