Chapter 646: Giant Monsters
Compared with the rough journey Goys and the others had endured, Youyi and Riva's trip went much more smoothly.
They did not want to run into the Faeries or Goys and the others, and had neither the desire nor the need to take their original route. Approaching from another direction, they easily passed through the maze-like forest in just four or five days.
Even now, although they were still walking through woodland, the world around them was filled with withered yellow foliage and heaps of fallen leaves.
Moving lightly through the dense forest, Riva looked at Youyi ahead of him and wondered how the girl's hair never dragged on the ground.
With a crack, something snapped beneath his foot. His footing suddenly gave way, and he lost his balance.
In desperation, Riva threw himself forward with the momentum, planted both hands on the ground, and heaved. His trapped right foot slipped out of its shoe, and his body rolled forward, his backpack touching the ground first. His dangling feet landed firmly one after the other, and he naturally rose to his feet again.
Dry leaves fell from his backpack and arms. His mouth slightly open, Riva turned to look at the shoe still stuck in the narrow pit, then shouted excitedly at Youyi ahead.
"Did you see that?! Did you see how I reacted?! I didn't fall!"
"I saw, I saw... Judging by your expression, I can imagine what a loser you used to be..."
Youyi curled her lip. That was entirely within an ordinary person's capabilities. Anyone could do it with a little practice-well, an ordinary person from Earth.
She jumped into the narrow pit and, without the slightest disgust, pulled out the filthy, stinking shoe, caked with dirt and sweat, then brought it over