A fleeting look of surprise crossed Sal's face: "You actually knew?"
Sheng shook his head and smiled: "No, not really. I just happened to have heard some vague rumors, but I don't know much about the details. It would be great if someone who knows more about this could explain it to us."
Of course, these are just polite and modest expressions.
The obvious excitement emanating from Sheng's eyes and brows was enough to tell that this was the moment when his accumulated experience from numerous campaigns would be put to the test.
"Ah, of course."
Unaware of everything, Thrall simply made the most appropriate reaction at the moment, nodding foolishly, clearing his throat slightly before beginning his explanation: "The place I'm about to introduce is a large wetland surrounding our settlement, or you could think of it as a swamp. After all, it's a place full of silt and stagnant water. If you're not careful, you can easily slip from what looks like grass and fall into the mud, and then be swallowed up. You could say that even for our race, it's a complete forbidden zone."
He swallowed nervously again, glancing around as he lowered his voice: "Moreover, there's another reason why that place is considered a forbidden zone. You've all seen those wild beasts that were active in the woods before, haven't you? There are even more terrifying creatures in that wetland!"
"It has a huge, thick tail, sharp teeth, sturdy scales, powerful limbs, and can even move freely in the wetlands. When it attacks, it will fiercely strangle the target. It is an extremely terrifying being! And once it appears, there will be more than one!"
He was talking about crocodiles.
Sheng, who was standing next to me, quietly made an annotation for me.
Upon closer reflection, aside from some discrepancies in the description of body size, the other characteristics closely match my general impression of crocodiles.
In addition, the surrounding environment seems to magnify the size of the environment and creatures on a unique scale, so it is not unimaginable that such an oversized crocodile could appear.
As for whether I felt scared or terrified by Thrall's exaggerated and terrifying descriptions? What? Are you kidding me?
With a performance that looks like a sitcom, it would be difficult to scare me.
After all, it has faced dragons with heads that are far more exaggerated in size than that, and even jumped into the other's mouth, making a mess of things by going down its esophagus into its stomach, and finally managed to take a nap peacefully. Isn't it a bit too slow to feel fear now?
In short, this was a piece of cake for me.
However, the other members of the team did not seem to agree with this idea.
Xiaoxi, whose face turned pale instantly, was the first to object: "It was alright when we were facing a large number of magical beasts before, as long as we encouraged each other and gritted our teeth and persevered. But those huge ones... just thinking about it makes me feel like I can't handle it!"
As she spoke, she shook her head frantically, vehemently expressing her opposition.
The usually composed Shan simply stood aside, raising his shield with a wry smile and giving it a helpless look.
Yes, once we're in an environment with such poor soil, our main means of movement will be limited to small-scale movements, or relay-style assistance between Sheng and me. Add to that the possibility of encountering large monsters, and it's clear that mountains aren't suitable only for defensive operations on solid ground.
Even if the mountain has newly acquired special equipment that can completely link itself with the surrounding earth and solidify it into a whole in a short period of time, it won't work.
It is highly likely that this will result in an even more severe blow.
"Of course, we won't try to go deep into the heart of the wetlands! We'll just need to take a detour along the edge!"
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Sal hurriedly tried to explain.
So everyone turned their attention to the last one.
The silent Shadow Butterfly remained frozen in place, its body completely gray and white like plaster. It only snapped back to reality after being called several times.
"I hate huge things..."
The light, airy voice dissipated into the air like smoke about to vanish.
Thinking back a little, it seems that Shadow Butterfly's expression wasn't very good when facing those gigantic monsters.
It was a majority vote against.
Things suddenly became a bit awkward.
Seeing the tense atmosphere, Sal, who had been watching the colors closely, quickly offered a new suggestion: "How about this? After all, I also think it's a bit too much to go through the wetlands. The area is vast and dangerous. Even though we're in a hurry, we can't let the kind people who have helped us go through restricted areas that we wouldn't dare to enter, and risk our lives for nothing."
"I just thought about it again, and I seem to vaguely remember another shortcut, though it's a bit more winding than the straight path through the wetlands, but it has the advantage of..."
"Wait a minute." Sheng interrupted him, her face pale. "That shortcut you mentioned, it's not underground, is it?"
Sal stopped speaking in surprise and looked at Sheng with even more astonishment: "Yes, that's right... How did you know?"
"Uh... how I know this isn't important right now, what's important is something else!"
Because of the unnatural swaying, the boy's slender body became even thinner, as if a gust of wind could blow him away.
He took a deep breath, and with a determined look, protested in a low voice: "There are spiders in the underground passage!"
"Hmm? Spiders? Ah, you mean eight-legged spiders? But there are other insects too." Sal still looked confused. "Green aphids, whiteflies, crickets, millipedes... and many more."
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