"Boom!"

A thunderclap sounded over the island, the weather was gloomy, the wind howled coldly, and the rustle of leaves could be heard from time to time.

The group cautiously explored the jungle, covered in rotting leaves and slippery mud, and sometimes had to cut down overly dense plants with weapons to get through, with every step taking a strenuous.

The further you go in, the greater the obstacles to your progress. The sergeants soon began to sweat profusely, and wearing airtight armor in the humid jungle would exacerbate their physical exertion.

Kevin was a little confused, he didn't know what Cass was doing on the island, so he could only lead the team around the island like a headless fly.

Such a move couldn't help but make the sergeants think that the little young master suddenly had a big heart and wanted to play a game of jungle treasure hunting, and their faces already showed impatience.

The sergeants didn't know Kevin's purpose, but the strict military discipline kept them from complaining or stopping to protest, and could only express their dissatisfaction with the young master's willfulness.

"Ahh

Kevin hurriedly looked in the direction of the voice.

A sergeant tripped over thorns, hit his head the ground, and his face sank into the yellow mud.

He kept muttering, "Hell, this damn plant seems to be alive and wraps around my feet." ”

"Get up quickly, don't talk nonsense!" Randall glared at him.

The sergeant was startled, afraid that Randall would get angry, patted the dirt on his clothes, and obediently returned to the group.

Kevin stood where he was, sensing something strange, the diameter of the island in the middle of the lake, and it only took ten minutes to walk to the other side of the island.

Although the pace of the team was relatively slow, the island seemed to be infinitely large, and it was unreasonable for them to turn around for an hour without once reaching a repeating place.

You must know that there are obvious stampede marks on the road they have walked, and they are easy to recognize.

Kevin pointed to a thin man and said, "Skinny monkey, you climb up the tree and see where we are." ”

The surrounding vegetation is too lush to block out the sun, and the field of vision is all green, and it is impossible to discern the direction.

"Hey, yes!" Skinny Monkey was excited, this was a good time for him to behave.

When the thin monkey was a child, his family was poor, and he liked to climb trees and pick fruits to eat, although he sometimes fell on all fours, but he also practiced the ability to climb trees, and was vividly nicknamed.

The thin monkey took off his armor, used his hands and feet together, and scurried up the tree on the ground, and his body was very athletic.

The sergeants under the tree laughed and said, "This thin monkey boy is not strong, but he has a good hand at climbing trees." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the branch at the foot of the thin monkey who was about to climb to the top of the tree suddenly broke, and the thin monkey lost his balance and fell rapidly to the ground.

In a hurry, the thin monkey clung to the branch below and hung it on the tree, avoiding the tragedy.

Randall descended the skinny monkey from the tree and found that nothing was wrong except for his dislocated arm.

"The branches of the striated wood are thick, how can they break?" said the thin monkey with a pale face.

Kevin picked up the broken branch and observed it for a while. The twig was as thick as a thigh, and it was the weight of a lean monkey.

Feeling a little weird, he motioned for Randall to go up and try it, and instructed, "Be careful, if you feel in danger, come down immediately." ”

With Randall's physical fitness, climbing a tree couldn't be easier, he nodded, and climbed directly along the main trunk with his bare hands.

The front was going well, but just as Randall was about to reach the top of the tree, he suddenly became motionless, as if he were stunned.

Seeing this, the crowd anxiously called out his name under the tree, but Randall did not react in the slightest, and it was two minutes before he came down from the tree.

He said with a somewhat panicked face: "I kept climbing on the tree, but I couldn't see the top of the tree, I only felt that the tree was extending indefinitely. ”

"Didn't you hear us?" asked Kevin.

"I didn't hear anything, here. . . There may be some kind of wizard power that is holding us back. ”

The sergeants looked uneasy when they heard this, and they looked at Kevin, expecting him to give the order to return.

Although Kevin is curious to know what is attracting him to the jungle and why Cass has come to the middle of the lake, it is too risky for even the knight-level Randall to resist the mysterious power that can be resisted.

The team returned to the original point in more than ten minutes, and there were no strange things on the way.

By this time, the water vapor that had shrouded the lake had dissipated, and a light rain was pouring on the lake, and the view of the island became blurred as the wooden boats went away.

Kevin was sitting on the wooden boat, and he had just instructed the sergeants not to tell what had happened today. Remember the location of the island in the middle of the lake, and if he can become a wizard apprentice in the future, he will definitely come back to the island.

.......

"Chirp"

The crisp sound of birds woke Kevin, who was asleep, opened his sleepy eyes and moved his body.

It was late at night when he came back yesterday, and he dragged his tired body to practice swordsmanship for an hour before he fell asleep, and now his body was still craving the warm bed.

As soon as dawn broke, the crimson glow held up the rising sun, and the air after the rain was filled with the scent of earth.

Four wagons had been parked in the castle, servants were busily checking the wagons and carrying supplies, the sergeants had re-dressed their horses in silver armor, and the ranks were ready.

Kevin saw Esther downstairs at a glance, she was wearing a purple butterfly-patterned dress and a black cape, which was very stunning in the crowd. As if she couldn't stand the cold of the morning, her little white hands were constantly rubbing.

Seeing Kevin walking down, Esther trotted up to him and said sweetly, "Brother Kevin!"

Kevin was a little helpless when he heard this: "It's good if you call me Kevin." ”

Esther is fourteen years old, two years older than him, and calls him brother. It is estimated that he intends to brush up his favor in front of Kevin so that he can get his help in the future, but unfortunately Kevin does not eat this set at all.

"It's okay, it's kind. ”

The two stood and whispered for a while, and a horse-faced man limped up to ask Kevin's opinion.

The horse-faced man's name is White, and he is a veteran of the reconnaissance battalion. His right leg had been eaten by demonic beasts, but he was very familiar with the roads in the Kingdom of Turin, and he was in charge of planning the team's itinerary.

"Young Master, there are two ways to get to Niagal City here. One is from Ron through the Cold Mountain Gorge, and the other is around the Misty Forest to Whitehorse to Nigal, which way would you like to go?"

"Oh, is there any difference between the two paths?"

White replied, "Both roads are frequented by merchants, and the first one requires hiring a guide in the town of Ron, because the climate of the Cold Mountain Gorge is changeable, and only experienced locals can cross it, and the whole journey will take about seven days." ”

"As for the second road, because the Misty Forest is impassable during this season, it can only be bypassed, and it will take about fifteen days. ”