This stone basin looked rather familiar, but it was deeply engraved in Sheyan's heart. It was even more memorable than Melody's chest. This was because this basin was placed beside the altar, and was used to hold a strange fuel. It was specially used to ignite human skin. Once ignited, it would be hard to extinguish, and the burning fumes would form a blood red pillar.
Most crucially, after igniting, it emitted a strange and nauseating fragrance that attracted that terrifying great hawk. For some unknown reason, it was tossed into this icy valley.
After a simple search, Sheyan didn't find anything else in this little valley. Instead, he found several of those strange black rocks.
Sheyan didn't know if it was due to fatigue or something else, but he felt dizzy. He knew this place was incomparably treacherous, and he didn't have the time to search for Reef. Thus, he could only carry Melody on his back, and stride forward.
The rocky beach was rather rugged and difficult to traverse, as Sheyan gritted his teeth and persevered. Very quickly, he left this perilous place.
*****
The nearby flames had extinguished, but faint green fumes curled up in spirals. Those scorched black tree trunks still stubbornly pointed towards the sky. The surface of the ground revealed ashen colored rocks, which looked like the skin of a dead person.
In the distant pine forest, the flames were still burning, but the tentacle monsters couldn't wait any longer. They hurriedly urged some orcs to enter, obviously wanting them to scout ahead. These orcs were short and skinny, their bodies dripping with blood after being whipped. They curled up in the cold wind, looking as though they would die at any moment.
Obviously, the orcs had investigated all sorts of strange places here, and knew that after inhaling the poison, it would take a period of time before it flared up. Thus, they specially selected these dying orcs to scout ahead. If they were poisoned, then the poison would flare up rapidly; thus, they could ascertain if there was any danger ahead.
All of a sudden, an aged orc rolled to the ground, screaming in fright. White foam overflowed from his mouth as he rolled around incessantly. Several uruk-hais swiftly caught up, and splashed a bucket of cold water over him. They swiftly tied him up, and finally stuffed his mouth.
Soon, the Orc woke up and panted weakly.
Following that, more and more Half-Orcs fell to the ground and wailed, but most of them were old and weak. The stronger ones only felt dizzy and nauseous as they retched. After observing for approximately half an hour, the uruk-hai leader Lurtz shockingly appeared at the scene. His hands were folded across his chest as he solemnly spoke to his adjutant.
"It seems that Master's conjecture is correct. The soil beneath this pine forest contains a terrifying hallucinogenic toxin. Moreover, this toxin will slowly evaporate when the temperature is high, causing the pine forest to be filled with miasma.
Now that the fire had evaporated most of the toxins, the remaining toxins were no longer a concern. We will naturally be able to pass through safely. Give the order, set out! "
Luz gave the order, and the majestic beastman army set off. They brought along a large number of tents and other tools as they moved forward. All the beastmen only stopped when they reached the large lake. Luz's expression was gloomy as he gazed at the lake, using his coarse fingers to caress his beloved bow.
At this moment, a few orcs pushed a stubborn elf over. Beside him was an exceptionally gigantic tentacled freak. He approached Lurtz and waved his tentacles, transmitting a mental ripple to Lurtz.
"Luz, two years ago, Master had already ordered an expedition to this place. This is also the reason why I will temporarily take over your command. "
Luz turned his head in astonishment.
"What, Mister Kanter, why didn't I know about this?"
The large tentacle monster Kanter replied.
"Because at that time, you were still in the midst of testing! During that expedition, those valiant pioneers relied on the Yavanna grass mask, and successfully filtered out the toxic miasma. They had long passed through this plague forest, and even paid a huge price to cross this Carn Dûm lake. Although they all ended up sleeping in the Floating Forest Shoal on the opposite shore, they still sent us a lot of important information. "
"Amongst these information, the most important is: The most threatening creatures of Carn Dûm lake are tentacle-like creatures. According to master's conjecture, they should be mutated earthworms. Although their damage isn't high, the venom they spit out is extremely frightening. The last group of brave warriors who crossed Carn Dûm lake didn't pay attention to the venom of these earthworms. Hence, even though the land of hope was right in front of them, they were helpless and lost their lives in the temporary camp at the floating forest."
"Then how should we deal with these earthworms?" Luz's expression was gloomy. "Don't tell me we have to drain this damned lake. Master had long surveyed, this damned lake is connected to a massive underground water vein. It looks like an isolated lake, but it is actually connected to the nearby underground water system of the mines of Moria!"
Mister Kanter raised one of his tentacles and aimed it at the stubborn Elf beside him.
"The answer is an elf, Mr Luz. According to our research, elves are creatures that are close to nature. They will emit an aura that makes the earthworms feel comfortable. You can understand it as the fragrance of flowers to humans. Therefore, as long as we carry an elf on board the wooden raft, then we can safely cross this lake. "
Luz remained silent, first he turned his head to look at the wooden raft behind him. Then he pulled out an arrow and the longbow in his hands. Aiming at the surface of the lake, he slowly pulled back. The muscles on his thick arms swelled, even the hairs on his body stood erect. Then he suddenly loosened the bow!
In a blink of an eye, one could see the peaceful surface of the lake 30 metres ahead. Abruptly, large amounts of blood coloured bubbles emerged from the bottom, gurgling like a string of bubbles as they floated up. One couldn't even see the entire process of Luz's arrow being released, there wasn't even a shadow!!
Following that, the lake water started to turn turbid, obviously the sand at the bottom was being crazily churned up. After a while, a fleshy creature with a diameter of half a metre and length of 6-7 metres floated out of the water. Its body had a large hole the size of a bowl, badly mutilated. Its external appearance looked like a roundworm magnified by N times, but its mouth had sharp triangular teeth. One could foresee that once bitten, the wound would be rather unique.
"Without an elf, we can still safely cross this lake!!!" Luz didn't even bother to look at the tentacle monster Kanter, coldly declaring.
*****
Sheyan continued advancing through the rugged rocky beach. Even though he had the physique of a contestant, carrying a living person for such a long distance was still a huge drain on his physique. Along the way, Sheyan could feel that this rocky beach was actually a winding canyon. Looking at the scars on both sides of the canyon, it should have been formed by the constant flow of water. In the process of his advance, he continued to discover several of those strange 'black stones', but the rocky beach in front of him still seemed to be endless.
Nevertheless, to Sheyan, not seeing any pursuers behind him was a great blessing. Being able to drag on for a second would undoubtedly increase the completion rate of the party mission. Furthermore, he had already made up his mind. If he was forced into a dead end, he would personally kill Melody. He believed that if she was conscious, she would definitely support this cruel and helpless decision of his.
After walking for another 10 minutes, Sheyan wiped off his perspiration. He couldn't help but think to himself, this elf maiden looked slender and delicate, extremely young and inexperienced. Her clothes concealed her ample bosom. Not only were her breasts perky, her legs were long and slender, even her breasts were rather perky.
After pondering for a while, Sheyan realized his hands were wretchedly propping up Melody's breasts. That feeling was exceedingly good, he couldn't help but have the urge to explore deeper into the valley. Just as Sheyan's evil thoughts were overflowing, and he intended to take this opportunity to fondle her more, Melody suddenly opened her eyes. Her limpid eyes stared at Sheyan suspiciously as she asked.
"Do you like to grope my breasts?"
Sheyan was stared at by Melody's tranquil and limpid eyes, he suddenly felt that having evil thoughts towards her was a sin. Although his body was unwilling to admit defeat, he fiercely replied.
"Why, I can't touch!"
However, he felt guilty for no reason at all, as if he had been caught blaspheming a goddess. Melody smiled sweetly and said, "That's right.
"You are my protector, liking my body, I'm happy too."
Her reply was like a bold and unrestrained woman, but coupled with her pure and holy expression, it gave Sheyan an indescribable resolute feeling. For a moment, he was so embarrassed that he was speechless.
At this moment, Melody stood up. Facing the rising sun, she brushed her hair. Instantly, the dazzling rays of the morning sun seemed to have been sliced apart. Amidst the specks of light, her head of green hair rapidly turned silver. She seemed to have lost some of her innocence, and was now filled with a sense of coolness and composure.
Sheyan observed such a transformation and was greatly astonished. He suddenly recalled the words of the elves and probed with a probing question.
"Your people said something about a twilight elf, don't tell me you are one now?" If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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