The brood was lying in the forest not far from the base, and the carapace of her whole body crackled and began to grow again. The bulging abdomen had shrunk significantly, and it was clear that the stored food had been almost consumed. This growth has left it over three meters in length, and its back height is about the same as that of an adult human man, but its legs, blades, and head have not changed significantly. It staggered forward a few steps, leaving three translucent eggs in place.

The egg is oval-shaped, and as soon as it hits the ground, it expands and expands rapidly, and through the wall of the egg, you can see that the organisms inside are rapidly growing and forming. Then two blades pierced the wall of the egg, and three half-meter-long worker bees that resembled the shape of a newborn brood crawled out of the egg chamber. It only took about ten minutes for the three worker bees to lay eggs to be born. After they break the eggs, the first thing they do is to eat the egg shell clean, then shake their bodies, and when the shell hardens, the body size has become much larger, and it is almost a meter long.

The three worker bees flapped their wings and flew around the brood, then quickly flew deep into the forest. The brood lies silently in place, like a dark rock in the night.

Night had fallen, and it was still clear tonight, the sky was shining with stars, and although the moonlight was light, there was still a gray veil of brilliance sprinkled into the mountains and forests. The brood suddenly moved, changed direction, and shrank into the shadows of the trees. It heard a faint human voice in the distance and immediately became alert. But then it smelled a familiar smell, and its open armor slowly retracted, and it lay down quietly again.

A few hundred meters away, a clearing in the woods was lit as bright as day by torches. Ten captives have dug a large pit and a small one. At this moment, the corpses of soldiers were being removed from the cart and thrown into a large pit. Two knights on foot were heavily armed and watched over the captives' work. The corpses of the two knights and knights were placed in a small pit, showing unusual treatment. This is in keeping with both the plane and the Norland tradition. There was always a distinction between nobles and commoners, especially after death.

The body was quickly buried, and the quicksand gave way to the knights to escort the captives back first, saying that they still needed to pray here. After a day's fighting, Quicksand had established an authority second only to Richard in this team, and almost everyone owed her half a life. As long as there is quicksand behind them, every warrior will feel very relieved.

Quicksand stood silently in place, watching the knights and captives disappear from view, she opened the book of time and flipped to one of the pages. The page is beautifully illustrated with the story of the priests of the Eternal and Time Dragons roaming the continent, spreading their teachings and finding and curing the sufferers of a magical disease called 'Albino Debilitation', but strangely the illustration has a small point of light. Quicksand looked at the direction of the point of light, closed the time, and walked towards the depths of the forest.

The roar of a bear was faintly heard in the forest.

A worker bee flew up to the brood, left a rabbit behind, and flew back into the woods. There was a rattling sound in the bushes, and another worker bee crawled out dragging a gray wolf. The gray wolf was even bigger than it, so the worker bees had to drag it backwards and step by step towards the brood.

At this moment, a furious roar suddenly sounded not far away, and a fat black bear suddenly rushed out of the woods. Not far in front of it, a worker bee flew unhurriedly, always maintaining the height within reach of the black bear's claws, moving and dodging but very nimble, constantly dodging the black bear's pounce when it was not allowed to strike. The black bear has an obvious wound on the top of its head, which appears to have been bitten by a worker bee. Seeing the black bear that pounced, the mother nest, which was originally quiet and crouched, also stood up excitedly, crawled towards the black bear, and when the distance was close to within ten meters, the mother nest had a mental shock, and the black bear suddenly stood up, and then rolled on the ground in pain, and stopped moving after a while.

When quicksand walked out of the trees, he saw a black bear that had been eaten most of it. The brood stopped eating, watched the quicksand with alarm, its mouthparts slightly open, and began to drip thick acid. Obviously, if Quicksand was hostile or too close, she would be greeted with an arrow of acid.

Quicksand stopped and said, "You don't have to worry about me. ”

The brood first shook its mouthparts a few times, and the back armor behind its head suddenly opened a small piece, revealing a little membrane, and with the vibration of the membrane, it actually began to speak like a human, but its voice was a little hoarse and weird: "Because you and your master have no soul contract." ”

Quicksand smiled calmly and said, "The relationship between me and your master is stronger than a contract. ”

"I only believe in contracts. The brood replied.

"Why don't we use a spiritual connection? "Quicksand built yì.

The brood flatly refused: "You have a powerful divine power. I will never make a spiritual connection with you until I enter the mature body!In addition, my Jianyì is that you put down the book in your hand, it makes me feel very uneasy, and I can't help but want to attack. ”

Quicksand raised the time and said, "Is this one? Her movements made the brood suddenly open its back armor, but when she saw that she was really squatting and putting the end of time on the ground, the brood quieted down.

"Now we can talk about it. My name is quicksand. ”

"You can call me a brood. Beautiful quicksand, what are you looking for me?" the brood asked.

Quicksand sighed and asked with great interest, "Am I really beautiful?"

The brood replied with a unique honesty: "Yes, very beautiful. In my eyes, everything that is powerful, balanced, and perfect is beautiful. You meet all the criteria, especially the lines on your forehead, which contain unimaginable power and are astounding to me. ”

"You're really flattering. Quicksand smiled. If the quicksand that does not smile is beautiful, holy and mysterious like the ruins in the eternal dragon hall, as if the clear amber solidifies every vicissitudes of time, then the quicksand that laughs is like time flowing in an instant, and the magnificence of countless planes and spaces blooms thrillingly at the same time.

However, Quicksand quickly put away his smile and said solemnly: "Your master, Richard, is not in a good situation right now, he actually needs your strength very much. ”

"I'm trying to grow, and you're interrupting my eating. The brood replied.

Quicksand looked at the black bear, which was only half small, and asked, "Can this food satisfy you?"

"The black bear is good, it has power. In addition, I can now be considered to have completed three-quarters of the way through the juveniles. ”

"Very powerful......" Quicksand keenly captured the word, and then asked, "In addition to flesh and metal, you need very powerful creatures for your food in the juvenile stage?"

"Flesh and metal are the foundation of my growth, and the stronger and more powerful my food is when I am alive, the better it will be for me. I analyze the causes of their power and use it. Once I'm a baby, I'm starting to need food rich in magical energy. ”

Quicksand nodded and said, "Very good, then come with me, I think there is some food that will be useful for you." ”

The brood hesitated, but followed the quicksand. As for the remnants of the black bear, it naturally could not be wasted, and it summoned two worker bees back and dragged the black bear for it.

Quicksand leads the brood to the clearing where the bodies of the war dead are buried. As soon as it arrived, the brood opened its dorsal armor with some excitement, but it only crawled forward a few steps before stopping.

"What the master means is that humans cannot be treated as food. The brood said.

"Humans are also friends and enemies, and there is nothing to hesitate to eat those who want to kill you. The important thing is that Richard needs your strength now. ”

"But the master ......" The brood was still hesitating, but when it came to the clearing, the black bear could no longer attract its attention.

"Richard had his own ideas and principles, which were the source of his strong will and the guarantee that others would follow him. So, some of the things he can't or don't want to do, but he has to do, I'll do it. Brood, you don't need to hesitate, I'll be in charge. You are very wise and should understand that only by living, including your master, can you talk about sticking to your principles. ”

The brood didn't move, but the two worker bees dropped the black bear and flew up, and they quickly shoveled away the thin soil, revealing the corpses buried below. In the center lay Sir Minthai, still in full armor, with the large torn shield on his body and the blood-stained three-headed hammer at his hand.

The brood moved and crawled into the clearing, a huge shadow slowly covering the sleeping Mintai.