017 Cocoon
"Don't look at me, I just said that the Tree Fairy Queen is stocking fresh food for the children in her belly. I didn't say that the food must be human children." The red-haired magician girl shrugged her shoulders immediately, saying that she was irresponsible.
In fact, she was also surprised!
Because there are too many cocoons - what kind of offspring need to prepare so much fresh food in advance?
The timberwolves on the ground have lost their vitality.
This is actually a pitiful little thing. It is not a monster, but an ordinary beast. Normally, the lonely timberwolves dare not attack the huge human team, and they dare not attack the powerful adventurer of light. This poor guy was probably locked up in the cocoon and went crazy.
"What should we do now? How do we know which one is the cocoon of villagers' children?" Orwell frowned deeply.
"Let me try it." Blond Eddie stepped forward, staring at another complete cocoon, but he quickly retreated and shook his head helplessly, "These white silk threads are weird! The penetration of mental power is very slow. It's better to break it open and see it directly if you have that time."
As he said that, he shot an arrow, and the arrow flew past the cocoon, cutting it through a hole.
This time, a deer rolled out, glanced at everyone, and ran away in panic.
"It's better to let ordinary people do such things." At this time, the intermediate priest Ms. Sarbella spoke softly, "Although there are many cocoons, you can always find them by slowly breaking them out. We should keep our energy on more important things - I have already felt the dark aura deep in the valley, and the three mutant demon species should be in the deepest part!"
"It's normal that's right." Eddie looked at everyone with some concern, "Generally speaking, at most, there will only be ordinary heartless monsters on the outside..."
In the team of the Self-Defense Corps, Antonio, who had been observing his words and expressions, immediately understood what the adventurers meant.
"Don't worry, let's leave the task of finding the children to us." The middle-aged man said actively, "We can still deal with ordinary heartless monsters. We will break the cocoons around here and look for them, and don't walk around. So many cocoons are enough for us to work for a long time... You guys don't have to be distracted when fighting."
Adventurers glanced at each other.
Sarbella seemed very satisfied with Antonio's reaction, and suddenly raised the vine branch staff in her hand. White light bloomed at the top of the staff, and a large area of white light fog immediately sprinkled on all members of the Self-Defense Corps - the light fog was exactly the same as the light fog when the pastor William provided treatment to the villagers next to the statue of the goddess.
"The goddess has not abandoned you. The Holy Power of Light will last for about two hours, during which it can continue to provide you with healing and recovery effects." The priest smiled charmingly, "so that you can feel more at ease."
"Praise the goddess and praise your kindness."
"Haha... it's good!" The magician girl Erin on the other side suddenly smiled and said without being outdone, "Then let's go deep into the destiny to eliminate those big monsters~ But in order to prevent you from encountering any danger that cannot be solved, I will leave you three trainee magicians! They will protect you."
"Kama, Blanche, Kitty...you all stayed." The red-haired girl quickly said three names.
They were three petite figures shrouded in the shadow of a huge magic hat and a wide wizard robe.
"But, Erin! The teacher asked us to come to provide you with magic..." One of the figures seemed a little unhappy, "We should act together..."
"I have the final say! Kitty, do you have any objection?" The red-haired girl's voice suddenly increased a few degrees.
"……no comment."
"That's good!"
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The team quickly took action.
Intermediate warriors, intermediate archers, intermediate priests, and three magicians led by Erin formed a team of six people and continued to advance into the depths of the Dark Valley.
The remaining members of the Self-Defense Corps stayed outside and began to break through the white cocoon wherever they looked, looking for the lost children of each family.
Daren is full of energy!
The little warrior was holding a sense of strength in his heart and kept cutting one white cocoon after another with the iron sword in his hand. The surface of the white cocoon, which was as fragile as paper, was not easy for ordinary people to split, just like cutting old cowhide with a not-so-sharp knife, would take at least a lot of effort.
And it's not just cut it off!
No one knows whether the next moment the lively boy jumps out of the calluses, or the crazy beast... and even the lost monster!
That's right, even monsters like the heartless goblin assassins and goblin archers are wrapped in cocoons. This is really ironic. The children of the tree goblin queen are not picky about food. Moreover, because the size of monsters is generally much smaller than that of humans, sometimes there are more than one monster in a cocoon, but a nest.
This also means that every time you break out of the cocoon is a small gambling.
Maybe it's a surprise, maybe it's a battle.
"Everyone is energetic! No one is allowed to break out of the cocoon. At least five people need to act in groups! If you are injured, you will rest on the spot and wait for the Holy Power to heal you!" Antonio's solemn voice kept ringing, reminding everyone.
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On the other side.
As adventurers march deeper into the valley, the environment becomes more mysterious.
The giant trees that block the sun are denser, and the rotten and wet fog is heavier. This is a gathering place for darkness... You see the small figure of the fairy shuttle between the branches and leaves, and you hear the goblin's snickering echoing in the shadows. You can't tell which big tree is transformed by the tree demon. After you pass by, you suddenly strangle from behind to your neck.
Crisis is everywhere.
But for this team of adventurers with a full lineup, it doesn't cause much trouble. No matter what type of trouble it is, someone can solve it, so they are constantly moving forward smoothly.
"Crack." Orwell, who was first to open the way, suddenly stepped on something and made a strange sound. He looked down and saw that it turned out to be a pile of dark purple clay pot fragments.
There are also some broken stone bricks and corrugated nearby.
"This is something that only humans can make..." Eddie walked up with a longbow, leaned over to check it out, thinking.
"The dark atmosphere here is so strong that it makes me feel uncomfortable. It is hard to imagine that this is just a gathering place for ordinary heartless monsters." Ms. Sarbela covered her nose gracefully and frowned in disgust.
"Hey, strange, why do I think the magic elements here are extremely dense and active?" Erin suddenly exclaimed, "The fire elements here are more lively than the lava river, the water elements are more abundant than the coast of Gasili, and the magic power flows around like the wind... This is not normal!"
The other two magicians looked at each other - as trainee magicians, they did not have such a clear feeling.
"Let me borrow my magic!" Erin stretched out her left hand directly.
Hearing this, the other two magicians immediately put their pine staff on the palm of the red-haired girl's left hand. The mysterious power surged, and flowed continuously into the red-haired girl's body along the two pine staffs.
At this time, the red-haired magician girl also raised her pine staff and sang it in ancient mainland words:
Chapter completed!