Fifty-seven footprints

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"What's wrong?" Nicole looked in the direction of Ian's gaze suspiciously, frowning, "Frightened bird?"

"Don't you claim to be experienced in the jungle?" Ian asked, "Judge what it is." Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”

"How can this be judged. Nicole said angrily, "Blind bears and wild boars will alarm these birds when they go berserk." ”

Ian was silent for a while, and then said slowly, "It's not like such a big movement can be caused by a wild boar and a blind bear." ”

"Why, when the blind bear and the wild boar go crazy, they will hit the trees desperately, and of course they will alarm these birds. Nicole pouted, "Otherwise, what else could it be?" ”

Ian stopped talking. He clearly felt a strong uneasiness in his heart just now, and the dragon flame engraved mark on his arm was not like a hallucination. He didn't know, what he did know was that he had a very strong impulse now, and this impulse inadvertently turned into a spark and landed in Ian's heart like a prairie.

"Let's go over there and have a look. Ian straightened the harness and said to Nicole.

Nicole heard this and protested strongly: "Please, go that way, it's a long detour." You look at the birds as if they are quite close, and you will never be able to walk for half a day. ”

The spark in my heart had already ignited, and soon it turned into a raging fire that was enough to burn the plains. It was as if someone was shouting in Ian's ear, "Go over there! Go over there!"

"Go over there. Ian said firmly, and then stopped inking with Nicole, and walked straight to that side.

"Hey, hey, there's nothing over there!" Nicole was anxious, "and besides, even if it's a blind bear and a wild boar, you can't beat it!"

"If you can't beat it, run away. Ian didn't look back, just waved his hand, "You don't want to go and don't force you, anyway, there is Mingtong City behind you." It won't take long to go out of the front, I believe you can. ”

Nicole stomped her foot angrily, and she yelled at Ian's back, "Ian, you big bastard!"

It's just that Ian ignored her, and Nicole couldn't be more angry, and there was nothing she could do. You must know that the power of attorney for the mission is still in Ian's hands, and if she doesn't follow Ian closely, whether it is to return to Mingtong City or walk out of the Luther Jungle, it will be useless, so she has to grit her teeth and keep up.

The two of them shuttled through the woods, both silent. Ian's attention is focused on the place where the frightened bird flies, and Nicole is still sulking with Ian, unwilling to talk to him. It was noon, the sun was hanging high in the sky, and the woods were like a steamer, hot and oppressive.

The two walked for a long time in this atmosphere, and when the sun was about to set, Nicole lay on the ground and shouted at Ian, "I can't walk!"

Ian was a little helpless, but he could only stop. Since he came back from the snowy mountain, his physical strength has become very good, and he doesn't feel tired easily, but Nicole is different, she is still a woman after all, she has walked for a day, she has not eaten, and her whole body has been protesting for a long time.

"I thought you had good physical strength. Ian pouted, he wouldn't miss an opportunity to taunt Nicole, "Didn't you say that you used to go into the mountains with your grandfather a lot?

Nicole instantly became furious, pointed at Ian and scolded: "Do you still have no humanity? How can I say that you are also a girl? Even if the army is marching, it needs to rest!"

Ian looked at Nicole's angry appearance and felt a little funny, but he didn't dare to say anything more, for fear that Nicole would blow up. To be honest, Nicole's physical strength is already very good, at least the Messiah can't compare to her, and the Messiah is carried or supported by Ian most of the time in the snowy mountains. And Nicole can walk all day by herself, so it's still okay.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" asked Nicole as she took off her boots and rubbed her ankles after she had enough of scolding, "this is pretty much where the frightening birds are." ”

"That's right. Ian was about to say something to deal with Nicole when suddenly his eyes sharpened and caught a glimpse of something, "Wait." ”

Ian walked over to a bush and reached out to block the foliage of the bush, revealing a footprint that had been concealed.

"Hey, Nicole, come and have a look. Ian greeted.

"What are you doing?" Nicole walked over despite her displeasure, noticed the row of footprints, sighed, and crouched beside Ian.

"Are these human footprints?" Ian asked.

"These are human footprints. Nicole affirmed, she reached out and gently stroked the dirt stained with the footprints, and said softly, "The footprints have not been left for long, only half a day or so." ”

"Half a day?" Ian frowned, "that's when we saw the frightened birds over there." ”

Nicole hesitated, but nodded, and said, "It seems that someone is in trouble here, could it be someone from the caravan?"

Ian stared at the row of footprints, and then said slowly, "Will there be women in the caravan?"

"Yes, there will be, but very few. Nicole said, "Why, do you suspect that this footprint is a woman's?"

Ian compared the size of the footprints with his fingers, and then compared his own footprints before saying, "This footprint is quite small, if it is a man, eighty percent is still a child who has not grown up, if it is a woman, it makes sense." Do you think it's about the size of your feet?"

Nicole also compared her feet and found that they were about the same size.

"And, if it's a child, the footprints won't be so deep. Ian shook his head and said, "So it can only be a woman, so strange, how can there be only one woman's footprints here." If it's a caravan, only one person doesn't make sense. ”

Nicole's expression slowly changed, and she finally realized that this mission was not as simple and dangerous as she imagined. Yes, she knew that what Ian said was right, it was impossible for a woman to cross the Luth Mills alone, and it was the greatest possibility to follow the caravan. However, a caravan has dozens of people, how can a woman leave the team?

That's when she remembered the description of the mission. This task was sent by the merchants, because every time the caravan passed through the Lutheran Forest, there would be a few people missing for some reason. At first, they thought that these people had run away and didn't pay much attention to it, but every time there was a small team, and the few people could no longer be seen, which caused them to panic.

"Did you find anything before?" asked Nicole as she thought of Ian's insistence on coming here.

Ian hesitated, but shook his head. He couldn't tell Nicole that it was the dragon flame engraved in his hand that caused the trouble, in that case, Nicole wouldn't worry about anything else, but would worry about him as a dragon hybrid.

For a moment, Ian thought there should be a dragon here. But at least now he hasn't found any traces of dragons, and his heart is not as nervous as before, but he still can't relax.

"That woman must have been scared away by some kind of blind bear, wild boar or something. Ian comforted Nicole, and at the same time comforted herself, "Women, after all, they are less courageous. ”

Nicole glared at him viciously: "You are cowardly, your courage is smaller than mine!"

Speaking of which, the tension in Nicole's heart disappeared a lot. When she got up, her ears suddenly moved: "Hey, there seems to be a stream not far from here." ”

"Your ears still move. Ian was like discovering a new world, "like a rabbit." ”

Nicole glared at him fiercely again, then picked up her things and said, "Let's go, go to the river, I want to wash my face." ”

Ian agreed, and the two left in an argument. As soon as the two left, the bushes returned to their original state, and where Ian hadn't noticed, a leaf, shaking and dripping bright red blood to the ground.