Ness told her companions the information she had received from the stone elemental last night, and Fern and Stan looked at her noncommittally, which was a bit difficult for the warrior to understand.

Rui dragged his chin and thought for a moment. "I think we can try it with this message, and we don't have any other clues. ”

"The closer you get there, the more irritable the elemental becomes, is that a sign of any danger?" Fern frowned, trying to understand.

Ness nodded. "I think so, there's a good chance they'll attack anyone who enters their territory. ”

Stan snaps his knuckles, making a clicking sound. "I don't know which one is more difficult than the dark tide. ”

"If you can avoid fighting, try to avoid it, these elements are actually pitiful. Rui turned her head to look at Ness. "They tell you that the person who started it all was a female mage, and that she was white-robed...... Great Sage?"

"White cloak, ornate embroidery, I can't think of anyone else other than the Great Sage, as for a female mage. Ness looked nervous. "Is it really Adeline?"

"From the clues we have now, she is probably the greatest, she told Hessey that the third Seal was here, and because of the enchantment, the wand couldn't sense the Seal, so we had to choose to believe her. Rui sighed lightly and picked up the teacup. "I guess she cast that enchantment. ”

"If your previous descriptions of the Great Sage are correct, then even if we find her, we will have no chance of winning a battle with her. Fern looked at Ray and Ness sternly.

"You're right, we have no chance of winning. Rui put down his teacup and met Fern's eyes. "But we still have to go, we don't have a choice. ”

Fern smiled helplessly. "You're right, we have to die. With that, the mercenary shook his head, picked up the bottle, and walked out of the cave.

The other three were eating their own food, and the atmosphere was dull.

Most of the rocks of Dagger Mountain were grayish-black, with occasional earthy yellow rocks, and there was now a large amount of demon grass growing in the crevices of the rocks where there shouldn't have been any vegetation, almost giving Fern the illusion that he was in the mountains south of Wallis.

As the mountains rise and the temperatures get cooler, most of the rocks are already covered in snow, and only some very steep walls are protected from being covered by the snow and revealing their original colors.

Fern didn't dare to take it lightly, and at this moment, in his eyes, it seemed as if every stone would jump up and smash at them at any moment. But the mercenary was not mentally focused today, and every time he walked, the figure of Kui Ai flashed in his mind. How is she now, hopefully there will be no danger. It was only a few seconds, but Fern knew that those few seconds could kill him and his companions. He rubbed his cheeks and eyes to cheer himself up, erasing Quiai from his mind for a moment.

The whole mountain covered an area of very large area, and the group zigzagged in the middle of the mountain, sometimes going uphill for several hours, and when Ness felt that she had reached the highest point, she turned a col, and a zigzag upward mountain road extended to the higher peaks. Sometimes they walk a long downhill again, and when they start up again, everyone's calves are shaking.

Every day when she rests, Ness casts spells to soothe the sore muscles in her legs. Fern and Stan had to find a way to relax their muscles after a day's tense time, but fortunately their bodies were much stronger than the mage's and they gradually adapted to the mountain trail.

Ness could feel the communication between the stone elemental and her every night, almost all of them conveyed the same message as the first night, but the other concern was that with each day they traveled, the more unstable the sound of the stone elemental Ness could hear, sometimes like someone shouting loudly in the distance, but Ness could hear it very vaguely, sometimes like a person cursing angrily and quickly, it was difficult to hear what he was saying, and Ness even had to think about it several times in her mind before she could understand the meaning. Even such incomprehensible messages were getting less and less every day, and on the first day the stone elementals would answer Ness's questions, and from the second day onwards, they would just talk to themselves, regardless of whether Ness understood it or not. By the fourth day, a stone elemental had just dropped two sentences and was no longer sound. On the fifth day, only a simple sentence remained.

Finally, on the night of the sixth day, Ness didn't feel any stone elementals, and she tried to send a message to the elements around her, but only got a few low rumbles, and other than that, there was no response.

"We should be almost there, the elementals here are dying. Ness opened her eyes and sat up, speaking to her companions as they waited for the results of her attempt.

Fern fiddled with the wood in the fire, and the ale had been drunk on the fourth day, and he licked his lips a little uncomfortably. "Rest well today, tomorrow we have to give it our all. ”

"Fern, Stan, you've been keeping watch for so many days and nights, I'll keep watch for a while today, so you can rest for a while. Rui could see that they were both exhausted, and Stan was already yawning.

"No, you should be more adept at dealing with the elements, so you have to make sure you sleep first. Fern rejected Ray's offer, got up, walked to the mouth of the cave and sat down.

"If only Quiai were here, she'll cast an enchantment and we won't have to keep vigil. "Ness doesn't like Queay, but she has to admit that her enchantment magic is very useful.

"Enchantment......" Rui muttered the word in his mouth, and suddenly his eyes lit up and he thought of something. "The third Seal is protected by the Barrier, and Quiai also uses Barrier Magic, and I think the task given to her by Hessey must be to find out where the Seal is hidden, and she must know how to break it. ”

"Then why didn't she let us go with us, and go on an adventure alone?" Ness frowned in confusion.

"She's safe because we get all the attention. Rui took off his cloak and prepared to rest.

"I'm relieved that I don't like her, but I don't want anything to happen to her. Ness pursed her lips and glanced at Fern quietly.

"Why don't you like her? I think she's a very good companion, and don't forget, she saved you and Ferne. Rui put her cloak over herself and Ness, pulling the edge of her side tight.

"I ...... I just don't like her sometimes over-the-top behavior. Ness's voice lowered.

Rui snorted, "If she had done those actions to Stan, would you still dislike her?"

Stan coughs twice. "Don't use me as an example, I don't want to get caught up in this trouble. With that, he lay down on the ground and put on his cloak.

"Okay, don't think about it, we can't let Fern and Stan work so the vigil, just let us chat and waste all this time. Ruiya lay on the ground and turned away.

Ness took one last look at Fern, who had been sitting silently at the entrance of the cave, and lay down with her back to Rui. Despite her chaotic thoughts, the fatigue of the days of travel made her not think about it for too long, and she soon lost consciousness.

Fern lifted the corner of the curtain and let the cold fresh air blow on his face, so that he could sober himself up and chase away the drowsiness, he was already tired. The moment he breathed in the cold air, he thought of Queai. I don't know if she's looking for the right way to find the cave, if she can find a suitable place to rest and spend the long night. And what he wore was a cloak that smelled of Niss.