Chapter 73 Chapter two
I looked at it carefully and said:
"Is this the signal left by Shan Sen?"
"It seems that there is no way to make other speculations. But it is really difficult to guess what it means."
Karl nodded and looked at the tree.The trees bear artificial marks hastily carved with a knife.So we immediately walked along this road to the mountain. At the fork in the mountain, when we were about to ask Gerent which direction to go, Iluli used her eyes that can see clearly at night, A nick was found on the tree.
Notches on the tree read "S, R".What would this mean?
Eluli nodded and said:
"It seems to mean that Shan Sen passed by here when Luminas Luna was sinking."
We looked at Iluli in surprise.hehe?Does it really seem to mean that?Karl nodded and said:
"It's almost dawn... So Shan Sen passed by here an hour or two ago. Very good. Let's move on."
The already exhausted Gerente nodded and continued as soon as he heard Carl's words:
"That's right. Because Shan Sen set off without preparing any equipment, we have to hurry up and catch up with him."
"Ah ah!"
As we walked further into the mountains, the wind and rain began to gradually stop.But we, who braved the wind and rain all night, were no match for the chill before dawn, and we were all shivering from the cold.The sudden drop in body temperature due to the cold has not been supplemented in any way.Wouldn't it be better if the sun rose in the morning?But winter nights are especially long.
We crossed plateaus and walked along winding ridges.As far as the eye could see was a vast expanse of endless low hills.And around the hill, there are some giant trees that are thicker than several people hugging, standing like pillars, as if there is a wide roof extending around in the sky.
But in that large forest, the raindrops fell relentlessly and desperately.
The sound of the wind beating the fallen leaves was harsh.We walked through the forest and climbed to higher ground.A plateau stretches as far as the eye can see.We probably climbed above the tree growth line.We started running along the continuous ridge.
Vision became blurred.The surrounding trees, weeds, and ridges have all merged with the night sky, and their outlines have completely disappeared.What came to my ears was the sound of wind passing past my ears, and the sound of horseshoes constantly kicking.
Slap, slap, slap, slap, slap, slap...
My hands and feet gradually lost my control, and I no longer felt that I existed in any corner of the world.The dark night of horror passed by me, and everything around me was like a phantom in my mind.The whole world is spinning except us, and in this chaotic world, we are running slowly and lifelessly in the dark void.
Slap, slap, slap, slap, slap, slap...
"Xiu Qi! Wake up!"
Nelia's sharp shouts lifted my spirits suddenly, but luckily I stopped in front of a steep cliff.What a maddening night.
Nelia yelled:
"Uncle Carl! This is not going to work. Stop here. We've been walking in the rain for too long."
Carl paused, but then shook his head and said:
"Let's go to that ridge and rest. We have to go there, even if we want to see clearly."
"No, given our current situation...it's too reluctant."
"Nex is in the same situation as us. He may not go well. The same is true for Brother Fisher. So no matter how bad we are, we have to try. Brother Fisher is very difficult in this environment. It's hard to make it through the morning."
Nelia was speechless.This is too different from the usual Karl.He didn't accept anyone's opinions and walked straight forward.Under Karl's resolute leadership, we galloped through the dark night forest with drizzling rain.My whole body has already stiffened, the moisture is no longer moisture, and the body that was trembling involuntarily stopped shaking because of the stiffness.
We worked our way up to a ridge slightly higher than the surrounding area.Although everyone struggled to get off their horses, Carl and Iluli still rode their horses and looked around.After a while, Karl picked up a stone on the ground.
"What does this mean?"
Carl's voice was not very clear.I struggled to raise my head to look at Carl. The way Karl tilted his head to look at the stone in his hand seemed to pull me out of the extreme chaos, and my head drooped powerlessly.At this time, I heard Iluli's anxious voice.she says:
"Let's start the fire."
I heard Carl go on to say:
"what?"
"Everyone has lost too much body temperature."
Then Iluli didn't wait for Carl's answer, and began to collect nearby firewood.Branches broken off by the storm were strewn all over the ground.Nelia sat on the ground, trembling all over.Gerent, on the other hand, was pale, panting and sitting on the stone.I couldn't even sit down, I was bent over, my hands were holding my knees, and I was about to fall down.So only Iluli and Carl are picking up branches.Carl gathered the branches and said:
"If Nix is nearby, it is very dangerous for us to set fire to it."
"If we don't start the fire, we will be more dangerous."
"……I see."
The two of them piled up the collected branches, and Iruri summoned the fire spirit and lit the fire.It's pretty magical to be able to light a fire on a soaked branch.Even though I couldn't do enough, I managed to support Nelia, moved her to the fire and sat down.
Carl sat by the fire, looking at the stone he had just discovered.On the smooth surface of the stone, there are traces chiseled with the tip of a knife, and the word 'SH' Shan Sen is really puzzling.What exactly does this mean?
"My brother Fischer didn't use an army code. He probably thought we couldn't understand that code. But this code is even more incomprehensible."
My head felt like it was about to explode.I pressed my forehead and said:
"This should mean 'Sanson here (Sanson here)'."
"That's an appropriate explanation."
At this point I heard another explanation.
"That means 'Stop here'."
We looked in the direction of the voice in panic.Shan Sen was smiling happily there.
"Shansen!"
Nelia smiled weakly.Shan Sen was coming towards us from the lower ridge.At this time, the sun just rose, and everything became brighter.Shan Sen climbed towards the top of the mountain under the sunshine.
Shan Sen's clothes were soaked, and they were scraped to pieces by something.
Probably because of his haste to run up the hill.His hands and feet were also covered in wounds, and there was a lot of dirt on them.But Shan Sen pretended that he was only a little tired and ran towards us at full speed.We couldn't even stand up, so we could only sit like this to greet him.
"Shan Sen? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine."
Shan Sen smiled happily and sat down.We also had fun watching him.Shan Sen began to explain to Carl:
"Nex and his entourage are camping on the other side of the hill ahead. Renee looks quite tired, but nothing serious. I found you on the way back after exploring their camp."
"That's amazing, Brother Fisher!"
"It's nothing. Although I'm very tired...everyone looks quite tired too."
Karl seemed to want to ask more questions, but he resisted the urge and said:
"You should change your clothes first. Take out the clean clothes in your luggage and change them. Others should also wipe their bodies clean and put on clean clothes."
Not long after, Iluli and Nelia came back with clothes changed in another forest.Karl immediately asked Shan Sen formally.Nelia and I were wrapped in blankets, with only our heads sticking out, listening to Carl and Shanson's conversation.
"Okay, are they the only ones who hijacked Renee? Nex and his silent follower?"
"No, it's not just the two of them."
"Not just the two of them?"
Shan Sen nodded and said:
"Yes. I followed Nex and the groom over the mountain ahead, and saw other companions who were waiting for them to come back. There were about 20 people. They had already set up their tents and were waiting for Nirvana. Max and the groom back."
"How could such a thing..."
"Nex went to sleep after throwing Renee to the group of guys. So did the groom. Both of them must have been exhausted from driving in the mountains in the rain. I saw Renee sleeping too, just Come back first, and leave the mark you saw just now on the road. I was afraid that if you would follow from behind, you might approach there and be discovered, so I left that mark.”
"Ah, is that so?"
"Yes. Then I went back and checked the guys for any clues. But they didn't wear any obvious medals or rank badges or decorations or anything, and they were dressed as they wanted. It's probably not a regular army. I'm afraid they don't even have any experience in team life, and they don't see any command structure. They are quite disorganized. The group of guys are not doing other activities except preparing for the camp there. Maybe wait After Nex wakes up, they will start some kind of action."
"Is that so? Well, it's really hard work for you, Brother Fei Xifu. Let's speculate. Although they are not regular troops, they are still a group of people following Nex. Because he is a thief from Baizos Imperial City The president of the guild, maybe a member of the guild."
Nelia, who was sleeping on her stomach under the blanket, leaned her head on her arm and said:
"Ah... then I'll just check it out. Well, is it far from here, Shan Sen?"
"It's a long way to cross a mountain."
"Then I have the determination to die."
Carl was troubled for a while, and said:
"Have a good rest and make plans. Except for Nex, the group of people should not be very tired. And there are more than 20 of them, and we can't easily get close to them."
"Then what should I do next?"
"Brother Fei Xifu, according to your judgment, those guys will start to act within today?"
"I'm not sure either. They don't have any luggage, they all only carry personal belongings. So once they want to start their operations, they can set off immediately."
"Is that so? Hmm. What a headache."
I raised my head with difficulty and said:
"Although I don't know what their next move will be, aren't they going in the direction of the Brown Mountains?"
"It should be like this, brother Niederfa."
"In this case...we know their direction, so we can follow them and attack them in the dark. We can also rescue Renee. Because no matter what, if we attack during the day, it will be very difficult to rescue Renee. "
Karl nodded and said:
"It's better to do this way. Because it's a long way from here to the Brown Mountains...well. We were going to take Renee to the Brown Mountains anyway, and the direction wasn't wrong. We just followed them, see Let’s strike at the right opportunity. But if they go in a direction other than the brown mountains, we have to think about countermeasures.”
Eluli went on to say:
"I should have a way to monitor their movements."
Then Gerente said in a feeble but cheerful voice:
"Although Defeli's priest is not as fast as the mounted police, he is a tracker who can grasp the direction more correctly than the mounted police."
Carl laughed and said:
"Yes. Even under the faint starlight, the eyes of elves can distinguish storks and tits thousands of cubits away. And with the protection of De Feli, we don't have to worry about going the wrong way. Hmm. Let's take a full rest here for the time being, and continue tracking after we get rid of our fatigue. But we followed here too hastily, and the preparations for the trip are really not complete enough."
"I'll go check it out. Rest first, everyone."
After Shan Sen finished speaking, he immediately walked to the place where the luggage was placed.What a solid body.Although I felt a little sorry, I still couldn't resist the drowsiness from the attack.I shivered for a while, and fell asleep immediately.
Taiban was looking up at the sky. "What are you looking at?" Taiban laughed out loud, grabbed my ear and pulled me forward.He put my face against his cheek so we were looking in the same direction. "Hey, did you see the sky?" "I see." "I can't see it. But it doesn't mean that the sky doesn't exist because I can't see it?" Amtat nodded upon hearing what Taiban said.It sat gracefully with its tail on the ground, its slender neck resting gracefully on the other cheek of Taiban, also in line with our line of sight. "I see." Therefore, the faces of Taiban and Amtat, I, and I looked in the direction of the sky in unison. Siona, transformed into a bat, flew into the air and looked down. "What are you doing?" Siona looked at us who were staring blankly at the sky with strange eyes.After Taiban looked at Siona, he said: "I can't see bats. But that's not why there are no bats?" Amtat took a deep breath and shot Siona down.Siona turned into a baked bat and fell.I said: "But I can't see the bat!" Taiban panicked, and once again looked at the sky with his milky pupils. "Hey! Just because I can't see something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Isn't the bat there?" "I did not see it." Taiban scratched his chin, then nodded. "Sure enough." Amtat tilted his head and looked at the sky again.So I, Taiban, and Amtat lined up in an orderly line again, looking towards the sky. "Rumble rumble!" There was a loud noise from Clade Meso's breath, and it flew into the sky.Taiban only looked up at the sky. "Klad Meso flew into the sky?" As soon as I finished, Taiban shook his head. "What you can't see is what doesn't exist." "Something that doesn't exist?" “What cannot be perceived does not exist.” "I can't see my dad. Doesn't my dad exist either?" "Yes." Amtat grinned, and let out another breath.But Clade Messo did not move. "Rumble rumble!"
"Rumble rumble!" When I opened my eyes, it turned out that it was Shan Sen who was snoring instead of Clade Meso.Shansen ran into my blanket, embraced me with warm movements, and hugged me to sleep, I struggled to break free, and escaped from his embrace.Uh uh uh!Anyway, I'm probably going to have three bad days in the future. Nelia looked at me and giggled.Then I looked around. Carl was asleep leaning against the tree trunk, and the rest of the people were still asleep.I looked to the sky, it was already afternoon when the sun was shining in the west. "Are you up?" "In that situation, if it were you, would you be able to sleep well?" "Me? Of course I can sleep well. Hehehe. Shan Sen is also a nice man. Wasn't he very handsome last night?" "Ah, I admit that Shan Sen's performance is very handsome, but I'm a man!" Nelia smiled, and picked up the teapot that was on the fire. "Would you like some tea?" "OK." Nilia and I held teacups in our hands and watched the endless and endless plateaus and mountains around us.There was a fierce wind blowing on the top of the mountain, and I grabbed the hem of my clothes.It is surrounded by bare or wooded plateaus, and many watersheds.When you look up, you can see nothing but high mountains.Our altitude seems to be quite high.I brushed my messy, shaggy hair and said: "It's hard to get water here. Don't know how much water is in the bucket." "Ha, don't worry. Shan Sen filled the bucket before going to sleep." "Is that so? Well. Shan Sen is really handsome." I looked at Shan Sen who was sleeping soundly with tender eyes.But of course I straightened my face and looked at him coldly after a while.Because looking at Shan Sen who is clenching his teeth and sleeping, it is very painful to arouse a sense of beauty.I looked at the burning flame and suddenly woke up. "Ah, really. Anyone who is not an elf can see the fire rising on the top of the mountain." "There's nothing to do about it. In such a cold weather, if you don't start the fire, your body will not be able to bear the extreme cold and freeze to death." Indeed.I put on my armor and drew my sword to my side.Every time the body moved, the muscles and bones ached terribly.I shook my head and took out the cooking utensils. "Everyone hasn't had a good meal since last night, and they haven't had a good rest. They've been catching up all the way..." "Well. I'm looking forward to it. Do it quickly." "Even if it's empty talk, can't you say you want to help me?" "Me? Cook? I don't want it. Just let someone who can cook do it." Nelia said without even looking at me.While I was kneading the dough, Nelia watched the distant patches of white clouds drifting across the top of the plateau.Yesterday's bad weather has dissipated.The sky was a harsh light blue that felt like ice. clatter.Gululu. I accidentally kicked a bowl and Nelia looked at me after picking up the bowl that had rolled past. I lowered my voice and said: "I'm worried about Renee." Nelia nodded and threw the bowl back.As soon as I received it, she went on to say: "I can't help it. To Nex, Renee is also very important. So Renee should be fine." "It's true to say that... But now Renee doesn't know how uneasy and scared she will be." Nelia didn't answer, just shrugged her shoulders.I went on to say: "Although it's a bit ridiculous to say this, before we found Renee, that was the happy life she had. The world is very simple to her, so she should have a very happy life." Nelia frowned, turned her head again, and looked at the boundless mountains. "In a chaotic world, it is impossible for everyone to be happy." Kuangdang. "Really, really, I'm dozing off..." This was the voice of Carl who had just fallen asleep leaning against the tree trunk.Nelia and I turned our heads to look at Carl and smiled at him.I say: "What dozed off? You were completely asleep at all." Carl nodded embarrassedly, looked up at the sky, and said in a panic: "Really! It's already so late. It can't go on like this. Let's wake everyone up." "No, wait a minute... let's go after eating. Wouldn't it be nice to let everyone get some sleep before I finish cooking?" Carl rubbed his eyes and looked at my pan, annoyed for a moment.He sighed, nodded and said: "Then please hurry up, Brother Niederfa." Carl stood up after speaking, looking at the mountains in the distance.He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked into the distance.Nelia, who was sitting with her knees hugged at his feet, also looked into the distance with a similar gaze. Zizizi. "Huh? It smells so good." Shan Sen sat up while talking, just kept laughing.Not long after, Iluli got up too, with a smile on her sleepy face.she says: "Yeah. Did everyone sleep well?" But because Geraint had been nestled in the blanket and didn't get up, we shook him for a while to wake him up.Jaron Grind his teeth eagerly and said: "It's really great. As soon as you open your eyes, you can prepare a meal. Then after eating, it will probably start a fierce chase? Maybe it will be life-threatening. Haha! This meal must be delicious Incredibly." Carl tilted his head and began to eat, while Shan Sen snorted and swept the food into his stomach. This meal is not so much about enjoying, but rather about actually filling the stomach. After dinner, without saying a word to each other, we quickly packed our bags and jumped on the horses.Shan Sen walked in the front with great vigor.Because we climbed above the critical line of tree growth, we only saw short grass and mud sticking out of the ground around us, so we walked on the plateau like this and moved forward slowly.The horses don't seem to have regained their strength yet, and the surrounding grass is not suitable for horse feed.It would be nice if horses only ate grass like cows.Wouldn't it be better to ride a bull like Githion here? "Sooner or later we're going to get into the village." "Let's talk about it after rescuing Renee." "Of course." We walked with great difficulty for about thirty minutes.The vast wasteland can be seen in the distance on the right hand side, and the lofty mountains can be seen standing in the distance on the left hand side.We crossed the small hill in the middle, Shan Sen did not speak, but told us to slow down with gestures. "The terrain ahead is very unprotected. It would be bad if there were scouts." We dismounted and walked slowly.As soon as he passed the top of the hill, he immediately heard Shan Sen's click from his tongue.He said: "Damn it! It turns out they've already set off." Then Shan Sen immediately jumped on the horse again and ran down the mountain.We followed him, too, and after a while we chased along a vast forest of conifers, stopping at last in a clearing in a ravine. Shan Sen looked around and stuck out his tongue.We, too, looked around with heavy hearts. There were some burn marks on the ground, where weeds had been cleared, and what we assumed were tent stakes.Nelia walked to the burned place and touched the stones on the ground. "It's still warm. Looks like they haven't been away for long." "Where are they going?" Yi Luli blinked, and walked in a certain direction ahead.It's the opposite direction from when we came. "The weeds were cut, and it rained; so they left the tracks where they left!" Looking in the direction that Iluli pointed, there were indeed footprints left on the wetland; it was a road leading to the forest, and it was so rugged that it looked like a wild beast.The road was rough, but there were no bushes or bushes growing at the bottom of the entire forest, so it should be easy to pass.Then Karl asked: "My brother Fisher, did they go on horseback?" "No, only Nex and the groom ride horses." "Very well, that way we can surely catch them. Let's go, everyone." We started walking in the forest again.The road in the forest was unexpectedly smooth, and it was hard to believe that it was in a mountain forest. Of course, the horses were able to run like flying.Once again we started the chase without talking, just gasping. Except for the little light that falls from the roof-like branches and leaves, the forest is completely dark.The black trees in the dark forest stood silently, looking down at us as we galloped by on horseback; the light pouring down like a curtain cut the darkness straight and sharply.I felt the unique refreshing substance secreted from the forest, as well as the intermittent sound of horses' hooves.We were moving forward at a constant speed without any conversation. We were paralyzed and didn't know the sense of speed, and we couldn't even tell whether we were galloping forward or standing still.How far have we come? "It's strange, let's pause for a while!" Carl said so, and we all stopped silently.Carl looked around and said: "Although we can't see the sun now... But this direction is really strange. Did we see this sea of trees when we came here from Baizos over the mountains?" Sea of trees?When Karl said this, I was shocked to realize that this sea of trees really seemed endless. When we were dining on the top of the mountain just now, what we saw was still a bare mountain top, but we walked into the vast and boundless forest unknowingly.We all experience insecurities almost at the same time.Carl expressed his unease succinctly when he said: "Where is this place?" My goodness! We don't even know where we are, we don't know where we are going, and we don't know where we are.Shan Sen began to try to recall the memories, and said: "We obviously set off from Nawu Lechen to the west, aren't we on our way to Baizos now?" Nelia replied uneasily: "No, no. The sun is shining in the wrong direction." "Is the direction of the sun shining in the wrong direction?" "If we are walking west at this time, the sun should be shining right in front of us." Oh?We looked up at the angle of the light entering the trees, and the light was all falling from the upper left to the lower right, so we are... "Are we heading north?" Everyone fell into chaos, Gerente said hastily: "Wait a minute, didn't you see any other forks along the way just now? We are constantly moving forward..." "Ah! We didn't see any other forks at all. The most important thing is that we just followed the footprints under our feet?" "In other words, Nix is heading north?" "Didn't he go in the direction of the brown mountains?" Each of us muttered to ourselves, one by one, running around in a hurry.Even if we can follow Nex all the time, since we don't know the destination, we can't just follow Nex all the way to the end.When I left Na Wu Lechen this time, I was in a hurry and didn't bring enough supplies with me.At this time, Iluli said: "Where is the north of the Principality of Yisi?" We all shut our mouths and looked at Iruri.Where is the north of the Principality of Yisi?Then we looked back at Gerente, and under the attention of everyone, Gerente replied in a panic: "Ah! Oh, the north of the Principality of Iss is Higmonia, just go through the eternal forest!" Gerent suddenly opened his mouth wide. He seemed to be frightened and looked around in fear; Nelia stared at her round eyes and said: "Eternal Forest?" "Oh? Wait a minute, did you just say north? That means we're heading towards the Eternal Forest...?" Gerente said with a frightened expression.Karl asked him: "What is the eternal forest?" Gerent just looked around blankly and didn't answer.So Karl asked again, Gerent still looked uneasy, looked around, and stammered: "What? Ah! Yes, then, that is the covenant between the Dragon King and Hendrick, a forest that will never, never disappear. It was Hendrick who asked the Dragon King to save Dalanian. The price paid..." "Wait a minute, what did you say?" Carl almost screamed out.All of us are like Carl.Just as we were looking at Gerent with astonishment, he looked back at all of us.With a very panicked expression, he nodded and said: "Wait a minute, don't you guys know about this?" "What? Ah! Yeah, we don't know about it. You said it was a covenant between Hendrick and Dragon King?" Gerent had an expression of disbelief, and suddenly started laughing. "Hehe, really, are the citizens of Byzos now asking the citizens of the Principality of Yis about Hendrick's deeds? This incident is really funny, and everyone doesn't know what is going on. So you say , you don’t know anything about the Great Labyrinth?” Carl said palely: "Ah! The Great Labyrinth is the place where the Dragon King hid after he was defeated by King Lutanio on the last day of the glorious Seven Weeks War, isn't it? Maybe Duke Hastel brought the Dragon King to the Great Labyrinth at that time?" "That's right. But you mean you don't know where the Great Labyrinth is, do you?" Carl was puzzled and replied: "Huh? Ah! It's said that no one knows about the place..." Gerent started giggling. "That's right, even if everyone doesn't know it, but I know it. The Great Labyrinth is in the Eternal Forest." "what?" Karl was quite astonished, as if talking to himself: "Wait a minute... It is clear that the fact that the Hastel family belonged to Byzos happened when the fourth king of Byzos, Yerenev, conquered the north. That's right! The Hastel family was originally from the north. aristocratic family." Gerent looked around, as if afraid of being overheard, lowered his voice and said: "Correctly speaking, it should be this one. The Eternal Forest was originally the territory of the Harshtel family." "Is this the place?" "Yes. That's right. So they hid the Dragon King in the big maze here... Wait a minute, don't you really know the story?" "I don't know at all. Today is the first time I heard it." Geraint's head was tilted badly.Shan Sen was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear.Then Iluli said: "This story seems very long. How about we drive a little longer and listen to this story after the sun goes down? Now Miss Renee is getting farther and farther away from us." "Ah, yes. Then let's catch up for a while." "No. Ah! No, yes." Gerente spoke in a panic.We looked at Geraint in amazement, and Geraint seemed startled by his own incoherence.Karl asked him in surprise: "What do you mean, please?" "This... this matter is really unusual." "Ah, is it?" "Really, I'm sorry. The Eternal Forest exists because of the covenant between the Dragon King and Hendrick... This place is forbidden to enter. If it is Yisi people, no one will enter. But... we must enter forest!" Shan Sen asked in surprise: "Are you saying we should go in, or not?" "Once we enter the forest, things are going to be bad; but, we must go in." We looked at Gelent suspiciously, and Geraint himself had a skeptical expression.At this time, Carl asked carefully and softly: "Mr. Chinber means what DeFeli means?" We look at Carl in amazement again, then at Gerente.Gerent looked confused and bewildered. "It's forbidden to enter here... But I have a strong desire to go in. Really, damn it!" Gerent started to get angry.Nelia looked around with uneasy eyes, and then looked at Gerente again.Gerente said impatiently: "It doesn't make sense at all!" "Mr. Chimber?" "This matter, this matter is really not a joke..." Then Geraint folded his hands in a sudden panic and began to pray.We didn't know what to do, we just watched him from the sidelines.After a while, Gerente said in a firm tone: "I am the scepter of De Feli." This seemed to be the first time I saw him put on a serious face. Although Carl looked at him seriously, Gerent said as if talking to himself: "Therefore, if I do it according to De Feli's will, I will have no regrets even if I go to the road of death. But this will not work for everyone!" Carl looked at Gerent palely for a moment, then said with a smile: "That's my question. Can't we go into the forest?" Gerente didn't answer.So what does this mean? Carl nodded. "I see. Mr. Chimber probably thinks that if we enter the forest, we will have a dead end. But Deferi, who led Mr. Chimber here, thinks we should enter the forest, right?" Gerent looked miserable at this moment, he looked at Carl and said: "Mr. Carl..." "right?" The rest of us watched the two of them in silence.Jaylen nodded.But he said in a disturbed tone: "De Feli... Maybe it's through me that I lead everyone to the road of death." "It's unpredictable. Maybe De Feli is leading us to the path of glory." "In the eternal forest, there is no such thing as glory." "Put it another way, please: There is no such thing as glory so far." Karl's expression was determined and unchangeable.Geralt took a deep breath and nodded. Carl looked at Gerent and said: "Does Mr. Chimber think that there is an unusually dire danger lurking here?" Gerent looked at Carl depressedly, and muttered to himself: "Dangerous? Of course it's dangerous, ha ha! We don't even know what kind of danger it is, and we're already afraid of the eternal forest." "You mean we don't even know what kind of danger it is?" "Yeah! As people always say: 'Once you enter the Everforest, you can never come back', but that's not really what it means, because some people don't come back, and some people come back. The situation of people who go to other places It's the same. In this respect, the Forest of Eternity is no different." "Then what is it that is so frightening?" Gerente replied slowly: "Those who come back will disappear." "what?" Gerente said gloomily: "This can be said to be extremely terrifying. Among the people who entered the Eternal Forest, some have returned. They returned unscathed, healthy and safe. But they all disappeared." "Disappear……" "It was forgotten! Haha! You can't believe it, can you?" Gerent laughed heartily, but there was terror in his eyes.He quickly shot around with twinkling eyes, as if he was going to set everything around on fire, and a very strong heat rose up.Gerente said in a very fast tone: “消失了，被遗忘了。甚或连自己的父母也认不出自己的儿子。有的孩子也认不得他们自己的父母了。周围的人们慢慢地遗忘一切从前和他们在一起时的记忆。不知道为什么，就算是站在旁边，视线也不会停留在他们身上。根本不会有人注意到他们，也几乎没有人会去看到他们。但是那又不是代表身体消失不见的意思。对了，各位还记得房间里的柱子上的纹路吗？平常根本不会去注意到它，所以也不记得吧。这种事就发生在从这里归来的人身上。” 我开始颤抖起来。哪会有这种事啊？Totally impossible! “你们大概无法理解吧？可是这是真正存在着的事实。有一名从永恒森林回来的男子。他有一个爱人。回来之后两人当然就叙旧了一番。一时之间并无异样，但是不知不觉间记忆开始慢慢地消失了。那名男子问说：'你还记得我们当时一起走过的路吗？'女子回答道：'不记得了，我根本不知道有这回事。那是什么时候的事？'这种程度的健忘，无论谁都有可能发生吧？哈！没错，就是从这些微的记忆开始的，然后记忆会愈来愈少，开始愈来愈严重。” 杰伦特渐渐地提高了声调，我们的呼吸渐渐地和缓下来。 “他的生日是什么时候？他喜欢什么呀？第一次见面是何时的事？还有其他一些重要的事对这名女子来说全都停滞住，不复记忆了。不知为何，和他在一起的时间愈来愈短。即使是如此，却一点也感受不到。从原来的每日相会，到后来一周见一次，再往后减少到一个月见一次。最后就完全忘记了他的存在。'他是谁呀？'看到他的时候，甚至会发出这样的疑问出来。那名男子身边所有的人都会发生这样的反应。甚至连他自己都会变成那个样子！” 卡尔瞪大了眼睛看着杰伦特，杰伦特嘻嘻笑着说： “是呀！就是这样，他自己也忘了自己是谁。小时候的朋友长什么样子都想不起来了，然后慢慢地也忘了身边的人们，到最后也记不起自己的名字，甚至感受不到自我的存在了。明明就活着的人，却什么也不知道。这样的话不就和不存在是一样的吗？就这样消失不见了！没有人知道他，甚至于连他自己也不知道自己了，要怎样说他是个存在的人呢？后来有一个非常弥足珍贵，几乎不可能发生的幸运降临了。有某个人艰辛万分地想起了那名男子。'喂，我曾经有一个朋友，就是他嘛！不过，我记不得他的名字了'。'你在说谁呀？'到了这种情况的时候，也可以说这名男子就是完全从这个世界消失了，没有人知道他了。” 卡尔一脸地不可置信的表情，看着杰伦特： “不，这是合乎逻辑的事吗？” “当然是不合乎逻辑的，一点都不合乎逻辑，但就是这样发生了。” “等一下，有点奇怪，如果说没有人知道他的话，那么又是如何知道他消失不见的这件事呢？” “因为记录并没有消失。” "what?" “记忆消失了，可是记录是保存下来的。再举一次那名男子的例子吧，要是说他的爱人有写日记的习惯呢？那么那本日记会留下记录的。在他完全消失之后，他的爱人有一天翻了自己的日记本，她读到了第一次看到的名字，还有怎么样也想不起来的一些事情，非常地惊讶，觉得这到底是怎么回事？一直到这个时候，我们才了解了这件事的来龙去脉。又有某个人消失了呀！说不定那个人就是我的父母，或是兄弟，或是自己的孩子；可是我们都绝对无法想起这个人。” “这种令人啼笑皆非的……” 杰伦特开始发出咯咯的笑声，他说道： “哈哈哈！我们连这种事多久发生一次，第一次发生之时距离现在有多久都不知道。说不定在三百年前，永恒森林生成之时就有了也说不定。不过，自从知道了这个真真确确，奇怪又无法置信的事之后，我们都不再进入永恒森林了。也许不断地有某些勇敢的人进入过也不一定。可是，我们还是不知道的！因为我们身旁说不定就有一些我们不知道是否曾经存在过，可是我们绝对不认识的亲朋好友。哈哈！” “这种事……这种事为什么其他的地方都没听说过……” “因为不知道啊！” "what?" “因为不知道！我们不知道有谁消失了，连原来他有没有存在过都不知道啊！有人消失了，这是千真万确的，可是却无法得知是谁。所以我们伊斯公国的人彼此也不愿意提起有关永恒森林的故事，根本完全不去靠近；所以其他国家更是无法得知这件事的。可是伊斯公国的人民全都知道这件事情，也许有些他国的旅行者来到我国听到了这个故事后，就进入了永恒森林也说不定。可是他们也是会消失不见的。所以，会有谁知道呢？连我们自己也是依照那些已不存在的人们所留下令人讶异的陌生记录里，费尽心力来了解事情的原委，又如何能让其他的地方知道这件事呢？” 我们全都感受到一阵刺骨的寒意。午后的阳光散发出的凉意，和杰伦特说的话里所发出的寒气一并来袭。卡尔陷入了沉思。He said: “不管怎么说，德菲力还是希望我们进入永恒森林吧？” 杰伦特又再次静默不语。卡尔板直了脸说道： “没错吧，这样的话我要进去。” "what?" “钦柏先生当然也会进去的吧？你们其他人怎么样？” 其他的人彼此观望了一番，在还搞不清楚杰伦特到底在讲什么的状况下，卡尔要我们决定什么事？此时伊露莉说道： “反正自己都无法相信的事，那就是不存在的事。” 我们都看着伊露莉。伊露莉沉着地说道： “我们并不需要依据其他人残留的记忆来确认自己的存在，我们自己是要靠自己来肯定的。我很清楚我自己想要救出蕾妮小姐。我会加入。” 卡尔一面苦笑，一面问道： “搞不好自我会消失，这样你也要加入吗？” “在时间之下，没有永恒的事物。” 就是这句话成为了我们的行动指标。杉森拍了一下手掌说道： “哈哈！反正我们死了后，过了一百年、两百年，就跟不存在是一样的。有关我们的记忆都不会留存下来了。这么一来，我决定要做我现在想做的事情。” 然后我接在杉森后面说道： “因为我们活在当下。我也加入。如果我消失了，我爸，我爸……” 我的话没说完。泪水突然在眼眶里打转，流了下来。杉森默默地搭着我的肩膀，就是这个时候，我大叫了出来： “我爸的一个酒鬼儿子就完全消失不见了！” "Pfft ha ha ha!" 杉森大笑了出来，我也擦去了泪水，笑了一下。卡尔面带笑容地说： “是的，至少我们还有德菲力的引导做担保呢。好像满值得一试，不是吗？既然有人将神的权杖当做武器使用，让我们也把神的权杖当做担保品来好好干一场吧。哈哈哈。” 杰伦特张大了嘴看着卡尔，但是卡尔一副毫不在乎的样子。我们看着到目前为止还没有表示意见的人。 妮莉亚果然是在环顾着四周。卡尔看着妮莉亚，脸上浮现着不希望勉强她的表情，妮莉亚耸了耸肩膀。 “加入就加入嘛。就算我死在某处野地里，也不会有任何人会记得我，没有人会知道我在这世界走过一遭，曾经深爱过，还有我爱死了那些闪闪发亮的东西。这样的话，倒不如和自己喜欢的人一起消失还比较好。” 我们彼此笑了笑。杰伦特一脸讶异地说道： “就算从这世上消失了也没关系吗？” 卡尔一面微笑一面回答： “反正每个人到最后都会从这个世界上消失的。什么东西也不会留下来。可是在消失之前，应该要好好地认真过日子才是。” 杰伦特一副感动得快要哭出来的表情，一会儿看看我们，一会儿看看四周的景物。不久后，他突然一下子低下头，又立刻抬起头，并且给了我们一个哭笑不得的表情，他突然大喊： "Ok!" "what?" 卡尔虽然怀疑了一下，杰伦特当做没听到似地继续大叫着说： “这么说，这就是拿自己生命当赌注的冒险之旅了！太帅了。这是史上最危险的冒险之旅哪！对于置个人生死于度外的人来说，没有比这次行动还要危险的冒险了！哈哈！这是在我们的理智判断下，最后的冒险之旅！” “啊，是啊。就如同你说的一样。” 杰伦特突然举起手，向前一指。他极力大喊： “我们别管其他人曾留下了什么样的回忆，就照自己的意思向前出发吧！向永恒森林出发！” 然后杰伦特就奋力向前奔驰而去。 “呀啊，嘻哈！啊啊啊啊！” 我们一脸茫然地看着发了疯似地奔驰而去的杰伦特的背影，突然爆笑了出来，然后马上就跟在他后面出发了。 "Yeah!"
Taiban was looking up at the sky. "What are you looking at?" Taiban laughed out loud, grabbed my ear and pulled me forward.He put my face against his cheek so we were looking in the same direction. "Hey, did you see the sky?" "I see." "I can't see it. But it doesn't mean that the sky doesn't exist because I can't see it?" Amtat nodded upon hearing what Taiban said.It sat gracefully with its tail on the ground, its slender neck resting gracefully on the other cheek of Taiban, also in line with our line of sight. "I see." Therefore, the faces of Taiban and Amtat, I, and I looked in the direction of the sky in unison. Siona, transformed into a bat, flew into the air and looked down. "What are you doing?" Siona looked at us who were staring blankly at the sky with strange eyes.After Taiban looked at Siona, he said: "I can't see bats. But that's not why there are no bats?" Amtat took a deep breath and shot Siona down.Siona turned into a baked bat and fell.I said: "But I can't see the bat!" Taiban panicked, and once again looked at the sky with his milky pupils. "Hey! Just because I can't see something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Isn't the bat there?" "I did not see it." Taiban scratched his chin, then nodded. "Sure enough." Amtat tilted his head and looked at the sky again.So I, Taiban, and Amtat lined up in an orderly line again, looking towards the sky. "Rumble rumble!" There was a loud noise from Clade Meso's breath, and it flew into the sky.Taiban only looked up at the sky. "Klad Meso flew into the sky?" As soon as I finished, Taiban shook his head. "What you can't see is what doesn't exist." "Something that doesn't exist?" “What cannot be perceived does not exist.” "I can't see my dad. Doesn't my dad exist either?" "Yes." Amtat grinned, and let out another breath.But Clade Messo did not move. "Rumble rumble!"
"Rumble rumble!" When I opened my eyes, it turned out that it was Shan Sen who was snoring instead of Clade Meso.Shansen ran into my blanket, embraced me with warm movements, and hugged me to sleep, I struggled to break free, and escaped from his embrace.Uh uh uh!Anyway, I'm probably going to have three bad days in the future. Nelia looked at me and giggled.Then I looked around. Carl was asleep leaning against the tree trunk, and the rest of the people were still asleep.I looked to the sky, it was already afternoon when the sun was shining in the west. "Are you up?" "In that situation, if it were you, would you be able to sleep well?" "Me? Of course I can sleep well. Hehehe. Shan Sen is also a nice man. Wasn't he very handsome last night?" "Ah, I admit that Shan Sen's performance is very handsome, but I'm a man!" Nelia smiled, and picked up the teapot that was on the fire. "Would you like some tea?" "OK." Nilia and I held teacups in our hands and watched the endless and endless plateaus and mountains around us.There was a fierce wind blowing on the top of the mountain, and I grabbed the hem of my clothes.It is surrounded by bare or wooded plateaus, and many watersheds.When you look up, you can see nothing but high mountains.Our altitude seems to be quite high.I brushed my messy, shaggy hair and said: "It's hard to get water here. Don't know how much water is in the bucket." "Ha, don't worry. Shan Sen filled the bucket before going to sleep." "Is that so? Well. Shan Sen is really handsome." I looked at Shan Sen who was sleeping soundly with tender eyes.But of course I straightened my face and looked at him coldly after a while.Because looking at Shan Sen who is clenching his teeth and sleeping, it is very painful to arouse a sense of beauty.I looked at the burning flame and suddenly woke up. "Ah, really. Anyone who is not an elf can see the fire rising on the top of the mountain." "There's nothing to do about it. In such a cold weather, if you don't start the fire, your body will not be able to bear the extreme cold and freeze to death." Indeed.I put on my armor and drew my sword to my side.Every time the body moved, the muscles and bones ached terribly.I shook my head and took out the cooking utensils. "Everyone hasn't had a good meal since last night, and they haven't had a good rest. They've been catching up all the way..." "Well. I'm looking forward to it. Do it quickly." "Even if it's empty talk, can't you say you want to help me?" "Me? Cook? I don't want it. Just let someone who can cook do it." Nelia said without even looking at me.While I was kneading the dough, Nelia watched the distant patches of white clouds drifting across the top of the plateau.Yesterday's bad weather has dissipated.The sky was a harsh light blue that felt like ice. clatter.Gululu. I accidentally kicked a bowl and Nelia looked at me after picking up the bowl that had rolled past. I lowered my voice and said: "I'm worried about Renee." Nelia nodded and threw the bowl back.As soon as I received it, she went on to say: "I can't help it. To Nex, Renee is also very important. So Renee should be fine." "It's true to say that... But now Renee doesn't know how uneasy and scared she will be." Nelia didn't answer, just shrugged her shoulders.I went on to say: "Although it's a bit ridiculous to say this, before we found Renee, that was the happy life she had. The world is very simple to her, so she should have a very happy life." Nelia frowned, turned her head again, and looked at the boundless mountains. "In a chaotic world, it is impossible for everyone to be happy." Kuangdang. "Really, really, I'm dozing off..." This was the voice of Carl who had just fallen asleep leaning against the tree trunk.Nelia and I turned our heads to look at Carl and smiled at him.I say: "What dozed off? You were completely asleep at all." Carl nodded embarrassedly, looked up at the sky, and said in a panic: "Really! It's already so late. It can't go on like this. Let's wake everyone up." "No, wait a minute... let's go after eating. Wouldn't it be nice to let everyone get some sleep before I finish cooking?" Carl rubbed his eyes and looked at my pan, annoyed for a moment.He sighed, nodded and said: "Then please hurry up, Brother Niederfa." Carl stood up after speaking, looking at the mountains in the distance.He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked into the distance.Nelia, who was sitting with her knees hugged at his feet, also looked into the distance with a similar gaze. Zizizi. "Huh? It smells so good." Shan Sen sat up while talking, just kept laughing.Not long after, Iluli got up too, with a smile on her sleepy face.she says: "Yeah. Did everyone sleep well?" But because Geraint had been nestled in the blanket and didn't get up, we shook him for a while to wake him up.Jaron Grind his teeth eagerly and said: "It's really great. As soon as you open your eyes, you can prepare a meal. Then after eating, it will probably start a fierce chase? Maybe it will be life-threatening. Haha! This meal must be delicious Incredibly." Carl tilted his head and began to eat, while Shan Sen snorted and swept the food into his stomach. This meal is not so much about enjoying, but rather about actually filling the stomach. After dinner, without saying a word to each other, we quickly packed our bags and jumped on the horses.Shan Sen walked in the front with great vigor.Because we climbed above the critical line of tree growth, we only saw short grass and mud sticking out of the ground around us, so we walked on the plateau like this and moved forward slowly.The horses don't seem to have regained their strength yet, and the surrounding grass is not suitable for horse feed.It would be nice if horses only ate grass like cows.Wouldn't it be better to ride a bull like Githion here? "Sooner or later we're going to get into the village." "Let's talk about it after rescuing Renee." "Of course." We walked with great difficulty for about thirty minutes.The vast wasteland can be seen in the distance on the right hand side, and the lofty mountains can be seen standing in the distance on the left hand side.We crossed the small hill in the middle, Shan Sen did not speak, but told us to slow down with gestures. "The terrain ahead is very unprotected. It would be bad if there were scouts." We dismounted and walked slowly.As soon as he passed the top of the hill, he immediately heard Shan Sen's click from his tongue.He said: "Damn it! It turns out they've already set off." Then Shan Sen immediately jumped on the horse again and ran down the mountain.We followed him, too, and after a while we chased along a vast forest of conifers, stopping at last in a clearing in a ravine. Shan Sen looked around and stuck out his tongue.We, too, looked around with heavy hearts. There were some burn marks on the ground, where weeds had been cleared, and what we assumed were tent stakes.Nelia walked to the burned place and touched the stones on the ground. "It's still warm. Looks like they haven't been away for long." "Where are they going?" Yi Luli blinked, and walked in a certain direction ahead.It's the opposite direction from when we came. "The weeds were cut, and it rained; so they left the tracks where they left!" Looking in the direction that Iluli pointed, there were indeed footprints left on the wetland; it was a road leading to the forest, and it was so rugged that it looked like a wild beast.The road was rough, but there were no bushes or bushes growing at the bottom of the entire forest, so it should be easy to pass.Then Karl asked: "My brother Fisher, did they go on horseback?" "No, only Nex and the groom ride horses." "Very well, that way we can surely catch them. Let's go, everyone." We started walking in the forest again.The road in the forest was unexpectedly smooth, and it was hard to believe that it was in a mountain forest. Of course, the horses were able to run like flying.Once again we started the chase without talking, just gasping. Except for the little light that falls from the roof-like branches and leaves, the forest is completely dark.The black trees in the dark forest stood silently, looking down at us as we galloped by on horseback; the light pouring down like a curtain cut the darkness straight and sharply.I felt the unique refreshing substance secreted from the forest, as well as the intermittent sound of horses' hooves.We were moving forward at a constant speed without any conversation. We were paralyzed and didn't know the sense of speed, and we couldn't even tell whether we were galloping forward or standing still.How far have we come? "It's strange, let's pause for a while!" Carl said so, and we all stopped silently.Carl looked around and said: "Although we can't see the sun now... But this direction is really strange. Did we see this sea of trees when we came here from Baizos over the mountains?" Sea of trees?When Karl said this, I was shocked to realize that this sea of trees really seemed endless. When we were dining on the top of the mountain just now, what we saw was still a bare mountain top, but we walked into the vast and boundless forest unknowingly.We all experience insecurities almost at the same time.Carl expressed his unease succinctly when he said: "Where is this place?" My goodness! We don't even know where we are, we don't know where we are going, and we don't know where we are.Shan Sen began to try to recall the memories, and said: "We obviously set off from Nawu Lechen to the west, aren't we on our way to Baizos now?" Nelia replied uneasily: "No, no. The sun is shining in the wrong direction." "Is the direction of the sun shining in the wrong direction?" "If we are walking west at this time, the sun should be shining right in front of us." Oh?We looked up at the angle of the light entering the trees, and the light was all falling from the upper left to the lower right, so we are... "Are we heading north?" Everyone fell into chaos, Gerente said hastily: "Wait a minute, didn't you see any other forks along the way just now? We are constantly moving forward..." "Ah! We didn't see any other forks at all. The most important thing is that we just followed the footprints under our feet?" "In other words, Nix is heading north?" "Didn't he go in the direction of the brown mountains?" Each of us muttered to ourselves, one by one, running around in a hurry.Even if we can follow Nex all the time, since we don't know the destination, we can't just follow Nex all the way to the end.When I left Na Wu Lechen this time, I was in a hurry and didn't bring enough supplies with me.At this time, Iluli said: "Where is the north of the Principality of Yisi?" We all shut our mouths and looked at Iruri.Where is the north of the Principality of Yisi?Then we looked back at Gerente, and under the attention of everyone, Gerente replied in a panic: "Ah! Oh, the north of the Principality of Iss is Higmonia, just go through the eternal forest!" Gerent suddenly opened his mouth wide. He seemed to be frightened and looked around in fear; Nelia stared at her round eyes and said: "Eternal Forest?" "Oh? Wait a minute, did you just say north? That means we're heading towards the Eternal Forest...?" Gerente said with a frightened expression.Karl asked him: "What is the eternal forest?" Gerent just looked around blankly and didn't answer.So Karl asked again, Gerent still looked uneasy, looked around, and stammered: "What? Ah! Yes, then, that is the covenant between the Dragon King and Hendrick, a forest that will never, never disappear. It was Hendrick who asked the Dragon King to save Dalanian. The price paid..." "Wait a minute, what did you say?" Carl almost screamed out.All of us are like Carl.Just as we were looking at Gerent with astonishment, he looked back at all of us.With a very panicked expression, he nodded and said: "Wait a minute, don't you guys know about this?" "What? Ah! Yeah, we don't know about it. You said it was a covenant between Hendrick and Dragon King?" Gerent had an expression of disbelief, and suddenly started laughing. "Hehe, really, are the citizens of Byzos now asking the citizens of the Principality of Yis about Hendrick's deeds? This incident is really funny, and everyone doesn't know what is going on. So you say , you don’t know anything about the Great Labyrinth?” Carl said palely: "Ah! The Great Labyrinth is the place where the Dragon King hid after he was defeated by King Lutanio on the last day of the glorious Seven Weeks War, isn't it? Maybe Duke Hastel brought the Dragon King to the Great Labyrinth at that time?" "That's right. But you mean you don't know where the Great Labyrinth is, do you?" Carl was puzzled and replied: "Huh? Ah! It's said that no one knows about the place..." Gerent started giggling. "That's right, even if everyone doesn't know it, but I know it. The Great Labyrinth is in the Eternal Forest." "what?" Karl was quite astonished, as if talking to himself: "Wait a minute... It is clear that the fact that the Hastel family belonged to Byzos happened when the fourth king of Byzos, Yerenev, conquered the north. That's right! The Hastel family was originally from the north. aristocratic family." Gerent looked around, as if afraid of being overheard, lowered his voice and said: "Correctly speaking, it should be this one. The Eternal Forest was originally the territory of the Harshtel family." "Is this the place?" "Yes. That's right. So they hid the Dragon King in the big maze here... Wait a minute, don't you really know the story?" "I don't know at all. Today is the first time I heard it." Geraint's head was tilted badly.Shan Sen was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear.Then Iluli said: "This story seems very long. How about we drive a little longer and listen to this story after the sun goes down? Now Miss Renee is getting farther and farther away from us." "Ah, yes. Then let's catch up for a while." "No. Ah! No, yes." Gerente spoke in a panic.We looked at Geraint in amazement, and Geraint seemed startled by his own incoherence.Karl asked him in surprise: "What do you mean, please?" "This... this matter is really unusual." "Ah, is it?" "Really, I'm sorry. The Eternal Forest exists because of the covenant between the Dragon King and Hendrick... This place is forbidden to enter. If it is Yisi people, no one will enter. But... we must enter forest!" Shan Sen asked in surprise: "Are you saying we should go in, or not?" "Once we enter the forest, things are going to be bad; but, we must go in." We looked at Gelent suspiciously, and Geraint himself had a skeptical expression.At this time, Carl asked carefully and softly: "Mr. Chinber means what DeFeli means?" We look at Carl in amazement again, then at Gerente.Gerent looked confused and bewildered. "It's forbidden to enter here... But I have a strong desire to go in. Really, damn it!" Gerent started to get angry.Nelia looked around with uneasy eyes, and then looked at Gerente again.Gerente said impatiently: "It doesn't make sense at all!" "Mr. Chimber?" "This matter, this matter is really not a joke..." Then Geraint folded his hands in a sudden panic and began to pray.We didn't know what to do, we just watched him from the sidelines.After a while, Gerente said in a firm tone: "I am the scepter of De Feli." This seemed to be the first time I saw him put on a serious face. Although Carl looked at him seriously, Gerent said as if talking to himself: "Therefore, if I do it according to De Feli's will, I will have no regrets even if I go to the road of death. But this will not work for everyone!" Carl looked at Gerent palely for a moment, then said with a smile: "That's my question. Can't we go into the forest?" Gerente didn't answer.So what does this mean? Carl nodded. "I see. Mr. Chimber probably thinks that if we enter the forest, we will have a dead end. But Deferi, who led Mr. Chimber here, thinks we should enter the forest, right?" Gerent looked miserable at this moment, he looked at Carl and said: "Mr. Carl..." "right?" The rest of us watched the two of them in silence.Jaylen nodded.But he said in a disturbed tone: "De Feli... Maybe it's through me that I lead everyone to the road of death." "It's unpredictable. Maybe De Feli is leading us to the path of glory." "In the eternal forest, there is no such thing as glory." "Put it another way, please: There is no such thing as glory so far." Karl's expression was determined and unchangeable.Geralt took a deep breath and nodded. Carl looked at Gerent and said: "Does Mr. Chimber think that there is an unusually dire danger lurking here?" Gerent looked at Carl depressedly, and muttered to himself: "Dangerous? Of course it's dangerous, ha ha! We don't even know what kind of danger it is, and we're already afraid of the eternal forest." "You mean we don't even know what kind of danger it is?" "Yeah! As people always say: 'Once you enter the Everforest, you can never come back', but that's not really what it means, because some people don't come back, and some people come back. The situation of people who go to other places It's the same. In this respect, the Forest of Eternity is no different." "Then what is it that is so frightening?" Gerente replied slowly: "Those who come back will disappear." "what?" Gerente said gloomily: "This can be said to be extremely terrifying. Among the people who entered the Eternal Forest, some have returned. They returned unscathed, healthy and safe. But they all disappeared." "Disappear……" "It was forgotten! Haha! You can't believe it, can you?" Gerent laughed heartily, but there was terror in his eyes.He quickly shot around with twinkling eyes, as if he was going to set everything around on fire, and a very strong heat rose up.Gerente said in a very fast tone: “消失了，被遗忘了。甚或连自己的父母也认不出自己的儿子。有的孩子也认不得他们自己的父母了。周围的人们慢慢地遗忘一切从前和他们在一起时的记忆。不知道为什么，就算是站在旁边，视线也不会停留在他们身上。根本不会有人注意到他们，也几乎没有人会去看到他们。但是那又不是代表身体消失不见的意思。对了，各位还记得房间里的柱子上的纹路吗？平常根本不会去注意到它，所以也不记得吧。这种事就发生在从这里归来的人身上。” 我开始颤抖起来。哪会有这种事啊？Totally impossible! “你们大概无法理解吧？可是这是真正存在着的事实。有一名从永恒森林回来的男子。他有一个爱人。回来之后两人当然就叙旧了一番。一时之间并无异样，但是不知不觉间记忆开始慢慢地消失了。那名男子问说：'你还记得我们当时一起走过的路吗？'女子回答道：'不记得了，我根本不知道有这回事。那是什么时候的事？'这种程度的健忘，无论谁都有可能发生吧？哈！没错，就是从这些微的记忆开始的，然后记忆会愈来愈少，开始愈来愈严重。” 杰伦特渐渐地提高了声调，我们的呼吸渐渐地和缓下来。 “他的生日是什么时候？他喜欢什么呀？第一次见面是何时的事？还有其他一些重要的事对这名女子来说全都停滞住，不复记忆了。不知为何，和他在一起的时间愈来愈短。即使是如此，却一点也感受不到。从原来的每日相会，到后来一周见一次，再往后减少到一个月见一次。最后就完全忘记了他的存在。'他是谁呀？'看到他的时候，甚至会发出这样的疑问出来。那名男子身边所有的人都会发生这样的反应。甚至连他自己都会变成那个样子！” 卡尔瞪大了眼睛看着杰伦特，杰伦特嘻嘻笑着说： “是呀！就是这样，他自己也忘了自己是谁。小时候的朋友长什么样子都想不起来了，然后慢慢地也忘了身边的人们，到最后也记不起自己的名字，甚至感受不到自我的存在了。明明就活着的人，却什么也不知道。这样的话不就和不存在是一样的吗？就这样消失不见了！没有人知道他，甚至于连他自己也不知道自己了，要怎样说他是个存在的人呢？后来有一个非常弥足珍贵，几乎不可能发生的幸运降临了。有某个人艰辛万分地想起了那名男子。'喂，我曾经有一个朋友，就是他嘛！不过，我记不得他的名字了'。'你在说谁呀？'到了这种情况的时候，也可以说这名男子就是完全从这个世界消失了，没有人知道他了。” 卡尔一脸地不可置信的表情，看着杰伦特： “不，这是合乎逻辑的事吗？” “当然是不合乎逻辑的，一点都不合乎逻辑，但就是这样发生了。” “等一下，有点奇怪，如果说没有人知道他的话，那么又是如何知道他消失不见的这件事呢？” “因为记录并没有消失。” "what?" “记忆消失了，可是记录是保存下来的。再举一次那名男子的例子吧，要是说他的爱人有写日记的习惯呢？那么那本日记会留下记录的。在他完全消失之后，他的爱人有一天翻了自己的日记本，她读到了第一次看到的名字，还有怎么样也想不起来的一些事情，非常地惊讶，觉得这到底是怎么回事？一直到这个时候，我们才了解了这件事的来龙去脉。又有某个人消失了呀！说不定那个人就是我的父母，或是兄弟，或是自己的孩子；可是我们都绝对无法想起这个人。” “这种令人啼笑皆非的……” 杰伦特开始发出咯咯的笑声，他说道： “哈哈哈！我们连这种事多久发生一次，第一次发生之时距离现在有多久都不知道。说不定在三百年前，永恒森林生成之时就有了也说不定。不过，自从知道了这个真真确确，奇怪又无法置信的事之后，我们都不再进入永恒森林了。也许不断地有某些勇敢的人进入过也不一定。可是，我们还是不知道的！因为我们身旁说不定就有一些我们不知道是否曾经存在过，可是我们绝对不认识的亲朋好友。哈哈！” “这种事……这种事为什么其他的地方都没听说过……” “因为不知道啊！” "what?" “因为不知道！我们不知道有谁消失了，连原来他有没有存在过都不知道啊！有人消失了，这是千真万确的，可是却无法得知是谁。所以我们伊斯公国的人彼此也不愿意提起有关永恒森林的故事，根本完全不去靠近；所以其他国家更是无法得知这件事的。可是伊斯公国的人民全都知道这件事情，也许有些他国的旅行者来到我国听到了这个故事后，就进入了永恒森林也说不定。可是他们也是会消失不见的。所以，会有谁知道呢？连我们自己也是依照那些已不存在的人们所留下令人讶异的陌生记录里，费尽心力来了解事情的原委，又如何能让其他的地方知道这件事呢？” 我们全都感受到一阵刺骨的寒意。午后的阳光散发出的凉意，和杰伦特说的话里所发出的寒气一并来袭。卡尔陷入了沉思。He said: “不管怎么说，德菲力还是希望我们进入永恒森林吧？” 杰伦特又再次静默不语。卡尔板直了脸说道： “没错吧，这样的话我要进去。” "what?" “钦柏先生当然也会进去的吧？你们其他人怎么样？” 其他的人彼此观望了一番，在还搞不清楚杰伦特到底在讲什么的状况下，卡尔要我们决定什么事？此时伊露莉说道： “反正自己都无法相信的事，那就是不存在的事。” 我们都看着伊露莉。伊露莉沉着地说道： “我们并不需要依据其他人残留的记忆来确认自己的存在，我们自己是要靠自己来肯定的。我很清楚我自己想要救出蕾妮小姐。我会加入。” 卡尔一面苦笑，一面问道： “搞不好自我会消失，这样你也要加入吗？” “在时间之下，没有永恒的事物。” 就是这句话成为了我们的行动指标。杉森拍了一下手掌说道： “哈哈！反正我们死了后，过了一百年、两百年，就跟不存在是一样的。有关我们的记忆都不会留存下来了。这么一来，我决定要做我现在想做的事情。” 然后我接在杉森后面说道： “因为我们活在当下。我也加入。如果我消失了，我爸，我爸……” 我的话没说完。泪水突然在眼眶里打转，流了下来。杉森默默地搭着我的肩膀，就是这个时候，我大叫了出来： “我爸的一个酒鬼儿子就完全消失不见了！” "Pfft ha ha ha!" 杉森大笑了出来，我也擦去了泪水，笑了一下。卡尔面带笑容地说： “是的，至少我们还有德菲力的引导做担保呢。好像满值得一试，不是吗？既然有人将神的权杖当做武器使用，让我们也把神的权杖当做担保品来好好干一场吧。哈哈哈。” 杰伦特张大了嘴看着卡尔，但是卡尔一副毫不在乎的样子。我们看着到目前为止还没有表示意见的人。 妮莉亚果然是在环顾着四周。卡尔看着妮莉亚，脸上浮现着不希望勉强她的表情，妮莉亚耸了耸肩膀。 “加入就加入嘛。就算我死在某处野地里，也不会有任何人会记得我，没有人会知道我在这世界走过一遭，曾经深爱过，还有我爱死了那些闪闪发亮的东西。这样的话，倒不如和自己喜欢的人一起消失还比较好。” 我们彼此笑了笑。杰伦特一脸讶异地说道： “就算从这世上消失了也没关系吗？” 卡尔一面微笑一面回答： “反正每个人到最后都会从这个世界上消失的。什么东西也不会留下来。可是在消失之前，应该要好好地认真过日子才是。” 杰伦特一副感动得快要哭出来的表情，一会儿看看我们，一会儿看看四周的景物。不久后，他突然一下子低下头，又立刻抬起头，并且给了我们一个哭笑不得的表情，他突然大喊： "Ok!" "what?" 卡尔虽然怀疑了一下，杰伦特当做没听到似地继续大叫着说： “这么说，这就是拿自己生命当赌注的冒险之旅了！太帅了。这是史上最危险的冒险之旅哪！对于置个人生死于度外的人来说，没有比这次行动还要危险的冒险了！哈哈！这是在我们的理智判断下，最后的冒险之旅！” “啊，是啊。就如同你说的一样。” 杰伦特突然举起手，向前一指。他极力大喊： “我们别管其他人曾留下了什么样的回忆，就照自己的意思向前出发吧！向永恒森林出发！” 然后杰伦特就奋力向前奔驰而去。 “呀啊，嘻哈！啊啊啊啊！” 我们一脸茫然地看着发了疯似地奔驰而去的杰伦特的背影，突然爆笑了出来，然后马上就跟在他后面出发了。 "Yeah!"