There was no crackling of wood, no whirring of flames, and as yesterday, there was no open flame in the fireworks, only a thin smoke that came out of the cracks of the whitened firewood, and was blown away by the breeze before it could rise upwards.

The smoke was so thin that no one noticed anything wrong just now, but when Shuer finally explained the task, his eyes inadvertently swept over the fire, and he just happened to see a wisp of green smoke being blown away by the wind, and only then did he notice the abnormality of the fire.

Where there is smoke, there is fire, even if it is a dark fire, and after a day and a night of burning, theoretically speaking, it is impossible to continue to burn a fire of this size in front of you, but the facts you see in your eyes prove that there is still fire element restless in the fire, and smoke is steaming.

"Don't touch, don't move. ”

As soon as Shul's words came out, the figure beside him shook, and Duck had already appeared by the fire, the red rose in his hand turned into a riding spear, and was about to stretch out into the fire. Shuer's prompt came in time, and the riding gun stopped in mid-air before it reached into the fire, less than half a meter away from the fire, and it was estimated that one second later, the dry wood burned out in the fire had already been picked up.

"Remember, don't touch anything out of the ordinary. His eyes were fixed on the fire, and Shure said thoughtfully, "And I was really asking just now, is there any way to make the fire burn for a day and a night?"

He really didn't know that although he had a lot of experience chasing shadows, and there was a lot of experience in the local mercenaries of Pavatiga, it was impossible for a person to be good at everything after all, and Shul didn't know much about this kind of experience in surviving in the wild. Of course, he is still very rich in theoretical knowledge, but theory is not equal to reality, and there are too many practical skills that are not available in books, so he must ask clearly.

These two people in front of you are the best people to ask.

Duck started as a lone mercenary at the grassroots level, and lived in the wilderness several times more than in the city, and the survival skills in the wilderness were very exquisite, and Linda, a girl, was very smart, she dared to risk her life to go into the wilderness, and she must have learned a lot of wilderness knowledge in advance, so it must be right to ask like the two of them.

"It's hard if no one refuels. The two men replied similarly, "The best way to create warning smoke on the grasslands in late autumn is to add dried and re-moistened herbivore manure to the pyre." But even if you add wet feces in the maximum proportion, one to one, you can only ensure normal smoke for four or five hours at most. ”

"Indeed, there will be a lingering smoke after that, caused by the fire elemental scorching the moist fuel. But as the fuel runs out, the fire element also dissipates quickly, and the temperature decreases, soon enough to be low enough for the fire to continue to smoke. In my experience, from the time the fire is lit to the end of the smoke, it lasts for a maximum of ten hours, and any longer is problematic. ”

"In fact, there are tricks to prolong the time it takes to smoke. "But that's no more than fourteen hours of smoking, which is the limit I know." ”

"yes, I see. "Shuer has already circled around the fire several times, most of the fire has burned out, but there are still faint fire element fluctuations, hidden in the depths of the fire, I don't know what these fire elements rely on to maintain their vitality, but it is these residual elemental energy that causes the continuous production of smoke.

"Temperature...... There is also residue. Duck didn't touch the fire, but just put his hand next to the fire and sensed, and he also noticed the abnormal convergence of the fire element, so he would check it through means other than energy perception, "This state is like when the fire has just burned for three or four hours. ”

"No, in three or four hours, the smoke will be much thicker than it is now. Shul asked, puzzled, "It looks like it will be cut off at any time, not more than three or four hours." ”

"You don't understand this, your question, in fact, is the crux of the problem. "Duck finally found a chance to despise Shure, but unfortunately the occasion was not appropriate, otherwise he would have been able to find ten thousand sarcastic words, unlike the one that you don't understand now, and you can finish it," The activity of the fire elementals here is limited, and they can only maintain the activity of this intensity, which is why the smoke is so light. ”

"Hmm? Limited? That is, because the active intensity was suppressed, the smoke of the fire was prolonged? Someone did it on purpose?"

"Yes, it has been able to smoke until now, because the activity of the fire element has been suppressed. Duck nodded, but immediately shook his head again, "But, people, hehe, I'm afraid it may not have been done by people." ”

As soon as these words came out, Linda behind her subconsciously trembled, at the strange disappearance scene, in the face of the strange smoke and fire, hearing Dark's words, it was difficult not to be creepy, especially for people like Linda who have no ability to protect themselves.

"Misunderstanding, it's not something other than human, I'm saying it's not man-made, it's a phenomenon. Duck also reacted that his words were a little scary, and quickly added, "I don't know how to explain it, it's like ...... By the way, it's like this reaction was supposed to be completed in two hours, but it was inexplicably stretched tenfold, and the completion time became twenty hours. So, the phenomenon that manifests itself is that the activity of the elements decreases, and the reflection effect is weakened, well, as we see. ”

"Is there a way to artificially create a similar phenomenon?"

"Are you kidding," Duck scoffed, "this stretches time many times over, and even gods can't control time, do you think any mortal can do that?"

"I just asked. Ignoring Dark's accusations, Shure's gaze wandered back and forth between the gate and the fire, his fingers tapping his thighs in contemplation for a long time before he smiled self-deprecatingly, sighed, and said, "Understood, I made a fuss." ”

"Huh?" Duck couldn't help but open his mouth wide, what nonsense was he talking about, such a strange phenomenon, it was actually a fuss?

"Nothing, don't bother. Shuer shook his head and said, "It seems that this is not the medium I am looking for, go ahead, pay more attention to similar situations, remember not to touch them, and finally meet at the designated place." ”

Unfortunately, the anomaly is not so easy to find, and the subsequent search does not have much to gain.

Although the three of them searched very carefully, the camp was still the same, clean, neat, and organized, and it was difficult to find something wrong without human contact.

Perhaps because of the imminent departure, even the living area with many tents is not chaotic at all, and the only thing that seems a little cluttered is the most gorgeous tent.

"This is the residence of the nobleman you are talking about. In fact, this is equivalent to not asking, except for the powerful and rich nobles, few people will use this kind of flashy tent on the journey, except that the space is large enough and looks magnificent enough, there is no additional meaning for the journey, and the practicality is not as good as ordinary tents, at least ordinary tents are lighter. Of course, people have money, people are willing, and Shur is not qualified to manage people's houses, except for imagining how many gold coins can be exchanged for stealing and selling the tent with malicious intentions, he can't do anything.

"Huh?" After walking around the nobleman's tent, Shur suddenly stopped, "There are children in the line?"

No wonder he asked, although the tent was neatly tied, Shul had good eyes, and saw children's toys in several places, and in the corner of the tent, he also found graffiti left by children.

"Oh, yes. Linda was stunned for a moment, and quickly nodded, "There are three children." ”

"There are still three?" "What the hell, to take the child to such a dangerous wilderness, and to bring three at a time. Shuer pursed his lips, not considering that he had also brought three underage children around the world, and muttered dissatisfiedly, "They are still not afraid of danger." ”

"Three, the nobleman's youngest son, his butler's daughter, and a man in the caravan, whose wife died shortly before his departure, and he could not leave the child alone at home, but begged Leinster to let him take the child with him. Linda explained, "Usually there are no children in the team, this time it can only be said that it is a special case." ”

"Looks like you know a lot. Shuer said with a smirk, "The inquiry is very clear." ”

"Oh, Lord Priest, this is a matter of life, and if we don't keep abreast of the dynamics, isn't it irresponsible for our own lives? Besides, the role we play is not so glorious, and we can follow each other smoothly and smoothly if we know each other well and do not annoy others. Without concealing her intentions at all, Linda bluntly stated her calculations, "And, in fact, I like children very much, so when I saw that there were children in the team, I inquired more." ”

"Like kids?"

"Hmm. Linda unconsciously lowered her gaze and hid the emotions in her eyes, but the loneliness and regret in the last glimpse still couldn't escape Shuer's eyes.

"Hehe, let's talk about some things later, let's solve the trouble in front of us first. ”

Before I knew it, I had already walked to the agreed place, which was the tent that Shur deliberately avoided yesterday. Again, there are no signs of creatures passing by here, and yesterday the trio left several marks nearby, obvious, inconspicuous, and in different forms. It can be said that as long as things can move, if they pass, they will inevitably cause damage to the mark, and if you want to leave no trace, you will look down on these mercenaries who face danger and death all day long.

"Dark, how's it going?" As soon as he arrived at the agreed place, he saw Duck coming from another area from a distance, and the look on his face was not good-looking, and he obviously didn't gain anything.

Sure enough, Duck shook his head and said sullenly, "I didn't find anything." ”

"It's okay, to be expected. Shuer smiled faintly, "Don't be disappointed, isn't there a last area that you haven't found?"

"There's something wrong with you. Of course, Linda couldn't see it, but Darker was different, and found Shuer's abnormality very sensitively, "It's very wrong, say, did you think of something?"

"Hehehehehe. ”