Chapter 147
The ancient wood of jungle, chaotic clumps, and entanglement of Wolong dragons-when the expedition team crossed the wall of trees, this was the only sight they could see.
The dense trees shade the sun in the sky, so that the surrounding air exudes gloomy and cold aura and depression. Obviously it is a forest full of life, but there is an unpleasant smell of decay in the air.
This forest seems to have decayed and is slowly dying.
The black feather eagle hovering in the sky landed steadily on the shoulders of the black hair wizard. Loren, who was still looking at the surrounding environment just now, looked behind him: "Isuria?"
"Your Excellency Loren Torino." The young war dancer jumped up the tree trunk from behind and walked behind Loren: "Leader Kono has found a place where a camp can be built and confirmed that there should be no ogre gathering around. "
"Where is the order?"
"Only a few were found, and they were also killed. It shouldn't be found."
Loren who got the answer, satisfied and nodded-after traveling for a whole week, the whole expedition team can finally have a good rest.
The expedition team after crossing the big tree wall is marching almost all the time, constantly moving towards the big tree wall gathering ogre settlement, so they have nowhere to hide, as long as they stop for a while, there is a risk of being discovered.
Although the entire expedition team is composed of elite war dancers, there are still only about a hundred people and no foreign aid. Once surrounded by a large group of ogre, it may be annihilated!
Fortunately, after Kono joined the expedition, the expedition never encountered any ogre settlement. This war dancer leader who has been on the border of the big tree wall all the year round knows the habits of ogre very well, even in Tracking is better than Luca.
And now, they have moved away from the wall of trees, lonely and deep into the forests further south. The prolonged march brings not only fatigue, but also drastically reduced enthusiasm, lack of food, and double consumption of energy and physical strength... Whether they like it or not, the expedition team must fix it as soon as possible.
And Loren can also take advantage of this time to meditate, and continue to discuss with Asriel how to fix the Evil God called "Mezka", or continue to improve "Torino Fire" for the next battle Get ready.
The battle for the Big Tree Wall should not have officially started yet, and the expedition team still has plenty of time to do everything possible to avoid non-combat attrition.
This is a forest full of dangers. In addition to ogre, there are also other threats, some of which are even more terrifying and hideous than monsters.
"Isuria." Loren called the war dancer behind him: "What is the name of the forest in front?"
"If I remember correctly, we will soon It’s time to reach the border of the wither forest. There was a settlement there.” The young war dancer replied: “But now it should be occupied by a group of ogre.”
“The surrounding area is deserted. In the forest area, it used to be a hunting place. There should be a lot of wild beasts and fungi. Although it is dangerous, it is easy to find food."
Isuria talked to the black hair wizard. And Tan-this war dancer voluntarily joined the expedition, and it was also recommended by Luca to Loren. The reason is simple. He is one of the few war dancers in the Morning Star Forest and even the entire Eastern Forest who knows how to get to the Evernight Forest. He is also a descendant of the Evernight Forest Elves.
Although all elves can shuttle through the jungle without getting lost, only the elves of this settlement will know the exact location of each settlement. They do not draw maps, but rely on word of mouth legends to inherit the appearance of their hometown.
After the fall of the Evernight Forest, all the surviving elves of the overwhelming majority joined the Morning Star Forest, and he was one of the orphans that year, and he knew everything about his hometown from his mother.
Therefore, this war dancer named Isuria also assumes the identity of a "guide", and he is even more important to the expedition team than Loren-because without him, everyone It is not clear how to get to Yongyelin, the expedition team will immediately become a group of headless flies.
"Since we are already occupied by ogre, we have to find a way to get around from both sides." Loren sighed: "Is there any other way to go besides here?"
"No, if we want to reach the Evernight Forest, we must first pass through the withered forest." Isuria shook his head: "The left side of this place is the gray tree hills. There are all the cliffs that cannot be climbed over there, on the right side. It’s the Qiuye River, and it’s also impossible to pass."
"Can’t you find a way to cross the river?"
"It’s not impossible, but we are too far away from the ferry. At least we have to go. Only half a month can be reached-the rest of the river is very turbulent, and the river is full of rocks. Once it falls into the water..."
The expressions of the war dancers are very embarrassed, Loren silently nodded, right now He can only choose to trust the other party's judgment.
Is there only one way to capture the Withered Forest by storm?
Originally, I was planning to continue the raid all the way before arriving in the Evernight Forest. Now it seems that it is still unrealistic. Although ogre is just a group of obese monsters, the "Mezka" is very Clearly, it needs some necessary means to protect itself.
It is like a "brain". Although it is only a few simple commands so far, it is gradually turning all the ogre settlements into a whole. This is the most terrifying place.
The ogre settlements in the past never had more than a hundred heads, otherwise the war dancers would not need to do it, they would start to kill each other; and now it’s just the ogre gathered on the wall of trees. It's far more than this number, and everyday all is still increasing.
If there is anything more dangerous and terrifying than an ogre, it is their number-thousands of uniform ogre army, even the entire ancient wood forest will be turned into ashes by them !
It is not because this Evil God is too powerful, nor is it because it destroys the tree wall and has the power to gather all the ogre settlements, which is the real reason why "Mezka" must be eradicated.
Although it is somewhat lower than expected, it may be a good thing if the Withered Forest must be captured. After all, the entire expedition hasn't fought any group of ogre for a whole week.
Fighting in unfamiliar areas is definitely different from familiar ones. Even if it is just to accumulate experience to deal with Yongyelin’s raid, it seems to be a rehearsal before the war, which seems to be a good reason— —And here is a section of the road from Yongyelin, and the probability of being discovered is very high.
"You should return to the camp first, and take a good rest." Loren patted Isuria's shoulder: "Tell my words to Lord Kono, and explore the terrain of the withered forest before midnight today, and then we Then decide if you really want to take it down!"
The young war dancer nodded turned and moved towards the camp and went away.
"Is it really wise to fight ogre now?"
Asriel, transformed into a human form, leaned against the tree trunk, his scarlet eyes flashing: "Dear friend, I I suggest you not be so cautious. Maybe it’s good to consider taking a long way."
"We don’t have time to take a long way. The longer the time, the more variables." Loren Pico shook the head , As if talking to himself: "even more how, I haven't decided whether I really want to attack."
"You seem to have forgotten, we are close friends." The boy revealed A bright smile: "When you let him go, you made up your mind."
Loren didn't speak, and chose to remain silent, looking at Asriel provocatively.
"...Okay, I knew you would want to confuse me, but who made Asriel willing to help others like this?" The young man shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands:
" Maybe at the time of the big tree wall, the Lord'Mezca' may not be able to detect you; but as long as you use even a small amount of void power, you will be immediately noticed by it."
"Why is it... ah..." I just wanted to ask Loren a long groan, his eyes glanced at the boy, and slowly opened the sleeves of the right hand wrist: "It's because of the'little thing' you gave me. Right?"
"For precious friends, of course you have to mark them in advance." The boy’s smile became brighter, and his delicate face was filled with the evil called "naive": "I’m not Will give you to others."