Chapter 155: Fire Elemental (1)
Thanks to the cracks that can be seen everywhere in the Land of Trials, the speed at which Leach and his party are moving forward can be said to be extremely slow.
After Kumar explained the precautions, the more than 100 people of the two tribes were divided into more than 20 groups. There were either four or five people, and each group had at least one member of the Red Mastiff tribe, and each group chose a direction to move forward.
Although Kumar repeatedly reminded everyone to cheer up their spirits, not long after everyone separated, an accident happened.
The accident was a member of Kumar's clan, Leach had never spoken to the other party before, and he didn't even have any information about that person in his memory, in short, he was a person who had no sense of existence in terms of appearance or behavior.
Here's how it happened.
The group that the victim was in chose a direction that was not too far from Leach's group, and in order to facilitate mutual assistance, everyone was a stronger group when assigning the direction of exploration, and some weaker groups were placed on the left and right.
Leach's group is deservedly the strongest of all the groups, so those who are placed near them are all at the bottom of the team.
The victim's team was very self-aware, and when it knew that it was not strong, it acted extra carefully, so it was also one of the last few to move forward.
Despite this, the tragedy occurred directly due to the miscalculation of the timing of the flames when the team crossed a small chasm.
The victim only had time to let out a scream of horror at the sudden discovery of the flames, and then he was drowned in the crimson flames, and in a matter of moments, only a small handful of black fly ash remained.
Such an intuitive on-site explanation made Leach truly realize that there is no law in the eruption of the flame that Kumar said before, and he acted more and more carefully.
In fact, strictly speaking, the reason why the accident happened was also related to the group being too cautious.
Probably due to a lack of confidence in their own strength, the group pursued the principle of only taking action when it was more than 80 percent sure.
Because of this guideline, each time the group encounters a crack, they will observe the flame eruption at least ten times, and determine the shortest interval before moving forward together, unlike other groups, which hold on to the ten-second vacuum period after the flame eruption to pass as quickly as possible.
Originally, according to their observations, the shortest eruption interval of the crack was about twenty seconds, but just as they were confidently huddled forward, an accident happened.
Due to the premature eruption of the flames, the last man in line was unfortunately killed.
"Don't stand still in a daze, didn't I tell you before that there is a ten-second vacuum period, just take advantage of that time to pass one by one, don't think about other useless things!"
Seeing that the rest of the group was helpless because of the sudden death of their companions, and that they couldn't easily walk over to help in such an environment, Kumar could only frown and shout.
Kumar's voice woke up several people in panic, and immediately stopped insisting on the seemingly safe but dangerous way of walking, and began to use the safest method.
"Others, pay attention, don't take chances!" Seeing that group of people finally got their senses, Kumar nodded, and at the same time did not forget to remind the other companions.
In Leach's group, in addition to the three of them who have been together since the beginning, there are two more people.
Of the two, one was from Kuma's tribe named Juventus, and the other was from the Red Mastiff tribe named Desai.
Since the names of the steppe people were generally long, Leach only remembered the abbreviations of the two.
Desai was a slightly shy big boy, just as old as Dabi requires, only fifteen years old. After the initial restraint, I can talk to other people, but when I face Saya, I always blush like a monkey's butt, and I can't finish my words.
In this regard, Leach also laughed at others several times very heartlessly.
As for the other person, Juventus, Litch doesn't feel very good about him.
Like Desai, Juve doesn't like to talk much, but Desai gives people the impression that he is just shy and shy, and Juventus makes Leach feel that this man is full of worries and seems to have some ulterior secrets.
When Leach mentioned it to Saya, Sayae smiled and said that he was ageism because of Hongguoguo, but it was because Juventus was older and didn't like to laugh, so he felt that Juve had bad intentions.
Leach thought about it, it seems that this is really the case, Desai because of his young age, and he always blushes at every turn, so he gives people a very shy feeling, and Juventus, on the other hand, does not say it with a straight face, because he is nearly thirty years old, and Leach has no common language at all, subconsciously Litch feels that he has a generation gap with them, so he will feel a little uncomfortable facing him.
After figuring this out, Leach was relieved.
As we progressed, the distance between the teams gradually increased, and although we could still clearly see the situation of the teams that were close to each other, if something happened, even if there were no cracks to obstruct it, there would not be enough time to go to the rescue.
Fortunately, so far, except for the poisonous flames that erupt from time to time, the so-called "villains" mentioned by Kumar have not appeared, and there has been a painful lesson, so everyone has been extra careful, and there have been no new casualties.
To be honest, for those "villains" that Kumar said, Leach still wanted to meet them.
One thing is for sure, these mutated species are absolutely unseen and unheard of in the outside world, and Leach just doesn't like trouble, which doesn't mean that he doesn't have curiosity, and after adapting to the dangers posed by the rift, he can't wait to increase his knowledge.
Perhaps sensing Leach's inner wish, the "villain" finally appeared when the five of them came to the vicinity of an exceptionally large crack.
In fact, from a long distance, Leach found that this huge crack was a little different from the others, not only in terms of size, but also in the fact that there was not a single flame coming out of this crack from beginning to end.
Just as the five of them stopped to discuss how to get through, an unidentified object suddenly emerged from the crack, covered in black smoke and composed entirely of crimson flames.
Without waiting for Leach to ask, Kumar's face changed and he blurted out, "It's not good, it's the fire elemental!"