"We spent three days preparing what we needed for the adventure, and if we could, we had everything we could use. ”

Orlando made some rough arrangements for the adventure, and everyone went their own way.

It takes several days to get to the Irene Mountains, and once you're in the Irene Forest, you can only walk on foot, so it's good to be prepared.

In the past three days, Teklin did not drag everyone to the tavern to get drunk and died, and every day he was banging in the workshop of a dwarven friend.

Orlando never returned, and I heard that he had gone to a human friend to help make the potions that would be used.

Fat Blanc ran to the Vale Guard every day, and he didn't know what he was doing.

Suotaki, who is dressed in black and black armor, practices swords every day in a clearing in the valley that few people pass.

Dra, who arrived with him, stayed in the room every day, behaving strangely and mysteriously.

Lance and Ike, who had nothing to do, went to the library in the Riverdale on Blanc's recommendation to pass the time.

Finally getting a chance to avoid the others, Lance and Ike, who sit in the library in the Riverdale and look through some old codex.

The sunlight shone in through the window, Lance stretched, gently placed a codex on the table, looked at Ike, who was sitting opposite and intently flipping through a notebook, and whispered, "Ike, do you think Orlando is a little strange?"

Ike was stunned for a moment, then put down his notebook and rubbed his bald head before saying, "I don't think there's anything strange about him other than he has similar dreams to you." ”

In fact, Lance can't say anything strange, it's just a feeling, maybe an illusion.

However, the scenes in the dreams of the two of them are so similar, then there must be some unknown connection between them.

At this time, the codex that Lance put on the table happened to record an inconspicuous small word, but Lance, who continued to grab the codex, flipped through it casually and did not pay attention to it.

"The wheel of fate has been opened, the seventh reincarnation casts the world key, the seeds in the magic box will grow, the ashes of the gods are the nourishment for rebirth, and the re-disrupted order will return to chaos again. ”

......

The three-day preparation period was soon over, and the members of the expedition team, who had been busy with their preparations, returned to Teklin's residence as promised.

After checking their equipment, the group of seven set out on the road to Erin's Forest.

The road leading to the Irene Mountains is rugged and vapoury, and the mountain roads are washed muddy just in time for the late summer rains.

The three wagons hired by Lance and his party in the Riverdale were no longer able to find a road for them to travel on the edge of the Irene Forest.

When the rain stopped, Orlando settled the fee with the driver, and the group packed their gear and hiked into the Irene Forest.

In this team, the most surprising to Lance and Ike was the fat man Blank, a treacherous fat man who was dressed in a gorgeous and bloated body a few days ago.

He actually put on a set of old kingdom infantry standard leather armor, and the whole person turned out to be vaguely revealing a battlefield killing temperament.

But the chest position is empty, is there a medal missing that represents the rank and military industry?

There are many traces of repair on the old standard leather armor, and this sense of vicissitudes of time makes this fat man have an indescribable story.

Blanc also carries a brand new oak tower shield on his back, which is incompatible with his old leather armor.

Lance knew that this was something that Teklin had prepared for Blank before he left.

An unsheathed, broad-bladed thick-backed knife hung from Blank's waist, which, combined with his special outfit, reminded Lance of a special unit specially formed to deal with the orc soldiers of the Northern Kingdom, the Tower Shield Blade, a frontier fortress of the kingdom.

With this association, this made Lance and Ike have to re-examine this fat man who is usually a little cunning and cunning.

......

It was past noon, and the slippery road didn't bother the group of experienced warriors too much, but as the temperature rose, some white mist began to appear in the forest.

As the team continued to deepen, the white mist gradually began to thicken, and everyone was surrounded by the dense fog, and they could only see the scene within ten feet clearly.

Lance looked left and right a little nervously, and the whole person's movements and expressions looked very unnatural.

Blank, who was walking behind Lance, suddenly whispered to Lance, "Relax, it's normal for thick fog to appear in the forest." ”

Blank's words did not dispel a trace of uneasiness in Lance's heart, he had always had a feeling of being watched since he entered the forest.

At this moment, the team suddenly stopped, and through the fog, Lance could vaguely see Orlando at the front of the team raising his hand to make a silent and vigilant gesture for everyone, only to see him take out a feather arrow from the quiver and gently put it on the bowstring, carefully move forward a few steps, and approached a large tree as thick as a man without making a sound.

After receiving Orlando's warning, the other six people also took out their weapons and began to guard the surroundings.

Orlando's actions made Lance even more firm in his opinion.

There are many ferocious beasts in the forest of Erin, and they generally have a strong sense of territory, and when their territory is invaded, these beasts will warn or attack.

Attacks by wild beasts are common in the forest.

Except for Lance and Ike, the rest of the vigilant people had relaxed expressions written on their faces, but they were still seriously alert to the surrounding situation.

"Hey, Lance, Ike, you don't have to be so nervous, we're still on the edge of the Erin Forest, there won't be too much danger, we may have accidentally intruded into the territory of some beast because of the fog. ”

Blanc beside Lance whispered.

Blank, who wears the leather armor of the kingdom's infantry, gives people a sense of solid security, which may be the characteristic of the kingdom's soldiers.

"Hmm. ”

Lance didn't say the reason for the real uneasiness in his heart, this very ethereal thing, it was not clear, it was better to be cautious before confirming what the situation was.

"Pop ......"

A faint sound of branches breaking came from the thick fog, which was particularly abrupt in the silence of the forest.

Blank, who was only on guard with a knife, slowly removed the brand-new tower shield from his back and stood in front of him.

The thick-backed knife in his hand was carried sideways, and as long as it was an enemy blocked by the tower shield, this heavy thick-backed knife could give the enemy a fatal blow at any time.

In Blanc's back, Lance and Ike stand with their backs to each other, forming a triangular defensive stance with Blank.

Suo Long and Teklin at the back of the team also stood with their backs to each other, and Della, who had not spoken since the departure, only pulled out a pitch-black recurved scimitar from the knife bag behind his back, gently shook his right wrist, and put his backhand flat on his chest, bowing slightly to pay attention to the situation around him in a defensive posture.