Broad World

Chapter 23 Cloak Forest

Henry stayed on the edge of the Cloak Forest for three full days, and only started to move forward on the fourth day. But he has one more animal companion he can rely on. Ares, a juvenile brown bear with a rough life experience. After performing a "North Pointing Technique" to confirm the direction, one person and one bear walked towards the west. Henry thought while walking: "From now on, there will be no ready-made road. I'm afraid he will spend the next few days in the woods."

As the sun neared noon, he decided to find a safe place to eat some lunch and rest. Just as he took out the pot to start a fire, several javelins came through the air. Henry's upper body leaned back violently, and his agility helped him again. "Puff puff puff", all the javelins were poked on the tree behind him. After getting up quickly, he saw four green-skinned humanoid monsters rushing towards him. "Damn, how could you meet forest trolls in this kind of place! Ares is entangled with them." Henry shouted at the brown bear.

Xiong understood what he meant and rushed over quickly, and slammed into two of them with his body. He turned his head and roared loudly at the other three. Henry took the opportunity to start preparing spells. He knew that ordinary damage was useless against trolls, only acid could stop their wounds from healing. The flame can really kill their cells. A few seconds later, an entanglement technique was cast, and the two trolls fell to the ground and were bound into rice dumplings by tree vines. The other three also began to struggle desperately. The brown bear was also innocently involved, desperately tearing open the plants wrapped around its legs with its mouth. And get rid of it quickly.

"Ares, come back." Henry shouted at the bear. The bear heard his cry and turned and started running back. Seeing his animal companion leave the area of ​​entanglement, he closed his eyes and began to prepare the spell again. When Ares ran back, his spell was ready. "Fireball" followed an explosion and the five trolls were blown away and all became Pyromen. They struggled to put out the fire on themselves. After Henry cast another flame knife, he held up the long sword formed by the flame to make up one by one. After confirming that every piece of the troll's flesh was completely dead, he began to direct Ares to help put out the fire.

After more than ten minutes of hard work, the brown bear rolled and slapped and went into battle. The fire was all extinguished. Henry sat on the ground tired and panting. It's so exciting that he doesn't want to cook at all now. Ares came over and arched Henry's hand with its huge bear head, meaning let him get something to eat. No way, because it performed well in the battle just now. Picking up the pot and setting up a bonfire, he took out a large piece of bacon and threw it directly into the pot, put some water and turnips, and simmered slowly.

Ares stared at the pot with round eyes, as if that was all of its life. Henry touched his face and found that it was all black, and used magic to clean up his body briefly. After a while, the pot boiled, and the aroma of the meat slowly wafted out. The brown bear's nose twitched a few times, and the saliva began to drip down its mouth unstoppably. "Food, the supplies I brought out this time don't count as your share. We will start hunting in a few days if we go on like this." Henry patted Ares on the head and took out the bread from the dimension bag and bear bowls.

After lunch, continue on the road one person and one bear. As winter was approaching, the grass on the ground began to turn yellow, and the trees began to lose their leaves and formed a thick layer on the ground. Many small animals began to store food for the winter, and herbivores also began to seize the time to grow some fat on their bodies. In the evening, the two of them came to the door of a hut, which was a wooden hut built by druids or rangers for passing travelers.

Henry walked in and prepared to spend the night in the house after confirming that no one had used it for a long time. Just as he was lighting the bonfire, Ares stood up alertly and stared at the door. Henry noticed the uneasiness of the brown bear, and stopped his movements to try not to make a sound. After a while, there were footsteps outside the door, and then someone began to knock gently on the door. "Is there anyone? I'm a passing traveler. I want to spend the night here tonight." A young woman's voice asked.

Henry secretly breathed a sigh of relief, at least it wasn't some monster. The troll raids during the day had put his nerves on edge a little. After asking Ares to get out of the way, he opened the door and saw a girl standing there. Purple hair tied with some plants as decorations, pale yellow eyes and broad forehead, wearing a normal tight leather armor. A stick was pinned to his waist. Exudes a wild breath. There is no metal object on the whole body. Henry could immediately confirm that this was definitely a druid.

The girl looked at the brown bear standing aside and said to him: "Good evening, sorry to disturb you and your animal companions. My name is Fado, and I am a natural avenger. Can I stay here for one night tonight? .” Naturally, Henry couldn’t refuse a girl’s request, and he didn’t build this wooden house. "Of course, my name is Henry, an ordinary druid. It is my wish to be able to discuss the mysteries of nature with a beautiful druid girl." He immediately agreed and gave up a seat by the campfire.

Seeing that there was nothing wrong, Ares returned to Henry and continued to lie down and close his eyes to rest. Henry continued to pick up the pot and start stewing potatoes and corned beef. He turned over the pot and said to Fado, "Is there anything wrong with a druid girl coming to Cloak Sen alone?"

Fado wrinkled his nose. "The archdruid said that there has been a change in the forest recently, let me see what happened." Henry frowned and thought for a while. "I do know some information. Some pterosaurs have recently appeared in the north of the forest. And their numbers are growing rapidly."

"What? Where did you get this news? If it's true, you have to tell the archdruid immediately." The girl was taken aback.

Henry looked at her with a somewhat panicked expression. "The news that I spent 500 gold coins to buy it from the Thieves Guild in Baldur's Gate should be correct. Well, don't think about it, just eat something." He served a bowl of beef stewed potatoes, picked up a piece of The bread is passed to Fado. Then he served another portion for himself, and poured the rest into Ares's bowl.

The girl fell silent after hearing the news, quietly took the food, said thank you, and took small bites to eat. After dinner, Henry got into the sleeping bag after giving up his body to Fado. It is still very safe to be blocked by brown bears. Just as Henry was about to close his eyes and start sleeping, the girl opened and spoke. "Henry, can you go back to the Shadow Druid's residence with me tomorrow? This news is really important."

"Of course, it is the duty of every Druid to maintain the balance of the forest. Don't think too much, take a good rest, and nature will guide us." He said to Fado. Anyway, I originally planned to go to the shadow druid resident to inquire about the news. It is better to have someone lead the way.

"You're right, the great nature will guide us when the time comes. Good night, Mr. Henry." The druid girl nodded at him, lay down and began to sleep. The night was quiet, except for the occasional crackling of firewood.

The next morning, Henry was woken up by birdsong in the forest. Got up to find that Fado was still sleeping. Seeing the girl's peaceful face, his heart throbbed, and he hurriedly washed his face with cold water. Standing at the door of the house, he smiled wryly, thinking that this body had already reached puberty, so he had to pay more attention in the future. Don't accidentally be charmed by water goblins, lake spirits, succubi, erinia, and these alien species one day without knowing it. The cold wind outside the house calmed his burning desire quickly. Dig out the potatoes that were placed under the campfire yesterday and start peeling. This is today's breakfast.

Fado also woke up soon. Seeing that Henry and Ares were already having breakfast, he hurriedly got up, blushing, made some water and began to wash his face and brush his teeth. After cleaning, I sat down and picked up a potato and began to peel it, and said to Henry: "We have to return to the Shadow Druid station as soon as possible, and the fastest way is to go through the spider forest. But it is quite dangerous there, all kinds of giant poisonous spiders , sword spiders emerge in endlessly, and if you are unlucky enough, you may encounter phase spiders. And because there are many kinds of spiders everywhere, if you are not careful, they will be glued and become their food reserves."

Henry also frowned after hearing this, wanting to see that the giant poisonous spider and the sword spider were slightly better, both relying on toxins and fangs to hunt. Phase spiders are a headache. They can use a special talent similar to teleportation to go directly through the spirit world to deliver a fatal blow behind their prey. They are usually dead by the time prey find them.

"Let's bless the bark technique when we are on our way today. At least it can prevent their teeth from biting through the skin and injecting toxins." He proposed a feasible method. Fado also nodded. "I only memorized one bark technique today, what about you?" "I memorized two, and I will bless one for Ares later. It can be very useful at critical times." Henry said and twisted Ares The brown bear's round ears provoked a low growl.

After packing up, Fado led Henry and Ares and followed quickly towards the Spider Forest. They had to get out there before dark, because there was no way to camp in a place full of spiders. After two hours of driving, we finally arrived. Standing outside the towering forest, the druid girl said: "Here we are, let's start blessing the bark technique. After entering the forest, be careful where you step, and use a branch to find your way at the end. Otherwise, you will die if you fall into the spider's trap. "After she finished speaking, she began to chant magic spells.

Henry then also began to prepare. A few minutes later, divine magic was blessed on him. The two, whose skin became as tough as the trees, entered the gloomy forest. Both of them held a weapon in one hand, and picked up a long wooden stick in the other hand and kept poking the ground in front of them. The further you go in, the darker the light becomes, and soon it reaches the point where you can no longer see things. Slightly relieved after casting two lights. Ares followed Henry nervously, and his animal instinct told him that something was wrong with this place. —————————————————————————————————

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