"I also have the ability to resist poison, and since I am a unicorn, the role should give me a stronger power to resist poison."
The witch didn't want to miss such an opportunity. Although she came to the Lost Forest to find talent, she couldn't give up the chance to gain power:
"So, we are still lacking a companion to work with."
Seeing this, the maid wanted to speak, but the young witch stopped her with her hand. She squinted her eyes and looked at the man opposite her. The knight and the bard in the flames looked at each other consciously, and then the bard in gorgeous clothes raised his hand and said:
"Madam, you just saved me at a great cost. Please let me repay you."
Although he still looked a little afraid, the bard did this on his own initiative.
"The unicorn, the parrot and the traveler under the moon each took a candy. I wonder who will be blessed or unlucky."
The god said with a smile, and after he finished speaking, the sound of footsteps in the forest could be heard again. But unlike last time, there actually was an old woman with silver hair and a skirt pocket full of various colorful candies, who walked out of the foggy forest.
She entered the range of the bonfire, but stopped at a very delicate position. She stretched out her wrinkled hand, and in her palm lay three round black candies.
Shade and the trembling bard stood up to take them, while the witch's candy was taken by her maid. There was no difference between the three candies, and Shade could not tell which one corresponded to what even if he touched it directly. However, the "old witch" who walked out of the dense forest had a strong whispering element.
It seems that the witch Andriana's guess was probably correct. Although the travel story around the campfire was fictional, the dangers they encountered were probably real ones that could be found in reality.
The three people who got the candy put it into their mouths together. The candy tasted very good, it tasted like chocolate. When the food entered their stomachs, the three people had different reactions.
The bard covered his stomach and groaned, trying hard not to burp; the witch covered her mouth and her body softened, leaning on her maid, her originally rosy and fair face turned black at a speed visible to the naked eye.
And in Xia De's ears, he heard "her" voice:
Outsider, you touched the whisper.
You have acquired the magic of "candy making". Any object you consider to be "food" can be transformed into the candy you have tasted. The corresponding spirit rune is "toy maker".
"Is this my lucky day? Wait, what does candy making have to do with the Spirit Rune-Toy Maker?"
Shade asked in his mind in surprise, and then he remembered that he could use snow as food because of the "winter blessing" from the Silver Mountains, which meant he could turn snow into candy.
Of course, Xia De did not forget to reach out and touch the poisoned witch:
"Ms. Andriana, how are you?"
"The parrot was satisfied with its full stomach, and the traveler under the moon was blessed by the god of innocence. Only the pure white unicorn was infected by the dark poison. The candy house disappeared as the old witch laughed."
While the god was telling the story, the silver-haired old witch who appeared in the camp actually laughed strangely and walked back into the foggy forest. Shade and the maid Clara helped the witch Andriana up. Shade picked up a broken branch from the ground in the camp and cast a spell with a green light in his palm:
"The elves' detoxification technique."
The purifying power belonging to the alien species began to take effect on the witch almost immediately, but although both Shade and the witch herself felt that the spell could purify the toxin, the toxin did not disappear at all.
"Moonlit traveler, please note: you in this story do not have the power to remove toxins."
The god reminded her gently, causing the witch who was preparing to detoxify herself to give up the idea of casting a spell:
"I've been having bad luck since I got here!"
"The poisoned unicorn slowed down the travelers' progress, but they knew they couldn't stay where they were and had to set off as soon as possible, otherwise something bad would happen. During the journey of taking turns to take care of the unicorn, the travelers consumed more physical and mental energy. It's afternoon now. What will you encounter on your journey?"
The god signaled everyone to turn over a new card again, so Shade asked the old knight to do it. The old knight followed the order faithfully, and this time the card was a very ordinary red flower. It looked like jasmine, but it was a little different from the red jasmine that the outsider had seen in the Sixth Era.
"Tired travelers, this afternoon, under the guidance of Lao Ma, we accidentally discovered a strange red jasmine flower. This flower is blooming very brightly and has a unique fragrance. So what are you going to do? Take a detour? Let the unicorn eat it to detoxify? Or pick it and use it as a decoration?"
"Sir, you decide."
The old knight said to Shade. This was a rare time that he took the initiative to speak, probably because he was the one who caused this incident.
The bard did not comment on this. Shade looked at the witch again. The latter collapsed in the maid's arms and said with gritted teeth:
"I eat it. I don't believe I have such bad luck all the time."
"But... .."
"If I get poisoned again, I have other ways."
As soon as she finished speaking, a red jasmine flower exactly like the one on the card grew out of the ground in front of her at a speed visible to the naked eye. The maid helped her pick it off. Seeing the witch's disgusted expression, Shade gave her a glass of water, and the witch reluctantly ate the flower raw.
Fortunately, she was lucky this time.
"The poisoned unicorn tried to eat the red jasmine flower, and its poison was neutralized. It only needs to spend another night to recover. The travelers continued on their journey. Taking turns to take care of the unicorn made you even more tired."
The sounds of horse hooves, wings and human footsteps in the forest once again rose and fell, and it was obvious that the footsteps were dragging.
"In the evening, you chose to camp in a cave you discovered by chance. Because it was the first day of the journey, and there was plenty of water and food in the forest, you didn't need to worry about food. When the silver moon rose, the blessing of the moon protected you. Events that happened at night were less likely to turn bad."
The god signaled everyone to draw a card again, and this time Shade stretched out his hand. He turned over the card and saw the camp where everyone was at the moment. However, there was only a campfire and the old tent in the camp, but no five people and the god sitting together.
"Nothing happened tonight, and everyone fell into a sweet sleep. The unicorn's poison was completely eliminated. But due to the hard work during the day, when the next day came, the old horse with the worst endurance was still tired, and its physical strength decreased today. The journey came to the second day."
The old knight sitting between Shade and the bard bent down slightly without any warning, as if his body could no longer support the weight of the armor. Seeing that Shade and the bard were both looking at him with concern, he shook his head slightly:
"It's okay. I just feel very tired suddenly, as if I have been traveling for a whole day."
He was breathing heavily while speaking, and it was obvious that the situation was not as easy as he said:
"If this is the price to pay to see my family alive, I can bear it."
So far, three of the five have already shown their negative traits. The maid Clara's inability to fight is very clear, so even if we haven't encountered the corresponding event yet, we know that Shade's negative traits need to be observed.
After the first day of the "journey", Shade almost understood that "a day" involves three events: morning, noon and evening, and that the three events may be good or bad, or nothing may happen. In this way, the remaining six days of the "journey" will involve at least 18 draws.
"After packing up the camp, the travelers set out again. They had no definite destination, but continued to move forward just for the sake of traveling. Soon after they set out, they heard the whistling of the wind in the mountains, the sound of the rushing river, and the calls of the larks in the forest. Which direction will you choose?"
The god asked the people sitting together, and the three voices actually appeared in the foggy woods around them, accompanied by the crackling sound of the burning campfire, making the story seem even more real.
It was still Xia De and the recovered witch who made the first decision.
"I instinctively feel that the call of the lark sounds like a trap. The sound of the wind in the mountains probably changes the scene of our trip to the mountains. As for the river, is that an event? Or is it also a scene change?"
The witch analyzed, her eyes shining as they reflected the firelight, and she motioned for Shade to say something.
"Ma'am, it's hard for me to analyze without any clues. But since we're traveling, I don't think it's good to always stay in the same place. Why not choose one between the river and the mountain?"
But there are other reasons, he suggested:
"If the lark is really a trap, we lack the means to deal with a flying enemy. Your unicorn card does not depict wings."
The bard representing "Parrot" touched his nose.
"Then let's choose the river. Water sources should be very important to travelers."
The witch suggested, and after Shade also expressed his agreement, the first event of the second day's journey was opened by the witch:
"The card shows... a ship moored at the ferry?"
The sound of the wind whistling in the valley and the melodious chirping of birds were gradually overwhelmed by the sound of water in the woods in the dark night fog, as if the river itself came to the side of the small camp. Shade even felt that the air had become much more moist, and the story was becoming more and more real.
God continues their story for lost travelers:
"Following the sound of water, the travelers came to the river at the edge of the forest. This is a very wide river. It takes a day to cross it, but you can also save a whole day's energy. The ferry at the riverside dock attracted your attention. The faceless boatman in a black robe asked you to pay a gold coin each as the fare for the ferry."