When there were only 5 minutes left before getting off work, the wind chime finally rang. However, it was not Layla who came in, but her sister Celia.
Celia's body was covered in scars, and even her knee socks were torn, revealing the fair skin of her calves. It looked like she had gone through a hard battle, but her eyes were still bright and bright.
"Celia, did you fight with someone again?" Linge said with a smile. Celia nodded with excitement on her face: "Do you still remember the forest I told you about last time?" Linge poured a glass of wine and placed it on the bar.
"The Forest of Blood?" He originally planned to explore the place with Celia, but for the sake of the blood-like, sweet-smelling sap, he just couldn't spare time these days, so he put it aside for the time being.
Anyway, that forest won't go away, it doesn't matter when you go there.
"Well, I have passed through the outer forest and reached a valley inside. I found a valuable opponent there. I had a great time playing today." Celia sat down in front of the bar, picked up the wine glass, and drank a sip. With a big mouth, he felt warm all over his body, and his strength was rapidly recovering.
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"Hey, this wine?" She looked at the wine in the glass with some surprise. It was orange-yellow and had a familiar herbal aroma.
"This is the herbal wine I specially made for you. It can quickly restore your physical strength. I see that you come back injured every day, so I prepared this for you." Linge said with a smile.
"Thank you so much," Celia said in surprise,
"I feel like I can hit ten again now." She raised her arm and bent it slightly, showing smooth and graceful lines, full of strength and beauty.
Then she enthusiastically shared today's adventure with Ringer: "Those are some humanoid creatures with bug-like heads. They seem to be guarding something in the valley. Their fighting skills are very strong. Even me, It's also difficult when facing more than ten people at the same time. It's a bit funny to say that those bug heads are quite martial. At the beginning, they just attacked one by one and never bullied the small ones. Moreover, when they saw that I didn't use weapons, they also No weapons. Haha, they are really interesting guys. It wasn’t until I kept provoking them that they started to add people one by one. I only persisted until the thirteenth person. When I reached the limit, I had to retreat. It was really a place there. What a great place. Actually, I'm not interested in the things in the valley, but those bug heads interest me more. Tomorrow I will challenge fifteen." Celia was gearing up, her pretty face rosy from alcohol and excitement.
A crow came out of the wall clock and started croaking wildly. It's time to get off work.
"I should go back, see you tomorrow." Celia was about to turn around and leave when she was suddenly stopped by Ringer.
"Leila and the witch Mine went to the Black Forest. It's been a few hours and they haven't come back yet."
"What?" Celia opened her eyes wide,
"What's she doing in a place like that?"
"It seems that I am going on a field trip to write something."
"That's the witch's territory. You might encounter something strange. That stinky girl is too messy." Celia was very worried. In people's eyes, witches are synonymous with disaster and danger. A teenager The young girl went to a place where witches gathered, could she get good fruit to eat?
"No, I have to go and bring her back."
"I'll go with you." Linge said, and then asked Lanya to take Bai Gu home first and wait for him. He would go find them after finishing his work.
Although Lanya wanted to go with the two of them, Linger had already made arrangements. As the deputy captain of the team, she could only obey the captain's words.
"Then you have to come back early." She said to Ringer eagerly. Like a little daughter-in-law, Bai Gu said to Linger: "Come back soon, I'll wait for you." Linger knew what he was waiting for, smiled and said to Bai Gu: "Don't worry, it's just Find someone and come back soon." Lanya and Bai Gu then left.
The black forest is guarded by a magic barrier. If outsiders break in rashly, the defense mechanism will be triggered. ——This is what Linger learned during a casual chat when the witches came to the shop to drink.
Therefore, Linger only asked Miria to send him and Celia to the entrance of the Black Forest instead of going directly inside to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, such as being regarded as intruders.
The two walked out of the door side by side. Under their feet was a flat dirt road, winding into the dark forest ahead, with mysterious lights shining in the forest.
A tall and pointed dark castle was located deep in the dense forest. From where the two stood, they could see the pointed shadows piercing the night sky.
A crimson full moon in the sky, like a huge eye, staring at the forest on the ground. Lin Ge glanced at the moon in the sky. It was a wonderful sight. He praised it twice and said to Celia: "Just go in directly. If you encounter any obstruction, just explain your purpose." After saying that, he walked towards the dense forest. Entrance.
Celia looked at the dark forest in front of her and felt an uncomfortable feeling. She didn't like places that were too dark, but it seemed that the sun had never shined here, and the weeds nearby looked eerie. , nothing angry.
Leila actually ended up in a place like this. She must be punished well when she goes back. With this thought in mind, he saw that Lin Ge had already walked away, so he quickly followed him.
Taking the first step into the forest passage, Ringer immediately felt as if his body was passing through a thin film. But as he took the first step, the surrounding temperature suddenly dropped several degrees and the light became dimmer.
It was extremely quiet in the forest, and the leaves seemed not to be shaking. A cold wind blew from the front, bringing with it a strange cold fragrance.
Ringer took a few deep breaths, as if savoring the aroma, while Celia held her breath for the first time. She had encountered the fragrance of flowers in the wild that could make people coma, so she was very careful.
"Beware of the poison," she warned Ringer. Ringer nodded to show that he understood, but he didn't really care.
The two continued to move along the road. After a while, they suddenly heard the sound of flapping wings coming from the woods on both sides. The sound was very dense.
The two of them looked to the left and right sides respectively, and saw large shadows flying out of the forest. Upon closer inspection, they saw a group of bats as big as palms, with unusually plump bodies.
A swarm of bats passed over their heads, and Ringer stretched out his hand to catch one. It had a pig snout, fangs, big ears, and a round body, like a black piglet with wings and down.
The fat bat struggled in his hands, trying desperately to escape, but a pair of fleshy wings were pinched by Ringer. No matter how hard it was pulled with its short legs, it could not escape from Ringer's grasp.
"Such fat bats, what do they eat to grow up? And they all grow into balls, like little pigs, and they can actually fly." Celia looked at the little thing in Ringer's hand and said in surprise.
It seemed to understand Celia's words, bared its fangs at her, and suddenly made a piercing scream. Ringer thought it was calling for help from its companions, but the bats quickly disappeared, so he smiled and said, "Stop screaming, little one. No one will come to save you even if your throat is broken."
