The morning sun shone over the dew-washed Irene Forest, and a thin mist rose from the forest, enveloping the entire forest.

Fresh air always makes people feel refreshed.

Looking at the picture in front of them, a few people who were walking through the forest gradually dispersed the haze that was still lingering in their hearts yesterday.

At noon when the sun was at its peak, Lance and his party came to a yellow peach forest, saying that it was a forest, but in fact the area was not large, only more than 20 old yellow peach trees. In the autumn season, it is the time when the yellow peach is ripe, and when a few people arrive, there are a lot of golden peaches hanging on these yellow peach trees, which are fragrant and attractive.

Orlando skillfully plucked a peach from the tree, rubbed it on his body, and put it in his mouth.

"We can collect some yellow peach wood for torches, you see these branches, there are a lot of peach oil, collect some peach oil and peach branches and peach leaves, light the smoke can be used to drive away mosquitoes, the burned ash has a particularly good effect on the disinfection of wounds and hemostasis. Orlando said.

Lance also picked a peach and held it in his hand, but he didn't rush to eat it, but just raised his eyes to carefully examine the yellow peach tree closest to him.

The thick trunk was covered with hideous marks, the scratches of swords, and the paw prints of some animals, and the brown bark grew tenaciously under the heavy damage, and the peach oil that Orlando mentioned was the oil that seeped out of the cracks of these peach trees.

It is a yellow peach tree full of stories.

"It's the first time I've heard of this method. ”

Ike said with a look of surprise, and without stopping the movements in his hand, he directly broke off a piece of peach oil, pinched it in his hand, and put it under his nose to smell it.

Blank raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Boy, you still have a lot to learn!"

This was clearly said to the two novices, Lance and Ike.

The two of them looked taught, and secretly wrote down this little bit of wild knowledge in their hearts.

Luckily for them, the escape from the peach grove had not yet been spoiled by the animals of the Irene Forest, and the selection was enough to fill everyone's stomachs, and the sweet peaches were obviously more popular with them than the dry food.

After filling their stomachs, everyone consciously collected some peach oil and put it in their bags.

You must know that walking in the forest is the most annoying of those mosquitoes, and it is really overjoyed to have such a sharp weapon to repel mosquitoes.

After a short rest, the group continued to move in the direction of the ruin's existence under the leadership of Orlando.

......

The forest was supposed to be a vibrant place, with birds chirping and insects chirping, and the occasional little furry animal popping out of some bushes and grass. But the Forest of Irene seemed to be a little too silent today, and there was no sound except for the sound of the team stepping on the fallen leaves.

This kind of anomaly is noticed even by adventurous rookies like Lance and Ike.

"Teklin, you feel it too?"

Orlando, who was walking in the front, stopped, turned slightly sideways behind him and asked.

"Well, it's so eerily quiet, it's like there's just a few of us in the whole forest. Teklin frowned, his face full of confusion.

The rest of the people didn't speak, but subconsciously carefully examined the surrounding situation, trying to find some clues from it.

It's so quiet.

The whole forest was dead silent.

Since their departure from the grove of yellow peach trees, they have not encountered a single living thing, not even an insect or a small bird.

Although the sun above the forest is still very bright, it can't dispel the gloom in the hearts of several people.

Several people changed formations, and everyone was ready to deal with unexpected situations at any time.

"Blank, I feel like something keeps following us, I can be sure ......"

Lance suddenly whispered to Blank, who was walking beside him.

"Shh......h

Blank glanced around intently, stopping Lance from speaking.

It was only then that Lance noticed that all the others who were silent had slowed down and listened to something, including his little friend Ike.

Listening to the voice that gradually became clearer, Lance thought to himself, "This must be some small animal!"

However, when he turned his gaze to Blank, he saw that Blank had a frightened expression on his face.

Lance's heart jumped, could it ......

"Running !!"

Before Lance could check on the others, he heard Orlando, who was at the front of the line, suddenly shout, and then rushed out first.

The others followed, all of them galloping.

Lance's reaction was a little slower, and he didn't forget to look back at it while running, and just this glance made him shiver, and a creepy feeling came to his heart.

Countless giant rats the size of kittens scurried out of the dense forest, accompanied by the "squeak" sound one after another, densely like a stream of black and gray water rushed towards several people.

"It's a mountain mouse!"

This creature can be found in the mountains and forests of the Southern Kingdom, and Lance and Ike are no strangers to them.

"What's going on? Mountain rats have always been relatively timid, usually just eating some root plants and killing some insects, how can they suddenly be so bold and dare to come out and attack humans together?"

Ike exclaimed as he ran.

If he's not mistaken, mountain rats are generally nocturnal, right?

"Look at their eyes! I suspect that this time the rats are just as controlled as the wolves!"

Orlando reminded in a deep voice with a dark face.

Lance turned his head to look, and sure enough, he noticed the scarlet flash in the eyes of these mountain rats.

"It's the first time in my life to be chased so embarrassed by a mountain mouse, hahahaha......"

Teklin laughed as he ran.

Blanke, who was almost running side by side with him, rolled his eyes, this kind of embarrassing thing, it is enough to experience it once, and the ghost will want to experience it again.

"Hurry up, I don't want to be food for these rats!"

Thinking of this possibility, the speed of several people increased a lot again, and the distance between them and the rats gradually widened.

Rats are on the rampage, and this kind of thing has not happened in history.

There was once a rat plague in the northern part of the "Twilight 433rd year", which is now a city called Agra in the territory of the Northern Kingdom.

Everywhere the mad rats passed, there was no life, and the whole city was like a dead city.

At that time, the city lord and soldiers had no choice but to lead the surviving people to flee the city of Agra as quickly as possible.

It is said that it was with the help of a goblin druid that he was able to defuse the disaster.

And now, except for Orlando, who knows some fur magic, the rest of them are warriors, and in the face of the siege of such a large population, there is no other way but to escape.

I don't know how long I ran, but Blank, who was already behind, panted and said, "Think of a way, I, I can't run!"

"With a canister of oil!"

Orlando was the first to take out one and throw it out.

"Bang!"

The rat swarm was blown open a gap, and the rat swarm that was originally surging up was instantly stunned, and the pace of progress slowed down slightly.

"No, it's going to start a forest fire!"

Lance stopped.

"I don't care about that much!"

The rest of the people obviously didn't want to lose their lives, so they took out their canisters and threw them out.

Ike also threw one out, "Lance, shouldn't you take your own safety as the first rule of action when you are out on an adventure?"

"Well, I guess it's wrong!"

Lance compromised.

In the face of life, everything else is not important.

"Bang...... Boom...... Boom...... Boom...... Bang ......"

As its name suggests, the "oil tank" is a sealed crockpot filled with oil and each one the size of an adult's fist and shaped like a pear.

It's just that some fire elements are sealed with magic at the mouth of the jar, and when thrown, crushing the sealing mud will ignite the fire oil inside, and it will explode after two breaths.

This simple and practical throwing weapon is popular in some parts of the Kostana continent, such as on the battlefield.

After all, there are not many canisters, and it is impossible for a few people to use all these canisters at once to drive away the rats.

After gaining a little respite, several people had to pick up their spirits and continue to escape.

The sky has also begun to darken, and a mysterious "figure" gradually emerges behind the rat group, this "figure" is shrouded in a thick black gas, looking very strange and blurry.

The "figure" stood in place for a moment, and then there was a leopard with red eyes but a black body, with a group of evil wolves with bared teeth and low roar, slowly walked out of the forest, this mysterious "figure" stretched out his hand and touched the head of the black leopard, and a person and a leopard slowly disappeared into the forest with a group of wolves......