Bertina is a key player in Victor''s plan, and he has tried his best to ensure Bell''s safety. In the battle of the temple, Victor was exhausted, and the strength of the Dragon maids Meiwen and Frey who participated in the battle was greatly reduced. It was not until more than ten days later that they recovered the ability of dragon people to change. Therefore, Victor transferred Dili, the Dragon maid, to the top of the temple in advance to protect himself.
However, Victor arranged Lyra, the most powerful red dragon maid, to follow bertina. In her team, there are also the stupidly big Caligula with amazing potential, the Reverend Dane carrying the sacred crystal, the wizard imosen, the ferocious soldier "blood Python" Marcy of the silver class, the senior female Knight Charlotte, the ghost faced swordsman Todd, the large alienated war beast Philip II, three alchemical dragon lizards, an unknown number of alchemical war mastiff and bear dogs, More than ten maidens with swords and more than 80 alchemists, most of whom are level-3 blood militia, but also include two level-5 blood militia and two alchemists.
The strength of this team is relatively complete, and there are strong people at all levels. Even so, Victor still ordered them to stay away from the temple battlefield. When imosen completed the task of luring the black blood master, he immediately dived into the forest on the west side of the mountain to search for the settlements of the descendants of the Assyrian Empire. Victor took three dragon maids to hide in the forest on the east side of the mountain. He didn''t choose to join Charlotte''s team at that time. He just wanted to lead the queen ant man and her claws away to avoid them from hurting bertina.
Now, the real identity of the ant queen is suspected to be Angelina, a female mage of the alchemy empire. Disguised as a mourning master, it once had contact with bertina''s team in the underground tunnel of the temple. Bell''s special identity should not be concealed from his eyes, so Victor''s previous arrangements are not enough. If he were queen ant, he would give priority to bertina, who posed the greatest threat to himself.
Victor suspected that he had not found the ant scouts because the ant queen was concentrating on tracking and chasing bertina''s team.
However, Victor and bertina are far away, which is beyond the effective range of tracking intuition, but his spiritual connection with Lyra, the Dragon maid, is not limited by distance. By sensing Lyra''s position and her emotional state, Victor found that they were wandering around in a forest in the West. The transfer speed was not fast. They should be looking for settlements of descendants of the Assyrian Empire. At the same time, it also showed that they had not been found by the ant queen.
The spiritual connection with the Dragon maid could not convey complex information. According to Lyra''s current position, Victor estimated that it would take eight days to find them, and he had to cross the azolta mountains on the way. Eager to join bertina, he asked Lyra through spiritual connection to inform the team to wait for him near where he was.
However, Victor did not know that it was a mistake he had made.
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The primeval forest on the west side of the northern section of the azolta mountains.
In the woodland where the spring sun is difficult to illuminate, the water generated by the melting of ice and snow converges in the low-lying places, forming a large forest swamp with unique scenery. Every day, from the rising of the sun to the setting of the sun, the woodland swamp is filled with dense and hazy water mist, and the quiet forest seems to be covered with an invisible white yarn, which is strange and mysterious.
Bell ran and jumped in the swamp forest with a short ponytail, and his deer skin boots crushed one after another like a mirror.
"Aka, do you think I look like a fairy in the forest?" Bell stopped in a pool of shallow water, tiptoed on one toe and turned twice, with layers of ripples under her feet. Her fat, red little face asked carygula behind her.
"Bell, let''s go back. It''s terrible here." The tall Caligula shrunk his neck, glanced West and West in the misty forest, and said nervously.
Without the expected praise, bell tooted his small mouth and rolled his eyes, then raised a pair of small hands like ghost claws and said in a gloomy tone: "I''m the forest Banshee... Caligula, if you don''t listen to me, I''ll let the ghost catch you..."
Aka''s courage is really not big, but his strength is there. How can Bell''s face scare him?
Instead of being frightened, he was amused by his little partner and said with a simple smile: "I don''t believe bell is a forest Banshee... This forest is bad, it''s a very bad forest. Let''s go back to the priest."
"If I don''t go back, I''ll find daffodils. They have six petals. They open during the day and close at night. In fact, there lives a fairy with dragonfly wings. Daffodils are her small house." Bertina said to Caligula as she looked around.
ACA thought for a moment and shouted, "Oh, is that the flower goblin said by the dwarf Bobo? Mrs. Charlotte said that the dwarf brothers love to boast. The flower goblin and the narcissus flower house are stories made up by Bobo. They are all fake and lie to children... Oh, I forgot that bell is a child."
Bertina was so angry that she stamped her feet on her hips and said, "what dwarf? Bobo and Tiantian are halflings. Aka is a big fool and calls halflings dwarfs... Besides, I''m not a child. I''m 22 years old this year. You can''t even remember this? So aka is a big fool."
At this time, the cry of a bear dog came from a distance. The sword maid in charge of taking care of bell came up and advised him, "miss bertina, the hunting team is back. We have been out all morning. We should go back to the camp for lunch."
The flower fairy living in the narcissus flower house obviously attracted bell less than lunch. She and aka cheered and ran towards the camp at the same time.
The maid with the sword whistled the birds, and a dozen heavily armed soldiers came out of the nearby woods, chasing bertina and kaligura and leaving the woodland swamp.
The camp of the expeditionary army was located in a high position in the forest. It is not so much a camp as a temporary camp. The accompanying craftsmen built more than a dozen simple shacks with branches for core members and sword maids to live in. Other soldiers and war animals rest in the open air.
The hunting team brought back some wild vegetables, edible plant roots and some wild animals for today''s lunch. Aka was happy to accept the task of cooking lunch. Just when xiaobel helped him, the core members of the expedition gathered around Charlotte to discuss some problems.
In fact, the discussion was initiated by the ghost faced swordsman Todd. Although he has average strength, he has a careful mind, deep mind, low-key but smart and capable. He can always get to the heart of the problem when he puts forward opinions occasionally. The commander Mrs. Charlotte has regarded Todd as her staff assistant and paid enough attention to the discussion. Except for the big and small living treasures in the team, other core members were called by Charlotte.
When Charlotte saw that everyone had arrived, she said, "Todd, you can start now."
Taking back his eyes from Caligula, Todd turned and bowed to Charlotte. "Yes, Mrs. Charlotte. I think this forest is a little strange. We should leave here as soon as possible. But I can''t come up with any factual basis for your reference."
After a brief silence, the priest Dane shook his head and said, "Todd, this is not your style... The intuitive problems are handed over to the fierce soldiers, and the Knight Commander is responsible for judging and assessing the danger. Since you put forward the suggestion to leave here, you always have your own discovery?"
If violent soldiers only make decisions based on their intuition, they are not as good as a fierce beast. Only wisdom and rationality are the advantages of human beings. At this point, the knight''s mind and the fierce warrior''s intuition can often make the team save the day and turn defeat into victory.
Todd nodded and said, "Your Excellency Dane is right. I found some suspicious situations because of aka''s recent abnormal performance."
Charlotte glanced at Caligula not far away and whispered, "let''s talk about the first question first. How did you find aka abnormal?"
Todd mused, "akar, he''s always... Uneasy. He seems to be aware of dangers we can''t see."
Emerson interface said: "I''m afraid it''s not abnormal... It''s normal. Since we separated from master Randall, akar has been shouting that there is danger in front and behind. He didn''t feel safe. Remember when we just left the upper pulse of azolta, akar said there was danger in the east of the forest. I sent a razor beast to check, and only found one to hibernate The wild bear... The razor killed the bear, and akar said the danger was relieved. I really don''t know why a thin bear would bring danger with akar''s physique and strength? "
The wizard paused, shook his head and said with a bitter smile, "where is there no danger in the primeval forest? Along the way, aka never stopped worrying. If we refer to his dangerous intuition, we can''t go anywhere. How can we complete the search task assigned by the master?"
Charlotte raised her green eyes, looked at the only fierce female soldier in the family, and asked, "Marcy, do you think there''s a problem around here?"
Marcy the blood Python is not what she used to be. She is no longer the ferocious leader who beat Caligula to the dying refugee. Her vision and strength are increasing day by day. She also has the careful characteristics of women. She frowned, shook her head and said: "I don''t feel any danger nearby. However, aka is special... I can''t say anything else, but aka is completely different from me in terms of the psychological intuition of violent soldiers. For example, I will be aware of the danger if it can threaten me. Like ordinary wild animals, they won''t trigger my dangerous intuition at all. Aka has no restrictions in this regard. It''s possible He will respond in advance to any attack. "
Reverend Dane coughed and said, "kariagula is protected by our Lord and has the power of the Holy One in his body. He can only be called a golden warrior if he awakens the holy power. Usually, he is just a child with a simple heart, although he is very big..."
Marcy said in a deep voice, "Lord Dane, we can''t deny aka''s strength. Like Ms. Lyra, she senses danger. It''s too late when we see it."
Caligula''s perception of danger covers ordinary people to golden soldiers. Some sources of danger can be ignored, and some dangers are not necessarily the scope that golden soldiers can cope with.
The example given by Masina dragon maid Leila is very convincing. She never said there was danger, but when she said it, everyone had better choose to run away at once.
Emerson first glanced at Lyra sleeping in the tree canopy. Seeing that she didn''t care about the discussion here, he said slightly modestly: "With Ms. Lyra, we don''t have to worry too much about aka''s intuition... Well, even if Ms. Lyra is aware of the danger, we don''t have the ability to resist. On the contrary, based on my experience of living in the Everglades, we should improve our strength to complete the task assigned by our master."
"I found a social animal like a monkey and a cat in the nearby forest. They are petite but fierce. They can hunt collectively. They are good at hunting insects, lizards and birds. They can even hunt prey several times their size. The key is that they are omnivores, and plants account for the majority of their food... Give me a period of time, I can cultivate them A group of alienated war beasts that are more suitable for the forest environment than razors, and I will keep them omnivorous and gregarious. "
Charlotte was moved and asked, "Lord imosen, how long do you need?"
Imosen said proudly: "In ten days, I''ll cultivate as many alienated animals as you can catch monkeys and cats in ten days at most. I''ve figured out how to transform their soul form. I can master a set of cultivation methods with a few adjustments, and then create more alienated animals according to this method. Of course, ten days is to let them eat enough and grow into the form of alienated war animals. Their body shape It should be only half of the razor beast, but their combat effectiveness, especially the group combat effectiveness, is definitely better than the razor beast! "
Alienated war beasts only eat meat. If in the human kingdom, the Lord raises alienated war beasts, it will be a huge financial burden; in the war period, alienated war beasts will be a heavy logistical burden. Just like the forest environment where Randall expeditionary army is located, wizard imosen can make a large number of razor beasts according to his own spiritual power limit, but due to the restriction of meat supply, he will be around him Now there is only one Philip II and three razor beasts.
If what he said is true, the new alienated animals also eat as much as the alchemical dragon lizard, and the supply problem can be easily solved. The number of alienated animals has greatly increased and can be maintained at a stable level. The expeditionary army needs alienated animals, and imosen doesn''t have to cultivate them in a hurry. Many emergencies are no longer urgent.
The omnivorous food of alienated animals is of far-reaching significance. The individual combat effectiveness of alienated animals is not so important. At least it is of great help to the current situation of the expeditionary army. It will be easier to search the forest and greatly improve the team''s ability to resist risks.
In fact, Emerson didn''t have this ability before. At first, he only invaded the soul of the target animal, and the alienation of the animal is completely uncontrollable. The only law is that the form and ability of the alienated creature are in line with the environment, which means that not all the alienated creatures are strong enough, just like the alienated beast only eats mice in the castle. How can it have the combat power comparable to the knight ？
Imosen lived in seclusion in the lizard swamp for more than ten years. He figured out his own witchcraft skills and only developed a stable cultivation method of razor beast. Later, in Randall''s collar, Victor provided various resources and accumulated a lot of practical experience by cultivating bear dogs, red haired bison and fast birds.
However, these experiences have not been transformed into systematic knowledge.
Since Philip III of imosen was absorbed by the black blood master, he himself was also hurt, but in the process of wisdom guidance, he interacted with the black blood master in law, and the previously accumulated experience finally led to qualitative change, helping him break through the barrier and enter a new realm.
Charlotte pays attention to the practical application of new types of alienated war beasts; imosen pays attention to his academic level; pastor Dane has a completely different feeling.
When he treated imosen, he noticed that his opponent''s magic had increased greatly. The key is that he confidently proposed a reproducible method to cultivate omnivorous alienated beasts. This is called spell model!
Emerson was able to create his own magic model. He finally became a legendary wizard.
The ghost faced swordsman Todd didn''t think so far. Based on the current situation, he said: "The situation in this forest is not quite right. Aka always feels there is danger nearby, but he doesn''t know the specific direction of the source of danger. I took people to search around repeatedly and didn''t find a particularly powerful monster. Today, Marcy and I walked along the road when we came here again. We found that several marks left by the team had changed."
Charlotte''s eyes contracted slightly, and a cautious expression appeared on her beautiful face. Before she asked, Todd continued: "When we came, the mark left on an ancient tree was scratched by the leopard. From the trace, it was that it was grinding its claws with the trunk and just destroyed the mark. In the second place, the mark buried under a dwarf willow was gone. It was a hibernating bear who shaved off the roots of the dwarf willow and searched for worms in the ground. The third mark was intact, but it was far away We are far away, not in this woodland swamp. "
Charlotte pondered, "the expeditionary army has met even undead creatures and demons. Even if the secret road signs we left are inadvertently destroyed by wild animals, we can''t treat these things as coincidence... Todd, Marcy, you did a good job."
She turned to the priest and asked, "Lord Dane, I noticed that since entering this woodland swamp, aka likes to stay with you. What else did he say to you? There are ghosts here?"
Dane''s expression became serious, nodded and said in a deep voice, "Caligula has a very special relationship with the holy one of the church. Of course, I attach importance to his views and perceptions. I have carefully observed my surroundings with true vision, but I have found no trace of evil."
The atmosphere of the conversation gradually turned heavy, which also affected imosen''s mood. No discovery may be worse than discovery. He thought about it and said hesitantly: "The master told us to leave the azolta mountains as soon as possible because the immortal creatures in azolta will wake up after the ice and snow melt. We did leave the range of undead creatures before the temperature warms up. It is reasonable that the descendants of the Assyrian Empire cannot be too far away from the azolta mountains or live near the undead creatures. We want to find Assyria in the endless forest The settlement of descendants is difficult to say and simple to say... The Assyrian descendants living in compact communities are always inseparable from the water source. I use wisdom to guide witchcraft to control birds to search along the rivers in the forest, but I can''t find the activity trace of Assyrian descendants? Now it seems that it''s not our bad luck... "
The wizard paused, smiled and said reluctantly, "everyone knows that bell has always had good luck."
Charlotte stood up lightly, gathered her eyes and observed her surroundings. The swamp in the woods, the shadow of the trees in the light water mist, the shallow horizontal waves, like a bright mirror, reflect the reflection of the trees. The scenery is so beautiful and strange that it seems that two worlds overlap here.
"Victor told me that endless forests are conscious." Charlotte sighed and said faintly.
"Endless forest conscious?" Marcy went to Charlotte''s side and asked curiously. She and Todd, the vanguards of the expedition, were not with Victor most of the time. They haven''t heard of Victor''s words.
Charlotte thought of her lover, and a gentle smile came up at the corners of her mouth, explaining: "The truth is clear, but it''s actually very simple... Outsiders will break the natural balance of an area, just as we need to hunt and collect every forest, conflict with the original residents and cause damage. For this kind of damage, endless forests choose to assimilate or exclude outsiders, and first weaken outsiders... You can''t expect the forest to send prey, fruits and wild vegetables to us In barren places, where food is scarce, we must spend a lot of energy and time looking for resources; in rich places, we have to fight against strong indigenous residents. The forest weakens us with conflict, hunger and fatigue, so we have to choose a habitat. Endless forests assimilate outsiders and turn them into indigenous residents of the forest or nutrients of the forest. "
She shook her head and said with a wry smile: "In fact, we are already very tired... For fear of encountering strong enemies, I chose the path of relative lack of resources. Our food supply is only enough for two days. Lord imosen''s razor beast is basically fed to Philip II. In addition to the difficulty of supply, we have not found the settlement of Assyrian descendants for a long time, and I really feel mentally tired."
Everyone in the team has this pressure. Except for alchemists, they can''t solve the problem and can only starve when they should starve.
Emerson was silent for a moment and sighed, "just have the master here."
Charlotte shook her head gently, held the sword handle and said, "the forest consciousness reminds me of a saying believed by the Assyrians that all things have spirits... The situation we are facing now may be related to the descendants of the Assyrian Empire. Don''t forget that they are the original residents of the endless forest. If they didn''t have a special means, they would have been extinct."
Todd stepped forward, leaned over and asked, "madam, do you think we are close to the descendants of the Assyrian Empire?"
Charlotte looked at him and taught him, "Todd, don''t just think about completing the task. At least, I won''t do anything to perform the task assigned by my master at the expense of my companions."
His highness Randall''s oath. Todd didn''t believe the beautiful words of the female knight. However, it was the privilege of the superior to say beautiful words. Mrs. Charlotte''s words and deeds represented the master. Todd could only carry a black pot on his back and bow down and say, "Todd would like to follow her instructions."
Charlotte smiled and said, "now the situation is unknown. I decided to leave the forest first."
"Don''t go!"
Lyra, the Dragon maid, jumped from the treetop to the crowd. Her Ruby eyes were filled with joy and said arrogantly, "my king ordered us to wait for him here."
Charlotte was very surprised and eagerly asked, "Your Highness is coming? When will he arrive?"
Lyra raised her chin, tilted her mouth and said, "in about ten days, my king will find us."
Wizard imosen clapped his hand hard and said excitedly, "great, I want to hurry up and cultivate a large number of omnivorous alienated animals for the owner to drive."
Charlotte nodded brightly with a smile and said, "OK, let''s camp in place, collect resources, cultivate alienated war animals, carefully investigate the situation nearby, and wait for the arrival of the master."