Green Monster Epic

Chapter 213: Misty Forest

After the small interlude with the wind wolves, Allen and his group didn't encounter any other significant twists and turns on their journey.

After finding the Mansa Promenade, a bustling commercial road, Allen and his companions faced even fewer risks. During this time, Salu traded with a passing merchant caravan, selling the wind wolf magic materials he had on hand. As he had said, they were indeed valuable. After selling the entire set to the human caravan, he obtained goods worth 120 gold coins.

After being plundered by Allen, Salu urgently needed to replenish some potions and scrolls for himself. After setting aside sapphires worth 50 gold coins for Allen, he exchanged the rest for the things he needed.

Of course, during the transaction with the human caravan, Salu also inquired about the specific location of the Misty Forest, no longer as lost and hesitant as before. However, as time passed, it was clear that the Gleaming Moon was only 6-7 days away, and Allen and his group still had nearly a thousand miles to reach the Misty Forest area.

After bidding farewell to the human caravan, who had clearly gotten a great deal, Allen and Salu quickened their pace, heading in the direction indicated by the human caravan. Finally, on the third day after the Gleaming Moon arrived, Allen and his group saw that vast, boundless primeval forest on the horizon. The reason why Allen, who had never been to this land before, could be so sure that the forest they saw was the Misty Forest was that the scene of the forest was shrouded by a cloud of white mist, solidified above this vast forest, which was truly too dazzling.

"Should we rest outside for a night?"

The forest's eerie appearance made Salu somewhat worried, so after reaching the edge of the forest, he made a suggestion to Allen.

"Alright."

Allen replied calmly. Compared to his own shallow knowledge of adventure, Salu's experience was obviously richer, so Allen basically didn't make many decisions along the way, simply following Salu's actions.

During their rest, Allen and Salu didn't forget to observe the situation of the forest: the inside and outside of the forest seemed to be two different worlds. The sounds of birds and beasts could be heard from time to time in the forest, while on the periphery of the forest, not to mention birds chirping, even ordinary insects were nowhere to be seen, as if the boundary outside the forest was a place where no life existed.

If it weren't for seeing the tender green grass and shrubs still growing lushly, even growing better than other places because there were no insect bites or bird pecks, Allen and Salu, having observed this sign, might have stayed away from here.

With the naked eye, they could only see about 4-5 meters deep into the periphery of the forest. Looking further in, they could only see the thin white mist gradually thickening, enveloping the gray-brown tree trunks, disappearing from sight. From time to time, the movement of animals caused the white mist to flow in bursts, but they couldn't get a glimpse of the whole picture, which made people feel curious and worried.

Nothing happened overnight. Allen and Salu's fatigue from traveling for a day disappeared after a night's rest. Then, after eating and drinking heartily with the food they hunted the night before, their bellies full, they slowly walked into the forest.

The mist in the forest made it impossible for Allen's dark vision to penetrate. They didn't dare to stray too far apart, otherwise, they might really get lost in this forest.

"Ding!!"

An arrow shot towards them. Allen, who had been concentrating all his attention, used the heavy sword in his hand as an iron shield, easily blocking the arrow. The slight vibration indicated that the arrow was quite powerful, but in the end, Allen didn't find the object that shot the arrow. Only the thin, bamboo-like sharp needle on the ground told Allen and his group that this attack had existed.

"This doesn't seem to be a manufactured arrow. It looks more like a sharp thorn that grew on some kind of animal, somewhat similar to the thorns on the thorn pigs of the Green Plains."

Allen picked up the bone-like sharp thorn from the ground and gently bent it, but he couldn't break the thorn in the middle, making it a good material.

"Well, it seems that our appearance has already been noticed by the master of this forest!"

Salu took the sharp thorn, examined it as well, and returned it to Allen. The two daggers in his hand danced like flowers, his eyes sharp as he searched for the possible location of the target.

They searched the area for a long time, but Allen and Salu couldn't find any trace of the enemy. In the end, they had no choice but to give up and leave. After they left, a nimble little head popped out of a tree trunk only 3-4 meters away from them. After its entire body, about the size of Allen's small arm, emerged from the tree trunk, the dense, steel-needle-like hairs on its back were exactly the same as the arrows that had been shot at Allen and his group earlier.

It chirped crisply in the direction Allen and his group disappeared, thinking it had driven away the enemies who had invaded its territory. The little thing climbed around the tree trunk excitedly, then played around for a while before re-integrating into the tree trunk. It was actually a wood-type little magical beast.

They were given a warning as soon as they entered the forest. Although the opponent's strength didn't seem to be very strong, their superb stealth ability also made Allen and his group somewhat apprehensive. After all, no one wanted to be followed by a little tail who didn't have good intentions towards them.

After entering the Misty Forest, what troubled Allen and Salu the most was the surrounding dense white mist, which made it difficult for them to distinguish directions. Although light came from the sky, their vision couldn't penetrate too deeply. The only thing that wasn't affected was probably the compass in Salu's hand, which pointed Allen and his group in the right direction, preventing them from getting completely lost in this forest.

"Careful!!"

Just as Salu was checking the direction with the compass, Allen suddenly felt a gust of wind coming from behind them. He immediately turned around to deal with it, while also issuing a warning to remind Salu.

"Dong!!"

The heavy sword crossed paths with a huge tail, forcing Allen to take two steps back, but also stopping the giant tail that was swinging down from above. Salu looked back and peered upwards, and a pair of cold vertical eyes were on the branches several meters high, looking down at the two people on the ground.

"This is a forest python. Be careful not to get entangled by it, otherwise even a high-level strongman may not be able to break free!!"

Salu crossed his two daggers, then his figure disappeared into the white mist, leaving only Allen's figure to face the enemy in front of him. Allen was no stranger to this python covered in patterns. It was very similar to the python he had seen in the Elf Kingdom before. The only difference was probably the size of the two. This one was almost half as long as the previous python, and its waist was also a circle thicker.

"Puff!!"

Allen had been on guard against the opponent's venom for a long time. The memory of the last time was still vivid in his mind. When the python opened its mouth above his head, Allen had already jumped away, playing hide-and-seek with the venomous python between several tree trunks, while also dealing with the venomous python's endless attacks. When the venomous mist spread, Allen already had a bottle of antidote in his mouth. After gulping it down, he threw away the empty bottle and swung his heavy sword, blocking the snake tail that was coming from the side.