Chapter 36:
Facing the pursuit in a small town in the fog, Yihua was engrossed in staring at the surrounding environment and had no time to calm down and summon the undead.
The bells that kept ringing behind him were like a death knell for Yihua.
Taking advantage of his smaller size, Yihua used trees as obstacles to avoid attacks from alien monsters several times.
Chased by the monster, he ran quickly through the forest until he came to a clearing with sparse trees.
Feeling the faint flickering light in front of him, Yihua's eyes lit up and he ran towards the direction of the light.
After an unknown amount of time, the reminder bell stopped ringing in the distance, and Yihua entered an open space without fog.
"Finally got rid of it."
Yihua exhaled when he saw that he had lost the chasing alien monster behind him. At this time, he had already fully understood the dangers of Fangorn Forest.
Yihua, who was sitting there for a while, remembered the light he saw earlier and looked not far away.
The thick fog formed a wall behind Yihua, as if he was isolated by some invisible force.
The open space in front was no longer obscured by the fog, and wooden houses with lights appeared in front of Yihua.
"There is actually a wooden house here?"
Fangorn Forest is extremely dangerous. Reminiscent of the previous sneak attacks by alien monsters, Yihua, who knew this place was weird, would not think that anyone would live in the house.
Click!
Before Yihua could make any move, the door of a wooden house not far away suddenly opened.
A middle-aged man dressed as a farmer in burlap clothes came out.
He looked around and saw Yihua at the edge of the fog not far away, with a look of vigilance in his eyes.
"Who are you? How did you find this place?"
Yihua also didn't expect that there were living people living here. After thinking about it again and again, he decided to answer the other party's question.
"I planned to pass through the Fangorn Forest before, but I was suddenly swallowed up by a heavy fog and ended up here by mistake. Don't worry, I didn't mean any harm." After that,
Yi Hua put away the cross sword and raised his hand to signal.
"Is that so? It seems that you are also the unlucky one who was swallowed up by the heavy fog..."
The farmer murmured. After some hesitation, he invited Yihua:
"My name is Depp. If you don't mind, I'll start today." Stay at my house."
"Felsis."
Seeing that the other party didn't seem to have any unusual behavior, Yihua hesitated and nodded to Dean.
During the previous conversation, Yi Hua keenly noticed that the other party did not seem to have any reaction to the wizard badge on his chest.
Do you not recognize the wizard's badge, or do you have no fear of wizards?
Yihua, who felt strange, decided to test the situation in order to obtain more information.
"Are you alone here? Why are you in Fangorn Forest? It's very dangerous here. Haven't you ever been attacked by ferocious beasts?"
Hearing Yihua's rapid-fire questions, Depp did not show any discomfort. Nai, patiently explained to Yihua:
"Mr. Fersis, of course I'm not the only one here. Here's the thing. We were people who had no choice but to flee to Fangorn Forest to avoid the war many years ago." After a while
, After patiently explaining, Yihua also knew the origin of this group of people.
At that time, there was a war in the Marr Empire in the north of the college. Depp and his villagers planned to go south through the Fangorn Forest, but unexpectedly, a heavy fog suddenly rose in the forest and could not be dispersed.
Everyone wanted to wait for the fog to dissipate before setting off again, but the fog showed no signs of dissipating.
Some people tried to leave by force, but those who left never came back.
The surrounding fog seemed to block the dangers of Fangorn Forest, and they never encountered the ferocious beasts of Fangorn Forest.
As long as you don't try to leave, you won't be in any danger.
As time passed and there was no hope of leaving, Depp and others settled here, gradually forming a small town.
Although they cannot leave, they can be self-sufficient here, which can be regarded as indirectly achieving the purpose of avoiding the war.
War?
Is there a war in the Marr Empire recently? Yihua, who was confused, asked again:
"Where are you originally from in the empire? How long have you been staying here?" "
We are originally from the city of Youle in the south of the empire. We must have been here for more than ten years, right?"
Depp He scratched his head. Since there was no sun and moon in the fog, it was difficult to determine the time, so he was a little unsure.
As for the destination of this trip to purchase scrolls, Yoel City, which is an important border town of the Marr Empire, Yihua had done enough homework before, so he was naturally familiar with it.
Unexpectedly, this group of people came from Youle City.
However, in Yihua's impression, the south of Youle City is stable, and the only threat is the Fangorn Forest in front of it.
There are no territorial disputes in the southern part of the empire. It is said that there is support from the Nine Rings White Tower Wizard Academy. When has there ever been a war?
At least not in the last dozen years.
Is the other party lying? Yihua vaguely felt something was wrong, but couldn't find it for a while.
Yihua followed Depp to the wooden house where he lived. He was the only one in the house.
After arranging Yihua to sit down, Depp turned around and left, and soon brought two plates of red meat.
Yes, they were two plates of red raw meat that looked normal and ordinary.
"Mr. Fercis made me laugh. This is all I have at home. I hope you don't mind it."
If it was to fill his stomach, eating raw meat was nothing to Yi Hua, but out of vigilance, Yi Hua did not eat the meat for a second time. He hesitated for a moment, but asked the question first.
"Do you only have meat here? Why raw meat?"
Hearing this, Depp sighed and explained:
"It's embarrassing to say that the trees in the mist can't even burn. The land here is almost barren, but some can grow." Meat trees', we feed on these 'meat trees' in order to survive."
Meat trees?
Although Depp's explanation is quite normal, there is always a strange atmosphere lingering.
Under Yihua's puzzled gaze, Depp took out a piece of meat from the kitchen that was slowly squirming like a tree trunk, but with a fleshy texture in its cross-section.
In response to this, Yihua still couldn't eat it, so he had to refuse:
"Thank you for your kindness, but I'm not hungry yet, so I'd better save it for tomorrow."
Seeing that Yihua didn't seem to intend to eat the meat on the plate, Depp did not force it, put away the plate, and then said to Yihua:
"Mr. Fersis, the empire was still in turmoil when we were trapped in the fog. I wonder if the turmoil has subsided by now?
" Hua's eyes flickered slightly and he said vaguely:
"I came from the south of Fangorn Forest. I don't know much about the current situation of the empire. By the way, who was the emperor of the empire when you fled?" Hearing
Yihua's rhetorical question, Depp looked slightly confused and scratched his head. Scratching his head, he replied:
"Which one? The emperor of the empire has always been His Majesty the Sun Knight? It is said that he disappeared before the turmoil. Has the new emperor ascended the throne now?" "Is that so... I don't know much about the current situation of the empire
. Situation."
After hearing this, Yihua felt a little numb, but in order not to show any abnormality, he forced himself to give a false answer calmly.
He finally understood where the feeling of disobedience in his heart came from.
(End of chapter)