Vol 3 Chapter 119: Dryad

Finally, in the eyes of the three of them expecting, Ian opened his eyes, and then smiled on his face.
He had probably guessed what was going on.
Ian stood up first, folded a small branch on the small tree next to him, and began to draw circles on the ground.
What he drew was the overall shape of the mountain forest. First of all, it was a big circle, in which the distribution of trees and stones. Horn widened his eyes when the Department of Security had finished painting.
Because what Ian drew was a magic circle that Horn had never seen before!
"All the weirdness in this mountain forest should be the effect of that huge magic circle. The mist is the limit of the magic circle.
There is a magic circle with more powerful magic fluctuations than you, even if the layout is rough, it shouldn't be difficult to make those dwarves disappear silently. "
"Is it possible to use mountains, rocks, plants and trees to set up a magic circle?
Does this magic circle exist naturally?
Otherwise, how can all the trees in such a large area fit the arrangement of the magic circle? "
Horn didn't doubt Ian's words. The ubiquitous magic wave had proved that there was definitely a problem here, but he still had countless questions to know.
Regarding Horn’s question, Ian had already thought about it when he was exploring:
"Normal mountains, rocks, and plants are certainly not easy to do, but the things inside are not normal, and this magic circle is definitely arranged by intelligent creatures, that is, the layout is too simple, as for how to make the mountain forest fit the layout of the magic circle ..."
The magic ring made by Horn in Ian's hand shimmered, and a fist-sized fireball floated above the ring.
He aimed at a big tree with a fireball, and with a light wave of his hand, the fireball turned into a red line of fire and slammed into the big tree.
After the flame burned, a football-sized pit was left in the big tree, but it did not burn.
The tree trembled after being beaten, and then made no response.
The three of them looked at Ian suspiciously. What is he doing?
"Yeah, I can bear it..."
Seeing that one of his fireballs was not effective, Ian once again condensed a fireball to hit the big tree.
Now Horn noticed the tree that was hit by Ian. Normally, a fireball close to the power of the second ring was enough to burn the trees in midsummer.
Not to mention that in the winter, the air is dry and the trees lack moisture. Normally, the tree should have burned just now.
But the fireball just hit a hole in that tree!
This is completely abnormal.
The second fireball hit the previous pit, and this time the big tree was directly lit.
When the flames spread, they were in the horrified eyes of the three.
This tree has moved!
The huge roots of the tree are pulled directly from the soil to serve as its legs and feet, and the thick branches turn into huge arms.
The big tree burned by the flames twisted desperately, and the huge body rolled on the ground, making a hoarse voice from the trunk, like a human crying.
But the more it struggled, the faster the flame covered it, and eventually it lost its life, leaving only a pool of distorted charcoal on the ground.
An ordinary tree becomes this kind of thing, making Horn and Annie a little bit cold.
The strength of this thing is not worth mentioning, what really scares them is that they haven't found it before!
After confirming that the big tree was completely dead, Ian turned around and said to Horn.
"The existence hiding in it can make the mountain forest conform to the layout of the magic circle, of course, because the trees in the mountain forest are all alive!
It is not the mysterious existence that provides energy for this magic circle, but the power in the body of these tree monsters that make up the magic circle. "
Seeing that the big tree started to move, Hayrington realized that his bounty hunter career had been tepid and he didn't pay much attention.
If a really old bounty hunter could have discovered the true colors of these trees through clues.
Their names are,
Dryad!
A first-class plant-type monster, they are naturally good at hiding, and when they stay still, they are almost indistinguishable from normal trees.
Without knowing it, it would be even more difficult to find these guys.
So Anne's goshawk, Hayrington's repeated searches, and Horn's exploration of spiritual power all found no clues, because they didn't think about the tree monster at all.
Only with Ian's ability to detect beyond normal magicians can he discover the abnormalities of these tree monsters.
In fact, it would not be difficult to find these tree monsters without Ian's detection ability.
Generally, experienced bounty hunters cut a sword directly when they are not sure about the situation. If the tree reacts with this sword or emits green thick juice, then this is a dryad.
Before Ian's first fireball was extinguished by the green thick juice, that is, the dryad's blood.
This first-level monster is powerful and hates life. Any creature passing by may be attacked by them, and it is not known how the mysterious existence in the mountain forest restrains the brutal nature of these tree monsters.
However, although these tree monsters are ferocious, they are not difficult to deal with. They move a lot of distance in a short time and even die.
As long as the distance between these guys is a target, ordinary people can easily solve them.
But few bounty hunters are willing to hunt down this arguably the best first-level beast, because their vitality is very tenacious, and they are completely worthless...
"Then those missing dwarves and my goshawk are the ghosts of these dryads?" Annie asked, frowning.
Just now, the normally normal trees suddenly turned into hideous monsters, which shocked her.
"No~EbookFREE.me~ they don't have this ability. The really weird place in this forest is the magic circle formed by these tree monsters, not these tree monsters."
"Do you mean that as long as you solve these tree monsters, you can crack the puzzle of this place?"
With the big golden axe in turn, Hayrington seemed to be ready to rush up to cut down the trees, but it was okay that he didn't find out. When he discovered the problems with these trees, Hayrington became full of energy.
"Then tell me, I'm going to cut down the trees, and if you delay it, those old men in Hampton don't know if they can hold on!"
He must hurry up and act one minute earlier to give more hope.
In fact, Hampton and the others may be dead at the moment, but he will not give up hope of saving them.
"Well, I didn't make it clear just now."
Yi'an's hand drew a virtual picture against the misty mountains in front of him.
"I mean, all the big trees in this mist are dryads!"
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