Chapter 1225: Return to Valley Village (II.)
The massive airship swam across the sky like a giant whale, its smooth silver-gray carcass almost blending into the clouds in the sky.
Roland stood in front of the porthole of the Dawn and looked down on the earth, as far as the eye could see, the primeval jungle as far as the eye could see.
On the fourth day of April, the far southeast where Krasbourg is located is already the busy season for early rice planting, and the area north of the Casses Plateau is only beginning to show spring, and occasionally there will be a burst of snow, and the snow covering the dense forest will be melted by the spring sunshine first, and a snowstorm will come at night, and put a small white hat on the canopy, surrounded by emerald green branches and leaves, looking down from the sky, like a snow-topped green tea sundae.
Warm southerly winds meet the cold air currents from the north at the Balreu crater, and strong convection creates localized gales that blow the long-standing mist above the misty swamps into the hot spring valley basin where the valley village is located, making it difficult to see the villages hidden between the dense forest and the dense fog from above.
Lyudmila and Jennifer tinkered with the crystal ball in the cockpit of the airship for a long time, and finally succeeded in locking on the valley village, through which the buildings in the village could be faintly seen, but they could not determine the specific location.
"Now we have two options, one is to continue to use the Discovery Crystal to observe the situation around the village, preferably to find a landmark on higher ground, not obscured by the jungle and fog, and then the airship will lock on to the landmark from the sky and fly in front of it to find a suitable landing site; The second is that the two of us will descend first, follow the path we have taken two years ago through the Whispering Jungle, find the valley village, and then fire a flare into the air to guide the airship to land. Lyudmila reported to Roland about the next trip.
In addition to the pilot, Jennifer, there were the one-armed Nikolai and the young priest Peter in the cabin. Among the 200 villages selected as a pilot, the only one located deep in the dense forest, with no road to the nearby towns, is the valley village, including 200 ploughing horses, it is very inconvenient to transport agricultural materials, Roland specially sent airships to transport supplies, he and Lyudmila also went together, in addition to sending Nikolai and Peter to work, but also wanted to visit an old friend, the resident druidonia of Valley Village.
"It's boring to spend the whole morning on the airship, let's go down for a walk." Roland chose the second option proposed by Lyudmila.
"Good! I'm also in a panic, so I'm just going down and walking together, Brother Nikolai, what do you think? Peter jumped excitedly.
"There are many poisonous snakes and beasts in the jungle, so it's safer for you to stay on the airship." Lyudmila persuaded.
"Let's go down together, anyway, we have to walk this road often in the future, and we can't take the airship every time, so it's necessary to go down and familiarize yourself with the terrain." Nikolai replied.
Lyudmila felt that this was reasonable, and turned her head to look at Roland: "Then go down together?" ”
Roland nodded, and led the three of them into the lower level of the airship. The flight deck that was originally used by the giant eagle to live on has now been changed into a temporary stable, and a hundred ploughing horses transported from the Longcheng Ranch are leisurely chewing hay, at a height of thousands of feet, these big animals actually have no symptoms of airsickness, and they are worthy of being the descendants of plateau wild horses, and their hearts are really big!
Lyudmila opened the porthole and kicked the bundle of rope ladders down. She didn't need to climb the ladder herself, jumped out of the airship, spread her arms and glided through the air, until she was 100 yards off the ground before turning on the "flying boots", and the magic unfolded a pair of translucent wings behind her, holding up the female ranger's toned carcass.
Roland also jumped down with his girlfriend. As soon as the Divine Flight moved, he caught up with Lyudmila and held her hand in the air. The eldest girl, who had just celebrated her twenty-first birthday two weeks ago, smiled at him slightly, and pulled her wrist like a dexterous swallow into her boyfriend's arms.
Roland stretched his long arms around the slender waist of the giant girl, and floated in the air with his girlfriend in a backstroke posture, and the dark clouds were surrounded by pale golden sunlight.
Nikolai checked Peter's bag in front of the hatch and made sure it was safe before letting him jump, and jumped out of the hatch with his bag on his back.
Two large orange umbrellas bloomed in the air one after another, and Peter, who was living below, saw through the goggles that Roland and Lyudmila were hugging each other, laughing and raising his index finger to scratch his cheeks.
Lyudmila still rolled her eyes at this "shameful" gesture, ignored the troublemaker, and rested her head on Roland's shoulder, enjoying this moment of warmth.
In the blink of an eye, approaching the treetops, Roland hugged his girlfriend and turned over to adjust his gliding posture and landed smoothly.
Peter and Nikolai landed on the tree. Nikolai skillfully drew his dagger and cut the parachute rope, and rescued Peter, who was hanging upside down from the tree.
The four of them converged and walked along the path in the forest, which was almost buried by snow and weeds, and after walking a short distance, there was no trace of the road at all.
"How to go here, I can't tell the difference between the southeast and the north!" Peter navigated the labyrinthine slums of Krasbourg, but in the depths of the jungle, which was completely unfamiliar, he was a little confused.
Fortunately, there were two rangers in the team, not to mention that Lyudmila had walked this path two years ago, so it would be a shame to learn what she had learned if she could get lost.
After casually observing the marks on the ground, Lyudmila turned and walked into the depths of the dense forest. Nikolai thought for a moment, showed a sudden expression, and strode after him. Peter was still looking at a compass in a wooden box, trying to tell the way, Roland smiled and pulled him, "Don't bother, we don't have to find the way, let's leave it to the professionals." ”
After walking for about half an hour, the forest path appeared again in front of me, and it was obvious that people were often walking.
Lyudmila observed the surrounding scenery and turned back to Roland and smiled sweetly: "Do you see the tree stump over there?" Where Bloom had sit, a sapling had now grown. ”
Roland nodded and recalled, "When did we first walk through here?" I just remember that the weather was very hot, and the woods were full of mosquitoes, but I could bite a few of you delicate-skinned girls miserably, and complain all the way. ”
"It's Nikita who complains, I'm not so squeamish!" The giant girl puffed up her chest proudly, and the twin peaks were more majestic and upright than two years ago.
"Once here, the valley village is not far away, over that small hill, opposite is the hot spring valley, and further away is the misty swamp." Roland pondered.
At this moment, there was a squirming movement in the woods ahead, and Lyudmila stopped vigilantly and waved her hand to watch out for the beast attack.
"That guy came straight to us, what a guts." Roland paused to look in the direction from which the movement came, and there was a hint of curiosity in his eyes.
"Better be careful." Nikolai gripped the hilt of the knife with a solemn face.
"Hey! What kind of monster is it? Peter's eyes widened, nervous and expectant.