North by northeast, that was the direction from which the roar came, everyone followed the marks left along the way, and paid attention to the situation in the jungle, walking cautiously, but some wild beasts appeared along the way, as if they were afraid of the dangerous aura emitted by this group, they did not dare to approach.

Although she has rested for a night, Layla still can't support it, compared to Zhou Lie, who has been practicing martial arts since childhood, Alfred and Knight Frid, who have been crawling up from the bottom, Layla is the worst physical strength among everyone, but in order not to cause trouble to everyone, she has endured it without complaining, but she was still discovered by Zhou Lie.

Zhou Lie, who was behind the palace, held up Layla, whose figure began to shake, patted her shoulder, and then squatted in front of her and said, "Come up." ”

"It's okay, I can do it. Layla shook her head in refusal.

"Little girl, it's better not to be reckless, otherwise you'll miss a lot of important things. Alfred's voice came from the front, and it seemed that the people in front of him had also noticed the movement here.

"If you wear yourself out when you're in a hurry, and you can't run when you want to run away from a strong enemy, I won't carry you. Zhou Lie said half-jokingly.

"Hmph, since you said so, you have to carry me more comfortably. Layla wrinkled her nose and leaned over Zhou Lie's back.

Although he was wearing a wide cloth robe and holding a staff in his hand, Zhou Lie couldn't feel the weight of this petite magician at all.

"I've always felt that I should overcome these hardships alone. On Zhou Lie's back, Layla whispered.

"In my opinion, only the suffering that has to be overcome by oneself can be regarded as a necessary test in life, and deliberately trying to overcome the suffering is nothing but cheap psychological comfort. Zhou Lie vetoed without hesitation.

"What you said sounded reasonable, but it didn't make sense to me. ”

"Well, this is just my own opinion, but for me, before the real battle begins, you must save your physical strength, even if you march quickly, you must also save the strength to face the enemy when the time comes. ”

"That's right. Layla put her head on Zhou Lie's shoulder, looking weak and a little guilty.

"Do you want us to rely on you?" Zhou Lie asked.

"Of course, being a reliable magician is the basic of the basics. ”

"In the same way, we want you to rely on us, just as we are not proficient in magic, we will protect you from the enemy's close proximity when we have no force, and you will need to solve the big problems that only magic can solve for us. ”

Layla listened and thought for a moment, and said, "To each of them do their part?"

"That's right. ”

"Then please. ”

As if she had figured it out, Layla said cheerfully.

"Look, it's supposed to be the cave. Randy pointed to a large stone cave by the stream, where there were obvious traces of camping, presumably the same people who had stayed outside the cave entrance.

"Do you want to enter here?" Layla was a little scared as she looked at the dimly lit opening.

"According to the soldier, there is a fork in the hole, and it is safe to meet the monster after walking out of the hole. ”

made a few simple torches, continued to be carried by Zhou Lie on Layla's back, and the five of them entered the cave, Layla did not use the torches, reached out and released a tiny point of light, suspended above everyone's heads, illuminating the surroundings of the team.

The cave is more humid than imagined, go to the depths, there is still water dripping down one by one on the top of the head, look up, find that it is a piece of inverted stalactites, here is a stalactite cave, under the light of the torch a point of light, the colorful colors of the stalactites are undoubtedly revealed in front of everyone's eyes.

However, everyone didn't have time to sigh at this spectacle, Randy put the rescue of Garcia in the first place, Zhou Lie thought that he would encounter a monster similar to Xudra again, and discussed countermeasures with Frem in his consciousness, Alfred and Fred, as pioneers, have been carefully paying attention to the surroundings.

Layla, however, was fascinated by the colorful stalactites.

After walking for a while, I really encountered a fork, and I had already learned from the soldier that Garcia was walking on the right fork, and everyone was naturally not separated, just need to follow Garcia's path.

Here, though, Randy disagrees.

"But the situation of the Knight King is also very worrying, the other party takes another path, I don't know what will be encountered, I think this side also needs to be searched. ”

"Maybe it's a dead end over there, and with the other party's ability, it must be much safer than Moran, maybe the two have already converged. Zhou Lie saw Randy's concern and directly vetoed a worry for him.

"Well, the five of us came to save people, but it's not good to put ourselves on it, at least there are known dangers ahead of this road, it's better to face unknown dangers in the past, and Moran is looking for no results here, and he will also go along this side to find His Highness Garcia. In fact, Fried agrees with Zhou Lie.

Decided where to go, the next thing is simple, through the passage on the right, sure enough, through the cave, to the other side.

Broken trees, charred trunks, large unnatural clearings, what came out of the cave in the eyes of the five people who walked out of the cave was this scene, and they knew with their thumbs that there had been a great battle here.

There were signs of battle, but there was no sign of a giant beast, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief for a while, and then quickly began to inspect the battlefield, in this land devastated by magic, scattered with broken armor and weapons, all of which were imperial uniforms, it seemed that the soldier was right.

"Come and see. Alfred shouted, and the group looked down where his finger was pointing, and a large paw print appeared in front of them.

It was a paw print large enough to accommodate the next person lying in, like the footprints left by an ancient desolate beast, which made everyone shudder.

Zhou Lie made a rough estimate, this monster turned out to be even bigger than that Xu Dela, such a big thing, Garcia actually mustered up the courage to fight the other party head-on?

And more importantly, how did such a big monster disappear, this random step of movement, I am afraid that the mountains and forests can tremble, and the birds will leave the forest.

In addition to those standard armor weapons, Zhou Lie also found many familiar fragments that could not be named, those things were seen once in Ronald's laboratory, and he left an impression, and now it seems that the device lent to Garcia should be damaged.

There was black blood everywhere on the ground, and there lay a few dead Imperial soldiers, none alive, and their wounds looked even more disheveled than the one they had encountered outside the mountain.

"It looks like after a battle, the monster didn't pursue the fleeing Garcia, you see, the bloodstains stretched to the west, but these huge footprints were heading north. Alfred said.

"Anyway, we're going to have to meet Garcia first and then take him out. Randy said.

After resting for a while, Layla said that she could go, and Zhou Lie put her down.

In the next road, there were no regular markings, replaced by oozing bloody palm prints and stains of blood, it seemed that there were a lot of injured people, the only thing to be thankful for was that there were no corpses on this road, but the same doubt arose in Zhou Lie's heart, but no one else mentioned it, and Zhou Lie was too lazy to talk.

After a long journey, and after the scarcity of the escapes, it was getting dark, and night fell again, and they had penetrated deep into the Philings Mountains, but still did not find Garcia.

After camping and resting at the water's edge, Randy began to draw a map of the way he came, Randy used the military's method of drawing maps, with only simple references and coordinate systems, but enough to guide them back the way they came, so as not to get lost in the mountains.

This vigil, Zhou Lie kept watch for the first half of the night, Randy kept watch for the second half of the night, and Alfred's snoring was as noisy as ever, but for the night vigil, the night was not so quiet, but it was not so lonely.

At this time, a little firelight appeared in the distance, and the small and distant firelight flickered in the distance.

Who is it? At this time, in addition to their group, it was Garcia's troops.

The firelight is still a certain distance from this side, but at this time, let go of the other party, he will definitely regret it in the future, Zhou Lie immediately made a decision, woke up the five Randy, and after a little explanation, he walked towards the place where the firelight was.

As if he had discovered his torch, the other party obviously changed the direction at the beginning and walked towards the place where Zhou Lie was.

Then, a soldier with mutilated armor appeared in Zhou Lie's field of vision, this soldier had the same armor style as the one outside the mountain, presumably Garcia's subordinate.

"Are you reinforcements? Hurry up and take us away, there are terrifying monsters in this mountain!" The moment he saw Zhou Lie, the soldier didn't even confirm the identity of the other party, and didn't even take Zhou Lie's appearance into account, so he thought that the reinforcements began to ask for help.

"Calm down, we are not strictly speaking a rescuer, but we are indeed here to find His Highness Garcia, if you can, it is better to join us first and clarify the situation. Zhou Lie spoke out to comfort the other party.

The soldier heard Zhou Lie's accent, and then noticed that there was an Oriental face in front of him, but he only hesitated for a moment before nodding and agreeing to Zhou Lie's request.

What kind of situation has this been forced to Zhou Lie sighed in his heart, it seems that Garcia wants to prove that his actions have to end here, this is not an opponent that people in their field can reach.

Back at the camp, the soldier recognized Randy's appearance and eagerly reported everything he had encountered, first entering the mountain, then searching, and then entering the cave, everything was the same as the soldier he met outside the mountain, until he came out of the cave and encountered the monster, and then there was a disagreement.