As a result of Valrhona's discovery, hope is rekindled. www.biquge.info In order to better spot the traces left on the ground, Valrhona gave up riding and the others followed her on the four horses, with Darlon, Meluvia, and Kyeloa still riding their own horses, and Zazacha riding Alicia's Jennivae. Valrhona walked and probed on the ground, followed by the others, letting the horses slowly walk. But even so, it was quite difficult to find the traces left by Ararto and Alicia in the forest in the middle of the night, so Daron took out something from his backpack and gave it to everyone, which was some angular clear crystals.

When Zazacha took the crystal and held it in his hand, an inexplicable expression appeared on his face:

"It doesn't seem like a good time to give gifts. ”

Daron smiled helplessly after hearing this, he picked up his crystal and shook it vigorously in the air a few times, and the crystal immediately emitted a dazzling white light, illuminating the range of 100 meters around him.

“......”

Zazacha didn't say anything, just looked back and forth at Talon's glowing crystal with a look of amazement, and the crystal in his hand that hadn't lit up yet. Then, following Talon's example, he began to shake it vigorously, so that his own crystal glowed with the same light.

It may not be the first time the others have seen this kind of thing, so they are all skilled at making their crystals shine.

These are the illumination crystals that Alicia recovered from dead West German men on the Mount of Necrons. Although I heard that the world after death is dark, the soldiers who died in battle should not need these crystals. Instead of discarding them in the mountains, it is better to take them back and sell them for money. In terms of actual value, these crystals can be regarded as an expensive asset. If you can find a market to sell, you can also make a small profit.

Alicia really thought about it at the same time, and recovered a total of fifteen crystals, but in fact, because many corpses could not be found, she only got this little back.

"Are you a crystal seller?" Valrhona said with some surprise as she pinned the illumination crystal to her shoulder armor. After all, this thing is not something to buy in the market.

"If you want to buy it, I can sell it to you. Daron said with a dash of thought.

"Stingy, can't you give me one?"

"Next time, now you might as well use your hunter skills to help us find that blonde girl. ”

"Okay, okay, I know~ According to the traces on the ground just now, we should go north. "Valrhona likes to joke about Darlon, but she also knows what to expect.

At this time, Zazacha fell alone at the back of the line, fiddling back and forth with the illumination crystal assigned to him in his hand.

"What's wrong with you?" asked Merufa, who was the first to notice, so she asked with concern.

"How did you put this thing on your body?" asked Zazacha with a depressed expression.

Now everyone understands that the lighting crystal can only be adsorbed on the surface of the metal, but Zazacha is only wearing cloth clothes, so no matter where the crystal is placed, it can't be fixed.

"This thing can only be placed on the surface of metal. Mei Lufa kindly reminded.

"Whew!," Zazacha shouted impatiently, then tossed the crystal back to Talon, "I have better night vision than you, so I don't need this!"

"Hopefully you won't trip over a squirrel later. Daron teased.

"Miss Valrhona, without further ado, let's go at once. Kylloa said urgingly as he watched the minutes tick by.

"Okay. Valrhona agreed, and immediately half-bent down and began to search the road carefully.

The forest in the middle of the night was a little depressing, everyone did not speak because they were concentrating on finding traces, the air was a little too quiet, and there were bursts of strange howls and wolf howls in the forest from time to time, which made people's hairs stand on end in this silent night.

“...... It seems that when they got here, they switched to walking. After searching for a while, Valrhona lay on the ground and groped for a while, then said firmly.

"How do you know?" asked Zazacha.

"Here, there are two people's footprints. As she spoke, Valrhona pointed to a field hidden by weeds, which she would not have been able to spot unless she looked closely.

"Sharp-eyed woman......," Zazha Cha said with some awe.

Mei Lufa looked down at the footprints and said happily:

"If we continue like this, we should be able to catch up with them, right?"

At this time, Kyeloa looked up at the night sky, frowned and said with a sullen face:

"Not necessarily, because I have bad news for everyone. ”

"What's wrong?" asked Darron.

"The proportion of thunder attribute and water attribute mana in the air is getting bigger and bigger. ”

“...... Where's the point of this bad news?"

"It's going to rain. ”

Daron was tempted to complain about Kylloa's roundabout way of explaining, but the current situation made him a little speechless.

"If it rains......" Daron looked at Valrhona worriedly.

"The rain washes away all the footprints, so it's hard for us to keep tracking. Valrhona continued Daron's words.

"Damn!" Daron cursed, "Valrhona, how far are we from them?"

"It's hard to say, but judging from the old and new footprints, it shouldn't be more than three kilometers. ”

"Then it's time for us to speed up, Valrhona, hurry up!"

Since Valrhona had to be on the ground to carefully observe the traces left by Arato, the group walked very slowly, and at this rate, the distance between them and the two in front of them would only increase. Coupled with this sign of impending rain, if you don't go faster, I'm afraid you will lose the chance to rescue Alicia.

Thunderclouds rolled in the sky, and the sound of thunder was heard from high in the sky, and as this sound became more frequent, Darron's mood became more and more restless.

Suddenly, a thunderbolt tore through the night sky, turning the night into day in an instant. And after the thunderous roar that followed, drops of rain finally began to fall in the sky.

At first, it was a drizzle that caressed the earth, but within a few minutes, it turned into a downpour.

Thousands of rain lines weave together into a curtain between heaven and earth, shimmering silver in the cold moonlight. The sound of the rain beat like a drum of 10,000 people, beating on the hearts of the people, mixing their gradually becoming frantic emotions, twisting into a hemp rope.

"No, I can't see any footprints here!" Valrhona shouted to the others. She had to shout to get her words to everyone's ears in this weather, and the rain was too much.

But even in the midst of such a pouring rain, everyone's bodies were still dry, thanks to the water-type magic shield cast by Merufa.

Jumping off the horse and looking down at the muddy ground that had been washed by the rain, Kyeloa frowned thoughtfully, then suddenly raised his eyes to look at Melufa, who was following him, and said calmly:

"Melufa, use Scouting. ”

"Huh, me?" asked Merufa, suspiciously.

In terms of the detection range of the reconnaissance technique, Kylloa is I don't know how many times larger than her, so she doesn't know why Kylloa wants to let her come for a while.

"That's right, isn't it raining right now?"

Mei Lufa looked up at the rain curtain falling from the sky, and then it dawned on her.

As a result of the heavy rain, the air is now filled with water-based mana, and this weather is nothing more than a natural mana amplification condition. And coupled with the ice knife "Residual Snow" carried by Mei Lufa, with a range of only two kilometers, Mei Lufa is now completely detectable.

"Okay, I'll try!" Nodding her head twice, Mei Lufa immediately closed her eyes, stretched one hand forward, and began to sense.

Mana, who were connected to each other in the rain, conveyed the fluctuations of Merufa's magical power, and the magical trajectory of the reconnaissance turned into a swarm of demonic snakes in the heavy rain, surging in all directions.

After a while, under Mei Lufa's tightly closed eyelids, her eyes suddenly rolled. Then she raised a hand and pointed in a certain direction, and shouted:

"Right in this direction, a kilometer and a half ahead!"

Everyone looked in the direction of her finger, and then saw a black hazy silhouette in the fog in the distance.

"That's ...... A mountain?" Valrhona asked, frowning at the crescent moon.

"Looks like Arato took Alicia to a cave somewhere in the mountain. Daron speculated after a moment's analysis.

"Well done, Meruva Lonnie. Kyeloa smiled and looked at his disciple in praise.

"Well, it's nothing......" Feeling that she hadn't done anything great, Meleva laughed sheepishly.

"Okay, then let's move on ......"

"Wait a minute!"

Just when Talon wanted to urge everyone to move on, Zazacha's voice suddenly stopped everyone.

He stood still, looking nervous and squinting his eyes towards a spot in the forest.

"There is an enemy?" Talon had been with Zazacha for a while, and naturally knew that Zazacha's sensitivity to breath was far better than that of others, so he immediately drew the heavy sword behind his back.

"I don't know, looking at this breath, it should be nine people, it may be an ambush of the enemy. Zazha Cha looked solemn and clenched his fists.

"Distance?"

"Less than 50 meters. ”

Kyeloa's eyes narrowed, but he didn't see anyone but the trees. Then he thought for a moment and said:

"Maybe the other side didn't notice us, and now we don't know if they are friend or foe, anyway, go around to their rear first, and see what happens, right?"

"Well, that's it. Daron nodded, and everyone agreed.

So, everyone first tied their horses to a safe place, and then groped their way in the rain to get close to the place where Zazacha sensed that there were people. Since no one could grasp the location of the target by visual means, everyone lowered their bodies and carefully moved their steps while watching their surroundings.

For them, the situation of the opponent is unknown, which invisibly increases the sense of oppression for everyone.

"Stop!" After about 30 meters of progress, Zha Zha Cha suddenly whispered to the others to stop, and the others except Zha Zha Cha still can't see the target, so they can only trust Zha Zha Cha to follow orders.

Zazacha ordered everyone to hide behind the grass, and told everyone to put away their lighting crystals and hide their figures.

After waiting quietly for a while, a figure suddenly appeared in the heavy rain.

It was eight heavily armed soldiers in silver armor, and a blonde young man dressed a little casually. They had been drenched in rain, the soldiers' armor had become smooth as if it had been coated with a film, and the young man's clothes were clinging to his skin.

From a distance, the blond young man's figure looked a little thin, and standing next to those burly soldiers, it could be said that it was almost out of place.

"No......" Just as those guys appeared in the field of vision, Darlon's eyes suddenly widened and he said with some surprise, "Those soldiers...... They wore the regular uniforms of the Knights of Garbadia!"