Chapter 147

Dense forests, disorderly clumps and ancient trees of Wolong - when the expedition crossed the big tree wall, this was the only scene they could see.

The dense trees covered the sun in the sky and made the surrounding air cold and depressed. It is a vibrant forest, but the air is filled with an unpleasant smell of decay.

The forest seems to have decayed and is slowly dying.

The black feather Eagle hovering in the sky landed steadily on the black haired wizard's shoulder. Loren, who was just looking at the surrounding environment, looked behind him: "izuria?"

"Lord Loren Turin." the young war dancer jumped up the tree trunk from behind and walked behind Loren: "chief Kono has found a place to build a camp and confirmed that there should be no ogres gathering around."

"What about the one alone?"

"Only a few were found and were killed. They should not be found."

Loren nodded with satisfaction when he got the answer - after a whole week's March, the whole expedition could finally have a good rest.

After climbing over the big wall, the expedition is marching almost all the time, constantly gathering ogre settlements towards the big wall, so that they have no place to hide. As long as they stop a little, they are at risk of being found.

Although the whole expedition is composed of elite war dancers, there are still only about 100 people and no foreign aid. Once surrounded by a large group of Ogres, it is possible to be annihilated!

Fortunately, after Kono joined, the expedition never had an encounter with any ogre settlement. The war dancer leader who has been at the border of the tree wall all the year round knows the habits of Ogres very well and is even better than Luca in tracking.

Now, they are far away from the big tree wall and go further south into the forest. The long march brought not only fatigue, but also reduced enthusiasm, lack of food, and dual consumption of energy and physical strength... Whether willing or not, the expedition must be repaired as soon as possible.

Loren can also take advantage of this time to meditate and continue to discuss with Asriel how to deal with the evil god called "mazka", or continue to improve the "Turin fire" to prepare for the next battle.

At present, the battle of the big tree wall should not be officially started. The expedition still has enough time to do everything possible to avoid non combat attrition.

This is a forest full of danger. In addition to ogres, there are other threats, some of which are even more terrible and ferocious than monsters.

"Izuria." Loren shouted to the war dancer behind him, "what's the name of the forest ahead?"

"If you remember correctly, we will soon reach the border of the withered forest, where there was once a settlement." the young war dancer answered, "but now it should be occupied by a group of ogres."

"The surrounding area is barren forest. It used to be a hunting ground, so there should be a lot of wild animals and fungi. Although it will be very dangerous, it is easy to find food."

Izuria talked to the dark haired Wizard - the war dancer took the initiative to join the expedition, and Luca strongly recommended it to Loren. The reason is very simple. He is one of the few war dancers in the morning star forest and even the whole eastern forest who know how to go to the eternal night forest. At the same time, he is also the descendant of the spirit of the eternal night forest.

Although all elves can shuttle through the dense forest without getting lost, only the elves of this settlement can know the exact location of each settlement. Instead of drawing a map, they inherited the appearance of their hometown by relying on word-of-mouth legends.

After the fall of Yongye forest, most of the surviving elves joined the morning star forest, and he was one of the orphans of that year. He knew everything about his hometown from his mother.

Therefore, the war dancer named izuria also assumed the status of "guide". He was no less important to the whole expedition than Loren - because without him, no one knew how to go to the Yongye forest, and the expedition would immediately become a group of headless flies.

"Now that we have been occupied by the ogre, we can only find a way to bypass from both sides." Loren sighed: "is there any other way to go except here?"

"No, if we want to reach the eternal night forest, we must first pass through the withered forest." izuria shook his head: "on the left side is the gray tree hills, where all the cliffs can't be crossed, and on the right side is the autumn leaf River, which can't be crossed either."

"Can't you find a way to cross the river?"

"No, we can't, but we're too far from the ferry. We can't get there until we walk for at least half a month - the rest of the river sections are very turbulent, and there are all rubble under the river. Once we fall into the water..."

The expression of the war dancer was very embarrassed. Loren nodded silently. At present, he can only choose to trust the other party's judgment.

Is there only one way to seize the withered forest?

It was originally prepared to make a surprise attack all the way before reaching the eternal night forest. Now it seems that it is still unrealistic - although the ogres are just a group of fat monsters, the "mazka" knows that it needs some necessary means to protect itself.

It is like a "brain". Although so far it is only some simple to low-energy commands, it is gradually turning all ogre settlements into a whole. This is the most terrible place.

There were never more than a hundred ogre settlements in the past, otherwise there was no need to fight the dancers, and they would start killing each other themselves; Now the number of Ogres gathered on the big wall alone is far more than that, and it is increasing every day.

If there is anything more dangerous and terrible than an ogre, it is their number - thousands of uniform ogre armies, even the whole ancient wood forest will be turned into ashes!

It is not because this evil god is too powerful, nor because it destroys the big tree wall and has the power to gather all the ogre settlements, which is the real reason why "mezka" must be eradicated.

Although some are lower than expected, it may also be a good thing if we must seize the withered forest. After all, the whole expedition hasn't fought any ogres for a whole week.

Fighting in a strange area is certainly different from a familiar place. Even if it is just to accumulate experience to deal with the raid on Yongye forest, it seems to be a good reason to count it as a rehearsal before the war - there is still a long way to go from Yongye forest here, and the probability of being found should not be very high.

"You go back to the camp first and have a good rest." Loren patted izuria on the shoulder: "convey my words to Lord Kono, explore the terrain of the withered forest before midnight today, and then we will decide whether we really want to take it!"

The young war dancer nodded and turned away towards the camp.

"Is it really wise to fight the ogre now?"

Asriel, who turned into a human, leaned against the tree trunk and his scarlet eyes twinkled: "dear friend, I suggest you don't be so careless. Maybe it's good to think about a long way around."

"We don't have time to go around the long way. The longer the time goes, the more variables will be." Loren shook his head slightly, as if he was talking to himself: "what's more, I haven't decided whether I really want to attack."

"You seem to have forgotten that we are close friends." the boy showed a brilliant smile: "when you asked him to leave, you had made up your mind."

Loren did not speak, chose to remain silent and looked at Asriel provocatively.

"... well, I knew you would try to set me up, but who made Asriel so helpful?" the boy shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands:

"Perhaps the 'mazka' Lord may not find you when you are on the big wall; but as long as you use even a little empty power, you will be immediately detected by it."

"Why is it... Ah..." just wanted to ask Lauren, who suddenly realized a long chant, glanced at the boy, and slowly opened the sleeve of his right wrist: "it's because you gave me a 'little thing', isn't it?"

"For precious friends, of course, we should mark them in advance." the boy's smile was more brilliant, and his exquisite face was filled with evil called "innocence": "I won't give you to others."