But Gene was in a very low mood and sat down dejectedly, seemingly ignoring Kuka's strange behavior.

The messy thoughts circling in the red-haired boy's mind:

[Enchant arrows are gone…]

This enchanted arrow was bought after working hard to save money for more than half a month. I want to buy another one. Could it be that I will hunt for more than half a month? No, no, judging from the list of the man in the gray robe, the great wizard's urgently needed materials are almost complete, and even if I start hunting from scratch, it is unlikely that I will save 3 gold towers again.

[By the way, 3 Jintata is still just a cost price…]

Gene remembered that Blanche had used up this year's credit limit. Unless she was willing to disclose her true identity and break the rules as the master's biological daughter, she could no longer buy a second magic item at a cost price. Will she expose the secrets she had hidden for so many years for herself?

[And His Highness Glen…]

This strong man may visit the Mage Tower at any time. Although he does not know the specific time, Master Flinda will leave the Magic Tower in the deep winter. According to common sense, His Highness Glen is the most likely to visit before the deep winter! He may not have enough time to prepare again.

[And, my bow... has been broken!]

Gene suddenly looked at the broken wooden bow not far away, and his eyes showed a deep sense of powerlessness. Even if [Vacuum Arrow] is an arrow-type skill, it can still be activated without a bow. But would he let a archer run over and penetrate Oliver's chest with his hand with a green light arrow?

A archer without a bow is like a tiger without a minion. Even if he has strength, he cannot show his strength!

The only place where you can buy bows nearby is the Mage Tower, but it only sells the expensive enchanted bows that are desperately expensive. There are no ordinary bows sold at all, and the enchanted bows themselves are far from affordable.

All the conditions point to the same conclusion - there is absolutely no way to take revenge in a short period of time!

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"Kuka, Kuka!"

Little Squirrel Cooka's anxious screams still echoed in Gene's ears, pulling him back to reality from his chaotic and heavy thoughts.

"What the hell do you want to express?" Gene frowned and looked at the little thing jumping and jumping. "Do you want me to go with you all the time?"

"Wow?...Kakakuka!" The latter's eyes lit up suddenly, and his small right claw gently smashed the heart of his left claw, and nodded repeatedly!

Gene looked at the humanized little thing in confusion, hesitated for a while, and finally stood up reluctantly and let the little guy walk forward with his trouser legs.

After pulling Gene for a few meters, Kuka seemed to think it was too slow. Suddenly, he jumped like lightning, climbed onto the pine branch of a pine tree in front, turned around and waved to Gene.

“Where do you want to take me…”

Gene sighed, shook his head, trying to make himself forget the messy things.

[It's better to relax in the sea of ​​pine forests and trees...]

To be honest, even though he had been in this forest for more than half a month, Gene hadn't really appreciated the scenery seriously. Every day he went out early and came back late, he either tried hard to find prey on the list, or encountered monsters again and again, or he would test the affinity of elements for tall and straight pine wood... He had been busy and never stopped.

But today, Gene was in a different mood. The heaviest plan in his heart completely failed. Instead, he felt a sense of relief as if he was relieved!

Cool card was flying happily among the pine wood.

At some point, the little thing had picked a big handful of pine cones, with five or six under his armpits, and his mouth was stuffed with bulging cushions. While making a "crack" sound of happiness, he continued to run!

Gene soon felt like he was "not going to catch up".

He had to take all his strength, and even pedaled the trunks to leverage the force, sometimes hooked the branches and flew around, so that he could barely keep up with Kuka's footsteps... During this process, the fresh forest wind passed by his ears, the tinkling stream water was far away under his feet, butterflies and kingfishers surrounded him, and the waves of the entire pine forest and sea seemed to be moving with his breathing rhythm!

Gene entered a strange state, which made him feel as if he was supposed to be part of the forest, and this place was his "home".

But he soon had to break away from this wonderful state.

Because the cool card stopped.

"Hu, Hu..." As soon as Gene landed, he supported his knees with both hands and let out a violent breath. After he escaped from that state, he felt tired, his entire lungs were burning, and his breathing seemed to be filled with smoke and fire.

[etc……]

Gene shrugged his nose and suddenly realized that this was not his illusion.

There is indeed a burnt smell in the air!

At this time, the little squirrel Kuka, who landed on the ground, threw away all the pine cones, stood up straight, looked up at Gene, and slapped each other a few times, his tail raised high, pointed a little proudly in front of him, making a loud scream, as if he was saying - "Look!"

Gene straightened up and looked in the direction it pointed.

Then his eyes became dull...

There is a pine tree there.

Among the many pine trees in the sea of ​​pine trees, it can be regarded as a very tall and straight one, even taller and more straighter than the excellent quality pine tree that Gene found for Blanche before.

But this is not the point!

Its trunk turned out to be pure black!

Unlike other pine trees, the dark brown, cracked, thick bark layer by layer, the surface of the pine tree in front of me is as smooth as it was burned by fire, with no skin at all, only a smooth and black thick round trunk!

But its leaves are fiery red!

That's right... not only does it have lush needles, but each needle emits a faint red light. From a distance, it looks like a huge "torch" inserted into the forest, floating in the wind... It's hard to imagine that the tree trunks, like the wreckage of ashes, still have vitality and have nurtured such strange leaves. Shouldn't it be dead long ago?

The "fire tree" stands quietly on the earth, in the forest where the sun has begun to set, it flickered and darker, like the guidance of a god, or like a torch used by giants to ignite the red clouds of the setting sun.

Countless small red light spots float around it, and I don’t know if it was a fireflies or something else. The scene was simply dreamy.

Gene stood there for a while before he could hardly turn his eyes to Little Squirrel Cool Card.

"Don't tell me, you're taking me to see this..." Gene's voice was a little hoarse.

Kukali nodded as expected, and soon ran over again, grabbed the corner of Gene's clothes with the same movement as before, shaking it a few times, showing a look of guilt.

"Do you think you have chewed my arrow, so you have to pay me for this?" Gene seemed to understand what the little guy meant and swallowed desperately.

The fool also knows that the things in front of him must be treasures...

Kuka nodded again and pushed him forward.
Chapter completed!