Following Rogge's instructions, the little owl Lilith soon spotted the scorpion queen's blood trail in the nearby sand, and she led Rog and Catherine to follow the staccato blood trail all the way to the entrance to a crypt hidden under the dunes. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"The smell of blood extends into the cavern," Rog said, sniffing the air and gazing at the dark entrance to the cavern, "Looks like she's fled into the lair, and I guess she's not welcome us in at this time, and maybe she'll let her family kick us out." ”

"Is there a little scorpion in there?" the little furball looked at Rogge with interest and asked, "I haven't eaten enough just now, the roasted scorpion is delicious!"

"The big scorpion inside also thinks the roasted birds are delicious. Rogge slanted his eyebrows at her, and the little furball proudly raised his little head and said, "Hmph, no scorpion can eat an owl!"

"Then go in and get the Scorpion Queen out, we'll be waiting for you here. Rog tugged at her little wings and put her on the sand at her feet, and pushed her little body with his hand, and the little furball took a step forward with his little paws, and glanced towards the dark crypt, and the little wings flew to Catherine's shoulders.

"I'm going to protect the stupid girl, what if the scorpion comes to bite the stupid girl?, bad wolf, go catch the scorpion, just leave the stupid girl to me!" said the little furball as she ducked behind Catherine's neck and poked her little head out to look at Rogge.

Rog glanced at her meaningfully, winked mischievously at Catherine, who snickered silently and followed him into the dark crypt.

The two of them walked one after the other along the winding and rugged tunnels deep into the ground, and after walking for a short time, they saw the blood stains left on the ground, and the two followed the blood stains cautiously to a circular cave with three forks in the road.

The two stopped in the center of the cave and looked at the three openings in front of them, the two caves on the left and right showed no special traces, and the blood trail extended to the middle cave, and Rog walked to the cave to see the white insect nets covering the walls and ground of the cave.

"I don't really like this place," he said to Catherine behind him, "and it reminds me of the spider's nest in the Sun and Moon Forest, and I hope we don't run into a big spider here." ”

"I miss the little spider!" cried out the little furball on Catherine's shoulder, "I rode on his back the last time I went with the Grand Master, and had so much fun with it!"

"I guess by the time you get back to the Sun and Moon Forest, it's already grown into a big spider taller than you, and maybe it won't know you anymore. Rogge said as he walked into the cave in the middle.

The little furball was a little depressed and silent for a while, and suddenly became happy again, and said loudly: "It's okay, I can find another little spider to play with it!"

"What a big-hearted child. Rogge shrugged his shoulders and muttered, looking back at Catherine, who had not followed, and the girl stood at the entrance of the cave and looked at the white carpet of worm nets on the ground, and felt a burst of hair in her heart to step on it barefoot.

"Maybe we should bring Tali with us so we don't have to walk barefoot. Rog returned to her and looked at her bare little feet, and Catherine looked at him with some ambivalence, and though she was embarrassed by her cowardice, she couldn't muster the courage to put her feet on the sticky net.

At this time, Monica, the little flower spirit, said to her, "Catherine, I have a way, you sit down first." ”

Catherine sat down obediently and saw Monica cast a spell to conjure two lotus leaves, wrap Catherine's little feet with lotus leaves, and then wrap them tightly with rattan to turn them into a pair of emerald green lotus leaf shoes.

"Thanks, Monica. Catherine smiled gratefully at Xiaohualing, stood up and followed Rogge into the cave, the smooth lotus leaves kept her feet from being adhered to the insect nets, and she walked lightly and freely.

Suddenly, Rogge stopped and made a stop gesture to her, and Catherine stopped behind him and clenched the silver gun in her hand, watching his movements vigilantly, only to see Rogge listen to the dark cavern in front of him, and faintly hear the hum of wings flapping rapidly.

"There's something up ahead, don't make a sound, let's go over and take a look. Rogge whispered to Catherine, pointing to the dark cavern ahead, and the two crept forward, the soft, sticky nets on the ground helping them to keep them from making the slightest sound of footsteps.

Not long after walking, there was an intersection ahead, and there was a golden bug lying in the center of the intersection, and Rogge and Catherine immediately stopped and watched the bug vigilantly, and found that it was a giant golden beetle taller than a person's knee.

"I guess this golden beetle won't be so kind to let us go. Rogge whispered to Catherine beside him, Catherine raised the silver gun in her hand and aimed at the gold beetle, but unexpectedly, Rogge suddenly pressed the barrel of her gun with his hand and whispered: "Don't shoot yet, it seems that it is not the only one ahead." ”

Catherine looked in the direction of the golden beetle in disbelief, and a moment later, a figure suddenly pounced from the fork in the road on the right and pounced on the golden beetle, who spread a pair of golden wings to shake the attacker back, but was stabbed through the head by the attacker with a sharp knife.

Rogge and Catherine stared intently at the attacker, and when they saw him stand up and touch the gold beetle with his foot in satisfaction, seeing that it fell to the ground and did not move, they nodded slightly and began to lean over and cut the gold beetle in front of them with a knife.

Rog motioned for Catherine not to move, and he cautiously stepped forward, greeted the other and said, "Hey, man, I didn't expect to meet a human here—if you are." ”

Hearing Rogge's voice, the other party raised his head suddenly, stared at him in the darkness for a while, and said, "Hello, friend, I'm also glad to meet a living person here, after all, there is nothing but insects in this kind of place." ”

Seeing that he was not hostile, Rog called Catherine to his side, and the two of them came up to introduce themselves to him, and Catherine shook hands with him while observing his appearance, and saw that he had short black hair, dark skin, and a strong body, and an oval face with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and looked energetic.

"Hello, my name is Bell, it's a pleasure to meet you!" Bell shook hands with the two of them in turn, and introduced himself to them eloquently: "I am a native of Deiz, a writer and explorer, who served in Deiz's elite scout regiment, and later retired from expeditions, and then wrote my adventures into a book. ”

"Are you here alone?" Catherine looked around curiously, the passages on both sides of the intersection were empty, and Bell smiled when she heard this: "That's right, I'm the only one, I came to the wasteland to venture this time, and I accidentally found this crypt, I found it very strange, so I came in to find out." ”

He crouched down and turned over the golden beetle he had just killed, pointed it belly up and said to the two of them, "Look, what have I found? This is a golden beetle, I just tried to catch it and succeeded, it is rich in nutrients and can provide me with energy for days. ”

"It's not easy to deal with, though, it's the first time I've managed to catch it, and as you've probably seen, I slowly approached it from behind, avoiding any sound, and then pounced on it and grabbed it, and though it struggled hard, I cut off its head. ”

"You mean, you're going to eat this?" asked Catherine, looking at him in surprise.

Bell smiled and nodded without hesitation, cut off a part of the golden beetle and threw it on the ground, and then pointed to the golden beetle in front of him and said to the two: "That's right, cut off the useless part, and the rest can be eaten raw, its nutrition is six times that of beef, if we are not in a hurry, we can actually roast it, it will be more delicious." ”

As he spoke, he cut a piece from the golden beetle and put it in his mouth and chewed it, saying, "Well, they have a crunchy texture and taste like chicken, would you like to try them?"

Catherine looked at the piece of mucus-stained insect meat that Bell was holding on the tip of her knife, and forcibly held back her nausea without throwing it out, and Rogge on the side pretended to smile calmly, waved his hand and said, "Thank you, buddy, it's a pity that I'm not hungry now." ”

"Let me taste it!" the little furball fluttered its little wings and flew up to grab the worm meat from Bell's knife, landed on the ground, pecked it into small pieces, and ate it.

Bell looked at the little bird who could only speak human words curiously, and when he saw her, he said, "Hey, it tastes good, do you want to taste the stupid wolf and the stupid girl?"

Rogge and Catherine shook their heads in unison, and the little furball flew in front of Bell, urging him to cut another piece for himself.

Rogge and Catherine stood stunned and watched for a long time, then Rogge turned back to Catherine and said, "It seems that in addition to the bird standing at the top of the food chain, we have found another man standing at the top of the food chain......

Catherine watched Bell and Lilith eat a whole golden beetle, and the little furball asked Bell with great satisfaction, "Is there anything else to eat here?"

"Of course, there is an innumerable amount of food here," said Bell, looking down at the little black bird in front of him with great interest, "I ate a giant ant just yesterday, and you must not have seen such a big ant, and I took a lot of effort to catch it, but I still succeeded." ”

"Okay, okay, let's go catch big ants together!" shouted the little furball happily fluttering its little wings.

"Wait a minute, we may have something more important to grasp. Rog crouched down in front of Bell and looked at him and said, "We are tracking a half-woman, half-scorpion monster, she is very badly injured, we followed the bloodstains to get here, have you seen her?"

Bell stared into his eyes and was silent for a few seconds, and his expression became serious: "I haven't seen the monster you said, but I've seen other things that are weirder than her, bigger, more terrifying, and can speak human ......"