Chapter 23 Difficulty moving forward
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This is the Shining Forest, one of the wonders of the Yara Continent, a world where darkness and daylight are mixed. In the Shining Forest, a large number of parasitic plants known as Shining Vine grow in some areas. This vine emits a soft glimmer every night. A large number of vines gather together can illuminate the forest like daylight.
"Is this the flash vine?" Vivian curiously picked a vine leaf the size of a fingernail and raised it in his hand, and asked Panis: "It was the one that shined all night last night?"
"Well, it's them." Panis took the vine leaves and pointed to the leaves and said, "Every night, the whole leaves will emit the light that night. No one understands the principle of their glowing. By the way, the juice of this glittering vine is poisonous, don't touch it casually."
"Will it erode the skin?" Vivian was startled.
"No, I'm just afraid that the juice will be dipped in your hands after touching it." As soon as Panis was halfway through, he heard Elad, the guide in front of the team shouting, "Don't step on there", followed by the shouts and ridicule of several men.
"What's wrong with the front?" Vivian's gaze was blocked by Catherine walking in front of her. She couldn't see what was happening in front of her, but judging from the reactions of others, she was not too dangerous, so she just asked curiously.
"Nothing." The answer was Lina walking in front of Catherine. When we woke up early in the morning, we found that Lina had changed her coldness and indifference a few days ago. She always had a sunny smile on her face, and greeted everyone energeticly, which scared everyone who was not familiar with her. At this time, Lina was walking in front of the four people in the adventure group, in the middle of the entire team, and looked at the front and replied: "Someone fell into the swamp, it seemed like... a shadow wolf, who was almost pulled up by the goblock hand, but her legs were covered with sludge."
"There is still a swamp here?" Vivian seemed a little excited and said excitedly: "Let me see, I have only heard of it, I have never seen a swamp."
"You can't see it, either." Panis said: "It's no different from the ground we walked through, it's covered with fallen leaves."
Since entering the real Shining Forest in the morning and entering the dense forest, it feels like entering another world. In the dense forest, what is accumulated on the ground is not soil, but thick dead leaves. Year after year, countless towering trees fall from fallen leaves every year are piled on the ground, stacked layer by layer, covering each other, layer by layer. Walking on such a ground is like walking in deep snow. If you step on one foot, most of your calf will sink into the fallen leaf layer. Every time you take a step, you have to pull your legs out of the fallen leaf layer and then step on it carefully, and your travel speed will be reduced to the lowest.
In the dense forest, I looked up at the sky and couldn't see any sky. All I saw was the crown. The concealment of the crown made the forest covered in darkness forever, and it looked like the evening of autumn. Although the forest was dark, it was not quiet. The song of birds, beasts and insects intertwined each other, adding some vitality to the forest.
In the canopy, occasionally unknown birds swooped down from above, took away insects or small beasts on the ground, and flew back to the branches, completely ignoring the humans walking by. Among the fallen leaves on the ground, sometimes some beast heads of different shapes suddenly popped up, but they all stared at the people passing by vigilantly. Until everyone passed, they sank into the fallen leaves again, and a ripples appeared on the ground formed by dead leaves.
Everyone walked very carefully. Under the strict requirements of Panis and Elad, ten people lined up in a straight line, with Elad walking in front and leading the way, Panis followed the team at the end and broke behind. Each person held a long and solid branch in his hand. Every step he took would slap the ground in front of him and on both sides. Under the slap of the branches, various insects and snakes continued to flee out of the fallen leaves in panic and then drilled into the leaves again, as if they had never appeared.
"Ellard." Panis suddenly shouted loudly at the end of the team: "Let's take a break, don't go so anxiously on the first day, so that everyone can adapt."
Seeing the guide leading the way stopping as he said, everyone was secretly grateful to Panis's proposal. After walking in the morning, although he only walked a few kilometers, his walking method that he had never adapted to before made everyone exhausted. Whether it was the golden level or the silver level, with the physical fitness and ability of the profession, he was not as good as the guide Elad, a lowest-level black iron profession. At least after Elad walked this road, he could not see any trace of fatigue at all. As for why Panis could not see fatigue at all? To apply Catherine's explanation to Dora: "Don't worry about him, he is not normal."
"Ah, I'm so tired." Vivian cheered and sat on the ground relaxed. As the shortest of ten people, she was like an eleven or twelve-year-old child. For others, she was less than the fallen leaf layer of her calf, and for her, she was less than half of her thighs. Every few steps she took would take several times the effort. She gritted her teeth and insisted on letting Catherine carry her forward, which made her suffer a lot along the way.
"Get up, don't sit down." Panis appeared next to Vivian in an instant, pulled her up and said, "Besides insects, there are more countless insect-like monsters hidden under the leaves, which are very dangerous."
"But aren't we wearing protective clothing?" The protective clothing mentioned by Vivian was purchased when he was in the Capital of Knowledge. It is a must-have lizard leather jacket in forest adventure. The leather jacket is tightly attached to the skin, with good breathability and will not make the body feel excessively stuffy, and can effectively protect the body.
"Leather jacket is not omnipotent." Panis shook his head: "If you encounter insect-like monsters above the silver-level, the effect of leather jackets is limited. Don't forget that not all high-level insect-like monsters will become larger. There are some silver-level monsters, but the sharpness of the attack organs has reached the silver-level level, and the rest of their physical fitness and body shape are still as unchanged as ordinary low-level insect-like monsters."
"Huhu, fortunately I was prepared before." Vivian began to lower his head and search for his backpack: "Hehe, the goblin dewormer we bought is about to start to work."
"That's better to use it when camping and resting, otherwise Catherine will be careful to beat you." Pannis looked at Catherine carefully and found that Catherine obviously heard Vivian's words, but did not come to stop Vivian's wasteful behavior. Instead, he turned to Dora at the first time. Regardless of his physical fatigue, he began to argue with Dora about who would bear the consumption of crystals along the way: "Okay, it seems that she won't come to beat you for the time being, but it's really unnecessary. Let's take a ten-minute break and continue to set off. Okay, wait."
As he said that, Panis turned his head and walked to a big tree. The thick and smooth trunk that several people could embrace. Panis quickly disappeared into the canopy of dozens of meters high. Soon, more than a dozen thick branches fell from the tree. Panis jumped down directly with the trunk. The thick fallen leaves were like natural mats, easily resolving the impact of the drop of dozens of meters.
"Sit on the branch?" Vivian asked, walking to the falling branch money.
"No, sit on the chair." Panis smiled mysteriously, raised two forked branches, burst out fighting spirit and poured them on the branches, and inserted the branches into the ground. The branches were very long, not only sank into the fallen leaves, but also deeply embedded in the soil at the bottom. The two shaped branches were inserted left and right, and a straight branch was placed horizontally on it. In a blink of an eye, a simple chair appeared in front of Vivian.
"Beautiful lady." Panis bent down respectfully and made a gesture of asking for help: "Please sit."
Vivian covered her mouth and laughed constantly. After laughing for a long time, he nodded and said in a cooperative manner: "Thank you, gentleman."
"My honor, respectful lady." Panis wanted to say something seriously, but was almost slapped by a slap behind her back. When he looked back, he saw Lina's big smile. Lina, who had a smile, said in a vibrant voice: "Mr. Gentleman, I want it too."
As spellcasters, the fantasy fox is not sensitive, but both Dora, the gray squirrel, the shadow wolf and the night owl were shocked by Panis's actions just now. Only when they were both users of the fighting spirit did they know how difficult the Panis's actions just now were.
"Senior sister, your Panis is becoming more and more interesting." Dora stuck to Catherine. The harassment of Catherine was disturbed by Panis. Now she was just looking at Panis with ignorance and inserted the branches deeply into the soil, completely forgot about her previous actions: "You can actually inject fighting energy into wooden things. This control is not simple."
"Can a simple person with low control work part-time job of a crystal gunner?" Catherine asked back and waved, "Let's go, the chair is ready for us, let's take the seat."
"Ellard." When everyone sat down, Penis said to the young guide: "Let's keep walking north today?"
"Yes, go north." Elard was not only silent along the way, but also didn't want to pay much attention to anyone. He was only a better attitude towards Panis, who looked experienced in forest life: "Walk north for three days, no, if you follow the speed of today, you will have four days, and then turn west for one day, you can go to the first expected location."
"This is... a detour." Panis said: "Oh, I understand, you are considering the factors of the monster."
"Yes." Elad admired Panis's keenness in his heart.
"Don't worry about the monsters within five days." Panis said: "Just avoid some crazy groups of monsters. In addition, we can ensure safety. Once there is a danger, you can choose to leave the wait and see."
"That's it, I'll re-plan the route tomorrow." Elard said: "But we still have to go north today."
"I understand, professionals have the final say." Panis nodded and said, "But I'll take the lead in front later, let's do it in rotation."
Elard was stunned. Although Panis's performance all morning showed that he was fully capable of taking the lead, he still asked in confusion: "It's okay for you to leave the first one, but why?"
"The first one is under great pressure." Panis smiled: "Today we have to walk for twenty-two hours, it's too tiring to bear it alone."
"Okay." Elad looked at Pannis in a daze for a long time, and suddenly stretched out his hand to Pannis: "Hello, my name is Elad."
Chapter completed!