Chapter 51 The Ancient Greek God in Charge of Squirrels
The sun shines through the gaps in the leaves, illuminating this huge pine tree, and the rough bark reveals an ancient atmosphere.
A group of squirrels, numbering nearly a hundred, surrounded under the trunk of a pine tree, a spectacular scene.
Yeats rubbed his eyes and was surprised. He actually saw on the faces of these squirrels...
Piety?
Each squirrel was holding fruits in its hands, such as pine nuts, acorns, walnuts, hazelnuts... Yeats swallowed his saliva at a glance.
They are all natural nuts, full of high-quality ingredients!
Yeats hid more carefully, keeping his eyes fixed.
Hundreds of squirrels, ranging from gray to orange to gold, holding nuts high in their hands, circled around the huge pine tree, and then came one by one in an orderly manner under the command of an elderly squirrel. Go to the huge pine tree.
The squirrels put the fruits in their hands into the holes of the pine trees one by one. Yeats didn't know how many nuts were stored in the tree hole. After all the squirrels were put in, there was still no sign of the tree hole being overflowing!
Could it be that this is a hollow tree filled with nuts?
Yeats looked up at the huge pine tree, his eyes gleaming.
This is simply a squirrel’s treasure!
“These squirrels look so strange. It feels like humans are offering sacrifices to gods?” Gray said softly, hiding next to Yeats.
Yeats pondered for a long time and said: "Gray, do you think squirrels also have gods belonging to them?"
Gray complained: "The squirrel's priesthood is too small. If he were the god of acorns and pine trees, it would sound more powerful!"
Acorns are the sacred objects of druids, and pine trees are the sacred objects of druids. One of the sacred trees of the Druids, these two symbols are closely related to the goddess of nature, and their priesthood is extraordinary.
In "Phantom Wings", many squirrels are also clearly mentioned, two of which are more famous.
One is the ancestor of the family of Count Thomas Bran, the lord of White Night City. It is a squirrel that can transform into a human being, thus establishing the squirrel emblem of the Bran family.
The other one has an extraordinary origin and is related to the World Tree. Legend has it that there is a squirrel jumping up and down on the World Tree. Of course, this is definitely not related to these squirrels.
Yeats rubbed his chin and murmured: "Are the squirrels worshiping the god of nature?"
"Then what should we do now? Ignore them?" Gray asked.
Yeats pondered for a long time and said: "Let's wait until these squirrels disperse, then we can come back."
Gray was stunned: "Why are you coming back?"
Yeats’s eyes were piercing and bright, and he said:
"The fellow villagers have stored so many nuts in the tree holes. It's really unreasonable not to take some back!"
Gray:? ? ?
The squirrel is really unlucky to meet you!
Yeats decided not to disturb the gathering of the squirrels for the time being. He memorized the location of the "nut treasure" and searched for clues about the giant moose in the forest with Gray.
The giant moose was not found, but it passed by a hazel tree covered with hazelnuts. The thick and large hazelnuts were mouth-watering.
"Yeats, look, this hazelnut is so plump..."
Before he finished speaking, the hazelnut fell from the sky. The gray-green scales secreted glue and mucus and hung on Gray's leather armor. A pair of blood-red eyes split open on the fruit shell, staring into Gray's eyes.
Gray's face turned from blue to pale, and she was about to scream when Yeats suddenly covered her eyes and said seriously:
"Close your eyes and don't look at it!"
Gray immediately followed the instructions and asked stumblingly: "Why, why?"
"This is the hazelnut worm. It will pretend to be a hazelnut and hang upside down on the hazelnut tree waiting for prey. Its body is hidden inside the nut shell, and the nut shell will automatically eject!"
Yeats turned his head Go and say: "You can't look into its eyes, because if you look at it one more time, it will explode!"
Gray's face turned pale: "Help! Save me!"
"Wait! Wait."
Yeats drew out the Spirit Shield Sword, condensed a dark green mist in his left hand, and slowly injected the mist into the sword.
Blessed by the dark night, poisonous blade!
Suddenly, the rapier glowed with a cold green light after quenching the poison.
Going around behind the nutworm, Yeats aimed at a crack behind the nutworm and thrust his rapier into it!
呲——
The hazel nutworm suddenly died and was skewered on the edge of the sword.
Yeats looked at the plump hazelnut worm and nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, you can open your eyes."
Gray opened her eyes nervously and saw that the hazelnut worm had been solved. Take a breath.
Following the good habit of asking questions when you don't understand, Gray said confused: "So, is the hazelnut worm a plant or a bug?"
"It's a bug." Yeats gave a clear answer Answered, "Air nail bugs are elemental creatures called bugs, and hazelnut bugs are bugs disguised as hazelnuts."
Gray looked strange, and saw Yeats looking up at the hazelnut bugs on the tree.
She thought of terrible things, with a tremor in her voice: "What are you looking at?"
"I'm waiting for the other hazelnut worms to fall."
Yeats He smiled and said: "One hazelnut worm is not enough to eat, a few more can be made into kebabs."
Soon, Yeats turned his head, looked at Gray up and down, and said seriously: "Hazelnut worms It seems that you are not interested in me... I can only serve as a bait for you, Gray."
Gray's face was ashen as she watched Yeats slowly approach.
"Don't come over!!"
Finally.
With no choice but to do so, Gray turned back and ran under the hazelnut tree, causing the hazelnut insects to fall in batches, and a few unfortunately landed on her leather armor, which made Gray's face change wildly.
Yeats swung his rapier and stabbed each one, killing the hazelnut worms one by one.
Looking at the bunches of hazelnut worms on the Spirit Shield Sword, Yeats smiled with satisfaction:
"Okay, let's go back. I'll make hazelnut worm kebabs for you to eat."
Gray's hair was messy and she smiled sadly: "Ha, ha." I will never eat such disgusting insects. of!
……
Next to the huge pine tree.
The bonfire slowly rose, and the skewers placed on the fire exuded the unique aroma of roasted hazelnuts.
"Barbecued hazelnut worm: two stars. Remove the body of the hazelnut worm and bake it with the shell of the hazelnut worm. The taste is similar to that of hazelnuts. Due to the influence of mucus, it will cause stringing when eaten. Defense after eating Permanent improvement (micro)"
Gray held a barbecued hazelnut worm in his hand, sniffed it suspiciously, and then took a bite.
“Hmm!”
Gray’s eyes widened and she found that the hazelnuts had been pulled out into filaments, and the taste was filled with the sweetness of pulp and the aroma of nut fat.
"It's amazing, you can actually pull out such long silk!" Gray's face was full of novelty.
Yeats said calmly: "Because this is the mucus of hazelnut worms, it is used to attract insects to eat, so it is sweet."
"..." Gray felt a sense of nausea. , but my body feels that this hazelnut worm kebab is quite delicious!
"By the way." Yeats stared at Gray, "You just secretly said in your heart that you would never eat such disgusting bugs, right?"
Gray was stunned. His face changed suddenly. Could it be that Yeats had learned how to read minds? !
Seeing her expression, Yeats knew that he had been deceived, and smiled slightly:
"I haven't learned how to read minds, I just guessed it by looking at your expression."
Grey: " ..."
Damn it, it was seen through!
Gray admitted indirectly and still said stubbornly:
"I ate it to preserve my strength for hunting giant moose!"
Yeats laughed, without going into details, picked up a skewer of hazelnut worms and walked to the hole of the huge pine tree just now. .
The squirrels that gathered just now have already dispersed.
Now this treasure of nuts belongs only to Yeats!
Yeats looked inside the tree hole and was slightly startled. There was not a single nut inside the tree hole!
Okay, the folks have hidden all the food, right?
Yeats had doubts.
Throwing the hazelnut worm kebab into the tree hole, with a surge of mana, the kebab also disappeared, and Yeats couldn't help scratching his head.
Hey, that’s weird.
This is really the execution ground of Louis XVI - it’s so confusing!
Gray's shout came: "Yeats, stop standing there stupidly, you have attracted the prey!"
Dong, dong!
The ground trembled, the trees swayed, and a huge figure slowly stepped out of the shadows deep in the forest.
The giant moose is as tall as a moving mountain. Its huge horns reflect golden light, its hair is snow-white, and its eyes are cold and majestic.
The hunting target appears, but Gray feels a strong crisis. The trap has not been set yet, so she can only fight with this huge creature in person!
The giant moose lowered its head, its majestic antlers were extremely powerful. Suddenly, it charged, dead branches under its feet shattered, and the ground rumbled and shook!
The charging posture of this giant creature was particularly astonishing, and a pine tree along the road was easily broken by it.
Boom!
The pine tree made a sound when it collapsed. The terrifying destructive force made Yeats take a breath. He quickly walked around the trunk of the huge pine tree and said loudly:
"The decision is yours, Ge. Lei!”
Is this a line for summoning a familiar? ! Gray's eyes were piercing, and he held a frost-condensed hand ax in his hand, whistling and throwing it out.
Bang!
The giant moose's antlers were cut with a frost mark, and its eyes were stained with blood red. It changed its target and stared at Gray.
Gray raised his hand to catch the spinning hand ax and hissed. Not only was he not seriously injured, but he seemed to have angered it!
The war situation is tense.
Telepathy sounded.
The voice seemed to come from a petite human girl.
"Human beings, were you the ones who presented offerings to me just now?"
What's going on? !
Yeats looked around blankly, but could not find the source of the sound, and said loudly: "Who are you?"
"My name is Ratatosk, I am the diamond of the cliff, I am the fang of the climb!"
Which one?
Tony Stark?
I feel like he is a very powerful boss. Anyway, hold on to your thighs first!
Yeats decisively admitted: "I presented the offering! Where are you?"
"Look up at the top of your head, and then, offer your praises——"
Yeats looked up and saw standing on the crown of the huge pine tree a... squirrel with arms folded!
Yeats was stunned for a long time, and said uncertainly:
"Praise... the squirrel?"
The squirrel's furry tail reflected the golden light, and he nodded coldly, and then stood up from the tree crown. Jump down.
Boom!
The impact produced a strong shock, and the giant moose was instantly swallowed by the shock wave.
Boom!
The smoke billowed and gradually dispersed.
The squirrel knelt down on one knee. Keep one hand on the ground and raise the other hand high behind your back.
Immediately, the squirrel stood up slowly, revealing a pale golden body, with three gray marks like battle scars on its back, and its eyes were dark and deep.
Yeats was shocked.
What is this? Siberian chipmunk?
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