Chapter X

"Do you want to separate?" Lerella hesitated as she looked at the three identical forks in front of her, "I think it's better to go together, if there are a lot of people, ......" she said, feeling a staring gaze, and her face blushed a little.

"I don't know what those guys are digging up to do!" Alan grumbled angrily, turning to Scott, "So...... How do you divide the teams, Scott?"

"Actually, I'm more inclined to get out of here......" Scott paused, looked around at the dim surroundings, and looked down, "Maybe it's an illusion, I just felt like someone was spying on us...... Do you feel it?" Scott still trusts Jiang Zhe's perception more than the sluggish Alan.

"I feel this way too...... Jiang Zhe nodded, and said with a hint of joke, "Maybe the host doesn't welcome us very much......

"Hey!" Alan smiled strangely, reached out and touched the stone on the tunnel wall, and said nonchalantly, "Guys, are you a little too sensitive, why don't I feel anything?"

"I don't feel it either......," Dia whispered, and as soon as her words fell, Lavia, who was standing next to the fork, said lightly, "If that's the case, I'd like to see what the hell that 'master' is up to!"

"So be it," looked down and thought for a moment, Scott pushed his glasses and said in a deep voice, "We're divided into three teams, if we encounter danger, everyone will retreat, if it doesn't work, just go back the way you came, okay?"

"Is there any danger?" said Allen grinned.

"Hmph," snorted faintly, Scott glanced at his companion beside him, and said in thought, "Lavia is on the same team as Soth, Alan is on the same team as Lisa, and the rest, Senior Sister Dia, me, and ...... Lerela's team, what's the problem?"

"Hmm?" I saw that the impatience in Lavia's eyes changed to a little panic, and she pointed at Jiang Zhe at a loss and said, "I...... He, why should I be on a team with him? I don't agree!"

"Just ......," Jiang Zhe, who hadn't felt any discomfort at first, muttered angrily after hearing it.

However, even if it was muttering, it was obvious that Lavia heard it, and the little face said angrily, "What did you say!"

"I said yes, do you want me to repeat it again?"

"You!"

"Okay, okay," Scott smiled bitterly and explained, "Lavia, Soth and you are learning both fire and blue magic, you are good at containment, defense and support, but in terms of damage, your magic is still lacking in power, and Soth is just the opposite of you, he has strong magic damage, but it is insufficient in defense and containment, if you are by your side, I think I can basically deal with most of the problems encountered, so, I think the two of you are the most suitable team......"

"So what......" Lavia muttered dissatisfied, but much weaker than before.

"Lisa is on a team with Allen, Lisa's summoning magic is enough to pin down the enemy, and Alan ...... All that's left is ......"

"Hey, hey, why don't you say a few words? What's the matter with skipping me?" Originally, seeing that Scott seemed to be planning to praise his strengths, Alan was looking forward to it, after all, it was extremely difficult to hear a few words of praise from Scott's mouth, but he didn't expect Scott to skip himself after a big gasp, which made Alan very dissatisfied.

"Shut up!" Scott scolded angrily, continuing in Alan's self-pitying muttering, "And for the rest, Lyrela is learning illusions, although I have mastered a few curse magics, but in terms of damage, and I am also very weak in defense, so I want to trouble Senior Sister Dia to team with us, after all, Senior Sister has a very comprehensive grasp of water magic......"

"Thank you for the compliment, I don't think I've got it all right......" Dea was a little embarrassed by Scott's compliment.

Scott smiled slightly and said to Lavia, "Is that understandable?"

"......," Lavia nodded hesitantly.

"And what about you?"

"Hmph!" Jiang Zhe snorted twice.

"Oh," said Scott, smiling slightly, "so be it, so be it!" Lavia and Soth walked towards the fork on the left, Alan and Lisa to the right, and we went to the middle, shouting if there was any danger, I think the caves here should be connected somewhere...... If there is no problem, if there is no problem......" he snapped his fingers to signal departure.

"Is that on the right......" Alan glanced at the tunnel on the right, turned to Lisa and gave a knightly salute, and said warmly, "Please follow me, beautiful young lady......"

"Giggle," Lisa chuckled, glanced at Lavia with some embarrassment, and beckoned, "Ivey, let's go in first...... then."

"Yes!"

"Then we're in too, South!" As Scott spoke, Lerella had already walked up to him, and seeing this, Scott turned to Dia and said, "Sister Dia?"

"Oh!" Diya walked over, and when she passed Jiang Zhe, she said softly with a hint of concern, "Be careful, Soth!"

"Yes!"

The seven children were divided into three teams, and five of them entered different forks one after another, leaving only Jiang Zhe and Lavia.

Do you really want to be on a team with this girl? Jiang Zhe sighed secretly.

Personally, he was more inclined to team up with the gentle Dia than with the outrageously strong girl, but Scott did have a point, her support could make her magic stronger.

"Let's go!" As he spoke, Jiang Zhe walked towards the fork, and when he reached the entrance of the cave, he glanced back again, and saw Lavia standing in place not knowing what he was thinking, and shouted in wonder, "Hey!"

"Hmm?" Lavia, who was pondering something, came back to her senses and looked a little flustered, "What...... What?"

"Huh......" Jiang Zhe let out a long breath, glanced at Lavia and said angrily, "Why are you? Even if you hate me so much, you won't be like this, right?"

"You need to take care of it!" Lavia muttered and snorted twice as she walked into the tunnel on the left.

It's so unflattering!

Shaking his head, Jiang Zhe followed helplessly.

The tunnel was very quiet, because neither of them spoke, and along the way, only the small pebbles that were accidentally mentioned made a slight rolling sound, and other than that, the tunnel was quiet and scared.

This oppressive atmosphere made Lavia feel very uncomfortable, and after hesitating, she whispered, "You...... Are you there?"

"......" Jiang Zhe rolled his eyes speechlessly, thinking that I was right next to you, so you couldn't see it, right?

In fact, he also understands that the girl has nothing to say, even if she is usually so strong, but when she arrives in a dark and quiet place, she will still have some fear of the unknown environment, which is inevitable.

But to understand clearly, it is obvious that Jiang Zhe does not want to talk, not because he hates girls, but because of a mentality of watching jokes.

He wanted to see if this stubborn girl would be a little softer in such an environment......

However, Jiang Zhe was disappointed, and for a long time afterward, the girl did not speak again, which made him feel a little surprised, could she really be so strong?

Out of curiosity, he looked at his companion beside him and called out softly, "Lavia?"

"What?" Unexpectedly, the girl responded almost in the next second, and it could be seen that the girl was actually very uneasy.

Ha!

Barely suppressing the smile in his heart, Jiang Zhe coughed and said, "You...... Aren't you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid!" said the girl categorically.

"Really?"

"Really!"

"Hehe......"

"What are you laughing at?"

"If I asked that, you wouldn't have answered me, would you?"

"You!" the girl said with a hint of anger and excitement on her face, "I'm scared, are you satisfied?"

Looking at the excited girl, Jiang Zhe was a little overwhelmed, obviously he didn't expect that a joke-like sentence would cause such a big trouble, he smiled, he said sincerely, "I'm just joking......"

The ...... girl was silent and continued to walk forward.

After continuing to walk for a while, Jiang Zhe heard the girl's faint voice beside him.

"You're laughing at me in your heart, aren't you? I'm obviously scared, but I deliberately want to pretend not to be afraid......

"Heh," Jiang Zhe smiled slightly, glanced at the girl in front of him, and said sincerely, "You are very brave......"

The girl stopped again, turned her head, frowned, and said, "Laugh if you want, you don't need to use such words......" As she spoke, she was stunned when she saw the boy's sincere eyes.

"Pretending to be fearless in the face of anxiety and fear, not running away from the danger that is about to strike, is a kind of courage in itself, and there is not much difference between bravery and pretending to be brave......

Lavia looked at the boy beside her with astonished eyes, and for the first time in a long time, she smiled sweetly.

"This is the most satisfying quote I've heard since I met you...... Thank you, Soss!"

"......" Obviously, Jiang Zhe was shocked by Lavia's sweet smile, in his impression, this girl would not laugh at all, of course, sneering does not count.

"What's wrong?" Lavia wondered as to the boy's stunned expression.

"Uh...... It's nothing, the first time I saw you laughing, I didn't react......"

"You!" Lavia said with a frown, "Can't you stop being angry with me?" I can't believe you said that ...... just now."

"Hey, I didn't mean to, I really didn't react!"

Strangely, with this incident, the original estrangement between the two gradually disappeared......

"Soth, actually, you don't hate this guy too much......"

"Hmph, I don't think I'm very happy to accept this kind of 'praise' of yours!"

"Gurgle! Okay...... Well, I just found out today that in addition to being lazy, arrogant, arrogant, and selfish, you have a little bit of merit......"

"Hey, are you complimenting me?!" Jiang Zhe was a little speechless.

"It's true, I promise......" The girl nodded sincerely.

Shaking his head, Jiang Zhe said helplessly, "That's okay, you better not praise me!"

"Hey, I'm really complimenting you......"

"I thank you!"

"You!" Lavia couldn't help but feel a little angry, but strangely, she didn't feel very angry now, but was a little dissatisfied with the boy's tone, "You guy is so annoying!" As she spoke, she looked at the boy's face in the hazy light of the fireball, and asked hesitantly, "Hmm...... Do you hate me?"

"Hmm?" Jiang Zhe was stunned, and said uncertainly, "Why do you ask that?"

"Is there one?" the girl asked, but when she was done, she replied to herself, "There should be...... I can see it!"

When he said this, Jiang Zhe was a little embarrassed, scratched his head and said, "Also...... It's not very annoying, right, but sometimes, I don't like it very much...... I think your last name is more like a boy......"

The girl's face turned red when she heard the word 'like', but luckily the light in the tunnel was dim.

Actually, I wasn't like that when I was a kid, I loved to cry...... Don't laugh, I'm going to be angry!...... When I was a child, my surname was very cowardly, and then my grandfather taught me that bravery is a person's greatest wealth, and people without courage will not achieve much...... I don't like the feeling of being looked down upon......"

"Your grandfather?" Jiang Zhe turned his head curiously and recalled, "I remember that your grandfather was a grand duke, right?"

"Well," Lavia nodded, with a deep sense of pride, "there is no one in Artac who does not know my grandfather, and the inhabitants of Artac respect him very much, and if I had to choose, I would like to be like my grandfather, upright, brave, respected......"

"Duchess?" Jiang Zhe smiled a little playfully when he spoke.

But unexpectedly, the smile on Lavia's face disappeared, she shook her head, and said in a complicated tone, "Although my grandfather loves me very much, in Artac, a woman cannot inherit the title, she can only be destined to become a ......," she said, she glanced at the boy next to her, and said with a self-deprecating smile, "I remember that you are a commoner, right?"

"Hey, so what?"

"Don't get me wrong," the girl shook her head, and said sincerely, "I just want to say that there is nothing wrong with commoners, Soth, at least you have freedom, and nobles ...... Aristocrats are not as beautiful as you think, if I could choose, I would rather ......" As she spoke, the girl suddenly felt that the tunnel beside her had somehow become empty, and after looking up, she realized that they had walked out of the tunnel and entered a spacious place.

Judging by the hoes, carts, and other things that can be seen everywhere around, this should have been a place of mining before, and you can't be wrong, but ......

"Click!" Lavia felt as if she had stepped on something, and when she looked down, she shuddered.

It was a white skeleton......

And, with that click, there was a low "whining" sound from somewhere, like the low roar of a wild beast.

"......" frowned, Jiang Zhe raised his right hand, and after about three or five seconds, he only heard the sound of "Blazing" twice, and two fireballs were unleashed, and he controlled the fireballs to shake along the inner wall of this empty cave, and the light emitted by the fireballs made him see some not very beautiful 'things'......

I saw that in the distance against the inner wall of the cave, the werewolf ...... Those soulless werewolf puppets were gathered together, looking at Jiang Zhe and the others with hostile eyes, and there were about thirty or fifty of them!

"It looks like we won the jackpot......" only felt the corner of his eyes twitch, Jiang Zhe said in a low voice, "Attention, Lavia!"

Rarely, Lavia looks very docile.

"Yes!"

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