Soul Echo

"Is this the 'Black Forest'?"

Lillian looked at the large circle marked on the map, and then looked at the dense circles ahead , The forest that can't see the end at a glance, sighed.

They are now located in the peripheral zone of the Black Forest in the west of the Rhine Kingdom. This huge forest spreads for dozens of kilometers from west to east. Even more how, this forest is not only a Spreading east, it grows equally north and south, treating any environment equally.

This forest is like a living creature, expanding outward every year, but at a much slower rate than it was two thousand years ago.

This was once the Druid's territory, but after the Celts were expelled and the Germans occupied what is now the Rhine Kingdom, the Druids were also expelled from the Black Forest.

——Druids were not an inter-ethnic and inter-racial organization in that distant era, they originated from the Celtic civilization, probably two or three hundred years after their birth , chose to become a follower of the Father of Nature, dedicated to maintaining the natural environment.

It was also around that time that the Celts entered a period of decline and were then expelled by the Germans to what is now the kingdom of Gaul and the British Isles.

Before that, the Black Forest was the 'Holy Land' of the Druids, and deep in the forest was said to have an incarnation of the Father of Nature, but no one had ever seen it.

A place like this is equivalent to a scenic spot for Zhong Ye and them, no wonder Lilian is so happy.

Most of the Black Forest is covered with pine and fir, apart from this, and a few oak and other species.

The oak is the source of the druid's power, and although the druids have long been driven away by the Germans, the oak they planted in the Black Forest has not been eradicated.

This also creates the unique environment of the Black Forest. A large number of monsters and wild beasts live in this forest and are the main source of income for the adventurer in the southern Rhine Kingdom.

But Zhong Ye and the others will not enter the Black Forest. They will follow the edge of the Black Forest and go all the way to the southern region of the Rhine Kingdom, where they look for traces of human traffickers.

Perhaps because of the coming spring, the past few days were sunny days, the snow on the road was almost melted, and although the road was muddy, it was much easier to walk than before.

Adventurers who have rested for a winter also took advantage of this time to call friends, pack equipment and luggage, and hurried out of the town to Black Forest to find those strange things that only appear and grow in winter. animals and plants.

Zhong Ye and the others met many adventurers on their way here, not only those who entered, but also those who left.

The carriage stopped at the edge of the forest, and Lily Lieber took out the folding easel and drawing board from the carriage, and sat on the steps of the carriage, concentrating on depicting the winter forest in the sun.

Zhong Ye put all his weapons in the carriage, and went into the forest alone to hunt lunch with his bare hands.

After finishing her emotion, Lillian ran into the forest, wanting to see what it was like inside.

But unfortunately, the name sounds scary. In fact, there is no essential difference between the Black Forest and the ordinary forest, but it covers a huge area and there are many monsters living together.

dong!

Just then, there was a loud bang in the distance, and the ensuing cold wind rustled the leaves around Lillian.

He turned his head to look suspiciously, and pressed his hand on the hilt of the sword. Lillian slowly approached in that direction.

After a while, she saw a huge shadow appear behind the trees in the distance, and when the silhouette approached, she relaxed, took her hand from the hilt, and went up to it.

I saw Zhong Ye dragging a huge wild boar about 1.8 meters long and came over, Lilian came to him, looked left, looked right, then raised his head and asked in a crisp voice: "teacher. , do you need my help?"

Zhong Ye shook the head, "You can't pull it, this wild boar is almost as heavy as me."

Ordinary wild boars are the heaviest. At about 200 kg, this wild boar is close to this number, and it may be the king of wild boars in this area.

Hearing what Zhong Ye said, Lilian was nodded, following him, and gestured the wild boar with her hands, she couldn't help feeling in her heart, Zhong Ye is really getting stronger and stronger, and she can actually use her bare hands Get rid of such a big boar.

They didn't go back to the carriage, because the next scene might be a little bloody and scared the two draught horses.

Zhong Ye asked Lillian to go back and fetch the long knife for him, and then skillfully peeled, bled, and gutted.

——In order to be able to eat fresh meat and to fill his stomach, it is not the first time that Zhong Ye has done this kind of thing during his travels.

Being in the wild, there is no tool to clean the internal organs, and there is no extra fresh water, so the internal organs can only be discarded, but after removing the bones, internal organs and fur, the remaining meat is still more than 130 kg , enough to feed them for a few days.

Although wild boar is not delicious, except for this wild boar, the other animals around here are too small, not enough for Zhong Ye to stick between his teeth.

Back to the carriage, Lillian helped to hang the excess meat in the back of the car, Lily put down her paintbrush, lit the fire, then took out the iron pot and steamed the vegetables, which were greatly reduced in volume. Cook the soup while grilling.

“hu hu!”

Blowing two breaths to reduce the temperature of the hot soup a little, Zhong Ye picked up the bowl and took a sip.

For ordinary people, the temperature that is enough to scald their oral mucosa and esophagus has no effect in Zhong Ye.

After taking a sip of the soup, Zhong Ye took off his gloves, put his hand into the fire, and took out a few nuts from it. With two fingers, the shells were broken.

The three of them finished their lunch leisurely, cleaned up the utensils, and dispersed, each doing their own thing.

Zhong Ye read, Lily continued to paint, and Lilian took out her weapons for maintenance.

After a while, Zhong Ye closed the book and looked up towards the direction of the forest.

He put the book back in the carriage, hesitated for a while, but took the straight knife and moved towards the direction of the forest.

When he was about to walk into the forest, Lillian realized that he had left the carriage and asked him from a distance, "teacher, what happened?"

" Probably an adventurer is being chased by something." Zhong Ye replied without turning his head, and walked quickly into the forest.

Lilian listened carefully, but did not hear any movement in the forest, so she lowered her head again and silently sorted out her weapons.

Anyway, Zhong Ye has already gone, so there will be no problem.

——roar!

dong!

After two beeps, no other sound came.

The startled bird flapped its wings and shuaa~ flew into the sky.

Lilian and the others waited for almost an hour before Zhong Ye walked out of the forest with his spills of war and a few injured and embarrassed adventurers.

There is an unwritten rule between adventurers. If an adventurer is in danger in the wild and is rescued by other adventurers, the rescued will pay the rescuer about 20% to 30% of the harvest. , and if there is no gain, you must pay money.

However, the adventurer rescued by Zhong Ye has been active in the Black Forest for a while, and naturally he has gained something.

In addition to the dinosaur killed by Zhong Ye, Zhong Ye earned 80 gold coins this time.

Fearing that the dragon corpse could not be taken away, Zhong Ye sold the corpse to several adventurers, who exchanged the equivalent adventure harvest.

Some of them were recovered from the ruins of a druid colony, and according to their team's estimate, they were worth about thirty to forty gold coins.

—until now, there is one item that emits mana waves.

If you can find a mage who is willing to buy it, maybe you can get a premium of about 20 gold coins.

After Zhong Ye took the team of adventurers out of the forest, they said hello and left in a hurry.

After all, the dinosaur's body is still in the forest. If it is not dealt with early, it may be picked up by other people or wild beast.

Fortunately, there is a camp nearby, where they can rent carts and horses.

After saying goodbye to that team of adventurers, Zhong Ye and the others packed up and left the place, turned south, and continued their journey.