The Glimmer Forest occupies a vast area, and Uriel has no clue about the target's whereabouts. It is only a possibility that Roma and Anchuan came here after taking over the mission. Maybe she was trying to avoid tracking, or she was simply coerced by the latter.
He sincerely hoped that this would not be the last case. Uriel had only a limited understanding of the mysteries before the battle with Paladin Commander Lemons. If anything could break the rough concept he had established through victory and defeat, it was definitely Joey's training class. Just as Sauron of the Ring said, he now has almost no power to fight back against Gao Huan.
As long as I chant the spell of the Snow Crown once, Uriel thought, this journey will end here.
The evocation of the Holy Word indeed allows him to use any magic that he knows the spell, but he still needs his own magic power and body to support the mysterious arrival. There is no doubt that Uriel's fate before crossing the Path of Death will not be better than that of the previous God's Descendation incident. His level of divine magic is not related to the things evoked by the Holy Word, because this is the magic brought to him by his profession, not the power given by the priest's faith.
The deeper you go, the greater the changes in the leaves. The coniferous forests gradually turn into broad leaves, and the climate gradually becomes warmer. Yellow Hat Avenue is located south of Iron Claw City, and a peninsula of the forest is squeezed between the two. Therefore, although Uriel could not tell the direction by the sun, he could still realize that he was heading north. I can only wander around the periphery, it is impossible to dig through every rock here to find someone. This thought caused him to consciously correct his course so as not to go astray while avoiding some mysterious creature.
Directional arrows hovered in the air. As soon as Sauron shut up, the forest seemed silent. Compared with the noise in the town, this silence may not be less enjoyable, but Uriel has endured Sauron's cynicism since he left Brumnot, and he was not used to being silent for a while. The humid air is extremely thick and densely packed with unpleasant factors. "Say something." The apprentice tried to inject magic power to awaken the silver ring.
But before Sauron responded, there was movement behind him. At first Uriel thought it was a squirrel or a badger, because it was not footsteps falling on the ground, but floating in the air, about two feet high. The steps are not that light, and the breathing cannot be so heavy. This sound reminded Uriel of the slightly harsh friction sound he heard when he met Count Elanor in the tower. He held his breath, catching the movement in the silence, and quietly grasped the hilt of the sword with his fingers. Is it a wild beast in the forest? Mysterious creature? Green elf?
Uriel walked lightly and hid himself behind a golden-leaf privet. But when the sound was close at hand and he broke through the bushes and drew his sword out of its sheath, he found that there was nothing in front of him.
The apprentice glanced around without letting down his guard. "Sauron, did you hear - Sauron?" He suddenly realized that the ring had not responded.
There was a thrilling chill that ran straight down my spine. Uriel stared at the direction arrow condensed with white mist in front of him, and subconsciously swung his sword towards it. The fog dispersed with a loud bang. "Soren. Soren Gerson! What's wrong with you? Where are you taking me?"
The forest was silent.
It doesn't look like Sauron. Uriel didn't know what was wrong with the Night Whispering Ring, which symbolized the tower's highest alchemical achievement, but the arrow that pointed the way before would probably not lead him to the right route. Something affected Sauron's magic. he concluded. Sauron's magic comes from Joy, which can solidify water and vapor and has no control over pure gaseous substances. However, the frost-shaped arrows spread out... Where am I now?
Someone must know the answer. "Who is it?" He clenched the blade of the sword, and the news that the caravan was attacked in the Shimmer Forest came to his mind. "I'm just an adventurer, I don't have any ill intentions, and I don't mind talking to you. If this is a misunderstanding," he said while retreating, "please come out and meet."
Except for the increasingly dense fog, no one responded among the trees. Uriel could see the skin of the red pine trunk split into fish-scale patterns, and the glimmer of light flickering under the bracken and sage leaves. He tried to move forward. The mist submerged the moss and lichen on the rocks under his feet. The footing was very soft. He suddenly remembered that there were two mushrooms here.
I can't move any more. Even if he used divine magic to enhance his perception, his vision was still completely white. Uriel was forced to test the front with his long sword, otherwise he would stumble on rocks or tree roots. The direction and Sauron's situation were both unknown. He did not dare to move forward and had no choice but to retreat.
With every step he took, the mist was disturbed. Uriel passed a spruce and heard a chuckle for a moment, but when he turned around, he only saw a shallow brown tree hole. Is someone playing a prank? Who could it be?
There's not much to say about the Green Elves, but there's a lot in the forest. Elemental beings are everywhere, and people call them grass-seed fairies. Most of them are harmless, but they can also get into people's mouths, noses and throats. Although grass seed goblins have low intelligence, their skin is covered with toxins that are inedible to humans. Uriel could not see the light in the white mist, and these grass-seed goblins were scared away. If I knew what they were afraid of, I could identify hidden enemies...
But he didn't have time to think more. The violent movements brought up large swaths of mist, which swirled to form arrows, asking him to move forward. Uriel stepped back again, but bumped into a juniper. Is this thing actually behind me? As he thought, he drew his sword and chopped off the blocking branches, but the arrow was left behind.
Uriel asked himself that he was not capable of cutting down every tree in the forest, so he tried to communicate: "You want me to go forward? What is there?" But such questions were not answered. He had no choice but to disperse the fog and move forward bravely. There are many mysterious places in Shimmer Forest, but the apprentice has never heard of any mysterious place whose characteristics are related to fog. Moreover, this shimmering forest is located in the Eastman territory. The natural races living in it are as insignificant as the vampires. The conflict with humans only affects a small area... There is no reason why I would meet an elf from Saint Valoran. priest.
The road ahead is better than when we found it. Uriel didn't see any of the trees running away, but if he didn't pay attention or look away, their positions would change quietly. He fumbled around in the pitifully poor visibility without stumbling over any rocks or shallow pits. The fog is also getting lighter. He felt his thighs "surface", followed by his knees, his tight trousers, and his leather boots, which were dirty from three cities. But he could feel that the surrounding environment did not become normal, but became increasingly quiet.
Uriel considered whether to use spiritual vision to explore the way. He should have done this before entering the forest, but the two opportunities a day made him hesitate. The painful process of using the Scroll of Oath to restore magic power was the final weight. In the final analysis, he would rather be trapped in the danger of a mysterious place than face the mysterious backlash.
I don’t know how long I walked until the shadow of the sun was no longer visible and the fog completely dissipated. The surrounding trees are tall and majestic, with thick branches and tangled roots. The grass seed goblin was nowhere to be seen, and the ground was covered with moss and covered with fallen leaves that gradually rotted in the breath of the forest. Among the dark green and fiery red forest leaves, the chirping of insects and birds began to reappear.
Even so, Uriel also noticed that the environment here was somewhat unusual.
Strange plants grew under the lime trees, some he recognized, others he had never seen before. He saw the five-leaf winter and the grimacing flower, which were magical plants. Many flowers grow on the moss-free mud, like the buds of a rose that have not yet opened, but both in color and texture, these flowers give people a strange fleshy texture. Their buds have red tips and blue-purple veins.
When Uriel walked past them, the buds trembled. The apprentice hurriedly backed away, bumping into a thick hanging aerial root. The flower buds bloomed from the outside to the inside in front of his feet, like a woman opening countless fingers with bright red nails. Its outermost valve keeps opening, and eventually blooms into a dense clump of flesh-valved sea anemone. In Uriel's eyes, even dead man's fingers were not as disgusting as this thing.
The feeling of being watched gave him goosebumps. Soon the apprentice discovered that there was an equally bright red eye hidden in the stamen of this plant. He could no longer restrain himself and shuddered under the "eyes of all the people".
Fortunately, it was allowed to go around in a roundabout way, and Uriel immediately avoided these "finger anemones". He noticed a white truffle as big as a fist, many strange fungi and algae jumping in the gaps, and dodders that were entangled like snakes without a parasitic body. The latter hangs on a tree and emits a sweet scent, pretending to be a beehive. Uriel tried his best to avoid them, but if he couldn't, he would cut them off with his long sword. The frost spread rapidly on the wounds of the plants, but it did not cause any abnormal movement of these things.
After passing by a patch of melting fern leaves, Uriel saw a narrow path lined with purple peas. Compared with the flowers and jumping algae, the peas were quiet, but the apprentice could not ignore the regular octahedral seeds crowded together in their bellies. Maybe they are all mysterious plants. The road was empty, but Uriel didn't know if he would step on the "finger anemone" if he backed up on the trail.
The trail ended into a deep hole that sloped upwards, appearing to be home to a rabbit or fox, but certainly not the right size. Uriel had never seen a bear, but he estimated that a bear within the normal size range would not be able to get in. In fact, it is as tall as two-thirds of the apprentice's height. A person can lower his head to enter, but a dwarf does not even need to lower his head. The opening of the hole is at an angle of 60 degrees to the ground, enough to prevent rainwater from flowing into the channel. Two bluebirds stopped at the edge of the hole, tilting their heads to see him hesitating in place.
"It seems I have to go in." Uriel has realized that his decision was not only driven by the situation, but out of curiosity, he also wanted to find out.
Vision
It was not convenient to wield a weapon in the cave, so Uriel changed to a short knife. He touched the side wall and found that the soil was not wet, but very sticky. Maybe I can climb up there with my bare hands. Uriel lit the torch, and it burned brighter in the cave. He noticed that his hands and feet were moving unconsciously. He was quite familiar with this feeling.
