The deeper you go into the forest, the more weeds there are, and there's hardly any place to put your feet.
Dagoli swung his machete, cutting a path through the ground, while constantly flipping through the yellowed and damaged map in his hand.
"Damn it, something seems off about the position!"
Even with a map, they seemed to be lost!
One of the henchmen took out a compass, and the needle tip kept waving around randomly without any pattern!
"Big brother! It doesn't seem to be working!"
Lost in the primeval forest, it seems unlikely that even if they wanted to return the way they came, it would be impossible.
"Legend has it that King Solomon's curse spread throughout the entire forest. Those who enter the forest will either be swallowed up by it and become corpses, or they will encounter demons and die without a complete corpse!"
"Huh?" Alice overheard their conversation and couldn't help but ask, "It's so dangerous, if it's a sure-fire death situation, why did you come here?"
In this day and age, are people still in a rush to be reborn?
"What do you know! We're here precisely because no one has succeeded!" one of the henchmen in the back exclaimed with a fanatical expression. "If someone succeeded and took all the treasure, what would be the point of us even coming here!"
This... seems to make some sense?
"King Solomon's treasure... What use is such a thing? Can it be more valuable than one's own life?"
Alice was a little confused. She didn't really understand money, and as for the demons in The Lord of the Rings... wasn't that Karami the Little?
I reckon there aren't as many near-gods in their team as there are in the other team.
But her words infuriated the underling!
"Little brat, what do you know! That's King Solomon's Ring of Power! A full 72 demons!"
"If I could get... cough cough, if my older brother could get it, he would be the next King Solomon! Then I could at least become a duke, hahaha!"
“I think it’s easier for you to start preparing for an uprising now than to control 72 demons.”
"Fine, I won't stoop to your level, you little brat."
The group continued forward, and beads of sweat began to appear on Dagoli's forehead. Although he had been looking at the map, he could no longer understand it because he had no idea where he was!
"Hmm... I've found the way, it's just a bit far, but it'll be fine if you follow me!"
"Good! As expected of the eldest brother!"
The previous hesitation and the compass malfunction had already caused some distrust among the team members, so even if they had lost their way, Dagoli absolutely could not tell them this fact!
Panic is like a plague; it spreads and intensifies over time!
He has the ability to lead others to find the treasure, then he is the true leader.
Otherwise, who knows what a group of desperate thugs might do to his former "big brother" in a moment of desperation?
Dagoli swung his knife at the bushes ahead, but when he sheathed it, he found the blade had turned red!
He became alert and looked ahead, only to find that a snake that had been lying in the bushes had been chopped in two by his knife, and the head was still rolling and struggling on the ground.
"It was a false alarm."
It turned out to be just a tiny, insignificant snake; he had thought he had struck something unclean.
"This snake is too brightly colored."
Jiang Ran's words drew everyone's attention.
"So what if it's a bit bright? Nature is full of wonders, maybe it's some new species."
One of the underlings smiled, trying to ease the somewhat serious atmosphere.
“He’s right.” Dagoli, who had been about to continue forward, frowned and squatted down. “Snakes in the jungle shouldn’t look like this.”
"snake......"
Among the 72 demons of King Solomon, wasn't there a serpent demon? And many demons also have the element of serpents!
"Is this really a land cursed by demons?"
The team members were not afraid at all; on the contrary, they became excited!
What does this mean? It means they've come to the right place! If the demonic curse is confirmed, it means King Solomon's One Ring exists in this forest!
"Captain, let's hurry up, I don't think we need to rest!"
Dagoly took a deep breath, ignoring maps and getting lost. As long as he was sure he was going the right way, he would just keep going!
"Walk!"
Jiang Ran took one last look at the snake before following at the back of the group.
"Ha! I caught another snake, boss!"
As the group continued forward, more and more snakes appeared in their field of vision, on the bushes, treetops, and even on the ground!
Each person's blade was stained with snake blood.
During this time, Gwen and Alice wanted to help, but Jiang Ran stopped them.
“If these are just ordinary snakes, they won’t have any problems without your help.”
"If these snakes are possessed, it's best if we don't make a move."
The deeper they went, the more their excitement faded, replaced by a faint sense of fear.
Because there are more and more snakes.
Holy crap!
A tangled snake fell from the treetop and landed in the middle of the group. It was so densely intertwined that it gave everyone goosebumps!
One of the henchmen, suppressing his nausea, slashed at the snake mass with his knife. After cutting through the outermost layer of snakes, the blade got stuck inside!
"Boss, there's something hard in here!"
An object so strangely entangled with a bunch of snakes must be a great treasure!
Another henchman rushed forward to help, using his knife to repeatedly kill the snakes on the outside, trying to expose what was inside!
"It'll be here soon, it'll be here soon!"
Tick-tock—
A drop of water fell on their heads.
"What's that? Is it going to rain?"
He looked up and met a pair of cold, snake-like eyes!
It was a giant python taller than a house! Its tongue darted down from the treetop, its scarlet serpentine tongue flicking out, and saliva dripped onto my little brother's head!
"Boss! Something big is here!"
The young man was so frightened that he backed away repeatedly. He had never seen such a huge snake, not even on television. If this discovery could be made public, it would probably be a major earthquake for the entire biological world!
"hiss--"
The snake's head snapped down, swallowing half of the henchman's body in one gulp, leaving only his legs limply lying on the ground.
"Run!"
Dagoli, disregarding his shock, hurriedly urged everyone to run forward, but another henchman ignored him and continued to hack and slash at the snake gang!
"Just a little bit more, just a little bit more and I'll be able to see the treasure inside!"
"If it contains King Solomon's Ring of Power, then I can control the power of demons! What would I have to fear from the python then?!"
"hiss--"
The giant python opened its massive jaws and bit down!
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