The mountain on the side of Duwa Village is full of trees.
[Sound Forest] is the densest, largest, and easiest place to conceal whereabouts and ugly transactions.
At first, it was just an ordinary forest.
The workers took care of it regularly, cut it down according to the season, split it into strips and sent it to each furnace.
The famous mystics read ancient books and held a grand prayer. Since then, the trees have grown like weeds, and the seeds have sprouted as soon as they fell to the ground.
The coal mining business in Duwa Village was abandoned for a time.
Everyone thought: this piece of trees can never be cut down again, and the workers responsible for taking care of the forest have never watered or fertilized it again.
Until one day...
Someone disappeared in it, and the search team was surprised to find that at some point, this forest had become as dense as an abyss, and it seemed that there would never be an end.
Thick fog would permeate at night.
Caravans passing through the forest frequently disappeared, strange insects and wild beasts began to appear, drunkards heard crazy whispers, gamblers had their souls sucked out, and snowflakes falling on branches turned red.
The strange rumors made the furnace owners push coal mine orders again.
The felling of [Sounding Forest] was handed over to a special profession, called "Forest Keeper", who could listen to the whispers of nature and selectively cut firewood. The fuel would be fed into an open fire, and the quality of the utensils would also improve.
"Anyway, the road is deserted after all."
The mercenary told a story to the newcomer, and there were curious faces around him.
The mount was a little irritated by the bumps, and its two heads stretched to the left and right, scaring the Hayden dog and snow lizard next to it.
"Haha, good, my baby."
He patted the scales on the mount's neck and looked forward with his scarred cheek.
This road is sparsely populated, leading to various quiet ancient roads, winding mountain roads, suddenly flashing cliffs, and dizzying snowfields...
"Duwa has many spies from large tribes. Think about the war flags, Frengandor and Huosou, but they have all banned this kind of business."
"We will disappear soon and no one will find us."
There was a laugh in the team.
Mercenaries enjoy testing the rules. The rewards they earn must be mixed with meat to be meaningful. They spread out and protected several Yumi boxcars in the middle.
The driver's eyes turned white, and black lines spread on the surface of his skin.
The mercenary leader is called Lu Fu, a wanted criminal in southern Xinjiang. He escorted a batch of stolen goods to the Duwa tribe, and now he wants to take this batch of "meat seeds" out of the permafrost high wall.
The employer is a sorcerer, whose real body is hidden in one of the black boxes.
The sharp-faced traffickers were drunk in the cargo box. The carriage was robbed from a Golimo merchant.
The team had just entered the [Sounding Forest].
If there was a tail behind them, now was the last chance for the other party to attack.
Lu Fu was cruel, but also professional.
He loosened his reins and emptied his mind. The first thing he heard was the beasts and monsters, the twitching undead under the soil, and the rapid sound of hooves...
"The old gods have set their eyes on our wealth. What should we do?"
Lu Fu tightened the reins, and the scar on his face seemed to become more terrifying.
"Overthrow Him and take away His blessing!"
The mercenaries stopped their mounts, gripped the handles of their weapons, and shouted creepily.
The wizard put on a mithril ring, muttered in his broken hood, and blew a breath to the back with his lips tattooed with secret words.
The mist was driven away, and the animals in the woods retreated one after another.
They saw a warhorse breaking through the cold wind like a shadow, followed by a few people. The two sides saw each other through the gaps between the trees, and the distance was getting closer and closer.
"Southerners? A few wolves, what a young team."
The mercenaries drew out their folding knives, their spears were sharp and cold, and there were dark blood spots in the gaps. The common thought in their minds was:
He came to die!
Ken could see that the group in front of him was quite confident.
He put the cloak wrapped around Lili between the tangled tree roots and slowly drove the horse forward. The riders and chanters arrived just in time, and the low barks of the wolves and the Hayden dogs echoed in the distance.
[Hostile: Professional Mercenaries]
[Level: B]
[Number: 5]
[A fierce man who travels all over the country, eager for adventure, only has business and bargaining chips in his eyes, and never considers humanity and morality. ]
Everyone is here, there is nothing to talk about.
The magician's face was covered with fleshy diced meat, and he was hiding in the cracks, chanting quietly.
He suddenly heard a movement in the deep woods next to him. He turned his head and saw a silver dot lifting the leaves. Then his vision suddenly changed, with a gray sky and a dark tail pole.
Whoosh——
Luff turned his back, and the steel armor bounced off the arrowhead.
The magician's body fell beside him, and the flowing blood bypassed his wide-open eyes.
There was another labored groan from his side, and a loud noise of a horse and a snow lizard colliding.
"Don't panic, Sivabu, go catch the archer!"
The "spear bearer" riding the moss badger plunged into the bushes, and there were wolf howls and beast calls from inside. A chase and horse archery contest unfolded in the [Sound Forest].
Luff's mount raised its head, and with sharp teeth, it instantly bit off the leg of a startled horse.
Between the blood fog, he glanced at the companion who was overwhelmed to the ground. It should be Bahati. The new guy was also the same level. Look at the blood under his body. It is estimated that it will be alive soon. The black armor was drawn out of Mars and forced the guy hiding in the blind spot. The blade opened its mouth, and then the tight fist went up from the bottom up, and he hit the sky with the head of the pimple. Before he could regain his balance, the head of the mount came to his face, blood and saliva flew everywhere, blurring his eyes for a short time.
Ken was about to step forward and pull the man off!
[Hide, you will die. ]
The note and the howling black wind appeared almost at the same time.
He straightened up and took a half step back, his deep green eyes were turning, and another head just brushed past his nose. If he had moved forward rashly, his head would have been bitten off.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The giant beast began to stomp its feet, and its four thick and hard-shelled hooves hit the dirt road, the dust kept shaking, and the people around fell down one after another, as if they couldn't stand at all.
Ken also felt that he couldn't exert force on his feet, so he could only quickly retreat half a body.
The chanter's hymn sounded, and the blessed riders barely fought the mercenaries on equal terms.
[The wanted criminal in anger]
Luffy drew out his bareback machete, rubbed it against the grindstone on his wrist with a clanging sound, and then drove his mount towards Ken!