The grass beneath her feet had already turned yellow.
Jenny squatted down, stretched out her fingers and gently stroked the completely withered leaves, as if she could feel the despair of the leaves before they died.
But shortly after, she stood up and continued forward.
As far as the eye could see, there were withered trees everywhere. They had even lost their original vigor. No matter if it was the twisted branches or the tangled shrubs, everything presented a strange, dark color.
It was like the color of overflowing blood after it had dried up. Just looking at it would make one feel annoyed and annoyed.
It had been two days since they entered this land of death.
To them, these two days were as long as a year.
There were no chirps of birds and no animals in sight.
What flowed in the river was no longer a clear stream. Instead, it was smelly, dark-green sewage.
On the river's surface, dead, rotting fish could be seen everywhere.
The only living things that could be seen were swarms of buzzing flies.
Just like that, they shrouded the surface of the river, enjoying a once in a lifetime feast.
Over the past two days, the group didn't even eat much food, especially when they saw the mountains of maggots squirming in the rotting corpses stranded on the riverbank. Even the barbarian Boros, who had a good appetite, ate less these two days.
"How much further?"
Boros knitted his brows and gazed at the rotting fish corpses covered in flies. Then, he turned to Olfen and asked.
Olfen pondered for a moment, lifted his head, and scanned the surroundings.
In fact, everyone could tell that Olfen wasn't too sure.
But it was no wonder. Who would remember where they ran to in the middle of a desperate escape?
It was already considered smart to be able to remember the general direction. If one were to rely on a person to remember everything clearly while running for their life, they might as well look for a robot.
Therefore, everyone could only follow the route that Olfen's group took to patrol the forest. This might waste some time, but at least they had an accurate direction. If not, with how vast the Elf Forest was, who knew how long it would take for them to find it.
"About a day or two away."
Olfen glanced at the riverbank and immediately shifted his gaze.
"I remember that when we first came here, we passed through this Merry Singing Stream. However, after that, our teacher took us around the Sea of Illusory Flowers and followed the Doant Mountain Range to the north …"
Hearing Olfen's words, no one responded. Obviously, in such an environment, it would be a problem if anyone was in the mood to talk and laugh.
This was a land of the dead. No matter where they walked, the only thing they could see was its rotting corpse.
This feeling was, of course, unpleasant, especially when he realized that there were disgusting rotting corpses everywhere.
"Let's rest here for today."
Not long after they crossed the stream, Elaine coldly gave the order.
The other four didn't have any objections. During this period of time, they hadn't seen anything that could be considered an enemy.
He didn't see anything that could move other than bugs.
Not only that, but the deeper they went, the more they felt that the air before them was filled with a sweet rotting stench. It was so disgusting that it made them want to puke.
They didn't know if the air was poisonous, but fortunately, before they left, the Elf Queen gave each of them a leaf of the World Tree that they carried with them.
Rumor had it that the leaf could block out all toxins and purify the existence that was contaminated by toxins.
At least for now, this rumor still had some credibility.
The Gnome Mage patted the Golem he was sitting on. He had been sitting on the Golem's shoulder all this while, using it as a means of transportation.
Upon receiving the Dwarf Mage's command, the enormous humanoid steel construct half-squatted. Then, the Dwarf Mage walked down its arm and stretched his body.
On the other hand, Olfen was already sitting on a slope at the side, fishing out an elf biscuit from his bag and munching on it with the water in his water bottle. Even though the tree branches here were withered, they would still produce a pungent, poisonous fog after burning.
It seemed that the decision to send a small team of adventurers instead of a large number of people was the right choice. In a place like this where even breathing could cost one's life, it was indeed not suitable for too many people to rush to their deaths.
The tense atmosphere seemed to have loosened up a lot.
But Jenny was the only exception. She didn't let down her guard like the others. On the contrary, she leaped onto the tree branch in a flash and scanned the surroundings.
Then, she leaped down from the branch and the longbow emanating a dazzling silver radiance appeared in her right hand silently.
This scene also attracted the attention of the other four people who were originally planning to rest here.
They exchanged a puzzled look with each other, not understanding what this mysterious Elven Ranger wanted to do.
"Madam Windwalker?"
At that moment, Olfen also gazed at Jenny curiously, wondering why she looked as though she was facing a formidable enemy.
Upon hearing Olfen's voice, Jenny turned around, gazed at him, and asked.
"Olfen, I have a question for you."
"What is it?"
"Did you see any animal carcasses when you passed by earlier?"
"Yes."
Upon hearing Jenny's question, Olfen answered without hesitation.
"We saw a lot of animal carcasses. Not only were there squirrels and rabbits, but there were also wolf and fox carcasses all over the place.
It was just too horrifying … "
"So then, did you dispose of the carcasses?"
"This …"
Facing Jenny's next question, Olfen was taken aback as though recalling something.
"No … We were in a hurry, so we didn't dispose of the carcasses … According to Teacher, we should have burned the carcasses.
But there were too many of them … "
At that moment, Olfen was still in a daze. However, after hearing Olfen's answer, the other three who were indifferent to this matter sulked immediately!
At that moment, they finally realized that something was amiss. According to Olfen, there should be a lot of animal carcasses here.
In fact, even if they didn't see it with their own eyes, they could infer from this tragic scene that since even the trees and plants weren't a match for this terrifying plague, the animals naturally wouldn't be an exception.
In fact, along the way, they did see a lot of rotten and smelly carcasses. But they were all dead fish in the water.
But what else?
Where were the carcasses of the birds and animals?
If the birds could fly, they might have escaped before the disaster struck.
But what about the other animals?
Why didn't they see any animal carcasses ever since they entered this land of plague?
If it was said that everyone was confused by the desolate scenery before, then after hearing Jenny's question, they immediately shivered. The dazed feeling that was brought about by entering deep into this land of death immediately disappeared, and was replaced with a chill of fear.
Where are the animal carcasses?
Swoosh!
In the blink of an eye, Jenny raised her right hand, and in the next moment, a silver light flashed.
An arrow of light flew out from Jenny's bowstring and struck the ground not far behind Olfen.
Then, a soft "bang" sound was heard.
The flat soil slope exploded instantly. Then, a tattered python flew out from within and crashed heavily to the ground.
Its head was punctured by the silver arrow, leaving only a huge, bloody hole.
But even so, the python struggled for a few times before collapsing to the ground and dying. No, perhaps this wasn't the right way to put it because judging from the rotting traces on the python's body, it should have died a long time ago.
"Huh?
This is? "
Looking at this scene, Olfen stared blankly. But before she reacted, Jenny had dashed to Olfen's side, grabbed her right hand, and forcefully pulled Olfen away from the soil slope.
And as soon as Jenny pulled Olfen up, the soil slope behind her cracked all of a sudden. Then, a pair of bloody claws extended from within, clawing at Olfen's back!
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Another three silver lights flashed one after another. The arrows that flew out of Jenny's hand mercilessly pierced through the pair of bloody claws, stopping the opponent from attacking further.
Then, Jenny wrapped her arms around Olfen's slender waist and leaped backward. She grabbed onto a withered vine and jumped onto a tree branch at the side.
"Quick, hide in the tree!"
At that moment, the others finally realized the source of the problem. Helene commanded without hesitation. Then, she turned around, wrapped around a branch, and climbed up a big tree beside her.
The Barbarian Warrior grabbed the Gnomish Mage and leaped onto another tree.
Almost at the same time, the ground beneath their feet cracked all of a sudden. At the next moment, countless claws of death broke out of the soil!