Chapter 523 Hanging Forest

In fact, Joan can fly in the form of "Jotunheim Hawkman", and his short-distance and long-distance flying skills are better than that of the poet, but he is not the showy character of Casio.

Now that King Shrek has arranged for his court poet to be in charge of air patrols, Joan is happy to ride a horse lazily, saving spell slots to prevent unexpected changes that may be encountered at any time during the journey.

A group of four walked into the roadside inn. Clark took out a large handful of gold coins, wrapped up all the bread, sausage, and bacon in the inn, and filled two bags full of them as dry food reserves for the journey.

Both he and Shrek are big-bellied men with amazing appetites. If they eat with their stomachs open, this amount of food will only be enough for them to eat two or three meals. On the way, they have to hunt wild game and replenish fresh ingredients on the spot.

Joan and Casio don't eat much, and the dry food they carry with them is enough. Casio would like to buy some more wine to take with him on the road, but considering that he may encounter danger at any time during the journey, in order to keep a clear head and deal with unexpected events, it is better to abstain from alcohol.

After buying dry food, Clark took Casio to find the innkeeper. With the help of the poet's sharp tongue and superb bargaining skills, he successfully bought two horses at a very affordable price.

Joan picked a docile black colt for himself, and Shrek picked the tallest and strongest gelding in the corral—with his weight, if the horse was not strong enough, it would take a few steps to carry him. overwhelmed.

After buying the horses, the four of them continued on the road, riding north along the avenue.

At dusk the avenue turned eastward to the docks beyond the coast.

Joan and his party didn't intend to go out to sea by boat, so they left the avenue and continued northward along the Mijiu River Beach.

When the sun goes down, night covers the river beach overgrown with flowers and grass, and no other passers-by can be seen nearby.

Joan and the others were worried that General Hook might send cavalry to hunt them down, so they took advantage of the clear moonlight to drive for a while at night until they got deep into the dense forest before dismounting and preparing to camp for the night.

This primeval jungle between Alfheim and Midgard is the famous "Hanged Forest".

There are countless beasts inhabiting the endless sea of ​​trees, as well as cruel orcs and greedy hill giants running rampant in the forest, but all the above threats combined are not as powerful as the old green dragon named "Doran" in the legend. Danger.

Throughout the ages, people who dreamed of becoming dragon slayers wanted to find Doran's lair, but even looking at the forest from the sky, it was impossible to tell where the green dragon's lair was.

This fact makes people suspect that either this so-called "evil dragon" does not exist at all, it is just a fairy tale made up by old people to scare children; or Duolan is not just a giant dragon, but also a brilliant spellcaster. Use high-level illusion to perfectly hide your lair.

In recent years, new changes have taken place deep in the forest. First, a group of eccentrics who called themselves "Conqueror Cultists" were frequently active in the forest, spreading a supernatural disease called "Black Blight". Trees infected with Black Blight would quickly wither and turn black, and then transformed into evil and cruel creatures. Plants - "blight monsters".

The "withered monster" will actively attack all living things within the range of perception, and use the branches as nooses to hang the victims alive on the branches, like a mobile gallows walking in the forest, and the notoriety of "hanging head forest" comes from Here comes.

There are rumors that the old green dragon "Duo Lan" is the common leader of the "Conquer Order" and the "Blight Monster". However, so far there is neither reliable evidence to confirm this guess nor evidence to overturn this guess. The secret of the "First Forest" is still shrouded in the boundless fog, unknown to the world.

Joan got off the horse, found a sheltered area on the river beach, first put down the "campfire rosary", chanted the mantra and raised a bonfire, then took out the "endless water bag", filled the kettle stand and burned it on the fire open.

Clark was planning to collect firewood to start a fire, and he was pleasantly surprised by this scene, so he quickly asked Shrek and Casio to sit around the fire and rest.

The flame created by the "Campfire Rosary" has enough heat for heating water and cooking food. Another advantage is that it will not produce conspicuous smoke and dust, which is especially important for Joan and his party who are worried about being followed by someone behind them.

Joan, Clark, Shrek, and Casio gathered around the campfire. First, they each drank a large cup of black tea that was boiled and added sugar, and then took out dry food to fill their stomachs.

The hot tea and food dispelled the cold at night, and the fatigue caused by running around all day also eased.

While eating and drinking, Clark excitedly introduced his treasure hunting plan to his companions.

Joan has heard about these plans from Clark, and he is more concerned about what to do after getting the "key" buried deep in the Owl Bear Valley?

It is a pity that Clark did not make a detailed explanation on this point. I'm afraid even he himself doesn't know exactly where the door opened by the "key" leads to, how to find the treasure next, and what threats there are on the way to the treasure. He can only take one step at a time.

Casio was very dissatisfied with the frost giant's unreliable treasure hunting plan. Shrek can think about it, and rubbed his fat chin and muttered: "Shrek doesn't care about gold and silver treasures, you can share them, but if there are good things to improve intelligence, you must leave them to Shrek!"

"I'm very satisfied with my intelligence level, and I won't compete with you, but Brother Qiao An also needs treasures to improve his intelligence, which will help enhance his spellcasting ability. Fatty, you'd better discuss it with him, so as not to lose It's time to hurt the peace by fighting for the treasure." Clark said cautiously.

"Shrek won't let your friends suffer, little mage, Shrek will give you enough compensation to satisfy you." The Ogre King promised Joan solemnly.

Joan held the teacup and couldn't laugh or cry.

I haven't even seen the treasure right now, and I don't even know if there are so-called "intelligence-enhancing" treasures. Now I am anxious to discuss how to distribute them. What is the difference between fantasy and pie in the sky?

Looking at Shrek's expectant face, Joan couldn't bear to beat this naive mythical ogre, so he proposed a more realistic idea.

"Mr. Shrek, if you need to improve your intelligence, you don't need to take the risk of going to Powhatan Village to grab the 'Wisdom Spring', let alone count on some illusory treasure. solve this problem."

"Well~ Shrek does have such a plan. In fact, Shrek came to Port Prince this time. Besides meeting his old friend Clark, he also had another purpose to visit the commercial shops and auction houses in the city and see if there is any There are intelligence-boosting magisters for sale."

The ogre king spread his hands, his face full of helplessness.

"It's a pity that when I first saw you, there was a commotion, and I escaped in a hurry before I could go shopping."

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