Immediately, Loki kicked the crossbow string with his foot, and the crossbow string was stuck directly on the bracket. He quickly loaded a crossbow and picked up the bow in his hand, the tip of the arrow pointed right at Kom's head.

"You can guess what I'm going to shoot this time. ”

The half-elf boy looked at him with a pair of gray eyes coldly, and there was no trace of emotion in his voice.

It didn't feel good to be pointed at a weapon, and a flash of anger and fear flashed across Kom's face.

He hesitated for a moment before handing over the last bit of food, and muttered in a whisper of indignation, "Damn half-elves, a bunch of parasites." ”

Biting on the tasteless string of scorpion tails, Loki swallowed in a few bites, which tasted worse than the bugs he had eaten before, but it was better than not having to eat them.

The hunger in his belly subsided slightly, and Loki followed the team to the rear, although this Forest of Secret Words seemed to be full of birds and beasts, but because the forest vegetation was too dense, it was not a good place to hunt.

The woods are getting denser and denser, and the orcs at the front need to chop branches and branches to move forward, and the sea of green is everywhere.

After a long struggle, the trees gradually became taller, and even the sunlight above was almost blocked.

Apparently, Ruby the cat was familiar with the environment of this type of jungle, and had picked some strangely shaped fruits along the way.

However, the situation in the Forest of Secret Words made her feel strange and frightened, and Ruby would throw a little juice with a knife, and after trying it with the tip of her tongue for a long time, she felt safe.

A few strange-looking fruits were divided, but most of the slaves were strong adults, and this was really nothing, and eating them made them even hungrier.

Loki suddenly raised his crossbow, and he saw a small beast shuttling among the trees, but just as he could take aim, the gray cat-like beast hid behind the branches.

The jungle here is too dense, even denser than the vegetation of some tropical rainforests in previous lives, you must know that this is not a tropical climate, it may be that there is too little human activity, which causes the vegetation here to be dense.

The half-elf boy put down his crossbow, suddenly remembered something, and asked out loud.

"Ruby, why is this called the Forest of Secret Words, and what does it mean?"

The cat orc tried to slap the insects around her, and she recalled for a moment and said, "That was when I was a child, I heard the old people of the clan tell me. ”

"Forest of Secret Words—This seems to have a meaning, a strange forest infested by evil witches, in this forest you can't speak loudly, you can't listen to the witch's bewitchment, or you will be in mortal danger, or you won't be able to leave here. ”

Ruby slapped another mosquito in her ear and continued, "These are all legends in the clan, but in fact, no one has ever seen the real evil witch. ”

"But when I was a child, I was very scared to hear this story, and there is indeed an unusual danger here, some people have come to the forbidden land and never come out alive. ”

Comm scoffed, "Sure enough, it's an orc like a cat, and I've heard that it's the least daring orc, and the evil witch I've never seen is scared." ”

The half-elf named Headwind also laughed, as if he couldn't believe that orcs could be afraid of some legends.

Ruby the Cat Orc was furious and scolded, "Damn humans, half-elves, you are a cowardly race, and you are ignorant and stupid. ”

The human female Aina shouted: "Stop, stop arguing, only Ruby is familiar with the environment here, the jungle is unpredictable dangers, although there are no magical beasts in this Forest of Secret Words, but it is strange everywhere, it is right to be careful." ”

Warren, a mountain man, complained: "Whoever cares what this damn jungle is called, if you want me to say this rule of not talking and not listening, it must be afraid that the ubiquitous insects will get into their ears and mouths." ”

"There are too many bugs here, so try to cover your skin with something, don't show your ears, and pay attention to your surroundings," Aina said. ”

Loki fastened his hood tightly, and he found a few more pieces of torn linen and wrapped them around some exposed skin on his wrists and ankles, trying to avoid bugs getting into his body.

You know, even the strongest orcs, if they are bitten by some unknown poisonous insects, they may not have a chance to get out alive.

The march through the dense forest was slow and physically demanding, and by noon the group of fleeing slaves finally got tired and stopped to rest.

The noon sun shines through the dense vegetation, and the sporadic sunlight shines down, and the water vapor in the secret forest begins to steam, and some water mist gradually forms around it, and the already low visibility is even more blurred in the water mist.

The air was unusually stuffy, and there seemed to be a dampness in my breath.

In this case, it is difficult to find prey, but fortunately, Ruby, a cat orc who is familiar with some plant characteristics, picked a few plant fruits on the way just now, and can barely satisfy his hunger with food.

From time to time, poisonous insects crawled on the ground, and occasionally saw a few insects he knew, so Loki dared to pick them up, and directly replenished them as biological energy.

After resting for a long time, the dampness in the forest eased a little, but the surrounding water mist did not dissipate for a while.

The orc crossed his teeth and stood up and said loudly: "We can't wait, we have to move on, this damn jungle is not as good as our orc's hometown." ”

"Heading northwest, we are sure to find some adventurers' paths, or the main roads frequented by merchants. ”

Everyone has rested enough, and they have eased up a little bit of strength, and they all know that this is not a good place to rest.

This time Loki walked in the front, not because he wanted to volunteer, but because even the cats and orcs in this forest were lost, only he would not get lost, and he might get out of this dense forest.

The half-elf boy has a bird's-eye view of his retina, and the quantum biocomputer is constantly memorizing and storing images along the way, and as long as he keeps eliminating errors and correcting them, he can always maintain the correct direction.

"Stop, everybody stop. ”

Loki suddenly stopped the crowd, and the footsteps fell silent, with a strange fluctuation in the sonic hearing system.

Ruby the Cat Orc also shook her ears, and she asked in surprise, "Strange, what is that sound?"

There was a faint 'sand, sand' sound, like the sound of insects crawling over branches, or insects' mouthparts gnawing on bones.

There was nowhere to hide in the dense forest, and the sound grew louder and louder, and almost everyone heard the terrible sound of countless 'sand, sand' sounds converging in groups.

Hell, what the hell is it? Just as everyone was about to go back the way they came, a black spot suddenly appeared on the plants around them, including those in the rear.

If you look closely, they are all strange insects the size of a grain of rice, but there are as many as the waves of the sea.

Suddenly, a small worm jumped onto the face of the half-elf at the backwind, and then he let out a loud howl.

Loki also felt a sharp pain coming from the back of his hand, and then a small rice worm jumped up on the back of his other hand, and another sharp pain came.

"Run, run, run forward. ”