When everyone returned to the hunter's hut, the sky had completely darkened.

  The bonfire in front of the door was still burning, and the three wounded were sitting around the fire to keep warm. Seeing that everyone successfully returned with Gray, they all showed surprise expressions on their faces.

   "Grey!"

  「It’s great that you’re fine!」

  The three boys struggled to stand up and approached their companions.

   "Oslo, Stiller and Arnel, let's go back after dawn, it's too dangerous here...I don't want to take any more risks."

  Grey took the fountain of youth, barely supported by her female classmate Mesia, she said nervously.

"Yes, I don't want to stay here anymore... and when we returned just now, we filled a bottle of the fountain of youth, Gray took a sip and healed most of his injuries. It really looks real... it's enough for each of us Have a drink."

  Mecia took out the bottle of spring water and said to his companions.

  The three boys showed surprise on their faces. They stared at the bottle of spring water with fiery eyes, then looked at Grey, and asked her how it felt to drink the spring water in a low voice.

  After some communication, they basically confirmed the authenticity of the spring water, and turned to look at Chen Lun... After hearing what Mesia and Gray said, this gentleman filled several barrels, and they couldn't help showing envious and longing expressions.

  Oslo brought the wooden bowl, eagerly asked for spring water from Mesia, poured a bowl and drank it.

  Suddenly, he felt a coolness penetrating from his throat into his body, and immediately spread to his limbs and bones. He lifted up his clothes after an exclamation, and most of the claw wounds on his chest and abdomen healed, and the others couldn't help but marvel at this.

  「It’s true! Sure enough...this spring water has magic power!」

  The rest of the people also poured a bowl and drank it, feeling the power of the spring water for themselves.

  「Am I already immortal? We...have eternal life like this?」

   Afro Stiller flushed with excitement.

   "Stop dreaming, the so-called 'fountain of immortality, at most, just let you live a few more years, it is impossible to live forever..."

  Lutina walked to the stake by the bonfire and sat down, casually placed the double-barreled shotgun by her legs, and looked at the group of cheerful students with a sneer.

  She doesn't seem to care about the so-called "fountain of youth" at all, and she has no interest in taking a second look.

  Hearing her words, several students were skeptical.

  Although Lutina has always given everyone the feeling that she is very familiar with the Great Coleridge Forest, and has experienced a series of events just now, she has more prestige...but when it comes to the fountain of youth, they instinctively deny her point of view.

   "Miss Lutina, didn't you say that there are many mysterious places in the Coleridge Forest, and even you don't know it... and you haven't drunk the spring of immortality, how do you know it can't live forever?"

   Oslo retorted.

  Lutina was not interested in arguing with him, she shrugged and said:

   "Heh, since you think you are immortal, then you are."

   Several students raised their brows and couldn't help muttering something in a low voice.

  They somewhat disliked Lutina's self-righteousness, but after all, she saved Grey's life, so it's not easy to say anything in person.

At this time, Oslo suggested to go to the Fountain of Youth to get some more spring water to take away. Although they drank a glass, it is not a bad thing to drink more just to be on the safe side... and the extra can be sold to the rich in big cities. I am interested in this "sacred water" that prolongs life and cures diseases.

  The opportunity to make a fortune is right in front of you, how can you just leave empty-handed like this?

   "You're right, Oslo... We sell this kind of spring water for ten gold pounds a cup, so someone will buy it?"

  Stiller's eyes lit up, rubbing his hands together and saying.

   "Look at your promise... Even if it is a hundred gold pounds, someone will buy it, do you believe it?"

   Oslo sneered.

  Grey and Mesia turned their heads and glanced at the dark forest. Although they still had lingering fears, they were hindered by the enthusiasm of their companions.

  And I really want money...they didn't refuse.

   It’s just that Mesia looked hesitant and persuaded:

  「Why don’t you wait until tomorrow morning, it’s already dark now…」

   "Didn't you listen to what Miss Lutina said? Maybe that spring water will disappear by itself... There are all kinds of strange things in the Great Coleridge Forest. If it really comes true, where will we go to find such a treasure?"

   Oslo encouraged.

   "It's not too late. Let's go there now and come back immediately after fetching water... Besides, haven't you chased away those rat people? It will be fine!"

  Lutina heard the conversation of several people, shook her head and said:

  「Your greed and ignorance almost made that girl a mouse bride... Now I still want to go to the forest. If there is any trouble again, I won’t make a move.」

   Several boys looked embarrassed and ashamed, and Oslo raised his tone:

   "It's okay, I won't bother you this time, we will be careful ourselves."

   "Please go ahead."

  Lutina said lightly.

  She took out the dry food by herself and put it by the fire to warm it up.

  Several students glanced at each other and were eagerly preparing to take a step, but at this moment, footsteps came from the woods first. Everyone hurriedly looked into the darkness vigilantly, for fear that there might be some monsters.

  However, it was the three men in peaked caps who had left before that gradually entered the range of the fire.

  They were covered in blood at the moment, and they were still holding a heavily tied sack in their hands. The sack kept wriggling, and suppressed wailing and humming came from inside... It seemed that someone was contained in it.

   "Gentlemen, are you...?"

  Oslo's face changed slightly, and he took a step back and asked slowly.

  「Hehe, we seem to have heard something interesting just now...」

  The man headed by threw the sack in his hand, and a muffled groan came from inside.

  He looked up and glanced at everyone present, and said with a smile:

  「You found a treasure in the forest? Aren’t you going to share our pie?」

   "Sir, if you also want the 'Fountain of Immortality,' then of course there is no problem...Anyway, we can't take that much away."

   Oslo squeezed out a smile.

  「We are planning to go there...You guys should come too.」

  The man in the peaked cap who was the leader restrained his smile, took out the flintlock gun from his waist, and pointed it at Oslo's head.

  "Innocent little boy, do you think that kind of spring water is worth the high price if you take too much out? It's like illegal drugs on the black market. If the supply is not in short supply, how can it be sold so expensive!"

  「Don't...don't shoot!」

   Oslo was taken aback, and quickly raised his hands and shouted.

  「We can cooperate! As long as the quantity of each shipment is discussed in advance, the price can be guaranteed!」

   "As expected of a college student studying in the academy, the brain is really easy to use..."

   The man in the peaked cap said lightly.

  At this time, the two people behind him suddenly drew their guns and pointed at the crowd.

  Grey screamed in fright, and the others also looked panicked.

  However, they soon discovered that the two guns were actually pointing at Lutina behind everyone.

   "Miss Guide, don't act rashly... You only have one gun, and we have three, do you want to bet on who will die first?"

  The man headed by sneered.

  Lutina confronted the three of them with a double-barreled shotgun, without saying a word.

   "Your proposal is very good, but I prefer to trust my own people...so all the spring water you found is ours."

  The man said to Oslo again.

  His eyes scanned everyone aggressively, and then the corners of his mouth raised.

  "Luck is really good. This trip not only found the guy who swallowed our goods, but also such an unexpected harvest... Ivo, Roche, there are four women here, you choose one each, don't play to death, you need to

   Ask them to lead the way... As for the other men, kill them all. "

  「Hey, good boss!」

  The other two men in peaked caps showed cruelty and excitement, and directly raised their guns, aiming at everyone.

  The faces of the five students and the couple suddenly changed, showing panic.

"what!"

  The girl screamed.

   Meanwhile, two men have pulled the trigger.

   Bang bang!

   Gunshots, blood spurting.

  The two men fell down in response, a **** hole appeared between their eyebrows.

  Everyone froze in place, not knowing what happened when they saw this scene.

They quickly noticed the devilish expression on the leader's peaked cap man's face, and turned their heads following the other's line of sight, and found that the black-capped youth who had been silent in the team was holding a golden flintlock rifle... It is the [Connie No. 2] limited edition paint that Chen Lun took out from the blood poem ring!

   He fired the gun!

but…

   Where did his gun come from? !

  The two female students and the couple quickly thought of the fact that at the Fountain of Youth, the gentleman collected the iron barrels like a magic trick, and the gun was probably conjured in this way...

   Who the **** is he? !

   Magician? !

  「Have you had enough trouble?」

  Chen Lun said lightly.

Originally, he just wanted to rub against the team of the travel agency, looking for an opportunity to find out the route to the Augusta Mountains, but he didn't expect so many things to happen along the way... If it weren't for these three gangsters who were madly preparing to engage in massacres and ***, he was too lazy to make a move.

  「Bastard! Go to **** with you!」

  The man in the peaked cap headed by him is a ruthless character who licks blood from the edge of his knife. Even if the two brothers are dead now, he raises his gun and shoots at Chen Lun without fear.

  Boom!

  Fireworks erupted from the muzzle of his gun, and the bullets whizzed out of the chamber.

   It hit Chen Lun directly on the head!

  However, Chen Lun just closed his left eye, and the bullet collided with his eyelid, sparking a bright spark and making a loud bang.

   "?!"

   The man in the cap was shocked.

  「What happened? Didn’t... not die?! It must have been hit!」

  Chen Lun held the flintlock rifle in one hand, raised the gun and pulled the trigger at him.

  Boom!

  The man in the peaked cap couldn't have followed Chen Lun's example and caught the bullet with his mortal body. The shot pierced through his eyebrows directly, and his brain and blood spattered. After he fell down, he couldn't die anymore.

  Everyone was in constant panic. They stared at Chen Lun with uncertain expressions and retreated vigilantly.

  Although they didn't see the scene of Chen Lun blocking the bullet with his eyelids just now, they can be sure that this young man in black hat is definitely not simple. People will always respond with vigilance and fear to strange and unknown things.

  Chen Lun didn't care what these people thought.

He walked up to the bodies of the three men with a flintlock rifle in his hand, and poked open their peaked caps with the body of the gun expressionlessly... he saw that the tops of the three men's heads were covered with snail shells the size of ping pong **** !

  With the death of the "host", the snail shells began to squirm, and the soft tentacles were pulled out of the three men's brains and retracted into the snail shells. They stood up and tried to flee in all directions, but they were crushed by Chen Lun and turned into a puddle of mud.

"This is a 'parasitic worm,' which is actually a fungus from the Great Forest of Coleridge, and the snail shell is just the remnant of the original host. Even if these three men leave this forest alive, it will not be long before they will be in the forest. Die unknowingly, a puppet of this fungus."

  Lutina also came over and said after seeing these snails.

  「Parasitics? Interesting creatures...」

  Chen Lun commented calmly.

  He turned his head and glanced at the panicked crowd, then turned his gaze back to Lutina.

  「Since they decided to return after dawn, I will not continue

   I'm with you... tell me the route to the Augusta Mountains, and I'll go there myself. "

  Lutina took a deep look at him, then nodded.

"no problem."

  She took out a page of paper from her backpack, filled it with handwriting and handed it to Chen Lun.

   "The above are precautions and key road signs... You just need to follow what I wrote, and it only takes about five days to get out of this forest area."

"thanks."

  Chen Lun put away the paper and thanked him.

  At this time, there were suddenly creaking sounds one after another in the forest, as well as dense footsteps.

  The faces of everyone present changed.

  「What is approaching?!」

  「There are a lot of them!」

  Lutina frowned tightly, and she ran to the hunter's hut with a double-barreled shotgun.

   "It's a gunshot! The gunshot just now attracted the attention of the Tamara Ratmen, and they came to take revenge! Come with me, everyone, there is an underground secret room I left in the wooden house, let's go and hide in it for the night!"

  「Let’s go! Go!」

   Everyone panicked and rushed into the wooden house following Lutina.

  Grey, who was running at the end, suddenly noticed that the young man in the black hat and the cow were standing there without moving. She hesitated and stopped, and asked aloud:

   "Mr.... Sir? Aren't you coming in? Those rat people are very dangerous..."

  The people hiding inside the door also looked back, and Lutina had a questioning look on her face.

  Chen Lun stood there, shook his head slightly, and just said softly:

"I should be going."

  The girl Grey gritted her teeth, turned and walked into the wooden house, while Lutina took one last look at the back of the young man in black hat, and decisively closed the door of the wooden house.

  Boom!

  Everyone got into the secret door under the bed one after another, not daring to vent their atmosphere, squatting obediently in the dark basement, except for each other's breathing, they could only faintly hear the chaotic sound of ping-pong coming from above their heads.

  「They rushed in!」

   "Hush!"

  「…」

  「We won’t be discovered…」

  「No, absolutely not.」

   After the small exchange, there was another silence.

  After experiencing tension and fear, everyone fell asleep in extreme fatigue.

   I don't know how long it has passed.

  Lutina woke up everyone one by one, then opened the hidden door in the basement, and returned to the hunter's cabin. It was already dawn outside the house, and at dawn, there were strange birdsongs in the woods.

   Everyone looked at the messy scene and felt depressed.

  「Those rat people should go, right?」

   Oslo asked in a low voice.

   But no one answered him.

  The door of the hunter's cabin was smashed by a mouse last night, and it was broken into three pieces and fell to the ground.

   Everyone walked out of the door, and they couldn't help taking a breath after seeing the scene in front of them.

  I saw a dense pile of ratman corpses, piled up outside the hunter's hut in a haphazard manner, hundreds of thousands... The dried blood was dark brown and had an extremely stench.

"this…"

   Oslo's throat was dry and he could not speak.

  Grey, a girl, trembled and said in a low voice:

  「Could it be that gentleman did it?」

  「How...how is it possible?」

  Stiller swallowed his saliva, stared at the corpses all over the ground and said.

   "Unless...he's not human!"

  Everyone's eyes were full of shock, but they somehow believed the words of the boy with the afro.

yes…

  Unless that gentleman is not human, how could such a thing be done.

  Only Lutina smiled in a corner where no one noticed.

  「God's favorite...」