Fraser led the three people behind him to walk in the cave slowly, the humidity in the cave was getting bigger and bigger, and when they first met, the walls of the cave around them were still dry, and the road surface was smooth without any traces of water. After walking for about half an hour, small puddles began to appear on the road, and Fraser stepped over them accurately in the dark, and the three people behind followed him closely in his footsteps. The walls of the cave also became damp, and Yurania occasionally held on to the walls at first, but the muddy water that seeped from the walls made her stop doing so.

"We're not going to just go to the river. Jurania asked softly to Fraser in front of her.

Fraser didn't look back. "Maybe yes, but before that happens, we're bound to encounter monsters. As soon as he finished speaking, Yulania behind him suddenly pulled him, and Fraser understood what this meant, and immediately stopped and crouched down.

Yurania also crouched down and stepped forward and said in a very low voice, "I feel the smell of monsters, damp, rotten, disgusting stench. As he spoke, he unconsciously covered his nose.

Fraser extinguished the ball of light and whispered in the darkness, "I'll go ahead and take a look, and I'll be right back." ”

Jurania grabbed his arm. "Don't do it alone, come back first if you have a situation. ”

Fraser broke free of her hand. "I'm not going to be a hero, and I'm not going to do anything I'm not sure about. After saying that, he bent over and slowly moved forward.

In the darkness, Jurania couldn't see anything, she couldn't hear anything but her own breathing, but the disgusting breath of the water ghost still made her feel sick, and in addition to that, she could feel the breath of another fellow witcher, which calmed her mind a little.

After a few minutes, Fraser returned to Yulania's side, and he said in a low voice, "There are two caverns about fifty yards ahead, one on the left and one on the left, and each of them contains more than a dozen water spirits and ......."

"And what?" asked the emir suddenly.

Frazier's voice remained calm. "The vanished villagers of your village should be inside, but they're all dead, and after so long in such a damp cavern, you should be able to understand what I mean. ”

The emir did not speak again, and Jurania took over the topic. "I guess the Demon Swordsman should be able to solve a cave alone, Amos and I have the other?"

Fraser's voice reached the end of the group. "I'm on my left, you're on your right, and when I get to the entrance of the cave, I'll cast the orb of light again and let it fly into the cave on the right, and you follow quickly. ”

"No problem. Amos replied briefly, and then said again, "Emir, you wait outside the entrance of the cave, don't go in yet." ”

Emir didn't answer, Fraser didn't wait, and this time his voice reached Yurania beside him. "You grab my clothes, Amos catches Yurania, and Emir grabs Amos so that you can reach the entrance of the cave in the dark without talking. ”

In the darkness, Jurania casually grabbed Fraser's left hand, then released it like an electric shock, and timidly grabbed it upwards, and finally gently grabbed his left arm. As if nothing had happened, Fraser took steady steps and walked quietly forward.

Before reaching the entrance of the cave, the unappetizing stench was clearly visible to everyone, and Fraser stopped, and Jurania and Amos knew that the action was about to begin, and they let go of their grip on their companion and took the weapon in their hands. In the next second, a dazzling light jumped into his eyes, and the light quickly moved to the right, and the witcher quickly adapted to the sudden light, and followed the ball of light into the cave on the right. Almost at the same time, Fraser stepped into the cave on the left, and the screams of water ghosts were heard on both sides at the same time, and the chaotic fighting sound lasted for dozens of seconds and gradually quieted down, and with the muffled sound of swords slashing into flesh from the cave on the left, the battle was over.

Fraser slowly walked out of the cave, glanced at the emir who was still in the passage, and then walked towards the cave on the right. "Now that you can come in, hopefully you're mentally prepared. ”

The cave on the right side was in shambles, and the corpses of water ghosts with mutilated limbs were lying on the ground, and a smell of blood came to the nostrils, but in addition to the smell of blood, there was an even more disgusting stench that permeated the cave. By the light of the orb of light, Fraser saw two witchers, with Amos half-kneeling and Jurania applying medicine to the wound on his companion's leg.

"Hurt?" Fraser approached the two.

Amos gasped heavily. "I'm old, if I had been before, I wouldn't have even thought of touching my clothes. ”

"Don't do it, you don't know if you can fight the swamp banshee like this. Jurania shook her head worriedly, and took out a linen bandage and tied it around for her companion.

Fraser walked deeper into the cavern, the ball of light following him, illuminating the corners of the cavern, and he turned his head slightly to the emir behind him and said, "This is what you're looking for." ”

Emile ran to Fraser's side in a few steps, and was immediately shocked by the terrible scene before him, and his legs went limp, and he fell to his knees, vomiting incessantly. After vomiting the contents of his stomach, the emir fell to his knees and breathed in the rotting air.

Jurania walked over with Emos in her arms, and even the witchers frowned at the sight before them. In the corners of the cave, there were layers of corpses that could no longer be seen in human form, most of them were rotten, maggots gnawed on the rotten flesh, blood mixed with turbid liquid flowed in all directions, and the stench that almost suffocated came from this corpse pile.

Amos stepped forward, held back the sour water tumbling up from his stomach and observed it for a moment, then quickly retreated, and breathed a sigh of relief after spitting out a mouthful of sour water before he could speak. "They were all killed by the water ghosts, and the swamp banshee seemed to have just lured them into the swamp, and then dragged them by the water ghosts, or carried them here, I really don't understand why they went to such great lengths to kill their prey in the same place with the usual methods of water ghosts. ”

Yurania lifted the collar of her dress up to cover her nose and mouth. "It's so rotten, otherwise you could have found some clues in the wound. ”

Fraser's calm voice came from behind the two of them. "They're food, and they're caught here for some kind of ...... Something to eat. ”

Jurania asked, puzzled, "Food, then why are their corpses still here, is it possible that the monster you are talking about only eats a certain part?"

"It doesn't eat flesh. Fraser's gaze swept over Yurania and settled on the pile of corpses. "These people died as a result of their mental energy being sucked dry, and then they were piled up here to rot. ”

"Mental power?" Amos took a few steps back, away from the pile of corpses to keep his stomach from refluxing. "To be honest, we witchers aren't good at this. ”

Fraser clasped his hands and said calmly, "Spiritual power is the foundation of magic, and casting magic requires the support of spiritual power to do it, everyone has spiritual power, you and I have it, but the spiritual power of most people has not been exerted." And because mages have been trained, their spiritual power is much stronger than that of ordinary people, but excessive use of mental power will still kill them. ”

Jurania also walked up to the two of them. "The mage you mentioned before just injected all your spiritual power into your body and lost your life, right?"

Amos shook her head at Yulania, and the girl realized that she had said the wrong thing and quickly changed the subject. "So these people's spiritual power has been sucked dry, and it was the swamp banshee who did it?"

Amos shook his head and said, "I've never heard of swamp banshees doing this, they can only do simple magic at best. ”

"There are other monsters here, monsters that are more terrifying than the swamp banshees. Fraser walked behind the emir, who was still on his knees, and looked down at his curled back. "But there's one more thing to do before we move on. ”