Chapter 21: The Forsaken
On the night of the fourth day, Arnold and the others found a flat land suitable for camping, set up camp, and arranged for good people to keep vigil in turn, preparing to spend the night here. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The calm of the previous few days, it seemed that because of the protection of the blessing of the moon god, they did not encounter any danger, which made several people relax their vigilance, and they did not notice that from the moment they entered the moon mirage mountain forest, a strange gray mist followed by them.
By the time most of the camp slept, the strange gray mist began to permeate the entire camp unconsciously.
In their sleep, the unsuspecting Arnold and others inhaled into their bodies one after another, and under the effect of this gray mist, they gradually fell into a dream.
If Arnold hadn't suddenly woken up, perhaps this team, which had just entered the mountain and had a little inflated self-confidence, would have died here.
"It seems that a few hundred years later, another Mirage Beast, or a magical beast with similar abilities, was born here. This beast hidden in the shadows must be found, otherwise Lydia and the others may be in danger when they sleep for a long time. Arnold suddenly remembered the sudden white light in his dream.
"The white light. Arnold took out a broken sword from the spatial ring and looked at it carefully: "It seems to be you." What's written on that?"
The remnant sword that Arnold picked up from the river was still rusty and mutilated, looking like it would break at any moment. There should have been a line of text on the hilt of the sword, but now it is blurred.
"At first, I just vaguely felt extraordinary, but I didn't want to, so I helped myself so quickly. β
"It seems that this sword has something to do with here. β
Arnold looked away, about to put away the broken sword, when he suddenly sensed a strange fluctuation of magic power.
"It's the beast. Arnold hurriedly pressed the hilt of his sword with his right hand, and his short body quickly scurried into the forest, reaching in the direction where the magic fluctuations came from.
After Arnold hurried for a distance, he found that the magic fluctuations had disappeared, and looked around left and right, but failed to find any trace of the demonic beast, and the current danger in the camp was not eliminated, Arnold did not dare to leave for too long, so he could only return first.
"Hmm, the fog has lifted, and it looks like it's gone. When Arnold returned to the camp, he found that the gray fog that surrounded the camp had lifted, and Lydia, Darek, and the others had woken up from their dreams and appeared.
When Arnold saw the beast retreating, he knew that it should be okay, and stepped aside to squeeze Daric, who suddenly woke up and had been pale, and sat in the position of the night watchman by himself.
"Arnold. Lydia's face was also much gloomy, and whoever she called would be in a bad mood if she fell into a death crisis unconsciously.
"Hmm, Lydia, it seems that you are in good spirits, and sure enough, the spirit of a mage is stronger than that of a warrior. β
Arnold's playfulness didn't make Lydia's face change in any way, and she asked with a dark face, "What is it?" β
"It's a magical beast, and it should be a miragemon, or a magical beast with mirage-like abilities. After saying that, Arnold suddenly looked at Darek and mocked: "Hey, our Flower Knight, what, a little nightmare, has it made you languishing." β
When Darik, whose face was pale, heard this, he raised his hand to refute, but when he saw Arnold's casual appearance, his face changed, and finally turned into a "hum!"
"I was careless. Lydia sat down lightly across from Arnold, her hands pressed on her calves, a little annoyed.
"I didn't notice that it was a trap, and once I fell into a dream and couldn't wake up, the consequences were unimaginable. Arnold, have you heard of the Forsaken?"
"Forsaken?"
"The soul is trapped in endless dreams, and the body is not supplied with energy, and eventually decays and withers. After losing their bodies, these souls did not disappear, but completely broke free from the shackles of their bodies and wandered in the mountains and forests. β
"They would keep thinking about what they saw in their dreams, and they remembered them. They will recite one paragraph, and their memories will be less, until all their memories fade away, and finally they will forget about themselves. We call these souls the Forsaken. β
"And where did these souls go?"
"Look at those trees, some big and some small, and some of them look like people?" Lydia pointed to a few trees in the distance and smiled strangely at Arnold.
"Do you mean?" Arnold felt a yin wind at work, and his whole body was cold.
"These forsaken eventually became the nourishment of this mountain forest. In fact, what really makes people fall into the dream realm is not the ability of the mirage beast, but this mountain forest, and this mountain forest is the biggest culprit. The Mirage is just its minions. β
Lydia sighed, "Who knows that these legends are all true?"
"I owe you a favor this time, my personal life is small, but the military mission is a big thing. Lydia said to Arnold with a rare serious expression,
"Everyone is a partner, and it should be, and there is no need to say polite words. β
"Partner?"
"yes, what's the problem? Of course I didn't count that guy Derrick. Arnold waved his hand.
"I suddenly realized that Arnold you are still the same as when you were a child. β
"What. β
"The same naivety. β
"Eh, is it that a naΓ―ve person like me dies quickly?"
"Now that you know, you have to be more mature and realistic in the future. Just like your father, maybe you can live a good life and don't have to suffer so much. β
"My father, but I remembered something, it seems that in my heart, my father has always been great and mature, but not necessarily realistic, but also very naΓ―ve, just like he did with my mother. And aren't the protagonists in knightly novels all dreamy, naΓ―ve and romantic?"
"Yes. So that's just chivalric fiction. β
"Yes. My mother thought the same thing. Arnold remembered the images in his sealed memories, and although he had never met, he felt that they were full of affection for Arnold. Together, Arnold's feelings suddenly became richer.
"Arnold. Hearing this, Lydia raised her head and looked at Arnold carefully, and muttered, "I hope you never change." β
"Huh?" Lydia murmured at the last of her words, but Arnold didn't hear clearly, and looked at Lydia with questioning eyes.
"It's nothing, everyone be on guard tonight, I'll go and put the magic warning of destruction again, change the vigil to a group of 2, and rest early. Lydia suddenly got up and left, making Arnold shake her head helplessly, and said secretly, a woman's temperament really changes as the weather says.
Hearing the sound, Darik looked at the young men and girls in the moonlight, whispering affectionately, the fists of his hands clenched unconsciously, and his nails sank into flesh and blood.
The pain in his hand calmed down Derrick, looking at Arnold, his eyes flashed with a bright light, revealing a slight sneer, without saying a word, he took the initiative to take over the first vigil, after all, he was also the vigil before, trying his best to make up for some mistakes.
Arnold, on the other hand, was in a blur, but he felt that his bond with Lydia had been secretly knotted, and it seemed that there would be more stories in the future, and there would be no less fun.
"As for this goods, it seems to be ill-intentioned, if people don't offend me, I won't offend people, and if it is calculated on my head, then I can't blame it. Good for it. Arnold thinks that he is not a kind-hearted young master, he kills people, and he has no obstacles to adapt to the other world, this is a world of the jungle after all. If he had a benevolent heart, he might have died earlier, he didn't want to be a cowardly Arnold again.