Chapter 168 005: Habik
Two days later, the South Coast mission came down, requiring him to go and assist the South Coast Alliance in attacking the Shadow Tower.
A few days later, in the Lost Forest.
The Lost Forest is an area located in the west of the Dark Forest. It is densely wooded and has complex terrain. Strange travelers often get lost and eventually swallowed by the forest, hence the name.
At the entrance of the Lost Forest, Luo Xi jumped off Nilu's back, lifted up her big hood and looked at the forest in front of her.
There are many trees that require several people to hug, and their height is tens, hundreds or even thousands of meters. They stand on the ground like giant pillars. Dense branches spread out from both sides and entangled with each other to form a piece that covers the sky and blocks out the sun. The roots of the trees on the ground are also extremely complicated and tangled.
“So many giant species!”
Ordinary trees cannot grow to this height, this is a giant species.
Giant species do not only appear in animals. To be precise, giant species are relatively rare among animals, and giant species in plants account for the majority.
The trees in front of us are still considered small. Some powerful giant species of trees can even grow to tens or even hundreds of kilometers. One tree is a forest, which is home to various creatures and even human villages.
Strictly speaking, this type of tree species has already left the category of giant species and reached the level of world species.
"What huge trees! Brother Luo Xi, are we going inside?" Nilu looked at the huge forest in front of her and felt a little uncomfortable for some reason: "This forest makes me feel uneasy."
Luo Xi raised his eyebrows and asked in confusion: "Is there any danger here?"
Nilu shook her head: "I'm not too sure, but I just feel that this place is not very good."
Rosie frowned.
The hellhound is a high-level magical life form, and its soul perception ability is far beyond the reach of an ordinary wizard like Luo Xi. It is not surprising that Nilu can perceive some existences that Luo Xi cannot perceive.
Luo Xi asked: "Can you sense what it is specifically?"
"I'll try."
Nilu closed her eyes and calmed down for a while, but it seemed that she didn't get any results. She shook her head and said, "I'm sorry, Brother Luo Xi."
Can't sense it? Luo Xi shook his head: "It's okay, let's go in first."
The presence of powerful energy bodies does not necessarily mean that there will be danger in the forest. Although many energy bodies are powerful, they are not threatening as long as you do not provoke them.
For example, it is like a volcano with boiling magma flowing in it, but if it is just an ant, it cannot sense the existence of the magma in the volcano. Here, Luo Xi is comparable to the ant, and Nilu is a creature that is much stronger than the ant, such as a bird, who can see the existence of magma.
Although the energy of these magmas is very strong, as long as you don't run to the edge of the magma mouth or jump in on your own initiative, you will generally be fine.
According to the information Luo Xi knew, this forest had existed for a long time. Dark wizards were often active here, and no bad things had ever happened. Apart from that, there were some human towns and other biological communities, so there shouldn't be anything wrong.
Walking into the forest with Nilu, Luo Xi took out the mission scroll given by the Alliance. On the scroll was a map of this place with a coordinate on it. According to the Alliance's requirements, he needed to reach this coordinate within seven days.
“It’s a bit strange indeed.”
Walking in the forest, Luo Xi turned his head and looked at the trees around him.
The survival of giant species consumes a lot of energy. Logically speaking, it takes the energy supply of an entire forest to grow just one such tree. For this reason, it is extremely rare to have one giant species in a forest. The energy supply of so many giant species in this forest is simply incomprehensible.
"Hey, stranger."
"A new face, a new face I've never seen before."
"Ah, look at him walking in the ancient forest. What draws him here?"
"Guess, let's guess, it's time to bet on the nuts."
At this moment, a strange voice came from the tree. Luo Xi turned his head to look over there, only to find that it was two little squirrels on the tree.
Luo Xi was surprised and asked: "Harbik?"
Habik, this is a population among the forest tribe. They have low intelligence and can communicate with humans. They are a low-level intelligent species.
Luo Xi tapped the ground with his toes, dodged a few times, and soon appeared in front of the two little squirrels.
This move immediately startled the two little guys.
"It's over. Why did he come up here suddenly? Run away."
“They’ll be eaten!”
The two little guys were about to run away, wagging their tails, but before they could run away, they were held in place by an invisible force.
Although Habik possess low-level intelligence, their body functions are no different from those of ordinary animals. To put it simply, they are animals that can talk.
"Oh, why can't I move!"
"It's over, it's a wizard!"
Luo Xi came to the two quarreling squirrels, grabbed one by the tail and held it in front of him, saying: "Don't be nervous, I have no ill intentions."
The little squirrel shivered, and its two pearly teeth made a clicking sound.
Luo Xi took out two magic stones and placed them in front of the squirrels. The eyes of the two little guys immediately lit up.
"Magic Stone, it's Magic Stone!"
"baby!"
Magic stones are of extremely high value to intelligent life forms. Most intelligent life forms know that these inconspicuous black stones can be used to exchange for any treasure one wants from the omnipotent wizard.
Luo Xi waved the magic stone in front of the squirrel and said, "I would like to hire you two as my guides. I also have some questions about this forest that I would like to ask you two. Is that ok?"
As he spoke, he released his mental force field, releasing his control over the squirrel.
The two little squirrels immediately pecked at the head like chicks eating rice, and bowed in a humane manner.
"I will be glad to be of service to you, sir."
"You won't find a better guide in the Lost Forest than Hami."
Luo Xi threw the magic stone in his hand over. The two little squirrels jumped up nimbly, and their tiny claws immediately grabbed the magic stone with their big tails.
"Magic Stone, it's really Magic Stone!"
"I'm rich, I'm rich!"
Luo Xi then took out the map and asked the squirrel: "Okay, you two, I want to go to this place, you can lead the way for me, right?"
The name of the Lost Forest is not random. The terrain of this place is complicated and it is easy to get lost in it. Although it is not impossible for a wizard to find his way, it is definitely not as convenient as finding a guide.
The little squirrel leaned over to take a look and easily recognized the location of the coordinates.
"Over at the Black Swamp."
"We are familiar with this place. You won't get lost."
(End of this chapter)
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