Arnold and the rest of the group, as soon as the morning dawned, set off, winding up the mountain road, and began to enter the depths of the dense forest. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"The quieter the cicada noise forest, the more secluded the birdsong mountain. ”

Arnold couldn't help but chant softly, which was quite the mood of the ancient poems.

A mountain spring flows through the forest ravines, leaving a string of tinkling melodies, music from nature, gently tapping the heart.

"Arnold, what are you talking about?" but after handing over the task of team leader to Darik, Lydia, who happened to be in front of Arnold, heard Arnold's ancient poems, and felt quite charming.

"This is an ancient poem. Arnold replied with a smile.

"Ancient poetry?" Lydia pondered, and found that she did not have any impression in her memory: "Is it ancient poetry, it is indeed very different from our current poetry, I didn't expect you to study this." ”

"The quieter the cicada noise forest, the more secluded the birdsong mountain. Lydia gently recited Arnold's two ancient poems, and the more she read them, the more flavorful they became.

"Yes, repetition can sublimate the soul, and there will be time to teach me more sentences in the future. Lydia seemed to be happy to learn something new, rarely, with a smile that stunned Arnold.

This girl laughed, and suddenly felt that the iceberg was thawing, if it was a spring breeze, it was much better than usual, and it would be good to find a way to tease her more in the future. Arnold was secretly happy.

There are many evergreen broad-leaved forests on the mountain, but some trees still lose their leaves, making the whole mountain forest appear simple and bright, with a strong sense of spatial perspective. Sunlight pours down through the cracks in the branches, reflecting the branches of old trees and the old bark, looking like a poetic painting.

Arnold stretched, took out the water bladder he had with him, lifted it and poured it into his mouth, moistening his tongue, which was already slightly dry.

"Huh?"

Arnold noticed that the team had stopped moving. Lydia, who was in front of Arnold, frowned, pushed aside the people in front of her, and quickly squeezed to the front.

"Derrick, what's going on?"

"Miss Lydia, look over there. ”

"What is this?" Lydia found a wolf-shaped monster corpse lying in the middle of the mountain path, and more than a dozen fishy-eating rotting rats were eating on the corpse.

Arnold squeezed through the crowd, walked over to the carcass of the monster, and waved his hand away the fishy-eating rotten rats one by one. Then he crouched down and pulled the wolf's head hard, and there was a slender scar here.

"Fatal wound, that's what it should be. Arnold nodded to everyone, then pointed to his forehead, "And this is the attacker's first attack, and he will hit this monster to death in an instant, and he will attack accurately, ruthlessly, and quickly, and he is a very experienced and ruthless hunter." ”

This wolf-like beast, with another eye on its forehead, has been pierced by a sword, and its blood has dried up.

"Adra, you have a lot of experience, go and see what kind of monster it is, and why it died here. Knowing that Arnold didn't know the beast, Darek waved his hand to his subordinates to investigate.

"Yes. Yadella didn't say a word, and quickly looked through the wolf beast. Arnold, on the other hand, clapped his hands and got up, walked around the neighborhood a few times, and returned to his place, staring at the ground in contemplation.

"Master Derrick, Miss Lydia. Adela arched his hand and continued: "Little brother Arnold is right, the fatal wound is from the neck of this demonic beast, and a sword seals the marquis. This part of the forehead is the place where it is so badly injured that it is powerless to resist. ”

"If I'm not mistaken, it's the Mirage that attacked us last night, and unexpectedly, it suddenly died in front of us. Adela lamented the impermanence of the world.

"That's right, moreover, the upper and lower wounds are both sword wounds, and after a heavy blow from the sword, he continues to kill with one blow without mercy, which shows that this swordsman is a person who has killed countless people. Arnold had recovered from his musings by this time, and Adela continued.

Arnold drew his sword and groaned, "Sword out." ”

The long sword slashed a mark, "See blood." ”

"It's a killer with high strength and outstanding swordsmanship. Arnold turned to look at Lydia, "Lydia, maybe you should know something. ”

Lydia's face changed slightly, and she said solemnly, "It looks like we're in trouble." I think his target should be us. ”

Lydia's words made a few people except Arnold change color, and maybe they knew something.

"Is it really the one who sent it?" said a man as proud as Derrick, and he couldn't help but change color at the mention of that person.

"Is it Noller's pursuers?" Arnold asked as he looked at Darik and then turned back to Lydia.

"No, although Noler also has pursuers, but for now they should be too busy to take care of themselves, those undead should be enough for them to drink a pot, and most importantly, the timing is not right. ”

"Who's that?" Arnold asked directly, wondering who the man Derrick was talking about.

Lydia glanced at Arnold, but did not answer Arnold's question, but said: "Fortunately, this mountain and forest is covered with magical mist, we will not be discovered so quickly, and we knew the strength of the person who came earlier." It's really much higher than we can handle, so try to avoid it. ”

Lydia took the topographical map in Darik's hand, "But the road below is the way we have to go, if he finds the right one and arrives early." ”

Speaking of this, Lydia paused for a moment, looked at everyone seriously, and spat out a cold voice on her lips: "We only have to fight to the death. ”

Arnold looked at the topographic map in Lydia's hand, barely making out a few words, only to see that it read "Klinsmann Trapezoidal Formation".

"If we can prepare well before the fight, I think we still have a glimmer of hope. The Mirage Moon Beast is a third-order strength Magical Beast, which is true, but the person who came can solve it with two swords, may leave you with the illusion that the strength of the person who came is much higher than that of the third-order Mirage Beast. ”

Arnold saw that the atmosphere was a little sad, and several incapable personnel in the team were even more sad and weeping, and couldn't help but glance at Lydia, and began to talk nonsense with his eyes open. Morale needs to be boosted occasionally, and of course Arnold actually found something to justifiably say.

"Actually, it's not, if you look at the ground, if I'm not mistaken, this is the only scene of the battle, but the scope of the fight is not large. I took a closer look at the nearby traces of the fight, and saw that it was only the Mirage Beast's. Until I saw the nearby broadleaf forest. ”

Arnold came to a broad-leaved tree a few meters away, pointed to a very small trace on it, and said: "Look, although this trace is small, it can be seen that it is a human footprint, and along these broad-leaved trees, you will see more, and you can see a small trace every few meters." ”

After seeing that Derrick went up to check, Arnold continued: "The strength of the person who came will not be weak, but it will not be too strong, it should be between the third-order sword master or the fourth-order great sword master. ”

"Other than that, the only thing I can guess is that in addition to this killer's outstanding swordsmanship, he is also very fast, very fast. ”

Arnold had seen the traces on these trees before, and they had been left in a very short period of time, so fast that they were almost disappearing before they could be seen.

Lydia nodded to Arnold and said, "In that case, as long as we are fully prepared, we still have a chance to kill the enemy, after all, there is only one enemy." ”

Since that person only sent "him" alone, it shows that they have great trust in "him" in terms of strength, and the fact that the horror will be beyond their imagination. Lydia didn't say these words, she could see that Arnold was helping her straighten out the team, so she could only follow the words first and reassure the good people.

"In this case, I will go to the front first, and if there is no fighting, you will follow behind. Arnold patted his chest.

"It's not going to work, it's too dangerous. And it's surrounded by demonic fog, so it's easy to get lost. Lydia refused on the spot, this is not the time to be a hero.

"It's okay, my perception is good, and I can sense movement within a radius of 1 kilometer. "Arnold has a few pieces of perceptual equipment on him, and this is where it comes into play.

Seeing Arnold's insistence, Lydia had no choice but to speak: "Arnold, this is the twin oak tree seed used by the elves to communicate, and it can slightly sense some simple words through spiritual power, but the distance should not exceed 2 kilometers, otherwise the contact will be disconnected." ”

"This is a third-order arcane rune, please use it immediately if you encounter danger. Lydia handed Arnold a signal source full of multicolored elements and a hexagonal arcane rune, and cautiously advised, "Be careful to protect yourself." ”

PS: Twin oak trees, a characteristic tree species of the elves. Trees are hard, usually twin, with two main trunks only next to each other, with one branch being shared. And their seeds are born on this branch. A seed is two, usually connected by a set of thin whiskers, once disconnected, within 2 kilometers, through the spiritual power of the other party, send out fluctuations, can transmit some simple words.