When the girls stopped again, they had reached a crack in the narrow rock face. Although it is said to be a small crack, the so-called small is compared to the other two, in fact, this crack can be passed by two people side by side, which is quite spacious for humans. The crevasse is not high, gray-green climbing plants crawl all over the walls on both sides of the cresmet, and from time to time some small creatures hop from vine to vine, carrying food for the winter to their nests. With a chirp, thirty or forty small beasts poured out of the cracks, these small beasts were only twenty or thirty centimeters tall, their heads protruding forward, their bodies were covered with dark green patterns, and they also walked and jumped upright on their two hind legs, and their small and flexible tails controlled the balance of their bodies when jumping. The little beasts seemed to live in groups, and as soon as they came out they ran away behind the one that had begun to scream, and in a few moments brought back a bunch of plant roots or fruits.

"Looks like they're carnivorous monsters. Catherine looked at the group of little beasts from a distance: "Typical carnivorous teeth, how can they carry a bunch of plants back to the nest to hoard?"

"Don't be surprised that wolves still have 20 percent of the time to graze. Pannis said: "However, this monster seems to be omnivorous, after all, meat can't be stored for a long time, eh? There is winter here, too? The climate in this area should be similar to that of the Lost Forest, I remember it is hot all year round, what about here?"

"Look at how you understand winter. Ike took a thousand steps, drew his knife and slashed the vines blocking the cracks, these vines looked relatively thin, but the texture was very tough, without the need to increase the strength of the fighting spirit, a single knife to cut through can often cut a vine in half. After slashing a few times, Ike wiped his sweat and said, "Theoretically, there is winter here, and the temperature will be slightly lower than now, and nothing else has changed." For us, this temperature will not cause any effect, but will feel very comfortable, but it is different for these magical beasts, especially this miniature magical beast, in winter, they dare not drill out of the warm cave, and dare not go into the depths of the crack to hunt or pick plants, so they can only choose to store food for the winter. ”

A few people worked together to quickly clear the vines on the cracks to make a road for people to pass, which was not a lot of work, but it was this kind of work that should have been easy, but everyone was sweating profusely. Catherine's petticoat under her armor was already soaked, sticky to her body, uncomfortable but had to maintain a dignified posture, she could only shake her shoulders slightly, frowned and said, "Is it because the humidity is too much?" ”

"You can feel it, it's hot and humid here. Ike explains: "I've measured that it's even more humid than the most terrible Death Forest, and you sweat profusely even when you walk for a long time. ”

"Element, expulsion. Vivien suddenly pointed at Catherine, and a pale blue circle flashed at her feet. Catherine was stunned for a moment, and blinked suspiciously: "Vivian, are you dispersing the water attribute elements around me?" I feel that the humidity around me has decreased a lot. But it's a little too low, it's almost the same as the feeling of the land of sand. ”

"No way. Vivien spread her hands and said helplessly: "It can only be so extreme, but it is better to be dry than to soak in water." Is everybody interested? Who else wants a Vivian dryer?"

So, a few minutes later, everyone was blessed with a water attribute element dispel circle that could last for an hour, so that everyone could be regarded as getting rid of the troubles caused by the environment. I don't know what to remember, after casting the spell, Vivian took out a low-capacity fire attribute spar fragment and secretly shook it at Pannis, Pannis was stunned, patted Vivian's head, the corners of her mouth curled, revealing a warm smile. Freya looked at the interaction between the two strangely, and asked suspiciously, "What are you doing here?"

"Don't bother them with nostalgia for the past. Lina put her arm around Freya and pulled her aside: "Last year, around this time, we met Pannith outside the Weeping Cave, and the three of us were still golden-tier ...... at that time."

"Well, that's true. After listening to Lina's story, Freya also smiled and said: "Before being promoted to legend, the consumption of mana was calculated very carefully, and a lot of magic was obviously very convenient, but I didn't dare to use it at will. Now that the total amount of mana has increased, the speed of recovery has become correspondingly faster, and there are obviously a lot fewer scruples in using it. However, I didn't expect you to have this kind of interesting story when you met, what happened to the thief who deceived you? Is he still lying to people in the small town of Kanzir? And the two orc shopkeepers with hoe and malt, it sounds like two people who are also very interesting. ”

"Lina and I secretly went back before. Vivien peeked at Catherine and found that she was not angry about mentioning this matter again, so she continued with confidence: "The shopkeeper and his wife are still so interesting, the shopkeeper lady of the fox clan heard that Pannis has joined us, and she is chasing us to introduce commissions, as for the little liar, he ran away when he saw the two of us, I hope he can always be so lucky and safe." ”

"Okay, it's okay, there's no monster in it. While chatting, Ike peeked through the vines that had not been cleared, "I found a slope inside, the top of the slope is flat, and the view is relatively open, and it can be used for camping. ”

"That's really the best news I've heard today. Catherine slapped her forehead guard on her head, activated the light-attribute spar shard, and pushed a few drooping vine branches into the crack.

The inside of the crack was not very comfortable, the air was filled with the smell of the fishy smell of the demonic beast's body and the rotting smell of the corpse, and there was a faint smell of sulfur mixed in it, although there was light coming in from the outside, but the crack was still very dark, and the light of the head could barely see the surrounding environment. In front of me is a natural tunnel that is wide and narrow, more than four meters wide, but the narrow place can only accommodate one person to barely pass sideways. Vivien and Lina sneak a sneak glance at Freya together, in exchange for a vicious glare.

The top of the tunnel is low, and the black rock is pressed overhead as if it is about to collapse at any time, making the space more cramped and oppressive, and the humid environment makes the surrounding rock walls wet everywhere, and there are constantly water droplets dripping from the top of the tunnel, and the mechanical and monotonous sound fills the unusually quiet tunnel, bringing an indescribable sense of weirdness.

On both sides of the tunnel, you can occasionally see the corpses of small demonic beasts that have died, most of which have turned into white bones, but there are also some skin and muscle remains, and these corpses that have not had time to decompose are covered with tooth marks, and even the bones have left a lot of gnawing marks. Catherine walked over to a two-thirds of the corpse that had been eaten and squatted down, looked through the gloves, and nodded: "Look at the shape of the tooth marks, it should belong to those small demonic beasts outside, this should be their restaurant, is it okay for us to go through it directly like this?

"Don't worry. Ike shook his head and said, "These magical beasts are just past the standard of the silver level, and they may pose a great threat to low-level professionals, but for us, standing and letting them attack, they can't bite through our skin." Be careful with their spitting, though, as they will spit acid out of their stomach to attack the enemy's face, and the acid is very corrosive, so don't get on it. ”

"Acid spit, how did I think of the dinosaur?" Catherine raised her eyebrows and said with wide eyes: "Think about it carefully, if you zoom in several times, those small demonic beasts are really very similar to the dinosaurs, no, they are almost exactly the same, are they close relatives of the dinosaurs?"

"I think you're saying the opposite. Pannis corrected: "It should be said that the dinosaurs are their close relatives, after all, the monsters here, no matter how big or small, have been breeding in the Marks of the Earth for an unknown number of thousands of years. ”

"Sister, if you don't say it, I really didn't expect it. Vivien's eyes lit up, and she said in a low voice, "I thought these magical beasts looked familiar just now, and they must have seen them somewhere." Sure enough, it's the dinosaur we've encountered in the Flash Forest, with three pointed claws on the forelimbs, a powerful backlash, a pointed head, and acid spitting, no, this discovery must be recorded. ”

Everyone has long been accustomed to Vivien's situation of being in a state of research anytime and anywhere to isolate herself from the outside world, Catherine shook her head helplessly, and gestured to Pannis, who smiled wryly and gently pushed Vivian from behind to move forward.

Along the way, many gray and purple plants grew tenaciously in the crevices of the rock wall, and it is not known how these plants survive in this lightless environment. Not only do they survive in this environment, but they also emit a faint light of their own, which is very low in intensity but very striking in dark spaces. The texture of these plants is very hard, but the flowers they produce have soft petals, and occasionally an unknown magical beast will emerge from the darkness and come next to the plants, tearing the soft petals off the equally hard receptacles and flower stalks to feed and devour them.

"Oh, what a clever plant. Pannis laughed and said, "Using light to attract creatures, and then using soft petals to lure them to devour, is the function of allowing monsters to replace bees and butterflies." ”

"Here we are. Ike turned his head, and the pillar of light above his head pointed to the right: "The slope is on the fork over there." ”

"Wait, quiet. Pannis frowned, "What is this sound?"

In the quiet tunnel, there was a faint rustling sound, the sound was absent, but it never stopped. (To be continued.) )