The petrified lizard lying in the grass had a round body, its fat body made it almost neckless, its mouth half a meter long showed a row of sharp teeth, its eyes were closed, and its eyelids looked the size of a fist.

His body was covered in specks of withered yellow and grass green, and his limbs were pressed down by his bulky body, and only two thick forelimbs could be seen, and the sharp nails were like hook-like daggers.

Roy found that the most fatal wound in his abdomen was probably underneath the abdomen, and there were hardly any scars on the rest of his body.

Even the three arrows that Claire shot at its head were only stuck in the flesh of the skin.

There was a large pool of bruises in the grass, and Roy couldn't help but touch the lizard skin with his hand when he got closer, almost no different from touching a rock.

Even if they wanted to turn it over and lie on its belly, neither Roy nor Claire could do it......

"What should we do?" Claire was a little dumbfounded, the petrified lizard in front of her didn't have any breath, it should have died here.

Roy tugged at the rope, and couldn't move the petrified lizard at all, so he could only give up the rope in his hand, and then pulled out his dagger, wanting to cut off the petrified lizard's neck with a knife at the neck, trying to cut off its head, because the leather on the head was the most difficult to peel, so he simply gave up, as long as the leather on the body and tail parts were fine.

Plus, this guy has a magic core in his head.

Neither Roy nor Claire learned skinning, and although the Elven Academy had this course, few freshmen would sign up for it.

Those who are willing to learn skinning are some old birds from the Elven Academy, they may have gone through several field training, and they also have hunting experience, and then suddenly found that when hunting in the wild, they can't do many things without skinning, and they will only learn this course when they return to the academy.

Roy was carrying an ordinary fish-killing dagger, which was very useful for killing fish and scraping fish scales, but such a dagger forged from ordinary steel could not cut the hard armor of a petrified lizard at all.

He stabbed the petrified lizard in the skin with his dagger, but found that the dagger could only make shallow marks.

In such hot weather, once the animal dies, the body will gradually become smelly, and the hotter the weather, the shorter the process......

Once the internal organs smell in the body, that is the biggest trouble.

Roy tugged on the rope again, he wanted to drag the petrified lizard to the shade of the tree, and with the help of the branches and ropes of the big tree, maybe there was a chance to turn the petrified lizard over.

It's a pity it's too heavy.

Roy thought of the ropes that pulled the sails on the Black Pearl, the huge sails on several mainmasts almost weighed hundreds of pounds, and the ropes that pulled the sails on the ship had pulley sets, but unfortunately he didn't bring those bulky pulleys with him on this trip to the Malaga jungle.

"There's no way we're going to be able to pull this big guy." Claire said, standing aside.

Roy glanced at the long dagger Claire wore around her waist and said to Claire:

"Then just peel the skin, before it rots, peel off the most precious lizard skin on its body, there is still a magic core in its skull, my dagger can't cut its hard skin, how about trying it with your long dagger?"

Claire pulled out the long dagger from her waist and handed it to Roy.

The long dagger he carried with him was not the one he had used to fight in the gladiatorial arena, but a gift from his father when he learned that he was going to take an outdoor practice class.

Apparently the dagger was sharp enough, and the scabbard was inlaid with a small piece of whetstone.

Roy held the dagger and sliced through the hard armor skin of the petrified lizard, the blade of the dagger undamaged, and both of them exhaled softly.

Inside the hard carapace is a layer of tender white flesh, which even spills out of grease after being cut open by the dagger.

"This dagger is really sharp......"

Roy cut off the petrified lizard's skull along its neck, then made a cut in the side of its abdomen and began to peel the petrified lizard's crust.

Since the two had never learned to peel the skin, a whole piece of petrified lizard leather was cut into four pieces, and the leather on the legs of the four stout lizards was never peeled off.

When they got to the petrified lizard's belly, Roy and Claire were able to figure out the cause of the petrified lizard's death.

It had a wound in its abdomen that was nearly half a meter long.

When it was peeled, Roy found that there was barely much blood in its body, apparently dying after it had run out of blood.

Finally dismantled the petrified lizard before it got dark.

There's no way to deal with it further in the jungle.

Roy tied all the lizard skins together, wrapped the petrified lizard's head in plantain leaves, tied it with rope, and put it in Claire's magical waist bag.

Roy had planned to leave a piece of the lizard's tail behind and roast it tomorrow.

But it was resolutely opposed by Claire.

The two had to dig a large pit in the same place as the elves did, and bury the remaining petrified lizard bones in the grass.

After harvesting the petrified lizard leather, the two were already exhausted.

It was originally planned to camp under this big tree and rest for the night.

However, when setting up the tent, Roy looked at the grass where the petrified lizards were buried, and said to Claire: "Claire, I think we should get out of here first, if there are other petrified lizards in this vicinity, once they catch up with the traces, I am afraid that they will not be able to leave." ”

Claire also knew that Roy had a point, and decided to rush to the second check-in point overnight.

In fact, the Magara jungle at night is more difficult to walk, and it is impossible to detect the dangers hidden in the dark......

Roy and Claire relied on a sacred glimmer of light to crawl through the jungle for most of the night, and finally climbed over a mountain and reached the vicinity of the second check-in point.

It's so late, and the teachers in charge of checking in may have already rested.

This col is very large, and there is no way to find the exact location of the check-in point at night, so Roy and Claire discussed it, and planned to find a random place to camp, wait for dawn to sign in, and by the way, tell the instructor in charge of signing in the news of the discovery of petrified lizards in the jungle.

……

It was just dawn, and there was a faint layer of mist in the jungle, and Roy crawled out of the tent, feeling like the whole tent was wet with fog.

Not only were the grass and leaves covered with dew, but even the rocks under their feet were wet.

Roy slept in a simple tent for only two hours before he could no longer sleep.

He chose a high ground with a wider view, compared it with a parchment map, and estimated the approximate location of check-in point No. 2.

Sure enough, I saw a cliff rock in the col, which is difficult to find in the jungle, but as long as you stand on a high place and look at the whole mountain range, this sign-in point is still easy to find.

Seeing that Claire was still asleep in the tent, Roy planned to go to the check-in point himself, and after stamping the parchment map, the two left the place.

Stop and stop along the way, today is the ninth day of entering the Malaga jungle.

Of the eight check-in spots, Roy has only found two so far.

Thinking that he might not be able to find all the check-in points, Roy felt that the geography assignment assigned by Mr. Harper was really difficult......

"Roy, where are you going?"

Roy tied his trouser leg tightly with a rope and was just about to sign in, but Claire also woke up, poked her head out of the tent, and squinted at him.

Roy stood up, pointed in the direction of check-in point 2, and said to Claire:

"I found the location of the No. 2 sign-in point, and I was going to go there to get a stamp, you are sleeping a little longer, and I will rush back after I sign in, and then we will leave for the No. 3 check-in point......"

"Wait for me, let's go together!"

Claire poured the water from the bladder on top of her head and wiped her face before she quickly put on her leather armor and emerged from the tent......

Neither of them packed up the tent, and there was nothing of value in it anyway, except for the tent itself.

The jungle here has been carved out by the elven students who arrived first, there are no thorns and vines, but the road is rotten, and some footprints are full of muddy water.

A mist rushed towards him, and Roy didn't know if it was his delusion, he smelled a faint smell of blood in the air.

Soon I walked to the check-in point, which was an open field near the foot of the cliff, and several tents had been set up next to the cliff face.

Because it is next to the rock wall, the terrain is relatively open, and the fog there is relatively thin.

From a distance, Roy saw several elven students sitting across from an instructor, who didn't look like they were talking, and didn't know what they were doing sitting there......

Claire also discovered a strange thing at this time, and it turned out to be a human instructor at the second check-in point.

He was about to whisper a complaint to Roy when he saw Roy's pupils shrink suddenly, and there was even a hint of panic in his eyes.

He reached out and grabbed Claire and said in a very low voice, "Don't go over ......"

His voice was even a little gasping.

Claire sensed Roy tugging at her arm, so she carefully stepped back with him.

It wasn't until the morning fog completely obscured the sign-in spot that Claire asked, "Roy, what's wrong?" ”

Roy leaned against a large tree, looked around warily, and whispered:

"He's not an instructor in the Academy, I've met him, he's a seaman, and I've seen him kill a Dark Moon Elf in Castletown,"

Claire's eyes widened, and she exclaimed in disbelief:

"Then how did he end up at the check-in point?"

The answer flashed in the eyes of both at the same time, but Claire's translucent pointed ears trembled slightly, and she said quickly in a very low voice:

"Someone is coming, hurry up and hide......"

Roy crouched down and lifted Claire's feet with his shoulders, allowing him to quickly climb up the tree, and then Claire hooked her feet to the branches of the tree, leaned down and stretched out her arms, pulling one of Roy's arms......

When Roy stepped on the trunk of the tree and rushed up, Claire pulled hard and dragged Roy to the tree......

(End of chapter)