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"Ahh Lina, who was running, stumbled and rolled directly off the last ramp, and rolled along the ramp for more than 20 meters in a row, until she rolled out of the dense forest before she stopped because the terrain became gentle. The rest of the people also rushed out of the dense forest, turned around, and found that the five ground bears had stopped at the edge of the dense forest, and roared loudly at the team for a while with unwillingness, before turning their heads back to the depths of their territory.

"Haha, stupid Lina, you're embarrassed. Vivien jumped off Pannis's back and held out her hand to Lina, "It didn't hurt. ”

"Fortunately, I finally got rid of it, and I must eat bear paws when I go back. Lina grabbed Vivien's hand and stood up, holding her knees and gasping, "Besides, Huhu, you're a big fool, Huhu, I'm tired to death." ”

Catherine tapped on the head of the two of them, and then took in her surroundings. At the end of the hillside, right across from a canyon rift, from here to the inside of the canyon, the ground is covered with countless rubble, and there is no sign of plant growth. The gravel is weathered and peeled off by the surrounding red soil, and then formed naturally after being washed by the rain all year round, the texture is crunchy and floating, and it is easy to slip when stepping on it with a slope.

The current time is just the best stage of the afternoon sun, the bright sunlight directly shines on the ground, so that the team members who have just come out of the darkness of the dense forest are a little uncomfortable for a while, this strange sense of time that flickers and flickers day and night runs through the adventure journey of more than ten days, giving people a sense of unreality in the unreal.

Through the harsh sunlight, the canyon ahead could be seen, and the entrance to the canyon was empty, but the faint smell of decay came from the canyon, and the smell of stench and death made every member of the team look disgusted, frowning at the deep and twisting canyon.

"Looks like this is it. Catherine's face was not very good, after all, no amount of adventure experience would make people like this abnormal environment: "It's quiet here, is there something nearby?"

"No, it's safer here. "It's quiet because there's no water, no plants, no food, there's nothing here, so no animals want to come." And the ground here is basically this kind of gravel, and even animals can easily slip and fall, which is really not conducive to movement. ”

"Then we're going to camp here today?" Dora has maintained a good habit for more than ten days, and never leaves Catherine's side three meters away when she is not on business: "Why are you all looking at me?

"Captain, not here. Phantom Fox pulled Dora aside and explained softly. Although Dora has a lot of combat experience as a mercenary, because she has been following large-scale team actions for a long time and belongs to the top of the team, she is far less aware of these details than the girls and grassroots mercenaries who are adventurers: "There is no concealment here, no cover, no good way to retreat, and most importantly, the smell here is not suitable for stationing and resting, at least you have to change the upwind direction." ”

"Okay, okay. Dora waved her hand: "I know, listen to you." Hey, that explorer over there, don't stop watching jokes, it's your turn to work, find a place. ”

"This canyon is Raccoon Canyon, which is 900 meters long. Pannis looked at the entrance to the canyon: "I just discussed with Elad, through here, the opposite side is upwind, and the canyon mouth over there is not far from the jungle, and the location is just right for camping." ”

"So, it's good to go to the other side?" Dora took Catherine's arm by the hand: "Great, senior sister, let's go." ”

"Give me a dead shot. For more than ten days, Catherine seemed to have returned to the time when she was still studying at the Knight Academy, and she habitually used all kinds of violent means every day to expel her junior sister who always wanted to take advantage: "Mr. Guide, when you cross the canyon, will you encounter any dangerous demonic beasts inside?" After all, you can know that there are many animal remains here, will there be any scavenging demonic beasts lingering here?"

"If it were me, I wouldn't necessarily pass through here. Elad replied directly: "But with you there, it's fine." ”

"Well, there are almost no high-ranking magical beasts among scavengers. Pannis added, explaining, "We can deal with it easily, so don't worry. ”

Walking into Raccoon Valley is like entering a whole new world. Raccoon Canyon is not wide, only six meters at its widest point, and less than a meter wide at its narrowest point, which can only accommodate one person to pass sideways. Although it is not wide, it is flanked by towering cliffs with a height of more than 100 meters, and when you walk at the bottom of the valley, you can only see a narrow line of blue sky when you look up. When you look up, the cliffs on both sides of your head seem to be about to fall, which brings a heavy sense of oppression to the pedestrians in the canyon, and makes people feel anxious involuntarily, which directly affects the atmosphere of the team and becomes tense and dull.

"When walking here, you have to pay more attention to the top of your head. Pannis knew very well that for such an atmosphere, persuasion and reminder had no effect, because this was the natural psychological reaction of human beings, and the only solution was to distract attention, so he naturally said: "Because of geological reasons, it is easy to have high-altitude rockfalls, and if you don't want to leave a funny cause of death on your tombstone, you must look up more." You must not know how many adventurers die every year because of carelessness in this kind of falling rock. ”

"Well, you know?" Lina's curiosity was immediately aroused, "How many are there?"

"I don't know, how could I possibly know. Pannis spread his hands and said very scoundrelly, "But it is true that there are a few such guys every year." And I also know that many, many years ago, there was another unlucky ghost who also died in an adventure from a falling object, but it was not a falling rock. ”

"What's that?" Lina asked, "Twigs?"

"Well, it was another adventurer, another team, who fell from the top of the canyon, and that guy happened to be resting in the canyon against common sense. Pannis unscrupulously commented: "Then he died, and the one who fell was only seriously injured." ”

"It's sad. There was no sadness in Lina's expression: "Let's pray for him, haha." ”

Hearing Pannis's story, Catherine was a little worried, and kept looking up at the sky above her. Pannis patted Catherine's arm and whispered, "Don't be nervous, it's safe up there for the time being." It's only a hundred meters away, and even if there is someone up there who can hide my perception of existence, if he wants to attack us from above by throwing a heavy object, I can hear the sound of the heavy object moving. ”

Catherine was stunned for a moment, and showed a tacit smile, which can be regarded as accepting Pannis's persuasion.

Walking through the canyon is not an easy task, in addition to guarding against falling rocks overhead, you also have to guard against the slippery ground, and at the same time, the narrow space is constantly disturbing, and in many places you have to untie your backpack to carry it in your hands to pass sideways, so the journey of several hundred meters is not smooth.

As the smell of decay became stronger and stronger, after walking more than 500 meters, turning a corner of the canyon, a slaughterhouse-like scene appeared in everyone's eyes.

Behind the corner is a pocket-shaped terrain that is narrow on both sides and wide in the middle, equivalent to a small square that is close to a circle. In a space of more than thirty square meters, there were a large number of corpses of demonic beasts stacked on top of each other, most of the corpses were only white bones, but some of the fresher bones still had muscles and flesh left that had not completely decayed.

"It should be here. Pannis looked at it twice and then came to a conclusion, pointing to several half-rotted corpses near the corner and said, "Look at that, the corpse of the boulder sheep, the horns have been taken away neatly, and the number is right, twelve, this is probably the prey of the Blue Coral Adventure Group." ”

Catherine followed Pannith's direction, trailing Dora with her tail behind her, and the two crouched next to the corpse of the boulder sheep, ignoring the stench of the corpse's decay, and put another layer of leather gloves on top of the chainmail gloves, and began to carefully look through the parts of the corpse's head where the horns were taken. After looking at it for a while, the two female knights nodded to each other, and Catherine grabbed a half-rotten sheep's head and raised her voice and said: "It should be these, Gully Elmer mentioned to us that there was a mistake in their operation when they took the horns, and it was not cut according to the standard position, and there were too many remaining parts, and I found this special sheep's head." ”

"That's pretty much for sure. Pannis's voice came from the pile of corpses.

"What are you looking for?" Catherine saw Pannis crouching over the piles of corpses and rummaging through them, so she also walked over and crouched beside her and asked, "What special has you found?"

"There are some. Pannis glanced up at Catherine, holding up two rotting thigh bones from unknown animals, "Look at these bones." ”

Catherine took the leg bone and looked at it, and suddenly frowned and said, "These are the marks of a knife cut." ”

"That's right, and these bones are scattered, obviously the monster won't split these bones and eat them according to the parts, so it must be the dry of intelligent creatures. Look at it again, it's the leg bones of the big musk deer, and the tree lizard's, and it's definitely not the giant rock sheep. Pannis said, "It was impossible for the Blue Coral people to consume such a large amount of food during the time they stayed here. ”

"In other words, we've found the right place?" Dora glared at the fleshy leg bones, as a knight, she had the same unforgettable hatred for the thieves' mutilation of other people's lives as Catherine, "This should be the kitchen of the thieves?"

"No, it's just a slaughterhouse. Pannis continued: "If you look at the corpses here, the bottom ones are all decomposed, and it is impossible to tell, but the lower the layers above, the higher the degree of decay, the earlier the corpses were generated, and it also means that they have been stationed here for a short time. ”

"That's not right. Catherine bit her lip and thought about it, "A month and a half ago, in the ruins of Briana, the corpses we saw weren't members of this group of thieves? ”

"I'm afraid they're looking for a new camp or another raid. Dora said: "After all, our inner line also mentioned that they have always had a station in the forest, and we have been investigating them too tightly recently, and they have only shrunk back in the whole line." ”

"No matter what. Catherine stood up: "Let's find their location first, and then these questions will naturally be answered." Now it's all about finding where they're stationed. ”

"It's okay, let's go ahead and set up camp first. Pannis touched his chin and smiled thoughtfully, "I can roughly estimate their location." ”