Chapter 295 Demon Swamp Forest
Chapter 295 Demon Swamp Forest
“I’m very well prepared this time!”
The holiday arrived, and the long line in the teleportation hall was circling around and around. While Lilith and her group were queuing, she suddenly had an idea and showed everyone the bottles of potions she brought with her, just as an arms display.
"I won't talk about the little red bottle and the little blue bottle. I've got enough this time. I've also prepared some antidotes. They will definitely come in handy with poisonous insects rampant in the Demonic Swamp Forest." Lilith said to her companions while rummaging through her medicine bag.
"There are also insight potions, curse-breaking potions, invisibility fog... Oh, and this!" Lilith took out a bottle of lavender potion and shook it in front of Ian, "This is the mind-clarifying potion--"
"If by any chance we encounter an animal that is good at charm spells, this can help you regain consciousness." Lilith said this with a hint of expectation on her face. For the first time, Ian's calm face showed some confused doubts.
"I brought a lot too!" Lulu came over, jumping up and down. "I also brought a Berserk Potion, oh, and an Eye of Precision."
"Why do we need to bring that kind of potion? There's no one among us who is good at using bows and arrows?" Sean asked with a yawn. The line was too long. They had been queuing here since early morning and were already sleepy.
"This is prepared for you, to prevent you from casting spells inappropriately. It's good for you, me, and everyone else." Lulu said seriously.
A low laugh came from the side, but it was not from their group. Lilith turned her head and saw the winding line that kept changing as the crowd slowly moved. They came to a corner and met Daniel who was in another line. The laugh came from him.
Seeing Lilith's gaze, Daniel's smile grew even wider, but his face was full of concern. "I heard that the Demon Swamp Forest is very dangerous. You must be careful, Lilith."
"Of course." Lilith smiled back. She looked ahead of Daniel. Catherine and Leila were at another corner of the team, with their heads put together, talking about something, and didn't notice what was happening here.
"If you encounter any trouble that you can't solve, you can ask my sister for help. The knights of the Taylor family never ignore the call of the weak." Lilith smiled gently, with more concern on her face than Daniel. If people around didn't know that these two people have been sworn enemies since the first grade, they would really think that these two people care about each other.
These words almost broke Daniel's smile. He looked at Leila at the front of the team and finally stopped provoking Lilith.
"I want to go too..." Sean muttered quietly when their positions were staggered again. Everyone could see the smugness on Daniel's face, which made everyone extremely curious about Ozler.
Especially after Daniel reported the coordinates to the lady guarding the gate, he glanced proudly in Lilith's direction again when he touched the copper handle. He almost felt unhappy for Lilith.
So much so that when it was finally their turn in the team, when the fat lady in pink asked them for the coordinates, Sean blurted out - "Ozler!"
"Hey, hey! Are you still going to participate in the College Cup next year?" Bobby was so angry that he poked his partner's stomach with the scabbard of his sword. They had prepared for so many days, how could it change so suddenly? !
Lilith thought about it and said, "It's not impossible—"
"No."
The fat lady raised her head, looked at them from above the mirror frame, and frowned, "Ozler is only open to graduates during graduation season, why are you little brats joining in the fun!"
"Why?" Sean was even more dissatisfied when he heard this. "Our classmates just went there!"
"That's a special approval." The fat lady picked up the note and confirmed that there were only three people on the list. "Where are you going? Don't waste time, or you can get in line again."
"Demon Swamp Forest, let's go to Demon Swamp Forest!" Lilith didn't want to queue again, so she said quickly.
The fat lady's expression softened. She pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses, lowered her head and began to pull the lever to adjust the coordinates. The pet parrot next to her chirped on the shelf, imitating her, "Oh, Ozler, poor child, oh, Ozler!"
"Okay, speed up!" The fat lady waved her hand to urge them.
There were many of them, and it took a long time just to lead the slug flowers. The attention of the teams next to them was focused on them. Lilith didn't dare to delay any longer and was the first to touch the brass handle. After feeling a strange suction, she closed her eyes and left the ground with her feet.
When I stepped on the ground again, the floor beneath my feet was no longer hard and smooth marble, but soft.
I opened my eyes and saw green everywhere - we had arrived at the Demonic Swamp Forest.
The roots of the giant bald cypress bulge high, jumping out of the soil to support their trunks. Their roots are intertwined and gathered together, like a giant python winding out from the ground. In the shadows of those raised roots, faint light flashes from time to time, as if some small creatures nesting here are secretly observing these outsiders in the dark.
"Wow——" There was a burst of exclamations from the side, and her classmates also arrived one after another.
"Why does it still look like spring or summer here? I brought all these thick clothes!" Lulu said in annoyance. They were still on the outskirts of the forest and could see the white mist rising from the depths of the emerald green forest.
"Hehe, the stranger the place, the more interesting adventures there must be!" Sean looked at the entrance with sparse trees in front of him and couldn't wait to be the first to walk forward. He had already forgotten about Ozler.
"That's right, maybe you can catch a suitable pet here. Those new gargoyles just ignore people, don't they?" Lucas took out his sword and cut off the slanting branches to prevent accidental injury. However, as he was cutting, he found something different. He touched a branch and it seemed to have been cleaned up by someone.
"Someone was here recently." Ian followed and took a look and said.
"Faster than us?" Lulu was a little surprised. Although they took a few days to pack, it wasn't too late to set off, right?
"It's okay. After all, it's much more dangerous here than before. If there are more people, we can take care of each other." As Lilith spoke, she took out her sword, chanted a spell silently, and stabbed at the shadow behind Lulu.
A tiny scream suddenly rang out, scraping everyone's eardrums. Lilith raised her sword, and a shadow struggled and twisted on her sword - it was a shadow monster.
"Don't be curious about us, little thing." Lilith didn't expect that as soon as she entered the forest, some magical creatures would come up to her.
However, the shadow monster cannot be completely killed without special potions or magic circles. Lilith was unwilling to waste her mental energy on such a little creature, so she stuffed the sword into the black hole of a tree root nearby. The screaming stopped, and when she took it out again, the black shadow on the sword was gone.
"Someone is monitoring us?" Sean became even more excited. Isn't this the treatment of the heroic protagonist in a biography?
"You're really thinking too much. Shadow monsters are curious creatures. They like to lurk in the shadows and be moved by other creatures. It would be a waste of time to monitor you." Jaina rolled her eyes and ruthlessly attacked her companions, causing a burst of laughter.
Lilith also smiled, then closed her sword and said to everyone, "Let's go. I heard from the seniors that after crossing the swamp ahead, there is a clean spring. It is the best place to set up camp nearby. If we can get there before the full moon, we can get the full moon water and maybe even see the goblin!"
"Wow! Is that a little man with little wings?!" Lulu immediately came over with starry eyes.
"That's right..." The girls walked forward, talking and laughing.
A shadow emerged from the tree roots. After seeing the lively group of people walking away, it dived into the shadow of the bald cypress and swam towards the depths of the Demon Swamp Forest.
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"boom--"
Following a few simultaneous chants, flames burst out from the palms of Lilith and the others, whistling forward and smashing into the bubbling swamp in front of them. The scorching temperature instantly dried up the small swamp next to them, and even the bubbles that had not yet burst were baked into shape.
The heat wave rushed into the moss pile beside the swamp, startling a large number of crunching insects. The sky was immediately covered with black spots, and the already thin sunlight became even dimmer. The monster in the swamp roared, trying to break free from the thorns and escape deeper into the unhardened swamp.
"Now!" Bobby drew his sword and rushed towards the monster, stepping on the dried swamp skin. The hard shell was not strong and left a hole with every step. They had to fight quickly.
The Demonic Swamp Forest was indeed as dangerous as the legend said. During the days that Lilith and her companions were circling the swamp, they had been ambushed by those magical creatures time and time again, and now they had encountered Mulip lurking in the swamp.
Mulip has a human-like body, but its face is just a beast-like skeleton, and its body is dripping with endless mud. When Lilith and the others passed by, it hid in the hanging grass at the edge of the swamp, and suddenly grabbed a guardian, trying to drag it into the swamp to drown it and then eat it.
Fortunately, Ian was quick-witted and grabbed the guardian. The next second, Lilith's spell followed immediately and hit the Mulipu hard, thus saving his companion.
Mulip is not obsessed with human flesh. To it, human flesh is no different from other meat. However, this monster is extremely obsessed with human bones. For some purpose, they will collect human bones and arrange them into strange postures, like some kind of sacrificial ritual.
Therefore, the bone collection was obstructed this time, which made the Mulip extremely angry. It lurked in the swamp, followed all the way, and attacked again and again, making Lilith and her group complain bitterly. They did not dare to stop to rest. However, the legendary camping site seemed still out of reach. Everyone simply burned their boats and determined to deal with the Mulip.
Ian and Bobby rushed forward together with the help of the magicians' spells. Even though the monster could live in the swamp, it was restricted by the mud and moved slowly. They were soon approached. Bobby could clearly see the worms wriggling on Mulip's body. His nose was filled with the stench of decay and dampness, and he almost vomited.
"Heart! The position of its heart is the same as that of humans!" Sean shouted on the shore.
Bobby no longer hesitated and stabbed forward with his sword. Mulip paused, and Ian seized the opportunity and chopped off his head with a sword.
"Yeah!" There was a cheer from the shore.
Lilith did not dare to relax, and quickly re-formed the ice on the surface of the swamp where the hard crust had collapsed, so that the two people who had begun to sink could come back quickly. She only breathed a sigh of relief when her muddy companions returned to the shore.
"Hurry, hurry, help! It hurts so much!" As soon as Bobby came back, he hurriedly started to take off his boots and unzip his trouser legs. Everyone gasped when they saw it. However, in such a short while, his legs were already covered with leeches, and many of them had already drilled into his legs. Their slender bodies bulged, and they were desperately sucking blood.
"Wow, brother, you're so hardworking!" Sean marveled at his partner's desperate efforts while hurriedly searching for the medicine and pouring it on his legs. The stimulation of the medicine made Bobby scream.
Lilith quickly pulled Ian, who was silent, over, and together with Lucas, she took off his boots and poured the powder on them.
"We can finally sleep peacefully tonight... I remember this thing lives alone, and we shouldn't encounter another one in the near future." Lulu said with lingering fear as she watched the monster slowly sinking into the swamp.
"This swamp is much bigger than I thought." Jaina looked at the abstract map in her hand and said. They had been walking around this area for nearly a week. "If we keep going, I think we're almost at the Spring of Purity."
"I won't care about your full moon water when the time comes. I want to take a good bath with that spring water." Bobby complained while lying on the ground. He has already paid too much for next year's college cup.
"Wash! You can wash them all!" Lilith smiled and made promises to everyone.
But as expected, she broke her promise again.
After successfully killing Mulip, the journey went much smoother. Perhaps because of the good fighting power they displayed, those magical creatures hiding in the shadows no longer attacked them all the time. Although some red and green eyes could always be seen at night, at least they no longer took the initiative to attack.
"Lilith! What is this!" Lucas ran over again, holding up a string of crystal clear beads as if presenting a treasure, and started doing his old job of picking up scraps.
The bead in his hand was bright yellow and sparkling in the sun. It looked very good. Lilith sighed and said, "Did you pick it up from the water?"
"Yes, yes!" Lucas heard it, Lilith knew it! Valuable!
"These are the eggs of the yellow-blooded green tin toad." Lilith rubbed her temples with a headache. She really didn't understand how this guy could be so unlucky.
"...Toad eggs?" Lucas was stunned and threw them away hastily, rubbing his hands on himself in disgust to wipe off the slime.
"Hmm... it's a poisonous toad." Lilith saw his actions and felt even more headache. "In order to prevent being eaten by natural enemies, their eggs are also poisonous."
Ian walked by them and turned to look at Lucas, "What's wrong with your mouth?"
"Huh?" Lucas was puzzled, and felt his mouth tingling. He looked down and could actually see his mouth?!
"Ahhhhh——!" His confusion turned into a wail, but against the backdrop of his sausage mouth it looked more ridiculous than pitiful.
"Don't worry, Lilith is just scaring you." Lulu tried to hold back her laughter, and comforted the panicked Lucas, "Just wash it a few more times with clean water!"
"We're here!" - Bobby Sean, who was walking in the front, turned around and shouted. The dense grass on the ground disappeared and scattered stone slabs began to appear.
"Hurry, hurry, I want to take a shower!" Lucas rushed forward. He could already see the sparkling water in front of him!
"镪——" The sound of a sharp sword being unsheathed was heard and pressed against Lucas' throat!
"Back off! You lowly, dirty sea dweller!"
A scolding was heard and Lucas' face turned pale. Past experiences flooded into his mind again. As if by conditioned reflex, he stood still obediently.
Lilith and the others were walking a little slower, and hurried forward when they heard the sound. When they passed through the twisted shadows of the trees and the vines hanging from the trees like curtains, they were all shocked by the scene before them.
The Spring of Purity was as beautiful as the rumors said, but the huge open space around it was already filled with tents of all sizes. Lucas was being scolded with a sword against his throat, and the person scolding him... was wearing gold and white armor.
The Knights of Light.
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