The third day of entering the Wild Highlands.

For three days, Allen's team continued to move deeper into the highlands covered by primeval forests. At first, the crowd was amazed by the vastness and vicissitudes of the highland forest. But as the journey continues, the images I see every day are almost repetitive. Tall cedars, moss, cliffs, crevices, plus the stuffy air here. As a result, even the most active Regers became silent after three days.

Occasionally, one or two dangerous species that do not have long eyes pop out of the forest become a rare concoction for a boring journey. Often, they become targets for Regers' sword practice, or they are slaughtered by Belmode, who explores them, and eventually becomes a locally-flavored barbecue that falls into everyone's stomachs.

Edward's suspicions came true, as many years had passed, even though the map he had obtained from the deception box could barely tell that the base was located in the Wild Highlands. However, so much time has passed, and the landscape has changed. Many of the iconic locations shown on the map are now hard to find. The team spent three days in the forest, but in reality they had only followed the map for less than half of the distance.

By the fifth day, even Alan doubted whether he would be able to find the base by Shun. He planned to look for a few more days, and if he couldn't find it, he would have to return to Storm City.

At noon that day, the crowd came out of a jungle. In front of them, a quiet lake the size of a football field suddenly dawned on them. The afternoon sun shines on the turquoise waters of the lake, and the calm surface of the lake resembles an emerald gem with hidden gold threads. Scattered green algae float on the surface of the lake, and some curved tree trunks can be seen near the shore of the lake, which are shaped like arched bridges. Fish with silvery scales swam past the tree bridge, and they stay or swim leisurely on the surface of the lake in groups of three or five.

On the other side of the lake is the foot of the mountain, where the steep cliffs are tens of meters high, forming a fault-like landform.

This type of terrain is common in the Wild Highlands, and they create complex obstacles that make getting in and out of the Highlands a very difficult task.

When they stopped at the lake, Lucy took out the map and compared it with a map, and groaned, "Oh my God, this shouldn't be a lake." According to the map, it is already very close to the base, and it can even be accessed through some exhaust pipes in Guò. ”

"There's no way around it, after all, it was a long time ago. It's not surprising that the landscape has changed, but since the map points here, we might as well go down to the lake after a while. Alan said.

Edward reminded him, "I don't have diving equipment. ”

The Tang brothers glanced at each other, stood up and said, "We have some experience in diving, even if we don't have tools, we can dive to a place twenty meters below the water." If necessary, let's go down and find out. ”

Alan nodded and said, "That's the best, let's take a rest first, everyone is tired after walking all morning." ”

So everyone rested by the lake, and Regers even went to the lake to fish with his bare hands, looking like a child. Belmode left the shore of the lake and stood guard nearby. He didn't have to keep an eye on the forest like a normal sentry, Belmode found a dense old tree and drilled into the canopy. He hid in the trees to cool off, and at the same time listened to the wind and grass nearby.

Originally, I thought that in this primeval forest, there would be no other people except wild beasts. Unexpectedly, not long after closing his eyes, Belmode heard a strange noise. It was the sound of the regular flicking of the blades of grass, forming such a sound that someone was constantly passing by. He frowned, and slipped quietly down from the canopy, diving silently towards the source of the sound with small steps.

Arriving at a clump of ferns, Belmode carefully half-squinted his eyes to avoid the reflection of his eyes from attracting the attention of the other party. Then looking through the gap in the fern group, you can see several men and women dressed as adventurers, resting on a meadow in front of them.

A young man was holding a map and comparing it to the terrain, and then pointed in the direction of the lake where Allen and his party were, "The ruins should be in that place." ”

"We were really lucky this time, we didn't expect that xenomorph to have a map of ancient ruins on his body, and I didn't know what treasures were waiting for us." A fiery red-haired woman said, she was dressed in a very revealing attire. The light armor wrapped around the body only covered the chest and waist, and the rest of the body exposed a large area of snow-white skin. The woman has a pair of crossed short knives behind her waist, and judging by her outfit, this woman should be good at speed and explosive fighting.

"I don't know if there is a treasure, but I found a lot of monsters." The fat man, who was sitting next to the woman with a pair of triangular eyes constantly looking at the woman's breasts, said, "Do you remember what we heard in the tavern last time?" ”

"You mean the white owl?" A man leaning against a tree trunk with his head resting on his hands spoke. He has a string of fire mines hanging from his body, and a fire/gun wrapped in strips of cloth next to him, which seems to be a fireman who is good at long-range support.

"They found the Blood King's graveyard, but they didn't return. But everyone knows what the Blood King Graveyard is, that ancient cemetery has been occupied by those filthy blood-squirting xenos, and everyone knows how many catties they have. They don't look for helpers, they want to take the benefits for themselves, and they deserve to die. "It was the last of the group to speak, and it was a tall man. Dressed in sharpened/flowered plate armor, next to him is a dark red two-handed greatsword with a skeletal skull decorated with the hilt of the greatsword, which looks eerie.

"With Boss Garner here, even if the place we go to is the Blood King Graveyard, there's nothing to be afraid of." The man looking at the map patted his ass, and suddenly he felt something and quickly turned around. An electric light emanated from his hand, instantly shooting into the fern where Belmode was hiding. But in addition to the fern leaves that were blown up, only a few birds were startled.

The man known as Garner looked up: "What are you doing, Bass?" ”

"It's nothing, it seems to be under surveillance just now."

"Surveillance?" The hotly dressed woman laughed, "That's hell, it's a wild highland, a place where birds don't." Who will be here besides us, don't be stupid. ”

"You're right, Momiji." Buzz laughed dryly, his eyes swept over the pair of peaks, and he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

The atmosphere became a little tense beside the tranquil lake, as Belmode brought information from other adventurers.

"So that's where they're going?" Alan frowned: "That's a bit troublesome, the Wild Highlands are not our territory, probably ask them to leave, and they won't agree." ”

"In other words, there is only one way left to fight?" Regis jumped to his feet, grinning vigorously as he clutched his sword.

"Don't get excited all of a sudden."

"What, how can you not be excited, I'm almost suffocated, and you don't fight with me."

"I don't want to waste my body on this kind of thing." Alan lifted the knife box and said, "That's it, we're waiting for them here." Let's get in touch first, and if it makes sense, ask them to leave, and then compensate them a sum of money afterwards. If it doesn't make sense, then it can only be expelled by force, and the base must not be ceded to others. ”

Belmode smiled: "So, is it just a hit, or a killer?" ”

"It depends on their attitude."

"You're so merciful."

A moment later, the blades of grass swayed, and it was Bass who led the way when he emerged from the woods and trotted all the way to the lake. He excitedly said, "Look, this is it." The entrance to the ancient ruins is right under the lake, and we are lucky to be able to find the entrance, and the ruins are ours. ”

"Don't get too excited, this lake looks very deep, which of you can dive?" The leader of the adventurers, Jana, then stepped out, carrying his greatsword and frowning at the sexy woman Momiji next to him.

Momiji shook his head and said, "Don't look at me, I can't even swim, let alone dive." ”

"Looks like I'm the only one on it."

The fat man's voice made everyone's eyes fall on him, and he straightened his chest and said, "What, if I grow fat, I can't dive?" ”

"That's not what I mean, it's just that Drew surprised me that you could dive." Garner said, "Then you can go down and have a look." ”

"Okay." Fat Drew began to strip, and as soon as he took off his shirt, suddenly a black lightning flashed under his feet, stopping in front of him.

It was a blackened throwing knife, and the adventurers were alerted when they saw it.

"Please wait."

Alan and the others appeared from the other side of the lake, and the adventurers' faces suddenly became stern when they saw them. Buzz whispered, "Look, I'll just say there's someone spying on us." Damn, you can hide my feelings, the guy who spies on us is very difficult to deal with. ”

Garner's gaze swept over Allen's side, and he said in a deep voice, "None of them are easy to deal with, only the twins look a little weaker." Damn, how could you bump into your peers in this place. ”

Obviously, they saw Eren as an adventurer as well.

Stopping more than a dozen meters away from the Garner side, Alan waved his hand and said, "First of all, I want to say that I don't want to cause a needless fight, so please refrain as well." Secondly, you should be here for a ruin. Perhaps the greatest value of the ruins for you is the excavation of priceless treasures. But for us, it means much more. ”

"So I want to discuss with you, if you are willing to retreat, I can pay you a sum of compensation. What do you think? ”R1058