The sky was overcast, and the cold wind made the robes of the five people riding on the horses whistle.

The five people dismounted and looked at the vast forest in front of them. The trees were withered and yellow, the soil was gray and black, there were no birds singing, and there was no green at all. The vast forest didn't look very good.

Any normal person would notice that something was wrong with the forest in front of them, as if they were sick.

"Can we take a detour?"

Ye Fenni looked at the lifeless forest in front of her and suddenly said.

"There is no way around it!"

"Through this forest, we only need to walk for another week. If everything goes well, we will reach the town of Willens in the north."

"But if we take a detour from here, we will have to walk at least about a month and a half..."

"What do you think?" Withered Forest

Geralt shook his head and asked the people around him.

After Geralt finished speaking, everyone was silent. An extra month and a half of walking was indeed too long.

"How long will it take us to get through this forest?"

Gordon frowned and asked.

"It will take about six to seven days. This is the time it took us when we passed through this forest more than ten years ago."

"I'm afraid it's just a little more now."

Geralt said calmly.

The difference between taking a detour and not taking a detour is exactly one month.

Anyone who is not stupid knows how to choose.

However, in this world, there is no saying that forests are environmentally friendly and that forests are the lungs of the planet.

In this world, forests are not a good place.

Some caravans and travelers on long journeys avoid forests as much as possible when they are on their way.

It is because various monsters can appear and hide in the lush forest that blocks out the sky and the sun.

The bigger the forest, the more terrifying it is, as anything can appear in it.

The vast forest in front of us is almost unprecedented in Gordon. You can imagine that the detour will take more than a month on horseback.

Normally, various monsters are likely to appear in the forest, but now a forest like this looks very strange.

There is no need to guess at all to know that there must be a lot of danger and trouble inside.

"Is that so?"

Geralt looked up at the sky and asked.

For this kind of thing, the consent of everyone present must be obtained.

But to say everyone is actually asking Gordon.

Among the five, Xina must be based on her teacher Geralt, while Tesili's relationship with Geralt has been warming up during this time, and she must be based on her lover.

Of the two, Yevni and Gordon, although Yevni is powerful, she looks cold.

But in reality, Gordon, who is much younger than her, takes the lead in everything.

Basically, Geralt and Gordon were making decisions along the way.

"Then let's go."

"With the strength of the few of us, as long as we don't take the initiative to cause trouble, I believe some monsters will not easily provoke us."

"An extra month's journey is too long."

"If I don't take a nice hot bath, Eveni won't dare to be intimate with me."

Gordon laughed.

As soon as he opened his mouth, several others laughed.

Yevni glanced at Gordon with her beautiful purple eyes, snorted lightly, and said nothing.

Tesili immediately smiled sympathetically and said: "Geralt, you heard me, before we arrive in the town of Valens, unless you take a shower again, don't even think about being intimate with me again."

Speaking of taking a bath, both Geralt and Gordon shivered.

A month ago, after the five people purchased a large amount of supplies from Ferrey Town and left, they never entered the town or village again to avoid trouble.

I relied on the supplies I bought along the way and killed some animals on the road for food, and I just made it all the way here.

Among them, Gordon and Geralt took two cold baths, no, ice baths.

If there were only Gordon, Geralt and Sheena, they wouldn't take a bath once a month.

But in order to be intimate with his woman, he still bravely rushed into the frozen river twice.

Although his body was several times stronger than a normal person, the bone-chilling feeling left a deep impression on Gordon and Geralt.

No, when Tesili mentioned it, the two of them couldn't help but think of the excitement of taking an ice bath in the cold wind.

"I would like to wash, but you have to find a river for me..."

Geralt said helplessly.

"Let's go, I think it's going to snow."

Gordon laughed.

The dull atmosphere of the forest in front of them suddenly disappeared, and the team immediately became lively again.

Five people and five horses started heading towards the withered forest in front of them.

There must be no roads in such a primitive forest, and there is no way to ride a horse.

Gordon and Geralt walked at the front to lead the way, Xina led the horse in the middle, and Evene and Tesili walked behind the team.

The injury on Tesili's arm has long since healed. As a sorceress whose spells focus on healing, Tesili's presence is the best safety guarantee for the small team.

Walking into the large and secluded forest, everyone immediately felt an uncomfortable smell of decay and corruption.

Several horses snorted and raised their hooves a little uneasily, and Xina immediately comforted them softly.

Fortunately, Xina had special powers and the horses had seen many scenes and were quickly calmed down.

Leaving the edge of the forest, the five-person team gradually walked deeper into the forest.

Tall trees blocked the sky, making the sky dark and gloomy.

The soil underfoot is black, withered, and rotten, and the weeds and thorns on the ground have long since died.

As I walked deeper, I realized that the forest was seriously ill.

Many of the trees are a little misshapen, with tangled roots on the ground.

There are also many tree branches covered with ugly things that look like black tumors the size of a human head.

Some of these black tumors growing on large branches have not yet burst, while others have burst and leaked black pus.

The black viscous pus exudes a faint rancid smell.

It seems that the rotten smell in the air is emanating from these ugly black tumors.

The five people walked slowly in the forest, and the atmosphere became silent unconsciously.

At this moment, Geralt's footsteps suddenly stopped.

Gordon immediately asked: "What's wrong?"

Geralt turned to look at Gordon and frowned: "Didn't you see?"

Gordon asked: "What did you see?"

Seeing Gordon's serious expression, Geralt shook his head: "Forget it, maybe I saw it wrong."

Gordon nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

"The air here will have a slight hallucinogenic effect, so be careful and remember to speak up as soon as you see anything."

At this time, Eveni's voice suddenly came over.

"No wonder..."

Geralt shook his head.

"It turned out to be a hallucination. I seemed to have seen a person just now!"

Xina also spoke at this time.

"We have been walking in this forest for an hour, let's take a rest!"

Gordon took out his pocket watch, looked at it, and said.

"Phew...I can finally rest."

"These horses are a little restless. Shall we light a torch later?"

As soon as Gordon finished speaking, Xina immediately said happily.

"Just light one, it's really depressing here."

Tesili then stepped forward and said.

"Then let me light a fire and eat something before we leave. The horse is also a little hungry."

Xina said and handed the horse's reins to Tesili and went to collect firewood from the surroundings, with Gordon helping.

Soon, a small fire burned at the foot of a tall tree trunk.

At this moment, a huge foot suddenly fell from the sky and suddenly trampled Xina's newly raised fire to pieces!

Everyone retreated in fear, and the horses neighed and barked wildly!

Gordon suddenly pulled out the steel sword from his back, but Geralt held him tight and said urgently:
Chapter completed!