How fast can a person travel in a primeval forest where there is no satellite positioning, the compass is useless and the visibility is polar?
The answer is no more than three kilometers per hour.
And because it requires weight-bearing, it makes it very difficult for a few people who rarely engage in heavy physical labor.
Since Allen deliberately did not give any help to the members of this team, they had to sit down and rest for a while every time they walked.
Coupled with the previous attacks by a large number of monsters and the dark and cold environment around them, everyone's mental state was highly tense, with a hint of depression and despair.
Especially Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons, the two scientists responsible for logistics, were basically unable to provide any support to the team after losing their advanced equipment and electronic instruments.
If it weren't for the calm expression on Allen's face, some people might have started to collapse.
After all, no one knows how long they will stay in this dangerous world.
I don't even know how I can survive once all the water and food I brought with me are gone, or if Silver-Plated Bullets is used up.
The strong sense of crisis is like a demon, constantly devouring everyone's heart.
Especially Coulson, who is responsible for leading the team, knows very well that the longer time passes, the less control he will have over this team that has just been put together.
In the end, there may be a tragedy of cannibalism due to competition for food, drinking water and ammunition.
So after traveling continuously for about ten hours, he finally took advantage of others to rest silently and quietly came to Allen. He lowered his voice and asked, "How far are we from the castle and village in the photo?"
"It will take about four or five hours to walk." Allen gave the answer calmly.
You don't need to ask to know that neither the monsters nor the weird environment here can have even the slightest impact on him.
"Then what do you think will be waiting for us in the villages and castles? More and more terrifying monsters, or humans like us?" Coulson continued to ask.
Allen chuckled and shook his head, "I don't know! It doesn't matter what is waiting for us. Anyway, for you S.H.I.E.L.D., as long as you find the reason that leads to the two worlds, and then solve it, won't it be enough?"
"That's right. I hope everything goes well." Coulson sighed helplessly.
Ever since he chose to come in against all odds, he had actually been prepared to die here.
To be precise, most Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. have a similar consciousness when executing dangerous people.
After all, cowards have long been scared away after seeing the high death rate and missing persons among field agents.
Just as everyone was sitting around drinking water and resting silently, a deafening roar suddenly came from the distance.
"Roar!!!!!!!!"
The next second...
Dazzling firelight emerged from a place one or two hundred meters away.
I saw a huge thing with a body length of thirteen or four meters and two wings that could cover the roof of a house. It swooped down from the sky at an extremely fast speed and sprayed hot flames towards the ground.
Through these scalding flames, several figures could be vaguely seen moving and dodging along the woods, and they were still communicating with each other in a language that no one could understand.
One of the tall women wearing leather armor even jumped deep into the treetops, drew her bow and arrow, aimed at the dragon-like creature, and shot a fatal arrow.
Whoosh!
No surprises!
The arrow directly pierced the eye of the giant beast, and a large amount of dark green juice spurted out from the eyeball.
All trees and plants that were contaminated immediately made a harsh sizzling sound.
Obviously, these dark green juices contain extremely strong acidity.
In the blink of an eye, a tree as thick as a thigh was corroded and broken into two pieces.
There was also a pungent stench coming out of the break.
"Oh my god! Then... what is that?" Skye jumped up from the ground like a conditioned reflex, holding on to the gun in his hand.
"Looks like some kind of flying dragon?" Grant Ward said with strong uncertainty in his tone.
As the main fighting force of the team, he has replaced the rifle in his hand with a more powerful shotgun.
After all, in this extremely low visibility environment, the melee Divine Artifact shotgun is much easier to use than any pistol, submachine gun, or rifle.
Even top predators such as bears and tigers will be seriously injured or killed on the spot if hit by a shotgun.
"Get ready for battle! They seem to be coming towards us!" Melinda reminded with a nervous look on his face.
While several people were talking, Feilong, who was blind in one eye, finally began to go crazy because of the pain, venting his anger to the surroundings unscrupulously.
In only about two or three minutes, the entire forest was set on fire.
Five unidentified locals were directly swallowed whole by the spitting flames, and they let out blood-curdling screams.
Only the woman holding a bow and arrow with her life in hand escaped by chance. She didn't care about anything else and just ran forward with her long legs.
But the flying dragon didn't want to easily let go of the enemy who had blinded one of its eyes. It suddenly spread its wings and chased after him, and opened its bloody mouth again.
The moment the orange-red flames lit up from his throat again, Allen, who had been standing there without moving, finally took action.
His whole body turned into an afterimage, Blitz Gundam rushed forward at a speed that could not cover his ears, raised his fist and smashed it down hard.
boom!!!!!!
Under the influence of the terrifying force, the flying dragon didn't even have a chance to react, and its whole head exploded on the spot like a smashed rotten watermelon.
Then, the huge body fell from mid-air, directly crushing a large number of trees.
When the female archer who was still running for her life saw this scene, she didn't know whether she was frightened or was too shocked to speak. She just stood there stupidly, letting the blood rain down on her body.
"Hello!"
Allen stood on the back of the dragon and said hello with a smile in the local language.
By absorbing the souls of the unlucky ones who died just now, he not only mastered the language of this world, but also gained a general understanding of the situation in the surrounding areas.
As expected, this is not the earth, but an independent world or subspace.
In this place, there is no concept of day or night.
The sky remains in this gray state forever, and there is no change in the climate and temperature.
Restricted by the environment, technological level, and endless monsters, no one knows how big it is here, nor how many people live there.
The only thing that is known is that Edmir Castle and its subordinate villages are the largest human gathering place within hundreds of kilometers, with probably tens of thousands of households living there.
As for monsters, they are divided into two types.
One is a beast like a flying dragon that can be hurt by ordinary weapons and usually lives in inaccessible forests. As long as humans don't intrude on their territory, they usually won't be attacked.
There is another one, Cursed Creature, which can only be killed by silver-plated weapons.
The latter is also called Scourge, and it launches attacks on human gathering places every once in a while.
No one knows when they were born, but all humans and animals killed by Cursed Creature will eventually become a member of Cursed Creature.
Any human gathering place that cannot resist will be slaughtered by Cursed Creature without exception.
To put it simply, the master Melody of this world is the war between humans and Cursed Creature that has lasted for thousands of years for the right to survive.
"You... who are you?" the female archer asked in a slightly trembling voice.
"Me? I'm a traveler..."
Before Allen could finish speaking, the female archer rolled her eyes and fainted.
Because the high-speed running and the life-threatening battle had consumed too much of her energy.
Coupled with the sudden relaxation of the spirit after escaping from death, the body's self-protection mechanism finally started.
"Human?"
Seeing the unconscious black-haired woman on the ground, Skye showed ecstasy on her face.
Before that, she had been worried that this place would be completely occupied by terrifying monsters, and there would be no trace of human existence at all.
"Judging from the appearance, she should be human. But from a genetic level, I think she should be very different from Earthlings. Especially the eyes! In this dark environment, they should generally have night vision."
With that said, Allen jumped off the flying dragon's back, opened a small bottle of water and poured it directly on the opponent's face without mercy.
In less than a second, the female archer was awakened again by the cold water.
She first turned over so that her back body was leaning against the tree trunk, and at the same time she drew out the dagger at her waist and stared at the team of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s subordinates with a wary expression.
After a full minute, he asked, "Who are you?"
"What is she talking about?" Coulson subconsciously pressed his finger on the trigger.
"She is asking who we are, and she is very, very nervous." Allen replied with interest.
There was no doubt that the strange state of the world intrigued him.
Because judging from the perspective of magic, a terrible curse like this that can affect a world is of considerable investigation and research value.
"Mei! Give her an energy bar." Coulson ordered without looking back.
Melinda Without saying a word, he immediately took out an energy bar with high sugar, high salt and high calories from his backpack, then tore open the package and handed it to the other party.
Allen said to the suspicious female archer in the local language, "This is food, which can help you quickly replenish your physical strength. Eat it, we have no ill intentions. Otherwise, we would just watch you being burned to death by that flying dragon."
"You won't capture me and sell me to those slave traders?"
The female archer did not put down her weapon immediately, but continued to hold the dagger in one hand on guard, while the other hand stuffed the energy rod into her mouth at an extremely fast speed.
It can be seen from the unladylike eating appearance that she has not eaten anything for at least a day or two.
And whether it is strength, speed, reaction, or physical strength, it is far stronger than Earthlings.
"Of course not! If you do that, you will find that you have been tied up when you wake up. All we want now is a guide to take us to the nearest human gathering place." Allen stated his attitude simply and directly.
Through observation, he discovered that the eyes of people in this world generally have the ability to reflect light like nocturnal animals.
Obviously, this is a characteristic that evolved to adapt to the environment.
Not only that!
They also have a relatively thick layer of fat under their skin, which not only protects against cold, but also stores energy during daily life.
"Guide? Are you from somewhere else?" The female archer's eyes widened with an expression of shock and disbelief.
Because in her memory, Edmir Castle had not seen any travelers or caravans from outside for at least several decades.
To be precise, as the number of Cursed Creature continues to increase, the road to the outside world has been completely cut off.
No one can pass through the endless Black Forest without incident.
Allen smiled and nodded, "That's right! We are from other places. This should be easy to judge from our attire, right?"
"Well... well, I believe you are indeed not locals. Because in Edmir Castle, no one can kill the powerful flying dragon. You are very strong! Much stronger than anyone I have ever known."
The female archer licked her fingers, raising her head and staring at Allen with a strange look.
After several minutes, she turned her attention to the body of the flying dragon. "If you agree that I also have the right to get a share of the spoils, I will be your guide, how about it?"
"Trophy? You mean the body of this flying dragon?" Allen kicked the huge dragon corpse next to his feet.
To be honest, he really didn't see the value of this pungent smelling thing.
"Of course! I'm not a greedy person, and I won't ask you to share the most valuable Fire Sac. I just need to take a complete piece of leather and a little meat from the tail." The female archer gestured with her hands to indicate the area of leather she wanted.
"Yes! But there is a condition. You must do these things." Allen proposed an exchange condition.
Because he really didn't know which parts of this flying dragon were more valuable.
"Fair enough! I disagree!"
After that, the female archer walked straight to the huge flying dragon corpse, brandished the dagger in her hand, and with her skilled movements, she first inserted it into the neck and pulled out a bloody red tumor from the throat.
If nothing else, this is the Fire Sac with the highest value just mentioned.
Then, she peeled off the entire dragon's skin bit by bit along the tail.
Finally, he cut off a forty kilogram piece of meat near the tail and tied it behind his back with the fiber rope he carried with him. He did not dislike the sticky and pungent smell of blood at all.