Chapter 21 The Farthest Forest
The rain was like a hanging rope, and the passionate raindrops fell on the windows and roofs, making a rumbling noise. Reflecting the thunder that flashed from time to time, Li Chengqi still stared at the screen.
"This key should be some key item..."
The key was found purely because when Li Chengqi saw the knights searching Roy's room, he pressed the alt key, highlighted all the items in the room, and then found a hidden compartment, and then casually After a few clicks with the mouse, the hidden grid was opened.
On the screen, Viola put the key close to her body, and then left the screen with Shelley.
They still have many things to do, such as distinguishing among the bandits which ones are extremely vicious and have lives on their hands, and which ones are just refugees who are being held hostage to make a living.
Different people are handled differently.
Li Chengqi did not immediately cut the camera, but looked at the item information he had just clicked on one side of the screen.
Name: Demon King's Key
Grade: Decoration
Effect: None
Description: An ancient key with a powerful spell that ensures it will not be lost to time and can be used to unlock a treasure.
This description and name tell you at a glance that it is an important mission prop. The question is where is the treasure?
Speaking of treasures, Li Chengqi suddenly remembered the account book he got from Lord Leon's secret safe one night when he couldn't sleep and opened the game.
Speaking of which, there is something like a treasure map in there.
"It can't be such a coincidence...right?"
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Year 648 of the Demon King's Calendar.
April 5th, late at night.
Hill is leading his men to track down the escaped bandits.
"Boss, the traces are here. Tracking them is easier than catching rabbits."
Perhaps due to the panic, the bandits who escaped left very clear traces and did not even realize to cover them in the simplest way.
Hill's men laughed softly after hearing this. This time it was really an easy job.
"It's normal to be scared out of your mind. Think about it, if you were bandits and experienced being killed by huge fingers falling from the sky, and then saw Princess Viola coming to the door, you would be so frightened that you would run away. "
Hill made a gesture, and the group of people quickly tracked along the hillside in the dark night like ghosts. Even some small animals hiding in the caves did not notice them passing above their heads, showing extremely excellent professionalism.
"Stop!"
After about twenty minutes, Hill signaled his men to stop.
At this time, the group of people had chased them from the foothills to the edge of a forest.
In the darkness of the night, dim light spots could be vaguely seen floating in the forest, but it was impossible to tell whether they were fireflies or will-o'-the-wisps.
One of her men searched for footprints on the nearby grass and judged based on the stretch of the grass blades:
"Boss, they just passed by here, it shouldn't have been more than five minutes."
This distance is almost within reach.
But Hill did not immediately order a pursuit. Instead, he stared at the dark forest, as if searching for threats in the forest.
"Let's go back."
"Ah? Don't you want to pursue me anymore?"
"No more chasing. You can directly report to Her Highness the Princess that those people are dead."
Hill's hand was always on the handle of the scimitar at her waist. Her subordinates also noticed her vigilance. They also touched their weapons and looked at the forest warily.
"I remember the locals said that they didn't dare to come to this remote forest to cut firewood, saying that the forest would eat people. I originally thought there were just too many wild beasts in the forest, but I didn't expect it to be so dangerous."
"Boss, what did you see?"
"The whole forest is filled with spells and spells. This is no ordinary forest. I also noticed that there are traces of goblins and elves. They do not welcome outsiders, including us."
Hill explained, turning his head to listen to the sounds of the forest, a pointed ear sticking out from under his hood...
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Year 648 of the Demon King's Calendar.
April 6th, early morning.
There is a small settlement in the center of the Far Forest that the locals are talking about.
In the gradually dissipating mist, Leah opened the small door of her tree house, quietly carrying the basket and climbing down the rope ladder.
As a young or even young elf, Leah is carefree. Most of what she has to think about every day is what she wants to play with her friends today.
She stepped lightly on the soft grass and arranged the raspberries in the basket to make them look better.
"Yeah! Shanna Fey will love it!"
Suddenly realizing that her voice was a bit loud, Leah quickly covered her mouth and tiptoed away from the tree house like a little squirrel.
Shana Fei is her best friend. She seems to be in low energy recently and hasn't been out to play for several days. So Leah thought about bringing some of Sanafy's favorite raspberries to see her.
A little further away from home to make sure she wouldn't be seen by her sister, Leah resumed her usual bouncing around.
"Hey! Cheer up and drink the herbs. Can you hear me?"
"I...maybe..."
"I won't let you leave me!"
"Ahem!"
From the surrounding treehouses, there were sounds of crying, coughing, and the painful struggles of the patients.
But Leah didn't think too much. As I said just now, the young elf didn't need to think about anything else, just how to spend a happy day.
Lia carried the basket and quietly walked through the corridor under the tree house. If she walked forward and walked around a big banyan tree, she could see a pond.
Recently, her sister did not allow Leah to come to this side of the pond, but this road was the shortest way to Sanafee's house. Leah, who ran out quietly, ignored her sister's instructions.
At this time, she saw that the originally lush and leafy banyan tree was almost bald, the surrounding grass had completely lost its vitality, and there were dripping water on the ground.
smelly dirty water.
Lia was not aware of the danger, and even thought it was quite fun. She carefully jumped over the dirty puddles with the basket as if playing hopscotch to avoid soiling the new straw sandals her sister had made for her.
"Ah, it's Sister Water Fairy. What are you doing lying by the pond?"
A creature that could barely maintain its shape and whose entire body was made of water lay lying on the edge of the pond.
In the pond, the originally clear and sweet water was now glowing with a purple halo.
"Are you feeling unwell?"
Leah knelt down, took out a handful of raspberries from the basket and placed it next to the water fairy.
"It's very sweet. You'll feel energetic after eating it."
The water fairy smiled reluctantly. The clean water that originally made up her body now had the same stench as the pond. She stuffed a raspberry into her mouth with difficulty and said to Leah:
"It's really sweet, but Leah, you shouldn't be here. Just leave."
"Well, I'm going to Shanna Fei's house. Sister Water Fairy, you should eat more. Only when you have strength can you be energetic."
Leah still didn't think much about it. She waved goodbye to the water fairy with her usual bright and sweet smile, and didn't even notice that the water fairy's body collapsed the moment she turned around, turning into a poisonous stream. The water flow merges into the pond with a purple halo...
