Rose flicked her fingers, narrowing her eyes slightly.
"Sister, what are you thinking?" Xina asked doubtfully from the side.
"It's nothing, I'll go for a walk, you guys go to bed first." Rose stood up, opened the curtain of the tent, and walked out.
There were a few guards standing sparsely outside, and the voices of Bai Lan and others could be faintly heard from the creek in the distance. As the sky dimmed, only the bonfire in the camp became brighter.
Rose greeted several guards, and then led a female guard to the grass, making a gesture of convenience.
It was not easy for other people to follow her.
She walked into the grass and looked in all directions surrounded by half-human tall bushes.
"Go and guard around first." She whispered to the female guard.
"yes."
When the person walked away, Rose flicked her finger. Two dots of blue light flew out of the fingertips and landed in the bushes, faintly visible. Like little fireflies.
"Go and try that Ahishiya." She ordered with her lips.
The blue firefly dots suddenly slid into the grass and disappeared completely.
Rose showed a thoughtful look on the spot.
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Taking advantage of going out to collect firewood again, it was an excuse to take a stroll. Garen led Ulen back to the position just now.
He walked carefully to the edge of the Zilucao, and looked around the area pretending not to care.
Soon, not far from the Zilu grass, he found a thorn grass with big leaves and thick stems, obviously it was quite old.
Lilygrass is another commonly used medicine washing material, Garen made a note of it in his heart.
He patrolled around again, and Uren followed closely behind him, not knowing what he was doing.
In the entire surrounding forest area, Gallon found more than a dozen Zilucao plants one after another, but the Lilygrass was much less, only three. This made him more and more satisfied.
After walking around in the surrounding woods for a few times, the sky gradually darkened to the point where he couldn't see clearly, so Garen was about to go back.
Surrounded by dense trees and bushes, they were standing on a slope, and they had already reached a place far away from the camp before they knew it.
In the dim light, the woods were full of darkness, and the green plants and trees also turned dark green.
"Master, what are you looking for?" Uren asked boredly behind Garen.
"My cousin likes flowers and plants. I want to find some flowers and plants that she likes and bring them back to her as gifts." Gallon replied casually, "It's just that it will take a few days for us to come out. Although I have selected some targets, I dug them too early. There's no use going back."
Uren nodded understandingly. Suddenly, he stretched out his hand suddenly and caught a little green snake that was rushing towards Garen.
The palm of the hand was pinched precisely seven inches from the little snake, not bad at all. With a light rubbing, the little snake immediately hissed, and Qicun was directly crushed. Was thrown to the ground.
It was only then that Garen made a slightly frightened look.
"It's another green leaf snake! There are so many small snakes in this forest! If you hadn't discovered it early, this one might have bitten me!"
"Nothing, this place is obviously suitable for the growth of green leaf snakes, a little more is nothing. No matter how poisonous the snake can't bite people, it's useless." Regardless of the understatement of the answer.
Suddenly a little blue dot flitted towards the two of them, it was a small blue snake, it looked lazy, and its movements were slow and smooth.
Both of Garen saw the snake.
"What kind of snake is that?" Garen asked with a frown.
"I don't know, the blue one should be a blue-scaled snake, but there should be very few such snakes in this environment here." Ulun also frowned slightly. "Be careful, this snake is very fast and explosive. You should back away first."
"Okay." Hearing that, Garen immediately hid behind Ulun.
Uren put on black leather gloves, with a serious expression on his face. The blue-scaled snake has hard skin and is extremely fast, so it is not an easy opponent to deal with. He had worked as a jungle ranger for several years, taking bounties to eat, and living in this kind of jungle was commonplace, but it also felt a little tricky.
It doesn't matter if it's just him alone, but he is followed by an eldest young master who must be protected, which will be a bit troublesome.
"There shouldn't be a blue-scaled snake here?" He was puzzled, and began to stare at the lazy blue-scaled snake.
The little guy, less than half a meter long, seemed to have spotted the two people in front of him. He raised his head and made a slight hissing sound, as if warning them to get out of its direction.
"Let's get out of here slowly." Uren whispered, "Slowly, don't rush."
"good."
The two moved slowly to the left in a soothing manner.
Suddenly, a little blue star burst out and shot straight into Ulun's face.
The blue star spurted out from the mouth of the blue-scaled snake, pulling out a thin blue line in mid-air, beautiful and crystal clear. At the same time, a stench spread quickly, as if the place had suddenly become a stinking ditch.
Just when Lan Xing was about to shoot Uren in the face, he raised his right hand abruptly to block it in front of him.
puff!
Blue Star landed on the glove, making a hissing corrosion sound. It was a thick blue venom.
"Run!" Uren roared, quickly took off his gloves, and shot a small dagger out of his hand. But it was immediately avoided by the blue scaled snake.
One person and one snake confronted each other, and no one dared to distract.
Hearing the shout, Garen ran towards the camp. There were many guards there. As long as he ran there, there would be no major problems. There are also experts and veterans who specialize in dealing with snakes in the guard.
The woods in front quickly backed up, his legs scraping through the grass and bushes, and Garen didn't stop at all.
The reaction, speed, and accuracy of Wulun and the blue-scaled snake's outburst just now have reached a very high level. It is impossible for him to avoid the blue-scaled snake's venom without revealing his strength.
Uren's violent shouting came again behind him, but it was getting farther and farther away, and the distance was obviously getting farther and farther away.
Garen ran forward quickly, feeling a little relieved. He slowly slowed down, wanting to look back.
puff!
Suddenly, a blue shadow rushed down from the branch of the tree behind. Straight into his face. Before I touched it, I smelled the same strong stench as before.
"It's not a coincidence!!" Garen instantly understood that this was definitely a deliberate attempt. Before he had time to think, he deliberately staggered.
"Oops!" He yelled, and his body fell to the right, just in time to avoid the pounce of this blue shadow.
With a snap, the blue shadow hit the surface of a white stone on the ground, splitting the stone instantly.
Garen sat halfway on the ground, and only then did he see clearly what this thing was on the ground.
It was the same blue scaled snake just now!
The blue-scaled snake's head was scratched, but no blood flowed out. It stared at Garen, its slender body slowly and gracefully cruising towards him.
Garen made an extremely terrified look, not daring to move, so he could only half-sit on the ground, staring in fear at the blue-scaled snake swimming over.
It was very strange that he could vaguely see something familiar from the snake's eyes.
"That's...?" A trace of doubt appeared in Garen's heart.
At this moment, the blue scaled snake suddenly paused, as if attracted by something, it turned around and swam in the other direction. Ignore Garen again.
Garen slowly got up and pretended to be pale, but the doubts in his heart were indeed greater.
In the woods in the distance, Guilisi looked at the blue-scaled snake swimming back suspiciously.
"The reaction is normal, but that fall was too coincidental." She frowned slightly. She looked down at a black scroll in her hand. "Forget it, let's get down to business first."
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Terry Jones Estate, Vindman House
Inside the study with a reddish-brown tone.
Vindman was sitting opposite a man in black. The oil lamp on one side of the table released a dim and quiet yellow light, which formed a circle of yellow light, just enclosing the two of them. Everything outside the aperture is dark.
"What's the matter with you this time? Just say it." Vindman crossed his hands and fingers, his face indifferent.
"Old friend, I really don't want to see you go astray like this." The man in the black robe said in a low, male voice. "You and I have cooperated for so many years, and at this critical juncture, you have caused this kind of incident again. Even if I want to help you calm down, it will be difficult."
His tone was calm and gentle, but his attitude was very serious.
Vindman frowned and shook his head.
"It's not my problem. This batch of goods was indeed robbed in my territory, but my control over the border is too weak. It's impossible to put all the responsibility on me." He paused, "The There are three hidden delivery routes, and after so many detours, there are still people who can accurately grasp the delivery route at the border."
"There is indeed an insider, but that's not the point." The man in black shook his head, "The point is that someone wants to do something in your territory, and can do something in your territory. What's more important is that someone allows such behavior by default. Everyone is silent, that's the point."
Vindman was silent, his hand dropped on the armrest of the chair, and he clenched faintly.
There was a hint of regret in the tone of the man in black.
"We are also old friends. Now because of this, the branch is very dissatisfied with you. If you don't choose again"
"I am the silver lamp master of the royal family!" Vindman interrupted him with a low voice.
"Royal family." The man in black was a little disappointed, "Is this your choice? I thought you could see the situation clearly, but I didn't expect" he stood up, "Forget it, just pretend I haven't been here."
He turned and walked into the darkness beyond the yellow circle.
"Dong Sai, I haven't forgotten everything I used to, and I hope you haven't forgotten either." Vindman said suddenly.
"I'm no longer the former Dong Sai." The man in black stood still and replied calmly.
"The royal family will not necessarily lose!" Vindman replied firmly.
"But the royal family doesn't represent everything." The man in black strode into the darkness and disappeared into the shadows in an instant. There was no door opening, no footsteps, as if the wind melted into the darkness and disappeared without a trace.
(end of this chapter)