Heading north, Barit made his way slowly towards the volcano called Ngorongoro.

Yesterday's heavy rain fell almost all night and didn't slowly stop until the early hours of the morning. Barrett slept soundly in the attic of Sean's house, the herbalist, listening to the even sound of the rain constantly hitting the roof.

At this time, the ground is a little damp and muddy, and rainwater accumulates in many low-lying places. There are also fewer creatures on the hills, at least the fire ants have not been seen, and perhaps they are busy tidying up the flooded home.

It is said to be "alone", but Barrett still has the little ghost Eve by his side, accompanying him as always.

After the birth of ghosts, most of the undead can only haunt the 'sad place' at the time of their death, and cannot go too far, and Eve is no exception. But after being transformed by a high-level mage of the dead, Eve's own place of sorrow has changed from the house in Deathknell to the ornament around Barrett's neck, the 'resting place'.

"When you get to the volcano, you have to hide in the tombstone, don't just come out, you know?" Barrett tilted his head and told the little ghost in midair.

"Got it, don't worry, I don't like those hot places anyway, it makes me feel very uncomfortable. The little ghost responded. Immediately afterward, she suddenly let out another exclamation, "Look, look, what's that?"

She flew in front of her towards a hole in the ground not far away, and circled around the mouth of the hole twice, "Uncle Big Man, I saw something 'sting' and burrow down from here. ”

"It's normal. Barrett said casually, "There are a lot of creatures that make holes and make their homes underground. For example, badgers, fire ants, marmots, or rabbits with pocket watches...... etc., what exactly did I just say, "Ahem, in short, there's nothing to care about." ”

"I'd like to go down and have a look, okay?" the little ghost leaned over the hole and looked at it, his face full of curiosity.

The dragon's leather boots were covered in mud, and Barrett took out the map and compared it to the mountain in the distance, "Go ahead, be careful." If you come across a fire ant, stay away from it, the flames it spews can hurt you. He then added, "I mean, flames can hurt everyone, so be careful." ”

The little ghost happily agreed, and then slipped through the hole.

In fact, your translucent spirit can enter anywhere, and it is not limited to the entrance of the cave. Barrett smiled and shook his head, and at the end of it, sighed inwardly.

He suddenly felt inexplicably, a strange emotion called "responsibility".

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"It's dark inside the cave, and there are so many forks in the road, when I first entered, I was really dumbfounded, and I didn't know where to go. But then, it dawned on me, yes, I'm a ghost, and I can walk through the rocks and clods. Then I discovered a big secret that I had been ignoring all along—that the earth and the sky were similar to me! I could go wherever I wanted!"

On the way, the little ghost chatters to Barrett about her underground adventures.

"Then I ran around down there, and there were so many creatures underground, earthworms bigger than snakes, beetles sucking on the roots, scary colorful centipedes, and big scorpions with two tails. I also found a litter of bunnies that looked like they were newborns, they were so ugly, they didn't even have hair, and they weren't cute at all. And I also bumped into a mole with a spiky mouth. I was running so fast that I collided with it head-on. The mole passed through me, then pounced, and fell straight into the hole, never to get up again......"

The little ghost's tone was slightly lost when he said this, but then he returned to normal, "Uncle Big Man, you say, is the mole delicious?"

"......" Barrett didn't know how to answer.

"I was looking at the dead mole and feeling a little depressed. I don't think this would have happened if I had known exactly where they were. But how do I know? I thought for a long time about the dead mole, and it occurred to me that Cecilia had said before that they vampires had the ability to smell blood directly in the vicinity. I laughed at her at the time, saying that this ability was like a puppy. She was so angry that she tried to pounce on me and bite me, but every time she did, it made me laugh, Cecilia was stupid. ”

"But I remember Cecilia saying that some of the other undead have similar abilities, being able to sense living creatures in the vicinity directly. And then I wanted to give it a try, big man, and guess I succeeded......"

Judging by the smile on your face, you must have succeeded, "No, no." Barrett rounded a muddy puddle and kicked a frog barking at him next to the puddle.

"That's wrong, Eve is so smart, I'm sure I'll succeed in one go!" the little ghost habitually circled around Barrett again, "I was concentrating all my energy on trying to sense the specific location of those lives. And then, I really felt it! Those lives appeared in front of my eyes like little points of light, so many and so many places, that I felt a little hungry inexplicably. ”

The little ghost scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly, "And the points of light are not all the same, some are bigger, some are smaller, some are dark, some are bright. There's one point of light that's extraordinarily large, and it's very bright, right above my head, and I guess it's you, the big man, hehe. ”

"Your point of light isn't the biggest, though. Below the slope of the earth, I also perceived another, larger point of light. Then I flew towards that point of light curiously. You can't even imagine it, big uncle. "As I got closer, the point of light grew bigger and bigger! It took over my entire field of vision, and I couldn't even open my eyes. I suspect it's easy to see it anywhere else if you go deep underground, because it's so big. ”

Underground, Barrett frowned, looking at the damp ground beneath his feet. Right next to his boots, a blooming red flax plant had been shattered by the rain, and only a fiery red petal remained on it, but it still bloomed tenaciously.

"I wanted to go a little deeper into the ground and see what such a big highlight was. But I had only been flying for a short while, and Ju suddenly felt an irresistible weakness, which I knew was because I was too far away from you, Uncle Big. After that, I started flying back. Alas, what a pity......"

The little ghost sighed, as if regretting not seeing the true face of the point of light, "Uncle Big Man, you say, is it the thing Phyllis said of? one, god?" she tilted her head, her little face full of doubt, as if she didn't quite understand what these two words meant.

"Who knows, whatever he is anyway, it has nothing to do with us. Barrett said lightly, "Also, don't go near that point of light in the future, maybe there will be danger." ”

"Oh, okay. The little ghost obediently answered.

Although Ngorongoro Volcano does not look far away, Barrett and the little ghost still reach the foot of the volcano in the evening.

Ngoro is not a traditional volcano that towers into the sky and spews smoke out of the sky, but rather a rather flat crater, a circular crater formed by the explosion of magma and underground water, surrounded by a ring of magma solidification, debris and volcanic rock from the explosion.

When Barrett had just arrived, the long-lost magnetic voice in the sky rang out again.

[Flame is both the source of life and the way to death. 】

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