The streamer swirled around Griffith. The fourth-order Frost Spell is embodied in a crystalline ice-blue shield. He rushed into the tide of cockroaches at the first time.

The giant bugs jumped up and rained down on his shield, biting like teeth.

His ice shield quickly disintegrated, exploding into a cloud of splintered ice that swept in all directions, tearing a splash of sap shards in the mot.

It's good and it works.

Griffith turned to the elves and shouted, "I can repel them, you keep moving, with a bow and arrows...... Hey!"

Instead of responding to his thoughts, Galadia stood still, chanting and praying unhurriedly, raising the feathered arrow in her hand to the sky.

Powerful psionic energy and intimidating power surged and gathered at her, enveloping her in beautiful light and shadow. Her blade locks onto an approaching giant monster, and with a single blow, it can inflict heavy damage or even destruction on it.

She chanted the gods' true names, asking for attention and protection.

"Lord of the Forests and the Cliffs,

"Graceful and swift king of the elements,

"Guardian of freedom and adventure,

"Give me ...... Ah, Griffith!"

Before she could finish her slow chanting, the cockroach had already pounced on her from somewhere else, jumped on her body and hands and began to bite.

Galadia screamed at the first moment. The cockroach bit her wrist and tore through the delicate skin.

Griffith immediately rushed with his shield on his back. Before the cooldown of the Streamer Shield was up, he could only shoot down a few cockroaches flying around, throw a wall of ice behind him, pick her up and rush outside.

The wind swept in, and the monster threw the scythe in the direction of their flight, tearing through the ice wall and striking him in the back with irresistible force.

"Phew!"

The two bounced out like they had been hit by billiards.

Under the heavy blow, Griffith was almost unconscious, and his brain went blank.

Although the Vanguard Shield and the Ice Wall once again blocked the attack from behind, the aftermath of the terrifying force still struck him to the heart.

He tried to stand up, but it became difficult to support his body.

Galadia rolled on the ground a few times, but fell out of the cockroach's encirclement. She was stunned and immediately wanted to come up to help her companion who was beaten and couldn't stand up.

"Griffith, I'll help you!" she said as she chanted a secondary spell.

"Stand down," Griffith's heart suddenly welled up with extremely bad memories, and he roared, frightening the ashamed elf to take a step back, "Retreat to the canal over there, immediately!"

The elf was obedient and immediately ran to the canal not far away.

The ferocious monster strode closer, reaching out to Griffith, who was still lying on the ground, ready to crush him.

As its big hand approached, the apprentice knight on the ground turned into a ball of flying bats and swept over the elf's head into the canal.

......

"Whoa!"

Iron Boots crushed a cockroach the size of a mouse, bursting with flowery sap entrails.

Galadia helped a dizzy Griffith and fled in the canal together. Relying on the narrow terrain, those swarming cockroaches were forced to crowd into a ball.

Griffith threw a vial of secondary slowing potion from behind him, slowing down the swarm of bugs before fleeing in panic.

The giant also chased after him, and chased after him through the dense tide of insects. But space was cramped, and whenever it approached, Galadia would stop and shoot enchanted arrows that would knock it back or slow it down for a few seconds.

After a long period of tug-of-war, the cockroaches that caught up from behind shrank back like a receding tide.

The mottled and dilapidated environment has changed again. The rust on the buildings and vegetation is beginning to peel off, and it has been restored to its original appearance.

"This time the duration was twice as long as the first vision took place. Galadia helped Griffith and told him to sit down and rest.

"Yes. The midshipman, who had breathed a sigh of relief from the flight, nodded, took out some stamina supplements, and drank two sips of bitter chocolate as he sipped.

"I'm sorry," Galadya confessed like a child who had done something wrong, "I shouldn't have stood there stupidly and chanted, I should have kept moving as you say." ”

"Well, it's good to know," Griffith said unceremoniously, "and go on, you have two more serious mistakes. ”

"Why are there only two more?"

Griffith sighed: "We've known each other for a long time, we've been on adventures together, we've seen each other almost every day, and now we're caught in such a dangerous seal together,

"As good friends and comrades-in-arms, shouldn't we be honest and share critical information? ”

"What's wrong!" Galadia resisted, "That incident has nothing to do with this trial! ”

"Oh, what?"

The elf's face was about to burn, and her gaze drifted from side to side, embarrassed and ashamed: "It's not a big deal anyway. Who doesn't have a little secret!"

In Griffith's blazing gaze, she began to feel weak, holding her head and shouting:

"I won't tell you! I won't tell you even if I die here!

"You say, what's wrong with me!"

Speaking of this, Griffith was even angrier, and he picked up the ugly chocolate bar and slapped her on the head:

"Why isn't chocolate sweet!?"

......

"Is it understandable that as the number of anomalies increases, the duration and even the strength of the monster increases. Griffith walked briskly through the waterlogged underground tunnels, carefully guarding his surroundings.

After resting for a while, the two continued to explore.

"Possibly, this is the world inside the seal, with its own independent rules and logic. Blame me, blame me, if we do what you say, we are likely to achieve results in the last wave," the elf girl followed dejectedly, "I'm sorry~"

It is also unknown if she is apologizing for her indiscretion during the fight or for chocolate. Griffith glanced at her, hoping for chocolate so he could eat something better next time.

Having said that, the actual combat has once again proved that although Galadia is extremely talented, her physique is not high, that is, her ability to resist damage and blows is quite average. Whether it's a goblin or a cockroach at the monster's feet just now, they can easily inflict substantial damage on her without armor and shield.

"We don't need to kill this monster either," Griffith thought for a moment, "try to find out the secret hidden in this village, or the secret of this monster, and neutralize the seal, and complete your trial." ”

"Well," Galadia nodded, "what's the matter with this canal? Why is there such a long tunnel in the mountain village, and are they going to lead the mountain spring down? ”

"It's a bit unimaginable compared to a small mountain village. Griffith stomped his feet on the hard ground.

While dodging the monster's attack, the two of them dodge in an inverted trapezoidal tunnel. The villagers built the surrounding walls with stones so that the water did not seep into the soil, and preserved as much as possible for irrigation.

"It costs a lot of money and labor ......"

The canal seemed to twist and turn around the village. Griffith walked for a while and noticed several stone steps leading to the top.

In front of the exit, the two of them saw the village office and the sign again.

"Warning.

"Master Ennaze Viktim is unknown, and we all know who committed it. The village of Taunt is in danger, but will not succumb to violence and terror.

The acting village chief called on all the villagers to take up arms.

"The vote at the village assembly will still be held at 6 o'clock tonight at the Earth Dragon Altar. On the basis of the original village relocation bill, the village office will add a bill:

"We are going to search for and kill the criminals who threaten the peace of the village.

"Village Office (Seal). ”

Galadia looked at the notice with a solemn face. "We're running out of time, if a battle breaks out between the villagers and the suspects, the truth about the formation of the seal will be in the final stage, let's move to the Earth Dragon Altar. ”

What a strange name, Earth Dragon......

Griffith asked, "What is an Earth Dragon?"

"The remote villagers worship some of the mythical creatures that live in seclusion as gods. "Actually, it's often a Sequence 6 monster with extraordinary strength and some telepathic ability. I have some guesses, but I still need to confirm them. ”

Griffith thought for a moment, his specialty was planning, organization, and action, and he was not good at decryption and the occult, so he could only ask, "What do you think about this giant monster?"

"First of all, the world of seals is not a fictional scene," Galadiya pulled him away from the small square of the village hall as he continued to inspect the houses in the village, "The illusions of the villagers, the images of monsters are all projections of reality. Judging from the farmland, this is a village where rice is the staple food, which is not very common in your kingdom. Residents love cleanliness and aesthetics tend to be fresh and elegant, right?"

Griffith nodded: "Well, this generation of hilly regions may have this custom. ”

"In that case, the monster's image and style should be out of place with the villagers," the elf girl deftly jumped onto the roof of the wooden house and looked out over the village from above, "The idea that we have been searching the village just now is not right. The monster is a burly and hideous giant, even if the image displayed in front of us is distorted by the power of the seal, his body should be out of step with the other villagers, and his residence should be relatively remote. I could smell the faint smell of blood coming in the wind, and an ominous aura surging there. ”

Griffith followed the elves that jumped on the rooftops towards the northwest corner of the village. On the opposite side of a paddy field, he saw a lonely wooden house.

Under the eaves of the wooden house, two slick things swayed.

"What's that at the door??" Griffiths thought of the missing village chief and gentleman, and his heart tensed.

"It's a corpse, indeed, but it's not what you think," the elf deftly jumped from the roof and landed beside the midshipman, "those are two pigs." The owner of the chalet is a butcher. ”

Fat pigs that had been groomed and gutted hung on sharp hooks. The afterglow of the setting sun was sprinkled on the white pork, and on the wooden table on one side was a half-drunk rice wine.

Galadia kicked open the door to the cabin and rushed in, and Griffith followed with a quick search.

The cottage is spacious and very simplely furnished, and you can see that the owner of the cottage is a very tall bachelor. The floor of the wooden house was unplanked, and the strong smell of blood and the pervasive grease made the sensitive elves lose their way at once.

"There should be cellars and dark rooms here," Garadia sat on a fairly clean chair with her nose covered and watched the midshipman go about his business, "we can't search here for too long. Where are you going?"

Griffith walked out with a couple of barrels, and soon returned to the hut with a well of water.

"What are you doing here?" the elf tilted his head as Griffith lifted the bucket and splashed water onto the ground. Dust and oil splattered everywhere, and the frightened elf hurriedly jumped onto a wooden table.

"It takes too much time to search the ground piece by piece, and we use this method in the east to search basements and vaults," Griffith kept fetching well water and splashing it on the ground, then observing with satisfaction the flow of the water.

"That's an idea," Galadia frowned, looked at the water trail and then at her companion, and said with a strange look in her eyes, "Hey~ I understand...... You're so skilled, and you're not guilty of robbing homes, aren't you? Are you actually a big villain?"

Probably have to deduct me a few more points~ Griffith didn't explain, just carefully watched the ground. Soon, he found his goal:

"There it is!"