Fairy Tale: Little Red Riding Hood's Wolf Mentor

Chapter 156 The sky is darkening
"Hmm? The floating islands around here seem to have moved a bit."

When looking at the environment in the distance, Poro suddenly frowned. Most of the floating islands here would float above the sea of ​​clouds, which Poro had expected.

But to Poro's surprise, he smelled a very slight smell of blood.

"There should be traces of someone passing by over there."

Poro and Lake followed the direction of the smell of blood and found themselves in a tall bush. The surface of a broad leaf was stained with a hint of condensed brown-red.

As we go further, the traces of human beings become more obvious.

"The notch on this grass stem looks like it was caused by an axe."

Lake also saw some clues from a broken grass stem.

The experience gained from [Spiral Beacon: Hunter] allowed her to accurately capture the characteristics of the gap on the grass stem.

"Besides, this person shouldn't be Jack—if Jack is really a normal boy."

Lake rummaged through the grass nearby and found a slight shoe print on the soil.

From the shape and depth of the footprints, she analyzed something reflexively.

"The height of an adult, yet possessing an inhuman weight."

"There's blood. What happened here?"

Poro also showed some doubts on his face, but fortunately, this person did not hide his tracks, and his footsteps did not stop much, and he seemed to have a strong sense of purpose.

"Do you want to follow this person's trail?"

Lake and Poro looked at each other, then followed the traces left by the previous person and moved forward.

In any case, when you are in an unfamiliar forest and don’t know where to go, following the path of your predecessors is an option that is hard to refuse.

As the steps deepen.

Poro and Lake also found something unusual. There were some broken branches scattered in the grass under their feet.

"Something is wrong here. This person's footsteps seem to be scattered."

Lake turned over a flower disk that blocked her view. On the ground in front of her, scattered footsteps formed two directions on the fallen grass stems.

One path extends towards the Giant Garden.

The other one's steps became a little hurried, and the direction was opposite to the way it came. It seemed that it was planning to leave the Giant Garden from another direction.

"Which direction?"

The Poro stretched out his claws and gently stroked a leaf that was shimmering with colorful light. A rainbow of light flashed as he touched it.

"Let's go inside. The magic power contained in the plants seems to be even stronger. If I were to find the seeds of the magic vine somewhere..."

The probability of going inward is greater."

"Then let's go inside."

Lake nodded, stepped on the branches on the ground, and continued to walk deeper into the giant garden.

"Um……"

Poro's ears moved and he looked around. Even during the day, due to the altitude, this giant forest was still shrouded in milky white mist.

In my ears, I could hear the grass rustling in the wind, and large bees and butterflies flitted by with a slight buzzing sound.

"Did I hear wrong?"

Poro raised his eyes and sniffed. The air was filled with the rich scent of grass and trees, without any other smell of humans or beasts.

"Polo, what's wrong?"

In front, Lake poked her head out from the grass, looked at the Poro and blinked.

"It's okay. It might be the effect of my dream last night. I feel a little uneasy. I always felt that there was a sight watching me in the bushes just now."

The Poro replied, quickening his pace to catch up.

After Poro left, at the previous location, among a patch of grass and trees as tall as a person, a pink flower disk suddenly shook violently, and it rose from the ground!

Beneath the soil, thick green roots twisted together to form a face.

A glimmer of demonic light shone from the eyes of the face, like two glowing eyes. The twisted branches reached out to the footsteps on the soil, brushing past the reddish-brown bloodstain on a leaf. Finally, the two eye-like points of light lifted up and looked in the direction where Lake and Poro had left.

It said nothing.

The wind blew through the flower disk on its head and the leaves on its body, making a rustling sound.

The next moment, its limbs made of roots quickly climbed up and disappeared into the equally swaying bushes beside it.

"The plants here have become more damaged."

Lake and Poro continued to move forward following the footsteps of the previous person.

On the side of the road, the top of a shrub about one meter tall was chopped off by an axe and fell to the ground. Judging from the tips of the stems and leaves, there were originally some fruits on it, but they had been picked away.

Next to it, there were some unripe fruits scattered around.

Some of them looked as if they had been crushed by feet.

"This person also picked some plants?"

Poro thought for a moment and saw gaps on many plants along the way. It seemed that this unidentified person, who was being followed by him and Lake, had picked some things from this magical forest on his way out.

Why do this?
Poro frowned, thinking of the "specialties" of the Biwei Kingdom, some rare plants and fruits that could be made into special potions.

These plants are not found in other areas and are unique to the Kingdom of Biwei.

So, this person collected plants for...

Sell ​​it under the floating island?
Could it be that he used the magic vine for this?

And Jack, the axe-wielder, bought the magic beans first, so he wanted to silence Jack's mother?
Poro and Lake were thinking about it, but at this moment, Poro's ears moved again.

I instantly looked towards the bushes on the side——

This time, he heard it clearly, there was indeed a hint of discordant sound!
The next moment, a dark wind blew from the bushes.

"Ding Ding Ding-"

With a series of crisp sounds, Lake's Star Killing Sword was unsheathed, and the attacking shadow was chopped down to the ground, but it turned out to be several sharp and slender needles!

"Who is there?!"

Lake shouted sternly, and the next moment, she appeared in front of the bushes where the needles were attacking. She drew her sword and cut all the plants in half.

Afterwards, there was no beast—

But it is a monster formed by a plant!
A monster covered with sharp needles. Its slender limbs were sharp and slender branches and roots. Several branches extending from its torso had been cut off by Lake and a few drops of resin were squeezed out.

But its skinny body was still fleeing backwards.

Lake's sword swept across, cutting off another part of its body. The remaining limbs bounced in resistance, sweeping away a field of needles, but the needles slowed down and could not hurt Lake.

"What's this?!"

Lake was a little surprised, but the speed of her hands did not slow down. The sword tip flashed with a sword light, and she was about to cut off the remaining roots of the plant monster that was used for movement.

But at this moment, a corvée bud nearby suddenly opened.

A light red pollen mist exploded, forcing Lake back and obscuring the grass spirit's shadow.

Then, the flower rose from the ground, and its branches and leaves stretched out, wrapping up the grass spirit with broken roots. After a few leaps, it disappeared into the forest behind.

"What was that? Moving grass and flowers, ambushing us?"

Lake and Poro didn't hesitate and chased after him.

These monsters, which are no different from plants and trees, hide and attack in such an environment. Ordinary people have no way to guard against them.

But even if there is frequent harassment afterwards, it is not a good thing.

Why not go and see what these plants are escaping from?

The actions of these two monsters just now were not like those of ordinary beasts. Instead, they seemed to have a certain degree of intelligence.

The magical power contained in places where such monsters can appear is often more intense.

(End of this chapter)