Chapter 26 Escape

The thought of escaping surged in his mind, and Joan's heart beat faster. He looked far away with nervousness, and Gray's back had gradually become blurred.

He didn't waste any more time, quietly turned around and got into the reeds, and ran wildly along the direction he remembered. At this moment, there was only one thought in his mind-to escape from the swamp before Gray came back!

With a feeling of apprehension, Joan ran in a panic. After running for an unknown amount of time, the big swamp in front of him still had no end in sight. Exhaustion and fear kept piling up in his heart, and his breathing became more and more rapid. Every time he exhaled, there was a faint stabbing pain deep in his throat, with a smell of blood.

At this time, the sun was already westward, and the sky was gradually darkening. Frustrated, Joan found that he didn't know where he was, lost in the depths of the endless swamp, and there were strange movements in the distance from time to time, like the roar of a beast or the cry of a cow. At this moment, Joan couldn't help regretting: If I knew I would get lost, I might as well have stayed by Gray's side, at least it was safe enough.

Just as the remorse was increasing, a dog barked suddenly from across the grass in front of him.

Joan was startled at first, but then he heard the sound of the barking dog sound familiar. The surprise on his face quickly turned into ecstasy, and he ran towards the direction where the barking sound came from, cheering.

"Jamie Jamie, I'm here!"

The barking of dogs came from far to near, and the grass shook violently. A white figure suddenly rushed out and rushed towards Joan excitedly. It was the hybrid winter wolf Jamie.

Joan hugged Jamie tightly, tears of excitement almost overflowing her eyes. At this time, footsteps came from the opposite side of the grass, and two figures appeared one after another, all wearing green striped cloaks with grass camouflage, and deerskin boots suitable for walking in wetlands, and walking in front was a handsome girl with long flaxen hair , followed by an old man with a gray beard and a cane.

Joan immediately recognized Candy and Grandpa walking from the opposite side, and hurriedly led Jamie to meet them. Because I was so excited, I couldn't speak for a while.

"Joan! We finally found you!" Kandy took his hand, looked up and down, and was relieved after confirming that Joan was safe and sound, and asked with a bit of complaint: "Where did you go these two days?" Went away and didn't even go home!"

"This..." Joan opened his mouth with difficulty. An unprecedented desire to have paper and pen at hand so that he could write down the adventures and adventures of these two days. If it were to be told in words, he really didn't know where to start.

The old man Thiel understood his grandson's eccentricities better than Kandy, and said flatly, "It's fine, it's getting late, let's go back first, and talk about other things slowly when we get home."

Conti pursed her mouth depressedly, and could only temporarily suppress her curiosity, and whistled to call Jamie, who was fluttering dragonflies, to follow.

The three of them and one dog returned the same way, and the old man Tire led the way on crutches. Although the old man had inconvenient legs and feet and wobbled every step he took, he stubbornly refused the young man's support, and his walking speed was no slower than that of Kandy and Joan. What surprised Joan even more was that grandpa seemed to be very familiar with the environment of the swamp area. In his eyes, the same scenery, but the old man could distinguish subtle differences, and he could always find the correct and safe path to avoid the quagmire lurking under the grass .

I walked silently for two hours like this. When the sun set and a bright moon hung high in the night sky, the vast night shrouded the vast swamp, which seemed more mysterious than the daytime.

Not knowing whether it was due to his optimistic nature or the need to strengthen his courage when walking at night, Candy hummed softly. Joan was mainly focused on observing the gradually dim environment around him, and inadvertently heard Conti's singing, one of the lyrics seemed to be "under the violet moonlight", which left a deep impression on him. Looking up at the night sky, the new moon illuminates the surrounding sky, revealing a faint blue hue, setting off the hazy clouds. The bright moonlight and clear night sky meant that tomorrow would be a fine weather. The girl's singing echoed in her ears, and Joan's mood gradually became more relaxed.

At this moment, a roar sounded from far behind, like a horn blowing at the end of the swamp, quickly approaching here.

The singing stopped abruptly, and a serious look appeared on Conti's face.

"It seems that some kind of monster is catching up." She listened to the roar, and her face became even weirder, "That guy is running towards us, if I guess correctly, it should be able to track us all the way. traces and smells."

Jamie let out a deep growl, expressing his agreement with Conti's conjecture in his own way, all the mane on his neck stood up, and he entered a state of alert.

The old man Tire stopped, looked back towards the direction of the roar, and snorted coldly: "The guy who doesn't know how to live or die, he is chasing quite fast." Then he turned to look at Joan and Conti, "You two, take Jamie hides, and the next thing is left to me to deal with."

Joan heard the roar coming from behind him somewhat familiar, and was about to tell his grandfather that a tall figure with a slightly hunched back had appeared in sight, striding across the muddy swamp at a speed no less than that of a galloping horse, silver-gray The skin reflected the moonlight shining brightly, and the six symmetrically arranged eyes shone with golden light.

Seeing this tall and strong monster chasing up, Kandy couldn't help but gasped, and hastily clenched the oak stick in his hand. The old man Tire frowned, spit out a series of mantras softly, and pointed forward with a crutch in his hand. A circle of green magic circles interwoven with countless complex geometric figures floated in the mud, and then four magic beams rose up, transforming There are four giant crocodiles that are ten feet long from head to tail and covered with thick scales.

These giant crocodiles summoned by the magic of nature communicated with the old man Tire. After appearing, they immediately moved backwards in front of Joan and Kandy, forming a defensive formation, and watched vigilantly at the gray figure that was approaching quickly on the opposite side. giant.

Guillaume Tell chanted another prayer praising the origin of nature. With a light touch of the cane, the large ferns and algae floating above the muddy water glowed emerald green and mutated drastically under the influence of natural magic. It gathered into a huge and weird human-shaped vine, twelve feet high from head to toe, like a green giant, slowly moving the lower limbs made of countless twisted roots, blocking the way of the gray monster opposite.

"Grey!" Joan couldn't help shouting.

The gray giant immediately looked at him, all six eyes overflowed with joy, and ran towards Joan cheering.

The vine creature created by the old man with spells performed the mission entrusted to him by his master. He threw off the two long arms that were intertwined with each other, like two green monsters entangled Gray tightly, preventing it from approaching Joan. .