Follow the knight into a building that has been searched, it has also been uninhabited for a while, but the appearance of this house is completely different from the abandoned houses in Sweetwater that are ready to leave. The utensils were placed in random places in the house, giving the impression that a robber had broken into the room and rummaged through every corner of the room. In such a chaotic environment, the hole lying in the basement is not so conspicuous.

"It looks like something was dug up. Stroking the clear scratches on the cave wall, Heather said.

"It's got to be the rat people, you see there's still their hair. Picking up a strange black hair from the ground at the edge of the cave, Jack said what everyone thought was going to happen.

However, Cheese looked at the circular hole in front of him with a diameter of less than one meter and a half, but he did not come to such a simple conclusion, he always felt that something was wrong, why did these nezumi dig such holes in so many houses, where did these burrows lead, and the question that bothered the mage the most, if it was really these primitive nezumi who made these burrows, then where did they get the dirt that was dug out of the ground? You must know that there are no piles of earth in this house, and there have been no similar piles in the streets before, so the number of dense crypts must have brought a lot of earth excavated, but now it is impossible to find the whereabouts of this earth. The series of questions made the mage's uneasiness even stronger, and he felt as if there were many pairs of unseen eyes watching them in the shadows in this valley city, waiting for these humans to relax and launch a deadly attack.

In any case, however, these issues are not the immediate priority. After looking at the holes in the ground in four houses in a row, Heather was also uneasy about the existence of these hidden dangers. Although it has been suggested that the caverns should be collapsed altogether, this may alarm the existence of the crypts, and no one knows how fast the proto-nezumi who excavated these crypts are, and if the collapsed crypts do not stop the nezumi from advancing, it may expose the existence of the team. In the end, the female knight chief decided not to deal with the crypts for the time being, and the team first found a room without holes as a resting point. Wait until tomorrow during the day to explore further.

Night. The simple tidying up of the house is not very comfortable, but it is more comfortable than the knight's camping tent. Because the team was large and it was not appropriate to spread it too thin, Cheese and the other four were assigned a small room, and it was indeed a bit crowded to fit four people into a small room, but compared to the knights who slept in the corridor, the mage felt that there was nothing to complain about.

The city of Vale was as quiet at night as it was during the day, except for the snoring of his companions and the clashing of armor as the knights who slept with armor turned over, and the mage's hearing could hardly find any other noise. Although the straw mat under him is not soft, it is more comfortable to sleep on than the grass that was only covered with a layer of mat before. Coupled with the surrounding walls and ceilings, the security of being in the building allows these constantly stressed warriors to relax a little. However, even in such a resting environment, Cheese still felt that it was difficult to sleep.

Cheese went out for a walk when he couldn't sleep, and he tried not to make a sound, carefully avoiding the "monkeys" sleeping next to him, and gently closed the door after making sure that he didn't wake anyone up. But even though he had to walk, there was no room for Cheese to move around in the building filled with the team, and as for leaving the room and going for a walk on the street, the mage asked himself if he was not so crazy. He thought of the two mutant ratmen who had been brought into Vale City together, and wondered if the people of Hammer had properly settled these two troubles. After questioning the night watchman's room where the soldiers were holding the nezumi, the mage saw the two prisoners of war in a room on the second floor.

In order to prevent the nezumi from infecting the knights around them, the two mutant nezumi were tied with cloth bags on their limbs and mouths, so that their claws and teeth were useless. Although the routine should be different from that of humans, the two nezumi were already exhausted after a day of bumping with the team, and after confirming their status, Cheese said hello to the soldiers guarding the nezumi and left the room.

The aimless mage suddenly found a window in a small corner of the corridor on the second floor, due to the relatively low buildings nearby, there was no shelter outside the window, and in the bright moonlight, Cheese could see the stacked houses in Vale in the distance.

"If it had been before, Valley City would still be very lively at this time. Heather's voice came from behind the mage, and it was not surprising that the chief knight would know where he was, presumably the knight who had asked her before. But perhaps the knight wasn't a good conversationalist, and without waiting for Cheese to answer, she told her the purpose of coming to the mage.

"I'd like to hear your advice for tomorrow's exploration. ”

The mage turned his gaze back from the scenery outside the window, looking at the female knight, he had actually thought a lot about the next day's exploration, so the mage said.

"I haven't been to Vale before, so I don't know much about the terrain here, but if you can, I'd recommend exploring the above-ground parts first. As for the caves, I've got some premature guesses, so if you try to find a map of Valley City as you can when you explore tomorrow, and then mark the caves on the map according to the area you found, maybe I can guess something. ”

"Okay, actually, I also want to go to the East and Central Districts of Valley City tomorrow to explore, after all, if Leon's team is really in the city, it would be better to meet as soon as possible. Heather nodded, agreeing with Cheese's suggestion. After saying goodnight again, Heather was about to leave, but she seemed to have a sudden thought of something before leaving, so she turned back and said.

"Maybe it's a bit presumptuous, but please forgive me. I heard from my family that mages can quickly recover their strength by meditating instead of sleep, but I didn't expect to have insomnia too?"

"Meditation can restore mental exertion to a certain extent, but if you have experienced strenuous physical activity, the mage also needs sleep to relieve physical fatigue. At the end of the day, it's better to lie down and sleep. Cheese smiled, using meditation instead of sleep may seem strange to ordinary people, but in the eyes of the mage, it is not really something worth keeping secret.

Her curiosity was satisfied, and the chief knight didn't ask anything more, so she nodded slightly and left the second floor. Cheese was ready to close the window and go back to sleep shortly thereafter, as he said, sleep would ensure that he had enough energy for the rest of the day. But the moment the mage closed the window, a faint whisper came from outside the window, hoarse and indistinct, as if sighing for something. Cheese quickly opened the window to find the source of the whisper, but what he saw was Valley City in the dark.

Maybe it's too sleepy, Cheese thought.