Fairy Tale: Little Red Riding Hood's Wolf Mentor

Chapter 153 Jack, the Magic Bean

"Jack, a whole cow, and you traded it for some useless beans?!"

At night, in the small wooden house, the woman spoke angrily, and the boy stood silently at the dining table, with his head lowered, his eyes red, not daring to utter a word of rebuttal.

"I'm sorry...Mom..."

He stammered and lowered his head to admit his mistake.

But the woman was obviously not so easy to talk to. A cow - which was prepared to be her last possession for survival, was deceived and only got in return some things called "magic peas" by the salesman.

Obviously this time, the anger is not so easy to extinguish.

But just then, there was a knock on the door.

"Tuk-tuk-tuk-"

The woman was stunned for a moment, then pointed at Jack and said:

"I'll punish you later!"

Then, she got up and opened the door. She didn't think she would encounter any danger. At this time, Jack's house was completely penniless and had no extra money.

Outside the door was a tall and strong man, carrying an axe behind him that looked like it was used to chop down trees.

There is a faint blood-colored rune on the forehead.

"This is Jack's house, right?"

"Yes, sir, what's the matter? Has he gotten into trouble again?"

The woman looked confused and wary, but still asked tentatively.

"Madam, your son traded a cow for some magic seeds at the market today, and I need them."

The tall man got straight to the point.

"Magic seeds, oh, those magic beans, right?"

The woman's eyes lit up and she asked hurriedly, "Yes, yes, I wonder what price you would offer, sir? Just a few silver coins - no, a few copper coins will be enough!"

the woman said hurriedly.

The man at the door, upon hearing the woman's words, relaxed a little with a sullen expression.
"Of course, ma'am."

The man's gaze passed over the woman and looked inside the house. He saw the little boy Jack standing at the door of the inner room. His eyes narrowed slightly. He saw that in Jack's hand -

There are several peas the size of thumbs.

I feel a little relieved.

"I'll pay you. Your price is very reasonable."

As the man spoke, he reached to his waist, took out a bag, opened it, and prepared to take out some money.

However, when his fingers touched something inside, his expression froze.

The object he slowly took out was not money, but some stones of similar weight!

"Where did my money go..."

The axe-wielding man's mind suddenly flashed back to the daytime in that market town. A man dressed as a businessman bumped into him lightly while passing by.

"Asshole... despicable fellow!"

The strong man threw away the purse full of stones, reached into his arms again, and took out another bag, which contained the blue gem and the stolen Boren military emblem.

"Sir, our magic peas were bought with a whole cow. You should at least give us some compensation..."

The woman watched the man's actions and had some vague guesses in her mind.

The sturdy man, who was burning with rage, just raised his eyes and saw that the woman in front of him was looking away from her blue gem.

"Of course, as compensation, you have also set your sights on the sacrifice I want to offer to the king, right?"

The axe-wielding burly man carefully put the bag back into his arms, looked at the woman, retracted his previous gloomy expression, and smiled. However, the blood-colored rune on his forehead became even brighter red.

The next moment, the axe appeared in the strong man's hands from behind.

The woman in front of him fell to the ground in the middle of the small and depressing wooden house with a splash of blood before she could react. Blood gushed out like a fountain from her body that was almost cut in two!

"Boy, give me the magic beans. Then, you also want some compensation, right? If you see my hush money, I will let you die without pain, together with your mother--"

The axe-wielding burly man spoke slowly, looking at the inner room and the tightly closed door.

When he instantly hacked Jack's mother to death, in less than half a second, Jack turned around, ran back to the inner room behind him, and closed the wooden door of the inner room!
"Hmm? The little bastard runs pretty fast?"

The axe-wielding man frowned, but was not worried.

A dilapidated wooden house, a wooden door, and a child could not stop a strong man holding a sharp axe and even having the blessing of the Giant King!

"Bang——click——"

With just one swing of the axe, most of the wooden door was cut off. The strong man looked inside, but only saw an open window on the wall of the inner room!
Inside the door, as soon as Jack returned to the room, he didn't hesitate at all and directly climbed over the window of the inner room.

His heart was beating violently, and fear and terror almost made his brain blank, but his movements were faster and more decisive under such threats.

This is an extremely rare talent.

Most people, in extreme panic, would be so terrified that they couldn't even move a finger, but only a very few could break free and take rational actions.

And Jack, although he is just a child.

However, such a talent for facing fear is one in a million. People with such qualities, with a little training, can become rare talents in professions such as special soldiers and spies.

"Who is that? A bandit? A gangster... Is he here for these beans?!"

Jack stumbled as he ran, tightly clutching the handful of magic beans in his hand. He was extremely regretful and had never expected that things would turn out like this.

He didn't expect that handing the magic beans to the man would allow him to escape.

For such a vicious and ruthless lunatic...

Even if I get the magic beans, I won’t mind killing a child casually!

"Run, run, run into the forest, and you'll be able to get rid of it..."

Jack kept talking, but at this moment, the sound of breaking wood came from the wooden house behind him again.

Jack couldn't help but look back, only to see that the wall of his cabin was easily cut in half by a sharp axe!
It's like... scissors are tearing a thin piece of paper!

"what--"

Such strength is obviously not something that ordinary people can possess!

Jack panicked under such power and stepped on empty air. He did not notice a protruding stone on the ground in front of his toes and lost his balance in an instant!

"Oh!"

He fell heavily to the ground, and his hand was cut by the splinters in his haste to climb over the wooden window.

The magic beans, stained with his blood, fell to the ground. In a trance and pain, Jack saw that the magic beans that fell to the ground seemed to... flash a green light. No, it was not an illusion!

The next moment, those magic beans sprouted out at a speed visible to the naked eye, and their roots pierced into the soil. Immediately afterwards, huge vines thicker than tree trunks rose from the ground in an instant!

Jack didn't have time to think.

His extraordinary talent for crisis response allowed him to hold on to the rapidly growing vines without hesitation. His light body was instantly lifted up by the explosively growing vines and went straight into the clouds!

Leaves as big as the canopy emerged one after another, and the thick devil vine rushed into the sky with a strong wind...

On the ground, the burly man holding an axe raised his head.

Watching Jack's figure rising higher and higher with the vines, he inserted the bloody axe back behind him.

"Well, little bastard, although it's a little different from the plan, the Heavenly Road leading to the Giant King's Court has been connected again - it makes no difference."

The axe-wielding burly man spoke with a forced smile, walked forward, stretched out his hand, and firmly grasped the surface of the magic vine.

Then, looking at the huge clouds in the sky connected by the magic vines, the muscles in his arms twitched slightly, and then he went up step by step.

The heavy dark clouds don't let in any sunlight.

A green ladder stands upright above the ground.

……

A day later, the vines fell silent under the dim sky. Due to the cover of dark clouds, although it was only evening, it was already pitch black.

"Squeak-"

Lake closed the wooden door and looked at Poro:
"Let's go."

"Have you decided?"

"Ah."

Lake nodded. "There are no other magic beans in the house. The magic mirror said that we need the seeds of this magic vine. There must be a reason. This is the only way I know now."

The girl clenched her hands, walked under the vines, and stroked the vines that were thicker than trees.

Unlike the dead magic vines seen in the abandoned village before, the bunch of magic vines in front of him were grown from a mixture of several magic beans. Standing in front of it was like facing a wall that grew infinitely upwards!
"Even if there's a giant king up there—so what?"

Lake held onto the Star-Killing Sword with one hand, turned around and winked at Poro, "He was defeated by the Star-Killing Sword nearly a hundred years ago. This time, there's nothing to be afraid of either."

"Well...if Jack isn't dead yet, let's find him and see if there are any remaining magic beans. And what about these bloodstains?"

Now, there is no information, and Poro can't think of any truth. "Then let's go, Lake."

There shouldn't be any accidents.

After all, even the devil had fallen into the hands of himself and Lake.

The vines are very tall, but fortunately the surface of the plant is covered with some hairs. The rough feel allows Lake and Poro to increase their efficiency when climbing up.

Poro's wolf form is not good at such almost vertical climbing.

In the past, even the strongest mortal climber would not be able to reach the summit at a height of two thousand meters.

But fortunately, now, Poro is no longer the same as before.

His two eyes respectively showed the red light of [Circular Return: Red Shoes·Dance of Liberation] and the magic light of magic levitation.

The body became light and leaped upwards.

On the side, Lake's rapidly improved physical fitness allowed her to leap on such vines even faster than Poro.

She used her toes to gently tap the leaves and branches on the surface of the magic vine, applying a little force.

It can quickly jump up several meters.

Of course, for ordinary people, such vines would take a lot of time even with more tools, but Lake and Poro obviously do not need such a cost.

The wind was howling, and the details on the ground were swallowed up by the dark night, leaving everything in a daze.

The stars in the distance seem to be closer.

The flowing clouds pressed down like a curtain.

"Should be arriving soon."

"Is there really a giant's castle above the clouds?"

Poro felt the moisture in the air, and Lake also looked up, where the ladder to heaven was hidden at the end in the clouds.

There was indeed something wrong with the clouds above their heads. When Lake and Poro climbed up, they felt the strong wind from high in the sky, and the flowing clouds followed the sound of the wind.

But the clouds above remained motionless.

It was like being tied to the ground by vines.

"There really is something up there."

The closer Poro got to the cloud, the more clearly he observed its appearance. The white veils in front of his eyes seemed to be vaguely wrapping something.

In the dim starlight, a heavy black outline appears.

"call……"

Poro and Lake stood on a leaf, looked at each other, took a deep breath, and disappeared into the clouds.

In the milky white vision, Poro remembered what happened before.

In the market town, I heard the local residents of the Biwei Kingdom describe this area -

There are always some extremely large plants growing on the ground here for unknown reasons, but most of them cannot grow on the ground. They often die after growing for a certain period of time or producing fruit.

What does that mean?

The shadows in the clouds became more and more obvious, and the water vapor was rapidly thinning, which was a sign that we were about to break out of the clouds.

The Poro took a deep breath and pressed down on the leaf with one of his front paws.

In his eyes, the magic light of levitation flashed, the white mist cleared, and his vision widened -

Lake in front was also standing there in a daze. Poro also looked in the direction she was looking, and her eyes also froze.

What we see before us is not just a single castle.

Above the clouds is an endless floating island, covered with countless plants that are several times taller than the trees on the ground.

Those colorful flowers are even taller than adults!

The mixed, intoxicating aroma instantly filled the nostrils, and bees and butterflies several times larger than those on the ground were flying around.

The silver moonlight is scattered in the woods.

A sea of ​​plants, a garden of giants.

(End of this chapter)