The team divided into teams at her orders and began to explore the massive building.

Probably because of Merlin's previous words, many team members felt a little nervous, so the powerful Sadonan and the werewolf princess became the object of many people's scrambling team, and being with this kind of strong person will make people feel more secure.

But there is no one there in the vampire girl, Wendy, who is the student president, is not strong but very popular, but the vampire is different, and the arrogant lady is never close to people.

After Delia was pulled away by the female players, the rest of the people only looked at Sadonan, looking forward to being selected by him, this kind of enthusiastic gaze made the white-haired boy who didn't want to get too close to people very embarrassed.

Xia originally wanted to go with everyone, but when he turned his head, he found that the Flame Goddess was staring blankly at a stone, ignoring the invitations of others, and her expression was a little strange.

"Xueqian, did you find anything?"

She retracted the dagger from her waist and walked over to the stone, where she saw an inconspicuous dark rock.

The bare ~ exposed rocks on the surface will be eroded by wind and sun, rain, and the shape is often very irregular, and some of them have large and small holes; But this black rock is different, it looks a bit like a boundary monument (note: a special stone used to mark the boundary on the border, often sealed with powerful magic inside), short and thick underneath, sharpened above, this thing does not look like a natural formation at all, there are traces of deliberate polishing and carving.

"Xueqian?"

Seeing that the Flame Goddess did not respond, she tentatively shouted again.

"There's a word on it, it feels familiar, but I can't read it."

This time Xue Qian reacted, looked at the rock and said blankly:

"I'm sure it's not the first time I've seen such words, but I just can't remember what they mean."

"Are there any words? How I didn't see it. ”

Xia stared at the black rock for a while, and subconsciously activated the pupil of insight, only then did he notice that there were some marks on the surface of the rock mass.

The marks stood out in the pupil of insight, forming several strange arrangements, but she couldn't make out what was written on them.

"Maybe it's some kind of Aboriginal writing."

After pondering for a moment, she shook her head and gave up her guess.

There is no divine power in this font, and there are no magic fluctuations, but it is just inherently invisible, and parsing ancient characters is not a project that she is good at, so let's wait for Sadonan and them to come back and study it.

"Your memory hasn't fully recovered, so it's normal not to remember it for a while."

Xia patted Xue Qian's hand, but as soon as she touched it, she was held back, and then a soft body was tired of her body.

"Erin isn't here."

Xue Qian lay in her arms and said:

"She's been gone for days...... Let me hold it for a while. ”

Xia's body is the same as Irene's, exuding some kind of mysterious aura, Xuexi's body is made of pure fire element, Erin who wants to replenish energy as the source of elemental magic is the first choice, but it feels good to hold Xia.

"Okay, but it can't be too long, it's less than 3 hours until dark, and we'll have to find a suitable campsite."

Xia didn't have much to do with her, so she had to nod her head and agree.

After all, according to the agreement between the two, they need to help each other recover their strength during this time, which is part of the mutual aid contract; If you don't keep your agreement with the gods, the consequences will be quite serious.

……

"Damn, those houses don't look very solid, I'm afraid they're not suitable for sleeping in, I'm always worried that if I fall asleep, the roof will collapse."

Albernar walked ahead panting, followed by Merlin and the wizard Killendo, the three of whom were tasked with searching the area, and seemed to find nothing useful.

Originally, according to Xia's distribution method, it was a group of five, but the strength of the three of them was quite good, and the total number of people was exactly 3 more, so the new stupid trio got together again.

"You can strengthen it with magic, and then it won't be a problem."

The temperature in the place was a little cooler than outside, but it was still very hot, and Merlin took off his magic hat again, fanned the wind with it, and said:

"Actually, I think it's safe around here...... There are no traces of monsters at all, so there's no need to be so picky, just find a bigger room to stay in. ”

"--I suspect it's the lair of some powerful monster that has taken over the city built by humans and eaten up all the people inside!" Ebner pinched his nose and said in a strange voice Merlin's tone just now:

"I don't know which coward said these words, but now he has put on an arrogant appearance, which makes me want to vomit!"

Although Merlin's face was very thick-skinned, he still turned red after hearing this, and was about to fold up his sleeves and start scolding, when Kilrendo next to him suddenly changed his face.

"Hey, look over there!"

The three of them were standing at a fork in the road, and they could see a total of 2 directions, the left was where they had just come, and the right was a dead end.

"Look at what! There isn't even a ghost in this place. ”

Merlin said unhappily, ignoring Abner's taunts, and reached out and ripped some of the front of the magician's robe open so that the heat could escape as much as possible:

"I've scattered a lot of detection magic eyes around, and I'll call the police as soon as there are magic fluctuations and dark breaths, Kilrondo, you're also a member of our trio, albeit a newcomer......"

"Don't talk nonsense, there seems to be a gap over there."

Albernar's eyes were good, and he followed the wizard's line of sight to see a large black hole, which was hidden in the corner of the fence, so it was difficult to spot until it came close.

"Check it out!"

Alertly, he drew his sword, shielded his shield in front of him, and slowly approached the fence.

Merlin and Kilrondo glanced at each other, and both thought something strange about it:

The castle was well defended, and there were no dead people's bones, no broken houses and ruins, and it was strange to suddenly have such a gap in the fence.

"Obey my summons—the soul of the earth elemental!"

The wizard used sorcery to summon a rock golem more than one person high, and let it dive underground, following the three of them, ready to be called at any time; Merlin had always disliked summoning, and swung his staff to add an extra layer of magic to himself and his companions, and followed Abner towards the gap.

Using the traditional triangular formation, they cautiously approached the corner, and when they reached the front and back of their eyes, they gasped at the same time.

I saw that the sturdy metal fence was torn by something and a big hole, not only did the metal mesh disappear completely, but only a short section of the broken railings remained.

"This is what you call a new type of metal that is both tough and strong?"

Merlin raised his staff in disbelief, walked over to a railing, and quickly touched the broken place, finding that there was some rough powder left on it.

"It's like the remnants of weathered scales."

He sniffed his hand and slapped the powder away in disgust:

"There's no magic left, though, and these fences weren't broken by spells, they were obviously caused by some kind of physical attack."

"I can feel that this is pure land."

The wizard closed his eyes and sensed his surroundings:

"There is no dark power, only abundant natural elements and a lot of thermal energy, there should be no evil monsters."

"Heat? Of course, the sun can turn people into dried meat today! ”

Merlin looked up at the sky complainingly:

"We're not the owners of this city anyway, everything in this place is very old, maybe there was a war hundreds of years ago......"

"There was a war, why are those buildings so well preserved?"

Abner said, looking at the gap that was four meters wide.

"Maybe they rebuilt after the war."

Merlin said with some uncertainty.

"Reconstruction? So why only keep this fence and not repair it, only the house inside? ”

Abner asked rhetorically with disdain.

"Anyway, this place is very suspicious, the owner once said that this is the first new area she discovered, and no one else should have come here in advance."

The wizard poked his head out of the gap and looked carefully into the water.

The water here is so clear that you can see it deeply, and the sunlight is a little skewed at this time, and you can't see the bottom of the water directly, but you can still see the occasional shadow swimming in the water, indicating that there is still life in this lake.

"Huh?"

The wizard was about to retract his head when he suddenly felt something shake in front of him.

He hurriedly looked intently, but found nothing.

The water was still so quiet and peaceful, but the tiny shadows before had all been lost, as if they had been swallowed up by something; An ominous feeling surrounded the bottom of his heart, he straightened up with an ugly face, and said to the two:

"Let's go back to the host first...... Something isn't quite right here. ”

"My lovely eyes didn't react."

Merlin tapped his fingers on the back of his other hand, sensing the Magic Eye's feedback:

"As long as there are no dark aura and magic fluctuations, there is nothing in the vicinity that can pose a threat to us, after all, our team is strong and professional, and it is good enough to handle most dangers."

"Just most of it."

The wizard's voice sounded a little muffled:

"Don't linger here, it's better to send a message by the way, everyone comes back, I just saw a disturbing shadow in the water."

"Ha, I once caught a big fish in the New World, two meters long!"

Having not found the enemy, Albert was in a happy mood:

"That fish made everyone eat for three days......"

As they spoke, they began to turn and walk back; After walking a few steps, he saw the silver-haired girl walking towards them with a long sword, and happened to meet them.

"Hey, Captain, are you going to investigate with us?"

Albert happily said:

"We've finished exploring this side, we can go to the east and have a look."

"yes, hard work."

Xia just felt that there seemed to be something unusual here, and wanted to come over to take a look for it for the sake of prudence, but when he saw that the three of them had just returned from there, he dispelled this idea.

If she insisted on going again, it would represent distrust of the trio; That's not a good sign for a team.

"Except for a gap, nothing unusual was found."

Merlin reported to her about the fence:

"But the gap is a bit big, and we want to stay here safely, so we better find a way to plug it."

"We had just arrived at this place and lacked materials to fill the holes...... Merlin, Kirondo, you two go there and set up some barriers. ”

Xia didn't pay much attention to the fact that there was a gap in the fence, after all, it had been built here for some years, and it was normal for some damage to occur.

"Don't worry, Your Highness Princess, I will definitely protect this place like a steel fortress!"

Merlin whistled when he got the task, and rushed back to the corner, ready to set up the magic circle there.

Both of them have new missions, and as a member of the team, Abner has no choice but to return with Merlin; At this time, the wizard walked up to Xia, saluted her, and said:

"Master, there's something I want to report."

"What's the matter? Let's hear it. ”

Xia was still very satisfied with this loyal subordinate.

Kilrendo is very vigilant, and he is not a weak person in terms of strength, so he may not be able to find anything.

"I think there's something weird underneath this lake......"

Before he could finish his words, Xia suddenly reached out to stop him.

"Wait."

Her eyes glowed with a blue light that ordinary people couldn't detect, and her psychic sensations instantly covered the area.

"Bottom ...... at the bottom right About 300 meters away, something was approaching fast. ”

The superpowers soon came into play, pointing her out the directions in detail:

"The other party's target seems to be the shore ......"

Xia jerked his head up and looked at where Merlin and Abner were:

"Merlin, Abner, come back at once—quick!!"

Since Merlin was working her magic, and using her psychic voice could cause damage, she could only open her mouth and shout over there:

"Something is coming to you! Hurry up and get out of there! ”

"What do you say, Your Highness Princess, there are no monsters in this place."

Merlin, who had already set up a defensive barrier, smiled and waved his hand here, straightened his waist and replied:

"Even if there is, my strong defensive circle will be enough to deal with ......"

"Tom!"

A loud splash erupted from under the water outside the fence, and a deafening sound interrupted his words, and then a huge gray shadow emerged from the water and pounced on the two people next to the gap!

"Get out of the way!"

Albert knocked Merlin out of the way with his shoulder, then turned sideways in the sprint, holding the shield in front of him.

"Kaz—"

The barrier just set up blocked the path of the gray shadow, and for a moment the magic sparked.

But only a moment later, the transparent magical barrier shattered like a bubble, and Gray opened its terrifying mouth and bit Abner with a long kiss full of blade-like teeth, dragging him into the water.

The rock golem set up by the wizard tried to come to the rescue, but it was too slow, and as soon as its bulky body began to move, Abner was dragged ashore.

This happened very suddenly, and neither Natsu nor the wizard reacted immediately, and watched as Abner was bitten by the gray shadow, making a crisp sound of "click".

"Damn it!"

However, Natsu immediately realized what was happening, and immediately kicked his legs hard to the ground and jumped high towards the fence.

"Spit it out for me!"

She swung her sword in the air and slashed down, like a thunderbolt in midair, and a brilliant sword light blasted into the back of the gray shadow from top to bottom, slashing its huge body into the water.

"Pss

Albernar slammed to the ground as a stream of air erupted from its mouth.

Several bloody holes burst out of his sturdy full-body armor, the metal armor with a thickness of two centimeters was bitten through like a piece of paper, and the shield in his hand was also severely deformed, as if it had been hit several times by a sledgehammer, and the sight looked shocking.

"Kilrondo!"

Natsu fell to the ground and turned to the wizard and shouted.

The wizard understood and immediately grabbed the bewildered Merlin and the bloodied Ebner with the "wizard's hand", and rescued the two of them from the water's edge.

"Stay away from the fence."

Natsu's silver hair gradually floated up, which was a precursor to her preparation for a powerful skill:

"Let everyone give up exploring and gather in the heart of this city!"

"Yes, master!"

Kilrendo gritted his teeth in reply, pulling Merlin and running.

Ebner was clutched by the wizard's hand, and followed them all the way with blood, groaning in pain.

His injuries were not light, but he didn't seem to be worried about his life for the time being, but he was bleeding too much and his face was very pale.

After being struck by Xia, Gray Shadow lurked in the water for a while, and then gradually surfaced, staring at the girl on the shore with two terrible eyes.

"There's not a lot of blood in the water...... The only ones are probably from the Eberner stream just now. ”

Natsu noticed a detail.

- Her powerful slash just now didn't hurt the other party!

"What is this, crocodile?"

She looked at the huge creatures floating on the water, and her heart was a little horrified.

This monster is about 10-12 meters long, covered in hard scales, and unlike a crocodile, its limbs are more like long thick legs than slightly vestigial like crocodiles.

"It's ...... Dire crocodile? ”

Xia opened the intelligence panel of the system, which showed the information of the other party:

"No, this is an emperor crocodile!"

This giant crocodile-looking creature has a root-like protrusion in front of its nose, which is hollow, making its sense of smell unusually sensitive; It has more than 100 teeth, and its two rows of front teeth can easily bite hard bones and tear all kinds of huge prey, which can be said to be a giant killer lurking in the water.

"LV108, no wonder I can't break through its defenses with an ordinary long sword."

Xia looked at the other party's level and felt a little frightened, this guy is undoubtedly a boss, but it is not a monster, nor is it a monster polluted by dark magic - it is a real ordinary creature!

Merely...... These "ordinary" creatures do not live in a real environment, but in the early Cretaceous period, when dinosaurs dominated the earthly world!

“―――！！”

The crocodile made a screeching sound in its nose and attacked the shore with a fierce momentum.

In its mind, this small enemy may have only accidentally struck itself with the help of an external force, and chopped it into one or two scales; It wasn't a big injury to it, it just felt some pain.

"Fellows who don't teach long lessons."

Xia put away his long sword with a calm face, and in the fluttering of his silver hair, a thick water element mixed with a whirlwind rose from the surface of the water, forming a fierce tornado in an instant, blocking the prehistoric creature in front of it. (To be continued.) )