Perry followed Fido into the small phone booth. The two barely stood together, and Perry could clearly hear each other's breathing. The phone booth was strangely quiet, with only the slight sound of Fido fiddling with the phone keypad. He skillfully entered a string of codes and then raised the receiver. The next moment, a flash of light appeared, and the scene in front of Perry changed instantly, as if he had stepped into another world.
When the light faded, they appeared in a quiet town. The sky was already dark, and the streets were so quiet that it made people feel a little creepy. A few drunks staggered on the road, mumbling drunken words that no one could understand. The surroundings were deserted and gloomy, and the doors of the shops on the street were hung with ancient silver shields, flickering faintly in the dim moonlight.
Perry just walked out of the phone booth and couldn't help asking curiously: "By the way, don't you know magic? Why can you still use this teleporting phone booth?"
Fido smiled, as if he had anticipated Perry's doubts. "Don't you know? The teleportation booth was originally invented for ordinary people. People who don't know magic can also use it. It is designed to make it easier for everyone to travel. Of course, many magicians also like to use it because it can save magic power."
"So that's it." Perry suddenly realized, and he had a better understanding of this world. He secretly admired that the design of this teleportation booth was really friendly. Even ordinary people can use it, and there is no charge. This is really convenient. It turns out that in this strange place, ordinary people are not completely powerless. At least they can travel freely between towns like magicians.
Seeing that he looked like he had just learned new knowledge, Fido couldn't help laughing, shook his head slightly and said, "It seems that you don't go out much, right? You don't even know this basic common sense. Next time if you plan to go somewhere, call me, I can accompany you. You look like a child who just left home, and it seems that you are easily deceived."
Perry smiled awkwardly, thinking that he really knew almost nothing about the living habits of this place. Perhaps with Fido's help, he will integrate into the life here faster. He nodded and whispered, "Well... I should be able to learn a lot if you are here."
Fido obviously regarded Perry as a child younger than himself. He patted his shoulder gently, with a bit of concern in his tone, "Do you know magic, Henry? The chefs here basically need some magical help, otherwise it will be difficult to handle ingredients and deal with danger."
Perry hesitated for a moment and replied softly, "...some." He didn't know much about magic and had never used it in his life before.
Hearing Perry's answer, Fido's smile got bigger. He reached out and touched Perry's head, with a bit of teasing in his eyes: "That's good, otherwise I'm really afraid that you will be unable to move in the kitchen! Don't worry, I'm here, and I will protect you no matter what happens. Okay, let's go, the intersection is just ahead. But I have to remind you, it's better not to talk to passers-by when you see them."
Perry looked at Fido with a puzzled look, wondering why he had to avoid others, so he asked curiously: "Why? Is there any special reason?"
Fido pointed forward and explained in a low voice: "People here don't like strangers very much. They are very vigilant and will be suspicious of you if something is wrong. Rather than saying that this is a friendly town, it's better to say that this is an area that isolates outsiders. You just need to remember this and don't attract their attention."
Perry carefully put the application paper in his hand into his schoolbag, while following Fido closely, feeling a little uneasy in his heart. He lowered his head and thought. When he reached the intersection, he suddenly saw the name of the town written in bold: Hell Town.
"This place doesn't look like hell, but it's a bit ordinary." Perry couldn't help but look at the quiet town again. There is at least one silver shield outside each building, and some residential areas are surrounded by silver railings covered with spikes. Although the atmosphere here is deserted, there is nothing scary about it.
"It wasn't called this before," Fido said slowly with a somewhat lonely look. "A tragedy happened in this town, and the townspeople became xenophobic because of that incident. A masked man attacked and wanted to take away some kind of treasure. The people in the town fought to protect it, but the man actually set fire to the entire village, and many people died in the fire. Because of this tragic incident, everyone thought this place was hell, and later changed the name."
"There are actually such cruel people..." Perry was shocked and angry after hearing this, and was full of disgust for the masked man. "Did you finally keep the treasure?"
Fido shook his head and sighed, "Unfortunately, it was taken away in the end. Rumor has it that the treasure was used to seal the Limbo Forest."
"Limbo Forest... is it dangerous?" Perry couldn't help but get nervous when he heard the name.
"It's the fifth most dangerous place in the world," Fido replied calmly, as if he didn't care much about this dangerous area. "But there are many kinds of ingredients there, and many chefs will take the risk to collect them, which makes people flock to it."
Perry's heart became even more uneasy. He subconsciously didn't want to continue following Fido to the dangerous forest, especially when he thought that Fido didn't know magic, and he himself was not familiar with magic, which was simply pushing himself into danger.
Fido seemed to see his concerns, and explained with a chuckle: "Don't worry, I'm familiar with the forest. I've been here for the past few months, and the chef Oliver has specially trained me. As long as you carry silver products with you, you can avoid some dangers. Oh, by the way, do you have silver jewelry?"
Perry immediately lowered his head to check his backpack after hearing this. He searched for a long time but didn't find any silver products. He couldn't help but look at Fido in silence. Fortunately, he knew this little knowledge before entering the forest, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
Fido smiled apologetically, "Sorry, I forgot to remind you. But it doesn't matter, there are guards in front, you can borrow some silver jewelry."
They came to the gate of the town. The gate was made of silver. Several guards wore silver armor and stared at them coldly. Fido waved to a silver-haired middle-aged guard and said, "Hey, Mr. Martin, we meet again. Can you lend me a silver coin? My friend didn't bring any silver products."
Martin frowned, but still took out a silver coin from his pocket and handed it to Fido. At the same time, he looked at Perry and asked, "Is this your friend? Does he also want to be a chef?"
"Yes, he is my junior, named Henry." Fido smiled and handed the silver coin to Perry, "Henry, this is Martin, you can find him when you go to Limbo Forest in the future."
Martin snorted in dissatisfaction and added, "Hey, it's not free, you have to pay five silver glass coins to go out!"
Fido patted Martin on the shoulder and smiled easily, "No problem, I will pay." After that, he motioned Perry to follow him through the small door.
As soon as he walked out of the town gate, a chill immediately hit him, and Perry shuddered. He looked up and found some tiny black needle-like objects floating in the air, like tiny needles floating in the air, which was creepy.
"What are those? System, can you help me analyze it?" Perry asked silently in his heart.
The blue ball of the system flew towards those black needle-like objects, trying to analyze them, but soon returned helplessly. [The level gap is too large, and the data cannot be obtained. It seems that the level of the creatures here is quite high. The host needs to be careful. ]
Perry looked at the system helplessly, feeling that it was somewhat useless at the moment. However, before he had time to sigh, Fido had already noticed his abnormality and asked curiously: "Who are you talking to?"
"Nothing, I just think these black things are a bit strange." Perry pointed to those black needle-like objects.
Fido smiled and explained calmly, "Those are Needleworms, they specialize in eating carrion, they won't attack people, there's nothing to worry about."
Perry breathed a sigh of relief and praised casually, "You are really knowledgeable."
Fido touched his nose proudly, "I have to thank the chef Oliver for teaching me this, a lot of food knowledge was taught to me by the chef Oliver."
Just then, a sharp howl came from the depths of the dark forest. Perry and Fido were frightened by the sound and looked towards the gloomy forest. Perry looked at the Limbo forest surrounded by a silver fence, and all kinds of terrifying imaginations flashed through his mind.
He swallowed his saliva and thought a little unconfidently: Is it too late to turn back now?