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"Calm, composed. The five survivors of the Blue Coral Adventure Group were startled when they saw Catherine and Pennis rushing out, everyone stood up and drew their weapons, and the four silver-level mercenaries also entered a state of alert, only Dora seemed to have some understanding of the tacit understanding between Pannis and the girls, and sat still like Lina and Vivian, waving to his teammates: "What are you nervous about?" ”

"yes, calm down. Vivien looked at the timer at hand, flipped the grill on the fire like Pannis, and then said slowly: "If we need to be vigilant, as an explorer, Pannis will naturally be the first to warn." But he and the eldest sister didn't remind before rushing out, which means that we don't need to be nervous here at all, let's continue to prepare dinner. ”

The others didn't seem to understand the trust between Pannis and the maidens, but seeing the unhurried movements of the two maidens, they finally calmed down and sat down by the fire again, but their eyes still glanced at the entrance of the valley from time to time, trying to see through the dim twilight to see the scene outside.

The sound of "stampeding" footsteps sounded from the entrance a few minutes later, and Pannis and Catherine, whose faces were not very good, walked back from the entrance with solemnity.

"Still in the air like yesterday?" Lina asked, leaning close to the fire, looking up from the book in her hand, "Still no one?"

"It's kind of seeing people. Pannis's right hand clenched tightly: "But it was run away." It's not the same person as yesterday, the smell is different. ”

"You two can still run away together?" Dora asked, surprised, "It's unbelievable." ”

"The dimensional gate distanced itself and then escaped through teleportation. Pannis sat down in his place and replied, "The dimensional gate is instantaneous, teleporting magic...... There is no magic circle left. ”

Everyone was silent, and everyone except the shy little baby octopus understood what the two points that Pannis had deliberately emphasized were saying. In magic, the short-distance space transfer magic of the dimensional gate can be used by most high-level mages, but if it is really applied in actual combat, it must be instantaneous, and only mages who have been promoted to the legendary level can achieve the instantaneous dimensional gate. Similarly, for teleportation magic, a long-distance spatial transfer magic, high-level mages need to use a physical magic array, and after teleportation, the physical magic circle will definitely remain in place, while mages above the legendary level can use magic to create a magic circle projection on the ground against the template of the teleportation circle to complete the teleportation, so that there will be no traces of the circle left in place.

"Hehe, things are getting interesting. Dora burst out laughing: "In other words, there are two groups of people following us, and one of them is still a legendary-level mage?"

"It's two people, not necessarily two groups, maybe they're together, just acting alone to spy on us. Pannis corrected, "As for the man last night, I don't think anyone could have followed us behind our backs all day without me noticing." ”

"Well, you're right. Dora nodded and said, "But, Legendary Rank, hehe, we have five Golden Rank here, one high-level, three middle-level and one low-level, well, there are still some problems with saving your life if you really do it." ”

But the other party didn't do anything. Catherine said a little sullenly: "The other party doesn't seem to want to attack us directly. I don't know who the other party is, why is he following us?"

Pannis opened his mouth, as if to say something, but after watching Catherine for a while, he lowered his head again to flip the roast, and said nothing.

"Tell me, Pannis. Catherine was keenly aware of Pannis's performance, stared at Pannis, and said very seriously: "Did you find anything that I didn't see?

"You have to be calm, you have to be calm. Pannis sighed, reminded first, and then stretched out his right hand that had been holding it in front of Catherine, slowly opened, and a fragment of black robes appeared in Pannis's hand: "I found it on the arrow I shot, although he left in time, he was still left with this." ”

Catherine took the fragment and caressed it by the firelight for a while, at first her eyes were full of confusion and memories, but the more she looked at it, the more strange it became, and the more she looked at it, the more angry she became. When the anger reached the extreme, Catherine seemed to remember something, and grabbed Pannis's wrist, her fingers were sunk deep into the flesh of her wrist, her face even became distorted, her lips trembled and she could not speak, and looked at Pannis with a pleading look.

Pannis shook his head regretfully, and said with a wry smile: "It's a pity, what you thought of is right, I'm afraid it's them, and I'm afraid those people will also end up in that way." ”

Catherine closed her eyes in disappointment, let out a long exhale, her hands trembled and let go of Pennis's wrists, and she was silent for a while before she opened her eyes again, her gaze had become calm and clear: "Really...... It's a pity. ”

"You calmed down so quickly. Pannis was a little surprised: "It's much faster than I thought." ”

"Or else, rolling on the ground in anger?" said Catherine, smirking self-deprecatingly.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Dora couldn't take it anymore and asked Catherine, "Is there anything special about that robe fragment?"

"I've seen the sign on it. Catherine handed the shard over, and Dora saw a pattern carved on the shard, with a golden hourglass tattooed in the innermost ring of the six-pointed star disk: "I can't forget it once I saw it." ”

"What is this sign?" Dora was also a very experienced professional, but she searched her memories and found no corresponding information, so she could only ask, "Does it make your reaction so weird?"

"We had a cave adventure a few months ago. Catherine's mood was still a little low, but her voice was completely calm: "In the cave, there was a malicious attack on adventurers by professionals, and several adventurers disappeared, and the owner who did those things was wearing a robe with this pattern. ”

"Did you meet them?" asked Dora.

"We only saw them through the eyes of some solidified mage, and we didn't even know where they were at the time. Catherine gritted her teeth and said, "However, we have seen how they treat those comatose adventurers. The unconscious people were lying in a huge circle, and I don't know how to make those people grow as old as if they had lived for a hundred years, and I think they had extracted the life force of those people. ”

"Extracting life force?" Dora was stunned for a moment, and said with an ugly face, "There can't be such a method." ”

"But that's the way it is. Catherine said with a straight face.

"Wait. Dora suddenly reacted: "You mean that the person who followed us was the one you met before?"

"Quite possibly. Catherine said, "Moreover, I suspect that they are the ones behind the thieves." ”

"The bandits sold the marauding humans to them. Dora also began to become as angry as Catherine: "And then they suck the life force of those people?"

"Quite possibly. Catherine said, "At least that's what I think." ”

"Then something can be explained. Dora agreed with Catherine's statement: "I'm afraid it's the canyon full of bones that Gully Elmer and you stumbled up, which is the place where the thieves abandoned the debris of their prey after a large-scale hunt, and you have been found at that time, but the other party doesn't seem to want to do it yourself, so I don't know what method to use to lure the poison gland fox to attack you, and want to kill you with the help of the poison gland fox." ”

"It's really like a means of theirs. Pannis echoed Dora's statement: "During our previous adventure, the monsters around us have become very strange, and many of them have changed their habits, and I am afraid they have special methods to trick creatures into changing their habits. ”

"What bandits?" said Gully Elmer, confused, "why I don't understand at all." ”

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand, now that you've told us about it, the other party's attention should have shifted to us. Catherine said, "And it doesn't seem that the other party wants to attack you directly, so you just need to be careful lately and don't go to dangerous places." ”

"Indeed, the other party's attention should be shifted to us. Dora continued, "After all, we are going to move on to find the thieves' lair, and we will definitely meet them in the end. Hehe, Legendary Level, it's ...... just thinking about it"

"Our strength, if we really go up to the Legendary Rank, we won't necessarily lose. Catherine's fist clenched: "What's more, the other party is likely not to attack us directly, so there's nothing to worry about." ”

"Then this is the only thing that doesn't make sense now, why is the other party reluctant to do it directly?" Dora asked, "Now their strength is superior." ”

"I don't know, maybe it's because the other party is not sure to win against us, maybe it's because the other party has any concerns, such as scruples about some of us?"

Catherine spread her hands very directly, and although she said this, she gave Pannis a very covert look with a questioning look. Pannis understood Catherine's question, and shook his head imperceptibly, saying that it was not because of himself.

"However, Blue Coral wasn't with us before, so why didn't they do it either?" Dora didn't just ask questions, but searched for answers through Q&A collaborative thinking.

"Maybe you can think about it the other way around. Pannis said: "The other party didn't do anything to Blue Coral before, if it's because of lack of strength, why?"

"Isn't the Legendary Rank here?" Dora's eyes lit up and she quickly replied, "He's just here, too?"

"I think that's the reason, after all, the Legendary Rank is not a Pasgo, it's all over the trees. Pannis took out a Pas fruit and threw it casually: "The other party's legendary level should have arrived two days ago, and the one who induced the venom gland fox before should only be a gold-level professional, and his strength could not swallow the blue coral steadily, so he drove the fox group to attack." So the question is, what exactly is the other party's legend going to do?"

"Wouldn't it be the other party's Gold-tier professional asking for help from the Legendary Rank to help deal with the hidden danger of blue coral?" said Dora.

"No, if it's just a request for help, another gold can win steadily, there is no need for a legendary rank, after all, they don't know that we people will just run into each other. Pannis shook his head and said, "So there is no need for the legend to appear. ”

"Of course it's because he has other things to do, will you reason about the problem, a bunch of fools, you can still sit still, hurry up, I'm anxious for you. Lina stroked the novel in her hand and smiled apologetically, "I'm just repeating it, it's what Miss Marple said, don't look at me." ”

No one looked at her, and Dora looked up, just in time to see Catherine and Pennis with the same abrupt expressions.

"Hurry up and eat, and continue on your way after eating. Catherine put the rag in her hand into her close pocket and tucked it away: "Vivian, get up and eat, Vivian, Vivian, come to your senses." ”

"Oh, you're done talking, so soon?" Vivien glared at Lina, who was about to reach out and pat her, and slowly sat up, "It's finally time to eat." ”