Chapter 797: The Amazonian Customs of the Half-Dragon People
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"You've seen it?"
"A long time ago, we saw it, it was terrible, there were bipedal dragons flying in the sky, and there were big lizards in the ground, and the water was full of locusts and leeches. The ground is full of mud, and it's not easy to walk!"
"And how did you get in?"
"I don't know, it's just walking around, I was really hungry at that time, and then I met the teacher, and we found the way......"
This bunch of idiots.
Edward sighed slightly—it seems that the clue still has to be found by himself.
"Well, then, let's go our separate ways, take care. A slight nod counted as a farewell, and he turned and walked out in the other direction, and began to run.
He didn't use flying because he knew very well that the connection of the maze of the dinosaur god was definitely not the sky - although there were things like pterosaurs in the era of dinosaurs, the kind of flying creatures that relied on wing membranes were either too large to survive along the coast, relying on the sea breeze to support their bodies, and fish to replenish their physical energy, or they were small enough to fly in the treetops, not to mention soaring. And the bipedal wyvern and the like in this world are obviously 'alien species' and cannot be considered here as the main consideration.
The crocodiles had entered by trespassing, but Edward couldn't have tried his luck by trespassing.
Running towards the denser parts of the jungle doesn't seem to work, the spacing between the trees here is basically fixed, the densest places are only five or six feet wide, and the shrubs are even more intermittent, obviously not connected, so it seems that the only way to get to the direction where the dinosaurs lived is to rely on other ...... Tree species, or soil composition?
The former seems to be a bit reliable, after all, there is no systematic geology on the main material plane, but even if it depends on the tree species, this jungle is almost entirely broad-leaved trees, and there are no ancient plants such as fir or pine...... What's more, even among the prehistoric creatures known to Edward, trees and the like were not the mainstream......
Fern!
Within the next mile. The environment around you changes dramatically! It's like moving from one climatic zone to another, and the temperate deciduous trees disappear from view little by little, and the marshy trees are replaced by the trees of the swamp area...... Or it cannot be called a tree, but a cluster of broad, leafy leaves that stretch out, but the shortest kind is at least two feet tall.
The pleasant chirping of insects and the sound of the wind skimming the treetops faded away, and a huge black shadow swept through the trees, deftly through the thick trees covered in scales—indeed. They were giant curly ferns, with swirling branches stretched out like giant tentacles reaching out to the sky.
Edward's gaze froze on the dark shadow, then frowned slightly.
The arthropod with its small arm length is representative of the age of the dinosaurs - due to the oxygen content of prehistoric times. Ancient creatures were huge, and it was not uncommon for all kinds of reptiles to grow to more than one meter. And the prehistoric giant crocodile is a terrifying holy relic of about ten meters. Not to mention the true masters of those times......
That's it.
Edward stopped, for a dull crash had come from the ground, and when he turned around, he saw that the fern jungle in front of him had fallen in a creaking and grinding sound! A massive monster has appeared.
The curly fern canopy first revealed its five- or six-foot-long head, and then two thick trunks twisted to one side, and creatures nearly fifty long from its back to its solid and powerful tail slowly squeezed out—the rumbling sound. It was the stride of its two powerful hind limbs...... It raised its head, swaying slightly to determine the location of its target, its blood-red eyes glinting with a murderous light, its large mouth slowly opening in Edward's direction, two rows of sharp fangs with brownish yellow like a stone-carved dagger with a small arrangement, implicated in a trace of viscous gray-green liquid.
"It's really ......"
The Psychic Warlock couldn't help but laugh dumbly, his gaze unhurriedly swept over the monster's thorny body, and looked closely - the Tyrannosaurus rex, in his memory, was nothing more than a CG image on a movie screen, and even in this magical world, those dragons could only be called their relatives.
This watch was obviously unexpected by the Tyrannosaurus, and he shook his head up and down, carefully looking at the little white thing in front of him that did not escape like other living creatures...... The simple ganglionic brain allowed it to escape the countless absent tentacles of Edward's mind, but it couldn't give it much of the ability to think in detail, and it could only barely tell that it was a living thing, that it could be eaten, and then within a few seconds, the behemoth was bored. Its whole body shrank back, and its huge head rushed towards the black shadow like a cannonball!
The attack was a missed shot.
The huge teeth hooked up a large foliage of branches, and the mud and dust beneath them were scattered everywhere, but in the mess, the white robe had already fluttered up and landed on the treetop of a fern.
What to do with this thing?
Even if the current Edward is just a doppelganger, it won't take a minute to kill this prehistoric creature, but in the face of a dinosaur, especially the most representative Tyrannosaurus rex, if it is simply erased, it seems a bit inconsistent with the judgment of a 'modern man'.
With such a big thing, it seems to be a good choice to use it as a mount, but unfortunately this is not the main material plane, and the dinosaurs are just some soul transformation things, even if they are tamed, it is not easy to take them out for a long time......
"Roaring ......"
The roar of the tyrannosaurus interrupted the human's calculations, and his eyes moved, and he noticed that the huge prehistoric creature had retreated - a magical blade passed under its feet, rubbing a string of sparks against the spiny skin, but finally cut into the joints of its claws, bringing out a half-foot-long gap, although it was only a very small gap compared to the huge body, and the blue-purple blood suddenly splattered from the breach, like a fountain!
Does it have a bleeding magic effect?
Edward nodded.
The tyrannosaurus roared again and again, and its huge head struck left and right, trying to bite the black shadow, but as soon as it turned around, the other side of the body had already been hit again, and this time the wound did not bleed. But it was more than a foot long, and by the time it turned its head, the attacker had already retreated far away!
Their figures loomed in the forest, and they were none other than those crocodile people.
And Edward noticed that the fighting ability of these crocodiles is really extraordinary, the seemingly huge body is actually amazingly flexible, the tyrannosaurus shook its head one after another, and the long tail flicked continuously, but it could only stir up more dirt and dust that obstructed the vision, and it couldn't keep up with the movements of these four guys at all!
Their attacks were also quite effective, with the long knives of the iridescent crocodiles inflicting a bleeding effect, each of which inevitably caused a bloody rift in the Tyrannosaurus's claws. In addition, the black crocodile's short axe was torn, the blue crocodile's double-headed spear was ice and flame, and the bronze crocodile's two hammerhead flails in his hand were accompanied by spells such as smashing, and he hit one of the Tyrannosaurus rex's feet twice in succession. The two toes there were bent and twisted, and the sharp pain made the monster unsteady on its feet. Staggered out of the jungle and rushed out of a path!
It roared angrily. He rushed forward, and the rumbling sound slowly faded away.
"Well, well done. Edward shook his head helplessly, then jumped down from the tree and watched as the five 'only' slowly approached.
"You are our friend, and we can't watch you take risks. The iridescent crocodile smiled and intimately preemptively said the answer: "Since I saw it, I have to take you back, because this place is indeed too dangerous." You don't know......" "Anyway, let's get out of here quickly, the teacher knows how to get out of this damn forest quickly," "That's right, or there will be more monsters." ”
"Well, I'll start with a question. The human was silent for a moment, then waved his hand to interrupt the four crocodiles: "Do you know what a dinosaur is?"
The heads of the four crocodiles shook together, then turned in unison, and then Sprint replied, "It should be a powerful monster in ancient times, not many people have really seen it." ”
"I'm going to ......," Edward couldn't help but press his forehead.
Language Problems -
The people here speak Celestial, but Celestial is also an alphabetic language, in which dinosaurs are a separate word that has no connection to ordinary dragons, lizards, or reptiles. In fact, Edward's communication with them was not in the language of the Celestial Realm, but in the language of the heart. He can understand whatever the other person wants to say, but he doesn't stick to what the other person says.
"Well, that thing you ran away from was a dinosaur. And I believe that this is what you call the thriving rainforest, and you used to go further and further out of the labyrinth. ”
He sighed, "However, I agree with what you said, this place is indeed quite dangerous. ”
A sharp cracking sound rang out as his voice fell.
That means thirty or forty or more arrows coming from all directions.
It's just that for Edward, these are not problems, the air around him has become viscous as glue, and the arrows have flown dozens of feet and have fallen weakly.
But the arrows also gradually appeared—as if slowly melting out of the air, and came out of the dense forest around them with the sound of hooves, and the leader of them leaned forward slightly, and said loudly, "Stop." She said, her voice as clear as a mountain spring in the forest.
Edward's gaze lingered on the other for a moment.
She was unsurprisingly a woman...... Or rather, females.
Although the delicate curves of her body and delicate facial features matched the characteristics of a beautiful woman, the scales that covered her hands all the way to her forearms, and the legs like the hind paws of beasts, which were also wrapped in, gave her another identity.
Lizardmen? Or half-lizardmen?
Edward's gaze swept over the other's body draped in several animal skins, narrowing his eyes slightly.
The group of attackers who approached numbered about fifty, and were clearly veterans with a knack for lurking...... Before moving, Edward could only distinguish some of the soul fluctuations that were slightly stronger than those of the animals, and their figures were also hidden behind a very good protective color - like some kind of oil paint applied to their bodies, in addition to this, the scales on their bodies also seemed to change color as if they were avoiding servitude, and when they left the shadows of the trees, they became a bright white similar to the skin color. Pearl-like smoothness.
Yes, that's them.
As everyone begins to slowly emerge from their hiding places, they can be noticed only in their faces and the oil paint patterns on their bodies, but in terms of body characteristics, they are almost the same females...... Although structurally, it has claws and scales covering the side of the neck and the costal part. There is also the leg structure that is different from that of a human, but between the movements, the figure still sways to the letter.
"I'm sorry, but we thought you were beasts. I didn't expect it to be a male. So. Are you travelers?"
A few steps forward, the leader said, "Or are you inhabitants? Where did you originally live? You don't understand our language, or you can't speak?"
Or maybe because the answer was too slow, her next series of questions became faster and faster, and finally became a questioning tone. I finally got some answers.
Of the six 'males', the human was just squinting. Surveying each one, the wide white hood cast a deep shadow on his face. His face showed only pursed lips, and all that could be seen in the darkness was a pair of silver eyes, which swept slightly, but made everyone seem to have an illusion, as if he had shrouded everyone in 'something'.
Relative to the cold and standing gaze. The eyes of several crocodiles were quite hot, and they kept scanning each other, but they were dumbfounded. Or, it simply didn't think of what to say.
In the end, it was the rat-like Cun Zài who responded: "We are travelers passing through this place, from the unicorn bush, the reason for entering here is an accident, after a long time of travel, we want to return to the original place, I wonder if you can show us a way?"
"The road?" Lizardwoman tilted her head, "Yes, but it comes at a cost, and more importantly, you've broken into our hunting grounds and caused a lot of trouble, so you're also responsible for the problems that arise from this." ”
"It's really Li Jufu...... I thought this was the Divine Domain?"
The human sneered and made the lizard woman frown.
"Of course it's the Divine Domain, but the Divine Domain doesn't mean there are no rules. We never welcome males who casually intrude into our hunting grounds. If you are not able to provide proof of your identity, we will have to take you back to our station, where you will be judged by the great priests!" she said, but after a pause, she added, "If you are indeed innocent, we will not harm you!"
"Well, give me a reason. There is nothing to be said about human voices: "Why should I give myself to the judgment of an inexplicable man, who knows what standard he will use to look at me?"
"The justice of the Priests is guaranteed by His Majesty Utao, and we cannot ignore possible troubles!, as long as you are innocent, you can leave safely, and we will also offer a way to the Forbidden Heights, where the only portal you can use to exit the Labyrinth of Life is located. ”
It sounds like we don't have much of a choice.
Edward shrugged.
The 'half-lizardmen' divided into thirty men to escort six of them to a path hidden in the woods, but it seems that they did not take these captives very seriously, except for letting them walk in the middle, they did not take any measures to prevent them from escaping, and even deliberately left a gap in the front and back.
Edward's gaze wandered around him through the clumps of strange prehistoric plants, and he seemed to feel some changes from the moment he had just started - the space around them was in a state of extreme compression, and it was clear that the route they were traveling was the same as when he entered, a 'short path'.
But when the march was about ten kinds...... At the hourglass scale, 'Master Sprint' suddenly quickened his pace and walked side by side with Edward.
"This matter is a bit troublesome, so let's find a way to leave. He let out a small whisper, just enough to reach the human ear, without any change in his movements.
"Why?"
"I've heard of these people, they're wurmists, guardians who live in the labyrinth of life, and while they're not very dangerous, they can be very ...... Well, troublesome. 'Master Sprint' sniffled: "If we are tried by their courts, the final result is that we will be required to work for them for a period of time." ”
"Can't servitude be replaced by other means? For example...... Hmm, okay. Edward said casually, but soon realized the problem, and the appearance of the women, and the custom of a group of women going out to hunt, knew that they still lived in a simple and ancient matriarchal clan society, at least some of them, and money and other things were probably impossible to compensate for them.
"It can't be replaced, and it's not the kind of labor you imagine. The 'master' said, "You see, there are no men among them. ”
"Huh?" Edward was stunned for a moment, and then thought of something: "You mean, they are the kind of people who will catch men to reproduce?" (to be continued......)