Chapter 260 110. Under the shadow of the smart Renn
plant, Insi-Huzi with his tail coiled stood up quickly and vigilantly. He peeled off the leaves in front of him and slowly emerged from the hidden jungle. When he came out, he was still carrying a short spear and javelin in his hand that was coated with poison and would kill him if he licked it with his tongue.
Inshi-Huz is a strange skink. He was born from the hatching pond of Hesiota in the City of the Sun last year. The strange thing is that he appears as the leader of the skinks, not as the priest of the skinks. , he was the only tadpole born in the hatching pond last year.
When the three stars Sharib, Vedra, and Rokaratia were aligned with the ancient planet, the continent of Lustria was plagued by powerful unnatural storms, and heavy rain washed over Hesiota, and Inhi- Huz emerged from the hatching tank and roared into the sky.
At the same time, strange lizardmen emerged from the incubation pools that were still functioning in the Lustria continent.
As the leader of the Skinks, Inshi-Khuz soon showed his talents. He was good at using shields and spears, and he also carried several short spears with sharp barbs and a kind of tip. The extremely powerful venom secreted by the water tiger lizard unique to the swamp. He has perfected the tactic of throwing a javelin as he charges or as an enemy charges him, and then goes into hand-to-hand combat with shield and spear, all on the back of the Cold Lizard. Yes, this time he got a prophecy in his sleep and came to look for his giant-horned cold lizard.
After Bibalaleon waved slightly to the surrounding family guards and Colonia again, he jumped off the cold lizard and walked cautiously. The jungle was full of dangers, especially the tangled branches under his feet. At this time, he was It would be a joke to trip over. After a while, he finally walked to a place not far in front of Insi Huzi.
"Praise Iqi! Are you a skink from Hesiota, the City of the Sun?" Renne observed Insi-Huz, spread his hands and asked cautiously.
"Hiss... Yes, praise Ichi! You can call me... Inshi-Huzi! I come from the hatching pond of Hesiota, born when the stars aligned last year!" Inshi-Huzi He raised his head and said proudly while spitting out the letter.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Yin Xi Huzi. My name is Renn Takaia and I am a Druchi. The hot-blooded species you call me. How far is this place from the Taibok Mirror Pond?" Renn saw Yin Xi-Huzi. Huzi's stinky fart, he raised his eyebrows in displeasure, but he didn't say anything. It was more important to complete Lord Darkus's instructions and do business.
"You are going the wrong way. This is... the northwest of Hesiota. Where did you go... for what purpose?!" Yinxi Huzi asked cautiously while still confirming.
After his birth, Insi-Huzi heard some stories about the magical Umak from the skink priest Pikipochi who served Lord Mazdamudi and managed Hesiota.
Of course, Umak is just incidental to the story. The protagonist of the story is Chupa Coco, Pichipochi's good brother. Chupa Coco takes Umak from the northernmost point to the southernmost point of the Lustria continent. The wonderful story is in In his limited understanding, although Umak is sacred, it appears from the story to be just a dispensable burden. Chupa Coco went through many hardships along the way, leading the team to overcome difficulties and obstacles, and even participated in the Moon The battle between Taraxlan and the group of green hot-blooded species re-excavated the City of Lenses, Spicazuma, and discovered the City of Disguise, Holoto, and of course, the most important thing is that Chupa Coco used magic in the Hall of Unknown Constellations. Banished a Chaos Demon!
"Praise the Old Ones! I need to contact the respected Lord Mazdamudi through the Skink Priest stationed at the Mirror Pool of Tepok! I have important matters to discuss with the god Lord Mazdamudi on the orders of Umac ."
Ren knew these skink lizards, he knew them so well that he could even identify each skink lizard by its facial features, rather than by the feathers, fur and jewelry it wore. Although the skink lizard in front of him It was taller than the largest Skink he had ever seen.
In Darkus' words, he is a big skink lizard.
The speaking level of the Skink in front of him was completely in line with Ren's understanding of the level of the Skink leader. He was dull, stupid, and stuttered. He might as well just stop talking like the Lizards and Monitors. If possible, he wanted to hear the Skink Priest hiss. Kaka's babble didn't want to communicate with the leader of the skinks and ordinary skinks, but he knew what keywords to use to gain the trust of these strange creatures.
Thinking of this, Ren's arrogance slightly overwhelmed his reason. He raised his eyebrows again. Just as he was about to raise his head and look at the leader of the skinks opposite, his reason once again defeated his instinctive arrogance. He had not forgotten him. What did he come for? This was the first mission that Darkus had given him, and it was such an important mission.
Renn has been with Dacus for almost ten years. He knows Dacus well. Although Dacus shows a kind of kindness, generosity and dignity that Druch does not have, when it is so important, it is so important that it matters. "Great cause" because if he messed up, he didn't dare to think about it anymore. He didn't want his unique educational and display significance to bear the anger of Darkus and Malekith. When the time comes, Takaia The family will never be revived, and he will no longer be able to hang out in Drukhi society. His brothers and sisters will also have to pay for his actions.
"Here...the distance to Hesiota is shorter than the distance to...Tepok Mirror Pond!" Inshi-Huzi spat out the letter and shook his head. His crown flashed in the moment he shook his head. A different color.
"Are you out on patrol, or are you dragon egg bounty hunters looking for dragon eggs?"
"Hotbloods, I got a sign to come here!" The word dragon egg bounty hunter triggered Yinxi Huzi's final Turing test.
At this time, Yinxi Huzi already knew that the strange hot-blooded species in front of him did have a deep connection with the lizard people. The omen he thought was that he would get a giant-horned cold lizard that belonged to him, but what happened. Although Umak is a burden, he is also sacred. As a skink, he has the obligation to obey the envoy duties of the ancient holy messenger Umak. After bringing it to the destination, it is not too late to come out and look for it during the dry season.
Inshi-Huzi felt relieved about Ren. He turned around and waved, and about twenty skinks carrying slings, javelins, spears and blowpipes came out from various parts of the jungle.
The family guards carefully watched the skinks coming out of the nearby jungle. As they expected, they were indeed surrounded, but they still followed Ren's instructions and did not draw their weapons.
Ren narrowed his eyes and searched carefully, and found that among the twenty skink lizards, there was no skink lizard that he had painted a portrait of in the grand market of Hesiota. It would not be so troublesome to communicate with one of them.
"Hot-bloodeds, are you going to Hesiota...or the Taibok Mirror Pond?" Yinxi Huzi was still stumbling as he spoke.
"Hesiota!" Renn originally wanted to go to the Taibok Mirror Pool as planned, but he suddenly thought of something, turned his head and glanced at Colonia before saying.
Ren knew that the Quanguo Egg that Darkus gave to his sister was still in the Taibok Mirror Pool. He didn't want Colonia to know the existence of the Quanguo Egg, at least for the time being. He knew about the Quanguo Egg. Extraordinary, what if the Quanguo egg happened to have hatched? How will this matter be settled then? He didn't want to bet on the odds. The Quanguo egg belonged to his sister.
But Ren also knew that there were only two seasons in Lustria: the dry season and the rainy season.
The dry season lasts from mid-May to mid-November of Euric in the imperial calendar. It still rains during the dry season, but the characteristic of this season is that rivers do not overflow their banks and many pools can be encountered. As the seasons go by, many of the pools dry up, and the dry season is a time for exploration and travel.
The rainy season is characterized by more frequent storms and downpours, rivers overflowing their banks, and shrinking ponds becoming part of a larger jungle ocean. The water can rise to the treetops in many low-lying areas, so traveling during this time is dangerous. Having stayed in Lustria for two years before, he knew that even though the team's lineup was so luxurious at that time, Darkus stayed in the temple city honestly during the rainy season.
Now the rainy season has arrived.
What Ren didn't know was that no matter what he considered for a certain purpose, his decision was correct to a certain extent. The call between the Slann Demon Priest and the Skink Priest was one-way, and Darkus was taking risks. On his journey, he was able to get in touch with Lord Mazdamudi. That was because Lord Mazdamudi did not meditate. Even when he was doing things, he was always paying attention to Darkus through the vision of the Skink Priest and Oracle. Now The situation at the Taibok Mirror Pond is hard to say.
"Hot-blooded race, the stars have been revealed, our destinies are connected!" Yinxi Huzi hissed. This sentence was the most fluent one he had ever spoken since he was only a year old. Pikipochi learned this secretly, and would say this every time before Pikipochi asked him to do something.
Renn nodded. He originally wanted to imitate Darkus and stepped forward to shake hands with Insi-Huzi, but he thought about it and gave it up. After all, he was not familiar with him yet, so there was no misunderstanding.
"It seems that your negotiation was successful?" Colonia looked at Ren who turned around and walked back and asked with a smile. "Fortunately, the leader of the Skink opposite looks like he's not too bright. Maybe it's because he was just born, right? But that's not important. We don't need to go to the Taibok Mirror Pool. We will go directly to Hesio next. Tower, a great city!" Ren rummaged around in the saddle, shrugged and said nonchalantly. He wanted to find out the potion that the Druchi cold lizard fear knight usually put on his body and give it to the skinks. He knew Neither the cold lizards of Naggaroth nor Lustria can do it, only the lizard knights who can emit stinky smells.
"You have never told me before that you can speak the language of the lizard people, and my brother has never told me. I thought you were just a guide who knows the way. Ah, I should have thought of it before, but just like you As you said, this is not important. What is important is that you can teach me the lizardman language? I will need to exchange some magical mysteries with those mysterious Slann priests." Colonia lay on the saddle and watched. Ren said with a smile, she only talked about magic, but she didn't tell Ren about the curse.
"Okay." Renn stopped what he was doing and glanced at Colonia blankly. Although he didn't know why Colonia wanted to learn lizard language, in his opinion Being able to speak Lizardman is not important at all. His sister will speak a few words of Lizardman when exchanging magic with Lord Mazdamudi. As long as you have the talent and are willing to learn, you can still learn it. And with the arrival of the Black Ark Fleet, In the future, more Druchi will master the lizard language. What is important is the ability and trust that Darkus appreciates. He nodded and agreed.
The team took a brief rest, and then this strange team consisting of a sorceress, a slave master, a cold lizard fear knight and a skink continued to set off.
But the journey was interrupted again when a family guard coughed violently and continuously.
"Asphyxiating pulmonary failure!" Dr. Lane made a diagnosis directly after observing the symptoms of the family guard.
This was caused by a combination of spores produced by mold in extremely humid conditions and the foul-smelling gases seeping from Lustria's swamps and pools, which worsened the condition of the lungs. Asphyxiative lung failure narrows the airways, causing a violent cough followed by a harsh whooshing sound when inhaling.
Instead of seeking help from Colonia and the Skinks, Renn took out a bottle of potion from his saddle bag, covered his mouth and nose and handed it to the family guard. As a Druchi polymath who had spent two years in Lustria, he knew very well how to deal with these emergencies, and he made some corresponding preparations before setting off from Krakalond.
"Check again to see if you have any symptoms of discomfort!" Renn ordered loudly while looking at the family guards around him.
"I feel like my eyes are a little blurry." A family guard said with a bitter expression. He kept wiping his eyes as he spoke. As he wiped, blood and tears flowed from his eyes.
"Hemorrhagic eye rot! Keep holding on." Renne made a diagnosis after observing closely for a while.
The disease causes a foamy yellow-green discharge from the eyes, blurring vision in those affected. Those who are tricked will shed tears of blood and find that their vision is getting blurry. Although the disease is rarely fatal, it can leave those infected weak and disabled.
Ren knew that this symptom could only be alleviated by the corresponding herbal medicine, but so far he had not seen it, so he could only ask the family guard to persist. He checked around again, but luckily there was no vomiting malaria or blindworm spasm transmitted by mosquitoes. The insect repellent potion and the stench emitted by the cold lizards brought before departure could drive away mosquitoes.
Vomiting malaria is a common infectious disease in Lustria and is not dangerous. It is preceded by a sudden onset of nausea, leading to vomiting of large amounts of yellow liquid, followed by fever within a day, followed by a longer period of fatigue and malaise.
Blindworm spasms are contracted from the bite of the pallid bug, a large, carnivorous cave worm that lives in wide rock crevices and camouflaged caves. The pallid blindworm lies just below the opening of its lair, its jagged jaws spread like a bear trap. Two thin fangs extend upward, and if a creature touches them, the worm jumps out and bites off a chunk of flesh from the prey. Although damaging, a blind bug's attack itself is rarely fatal.
The terrifying thing is the blind bug spasm that follows. When the pale blind bug bites, it will inject tiny blind bug larvae into the blood of the victim. The first signs are brief abdominal discomfort, which can turn into severe pain as the tiny parasites devour the contents of the victim's intestines and grow larger, causing the body to try to expel the larvae as quickly as possible. Spurting of bloody stool.
This is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that the terrible wounds left at the excretion port and the tears in the intestines will cause subsequent symptoms.
The team then continued to set off, encountering all kinds of terrifying and deadly animals and plants along the way. Just like Renn's first pioneering journey to Hesiota with Darkus, it was dangerous and deadly, even when moving in the jungle. Even an experienced Skink can get caught accidentally.
"It seems that the situation got better after getting that strange flag." Ren held the repeating crossbow in his hand, and while thinking, he looked around for herbs. At the same time, he also looked at the dangerous animals and plants around him with vigilance. He remembered that it was in He After Siota comes out, the glowing flag will drive away surrounding creatures, thus freeing the team from the deadly troubles they encountered while traveling in the jungle.
Renn saw a skink squatting down and picking up a green tiger iguana with blue spots on its back from the grass and holding it in his hand.
“The tiger iguana is a large gecko-like reptile with pads on its toes that can easily climb. They are nocturnal creatures that live in trees and are widely distributed throughout the Lustrian rainforest. They are nocturnal creatures that live in trees. It will prey on some of the more dangerous insects in the jungle, such as blood maggots and carrion ants." Ren once again transformed into a Lustrian naturalist and explained to the Druchi around him.
But it was obvious that only Colonia was listening carefully, and the family guards were not interested in this at all. They only had one idea in their minds, and that was to survive in this jungle!
"Can it be kept as a pet?" Colonia asked with interest, looking at the chirping tiger iguana in the skink's hand.
"Of course, tiger iguanas can be trained to make loud noises when they detect intruders." Renn said eloquently. He looked at Colonia's longing eyes and then added, "This kind of creature is the most common in the jungle." Everywhere."
"Be careful to lower your head! Don't touch that vine, it's a poisonous snake vine!" After a while, Renn reminded the family guard walking at the front that the Skink that had passed was too short, but the one riding on the Cold Lizard Druchi is different, they can just scratch it.
Viper vines grow high in the jungle canopy and usually cause no trouble to creatures walking on the ground below. But once you accidentally touch it, danger will appear. The vine is known for its tough, sharp-edged dark green leaves, which grow with the vine and inject poison into anyone unfortunate enough to be stung by its barbs.
There were many terrifying plants encountered along the way, but Renn also found herbs that could treat hemorrhagic eye rot.
Echinacea, a ground-creeping plant, can be identified by its small olive-green leaves and needle-like spikes. When the plant senses the vibrations of a nearby Thermoblood, these spines flip upward, and the spines are strong enough to prick the soles of the boots worn by Thermobloods.
Catch a creeper, a movable plant. Succulent, spiny leaves grow on vines that coil over the jungle floor and tree trunks. If accidentally bumped into a vine, the leaves will tangle and impale it, feeding on the spilled blood. Once prey dies, the clawing creeper pulls the carcass toward the trunk of the plant where it can be used as fertilizer.
When I caught the creeping vine, I was named "Untouchable" by Ren!
Clouds of bloodthirsty, pink fungi are a fixture of the Lustrian forest floor, often found in moist areas where vegetation is decaying. Aside from its striking color, the fungus appears to be harmless. But once you step on this fungus, it can have disastrous consequences. The fungus releases a cloud of spores that can cause a nasty infection. This may be how the family guard suffered asphyxiative lung failure.
Ren was speaking tirelessly to his only audience, and Colonia kept nodding while listening, and sometimes asked some questions, just like two naturalists talking about professional issues, and sometimes Colonia Some more sampling with black magic.
Although Malus is dead, his spirit still lives on. . .
(End of chapter)