"Littlefinger, do you have anything to eat? ”

There were three people in the small ferry, and it was Ruby, the cat orc who rescued Loki, who spoke.

The other slave in the boat was a half-elf who had just come of age and became a slave, according to him, he was caught in the Oder Empire and sold to slave traders.

Loki shook his head and said, "There's no food at all, I'll have to find a way when I get to the shore." ”

Touching his arms, in addition to the tightly tied personal weapon, the old dwarf token and a thief's guild badge, there was only the basic tracking technique that was seized from the oil-paper package, and as for the food or something, it had to be abandoned when he finally fled.

The current of the Cooper River was so fast that it would be difficult for them to get ashore for a while, and there were two small ferries not far from the water, but they were unable to go ashore in the distance.

Loki endured the pain of hunger in his belly, and he opened the notebook of basic tracking techniques he had obtained from a dead thief to distract himself.

The original notes were turned page by page, but in fact, it didn't take him a while.

The images collected by the optic nerve are converted into digital information, and the contents of the booklet have been deeply imprinted in memory storage.

After reading it, he put the tracking notebook back in his bosom, and as a souvenir, the half-elf boy leaned against the boat, and after a while he fell asleep tiredly.

From night to early morning, the quantum biocomputer had a precise time, and they had been floating for seventeen hours and three minutes, but the ferry had not been able to dock.

Loki's heart was also a little anxious, he had deviated too far from the original route.

He even wanted to swim directly to the opposite riverbank, but this section of the river was more than 100 meters wide, not to mention a group of hungry and exhausted slaves, jumping into this undercurrent of countless rivers was equivalent to sending them to death.

It was not until the afternoon that the current finally slowed down, and everyone did their best to paddle with their hands and their clothes, until at last three small ferries landed on the north bank.

Including Loki, there were only eight of these slaves left, and almost all of them were mentally exhausted, not only because of hunger, but also because they were more or less injured.

But the main problem that bothered these people was hunger, and they asked each other who had food.

All the answers were disappointing, and one of the grumpy orcs couldn't help but curse.

Except for Ruby the cat orc and the half-elf Headwind, who had spoken to Loki before.

There were six people left in the fleeing party, two acquaintances of the mountain slaves, Warren and Moore, who were said to have been hunters and skilled in bows and arrows, but this type of inconvenient carrying weapons had been lost in the early escape.

Among them, there is also a sturdy human female ** subordinate that Loki is familiar with, named Aina, and another male ** subordinate who is also a human ** is Kom, and Aina is also a frontier member of the Oder Empire, who was looted and turned into a slave.

"This damn place, you can't even see a fish in the river, it's worse than Orc Ridge, if we don't eat, we'll starve to death sooner or later......"

This orc's name is Panya, it is said that he was once a strong general in the gladiatorial arena, although he did not touch the stage of using the power of the bloodline, but the savage strength of the half-orc is not inferior to that of the professionals, and even can fight hard for some professionals not to fall behind, this time it was supposed to change hands and be sent to the gladiatorial arena of some federal city lords in the south, but I didn't expect them to escape.

On the banks of the Cooper River is a very dense jungle, lush green like a thick wall in front of everyone, and from time to time there are some strange beast songs and birds from inside.

In order to replenish their food, they finally planned to enter this jungle like a green ocean.

"Half-elf cub, if you can't find anything to eat, I'll eat you. ”

The orcs cleaved thorn plants while threatening the skinniest of the half-elf boys, who did have a history of eating other races.

Loki slashed the vine with the dogleg knife in his hand, and said coldly: "Try it, I will split your stomach first to see if your brain grows into your intestines." ”

Panya was furious when he heard this, and scolded to raise the guard sword he had snatched in his hand, and with a hideous face, he wanted to go up and give the half-elf boy a good look.

The adult half-elf hurriedly stopped against the wind, and the quiet man turned to his fellow clan and said, "Stupid boy, if you don't apologize, how dare you provoke Mr. Panya." ”

"Enough. Ruby the Cat Orc shouted, then grabbed a strange withered vine and said, "We seem to be in the wrong place, damn it, this seems to be the Forest of Secret Words." ”

Warren the mountain man was a little strange and said, "Forest of Secret Words, what the hell is that place? ”

When no one reacted, Loki, who had been standing still, suddenly raised his short-armed crossbow with a good crossbow string.

The crossbow strings snapped, and he fired a bolt in the direction of the orc.

The orc didn't have time to resist with his short sword, but then realized that the crossbow bolt had not hit him, but had deviated somewhere above his head.

Everyone looked in the direction of the crossbow arrow, and saw a brown-green scorpion the size of a palm, which was firmly nailed to the top of the tree trunk by the crossbow arrow, not far from the top of the orc's head.

This giant scorpion can clearly see that it is highly poisonous just by looking at its brown-green and colorful appearance.

The orc's angry face was a little distorted, and it was red and white in surprise.

Ruby the Cat Orc stepped forward and pulled out the scorpion that had been pinned to the trunk of the tree, his face a little surprised.

"Tree scorpion, it's a tree scorpion, but I've never seen anything so big with this color. ”

"Damn, this is the Forest of Secret Words, I heard that all the insects and beasts in here are twisted and weird, and even some slightly weaker magical beasts dare not stay in them. ”

These people have hardly heard of it, and they don't understand the horror of the cat beast's mouth, but the monster is a beast with strange elemental power, and everyone understands its horror.

The male human slave Comm smiled disdainfully, walked closer and grabbed the giant scorpion and said, "Don't be alarmist, what do you know about the jungle as an orc?" I have lived in the jungle since I was a child, and I understand the habits of monsters, and the jungle is not so terrifying. ”

Kom took out a small knife, peeled off the venom glands and mouthparts of the scorpion, and said, "What's more, this Forest of Secret Words, and such a fat scorpion, isn't it just enough to replenish some food?"

The cat orc Rubi looked angry and said, "Foolish human, I grew up in the forests near the Westwall Mountains, and I know more about the legends of this forest than you. ”

"This is a forbidden place for our clan, and legend has it that this jungle was once infested with evil witches, and it was full of strange creatures, and most of those who entered it would not come out alive. ”

Comm said disdainfully, "What do you orcs know? A group of barbarians who exist in the wilderness and know how to destroy, if it weren't for you, I might not have been captured by the Alliance City Lord's gang." ”

"Let's divide this scorpion first, I'm going to starve to death. ”

After saying that, Kom used a knife to pry open the back shell of the scorpion, dug out a piece of white meat and stuffed it into his mouth, and saw that everyone was surrounding him, his face was in pain, and he could only divide a few more pieces of the scorpion the size of a palm.

When it was Loki's turn, Comm shook the little scorpion tail that was left, and dismissed.

"You half-elf cub, you must not be able to eat much, I will cut off half more, and leave the rest for you. ”