Chapter 16: Rachel's Memories

Rachel sat up sharply, jolting out of his nightmare. As soon as I sat up, I felt a heart-wrenching pain all over my body. Every inch of muscle in her body seemed to be torn apart, soreness, weakness, and severe pain, this kind of stimulation that she had never had before made her unable to control herself, and her body that had just sat up a little fell back to the ground.

What happened? Rachel was a little stunned, and a moment later a tidal stream of nightmarish memories came back, making her reluctantly remember what had happened.

By the way, the regimental commander died, the partners died, he and Gasteen escaped, and then ......

"Are you awake, are you feeling better?" a gentle female voice sounded beside her. Rachel remembered the voice, it was the one that suddenly sounded at her most dangerous, like a heavenly sound. Turning her neck with difficulty, Rachel saw Catherine, the silver chain mail, her beautiful and heroic face, and her long black hair.

"Run, run. Rachel's lips trembled, and his weak, hoarse voice spat out the words, "Run away, in danger, quick, quick." ”

"It's okay, it's okay. Catherine crouched down, lightly touched Rachel's forehead, and comforted softly: "The cavemen have been beaten back, they don't dare to come again, it's okay." ”

"No, it's not a caveman, it's terrible, run away. Rachel, who had regained a little sanity, struggled inwardly, and finally his conscience overcame his instinct to survive: "Leave me alone, you can run away, it will be too late." ”

"Calm down, calm down, it's okay, it's safe here, you're saved, you're already safe. Catherine leaned over and helped Rachel sit up, took Rachel in her arms, slowly stroked her hair with her right hand, and said in a gentle voice: "Look, it's safe here, no one can hurt you, everything will be fine, don't be afraid, don't be afraid." ”

"I'm safe, can I survive?" Ritchell muttered in disbelief, looking around.

It is a very small cave, with only a narrow gap for the exit, and the exit is already tightly blocked by rubble. Although there are no other exits, you can occasionally feel a cold wind blowing through the cave, and there are obviously small gaps that you can't see leading to the outside, so that people don't suffocate here. In the middle of the cave stood a strange Crystal Lamp, and on the ground under the Crystal Lamp, a Mithril disc with an intricate magic circle depicted was lying flat on the ground and flashing with magical light. A pillar of light blue light shot out of the Mithril disc into the air, scattering into a hemispherical light blue shield in the air, enveloping a spherical space fifteen meters in diameter. Half a meter outside the blue light shield, six small Mithril magic array disks were placed in a hexagonal shape, and the light purple magic light continued to flow between the discs, forming a slightly larger purple light shield, enveloping the blue inside. Rachel, who is also a veteran adventurer, understands that the blue color is a defensive circle, and even if a person with gold-level strength wants to break through the circle, it will take at least two minutes. As for the purple circle, although his team usually uses a gray magic circle, and there are only three node Mithril plates, but the same arrangement method can be seen that this is also a hidden magic circle, and from the perspective of the number of nodes, the effect should be much higher than the one he is used to. Seeing these arrangements, Rachel understood that he had met an experienced and well-prepared senior adventure party, if nothing else, although it could not be observed, but on the rock wall of the cave, an invisible warning circle should also be carved with spell casting materials.

On one side of the crystal energy lamp, a silver-haired girl sat sideways on a package under the lamp, holding a thick book in her hand, reading intently, her long silver hair was soft and smooth, spread on the ground, but still spotless.

......Seeing the crescent-shaped mark on the girl's forehead, Rachel, who knew something about some small sects, couldn't help but snort, but he woke up to his rudeness in time and quickly shut up. The silver-haired girl heard her whisper, raised her head and glanced at her, her expression did not show the slightest dissatisfaction, but nodded to her with a faint smile, and her demeanor showed that the girl had the identity of a well-educated noble lady.

On the other side of the crystal lamp, a blue-haired girl who was only eleven or twelve years old sat cross-legged, leaning against a huge backpack, holding a crystal box in her left hand, staring intently at the contents of the crystal box and talking to herself, sometimes even putting her finger into the box to dip it, and then put it in her mouth to taste it.

Not far in front of the Crystal Energy Lamp was a Crystal Source Stove, a small pot was placed on the stove to heat, and bursts of food aroma wafted out of the pot. A blonde man sat next to him, stirring with a spoon in the pot with a cold face, and just by looking at his expression, you could feel his resistance and indifference to the world.

The cave is warm, dry, cozy, full of peace and tranquility.

"yes, I'm safe. Rachel snuggled weakly in Catherine's arms, staring at the crystal lamp in a daze, her body trembling slightly, and before she knew it, her face was covered with tears: "I'm finally safe, woo woo, I ......" Before she finished speaking, she couldn't cry.

Feeling Rachel's trembling, Catherine understood that it was the most vulnerable moment in Rachel's heart that she had experienced a catastrophe and was not dying, so she hurriedly hugged Rachel's arm tightly and whispered to comfort her. With Catherine's efforts, Rachel gradually regained his composure, slowly reached out and took Catherine's right hand: "Thank you for saving me, I must tell you about our previous experience." ”

"Don't be in a hurry. Catherine did not urge Rachel, but dissuaded, saying, "You can rest for the night, and tomorrow when the love is calm, it will not be too late." ”

Pannis, who was stirring by the pot, stopped his movements, glanced back at Catherine with strange eyes, but did not say anything, and went back to his work, but his face became more indifferent.

"Nope. Rachel forcefully refused: "I don't know if I still have the courage to remember tomorrow, I'd rather tell you now." ”

"Well, you say, we're all listening. Catherine smiled faintly, staring intently into Rachel's eyes.

"I'm Rachel the Sharpener, and I'm part of the Brenos Adventure Party. Rachel opened by introducing himself.

"Brenos Adventure Group, silver level, the leader of the knight Brenos has the strength of the golden beginner level, and the registered location is the guild branch of the national capital of the Faral Empire, and the main scope of activity is the northern part of the Faral Empire near the Whispering Swamp. The silver-haired Lina smiled softly at Rachel, her voice was cold, and her demeanor was graceful: "Introduction to the Adventurer Team Seventeenth Edition, page seven hundred and forty-four. ”

"Uh, yes. Interrupted by Lina, Rachel felt the tension in his heart eased a lot: "That's our team. Recently, the team leader took on a task to collect demonized dire wolf teeth, so the six of us from our team came in here a few days ago. At the beginning, we bypassed the rat king's lair, took advantage of the opportunity of the demonized megalodon tiger to forage for food, passed through the tiger's den, and then passed through the dragon eagle's lair, and just when we were about to pass the giant hammer tribe of the cavemen, we suddenly encountered a strange troglodyte commotion. Our mage, Nicole, told me at the time that she had sensed fluctuations in psychic magic, and that the strange commotion might have been man-made, but we didn't bother to think about it. We were suppressed by the troglodyte army, and although the battle was very difficult and everyone was wounded, we were able to withstand the pressure and were able to use the terrain to deal with them. But that's when we were attacked. ”

"Two of you, wrapped in cloaks?" asked Catherine.

"No, only one man, and no cloak. Rachel began to shiver a little again, apparently the man was putting a lot of pressure on her: "He was short, only a little taller than the caveman, and wore a strange white cloth coat, with a large mask on his face, and only his eyes exposed. It looks ridiculous, but it's very strong. Since he appeared, all the cavemen have not dared to approach, only to follow from a distance. With the strength of Captain Brenos, although he was injured and was attacked by surprise, the other party only used one magic to blow the regiment commander to pieces. The thief Kevin wanted to save the captain, but he fell down inexplicably before he could get close to the other party. Kidd, Nicole, Justin and I, the four of us were terrified and began to run away desperately, the man was free to move freely in the cave without light, and supposedly would soon catch up with us, but he just followed unhurriedly, as if teasing us, and kept following and couldn't shake off. Nicole was a mage, she couldn't run for a while, she fell behind, we heard her crying for help, but no one dared to stop, until Nicole screamed, and there was no sound again. ”

"The three of us ran for a few more hours, although we were lucky not to encounter any monsters, but in the end we couldn't run, Kiddtiyyì let's not run, stop and say maybe there is still a chance to fight, Gasteen agreed. We stopped and waited, and it wasn't long before the man followed. Kidd was a warrior, and he shouted and rushed up, but, but, but, Gasteen pulled me up and ran, leaving Kidd alone. Rachel spoke, but suddenly fell silent, her body trembled more and more intensely, Catherine's reassurance did not have any effect, she was silent for a few seconds, she suddenly covered her ears with her hands, and shouted frantically: " No, it's not, it's not at all, Gasteen didn't pull me at all, I ran with him as soon as he started, no, I started running with him, I wanted to run from the beginning, I didn't need Gasteen to pull me at all, I didn't have the courage to fight at all, I abandoned my teammates to survive, I killed Nicole and Kidd for cowardice. ”

Catherine was stunned, but she didn't look disdainful of Rachel, but was still trying to comfort her: "It's nothing to be afraid, everyone has their own fears, everyone will be afraid." No one is perfect, no one is a saint, everyone makes mistakes sometimes, you are just blinded by death and make mistakes. You are not cowardly, you are brave now, you dare to face your mistakes, and I believe that after this experience, you will not be afraid of death again. ”

"Yes, I won't run away anymore. The same thing happened to me, and I could feel the pain and resentment of Nicole and Kidd at that time, I owe them a life, and I will use this life to avenge them, even if it is death, I will die with it!" Rachel had just screamed frantically, and the energy she had recovered from her coma had been exhausted, and she muttered to herself, falling into a deep sleep again, but even in her deep sleep, her fists were still clenched tightly and refused to let go.