Fairy Tale: Little Red Riding Hood's Wolf Mentor

Chapter 53: Forest Maze
The forest ahead gradually became more lush.

Bushes, thorns, and vines filled every corner, leaving no place to step!
All spaces within the forest were shrouded in a pitch-black, solid shadow.

"Do you know the forest maze?"

Poro raised his head and glanced at the girl next to him in surprise.

"Hey, my grandmother is more or less a forest witch!"

The girl glanced at Poro with dissatisfaction, but she looked a little cute, "Even though you haven't learned magic yet, it's normal to know this kind of thing, right?
Just like the forest we used to live in, the reason why few outsiders came in was because of the forest maze.

Every ancient forest can become a carrier of this magic, and using some special magic or... spells, such a barrier can be formed.

Let people who enter it get lost or return to the starting point or something like that."

"Is that so? No wonder those elite soldiers of Bo Ren couldn't get in..."

Poro looked at the dark forest and nodded thoughtfully.

Once you walk in, it's pitch black, and there's magic misleading you - who can find the way?
"Polo, how did you originally plan to get in?"

Lake suddenly asked with some curiosity.

"Oh, those dwarves will eventually come out, right? We can just follow them from a distance and I can follow them by smell, and then we can get in, right?"

Poro replied calmly, "Now that you know about the forest maze, you should know how to get in, right?"

"I……"

The girl hesitated for a moment. "Although I don't know magic, I can give it a try. If it doesn't work... I can only do it according to your method, Poro."

After saying that, Lake walked forward and stood in front of the thorny jungle.

Poro was surprised to see that on Lake's chest, the small white bag containing the Heart of the Forest slowly floated up, and a green halo was reflected.

The thorns and bushes illuminated by the emerald green light began to curl up.

A green path appeared before my eyes!

"Let's go, Poro!"

When Poro saw this, he quickly quickened his pace and caught up.

This forest maze is very large, and there are countless strange plants.

The terrain also became rugged.

The further he walked in, the more Poro noticed that there were many broken stones on the ground deep in the grass, and some twisted words were engraved on the surface of those stones.

Some stones, with moss-covered surfaces, can also reveal vague shapes.

Like some ancient ruins forgotten in the forest.

"How far is this maze?... Why does this forest seem to have no end?"

"This shows that this forest maze is poorly constructed. My grandmother built it, and it doesn't need to be so dense to get people lost!"

After a while, I looked ahead and saw a small hill rising from the ground.
"Which hill is this?"

"Seventh Seat—what's wrong Poro, what happened?"

Lake asked with some confusion.

"I smell quite a bit...of dwarves. They should be arriving soon."

Poro tightened his nose and untied the clothes tied with vines and straw ropes on his back. "I need to disguise myself, just in case."

On the ground were the clothes from the dwarf killed by Lake.

Although it is made of animal skin, it does not look simple. It can be seen that it has been carefully sewn. The only places that look a little tattered are the knife edges and the holes caused by Lake's arrows.

The Poro put on the clothes, and his body twisted and changed. Soon, he turned into a dwarf.

"It's so ugly, Poro, I can't bear to look at it!"

Lake narrowed her blue eyes, leaned back slightly, and made a disgusted expression.

"Hey, if you don't want to see it... you can use [Wolf Disguise]!"

As Poro spoke, he stretched out his hand, and a golden page emerged - it was [Return of the Ring: Little Red Riding Hood: Wolf's Disguise]!
"No way, I'd rather die than end up like this!"

Lake quickly waved her hand and retreated, then said seriously, "Besides, Poro, you...are more suitable for this disguise than me."

After crossing the seventh hill in front of us, the view suddenly opens up to a wide grassland.

Totems and stone statues of various cultural styles are scattered in all directions. In the middle of the grassland, there is a wooden house... which does not look very gloomy.

Poro even felt that it was somewhat similar to Lake's previous home.

But Poro would certainly not let his guard down because of this. The horror of the dwarf described by Lake had already been deeply imprinted in Poro's mind.

"You go first, Poro."

Lake spoke, looking at the wooden house in the distance.

What Poro said was not wrong, there were indeed other dwarves coming out.

"Well, you should also... be careful."

Poro said, glanced at Lake, and walked forward.

Lake nodded, turned and walked back into the woods. The overly dense bushes parted, hiding the bright red shadow, and then closed together behind Lake.

In the case of an unknown dwarf lair, it is easier for a Poro disguised as a dwarf to blend in.

After all... creatures like dwarves.

It’s not like he would show mercy to “cute girls”!
Seeing the Poro coming, a dwarf outside the door didn't notice anything.

With all the clothes and a complete understanding of the body of the person being imitated, [Circular Return: Little Red Riding Hood: Wolf's Disguise] can make the appearance, smell and sound exactly the same!
So... even the dwarf with a keen sense of smell didn't find anything.

"Pulu, why did you come back so late this time?"

The dwarf glanced at the Poro's clothes, which were covered with holes, and seemed to have thought of something. "Did you encounter those humans from the east side of the forest?"

Through Lake's description of himself, Poro roughly guessed the dwarf he replaced.

The name was probably "Pulu", so, adhering to the principle of saying less and making fewer mistakes, he answered concisely:

"Yes."

"Those new humans are difficult to deal with, especially the dark one."

The dwarf raised his arm, and Poro saw a long and narrow wound on it, but... it had already scabbed over, so it might heal soon.

"He hit Guji with a sword, and Guji feels some pain now."

The dwarf, who might be called "Guji", said angrily, "Guji wants to kill those hateful humans and eat their hearts!
If they don't leave, we can just wait...wait a few more days and then we can eat them!"

After the dwarf muttered, he touched the hole in the Poro's clothes and said:

"Let's give it to Bai Xue to sew later. You didn't come back the past few days, and it took a long time... It will take longer tonight!"

"It's time to prepare dinner. Let's go kill some pigs first—but if we keep going like this, there won't be any more pigs."

The dwarf muttered to himself and pulled the Poro into the cabin.

At this moment, what Poro was most nervous about was meeting that... Snow White.

(End of this chapter)