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At first, it was the oil lamp in Dick's room that overturned and became the source. The servants were gathering in the storehouse to steal wine and drink, but they did not come to the rescue in time, and by the time they arrived, the flames had already engulfed the door. In a panic, someone used a barrel of ale as water to extinguish the flames, so the result is naturally conceivable.

After two hours of rushing to put out the fire, the fire finally engulfed the entire house of the Fur family. The fire lit up the whole village as if it were daylight, and it burned for a little in the middle of the night before it gradually went out.

Afterwards, Wang Du sent people to investigate.

As an eyewitness to the whole affair and the owner of the house, Dick Fore swore that it was Grant's bastard! He said that after Grant had become a mage, he broke into his room, tortured him inhumanely, robbed him of all the gold coins, and set fire to the entire house.

As a result, the Faer family issued a strong condemnation, saying that they would cooperate with the church to arrest the wanted Grant.

And in the midst of the investigation.

"Do you see the direction in which he is fleeing?" asked the priest, looking at Dick with concern.

"I can see clearly, it's north. Dick gritted his teeth and replied, "He went all the way north, and in a moment he ran out of sight." ”

So, on the day of the incident, the church sent paladins to search carefully along the village all the way north. Strangely enough, however, they chased all the way to the Scaiver Mountains, but never found Grant.

Therefore, the matter is closed. And this village fire incident can only become an after-dinner conversation, and it is gradually forgotten by people.

As for the other protagonist of the incident, Benjamin, who has not been found and is wanted under the name "Grant".

- Where did he hide?

In fact, he didn't run far that night.

After running all the way north, out of Dick's sight, he immediately tore off a piece of cloth, wrapped it around his head as a turban, made a detour, and returned to the neighborhood.

At that time, the fire had not yet spread, but there were already many onlookers around the house. So Benjamin took a bucket of water from a nearby well, made a hurry, and rushed into the house with the water.

The servants guarding the door thought he was a zealous person fighting the fire, and showed grateful eyes, and did not mean to stop him in the slightest.

So Benjamin took advantage of the chaos to sneak into the storeroom, dump the water, and grab the food while everyone's attention was drawn to the fire.

He put the looted food in buckets, carried the buckets, and ran out of the house.

Then he shouted to the crowd around him: "Go to the well to get water to put out the fire! One well is not enough, and I will go to the other side of Lake Pearl to get water!"

The crowd of onlookers was moved, and some even gave Benjamin a thumbs up.

"This young man is so energetic, he is willing to run over to catch water so far away from Pearl Lake. If I give birth to a daughter, I will definitely marry her to him in the future!"

Therefore, no one noticed that his barrel was actually full of dry bread.

Later, the fire spread uncontrollably and engulfed the house. The crowd also panicked and hurriedly put out the fire, so no one remembered this "good Samaritan" who said that he was going to Pearl Lake to fetch water.

They can't be blamed for their poor memory. No way, there are too many people in the village these days. In the mix, no one can remember whom.

As for Benjamin, at this moment, he had already taken that bucket of food and entered the "Soul Flame" relic, located at the bottom of Lake Pearl, according to the method Michelle said.

The process of entering is more troublesome. He first threw several large stones into the bucket to cover the food. Then he took a deep breath and jumped into the lake with the bucket, letting the weight of the stone sink with him.

After quickly sinking to the bottom of the lake, he found the pile of stones that Michelle had said. He pushed the stone away, and a hole appeared at the bottom of the lake. The suctions that surged in an instant formed a vortex that sucked him and the water around him in.

The surrounding rocks were also driven by the whirlpool and rolled back around the hole, and gradually, the hole was covered again.

Benjamin, on the other hand, was swept into an underground cavern by the swift current, with a few rocks and a few fish jumping around, and his large bucket of food.

Because the whole process was quite sudden, Benjamin was dazed in the water, and after being washed into the cave, he was defenseless and fell to the ground.

"Hiss, it hurts......"

After relieving himself, he got up from the ground, shook the wet clothes on his body, rubbed his left arm, which was painful, and couldn't help but sigh.

Then he raised his head and began to observe his surroundings.

It's a rather dimly lit cave. Because it is located at the bottom of Lake Pearl, there is no light source, and it has almost reached the point where you can't see your fingers. However, in the darkness, the walls of the cave emitted a faint fluorescence, so that Benjamin would not become blind.

If you look closely, you can see that the walls are clinging to dense moss. Some mosses are greenish in color, while others are bluish in color. As far as the eye can see, the walls and ceiling of the entire cave resemble a camouflage abstract painting intertwined with blue and green. Psychedelic flares of light crisscrossed and stretched towards the deep darkness ahead.

Benjamin felt like he had entered a strange realm like space, or the deep sea.

After a moment's hesitation, he felt for the barrel rolling on the side by a faint fluorescence. He threw away the stones from the bucket, filtered out all the water, and examined it carefully for a while.

...... It's okay, the bread is a little bubbly, but it's still edible.

Confirming this, Benjamin was relieved. Then, taking a deep breath and, with the bucket, he began to walk along the blue-green fluorescent stretch towards the depths of the cavern.

Seriously, this cave is so mysterious, Benjamin is a little worried that a strange creature will pop up around the corner. Therefore, he took out his pistol, closed the safe, and held it in his other hand, ready to shoot at any time.

Fortunately, before jumping into the lake, he wrapped his pistol and bullets in wolf skin, three layers inside and three layers outside. The time in the water is also relatively short, and now when I take it out, I can see that the gun is still dry and can be used. Otherwise, he really has no combat power at all.

For a variety of reasons, Benjamin walked more carefully and not very quickly. In this way, after about fifteen minutes, without any accidents, he came to a place that resembled a cave hall.

The space here is unusually large, like a large underground square. There was less moss on the walls, but when he looked up, the fluorescent moss covered the rock walls of the ceiling in a density that had never been seen before. On this wide rock wall, the blue and green color blocks converge into arcs of light, which are colorful and contrasting. In a trance, he even thought he had seen a starry sky.

Taking a deep breath, Benjamin recovered from the shock and continued to look ahead.

Then, in the center of the chamber, he saw a stone glowing red.

"That's ......"

Benjamin couldn't help but furrow.

It's not accurate to say it's a stone, it's more like a strange crystal. It has a regular dodecahedral shape, glowing red from the inside out, making it look extremely transparent. The originally cool and damp cave seemed to have a hint of dryness and heat under the red light.