The torches were swinging wildly, causing the surroundings to flicker and dark, and the people who woke up in a hurry were short of breath from exhaustion.

"This way!" The footsteps of "stampeding" sounded one after another, and Lulu, who was exploring the road in front, turned around and shouted, and everyone then turned around.

"Teacher, catch up!" The girl and the sage stood guard near the fork in the road, and by the distant firelight, she could clearly see these arthropods with a metallic sheen, ranging in size from a palm to a human head, coming out of the flames.

"How is it possible, aren't these things afraid of fire? Mira looked a little flustered, her breathing was a little disordered, and her face was stained with soot because of the fire, and her whole body was hot. The same is true of our Sage Gentlemen, for they have just burst out of the fire.

It was not an accident that the firewood was already burning in the entire underground chamber with the fuel from the oil lamps and the flammables such as grease and candles, but was a decisive barrier by the sage after discovering that such a large number of creatures were approaching. Although it was true that the purpose was only to hinder their movements, the fact that the fire, which was too large for people to approach, did not cause real damage to these creatures was a surprise to Henry.

"Because the carapace on the surface is metal?" Mira began to speculate.

"Gold is stronger than iron in terms of heat conduction. The sage shook his head: "If you walk into the fire with that kind of shell, you will only roast yourself in an instant. ”

"This thing is not a creature as we generally know it, and it cannot be judged by common sense. He said, then waved his hand at Mira, "Stand back." The sage, who had been bent because of the narrow space, spoke, and the fire behind him had already begun to fade. "We've found an exit to the surface!" Caleva's shout echoed through the passageway.

"Okay! Mira answered, and ran towards it without looking back.

She might have some worries at the end if it was someone else, but if it was a problem that Henry couldn't solve, it wouldn't be useful for her to stay here.

"Whew-" The sage who remained at the end fell into darkness after the group had evacuated, and only the raging fire burning in the underground compartment in front of him illuminated the scene in front of him, and countless strangely shaped insects approached at a speed that was not particularly fast. The heavy metal shell prevents them from running fast and climbing walls, which is perhaps the only good thing - but.

He shook Kramer in his hand, then took a slight aim and stepped out.

"Woo ——!" at first was a standard two-handed waving, just because there was plenty of space here. But halfway through the swing, Henry suddenly let go of his left hand, followed by his right hand, which was close to the gauntlet, and slid to the counterweight ball, extending the distance of the sword by holding the end of the hilt with one hand, and slashed the sword.

"When!" the shardy shards of gold flew out and slammed into the ground with a clear sound. The hardness of Krammer had no problem cutting through a soft metal like gold, but that was not where the sage was focused.

"Scandium!" he turned to a vertical split, hacking to death the nearest crippled bug.

"Hiss-" Obviously, even if you are not afraid of fire, you will still die if your body structure is destroyed. In the dim light of the fire, Henry glanced over to see its structure, some familiar green bodily fluids were flowing, and white steam began to emit due to the temperature - the severed body of this hacked insect had a very strange cross-section, it was almost not made of organic matter, and the section was full of thick gold.

"It's hard. The sage frowned, if the shell was only covered with a layer of metal, and the underneath was still an ordinary carapace, others could have dealt with it with blunt weapons. But with such a strange body that is almost entirely inorganic, only Kramer can hack these bugs to death.

But Kramer only had one.

You can't do it brutely.

As more and more bugs began to approach, he decisively turned around and began to retreat behind him, while in the process Henry noticed a strange phenomenon.

"After being burned by fire, run faster?" But the speed was obviously still not as fast as that of a human, and the sage quickly retreated to another passage behind him, which had already been sprinkled by the pale blue light of the open entrance.

"Teacher!" Mira at the entrance of the cave caught a glimpse of him running and shouted, and Henry nodded, handed Kramer to the Loan Maiden, and grabbed the ladder and quickly climbed up.

"Close it!" Exclamation exclaimed, and Galeva and Lulu quickly closed the wooden door. This exit is different from the previous one, not in the house, but in a courtyard. It was covered with a layer of covering dirt, which had caused them to have a lot of effort to open the trapdoor, and now after putting the door back on, they were worried about the dirt that had been scattered and piled up next to it.

Still uneasy, Kaleva and Aegie began to search for large rocks nearby, while the others began to sit on the ground to rest with some relief. "Teacher. Mira handed him back the great sword, and the sage inserted it back into its holster, and began to look around.

Visibility on the ground began to improve dramatically as it approached dawn, and the people who fled in a hurry still had a little warmth from the fire, but now they began to feel the cold around them more and more because they hurriedly threw things like cloaks and quilts into the fire to increase the burning to keep the insects out.

"What's the matter? there's bugs in the ground, and there's those guys on the ground—ah!

"Qiang-" "What to do." Mira drew her sword, and the others who had been sitting on the ground gasping for breath also got up in a panic.

But the guys didn't seem to notice the group's presence, they just walked to the ground a short distance ahead and wandered there—Miss Loan frowned, while Galeva next to her asked, "What's going on?"

"The fire warmed the ground. Henry gave the answer, but the combination of what they had realized before combined with the bugs they encountered only made the situation more incomprehensible.

"What's next?" Mira asked the sage, and the next to him, Galava and Lulu looked at him, followed by the four missionaries. A series of events that happened in just one day made everyone a little dispossessed, and Henry, who remained calm in this situation, subtly affected the atmosphere of the team, and unsurprisingly became the backbone.

People tend to ignore how badly their words and actions affect others, and many people often think that they are in a situation where they are secretly observing others and then making judgments, but this perception is really just wishful thinking.

Even if the reasons for socialization, identity gaps, and team harmony are not directly stated, when one member of the team, such as Age, often shows timidity and panic, the others will more or less accumulate resentment, or become impetuous.

Humans are creatures that are very susceptible to the influence of their peers. Thankfully, this effect is a two-way street, and when there is someone like Henry on the team who can stay calm and calm at all times, the chances of someone on the team making radical and off-the-beaten-path decisions are greatly reduced.

"Anyway, let's find a room to stay in, although these guys seem to be attracted by the temperature at the moment, the fire will soon be extinguished. Henry made the decision, and everyone nodded in agreement.

They quickly found a room diagonally across from them, and then easily "borrowed" the locals' warm clothes after they broke in.

But the flame never dared to rise, because of a series of things, and now they became more and more cautious about the use of fire.

"Anyway, let's check what we know so far. The sage beckoned everyone to their seats.

"There must be a connection between the insects in the underground and the creatures and the villagers, and judging by the pile-up, this has been going on for a long time. Whether it's the storage of ordnance or the excavation of the tunnel system, it requires careful statistics and command communication, and the more it needs to be concealed from the upper echelons, the more so, so I don't think they left any written records. In order for Lulu to understand, he spoke in the language of the Moon Country.

The aboriginal girl apparently noticed this, but Mira, who had taken a moment to understand, elbowed Galeva, who was about to ask because she couldn't understand it, and added as the young man let out a painful "whimper" on his face, "But the village chief's house, we have searched and found nothing of value." ”

"Paper is a bit more common in the Land of the Moon than in Rigal, but despite this, books are still not such a common item. Aegie next to him opened his mouth to add, while another elderly missionary nodded: "The flow of materials must also attract the attention of the upper echelons, if they have a way to smuggle these materials, their sphere of influence may be greater than we think." ”

"Indeed, apart from those ordnance, the village chief's house, although luxurious, is still within the scope of acceptance. Another missionary, in his twenties, went on to say that because of the policies of the White Church, those of them who had been sent to the East knew a lot about the local things.

"Gold is a valuable item both in the Crescent and in Rigal, if we extrapolate from previous Church sources. The piles of gold we saw in the basement were—" The eldest missionary leader, rather reticent, and Priest Alfonso, about 50 years of age, pondered for a moment: "How much can we build a city, or a small merchant army." ”

"Of course, that assumes that those things are gold. He said, and the sage nodded and added, "It's gold, and although it moves, what covers the surface is indeed genuine." ”

"If you don't move, it probably looks like real gold. Even if the worms inside die, they can be used as real gold if they are peeled off. ”

"So he has a wealth comparable to that of a city lord, but he only lives the life of a village chief with peace of mind. Even the villagers live a poor and somewhat busy life, but if there is no quarrel with the world, what about the hoarded armament?" the missionaries began to discuss, and Lulu, who had been listening to the side, suddenly spoke.

"Shrine. ”

When she said the word, Mira and Caleva, who did not understand, looked at her, and the missionaries stopped talking.

"What do you mean?" Ah, but doesn't the god pronounce 'Kami' in the Chinese language of the moon?" The Luoan girl who asked the sage a question fell into even greater confusion after receiving the answer, but now is not a good time to learn polyphonic words She also understands - Priest Alfonso nodded and spoke again: "Indeed, if there is one place that nobles will not search on a large scale, it is a sacred place dedicated to the gods." ”

"In the mountains. Lulu explained briefly again.

"We may be able to find an answer there—" "Pop-"

Suddenly there was a strange sound in the crowd around them, and they all turned around, and one of the four missionaries, who belonged to the same young generation as Age, pressed the cloth under his cloak hard, and was covered in cold sweat in the dim light of the morning.

"No, that, that's. "Click-"

"O'Neill, dear brother, don't tell me you've lost to greed...... the others distanced themselves from him, the sound of metal hitting the floor through the thick woolen cloth sounding clear.

"I, I, but the church needs funds, and if we don't get back to that house, or somebody picks it up—" "The cloth is torn!"

"Wait!"

"Qiang—"

"Where are you going!"

"Wait, on you-"

"Ahh——h