"How long will it take?"

"It's coming, it's ahead. ”

"Really, it always feels like we're going around in circles. ”

"Why, it's just an illusion. ”

......

Is it really just an illusion? Walking at the back of the line, looking at the unchanged black around him, a strange feeling rose in Emiya's heart.

This forest gave him a sense of being out of place, and although there was no basis for it, he trusted his instincts very much.

"Come on, go through this cave and you'll see the temple. ”

The boundless woods finally came to an end, and a low hill appeared in front of everyone. On the top of the hill, there is a small cave, just enough to accommodate two ordinary people to enter side by side.

The leader of the group, Jarde, beckoned and took the lead in squeezing into the cave, followed by Lucian and the others.

Emia, who was walking at the end, looked up at the low hill with a strange expression on her face.

If he remembered correctly, this was the third time he had seen the hill, only the first two times he had passed by the side, and this time he had walked to the foot of the hill.

What made him strange was that no one other than him noticed the anomaly at all, and didn't even say a word of doubt.

After thinking for a moment, Amia finally did not question it, but followed the others and burrowed into the cave.

"Hurry up, don't rub around there. ”

Lucian's urging voice came from the depths of the cavern, slowly echoing through the narrow cavern, and it seemed that Amia paused for a moment outside.

After a short descending passage, a faint light appeared in front of the cave. As the light slowly intensifies, the cave opens up.

At the end of the cave, Jurd and the other seven were standing at the entrance of the cave. Leaning against a wall, or sitting on the ground and waiting. It can be seen that everyone is waiting a little impatiently.

"Why is it so slow!"

Seeing that Amia was coming, Juld stood at the entrance of the cave, frowning slightly, but his tone was quite calm.

"I'm sorry. I thought it was a bit of a delay and made everyone wait for a long time. ”

Emia chuckled and apologized to everyone, but he smiled coldly in his heart.

"Forget it, pay attention in the future. Jarl pulled the strap of his backpack and turned and walked towards the end of the cave, "Let's go, it's just ahead." ”

Lucian glared at Ymia fiercely and followed Jarde. The others didn't say anything, and walked in, and to Omia's surprise, Chirme actually smiled at him before he followed.

Emia chased after him, but his brow furrowed slightly. Chill Mei looked at him very unpleasantly just now, why did she suddenly smile at him now.

Wait, did she just look at me unpleasantly? A deep sense of doubt arose.

―――――

At the end of the cave is a huge karst cave. At the top of the cave, there was a dotted blue spot of light, and the faint light that Yamaia had seen in the cave before was emitted by them.

The bottom of the cave is completely occupied by a pool, due to the fact that the water in the pool is black. Emia couldn't tell how deep the water really was.

"Don't speak, keep your head down, and slowly enter the water. ”

Jarde whispered, and tiptoed toward the pool.

Step by step, the group moved to the side of the pool and slowly walked underwater.

"Oops!"

Boutis's feet were unstable. Fallen down in a pool of water.

Jarde's pupils shrank sharply, and he yelled, "Everyone, dive into the water." ”

After saying that, Jarde quickly buried his body in the water, and by the way, he stretched out a hand, grabbed the foot of Boutis, who was still half exposed in the water, and dragged him into the water.

Hearing this, Lucien and the other five immediately dived into the water. Emia was slightly stunned and did not immediately dive into the water. After all, he and Jarde are not very acquainted, and they can't trust Jarde unconditionally.

"Tweet ......"

There was a sudden cacophony above the cave, and Omia followed the sound.

The blue point of light, at some point, broke away from the top of the cave and flew towards Himia. It wasn't until they got close that he realized that it was a bat that emitted a blue light.

In the face of the attacking bat, Emia stood in the water in a daze as if she was stupid, without the slightest movement.

Just when the bat was only a stone's throw away from Emiya, Emia could even see the fangs in the bat's mouth. Lucien suddenly stood up from the water, hooked his arms around Amia's neck, and pulled him into the water.

――――――

"Ahem......"

A group of people lay on the shore, coughing incessantly.

Because it happened so suddenly, most people didn't have time to breathe in and dived into the water, so they were inevitably poured into a stomach full of water.

"Lucian, your hand hurts!"

Doppel trotted over to Lucian, grabbed his arm, and carefully wiped the black droplets off it.

I saw that red patterns appeared on his hands, and these patterns were still growing rapidly.

Lucian waved his arm and smiled casually, "It's okay, it's just a minor injury." ”

"It's okay, your arm was bitten by a fire bat, and if you don't deal with it in time, your blood will be burned all over your body. ”

Angrily yelling at Lucian, Doppel quickly took out the small bag he was carrying with him and rummaged through it.

After searching for a moment and taking out a pile of things, Doppel spread out his palm and placed it in front of Lucian, "Give me your knife." ”

Reluctantly, Lucian took out a silver knife from his bosom and placed it in Doppel's hand.

Doppel got the knife, immediately took out a bottle from the ground, poured the potion on top of the knife, cleaned the knife, and then carefully cut open Lucian's wound.

Fiery red blood flowed from Lucian's wounds, and as soon as it touched the knife, it burst out with green smoke.

"Hiss~"

Lucian gritted his teeth to avoid screaming, but the pain was so intense that his entire face was twisted.

Cutting open the wound, Doppel quickly took out the green powder and poured it on the wound, a large amount of fiery red blood flowed out of the wound, and the red pattern on Lucian's hand began to shorten rapidly and disappear.

Looking at Lucian, whose face was pale, Emia stepped forward and bowed her head slightly, "I'm sorry, and thank you for saving me." ”

"It's okay, it's right to save you, after all, everyone is teammates. Lucian waved his hand and said very casually, then stood up and looked at Jarde, "Boss, hurry up, you can't stay here for long." ”

"But you ......"

"It's okay, it's just a little blood, and it can still hold on. ”

"Alright then, get out of here, maybe the swarm of firebat will come at some point." ”

Jarde took the lead and ran into another cave. (To be continued......)