Chapter 18: Landing on the Shore
Residents who often travel to and from the rainforest know that the rainforest has three treasures, and it is full of heat, disease, and insects.
As soon as Xue Hua and the others got off the boat, they instantly felt a "warm" welcome from the rainforest.
"Passion" in the literal sense of the word.
With the help of the King Worm, the plan of the Council Guard Legion went smoothly, and in just two hours, all three of the Iceship Professionals had successfully landed in a hidden bay.
However, as soon as they entered the dense jungle, these professional warriors who had been staying in the demon fortress all year round felt a deep malice from this land.
"Damn it! The air here is so humid! I wonder how people who live here are going to dry their clothes......"
Xue Hua wiped his face and shook off the droplets of water that almost covered his eyes, half of which were sweat and half of which were condensed in the air.
Less than two hundred meters into the jungle, the clothes in the village were completely soaked with sweat and humid air.
And in addition to the hot and humid air, all kinds of small bugs here are really annoying.
Fist-sized mosquitoes and all sorts of colorful poisonous insects and poisonous snakes look for every opportunity to get into your clothes, and if they weren't all professionals, these abominable little demons alone could have reduced them by a third of their crew in an instant.
"Kurast has always been protected by a barrier made of the holy relic 'Gidbin', there are no insects in the city, and the temperature and humidity are quite right, but now the environment there is probably even more terrible than in the rainforest......
Zhuo Genan, who was standing beside him, also flicked the sleeves of his clothes fiercely, and the wide mage robe was several pounds heavier than before after absorbing water.
This weight is naturally nothing for a legendary powerhouse, but it is definitely not comfortable to wear.
"I'd suggest you'd better take that thing off, look at the mages in the legions, none of them wear such cumbersome robes......"
Farah stood aside, surrounded by a shield of glittering energy, which couldn't stop the hot and humid climate, but it could keep the little bugs out.
"Why doesn't there be a shield skill to learn in the fire method......" Zogenam grunted, but still listened to Farah's advice, ripped off his completely soaked robe, and put a layer of energy shield on himself by the way.
It is true that he specializes in fire law, but the legendary mage has learned at least three series of skills, so he can also use the skill of energy shield, but he is far less skilled than Farah who is an electric method.
"Alright, now that we're here, it's time to find our responder......"
The deputy commander-in-chief of the legion, Marion, walked over and wrung the robe in his hand fiercely, and a large amount of water was instantly squeezed out of the robe, as if the clothes had just been washed and wrung out.
"No need to look for them, they're there!" Dressed in light gear, Sosiya pointed with her hammer at a nearby tree, where a small piece of bark had been peeled off from its trunk, and a small sacrificial dagger had been painted on the spot where the bark had been peeled off with pale green paintβa symbol of the Gildbin of Kulast's patron saint.
Seeing this, Okasso immediately led a few people to touch the vicinity of the tree, and gently tapped the trunk of the tree with the back of the big axe in his hand.
"Knock Knock"
"The tree is hollow ......"
"Yes, that's right, the tree is hollow."
Ocasso frowned and muttered to himself, but before he could finish his sentence, a voice with a three-point immaturity sounded from the other side of the tree, and a boy dressed in a dirty, wet linen coat that looked as if he was not yet fifteen years old had emerged from behind the tree.
His face was smeared with strange oil paint, and there was a strange smell of medicine on his body, so he stood in front of Ocasso with a smile and opened his mouth.
"Hello everyone, I am the apprentice of the alchemist Lord Eco, my name is Fred, you can call me Frey.
I am waiting for you here on orders from Lord Omas, and will take you to our hideout later.
But until then, please identify yourself, and there are so many of you that we're afraid we'll have to take a long detour......"
"Omars sent you? He sent an ordinary kid to be our guide? Okasso stared at the skinny little creature in disbelief, the corners of his eyes twitching violently, clearly dissatisfied with the man Omars had sent.
"My lord, what you said is not right, Rainforest doesn't recognize the identity of a professional, and it is not young that you want to not get lost here!"
Fred puffed up his waist and felt 120,000 unhappy with Ocasso's appearance.
"Uh... Well, little... Well, Frey, this guy is a bit of a fan of old and old people, please don't worry about him in general......" Marion glared at Ocasso, who immediately went to the back of the line.
"I'm Marion, the deputy commander of the council guards, the big man... Well, uncle, it's our commander-in-chief, Ocasso, and these guys here are ......"
"Grandpa Farah, Grandpa Drogenam, and Sister Sosia! All right! I'll be able to confirm my identity when I see you! β
Fred didn't wait for Marion to introduce them one by one, he quickly glanced at the group of people behind him, and then a bright smile appeared on his face.
"Yo! It's you little one! I haven't seen it so high in a few years! Come over and let my sister hug ~"
Sosia turned her head to look at the familiar voice, and was overjoyed, Fred had been apprenticed to the eccentric old alchemist that her father had personally introduced to Eco a few years earlier, and of course she remembered the little one.
Originally, she thought that this kid had died in the fall of Kurast, and she was sad for a while!
Seeing this familiar face here at this time naturally made her feel very gratified.
"Hehe~" Fred touched his head and smiled, letting Sosia take him into his arms and kiss him fiercely.
"What about your teacher? Is he okay? And what about the old man Reshand? This old fellow's luck is still as bad as ever, and when it comes to Curast's visit to a friend, he actually encountered such a thing head-on, I hope he didn't die in the city......"
Farah also walked over and touched Fred's head, and asked with a worried look on his face.
"Don't worry, Grandpa Farah, my teacher and Mr. Reshander are still alive, Lord Omars had a premonition that something was wrong before the demons invaded the city, he gathered as much as he could find everyone, and then took us out of Kurast City safely..."
Fred said with a reassuring smile at Farah.
Xue Hua stood behind and heard this, so he nodded clearly, and he said why didn't he see the old man selling medicine in the game in Lu Gaoyin City! After doing it for a long time, it turned out that I went to Kurast to visit friends, and it was indeed unlucky......
"Well, now that the situation is turbulent, let's not stand in this kind of place and chat.
Frey, you said there were too many of us to take a detour?
Why is this so? β
Marion walked over and interrupted Farah's conversation with Fred, and then asked Fred with some seriousness.
Hearing this question, Fred, who had always had a grinning expression on his face, also frowned slightly.
"This rainforest is now full of demon patrols, and it's very dangerous to run around without knowing their range. The only way to get back to the hideout in Girkuhl from where we are now is through the vast wetlands.
But there are too many of you, and the huge wetlands are full of sentry posts set up by the Demon Legion, and one or twenty people are fine, and it is impossible for thousands of people to avoid their eyes and ears!
So we'll have to take a detour a little further east from the Skinning Forest, where there are many cellar passages left behind by the former dwarf tribes, and with those passages, we can easily escape the Demon Legions! β