Marvel's Monster Hunter World

After leaving the defensive line of the Crystal Tribe warriors, Watson landed along the thick vines stretching downward from the edge of the floating island.

Finally, relying on mark perception and the traces of black mist energy released by the black knight, he reached the other side of the falling dragon waterfall.

A forest that looks very strange and dark.

This forest is very strange. Every tree is very tall, dark in appearance, and shaped like a human being.

The crown of the tree is like hair, and there are only two branches around it, like a pair of arms.

Even their rhizomes are split in two and pierce into the ground like two legs.

As soon as Watson stepped into the forest, a strange wind blew, and the surrounding trees swayed with the wind, as if welcoming new guests here.

As Watson walked forward, he opened the small map to check. At the same time, his dragon sense spread out to investigate, and found that the trees were all dead, and there were no signs of ambush around them.

Maybe I'm overthinking it.

However, there are indeed many strange places in the Wonderland, so it’s better to be careful.

Watson thought this way, flapped his dragon wings and flew forward without touching his feet.

Unfortunately, the road was calm and there was no scene where the trees turned into tree men and attacked.

After a while, the dense trees around him became sparse, and a circular pit about ten meters deep appeared in front of him.

A putrid smell flooded his nostrils.

Looking down with the probe, the ground inside the pit was covered with rotten mud and broken weed roots.

Countless white bones were mixed in, and it was impossible to tell what kind of creature it was.

In the center of the pit, there is a 'cave' that is about five meters high and covers a relatively large area. The cave is surrounded by a circle of flat land and looks much cleaner, but this cave is really disgusting to Watson.

The shape of the cave is like an enlarged honeycomb, with holes everywhere, and it's so dark that it's hard to see what's inside.

Although he didn't feel any danger, this appearance made Watson, who had a slight case of intensive resistance, frown.

But his target was found.

Black Knight Karl was sitting on the ground at the entrance of the cave.

After noticing Watson, he raised his head and looked at him.

This time, Watson did not find hatred in his eyes, but instead felt a little apologetic.

Watson slowly landed in front of the Black Knight, put away his dragon wings, looked at the faint fire in his helmet and said, "Why, you won't run away this time?"

"..."

Karl was silent for a moment, stood up, took a step forward, bowed slightly to Watson, and replied in a hoarse and stuttering voice: "I'm very sorry... Your Excellency... I apologize for my... behavior..."

"I accept the apology. Now tell me the reason. Why did you look at me like that when I saved you?"

"I thought... I was deceived because I... didn't sense... the Queen..."

Watson nodded clearly. He had heard from the Lizard Chief that the woman had disappeared, so the Black Knight felt angry at himself because he could not feel her breath and thought he had been deceived.

No, doesn't this confirm that this woman is indeed not in the Qijing?

Then wouldn’t he only be able to complete system tasks here? The key reality gem.

"Are you sure she's not here?" Watson looked at Karl and asked.

"My friend... told me that the queen... disappeared after winning the war with the tribal alliance.

But the Queen did return to the Wonderland... and was still alive.

That's enough for me. "

"your friend?"

As soon as Watson finished speaking, a hollow and light voice like a ghost sounded from behind him.

"Hello~ The strong man who came to help the Queen, welcome you to the Maggot Man's Tomb as a guest...~"

Watson turned his head and saw a black shadow walking out of the hole, followed by a strong smell of decay.

With the help of bright light, Watson could clearly see the appearance of the person coming.

He was holding a magic lamp and was wearing a black coat.

He is stooped and only about 1.6 meters tall.

The face and upper body were wrapped in yellow rags like a mummy, with only one eye exposed.

At first glance, it looks like the villain in a horror game, but it actually fits the environment here perfectly.

Another weirdo.

Watson thought about it and asked, "You said this is the Maggot Man's Tomb? Are there dragons for rent here?"

"Uh..." The visitor obviously didn't expect Watson to ask this question. He looked at Carl with his exposed eyes, then turned back and blinked: "I'm very sorry, sir, the dragon training rental business in Maggot Tomb has been closed. It stopped for a long time.

Oh, I'm so sorry. Let's go quickly and talk as we go. "

After the weirdo finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the cave, while Watson turned to look at the Black Knight.

"Karl, what on earth are you doing?"

"Just for your understanding..."

Black Knight Karl walked up to Watson and said: "I saw... Your Excellency went to the upper level, and there is... a passage to the upper level."

"You mean there is a shortcut to the upper level without going through the barrier?"

Karl nodded: "Only incompetent people... will be blocked by the magic barrier... If they want to go to the upper level... they can only pass here."

Another incompetent person? In other words, people without magical powers?

It seems that my energy is not accepted by the setting of this world...

"Well, I hope you didn't lie to me."

Watson raised his feet and walked inside, and the weirdo who had been waiting at the door started again to clear the way for the two of them.

Just after Watson entered the cave, white things began to bulge in the holes on the edge of the cave, as if something was pouring out...

The passage in the cave was not wide, only enough for two people to walk side by side, so Karl consciously walked behind.

"Since you had a dragon training rental business before, it wasn't like this here before, right?"

Although the tamed dragons we saw before were smaller, they were definitely not close to this cave, unless these tamed dragons all inhabited the nearby forest.

"Hehehe~ To be honest with our guests, the Maggot Man's Cave also has two levels, upper and lower. Only the upper level of the cave is for renting out dragon training, and there is no sign of dragon training in the lower level."

As the weirdo spoke, the light of reminiscence flashed in his exposed eyes.

"This is a humanoid forest. It was a very lively place before it was ruined.

And the Swinging Saloon, which once hung high above the humanoid forest, was one of the most popular taverns in the Wonderland.

Hahaha, the most exciting thing at that time was the wizard night on Wednesday, where spirits were sold at half price, allowing everyone to drink to their heart's content.

At that time, the teleportation service provided by the Maggot Cave was also booming, although not everyone was willing to come. "

Tavern? Swing salon?

Wednesday? Witching Night?

Liquor? Everyone having a good drink?

The more Watson listened, the more something was wrong. Isn't this a description of human society? How could it come from the mouth of this weirdo?

Thinking of this, Watson couldn't help but look back at Black Knight Karl, thoughtfully.