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Frodo handed the petal to Xiaobai without saying a word.
"Yeah, same taste."
Wang: "That's not right. Picking up one petal might be good luck. Picking up two petals in a row, and at the critical time when the camp was discovered. Don't you think it's too coincidental?"
Frodo nodded. "Yes. But... this petal is so subtle that it's hard to imagine it was left there on purpose."
"No," Wang shook his head. "Was the first petal placed in a very obvious place? I suppose not?"
Frodo: "What do you mean?"
"This is a screening mechanism. If you can't find the petal, then the person has escaped. The second clue is for the 'meticulous and sharp scouts' who can find the first clue, understand? The first clue itself is a screening mechanism."
Frodo: "Why, then? To mislead us? Or to set an ambush?"
The king did not answer, but took out the voice stone: "Anyway, we need to call for reinforcements, and then see what we can say."
Chapter 371: Ambush failed, and the forest was deserted.
After all the team members had gathered, Wang thought of a question: "If we gather so carelessly, will they run away?"
Flint: "It's good that at least the people who were searching the monastery were not transferred here."
Lily: "It was my idea. I asked them to stay."
Nini looked at the two unremarkable adventurers and said, "Teacher, who are these two?"
Wang: "I just discovered these talents. I just appointed them as...scouts for the regular army of the floating island whose name has not yet been determined."
Lily: "Is it really okay to name it so casually? Why not let Rosalie come up with a name?"
"All right." The king pointed to the person who discovered the petal, "Frodo of Leon, tell me the situation."
"Why do you have to mention the place name?" Lily asked puzzledly.
King: "Because that is their wish. Don't you agree, Frodo of Leon?"
The ranger was stunned.
The king looked at Frodo and said, "Well, do you dislike such teasing?"
Lily: "Oh my god, you actually care about other people's feelings!"
Wang: "Ah? Do I care about other people's feelings? I just think that if others don't like to tease me, then we should stop."
"Oh my god!" Lily said again.
Flint: "Looking at it this way, our captain has made some progress in his adventures over the past six months."
Wang: "Of course, I have already reached the fifth ring, so I must have made progress."
Xiao Bai: "Da Congming has eaten up all the growth. I think he is pretty good now. He is interesting and doesn't make people think he is a fool."
"A sudden confession?" Lily was upset again, "Oh yeah, it's you. Last time you took off your clothes, the professors interfered with the signal of the crystal ball, and we saw mosaics all over you."
"What is Mosaic?" Xiao Bai asked seriously, "Is it delicious?"
Wang: "Not bad. Anyway, I'll trouble you, Nini. Track the enemy and be careful not to be ambushed."
Nini looked at the petal carefully, then handed it to the Crow Druid: "This should be the Druid's professional field, right?"
Xiaobai: "I can smell it too."
The druid took the petal and cast a spell, and a blurry shadow appeared in front of everyone.
"No, the information on the plant has been erased. It may be magic that interferes with detection."
Lily poked Wang in the waist: "Master of the School of Prophecy, your area of expertise, speak up."
Wang: "We can't find them with just this. Anyway, we go ahead. Nini, be careful not to get ambushed."
Nini nodded.
So the group set off.
Frodo looked a little worried, so he asked the king, "Don't we... need to go back and report to our captain?"
"Tell him you've been promoted? Come with us, it'll be good to have an extra ranger for firepower, and we'll need your friend to dismantle the traps later - I mean, if there are any." The king replied.
Sam from Goldshire echoed, "Let's just follow the city lord. This is a matter of saving the world. If we fail, our hometown will be filled with monsters."
Many of the adventurers gathered on the floating island had already seen the appearance of the monster, after all, the Catalai Cult had attacked several times. Other adventurers escaped from Catalai, and they had also heard about the monsters created by the Cult.
Frodo muttered thoughtfully: "Why would anyone support a church that does such terrible and abominable things all the time?"
Everyone else was silent.
Because no one knows why.
Flint: "Remember Mark at the beginning of our adventure? He was so happy to turn into that thing."
Lily: "Convert fanaticism?"
"I don't know." Flint shook his head. "As a voter of Cailin, I follow Cailin because his creed is very consistent with my aesthetics. I mean, the creed other than my love of tap dancing. Now my belief in Cailin is even stronger because he provides me with endless liquor."
Xiaobai: “Because of this?”
"That's why. Kailin is a real God. If you are in a bad mood, go to the church - I mean if you can find his church, pray and some funny things will usually happen to cheer you up."
Wang: "And the Kailin Church on our island is even more direct, with unlimited drinks."
"And even if you drink yourself to death, there's still Cailin's priest to pull you back." Flint added, "In my opinion, faith is like this. Maybe Lancelot's priests and paladins will have different answers, but this is how it is for me. I think the state religion from Catalonia should also have some appeal."
Nini suddenly raised her hand: "Wait a minute, there is a trap ahead."
Frodo, who had been absorbed in the conversation, immediately became alert and took up his bow and arrow, while his friend also took up his crossbow.
Wang asked Nini: "Where are the enemies?"
Nini shot an arrow directly, and the next moment a horn sounded.
Lily waved her hand, and a water element elder "grew" out from the ground.
King: "Wait a minute, don't cast spells so quickly. We are not in an ambush yet. The enemy might choose to retreat. Blowing the horn is just a disguise."
Nini shot the bow again and the arrow sank into the dense forest.
"I shot one," she whispered. "I can't tell if it's serious, but I definitely shot one."
Frodo looked at the dense forest around him and said, "You can shoot a bow in such a dense forest? Can you hit anyone?"
Nini did not answer his question, but continued to report: "The enemy is not numerous, and they are all lightly armed. I estimate that it is a small team of only seven or eight people."
Flint was shocked. "They are similar in size to the cult's field agents we encountered before. Maybe they are a team sent by the cult to supervise the army."
Nini shot another arrow, but instead of drawing the bow immediately, she turned her ear to listen.
"I was hit, but there was no reaction to the attack. I guess I was touched on the neck."
Dwarf: "That's easy, talk to the dead, or just pull it up."
At this time, Xiaobai frowned: "There is a smell of smoke. They started a fire."
Wang frowned: "The direction of the ignition? If it is in the upwind direction, it will be bad!"
The Green Field Druid had a serious expression: "Come from the upwind direction. There are many rotten leaves and other things in the dense forest at this time of year. They are all flammable!"
At this time, some frightened birds began to take off.
Wang: "Xiaobai!"
Lily: "Why are you in such a hurry? Don't you see what I summoned?"
Wang: "Do you think a water elemental would be useful in a forest fire?"
"Eh? It's useless? I'm the elder of the water element!" Lily looked at her water element, "Look how big it is!"
Wang: "Hurry up and use the group flying technique to make us all fly."
"Yes, yes, leave it to me." Lily drew a symbol in the air and took out a feather.
The next moment, everyone was floating up.
King: "Go up, if you don't know how to go up, just grab two druids!"
Chapter 372 "The Perfect Spy"
After everyone flew into the sky, the fire below had spread to a considerable area.
Lily looked at the sea of fire and said, "Using water to save the situation is really... a drop in the bucket. I have never understood this word so deeply."
Wang: "They can only run upwind. In fact, the fire also limits their escape route. Nini!"
Nini had already shot an arrow, which flew directly over the sea of fire and into the woods.
"No, the airflow generated by the burning woods in the middle interfered with the trajectory. Although I corrected the interference, the arrow's power is already very weak. Even with the height bonus, it can't break through the opponent's defense."
Sam squinted at the direction the arrow was flying: "How did you see this?"
Flint: "You don't need to be so clear about the elves."
Wang: "Follow them! Xiaobai, turn into a griffin and drag us flying."
Xiaobai: "Catch my tail yourself!"
After saying that, Xiaobai turned into a griffin, and then she regretted it.
Because she has a bunch of people hanging on her tail.
Fortunately, with the griffin's physical strength, it is not particularly strenuous if it is just dragging this group of people without providing lift.
Xiaobai dragged everyone over the forest that had just caught fire.
Nini: "We are right above the enemy now. I am going to go down and capture one directly."
After saying that, she let go of Xiaobai's feathers, dived down, and quickly landed in the forest.
Wang: "Let's go down and give them some help! We are upwind now anyway."
Xiaobai dragged everyone down.
Gaotrick suddenly let go of his hands, gathered his arms and shoulders, dived down, and quickly disappeared into the woods.
Flint: "Oh my god, how can he be so agile, it's like he has flown!"