It seems that because the worm itself was repulsed, the monsters and humanoids that appeared under its influence did not reappear when Cheese retreated, otherwise the current state of the team might not have been able to withstand the threat posed by those things. Even so, the best of the four and one cat was actually Lothar, who had undergone a four-day fast, and several others were injured more by the worm-induced shaking, such as Atta, who had broken her ribs and arm bones to varying degrees despite the severe injuries in her leg healed with Helen's help.

In contrast, Batu's situation is even worse, as he has been in a coma since he was discovered, as a carrier of the power of the spirits. According to Cheese's diagnosis, this coma was not caused by a physical problem, but probably due to the after-effects of the mortal will being washed away by the spirits, which were not uncommon, and it was inevitable for priests to experience this in those regions where the gods were often possessed. The consequence is often the amnesia during the possession and the sudden addition of many unwanted habits in the subsequent behavior, and in some myths, there are many cases of being possessed by gods as if they were a different person. But there is an important difference between these records and the problems facing Batu at hand.

That is the peculiarity of the spirits. Although the people of the steppe call them by this name, and also think that they have a close connection with each other, it is undeniable that the gods and spirits of the various tribes of the steppe are also different, and the spirits are not a whole, and they are different and even contradictory. Some of the most heart-wrenching battles in the history of the steppes have often taken place between two or more spirit-blessed tribes, and the results of heroes blessed by ancestors and gods, as well as their fellow mortals, have often lasted for a long time.

Comparing the examples of the cheese of the Spirit of the Heavenly Wood and the Spirit of the Eagle in the face of the worms, being able to easily repel the worms means that Batu's brain contains multiple or even double digits and more gods at one time, although the strength of a single member of the spirits may not be as good as the personality gods worshiped in some regions, but the damage caused by the plural spirits to the mortal body and the disturbance of the thinking subject are definitely beyond the reach or even the clues of ordinary gods. According to Cheese's estimates, the worst outcome for Batu is likely to be a regression to his childhood as a child in the flow of spirits, or a psychosis that is incapable of identifying himself.

And the most frustrating thing for the mage was that he couldn't do Batu any help before he woke up. If the hands were built, he might be able to risk using the spell he had previously used on Kolanty to entangle the two of them in their minds, as a way to awaken and strengthen Batuw's own subjective consciousness. But now, he has lost most of his spell casting ability, and there is nothing he can do to help, even if he wants to. Besides, aside from the fractures of his hands, he also suffered a considerable degree of physical and mental damage in the turmoil.

Gratgy, this is a true portrayal of Cheese's current state, and after some time of traveling in the direction the team came from, he already has a distortion in front of his eyes, which is a precursor to fainting. "We're here to take a break. "Not only was it lucky that he was aware of the mage's state, but the leader of the team, Lothar, even gave the signal to stop, so that the cheese did not really faint.

"How does it feel?" Sitting beside the grey robe, the Count put the water bag to the cheese's mouth, who nodded slightly and drank some cool water.

"It sucks, it's never been this bad for as long as I can remember. The head cheese sighed and commented on what had just happened. He wasn't lying, and while the training in the Grey Tower was harsh and even brutal, it was a thing of the past, and after going through it, the sensational-sounding training wasn't so scary. In contrast, what is going through is always the worst, and it is also a very delicate thing, and it is often tomorrow that gives people hope, and what makes people desperate is often the present.

To this, the earl only smiled, "I agree with you, even if you are beaten to the brink of death and then thrown into the cold deep sea, it is better than starving for three days. Seriously, I even wanted to nibble on grass when I first came back. That hunger is really, forget it, I definitely don't want to do it again in my lifetime. ”

"By the way, how did you get back? Or where have you been these days? The mage asked if they hadn't had a chance to tell each other what had happened during the three days they had been apart since Lothar's return. At that moment, the two told each other about the situation for three days with a simple description, and then fell into silence.

"You say the worm spat out into the river when it was underground?" Cheese grasped a rather important point, and the scene Lothar described coincided with what they had encountered at the tributary spring marked with the knot mark. And this shows that the space where the Count has been in the past few days is not another world, but under this land.

"Is there a void in the heart of the earth?" he repeated softly, for a long time, people had always explored the land in which they lived, but not deeply. Humans do not go deep underground, their field of activity is above ground, under the sun, and the dim environment of the underground is enough to cause physical and psychological discomfort to most surface creatures. In contrast, the Dwarves have a deeper understanding of the world beneath the surface, with their castles and mines often built between the surface and the underground, with mines stretching on all sides. However, they had not heard anything about the inverted world or the void in the dwarven mythology, and they seemed to believe that the surface below a certain depth was all pitch-black fluids and raging magma. However, the legend of the steppe people is more in line with Lothar's experience in this respect. The question is, how did the steppe people, who had never dug in the ground, come up with such a legend?

"Forget it, the problems are only going to get worse. Cheese shook his head, dispelling all the thoughts in his head, knowing that if he wanted to get answers to these questions, he would have to stop the journey and live on the prairie for a while. But that would be the opposite of his reason for leaving. In the final analysis, the current cheese is just a passer-by to this grassland, just like he interfered in the incident of worms and Tianmu without authorization, and every place has legends and mysteries of every place, and rudely judging with his own inherent concepts will only hurt others and hurt himself.

"The first priority is to go back to the real world, no, this should be the real world as well. I mean, we have to get out of Amaki's sphere of influence first. ”