Chapter 690: Forest of Death (IX)
The night passed.
When the sun rose again, everyone had already woken up from their sleep. However, contrary to everyone's expectations, the night was unusually peaceful, with no monsters attacking and no one missing. Everything was so normal that it was so normal that the few people who were originally mentally prepared for a hard battle felt a little abnormal.
But in any case, it is always good to be able to spend the night in peace, and after making sure that everyone is okay, Priest Naga once again gathers everyone and begins to assign tasks.
"Anyway, now that we're here, we have to find out what's going on here. Where did those plagues come from and how they spread? Although we don't have any clues at the moment, we can't give up on this, I suggest that we start our search with this place as the center, Your Royal Highness, can you please tell us about the terrain around here? ”
"Absolutely."
Orphin nodded at Priest Naga's words, and then she looked up at the front and held out her hand.
"This is ..............."
However, before Alfen could finish her words, she froze. I saw that the elf princess raised her right hand in a daze, and froze in mid-air as if she was trying to point out the direction. And her eyes were wide. Just staring blankly ahead. Looking at her like this, the others were also a little surprised, and they couldn't figure out what was going on with Her Royal Highness the princess. The Naga priest frowned before speaking softly.
"Her Royal Highness the Princess? Could you please explain the direction........."
"This can't be!!"
But Orphin didn't seem to hear what Priest Naga had said, and a fierce man jumped up. Then she hurried to the big rock and circled it. Then he grabbed Jenny's hand, who was standing next to him, as if asking for help.
"Lord Windranger, yesterday we came from the north side of this big rock. Right! I'm not mistaken! ”
"That's right."
Although she didn't know why Orphin asked, Jenny nodded. Alfen, who received Jenny's answer, looked as if the end of the world was coming, she looked carefully at Jenny in front of her, and then looked to the side. After a moment's hesitation, he spoke.
"But we're in the wrong place."
"Wrong location? What does that mean? ”
In the face of Alfen's words, not only Jenny was confused, but the other three were also inexplicable. But when they looked up and looked around. Suddenly, their complexions changed drastically.
Although from the camp itself, there seems to be no change in the surrounding environment. But when they looked into the distance, they found that the situation had completely changed. The Blessed Mountain, which was supposed to be not far to their left, ran into the depths of the forest not far from them at some point. The outline of the hill they came from here could still be seen, but now everyone looked around from all directions, but they did not see the shadow of the hill. Not only that, but even when they took a cursory look, they could see that the surrounding environment did seem to have changed a little differently than before, considering that they came yesterday. It doesn't seem to be like this around me, but now ..................
What the hell is this?
At this moment, Jenny also twitched out of the corner of her eye, and then the next moment she saw her leap up the tree like an arrow from the string, and leaped up from the branch in the blink of an eye. Reached the canopy at the top. And this time, Jenny immediately sensed that something was wrong. You know, yesterday here they were only in front of a sea of trees. And now there were mountains next to them, and even not far away Jenny saw a pond with rippling blue waves. And......... Judging by the current distance. They seem to have gone deep into the forest!
People in this city just know how to play!
Secretly sighing, Jenny sighed again. Then he fell back to the ground and looked at the crowd with his hands outstretched.
"Good news, bad news. The good news is that we don't need to go through the trek and have now reached the depths of the forest. And the bad news is that we don't know how it all works. ”
"You mean we just slept and then went deep into the forest on our own?"
Hearing Jenny's words, everyone's expressions became more and more incredulous, and Priest Naga asked more. Jenny just nodded, and in fact she could understand everyone's thoughts, so it was no wonder that they had done nothing all night and woke up to find that they had reached their destination......... It's weird enough, too.
"That's right, by the way -- I didn't notice anything unusual last night."
Jenny wasn't lying, she had spent a long time last night observing the movement between the trees, but there was no sign of movement other than their own irregular shaking. This means that a large area centered on his camp must have been moved at the same time last night, and only in this way can he explain why he did not notice this problem. It's just that being able to move the forest on such a large scale without sending out a little business for people to discover is not something or a spell that can be done casually.
Hearing Jenny's answer, the Naga priest and the dwarf mage also immediately turned their heads to look at the barbarian warriors on the other side, and in the face of their gaze, the barbarian warriors also spread their hands quite aggrieved.
"Don't look at me, I don't notice anything."
"So what now?"
Although the situation in front of me seems to be a dream, after experiencing such strange things as mutant monsters and the revival of the forest that was supposed to be a dead place, it seems that this problem is not a problem at the moment. Therefore, everyone did not dwell on the unscientific nature of this question for a long time, but immediately began to discuss. This time, however, Jenny was quick to make an offer.
"I suggest that we follow the original plan and start exploring in two ways. As we have just seen, at the back of the camp is the Blessed Mountain, and to the right of the camp, I have just seen a large lake. I suggested that we divide up and investigate these two places. If any clues can be found, a signal is sent to the sky to notify the convergence. ”
"But what if, after we leave, the forest starts moving on its own again?"
Hearing this, the dwarf mage also raised his own question, but Jenny obviously had an answer to it.
"At that time, just use the flying, no matter how much this forest can move, it won't be able to control the sky."
In the end, the decision was made to adopt Jenny's suggestion. After all, the situation has reached this point, and it is impossible to say anything about it. Eventually, Priest Naga and the others went to explore the lake. Jenny, on the other hand, and Orphin go to the Blessed Mountain to investigate-it is a sacred place for elves, so it is naturally more convenient for elves to explore.
"Is there really no problem? Windranger-sama? ”
Leaving the camp and walking in the direction of the Blessed Mountain, Orphin also asked with some concern. Jenny shook her head. She didn't answer, now she couldn't figure out what the hell this forest was, even in the Resident Evil story told to Nabellius, there didn't seem to be such a thing? Could it be that Nabelius really did not succeed in some experiment this time?
Soon, though, Jenny withdrew her thoughts. She squinted her eyes and looked at the shade of the trees around her, and at this moment Orphen seemed to sense something, and couldn't help but move closer to Jenny.
"Windranger-sama.........
"I see it."
Hearing Alfen's uneasy words, Jenny nodded, and then looked into the shade of the trees---behind the layers of shade, a pair of bright eyes were staring at them, like poisonous snakes in the dark, waiting for the moment to kill them. What's even more bizarre is that it looks like there are so many animals gathered here, but the whole forest is still quiet, and you can't even hear the sound of breathing.
Soon, though, Jenny saw the real body from which the gaze came.
It was a monkey.
From the outside, they are indistinguishable from ordinary monkeys, sitting or standing on tree branches, their eyes staring directly at the uninvited intruder in front of them. But unlike the usual monkeys, these monkeys don't look like living creatures at the moment, but more like biological specimens in a museum, and they just keep the same motion motionless, and it seems as if they are really dead.
"Orphen ............"
Looking at the looming path ahead, Jenny lowered her voice, and at the same time, the silver longbow in her hand had quietly fallen into her hand.
"Listen to my instructions for a while, run with me, and don't stop no matter what happens, understand?"
"Yes, Master Windranger."
Hearing Jenny's words, Orphin also swallowed, and then nodded. Then she clasped her right hand, and soon, the emerald elemental power appeared in her hand. Seeing this, Jenny just chuckled, then she glanced around, and then quickly gave the order.
"Let's go!!"
Before the words fell, I saw Jenny just like this, with a series of afterimages, speeding towards the direction of the Blessed Mountain. And Orphen followed closely behind, without the slightest hesitation.
And at this moment, suddenly, there was a loud scream, and then I saw the monkeys that had been acting as "specimens" on the branches of the trees screamed, opened their mouths, stretched out their claws, and pounced down on the two people below! (To be continued.) )