As soon as she stepped into it, Yuffie felt a hint of abnormality. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Cave L was silent, but she could feel a cold wind of unknown origin, with a moist breath blowing across her cheeks from all directions. The rocks beneath your feet were covered with moss, and the water on the surface was slightly stagnant. This means that the temperature inside the cave is much cooler than outside, even if it is only a few meters away.

But it was not enough to stop the two of them, let alone shake their confidence. They continued along the natural rock passages, surveying each fork in the road. Not long after, at the end of a fork in the road, with the help of the light in his hand, Yuffie saw four figures lying on the ground.

She and Lynn cautiously approached the past. Judging from their clothing and faces, these four people were the first to disappear and belonged to the residents of Lily of the Valley Village. There was no blood on their bodies, and there was no sign of a fight around them. With the gift bestowed upon Edda, Yuffie easily confirmed that their bodies had a weak but steady life force - in other words, only weakness and coma, without any danger to their lives.

Before she could say her own judgment, several clouds of black mist suddenly rose from the four of them. The mist condensed into a strange form in the air, and slammed down on the blonde girl who was walking in front.

"It's ...... Phantom? Lin quickly dodged the other party's pounce, turned around, and looked curiously at the 'monster' made of black smoke, "It doesn't seem like it, ghosts usually have faces." ”

Yuffie quickly raised his hand and fired several magical missiles at the cloud of smoke, but they went straight through the opponent's body - normally, a missile that could affect the spirit realm was enough to hurt ghost-type creatures.

"I don't know...... It's closer to a vision, and the source is their dreams. Yuffie gestured to the four people on the side, "They're still alive, just a little weak." ”

"The question is how do you wake them up?" Lin jumped backwards again, but was still grazed by the smoke monster on her arm - judging by the girl's reaction, it was clearly fine, "Wow, it's a little cold!" ”

"Let's get them out of here first." Yuffie quickly recited the incantation, using his magic to construct a spacious, floating translucent saucer. Together, the two of them lifted the four lying 'corpses' onto the pontoon, and carried them - and the haunting cloud of smoke behind them - all the way to the exit of the cavern.

As soon as they stepped out of the cave, a gust of night wind blew, instantly dispelling the chill that had accumulated on them. The monster of black smoke followed closely, splitting apart with teeth and claws, and then dissipated into even finer pieces of smoke, no longer existing.

Yu Fei breathed a sigh of relief, crouched down, and slowly injected gentle magic into the bodies of those residents of Lily of the Valley - there was no magic in the Far East, but the fragments of Edda's body buried in the girl's body could still allow her to use some simple life powers. Lynn summoned several warm fireballs and sent them slowly swirling around the four of them, trying to raise their body temperatures.

After a while, one of the younger ones groaned twice and slowly opened his eyes—Yuffie remembered that his name was White Blue, and that he was a youkai in the form of some kind of flying insect. The first thing he saw was the fireball that crossed his head, and he instinctively raised his hand to try to touch the warmth.

"Be careful, you'll get burned!" Lin was startled and hurriedly made them fly higher, "Anyway, are you okay?" ”

"Not so good, it seems...... Had nightmares for a long time. The young youkai sat up, the two tentacles on top of his head touched each other, and replied with a bitter face, "I...... Changed back to the way it was when it wasn't a youkai.,And then ...... I was chased by a damn thrush for days and nights, and I thought I was dead. ”

It didn't take long for the remaining three to wake up one after another, and they all seemed to be fine, but they were a little mentally sluggish. Lin comforted them for a while, and then handed the food and water that the villagers had entrusted them with. Delicious food eased their remaining restlessness, and one youkai lay on its back on the soft ground, while the other yawned vigorously.

Of course, they gave a similar answer to the experience in the cave as Bai Lan. No matter how frightening or terrible the dream, they can neither wake up nor choose to give it up - the body in the dream is not under their control, and what they experience is just a triggered and fictional memory.

"Looks like you're right, that's where the 'monsters' we saw come from." The blonde girl looked at Yuffie with a little amusement, and said her own speculation, "However, it should be the reason for the cave itself to be able to make them have nightmares, and then express their dreams in that way - what is in it?" ”

"Your original purpose was to go hunting in the forest." Yuffie understood what his friend meant, and turned to the few monsters on the other side, "Why did you think of going to this cave?" ”

"Because—" replied the four men, "as we came to the vicinity, we heard what seemed to be a whisper of a cry for help...... It came from the cave. I suspected it might be a newborn youkai, so I wanted to find her, take her back to the village - and somehow, it became what you see. ”

She and Lynn exchanged a look to make sure they were right—they hadn't heard any cries for help before, "Can you still hear that voice now?" ”

The four of them looked at each other and shook their heads one after another.

"Did you see Ulla and Qingluo?" Lynn asked, "By the way, and your Mr. 'Ahsan' - though I don't know if he's here." ”

The four of them shook their heads again, indicating that soon after they followed the cry for help into the cave, they felt their bodies becoming heavier and more tired, and before they knew it, they fell into a coma. As far as they can remember, they didn't see the other villagers, and they didn't find the exact source of the sounds, but they agreed that the cries for help came from deeper in the cave.

"Hopefully the others have gone somewhere else...... No, if that's the case, it's even more troublesome to find them. Lin said worriedly, turning her head to look at the still dark cave, "How are you doing, can you go back to the village by yourself?" ”

"No problem." Bai Lan, who woke up first, had already recovered his spirit at this time, and the tentacles on the top of his head trembled lightly, and he stood up, "Don't worry, our monster's body is very strong!" You're right, Brother Abe? ”

"If I wanted to, I could slap you down." The youkai whose name was called filled his mouth with the food in his hand, chewed it a few times, and swallowed it. "But he's right, we'll get back on our own." He said this to Lynn, "Listen to you, there are other people who have fallen for this evil ...... Then leave us alone, find people first! ”