"That's the front line. There might be a scouting force from the other side, or there might be a bandit group composed of refugees. She must have been an average age at that time. She dared to travel alone in that kind of place, even if it was me. Even such a tough guy wouldn't dare, I really admire her."
"You want to say..."
"It seems that you have probably guessed that although her character is much gentler now, in the final analysis she is still a perverse iron-headed child. She has a forester father, so she understands that running into the forest alone is dangerous. How dangerous, but after she has exhausted all means to find her father, will she still calmly maintain her current gentle attitude?"
"Will she run into the forest to find me on her own?"
"Kick, kick, kick, kick, kick, kick--, now I grant you the title of the strongest and wisest general in the Demon King's Army!"
Li Mo hummed the upgrade sound effects from Final Fantasy 7 to indicate that the ranger's answer was correct.
"This is what you call yourself, don't put such dirty things on me!"
"That's an outrageous statement. By the way, the last resort was to shamelessly ask the Lord of the Wind Land whom I had never met before, but I rejected him."
"Don't stress about this kind of thing!"
"By the way, old man, do you know how I found you?"
"Aha?"
The ranger didn't understand why the boy would raise such a question at this juncture, but he remembered that the boy came out from under the water.
Very impressed.
"I entered the forest three days ago, and got lost on the evening of the first day. Who knew that the forest would be completely dark before 4 p.m. At night, I set up camp on the spot, thinking that if I lighted a fire, I would be gone. I was attacked by a wild beast, but I was still too green. The wild beasts here are not afraid of fire at all. My luggage was lost when I ran away."
"This is a given for you lay people."
"After losing food, I wandered around the forest for another day, but couldn't find any food during this period."
"That's why there are supplies for the forest guards at the entrance. The forest doesn't have so many ready-made resources for you to use."
"On the third day, I thought that I couldn't delay any longer. If I didn't find you, old man, I would starve to death in this barren place, so I had to drive all night. As soon as I thought about it, I jumped in When I got into the lake, I couldn't reach the shore, so I swam and swam in the dark lake until I was exhausted and finally saw the light of the fire."
"Then you found me?"
"Then? Then I was beaten up hard by you old guy!"
Li Mo gritted his teeth and grabbed the forest guard's collar tightly.
"Eh!"
The forest guard pushed away Li Mo's hand, then grabbed his collar with his backhand and dragged him out.
"Hey! What are you doing? Where are you going?"
"A cockroach like you is almost dead, let alone her. Now, take me to find her immediately!"
The forest guard said while dragging Li Mo.
"Now?! You are sick, wait until morning! What if you are eaten by a wild dog? Can you beat a wild dog?!"
"Tsk."
The forest guard shook off Li Mo's collar.
"You bastard, you came here shamelessly, but you still rejected her. Are you sincerely trying to kill her?"
"If you don't do this, I won't be able to please some people."
Li Mo patted the mud on his pants and stood up. His smile was as red as his eyes.
Everything was planned by this kid.
When did he fall into his trap, the forest guard couldn't help but start to reflect, but being deeply trapped in it, he could only walk at the same pace as the end.
"Take me to see her early tomorrow morning."
The ranger rested his backpack on his back and lay on his side with Li Mo on his back.
"learn."
Since this old man can sleep so leisurely, it means there is no danger in this area.
Li Mo also leaned on the tree next to him and fell asleep. He had not made up what he had experienced in the past few days. Now he was already exhausted physically and mentally. As soon as he lay down, the fatigue hit him quickly, and his brain instantly felt like it was shutting down. Fall into deep sleep.
Then he was shaken awake without mercy.
With half-squinted eyes, he saw clearly that it was the forest guard who shook him awake. He swore that if it was the kind of scene where he would ask "Are you okay" after a few seconds, he would definitely fight with the forest guard.
I took out the pocket watch I borrowed from the little fox, and it was already six o'clock in the morning.
Normally, he had already gotten up. It had been several hours, but he always felt that he had only fallen asleep for a few minutes. It seemed that he was really tired.
"Sorry, I'll be up soon."
Li Mo struggled to get up. His limbs were sore and his forehead was punched last night. Although it didn't swell, it still hurt.
"Hurry up, it's been daylight for a while."
"You don't even think about who caused me to be so miserable. The reason why I am able to wake up now is all due to the virtues I have accumulated."
Li Mo sighed, not knowing why he had to suffer this crime. He had to be rewarded.
He picked up the backpack of the ranger beside him and rummaged through things inside:
"Where's breakfast?"
"There is nothing here for people like you to eat. Do you really know where she is? Think about it carefully, what you said last night seems like nonsense."
The forest guard took the bag back from Li Mo.
He slept soundly at the end of the night, but he couldn't fall asleep the whole night, thinking about whether he should trust this kid or not.
"Why did I come all the way here to lie to you?"
The old man's wariness against him seemed not to have diminished at all, but it didn't matter to Li Mo. He had fulfilled his obligation by leaving him in the hands of his daughter, and he would not care about what happened next.
"Then hurry up and set off. Once this is over, I still have my job as a forest guard."
"Here we go again. Is there a One Piece buried in this forest or a treasure trove of Babylon? Do we have to look at it every day?"
"Huh, what's sleeping here is not some illusory thing. A guy like you, who is as short-sighted as a woman, won't understand."
"Nonsense, One Piece is real...wait, is there really a treasure?!"
Li Mo asked softly in the old man's ear, for fear of being overheard.
"Hey! Let's go quickly!"
The old man pushed away Li Mo, whose eyes had turned into coin symbols, and grabbed him by the back of his collar as before, dragging him along the ground.
"Hey, leave me alone and let me walk by myself. We are going to the entrance of the forest. Is it this way?! Do you know the way? I don't know the way!"
The old man's ears filtered out all the complaints except "forest entrance".
He pulled Li Mo through the forest. Slowly, the trees began to recede, and the field of vision became wider and wider. The green box, faded by the rain, was reflected in Li Mo's pupils again.
This is a supply box for the rangers. Every once in a while, logistics personnel will put food and some necessary daily necessities in it, and then wait for the ranger in charge of this area to pick it up.
Seeing this means that this is the entrance to the forest.
It didn't take long to get here from the camping place. Only now did Li Mo realize that he had spent three days just wandering around the entrance. The forest was really scary.
"Hey, no one is here."
The old man stared sideways at Li Mo who was dragged to the ground by him, his eyes so fierce that he seemed to be saying: "I'll kill you if I can't explain it."
"Don't worry, but it's almost time."
The thin fog in the early morning has not dissipated, and the air is filled with the fragrance of earth. On the other side of the fog, a figure is walking slowly.
