Chapter Twenty-Eight: Vicky Gardens
After the mermaid attack, the ship sailed for another week, which passed relatively peacefully, without any accidents, and the sea was calm.
"Hahaha...... Our ship is docked, and everyone on the left and right is on deck, ready to disembark, all hurry ......up for me," came Rogerf's voice through the metal pipe.
"It's finally here!"
Hearing this voice, Aaron faintly looked forward to it, packed up his things in twos and threes, walked out of the room with the package on his back, and wanted to walk on the deck.
The students in the cabin, who had been looking forward to it for a long time, picked up all their belongings one by one when they heard Rogoff's voice, ran out of the room, and rushed to the deck.
Soon, the deck was full of people, and the instructors from the various colleges had all arrived first, waiting for their respective students to assemble.
"The students of Als Lake come to me, hurry up!"
"The students of the Sage's Lodge have come here......"
"...... in the Night Forest"
When all the students were on the splint, the instructors began to gather their students together.
It didn't take long for the students on the deck to divide into groups of people, corresponding to different students, and the leader was the mentor who led the way, and then, under the arrangement of these instructors, groups of people took turns to disembark.
When it was the turn of the team from Vicky Garden to disembark, Miranda, who led the way, reconfirmed the number of people: "It's our turn to disembark, you all stick to me, don't fall behind, otherwise you will bear the consequences......"
There were only twelve students in Vicky Garden, including Aaron, and there were only three men, and most of them were women, a total of nine, which was far more than he imagined at the beginning.
Aaron can expect that by the time he arrives in Vicky Gardens, it is estimated that the proportion of boys will be very low, and it would be nice to have one-third.
The group disembarked with Miranda, and drove half a day in a carriage to the edge of a forest.
After getting out of the carriage, Miranda commanded with a stern expression: "Vicky Garden is in the middle of this forest, now we are going to walk in, remember to follow me closely, there are many dangerous places and dangerous creatures here, if anyone falls behind and encounters any creature, then ask for more blessings, let me hear clearly!"
"Yes! Mentor Miranda!"
The twelve students, including Aaron, saw Miranda with a stern look on her face when she spoke, and knew that she was not joking, and that this forest must be dangerous.
"Okay, now that you've heard clearly, let's go in now. With that, Miranda walked in the front and took the lead in stepping into the woods to lead the way.
"Ellie, it's so quiet here, it doesn't look like it's dangerous at all. ”
"Well, I think that's ...... the same way."
After walking for an hour, there was no movement along the way, and one of the girls whispered to her companion.
Miranda, who was walking in the front, seemed to hear these words, and continued as she spoke: "The place that seems safe on the surface is often the most dangerous place, don't underestimate this forest, otherwise you won't even know how to die, even some students who have been in the academy for a long time, if you don't pay much attention to walking here, your life will be in danger." ”
"Well, I agree with that!" Aaron secretly agreed with Miranda's words, and the situation here reminded him of the horror monster he had encountered in the woods before and almost killed himself.
The apparent calm is often just an illusion, and the real threat lies within.
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After walking for a long time, Miranda led a dozen students to a place that resembled a passage, surrounded by a wall of plants, with thorny thorns and a height of more than ten meters.
"Mentor Miranda, this seems to be a labyrinth!"
After walking in the passage for a while, Aaron found that it was like a labyrinth, with many places with openings, and the thorny walls became natural barriers.
Hearing Aaron's voice, Miranda said affirmatively: "That's right, there is a maze of thorns around the periphery of Vicky's garden, as a line of defense, where other creatures or outsiders can break in, don't underestimate these thorns, the thorns on them are poisonous, even if they are official mages, they don't dare to touch them lightly, you better not touch them, if you want to find a stab, even if I treat it in time, in the next month, don't think about getting up and walking." There was a warning in her words, even if they weren't allowed to touch the thorn walls.
"Wouldn't it be easy for someone to break into the maze if someone revealed the route?" asked a schoolgirl who walked behind innocently.
Then Miranda added: "You don't have to worry about this, this maze changes every day, the route is not fixed, not to mention this, you will naturally learn about it later." ”
Miranda didn't seem to want to continue discussing the topic, and deliberately said so, and in this regard, the girl who asked the question, and the others stopped mentioning the maze and honestly followed.
"Huh, isn't this a dead end?"
As they walked, Aaron found that they had come to a dead end, and what appeared in front of them was a wall of thorns, and there was no other way.
"Could it be that Miranda is also lost? No, no, this is absolutely impossible!" Seeing Miranda standing in front of the wall of thorns, Aaron's mind was full of doubts, and the expressions of the others at the moment were not much different from him.
At this moment, I saw a flower growing on the thorn wall, which looked like a bloody mouth.
"What is this?" As Aaron looked at him suspiciously, Miranda took out a strange object from the small package around her waist, the size of her thumb, somewhat like a seed.
Then, Miranda threw the seed into the flower, only to see that the flower actually closed again, retracted, and then about ten seconds, the vines on the thorn wall began to twist and writhe, and gradually faded, revealing an entrance for only two people to parallel.
"Oh, there is such a miraculous thing!" Seeing this series of changes, and the vines automatically fading, Aaron felt incredible, and looked curious, these plants seemed to be given orders and could be manipulated, and this method attracted him at once.
"Vicky Gardens! I'm looking forward to it more and more!" Aaron was excited as he vaguely looked forward to what he could learn in the academy.
Walking into the entrance, the sight that greeted Aaron made it feel like he had stepped into a world of plants.
There are many huge trees with trunks all around, and on the trunks of these wooden houses, many wooden houses have been built, and the surface of these wooden houses, so that all kinds of strange plants have grown around the vines.
Between the big trees, there are many bridges formed by the growth of vines, which extend in all directions, and want to extend out in all directions, connecting many places and forming a whole now.
There are many places under the trees, planted with a variety of plants, and almost most of the ground is utilized, leaving only some pedestrian paths, and the space above is some vine bridges, forming two floors, so it can be said that the land resources are used thoroughly.
"This architectural style is really original, it's amazing, and the people who created it here are really talented!!"
Seeing the scene in front of him as if it was a new world, Aaron was so impressed that there was a lot of wisdom in it, and before he saw it with his own eyes, he couldn't imagine that plants could be used like this!
Looking at the surprised expressions of the dozen or so freshmen behind her, Miranda seemed to have expected it, and smiled faintly: "This is Vicky Garden, don't you think it's amazing, it's beautiful, I had the same expression as you when I first came here." ”
"This place is divided into two floors, all the buildings are on huge tree trunks, and even the whole tree has been hollowed out, itself is part of the building, there are many plant fields and small gardens on the ground, which belong to the personal property of some people, without the permission of the owner, we cannot step into it without permission, when we usually go to different areas, we are walking on the vine bridges on the upper floors, this must be remembered, this is the rule, if you violate it, you will be punished......" Miranda looked serious, unhurried introduction.
After a brief introduction to the Vicky Gardens, Miranda led them to a vine-wrapped bridge at the entrance.
Stepping on it, Aaron feels like stepping on a suspension bridge, but the bridge deck is net-shaped, leaving a lot of grids, because there are some plants planted below, and there are grids that can let the light shine down, so as not to completely block the sunlight and affect growth.
After following Miranda for a while, everyone came to a giant tree, the diameter of the trunk was more than fifteen meters, but it was not as high as expected, the height was only less than twenty meters, and the tree as a whole looked like a Humpty Dumpty.
There is a hole in the trunk of the tree connected by the vine bridge as an entrance, and when you enter it, there is a spiral staircase, and everyone follows this spiral staircase up one floor.
Arriving at the upper level, Aaron found that most of it had been hollowed out, creating an empty interior space.
"Miranda, you came two days earlier than expected. As soon as the group walked up, a hoarse voice came.
I saw an old man, with gray hair and beard, sitting in a corner, with a mess of books piled up behind him, as if he was in a sea of books, and the voice came from his mouth.
"Well, this trip is relatively smooth, everything is faster, I have already brought the people, and the rest will be left to you, I have other things to deal with, so be it, see you next time!" Miranda replied softly, and then left here in a hurry as if she was in a hurry, leaving Aaron and the others.
"This girl is still the same. As soon as Miranda left, the old man smiled: "Now it's time to get down to business, my name is Jack, and I'm in charge of some important things in Vicky's Gardens, and I'll handle your admission procedures......"