"Rustling", as if the afternoon breeze blows through the treetops, and like the spring silkworm gnawing on mulberry leaves in the silent night, the sound is small but clear, uncontrollably drilled into the ears of six people, although it will not feel noisy, but after listening to it for a long time, it will also feel bored, making people want to rush to the place where the sound comes from, and kick the noise-making creatures far away.

"There's trouble. Guide Ike's face became solemn, he grasped the hand axe hanging from his waist, and said in a deep voice, "Get ready for battle, we are likely to encounter the most difficult creatures in the Traces of the Earth." ”

"What creature?" asked in a low voice, "More powerful than the predator you just saw?" or more difficult than those mosquitoes?"

"Those gigantic demonic beasts, they can only live on the surface of the Earth Scar, and they can't go deeper than the third layer, and the demonic beasts underground are much more powerful than them. Ike snorted with some disdain, "Let's describe it this way, in the Traces of the Earth, the worse the environment is for humans, the more powerful the creatures are, they tend to use the upper layers as their hunting grounds, and whenever they can't find food in the stratum, they will go to the upper layers to hunt." So, what I just saw, like the livestock that the orcs raised, is ultimately just food. ”

The girls were stunned, no one said anything more, it was hard to imagine that the huge and powerful demonic beasts they had seen before were just food for the creatures under the Marks of the Earth. However, everyone also knows that there is no need for Ike to lie on such an issue, and since he said such things with such certainty, it means that this is probably the case.

"Let's go first. Pannis gestured to everyone, pointing to the slope where a few people were going: "The deodorant powder has been sprinkled, no matter what kind of creature it is, it will be difficult to track us by smell, so we might as well go over there and unleash a few hidden circles for camping, so that it can't find us." The distance over there is not far, let's leave a few fragments of light attribute crystals here, and we can see this place from a distance, for insurance, Vivien, you put a few more mage eyes, in case the vision is disturbed, there is also a backup way to observe. Hurry up, listen to the sound is already about to come here, and if you don't go, it is estimated that you will just hit head-on. ”

A few people nodded, and walked as slowly as possible towards the platform on the slope. Everyone is a veteran who is accustomed to wild adventures, and it is clear that in such a dark environment, the vision of creatures is often very poor, and most of the search for enemies is to use their sense of hearing and smell, so everyone is very attentive and tries to control their volume to prevent unknown creatures from discovering their whereabouts. The distance of the platform was very close, and in less than three minutes, everyone had already climbed the platform on the slope, Vivian consciously took out a few pieces of Mithril Disk solidified with various concealment circles, and gently placed them on the ground to activate, and the light and shadow of several colors flashed in the dimness, completely isolating the bodies and voices of the six people from the outside world, as if they were in two different worlds.

"Alright, it's time to speak. After arranging all this, Vivian still lowered her voice and said: "The vibration of the sound wave is also isolated, so don't worry that the other party will sense our position through vibration." It should be almost there, what kind of creature could it be? Mr. Ike, do you know?"

"I've seen it. Lina's voice sounded a little dry, and when she turned her head to look over, she found that the priest girl's face was ugly, she bit her lip tightly, and paused for a moment before saying, "It seems that we are not mistaken, even if the research institute is not here, it is certain that the goblins have been here." ”

"Whew, I saw that too. Pannis smiled wryly and shook his head, "I really didn't expect it, I'm afraid that many of those creatures I met at the beginning were caught from here." But they also have the ability to get those creatures out of the Traces of the Earth alive. ”

"What are you talking about?" Catherine also saw creatures emerging from the darkness. It was a bug very close to the appearance of a centipede, covered with a thick and hard exoskeleton like steel, the whole body was composed of dozens of segments, each segment grew a pair of powerful feet, the purple-black round head was shiny, a pair of eyes could barely be seen, but two long tentacles danced flexibly in the air. Underneath the head, a pair of large jaws were unusually sharp, the tips of the jaws glowing a dark red glow in the faint light of the hedrons. This monster is about eight meters long, lying flat on the ground and half a person tall, when raising the front half of the body before the battle, it can almost exceed the height of two people, but at this time it does not stand up, but clings to the ground, nearly a hundred feet slide like flowing water, and make rustling footsteps while moving.

When it came to the original location of the few people, the demonic beast seemed to be very puzzled, and its flexible tentacles turned in all directions, but it was completely unable to find the traces of the prey here before. However, it was obvious that its mind could not think about such a complex problem, and after searching for a while and finding that there was no target, it was immediately attracted by the extremely active and noisy dinosaur ancestors at the entrance of the rift, and turned the target to crawl towards the entrance of the rift.

After the giant worm was far away, Lina exhaled and said relaxedly: "Remember the goblin ruins found in Angus Village, didn't Pannis say before, he guessed that it might be part of the research institute? Among those magical beasts, one is the huge centipede in front of him, in fact, this is not a centipede, right, a close relative of the centipede? No matter, anyway, I encountered this kind of giant insect, of course, it is only the strength of the golden rank, but it is also very difficult to deal with, the carapace on the body is like a stone, if it weren't for the fact that Pennis used the method of synthesizing crystals to detonate two spars in its mouth, I don't know how long I would have to entangle with it. ”

"That's Malu, stupid. Vivien scolded, but said with anticipation in her voice, "Do you think the goblins caught the creatures from the Marks of the Earth, at least some of them from the Marks of the Ground?"

"I'm stupid, I don't know. Lina twisted her face to the side with her chest and snorted, "I don't even know it's Ma Lu, how can I know if the goblins more than 10,000 years ago are those creatures that were caught here." ”

"Hey, weren't you the gentle and elegant Priest of Cateria before?" Vivien's round eyes widened, "Why did you become like this in the blink of an eye?"

"Hmph, you don't know. Lina raised her head proudly and shook her long silver hair: "I checked a little information outside before, and I've changed books, hey, I'm scared to death." ”

"I think there's a good chance that the creature in that ruin, at least the giant Malu, came from here. Pannis coughed dryly, interrupting the meaningless quarrel between the two boyish girls: "First, if this giant bug can be seen in the outside world, it will inevitably leave a record in the goblin data, but the time of the two eras has passed, and no one knows about their existence, so it is very likely that they do not exist in the outside world. Second, Lina, do you remember? Among the modified creatures we saw in that ruin, all the bug-like creatures were much larger than what we had ever seen. According to a friend, the body structure of insects is very special compared to other magical beasts, and it is difficult for them to appear giant, just like the fog mantis and spiders we saw in the flash forest, and the size of a human is already the limit, if it is larger, their own body will not be able to bear it. I'm afraid that only this special enclosed environment here can allow them to live. ”

"But it's no different from the outside world. Catherine asked, puzzled, "I didn't notice anything different other than the heat and humidity." ”

"Didn't Ike say it before?" Pannis nodded to Ike: "There is a problem with the air here, it will be very uncomfortable to stay for a long time, and it will even make people crazy, I guess it is likely to be related to this difference, but whether this is the case or not, it is better to leave it to future scholars to study." ”

"Well, if you're right, there's a good chance the goblins have been here before. Catherine clenched her fists and suppressed the excitement in her heart: "In this way, the possibility of our target here has greatly increased." Fortunately, fortunately, I was really afraid that after looking for a long time, I found that the target did not exist at all, and now I can finally feel a little more at ease. ”

"Eldest sister, it's okay. Vivien took Catherine's hand: "I've figured it out, you do your best, I do my best, that's enough, we've rebelled against fate together." As for whether the end result is success or failure, I will accept it calmly and will no longer fear the possible death. ”

"You won't fail. Freya pressed the soft hat on Vivien's head from behind and said softly: "Death and defeat are like wild dogs, if you are afraid of them, they will chase you every day and night, and they will always haunt you, but when you are no longer afraid of them, they will whimper and run away, and they will never dare to appear in front of you again." ”

"Huh. Catherine chuckled and shook her head: "Poor Estheus, in the last verse of the finale, you can memorize such an unpopular opera, how boring you were before." ”

"Hey, you know it's so unpopular?" Freya smiled awkwardly and rubbed Vivien's head: "No matter what the source is, at least the truth is right, I believe that we will never fail, and we will definitely succeed in curing you." ”

"Yes. Vivien nodded heavily: "With you by my side and supporting me, I have nothing to fear." ”

"Shhhh Pannis suddenly raised his hand: "That bug is back, and there seems to be its magical beast nearby, not far from us, be vigilant." (To be continued.) )