In the middle of a quiet primeval jungle, a mountain range like a black centipede crawls in it, and the green leaves on the tops of the giant trees are connected together, swaying for thousands of miles, and under the blowing of the wind, there is a rustling sound.

The ancient trees are sky-high, and the waves are like the sea.

Originally, this place should be full of agility and vitality, but at this time, it is much less vibrant.

Although the ancient forest stretching for hundreds of miles is still lush, Lance and the others have not seen birds and beasts shuttling for several days, and they rarely even hear the sound of insects.

Deathly silence surrounds this adventurous party entering the forest.

Aside from the first few attacks, Lance and the others were not in any danger for the next few days.

It was as if it were an accident.

Led by Orlando, Lance and his party walked silently through the silent and dreary forest. The journey for several days had already consumed most of everyone's energy, and even the usually optimistic and big-hearted dwarf Teklin was no longer interested in talking about it.

The unchanged scenery and the mechanical rush made everyone relax their vigilance a little.

They had now penetrated deep into the inner perimeter of the Irene Mountains, and in this thorny and overgrown environment, the road was no longer as easy to walk as it had been.

No, to be exact, there was no road at all, and the "road" they were walking on now was all driven by Tecklin with his tomahawk.

Lance, who was walking in the middle of the line, felt a little amused when he saw Teklin open the way.

He looked like he was opening the way, he was obviously venting on those branches and trunks, and he must have been unable to stand this boring atmosphere. Now he is like a depressed child, who uses these plants in his way as the object of anger.

Lance also found it a bit boring to walk with his head covered, so he casually drew the short sword at his waist and slashed at the branches and weeds that stood in his way.

"Hey...... What a boring and boring adventure. ”

Suo Long, who was walking at the back of the line, said suddenly, as if muttering to himself, and as if to say to everyone.

He tore off a branch and waved it boredly, as if because everyone didn't respond, Suo Long suddenly tore open his voice and yelled, and suddenly the roar that exploded in his ears didn't make any other movement except for causing the other people in the team to roll their eyes.

However, after this roar, Suo Long seemed to feel a little more comfortable.

"How far is that ruin you are talking about? If it goes on like this, I can't guarantee that I'm not going to go crazy. ”

Suotaki asked aloud to Orlando, who was walking not far ahead.

"At the current rate, if nothing happens, there will be about four days left. ”

Orlando looked up at the sky, thought for a moment and replied.

"Oh...... Oh my God, there's four days left, and I think I'm going to go crazy. Twilight, give me something unexpected, even if there is another swarm of rats, you can ......" Suo Taki shouted loudly and exaggeratedly.

"Phew...... You forgot that I almost died because of it, and if you were wounded, I promised to be the first to save you!"

Blanc, who had recovered from his injuries, jumped to his feet when he heard this.

"Yo yo yo...... It's who you blame for running slowly, I can guarantee that if you do it again, you'll be bitten again, haha......"

"I'm going to be bitten again, I'm going to kill you before I get poisoned. ”

“......”

“......”

Blanc actually started a fight with Suo Long, you and I started to fight.

However, in this case, it's good to fight, at least to alleviate the boring atmosphere, they won't fight anyway, and everyone won't bother to care about them.

At this moment, Lance suddenly noticed that Teklin, who had opened the way at the front, had stopped and raised the battle axe in his hand very vigilantly towards the front.

"There is a situation!"

The experienced Orlando and others also discovered the situation at the first time, and before they could think about it, they raised their vigilance and waited in that direction.

Lance's sensitive nose could already faintly smell the faint smell of blood wafting through the air and the disgusting rancid stench.

"Something must have happened ahead. ”

Lance thought to himself.

Suotaki held two long swords, his eyes shining in that direction, and the excitement was as if a gambler had discovered a treasure.

"Maniac ......"

After Blanc laughed and cursed, he also held his thick-backed knife and entered a state of alert with full attention.

As the only newcomers on the trip, Lance and Ike were on guard back to back.

They understand that the two of them have almost zero adventure experience, and at such times, protecting themselves is the greatest contribution to the team.

Orlando made a "stay put" gesture to the group, then lightly rested his arrow on his bow and cautiously walked towards a thicket.

For no apparent reason, Lance had a hunch that there was a problem, but there would be no danger.

There was no other sound in the forest except for the slight sound of Orlando walking through the bushes and weeds, and the forest fell silent again, except for the sound of breathing, no one made any unnecessary sound.

After a few moments, Orlando returned with a solemn expression and beckoned to the crowd waiting in place.

Seeing this, Lance hurried over with the others.

It was a mangled human corpse.

The corpse's neck was bitten off by some beast, and the severed head was connected by the little flesh left on the neck, hanging on the rotten shoulders, and the body and limbs were twisting at a strange and terrifying angle, terrifying and terrifying.

There was also a large opening in the abdomen of the corpse that seemed to have been torn open by sharp claws, like a broken bag, and the internal organs flowed through the gap.

The rotting entrails were mixed with a green slime, and the nausea was utterly disgusting.

That green mucus, the same green mucus from Blank's wound before, was definitely caused by the same toxin.

Except for Blank, who had never seen it himself, the rest of the people remembered it well.

The bloody scene made Lance's chest churn, but fortunately he couldn't hold back and not vomit.

Lance looked back at Ike, who also looked a little abnormal, and the two looked at each other, continuing to endure the discomfort and continue to look at the horrific scene.

"Sometimes you get more information from a corpse than you get from a living person, because dead people don't lie. ”

Lance's words came to Candita's mind, and he hoped to find some useful information on the corpse.

However, just as Lance was about to take a few steps forward to take a closer look, Orlando stopped him.

"Lance, the smell here is very wrong, and if you get too close, you may be poisoned. ”

Orlando covered his nose and persuaded Lance.

"Thank you. ”

Lance thanked him for his kindness and didn't keep going.

"Judging by the decomposition of this corpse, he must have been dead for some time, but, you see, among the rotten things, there are many unusual green slimes, which you have just seen before, so, I guess, this man was also killed directly by some kind of beast with corpse poison. ”

Orlando briefly analyzed the condition of the corpse, probably because of the unbearable stench, he took a small bottle from his bag, opened it, and grabbed some pale green paste and rubbed it on his nostrils.

When he was done, he handed the little bottle to Lance and said, "It stinks, it will be better to rub a little bit of this under your nose, it will refresh your mind and suppress the bad smell." ”

Lance did so, and a rich, pungent fragrance entered his nostrils, making him instantly refreshed, and the unpleasant rancid stench seemed to fade a lot.

When he was done, he handed the vial to Ike, who was beside him, and then turned his head to continue looking at the corpse.