"The defense of this camp has been strengthened. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Looking at the ruined camp in front of her, Catherine looked around and said, "It seems that they have learned the lesson of the previous night and deliberately increased their defense. ”

Indeed, in the last camp, what I saw was not so much a camp as a circle of remnants of a trench, and the ground inside the trench seemed to everyone to be an ordinary lawn, and at most there were a few small holes in the lawn that were not easy to detect with the naked eye, and these small holes were the only traces left when the tent was erected. Only wilderness survival and tracking experts like Pannis or Vral can keenly spot these traces and deduce the exact location, orientation, and size of the tent. However, the second camp was different, and the undead easily broke into it the night before, which made the expedition more vigilant back then, so more time and energy were spent on the construction of the camp.

The outermost part of the camp was still a circle of trenches several meters deep, and the inner side of the trenches was no longer just traps, but a wide and thick earthen wall one meter high, which was probably made of the soil that had been used to make the trenches. Although the earthen wall is now overgrown with weeds, it can be seen from the traces that many lighting and defensive equipment were erected on it in the past, in case the enemy invaded the camp without realizing it as last night. There was no negligence in the interior of the earthen wall, and after walking along the earthen wall, Pannis found at least six traces of various traps, although after forty years, these traces have been very difficult to distinguish under the ravages of time, but in the seriousness of Pannis, they are still as conspicuous as a light in the middle of the night.

"There must be more than these six. Panismo rubbed his chin and said: "According to the density of the distribution of traps, I estimate that there are at least twenty traps in the inner area of the defensive wall, and they are going to turn their station into a battlefield, and they are not afraid that their night watchmen will accidentally step on it, if they really step on it, tsk, the adventurers who die under their traps, they are definitely not the first, nor the last, but I estimate that they will be the one with the highest identity and strength." ”

Pannis himself didn't notice it at all, and there was a strong sense of ridicule in his words, as if when he affirmed that the attacker was controlled by Nelly in the air, he had firmly stood on the side of the attacker, and subconsciously put the previous expedition on the opposite side. Of course, although he didn't know it, everyone, including Dilly, saw it clearly, but no one protested, let alone reminded him, in the eyes of the girls, Pannis at this time was like a sulking child, in order to protect his cherished companion, resolutely spit on all creatures that were against her. This is the first time that the girls have seen such a childish performance of Pannis, and his maturity and reliability in the past, of course, compared to the maturity and reliability when he deliberately provoked and looked for a fight, now he is more cute in the eyes of the girls, perhaps, only when facing something related to Nelly, he will show such a side.

"Thankfully, she only belongs to the past. Although she had condemned herself countless times in her heart and stopped herself countless times, the knight girl still couldn't help but rejoice: "We are not like that stupid queen, vainly trying to defeat an enemy who only belongs to the past. We don't need to defeat the past, because the enemies of the past don't need to be defeated, we just need to seize the present and the future that don't belong to you, well, as long as there is a future. Ah, I'm sorry Nelly, I shouldn't have thought so, you're still my role model, but, but, but only in this regard, we won't budge. ”

"With such a trap, you still want to block our joint breakthrough? It's too underestimating our sense of battle. Of course, it is impossible for Pannis to guess the unspeakable thoughts of the girls, he has subconsciously brought himself into the role of the small skeleton, in his inner world, it seems that he has returned to the days when he joined hands with his beloved female knight to fight against strong enemies, the days when there was no crime, no self-blame, no sacrifice, no death, the happiest days in life, but never recovered. Perhaps it is precisely because of more than 100 years of self-blame and pain that he still unconsciously misses the happiness of the past in his heart, so because of this contradictory mood, he has constructed in his own realm that only belongs to the past and the present can never be touched.

As if touching the pain and happiness in the depths of Pannis's heart, the knight girl couldn't help but turn her head, her eyes slightly reddened. Let him have the courage to face his past, and then be able to come out of the past to meet the future, this is the efforts that the girls have been doing, but the pain and sadness brought by facing the past is a negative impact that the girls can't bear to see but can't eliminate, and all they can do is to stay by his side and use their own existence to resolve the pain. Therefore, when Catherine turned her head, the tears in her eyes had faded, and she said with her usual smile: "Grandfather, they don't know who their opponents are, and in their minds, their opponents must be just two powerful undead with sanity." ”

"That's right. Pannis nodded, no longer dwelling on the traps, squatting on the edge of a few mounds of dirt in the camp, and poked his fingers at the hard, dry soil: "They didn't use the tent this time, probably because it was easy to see the location of the figures inside through the tent if there was light, and the tent was too easy to be torn apart." They actually used the remaining dirt to build a few tent-shaped houses, it seems that the expedition included the natives of the Western Wasteland of Neville, this construction method, is the standard Western Wasteland method, does not need any wood and masonry as a load-bearing structure, can be built with clay alone. ”

"And the room is a lot denser. Catherine looked at the location of the collapsed rooms and said, "Dense buildings are easier to defend against enemy raids, but if you encounter a large area of magic attacks, it is more troublesome. However, my grandfather is in the team, guarded by demigod mages, and it is not difficult to defend against a wide range of magic attacks, so it is not a disadvantage. ”

"Well, and we're not good at offensive magic. Pannis nodded, "They must have seen this problem from our performance the night before, which is why they used dense buildings to increase their defenses." ”

"It's a pity that these rooms have collapsed. Lina interjected regretfully, "It's the first time I've seen this kind of cone-shaped mud house, I've only seen it in books before, and it doesn't really look as strong and durable as the book says." ”

"No way, although the soil treated with special methods is really waterproof, but the dead forest is too wet and rainy after all, and after more than 40 years, it is normal for it to collapse. Pannis raised his chin to the side and gestured, "Aren't there two over there that haven't collapsed?"

"That's right, after all, it's been so long, you can't ask too much. Lina nodded, and turned her curious gaze to the two rooms that had not collapsed, one of which was already dilapidated, and seemed to be in danger of collapsing at any time, and the other room remained intact, although the surface was pitted, but the main structure was still not damaged, but these two rooms were relatively short, mixed with other collapsed rooms, and it was not easy to find. The priest's eyes lit up, and she said excitedly: "I'll go and see what it looks like inside, Vivian, you come with me, I don't want to step on the trap." ”

"Don't make a fuss, the traps are dismantled when they leave, which is the basic requirement for adventurers to camp in the wild. Vivien glanced at Lina, but although she said so, she still followed, after all, this is not a foreign mansion at home, but a wilderness full of dangers, although the danger is much less in the forbidden land, but it is better to be careful.

Lina took Vivien's hand and ran all the way to the small mud tent amid the mage girl's protests, ignoring Vivien's disgruntled eyes because of her sudden run, and curiously looked through the low door to the dark space inside the house. The mud hut has no windows, only a curved hole for the entrance, and if the book says it is correct, the entrance is sealed with metal mesh or thick wooden planks, and it is a closed and comfortable space. However, there is certainly no enclosed entrance to this hut now, and the entrance to the black hole hole exposes the internal structure.

The two girls had no intention of entering the room, and no matter how curious they were, the experience of a veteran adventurer made it impossible for them to rush into a room that had not been carefully investigated, even if it was located in a forbidden place where life could not exist. Therefore, the girls just poked their heads out of the doorway, looking from afar to satisfy their curiosity.

Just as the girls were looking at the internal structure of the clay room, a soft "click" sounded from behind the two of them, it was not the sound of a trap being triggered, nor was it the sound of footsteps, strictly speaking, it was the sound of bones and joints rubbing. At the same time, there was a loud reminder from Pannis: "Watch your back. ”

The two girls reacted very quickly, and the first action was not a stupid turn back, and that reaction was tantamount to suicide. After hearing a soft sound and hearing Pannis's reminder, Vivien's first instinct was to roll forward violently, burrowing into the entrance of the house where she was sure there was no object, and did not enter the room, but simply let the walls of the room block her left and right directions. At the same time, Lina's body had already flashed the blessing of divine magic, and the girl's body that was blessed with defensive and enhanced divine skills at the same time moved sideways, just blocking the entrance, protecting Vivian behind her, and at the same time swinging the mace in her hand with all her strength.

"Dang", the priest girl only saw a white shadow in front of her eyes, followed by a huge power in her hand, even if the power was strengthened by divine magic, Lina could not resist this powerful force, her body couldn't stop retreating, and after hitting Vivian, the two girls rolled into a ball uncontrollably. However, as she rolled into the room, a huge fireball suddenly flew out from Lina's back, and with a scorching temperature, it rushed out of the mud hut along the entrance of the room.

(To be continued.) )