Steel steam and flame

The entire forest was enveloped by the sudden hurricane. Fortunately, thanks to the protection of the huge canopy of the ancient trees, the impact inside the forest was not as severe as imagined. Instead, the dull and decaying atmosphere that had accumulated all year round completely dissipated.

After walking with Cassia among the ancient trees, about an hour later, Cassia finally found a temporary shelter. It was an ancient tree that was struck by lightning and was cut off in the middle. The surrounding ancient trees quickly expanded their branches and leaves in the following time, eventually causing its death.

The huge tree stump left behind was dug out by the creature to create a huge cavity, which could be used as a resting place. Because Cassia felt that heavy rain would come soon, and this kind of weather had stopped him from thinking about traveling again.

After dragging the iron box into the hollow, Cassia asked Cassie to find food by himself, and then took the time to collect enough dry wood to pile it up around him. He did not carry high-energy fuel with him on this trip.

After sweeping a clean area at the entrance of the tree hole, Cassia quickly lit a fire. With her back to the wind, the dance of the flames was not violent, adding a subtle light to the interior of the forest, which was always like evening. Finding a strong dry tree trunk, Cassia sat beside the fire, feeling comfortable and warm under the influence of the fire.

The hurricane in the sky has no tendency to abate at all. This is also true. It has not yet reached its peak and is still in the period of gathering strength.

"It can barely be regarded as an extreme weather, but it is not appropriate to call it an extreme climate." Cassia took out the small notebook and pen on her body, writing something while talking to herself. He was recording what he had just seen and heard. The firelight cast the shadow of his pen on the small notebook. The handwriting was not beautiful, it could only be described as neat. But when looking at these imperial texts arranged and combined into one, Cassia then raised her head and focused her gaze on the fire in front of her, only to feel that the sound of wind and leaves rubbing around her suddenly became quieter.

Even if it was just for a moment, Cassia seemed to understand Perkins's mood a thousand years ago. With a sigh, Cassia took the time to write down the scene when she heard the crashing sound in the air.

"There may be things in the sky covered by clouds and mist that cannot be touched by human eyes. From history to the present, the perennial mist has covered very important things, which will be the source of the sound." I feel like A recorder and adventurer, even if he guessed in his heart that the ultimate cause of this phenomenon has long been investigated, it is lying in the archives of major forces.

What could it be? Cassia read what she had written, and finally tore it off and threw it into the fire. At that time, Perkins did not give specific answers in the book. Perhaps he knew the true appearance of all the notes in the book, but as a publication, a little mystery seemed to be more attractive.

I don’t know if this is a bad taste, at least Cassia thinks it is. Being curious can often torture yourself in all aspects. During this period, he checked his mechanical watch every ten minutes. It had been almost an hour since Cassie left. Affected by the hurricane, daily fast hunting has also been delayed to a certain extent.

Cassia stood up and walked to the tree hole. The swirling cold wind swept the dead leaves into the air and carried them away. The air becomes humid at a visible speed, and in less than a minute, there is a "crackling" sound between the friction of leaves.

The heavy rain had already arrived, and soon large, cold water droplets gathered from the tree crowns and fell. The humid environment suddenly gave rise to the uncomfortable feeling of a corpse being soaked until it turned white. The southern forest is an ancient forest. All the ancient trees and plants here can be called living fossils. It is not too much to think of them as corpses.

The breath he exhaled was white. Cassia looked at the forest covered by tree trunks, thinking that Cassia would be back soon, but her body suddenly tensed up. At this time, his eyes naturally looked diagonally forward as his head turned. There was a small sound there, like something moving forward in this stormy weather.

After standing still and waiting for more than half a minute, a beast whose hair became smoother and brighter in the falling rain came into his sight. It looks like the green wolf that is common in the southern forests, but its coat color has a rare dark red color. Each one is close to the skin, like long needle-like scales, and the rain falling on it will naturally slide off.

The two eyes were dark green and the body was close to two meters tall. Cassia judged that it was not a young giant wolf, but an adult. However, the species limited his size. A little later, he discovered that Cassia was looking at him. The wolf immediately stopped and stared at Cassia. At the same time, the gushing heat rushed forward a meter or two before gradually dispersing, and two rows of bright and sharp teeth were also exposed. come out.

"Narota!" A human voice came from further away, which seemed to be the name of the wolf. Immediately afterwards, a group of four people walked out from behind the ancient tree. Two men, one was middle-aged and the other was very young. The remaining two are women, one is about the same age as a young man, and the other is a girl, about twelve or thirteen years old. The clothing is very different from the Empire, at least the pattern decoration of the clothes has not been seen by Cassia. Only then did Cassia realize that the voice just now was the language of the Flame Alliance, but his brain switched too quickly and he did not notice the difference in time. The four of them stood next to the red wolf. Feeling tired after the long journey, they all turned their attention to Cassia.

"Human!" With confusion, none of the four people made any move. Only one of them stretched out his hand and patted the red wolf's body, but the red wolf still showed his sharp teeth. Cassia looked away at this time and looked behind the ancient tree next to the four of them, where there were undisguised footsteps.

The red wolf roared almost at the same time, immediately turned around and looked in the same direction, and the needle-like hairs on its back stood up in an attacking posture. The roar had no deterrent effect, and the sound of footsteps became louder from far to near. The four people immediately took action and all left the red wolf. Without the slightest doubt, they quickly came to a position not far from Cassia to guard.

"Discatli!" the middle-aged man called out at this time, and the young woman responded, turning around and pulling the girl to stand behind the two men. With the sound of dead branches breaking, both men pulled out their weapons. The design of the pistol was quite different from that of the Empire, but it was very close to the wheel that Cassia was used to using.

Cassia looked at the four people and the red wolf, not knowing what to do for a moment. , they should be reminded that Cassia feels that he should be happy to meet humans in the forest, although this will not help or affect his journey.

"Hey, young man!" The middle-aged man tilted his head a little and called Cassia.

Cassia turned her head and was about to respond, but Cassia had already walked out of the tree trunks with a dead sharp-horned sheep in one hand and his favorite giant sword in the other.

"Dragon!" The middle-aged man said with shock and anger, and stepped back a little. He and another young man completely blocked Discatli and the little girl behind them.

Seeing this scene in front of the dead tree stump, Cassie Hei also stopped. During the time I left, there seemed to be something more here. It looked at the red wolf on the side who was ready to attack at any time, and immediately moved its body to the side, and the giant sword in its hand was ready to be swung out at any time, and then it looked at Cassia.