Chapter 1058 The elf forest guard went berserk! (MiliBrony leader adds 2 updates)
"Damn it, this is such an unlucky place!"
Gil made a "pop" sound and slapped his neck with his backhand, and his hand was wet with blood. This damn rainforest! This damn rainforest!
Mosquitoes with flowery legs have six legs spread out, and each one is as big as a palm! When one bites a person, it turns into a big red bump, which is painful and itchy!
Walking in the woods, you will be wet from head to toe. Even if you stand still or lie still, you will be covered in sticky sweat! It takes at most one day for the clothes to smell bad, and the shoes and socks on the feet will smell bad by the third day. It already stinks!
"What a waste!"
A few places behind him, Jazz stepped out of a creek and was also yelling curses. There were leeches hanging everywhere on his trouser legs, ankles, back, and arms.
He didn't even have time to swat the leeches for himself. He lit a bunch of grass first, and together with the slave in charge of driving the mule, he quickly burned the leeches off the mule.
What a ghost, just after wading across the stream in such a short time, dozens of leeches were already hanging on the mule, and each one was swollen - if we don't burn them off quickly, this mule will fall down and hundreds of kilograms of gold will be lost. Do they carry it themselves?!
Even if you don't wade through the water, it's useless! When you bend down and pass under a low-hanging branch, a few leeches will fall into your neck!
It’s better to go to the Viceroyalty of Pelleux!
High in the mountains, the climate is dry and there are no such things!
There are no mosquitoes, no leeches, no poisonous insects, and no stiflingly hot climate!
No wonder everyone gets an extra half-year's salary after going on an escort mission. This half-year's salary is really not easy to earn!
Compared to being in the city with one's feet up, slapping the native's whip, and playing with the native's girl, such a life is simply not a human life!
The soldiers complained repeatedly, and the squad leaders and squadron leaders were also having a hard time. In this team of two hundred people, the five squadron leaders were all at level 9, and the 20 squad leaders were all knights who had just entered level 5.
Their strong physique makes them more adaptable to harsh environments and less afraid of the harassment of poisonous insects and leeches, but it does not make them feel more comfortable when facing bad weather.
On the contrary, the noble status of high-level warriors made them feel even worse when they were trekking in the rain forest:
"Colonel, why did you send us out this time?"
"Yes, in the previous escort teams, the team leader could be up to level 9, and a knight could become the captain! This time, why did you send so many high-level knights?"
“I’ve walked this road dozens of times and there’s never been an accident!”
"I had agreed to take a month off to go on a date with my beloved Anna, but suddenly I was transferred here! My vacation! My Anna!"
"Come on! Your Anna is about to marry the youngest son of Baron Blue!"
"That doesn't stop me from dating her!"
Two days a day, three days and five days. When they first entered the jungle, the knights could still keep their military appearance neat and their uniforms clean;
Three days later, it was wrinkled from the inside out and exuding an unpleasant stench;
Ten days later, everyone was unkempt and unshaven. At a glance, regardless of height and figure, there was almost no difference between knights, soldiers and slaves...
"It's been too hard along the way."
"Yeah, it's too hard... it's hard and boring... Not only did no one come to rob us along the way, there weren't even any wild animals, and we didn't know what we were escorting..."
"The most important thing I do is to drag up the slippery mule..."
Sissouian's face was grave. He had been following this team for ten days. For ten days, he kept jumping among the trees, communicating with the jungle, and warning the animals——
Someone very powerful is coming!
Someone very vicious is coming!
Avoid! Avoid! Don’t hit their path!
Leopards, red monkeys, tapirs, capybaras. Tiger cats, night monkeys, spider monkeys. Giant anteaters, crocodiles, anacondas...
One by one, one by one, they responded to his call. They either disappeared in the forest, or temporarily migrated to both sides.
The Elf Forest Guards will never interfere with the hunting of animals, or even the hunting between local indigenous people and animals. However, for outsiders and those annoying nature destroyers, the Elf Forest Guards will definitely treat
Animal friends issue a warning.
Except for mosquitoes, centipedes, ants and leeches, which are slow and plentiful poisonous insects, all animals that can run away try to run as far away as possible without attacking or being attacked by outsiders.
This made the team transporting gold extremely boring. For ten days, they couldn't even hunt down a decent beast, and they couldn't even make a tooth sacrifice and meal...
"Captain! I found a village!"
The scouts who went out to explore the road came back excitedly to report. Although they were walking in the hinterland of the Governor's Region, in a safe area where even wild animals were not around, this team still maintained basic military discipline——
Exploring the road ahead, guarding in sections in the middle, and finishing at the end. As for eliminating traces, there is no need. In this fast-growing tropical rainforest, even existing roads will soon be submerged by the rainforest.
What they need to do is to maintain the roads, especially the collapsed post roads that need to be reinforced, and the magical road signs that guide the direction at every fork in the road need to be replaced;
The bridge is almost finished and needs to be cut down and new trees built;
The campsite, which was submerged by shrubs and small trees, needs to be reopened...
This kind of work is extremely hard and boring. So when the scouts reported that they had discovered an indigenous village, everyone became excited:
"Colonel, let's go live in the village!"
"Yeah, let's go to the village to do some repairs!"
"At least I can live in a place with a roof! - Even if it's a mud house, it still has a roof!"
There was so much chatter that it almost turned into a quarrel. Although the colonel who led the team was a 13th-level knight, he could not force the demands of so many people. The team walked for a while, and under the guidance of the scout, he lowered his head and looked down:
"It looks like we're not far from the right road... Then let's rest for one night! We can only rest for one night. We'll continue on our way early tomorrow morning!"
It is said to be a village, but in fact, it only has a dozen or so shabby houses. Some are made of mud, and some don't even have mud walls. They just cut some tree trunks randomly and tied them into frames, and then cut some branches to fill in the middle.
The better ones will tie a straw mat between the branches and apply some mud on it to make it a wall...
"What! So broken!"
"There is no one in the village!"
"Not only are there no people, there are no chickens, no ducks, no rabbits, no livestock of any kind!"
"The animal pen where the livestock was kept was found...but was taken away..."
The knights and soldiers were complaining everywhere. Speaking of which, who really wants to live in these native houses?
Who really wants to live in these houses with thatched roofs, mud walls, or even walls without mud, with centipedes and scorpions falling from the roof at all times, rats running in and out of the cracks in the walls, stuffy, hot, dirty and smelly houses?
Aren't you too tired and depressed from running around, and want to find a village to take a rest, find some chickens and ducks raised by the natives for a change, and have some fun with some native girls?
"They got the news in advance!"
"They're guarding us!"
"These natives must have received the news in advance! Livestock, grain, and everything were all dragged away!"
The knights were greatly disappointed. The scout captain who led the way received the most accusatory looks, stamped his feet, and quickly walked around the village:
"There are no masters in this village. Judging from the traces in the village, they have been gone for a day or two at most - they can't go far."
"Do you want to chase?"
"Chasing! Anyway, it takes a day or two for ordinary people to walk, but we can catch up in two hours! Even if you are idle, you should be idle, just use it as exercise to stretch your muscles!"
In fact, in less than two hours, they found a native village with their families hiding in a cave. Then, the three knight captains each carried a native who was kicking, beating, and screaming.
The girl is back. "This village is so dilapidated..." The team leader raised his arm and gently threw the native girl to the ground:
"There are only so many interesting things! Colonel, we didn't even get started, so we brought them back to you first!"
Sisuoyian wiped the sweat from his forehead. It was really tiring to deliver this doe. It took him half a night. If he hadn't rushed over, the doe would definitely have died.
!
"Help! Help!—Help!"
An emerald green parrot flapped its wings and plunged into his shoulder. Sissouian was suddenly startled:
What happened?
What happened?
He has already walked along the routes used by outsiders to transport goods and warned all the animals! He has also warned all the indigenous villages within visual distance of the road and told them to move out and avoid them!
How could something happen like this?
The elf forest guard touched the doe that had just given birth to a calf, condensing a force of nature to soothe her body. Then, he walked to a big tree, knelt down on one knee, and pressed the roots of the tree with his hand:
The leaves, mountain breeze, shrubs, and trees are rustling. The entire rainforest is responding to him and guiding him in the direction:
There!
There!
Outsiders, there!
Sissouyan quietly disappeared into the forest. After several jumps, he stood outside the village, listening to the wailing of the indigenous girl and the increasingly weaker screams. With a cold face, he held the wooden stick
Insert into the soil under the tree.
Beast! Beast!
——Even if I can't defeat you, I, Sisouyan, the guardian of this forest, will never let you go!
Hundreds of miles away, Gretel was standing in front of a big tree, trying his best to raise his head:
"Wow--"
This is... a tree?
Wait, is this really a tree?
He took a step back, then another step, and then another step. He took thirty-four steps back in a row, but the uneven wooden wall was still blocking his way——
If it weren't for the unusually obvious wrinkled bark, Gretel would have almost thought that what was standing in front of him was a hill!
The diameter of this tree can be 10 meters... 20 meters... 30 meters or more, right?
Opening his arms, dozens or hundreds of them felt like they couldn't hug this big tree. He tried to raise his head, and from the top of this hill-like giant tree, countless thick branches branched out in all directions.
The dense canopy of trees blocks out the sky and the sun, and there is vitality in the ancient...
"Let's rest here tonight." Ashe Yuege commanded without hesitation:
"Grete, Jasmine, you two, go to the tree and meditate - try to meditate as close to the tree as possible. Listening to the sound of this ancient tree is very beneficial to the worshipers of nature... Go!"
Gretel was eager for this sound. He hugged the oak staff and leaned against the bottom of the tree trunk. He also leaned the top of the oak staff against the tree trunk. He turned his head before closing his eyes...
???
Appa, why are you here too?
What are you doing, huddled up in a ball, kneeling under a tree and resting your head on the tree?
Do you also want to learn to meditate?
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