Chapter 7 The First Sight of Life
Four men marched silently towards the swamp, three men and one woman, a very common combination. The number of people often does not play much in front of the swamp, especially the small swamp of Lorba.
The swamp was filled with the stench it should have, and the occasional bubbles burst to push the gas into the face. The flames of Lena's fingertips could push back poisonous insects, but they could not resist the stench, and everyone walked on the edge of the swamp as if they were walking in a nightmare.
The flame on Lena's fingertips was a real surprise, it wasn't magic, it was just a simple condensation of the fire element on her fingertips. Such a small and long-lasting flame means that the ability is powerful and the nuanced control makes the success rate of this adventure a little higher.
The life of the Darzan Viper is very large, from the periphery to the core, but even the outer locations require everyone to travel deeper for a few more days. Everyone had already been mentally prepared for this, and as soon as the swamp began to darken, the four of them had already begun to prepare for tonight's camping.
While out trying to find some food or something useful, Priest approached Davion lightly and appropriately voiced his concerns. The unique environment of the swamp has seriously affected the entry of most magical elements, and divine magic has been suppressed to a pitiful level here. Even if he used the strength of Priest, who had been practicing penance for many years, to fight against it, at this time there was only the strength of an ordinary priest.
"I'm okay, the dragons don't seem to care too much about this environment. "Legend has it that there is a dragon in the west, sleeping and spitting mirage, which spreads for thousands of miles, and under its claws is one of the largest swamps in legend. Although this is a legend passed down from person to person, since the dragon chose the swamp as the sleeping place, it is natural that it will not be affected too much.
Lena didn't seem to have much of an impact. Davion tried to comfort Priest and give him some confidence.
"No, I'm just a little uneasy. Priest didn't seem to have lost confidence because of this, but her instincts gave her some bad feelings.
The two did not speak long before returning to the camp. Lena gathered a lot of fire elements into the fire, which greatly extended the burning time, and at the same time barely deterred the surrounding creatures. Olofan silently buried a lot of tiny hooks around him during this time. The hooks all came with barbs, which, according to himself, worked well in swamps.
Lena gestured to the two of them with imperceptible eyes, indicating that the place that Olofan pointed out just now had indeed pointed out all the iron hooks that had just been buried, and did not hide it.
There was no word for the night, and the four of them marched monotonously for the next few days. Occasionally, a few water monkeys and crows that seem to be everywhere make the journey a little different. It's a pity that the Darzan Viper didn't even see a shadow, but after thinking about it, the other teams should not be much better, and he comforted himself in disguise.
A long arrow grazed through Oracea's right ear, nailing a poisonous lizard to a tree. Oracea turned her head and stuck out her tongue, and she was also shocked into a cold sweat. Trixie's eagle, who wanted to protect her son, pulled her toward her. Although Gondor opened the way ahead, there were inevitably some such fish that slipped through the net.
And Olethea can't be blamed for that, the Thunder Lizard lives in dry hills and mountains. The closest place to the town is this hill, the sparse trees and dry environment make most elves feel uncomfortable, especially Elves like Olesia, who rarely leave the forest. If the lizard just now was not lying on a rock but on a tree, the outcome would have been different.
Olesia hated such a place, and she secretly cursed in her heart the thunder lizard she had not yet met, and her shiny blonde hair was lazily drooping these days, but it was a bit like a dry straw, and the little girl was very sad about it.
Trixie didn't seem to be affected on the surface, and the black cloak didn't mean to take it off in the slightest. In fact, Trixis was more affected, and the pitiful scarcity of ice elementals made her abundant ice arrows a little worrisome.
"Sister, are we sure?" The influence of the environment made Olesia feel the decline in the strength of the team, and the dry and hot hills filled the entire sight.
Trixie stretched out her hand and patted Olethea's small hand, but her eyes looked ahead with anxiety, according to the news that Gondor gave her, she should meet in the next few days.
"Don't worry, it's useless to rush. It's all come to this point, and you have a chance to go down slowly, and you've already lost before you can do it. Trixie had the rare patience to explain this to others. Olethea nodded in understanding. "Even if you think you can't beat it, can't you beat it even more if you panic like this?"
Although she comforted her sister in this way, the expressions on her and Gondor's faces became more and more serious. Although both of them are known for their strength and pushing the limits in the younger generation, it does not mean that they are not vigilant in pursuing their limits. On the contrary, it is the vigilance and composure that make them achieve the limit in the eyes of others.
On the road behind, Gondor's reconnaissance was getting closer and closer to the two of them, and Trixise untied the longbow and held it in his hand at any time. Although Olesia didn't understand how far it was, she consciously raised her vigilance, and the breath from the wind gradually took on a faint fishy smell.
Finally, on a very ordinary afternoon, Gondor brought very unusual news. I found a thunder lizard in front of me, but ...... But it's a juvenile thunder lizard.
Olesia didn't know what that meant, her eyes widened as she watched as her sister and Gondor agreed without hesitation, then motioned for her to follow, and quickly dived over there.
Olesia didn't dare to delay, and followed her sister without asking anything. Olethea, who had never done this before, was extremely careful in front of her sister, preferring to be a little behind rather than make a move. As soon as the nervous Olesia arrived at the scouting point, she saw her sister pointing to the bottom of the slope, and Gondor nodded her head to indicate that she understood.
Following Trixi's slender fingers, a huge four-legged demonic beast several meters long was lying there, its strong muscles and thick bones propping up its green skin high, and the huge sharp horns above the tip of its nose made most people lose interest in challenging it. Fortunately, after seeing Xiaoxiao's size, Olesia has a certain immunity to large creatures, and after seeing it for the first time, she can also compare the difference between it and Xiaoxiao by the way. But thinking that his opponent is it, he still feels bitter in his heart.
"Sister...... No way. Unfortunately, Trixie still gave her the answer she didn't want the most, and Gondor made a gesture, and the three of them retreated first.
"How can this be killed!" said Olesia, a little helpless. Although I believe in my sister unconditionally, the dragon is often far more shocking than people think.
The two glanced at each other, and Gondor spoke first: "I don't know why, the male thunder lizard is gone." I tracked the adult Thunder Lizard, but I never saw a male Thunder Lizard. ”
"Neither did I. Trixie expressed her opinion briefly. Aside from Olethea, she rarely explained much to others. "Kill the little ones first. ”
Gondor agreed, and Olecia was subconsciously ashamed. Just now, her attention was all attracted by the adult Thunder Lizard, but she didn't pay attention to the existence of the juvenile Thunder Lizard at all. Trixie saw Olethea's embarrassment, didn't say anything, and pulled her directly to the back of the slope. Although Gondor was disgruntled and his brow furrowed, he only shook the handle of the knife in his hand in the end and did nothing.
It was only this time that Olesia saw the two small blue things in front of the adult thunder lizard, and the young thunder lizard looked more cute than fierce. The long horns on the head are not as hard as their mother's, but the white and smooth little horns will arouse the girl's affection, and she can't help but want to come forward and touch them. It may be that the hard scales are a little tricky.
"Sister, you can't, directly. Olethea swallowed back the words, even if she was naïve, she knew that giving up killing the child and killing the mother was not kind and kind no matter how you look at it. The hypocrisy of humans is almost invisible to elves like them, who have been living in the forest, and even if they open their mouths, they find it difficult to accept.
"No, the two of us are responsible for killing the baby Thunder Lizard, and Gondor is on the sidelines looking for an opportunity. Olesia was about to say something, but swallowed it back under Trixi's stern gaze. Tricis decisively motioned for Aurethea to make a move, turning around and gesturing towards Gondor, only to make one more gesture where Oracea couldn't see.
The elves' archery skills are unparalleled in the world, and the sisters are the best among them, not to mention the archery skills. The two long arrows arrived in front of the little thunder lizard in an instant, this is the real sense of the eye, and before the mother thunder lizard reacted, the left eye of the two little thunder lizards had been pierced by the long arrow. Since adult monsters generally have eyelids to prevent sharp objects from stabbing them, adventurers will not provoke an adult monster with such a dangerous move if they are not sure.
The young son was injured, and the mother was naturally heartbroken. The adult thunder lizard stomped on it angrily, and the hills under its feet were thrown into a mess. The scales all over his body began to redden, and the scales on the side of his neck opened slightly, obviously angry. Two little thunder lizards rolled and wailed beside them, and Olethea felt a throb in her heart. But the giant demonic beasts that were getting closer and closer in front of her made her breathing even more disordered. As if nothing had happened, Trixis, beside her, raised her bow and pulled the string with a cold face, seizing the opportunity to shoot an arrow into the open scales. Suddenly, a blood arrow erupted from the Thunder Lizard's neck, but this was still within the tolerance range of the Thunder Lizard's huge body.
Just as the thunder lizard was getting closer and closer, the little thunder lizard on the side screamed fiercely, and the appearance of Gondor cut off the forelimbs of a small thunder lizard alive, and the female thunder lizard could only turn around and save under the anger, and the thick forelimbs ploughed two deep ravines in the ground. The terrifying impact force was now acting on its own body, and its originally hard and sturdy body began to seep blood outward at this moment.
Gondor naturally wouldn't give it a chance, and in a moment it went into stealth again. Without hesitation, Trish fired another arrow into its hind legs. Seeing that Olesia didn't move, she stood aside in a daze. Trixie shouted in a cold voice, "Olethea!
Olesia shuddered and raised her bow to aim. Although the accuracy is still accurate, it always seems that the strength is much worse than before. Even though the strength of the adult thunder lizard was still above the three of them at the moment, the weakness of the young son dragged it to death. Gondor and the two sisters in the distance continued to consume it, and though it roared and grieved, it could not do anything about it.
But Trixi's expression was still the same, and her frowning brow did not mean to relax at all. As blood donations piled up on the ground, the thunder lizard had begun to gasp for breath and its eyes were red. But Gondor's outbursts were also falling straight, and the intervals of stealth were getting longer and longer.
Finally, at the moment when Gondor's magic was exhausted, the Thunder Lizard rushed towards Gondor, and Trixis's ice arrow shot into its wound at the first time, but the small long arrow could not stop the Thunder Lizard's huge body from rushing forward, as if it were like an invisible stain on a giant painting.
Gondor's pale face suddenly turned rosy again, and he slashed forward with both knives, and his figure began to blur again. With a scream, the Thunder Lizard sped up its run, and in the face of Trixis' frantic sniping, it ate Gondor's two swords and crashed into him before he was almost completely invisible. Gondor's tall and thin figure suddenly bounced out like a pebble, and blood sprayed the ground in an arc in the air.
After doing all this, the thunder lizard also ran out of ammunition and food, and lay on the ground with weak limbs. Trixis's shot was not useless, and with its blood drained, it was no longer able to launch a second charge with ice edges all over its body.
Oraceia stood on the dirt slope in shock, and Trixise held her longbow with a tired expression. With a cold temperament, she didn't want to see Gondor's injuries at this time, and she believed that a prepared Gondor would not die so easily.
After that, things were simpler, and after cleaning up the battlefield, Trixise reprimanded Olesia very harshly, and if she hadn't helped, this battle would not have been so fierce.
In fact, Trixis herself had thought of this, so there was the scene where Gondor still had room at the end, but due to physical strength, he couldn't completely avoid it. As her older sister, Trixie knew Olethea better.
"Is it useful for your subordinates to show mercy? We came out to complete the mission, and the monster is not a kitten or a puppy, so what is there to sympathize with. Trishes reprimanded loudly, not even avoiding Gondor in the slightest. Dressed in black, she looked far more mature than Olethea, and even looked like an elven instructor from a distance. The anger in Trixi's heart and the disappointment in Olesia made her always indifferent even extremely excited. "It's not an elven holy place outside, kindness and holiness alone can't solve any problems, if you go all out just now, the battle won't be so difficult. This is just a female thunder lizard, what if you meet a thunder lizard in the prime of life? The notion that contradicts tradition is like a giant hammer that hits Olethea hard.
Olesia lowered her head and did not speak, and no one could see the long hair covering her expression, just like the originally vivid bird that had now turned into Venus with a broken arm, although it was beautiful but suddenly lost the breath of life.
As night fell, the dry hills were not suitable for a campfire, so the three of them found a dry, leeward cave nearby, and began to rest quietly with the help of the thunder lizard.
Trithea looked at Olethea who was speechless, sighed silently in her heart, and reached out to take Olethea into her arms, and Olethea didn't make any unnecessary moves, as if nothing had happened, just gently resting her head on Trixi's chest.
Trixie knew the shadow in her sister's heart, but it didn't interfere with her in the slightest. This is the price that must come to life, and she has experienced it at the beginning. No one can help you on the road to growth except yourself, and the experience of the older generation is only experience after all. We wander, hesitate, and in the end we are left alone to choose, try, and grow.