Chapter 83 9. Specialties of Lustria
Various colorful birds screamed among the branches and leaves of the towering trees. The huge plants in the jungle blocked the light, and the air was filled with weird fragrance and rotten food. The smell, these two flavors are intertwined together, not to mention how sour and refreshing it is.
Many druchi in the team felt sick in the sickening heat, and the druchi's physique simply could not adapt to the jungle environment.
Darkus' team passed by a strange plant with huge and terrifying leaves. Chupa Coco warned the Drukhi not to reach out and touch it. If they touched it, the leaves would stick to the skin and absorb the skin instantly. The blood of the toucher. If you cut a plant open with a knife blade, the blood in the plant will gush out like sap.
Wren wrote and drew along the way, and he named the plant "Untouchable."
Beast tamers and beast magicians don't seem to be as effective against these messy insects as imagined. Beast taming spells can only tame some poultry, cats, pigs and dogs. Auxiliary spells such as Beast Leader, Beast Tongue, Cowering Beast, and Hibernation are useless, and there are spells here that the Druchi Sorceress doesn't know yet.
Darkus' team experienced another battle, and Walter was also lying on the back of the Dark Ankylosaurus, humming and talking nonsense. He was stung by a poisonous blood bee as big as a bird on the unbroken line. Poe's calves.
What the hell is this, kicking the lame man's good leg? Darkus estimated that Walter would have to be on crutches in the coming days, and the cane could no longer meet Walter's needs.
The only thing Darkos' team didn't have to worry about was wading through shallow, fast-flowing streams. Each druchi in the team was equipped with a cold lizard. The piranha inside couldn't bite through the thick and powerful hind legs of the cold lizard, but was cold instead. The lizards ate happily.
A poisonous miasma appeared in the jungle ahead, and Darkus' team began to circle around. They did not have gas masks.
They heard desperate cries as they bypassed the miasma, and soon after they passed by it, where only messy supplies, weapons, and bones remained on the carpet of plants covering the jungle floor.
The Drukhi looked at each other in disbelief. They couldn't believe that these bones were shouting not long ago.
Ren couldn't help but sigh: "This place is too evil."
Chupa Coco said calmly that something like a swarm of insects passed through here just now. This is something that is unbelievable to warm-blooded animals. A living carpet of crawling, squirming and slithering insects.
They writhe and, in combat, they circle their foe's legs in waves, hissing, spitting venom and driving their sharp fangs into unprotected flesh. The smallest ones can even squeeze into the slightest crack or between armor joints to deliver a fatal blow. Those who scream in pain may even find their open mouths targeted.
The rest of the journey is filled with snakes, nothing but snakes, and damn bugs.
Snakes play an important role in the jungles of Lustria, with more species found in Lustria than anywhere else in the world. There are many giant snakes, such as the giant Amazon swamp python, a powerful predator that can wrap itself around a boat and tear apart its hull. More common, however, are smaller snakes, countless species of venomous snakes, spinebacks, blood-crested cobras, and others. There are also parasitic snakes that inject smaller snakes into the bloodstream of their prey, and those who die from their mouths suffer a particularly gruesome fate. Boring snakes dig red holes into the bodies of their prey and only attack after they are inside. There are also electric snakes and whipping snakes, whose bites are so deadly that they cause the blood to boil and the brain to melt. While camping, Darkus asked some questions about Sotek, the snake god. Chupa said disdainfully that the skink priests with red crowns would pray for Sotek's favor, and they would summon him with blood sacrifices. Sotigo's children. Then snakes appear as if enchanted, seemingly growing straight out of the ground, squirming to do the bidding of the Red-crowned Skink Priest. Through these sacrifices, the Red-crowned Skink Priests gain dominion over the serpents, and they direct Sotik's will.
Dacus listened to Chupa Coco's tone, and it seemed that Chupa Coco didn't like to see his red-crowned compatriots?
As the team continued to set off, it suddenly started to rain, the birds became quiet, and dim light fell on Darkus' team. The raindrops fell lightly on the canopy of leaves and then slid down. The carpet of plants covering the jungle floor became muddy. The cold lizards had to walk carefully. One cold lizard slipped and fell. The cold lizard riding on the cold lizard The Black Ark pirate died screaming after being stung by bloody larvae, and the dirty larvae emerged from his internal organs.
The rain stopped after that, and it seemed that the rain was just for this Black Ark pirate.
On the evening of the third day, under the leadership of local guide Chupa Coco, Darkus' team waded through a shallow mangrove swamp, finally leaving the dense jungle and seeing a wide open space in front of them. , three huge stone structures rise in steps, completely covered with vegetation and carved with countless lizard-men heads.
For safety, they set up camp on the highest platform at the top of the building. The Druchi in the team were all haggard and had no morale. Only Baine seemed like a normal person. He was curious about everything and everything in the jungle. In the first half of his life, he only had training and fighting. He had never experienced any of this.
With the help of Genevieve, Darkus tried to make some Lustria regional delicacies. After confirming that the poison glands of the wild rice tree frog, which was as big as a rabbit, could be cleaned, he began to clean the tree frog and remove its internal organs. , poison glands, skin, toes, chop them into pieces with a serrated dagger, put them in a bowl, add a little seasoning and marinate for half an hour, then start roasting them over fire.
The tree frog was roasted over the fire, and Darkus cleaned the snake again, then put it in the pot and started cooking it, and added some condiments. He is going to try to make some snake soup to nourish these druchs and get rid of prickly heat.
The camp is shabby, so Darkus can't put on a show, right? In this ghost world, he can't make food particularly delicious, let alone become a demon in a particularly pleasant way. The important thing is that he can't make it delicious either.
Soon the aroma came from the campfire and the pot. After half an hour, he took out the tree frog and cut it into pieces again with a serrated dagger, and distributed them to the Drukhi, each one having a portion. After half a day, the small snake soup was cooked and distributed to the druchis. The druchies began to eat the beef jerky strips and beans they brought with them and the special Lustrian delicacies, which were made by the powerful people themselves. Who dares not to eat food? Who dares not to be happy?
Druchi may be so poor as Assur's cousins. Shaped by the icy and snowy environment of Naggaroth, they will eat anything, even though they are all southerners from Krakarond.
Of course, the most enjoyable thing to eat was Chupa Coco. He finally felt like he was home.
(End of chapter)