Chapter 204 - City Of Kindle (1/2)
Chapter 204: City of Kindle
Translator: Lonelytree
One could travel through either land or water froo with the forh the s and Mir, an area called the Stony Desert, a city called Meroe before they would arrive at the northern part of the desert If they hurry, the journey would take about a er but relatively safer If they decided to go by water, they would be heading ard of River Skai, a detour around Mt Lerion and they would end up at the eastern part of the desert The fastest this route would take was 10 days but the journey would be filled with unknown danger, especially since they would be passing through the steppes where they’d be exposed to ambushes by the Ossarians
Due to the time constraint, Gu Jun had decided to travel by water When he left Ulthar, he still had many unanswered questions He wished to cli-Kla to witness that carved seal for hiet to know , but returning to earth was his e about the Drea so he had held onto his ignorance
With regards to the sacred relic, Peacock refused to divulge more information about it, she merely stated, “You’ll see when you reach there” Sounded like she was trying to trick his were a species of plant called Life-draining vines, they had the ability to fuse with flesh and blood The variant that the Zoogs used were the relatively passive kind, the ones at the eastern land were the erous variant The vines there had been known to capture hapless travelers, especially hu their captive and they could do nothing but watch as they slowly becaically speaking but this was the Dreamlands, it had its own rules here
“These vines are now part of you” The Elder Zoog said, “Actually you are able to control theive it a try?” Gu Jun did what he was told He channeled his focus and indeed the vines twisted under his command The vines were like his extended limbs This… would prove to be quite useful but he knew these things were consu his body and ht deters re called ‘Vine-Shedding Wine’ According to the Elder Zoog, a few days after consu this drink, the vines in the drinker’s body would wilt on their own, there was no need for invasive surgery Gu Jun adopted the suggestion but he de with them and take the drink for five days on his own first After the animal experi happened to either of thehtmare Man, it is my honor to be your test subject” Peacock practically volunteered and she was not shy to let Gu Jun know about her reasoning behind it “I merely hope that this little contribution of mine will help increase your affection towards our tribe” She was different froe about hih was the kind illing to try everything, even if it denity Gu Jun respected someone like this To be fair he had no malice towards this pair, if he appeared harsh towards them, it was because he was still cautious around them For all he knew, this duo could turn out to be so led to a trap
The peace at Ulthar was indeed a rarity The moment they entered the riverway around Mt Lerion, the surroundings beca struck the suainst the untouched forest constantly They suffered the rain for 7 days before the barge broke through the forest and the group reached the Ossarian Steppes The wild grass that was taller than hu all sorts of threats
“When ere young, we considered burning down this whole plain so that the Ossarians would die and leave us alone” Peacock suddenly said, “The adults said that it won’t work, the grass wouldn’t burn but we did not believe therass plains will light up”
“Hrass was turning dry and yellow, thus highly fla this season either
“So the few of us…” Peacock shook her head with some chuckles, “Myself, Malachite, Gold, Aquamarine and the rest sneaked out froe of the steppes We dropped our torch and the fire was glorious… it was literally a sea of fire When we returned, ere so overjoyed, we could barely sleep” Then she paused before she continued in a more depressed tone, “But that did not stop the Ossarrian invasion either” Gu Jun listened quietly Over the few days of interaction, he could feel the sincerity froards to the land’s travellers, Gu Jun did ask the Elder Zoog about them in the presence of Peacock and Malachite
“The land’s travellers are a group of strange people” The Elder Zoog’s tapping communicated a sense of confusion, “We do not know thes are unfa answered, “Their gathering spots are incredibly well-hidden and even if we find it, it is iet close to them”